10-10-10

Its one of those few days in the century that people realize when they've written the date on a check, or seen it on the calendar and they snicker - its October 10th, 2010, aka, 10-10-10 and its been a good day. It also happens to be my nephew Nathan's 8th birthday. He is definitely a 10 child; born on 10-10 (October 10th), he was obviously born w/ 10 fingers and toes (thank goodness), at 10:10, he is my parents 10th grandchild, and I think he weighed 10 lbs...no, maybe not, that's a big baby. But weight aside, thats a lot of tens to be dealt in life. His big brother Brock will be turning 15 on Thursday, and my oldest brother Mike will celebrate his birthday on the 16th. A lot of birthdays in October.

This week was kinda lousy in its own ways. Rehearsals were really good, and considering we have a concert tomorrow night, I was pleased with the way the kids were working. We're ready for our perf

ormance, and I'm very excited for the kids to show off what we've been working on. All week long though, I've been trying to get sick and I stayed in bed all day yesterday, even though I was supposed to go shopping w/ my mom and sister. It was kinda a crummy day for everyone - my sister is trying to pass a kidney stone, my mom threw her back out, and I am not feeling the best, so I suppose it was just as well we didn't go shopping yesterday. Today however, was a very very nice day. My mot

her, bad back and all, drove from her home to mine, and together we picked up my kidney-stone-passing sister and drove to Topeka to attend my nephew Matt's Eagle Scout ceremony. It was very touching, and although I don't know much about the scouts program, I could tell it was a really big deal, and his parents were so so sooo proud of him for this accomplishment! They have great kids and I'm a lucky aunt :)

I also went through my finances today, which was a bit

depressing b/c even though I had put aside a bunch of money to go shopping with, I decided not to spend it that way. The money came from my first paycheck as the director of a church choir here in town, and I was so excited to do some much needed clothes shopping with it - and then after sitting down to look at my month's budgeting I realized that if I used this check on my doctors bills, I would have all of the small ones payed for right now! I have a lot of bills right now from the knee surgery I had this summer, and it would be nice to get them all taken care of - at least the small ones. So w/ a frown on my face, I decided to be responsible and put the money towards those and the money

I'll need for gas this month. When exactly did I become a grown-up? Oh well, maybe next month I'll go shopping.

On a more positive note, I found out on Friday that I was accepted as a chorus member for the 2010-2011 season at the Wichita Grand Opera! I was so super excited and I can't wait to start rehearsals! I just hope its a paying gig - that would be so stupendous! If its not it will still be an awesome experience, but a huge $$ suck on gas! I don't know specifics yet, just that they want me, so for now I'm really really excited to be singing professionally again! I was meant to make a joyful noise unto the Lord! :D

I've been pretty lazy with my meal planning lately, and tonight is no excep

tion...so maybe I'll get something planned during the week, cause I'm pretty sure I'll have soup tomorrow night...come back Tuesday if you're really interested. Haha!

These are photos of 2 of my previous successful meals - the pizza was homemade, even the crust and the other meal was shrimp scampi, a recipe I got from my brother Jeff! They were both so delicious!