Pictures, that's what I need!
The kids have been participating in a public speaking class with our homeschool co-op. They were not happy about it, but The Gearhead and I insisted. This is how the table looked at my friend's house, whose kids were partnered with mine for the second assignment, which was a debate.
"D" and The Princess were working for 8 hour stretches at times to learn all they could about the topic of the debate. They had to learn both sides, and be able to argue both. "D's" mom and I probably put as much work into it as the kids did. We felt quite overwhelmed at times, but figured everyone else felt the same way. We found out that they certainly did. The kids did great (especially these two).********************************************************************
This is our piano. Well, truth be told, it's my in-laws piano. It was given to my husband's grandmother when she was a teenager, and the tuner told us it was about 90 years old. It hadn't been tuned in years, and since The Prince is taking piano lessons, we decided to get it over to our house and get it tuned. See that lovely pile that the tuner (Vick) is pointing to? That, my friends is a mouse's nest. There were droppings inside the piano all over the place. Additionally, there were little paper parts that were completely gone from mice having eaten them. So, our tuning project went from about $150, to a whopping $300. Luckily, the in-laws paid. I love in-laws.
Vick was at our house for about 3-1/2 hours. I had never seen all the inner workings of a piano, so it was quite fascinating. Did you know that when they do the actual tuning, it's so repetitive and soothing that people fall asleep? Both The Prince and my mother-in-law fell asleep while he was tuning! The Princess and I weren't here, or I would have gotten pictures.
The Prince was overjoyed that he finally got to play a real piano at home. The keyboard just wasn't the same, so it's been relegated to church for Sundays only, since he can't very well cart a piano to church.Man, are you as bored as I am, now?
The Princess and I are headed out to see my niece sing at an opera recital.
Have a blessed weekend!
3 comments:
WOW! Bless ya back! And no, I'm not tired of hearing about Texas! Blog or email away; I enjoy hearing from you and you are in my prayers.
Prince is handsome too, just like your daughter. But my they look different. :]
I'm so happy for the Prince! I long for a piano, too! I know your whole family will get a lot of enjoyment out of it.
I hope the kids liked the debate. I loved speech and debate classes in high school. My brother and I won quite a lot of contests actually (from the VFW, Rotary Club, etc.). Good times.
EEEEwwww to mice nests! I dislike mice something rotten. Glad the piano is working now. Wish I could play a musical instrument.. but I can't. One of those things that just isn't in me. *sigh*
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