Episode 2 - J.Pair and the Choir

The Adventures of J.Pair - J.Pair and the Choir

With my love of church ever blooming I decided, why not cultivate my love of church and join the choir?

It was a beautiful match, the choir needed Soprano support and I needed more human interaction. Choir commenced with with a potluck - I took cupcakes. I also discussed with a dear friend the liklihood the potluck would have a pasta dish, salad, and Jell-o. Well, the pasta was present in two different lasagnas and the salad was present, but sadly no Jell-o, next time I'll take the Jell-o.

After wonderful conversation with new and old faces it was time to get robed. I was given a plain gray robe and a folder for my music and it was singing time. We rehearsed for two hours sight-reading through our music. Most of it was fairly easy though there's one piece I'm slightly concerned about. Overall I had an excellent time.

After singing in COW church choir seems like a walk in the park :)

Tune in next time for another episode of The Adventures of J.Pair

The Adventures of J.Pair

Vol. I- Ferry Boats

I have a Ferry Godmother in the form of my voice teacher :)

With a lack of employment right now I was seriously beginning to wonder how I would get back to voice lessons because my voice needs a lot of work (I'm still young). The problem was remedied when my voice teacher asked if I've ever babysat...have I ever babysat? lol. Anywho, she suggested bartering, I babysit for her she gives me voice lessons, hooray!

I just needed to get my voice over to Vashon Island, say what????

For my first lesson we planned to have me walk on the ferry and then she or her husband would pick me up on Vashon. I felt so adult purchasing my ticket and walking on to a ferry all by myself. Of course ferries are no stranger to me (think Guemes Is.) but the Vashon ferry is much bigger than the Anacortes ferry.

As I strolled of the ferry I felt accomplished and a little sea sick, but never you mind. Little did I know the ferry ride would be the easy part of my day...

...Upon arriving at my teacher's home I met the two most gorgeous twins, yep I said twins. For a few hours every Sunday afternoon I now chase, crawl, read to, and tickle year and a half old twins. It's brilliant. A few weeks in I'm still waiting for the ultimate meltdown with one or both of the toddlers and am praying they don't meltdown at the same time, but they are twins.

Tune in next time for The Adventures of J.Pair - J.Pair and the Choir

Summer Update

Hello All,

I realized I hadn't updated in a while so I thought I would take the time to do so. The summer has been pretty good so far - busy teaching Bella to be a good dog. That's taking up most of my time thankfully since I haven't found employment yet Bella has been good for warding off bordem.

Today is suppose to be another hot one so I'm considering taking Bella outside letting her lounge in the sun and washing the old car. Ploo (my car) recently had a wonderful trip to eastern Washington, Pullman specifically, and is now covered in bugs - yuk!

Blessed news on the homefront, Madre has been hired in one part-time position and one temporary position at EdCC and had a interview this morning at our church for a communications coordinator position. I really hope she gets it since one of her current positions is temporary.

For those of you who don't believe Seattle could ever hit 100 degrees I'm including proof below :)

I Gall Darn Gone an' Done It

In a rather hasty decisions I decided to get my hair cut. To be completely honest I felt like I was in a bit of a rut and needed a change. I called to make an appointment yesterday morning (Tuesday) thinking I wouldn't get in until the Wednesday or Thursday, but surprise, surprise, they had an appointment available for 2:30pm.

Once I checked in I began to get a little anxious as there was a mother and daughter complaining about how the daughter's hair looked nothing like what she had asked for - oh no! Had I made a rash decision?

I gave a vague description of how I pictured my hair and left the rest to my stylist; I think she did a fantastic job! This is what the doctor ordered. Anyway, for those of you I don't get to see very often and/or are in different states I would like to share with you my new do.

Here it is!

Updates

Not too much to update here in the Northwest, but I do have a few items of business.

1. The Seattle area did not break the record for most dry days, but we did tie it at 29 days. Komo said we were shy of breaking the record by a mere 11 minutes, 11 minutes! At least the dry weather wasn't all in vain, it was lovely having 29 days of sun. If you're wondering, it is currently wet outside.

2. Only 13 days until Bella comes home and mom and I are busy preparing for her homecoming. We only have a few more things to get and we will be set.

3. Finally, to make my blog even more complicated to my faithful readers, Bella now has her own blog - yes she even writes the entries. It recently had a ton of information added to it and hopes to be continually updated!For any Bella updates please visit www.seebellarun.blogspot.com.

Thanks everyone!

More Bella!

Once again I have pictures of my Bella Piccola Stella to share with you all. I just recieved these latest pictures from the breeder who is gracious enough to send me picture updates only week after I last visited my little girl. She is growning by leaps and bounds now and I can't believe her progress. Oh they grow up so fast these days. Anyway, here's the latest.

"I'm being a wee biy coy."

"Look at my tail and spots!"

"Hi Mom!"

"I'm being a little emo in my food bowl right now."

Tired of Sweatpants and Wanting Chocolate

As some of you may know I had my gallbladder removed on Friday. I shall spare you the details and the pictures (there aren't any pictures), but rest assured everything is healing well and I'm feeling quite chipper!

Needless to say, jeans really aren't a comfortable article of clothing to wear right now so sweatpants and pajama bottoms have become a mandatory part of my daily wardrobe and frankly, I'm getting tired of them, I will be exceedingly happy when my jeans are comfortable again.

On top of being forced to live in sweatpants a friend, who shall remain nameless to protect his identity, said he would bring over brownies - I have yet to see those brownies, alas. Gorgeous weather outside (75+ degrees) and I'm stuck inside in sweatpants without brownies. Thanks to my BFF, Erika and her blog, my spirits have been lifted by her comedic adventures - check out her blog!

Erika's Blog: http://www.myyellowstonesummer.blogspot.com/