shovel, paintbrush, pry bar, vacuum, lawnmower. . .    Yup! We made an offer on the house! 17105 Lomond Shaker Heights, OH- check it out on google maps street view. (The one I posted pictures of two weeks ago.)

    I just read this great article in the New York Times. The author, Janet Rae-Dupree, discusses how trying new things aids in the process of building new brain synapsises. This isn’t a new concept, but rather one that we should all think about as we set our to-do list each day. My goal for…

Today marks the end of my undergraduate classwork! Tomorrow I have a performance for my Baroque Ensemble group, and a final dance class and I’m done. (Except for 2 finals and a research paper that is.) I was excited to find out today that I was selected as a finalist for the Akron Symphony Chorus…

    It’s that time of the year. I have one more week of class before finals, and I am feeling an extreme dose of senioritis. With my recital completed and the end of my undergraduate career looming, along with the excitement of buying a home, and planing a vacation I am far from excited about…

    I want to thank all those of you who came to my senior recital. I was so overwhelmed by the number of people who took the time, and in many cases paid the money, to come hear me sing. It meant more than you can know. It was such a treat for me to…

Happy Sunday to you all! It is getting really lovely here in Ohio. Kjirsti and I are looking to perhaps buy a house. The housing market here is incredibly affordable, and we are hoping it will be a good investment. only time will tell! I’m just going to be happy to not travel for 3+…

I just had my first dress rehearsal and I’m wiped! Whew! An hour of focused emotional singing is exhausting.

    A few days ago I was sitting outside of Ms. Mahy’s door going over my music as I prepared for a lesson, when a friend walked by. She didn’t say hello, as I was looking down at my music, but I called out her name and asked her how things were going. She looked…

I just read saw this on the New York times and thought it was too funny to pass up: One of the competitors took a tumble during a high-heeled sprint in Belgrade, Serbia. Some 90 women took part in the race, wearing shoes with a required minimum heel height of more than three inches, competing…

    Saturday afternoon Tom and I were invited over to the Mamie and Ray Crawford’s for a cooking party. We made an eight course Italian meal. Mamie, an expert cook, had made some of the food ahead of time. The biscotti was already made we just formed it, cut it and baked it. The meat…