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I thought my piano student William was pulling my leg when he said he’d never heard “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer.” He thought I was making up some random title. He was laughing over the lyrics and then declared, “That’s disrespectful.” I mean, the song does mention beer, medication, death…I’m pretty sure whoever […]

That moment you realize you have probably played the “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer” duet about 557 times with your students (being the good piano teacher you are ) over the past two months and you still have another month to go.

After rearranging the house to accommodate Christmas decorations, I still have a lamp, a plant, a candle-holder with three candles in it, and a toaster oven to find (temporary) homes for. Every holiday season, I feel like a hoarder and want to load up the car with a huge box for Goodwill.

I love how cozy the house is at night with all the Christmas lights. Peaceful, tranquil… The other night, I was watching TV at 2:00 in the morning and had the volume really low because we had company in our guest room and one of the batteries in a light strand I had nestled into […]

Now that Thanksgiving—my favorite holiday—is over, it’s time to put up Christmas decorations. But first, let’s spend two hours rearranging furniture and moving 57 items out of our living room, kitchen, and dining area to make space.

That awkward moment when you wear the particular dress to church that you invariably get 2-3 compliments on every time you wear it and you’re feeling pretty good about yourself on this fine fall day leading up to Thanksgiving and realize out in the parking lot that the tights you always wear with it have […]

I’m on praise team this Sunday. I texted this to my leader: “I must say I’m having a particularly good time pounding out the chords in “Do It Again.” I know I don’t like repetition, but I would make an exception in this case. Let’s do the bridge 57 times.”

Welp, there’s two hours of my life I can’t get back. Our (very old) TV died on Tuesday, so Ken bought a Roku TV today. I tried to log into our Acorn app so that we could finish the last 30 minutes of “Foyle’s War.” It would NOT work. I went to Roku Support and […]

At the eye doctor this morning, I couldn’t help myself, because life is too short to not take the time to be funny. 

A month ago, I sang backup vocals into a mic during the church service. That might not sound like a big deal to you, but to me, it was huge. I’ve gone on and on and on in this songwriting blog about how I do not sing in front of others. I sing, of course, […]