it was a strange week.
Neither of the bands had rehearsal this week -- FCB because we'd had a stage rehearsal on Friday and a concert on Sunday, and Livingston because there's no rehearsal on Halloween (a decent portion of the band would be absent from rehearsal due to Halloween activities anyway...).
The concert went really well. Lots of really good movie and musical music, ranging from Wizard of Oz to the Mandalorian. KM startled a lot of people (including band members!) with a very well done scream in Phantom of the Opera. We had to do a coda on the costume parade because a lot of the kids hammed it up at center stage (and there was one little who froze and had to be coaxed across the stage). J and I left the house at noon and didn't get home until after 6. oy. I was very glad we didn't have rehearsal on Monday. I spent some of the time I'd usually spend at FCB rehearsal taking batteries out of the decor we'd taken up for the concert, doing a purge on the stuff we didn't take up, and then packing everything away.
I had an early AM appointment on Monday, which garnered me another early AM appointment on Friday. Whee. Wednesday, I went erranding, and stopped by the hair salon where my preferred stylist is working. I was hoping they could fit me in for a haircut but they were full up for walk-ins. But CH was there, and I was able to schedule something for early next week. (Whee! In the seven or eight months since I last checked, she'd added another day at the salon so she's not booked solid for the next eight weeks.) (CH cut my hair for nearly 20 years, until she went to weekends only and I never managed to get into her schedule. I'd moved to SR's stylist, but I didn't like her as well.)
There's been significant ice in the birdbath and pond this week (the ice I chipped out of the birdbath yesterday morning didn't melt until around noon today!), but it looks like it's going to remain above freezing for the next couple of weeks. I do need to go out and cut back the grapevine on the deck and the perennials up against the house. (I probably should bring in the ghost, as well. heh.)
The concert went really well. Lots of really good movie and musical music, ranging from Wizard of Oz to the Mandalorian. KM startled a lot of people (including band members!) with a very well done scream in Phantom of the Opera. We had to do a coda on the costume parade because a lot of the kids hammed it up at center stage (and there was one little who froze and had to be coaxed across the stage). J and I left the house at noon and didn't get home until after 6. oy. I was very glad we didn't have rehearsal on Monday. I spent some of the time I'd usually spend at FCB rehearsal taking batteries out of the decor we'd taken up for the concert, doing a purge on the stuff we didn't take up, and then packing everything away.
I had an early AM appointment on Monday, which garnered me another early AM appointment on Friday. Whee. Wednesday, I went erranding, and stopped by the hair salon where my preferred stylist is working. I was hoping they could fit me in for a haircut but they were full up for walk-ins. But CH was there, and I was able to schedule something for early next week. (Whee! In the seven or eight months since I last checked, she'd added another day at the salon so she's not booked solid for the next eight weeks.) (CH cut my hair for nearly 20 years, until she went to weekends only and I never managed to get into her schedule. I'd moved to SR's stylist, but I didn't like her as well.)
There's been significant ice in the birdbath and pond this week (the ice I chipped out of the birdbath yesterday morning didn't melt until around noon today!), but it looks like it's going to remain above freezing for the next couple of weeks. I do need to go out and cut back the grapevine on the deck and the perennials up against the house. (I probably should bring in the ghost, as well. heh.)