It’s been over a month since we got engaged, so naturally people are asking about the date and such.  No, we haven’t set a date yet.  We are still waiting to find out a few things about next “season”  before we make any big decisions.  So I haven’t made any more wedding plans or anything, as until we decide on a date, we can’t choose a venue, and all the trappings that go with that.  It will happen in the next two months, and possibly sooner.  Also…(how to put this without seeming materialistic?)…we haven’t gotten any engagement gifts yet?  I assumed after announcing our engagement the gifts would start pouring in?  (We have received cards and many well-wishes, which is plenty, of course—I am kidding about the gifts!)

I am thinking I should enlist my cat as the flower girl or the ring bearer.  Has anybody done that?  How did it work out?

(Not my cat, but eerily similar…)

That’s “for the win”, if you didn’t know. 

I attended my first percussion recital tonight.

Tuesday March 22, 2011 7:30 PM Joint Recital with Peter Henderson, piano and Will James, percussion at Forest Park Community College – Mildred Bastian Center

I mentioned to my trainer I was planning to go to my friend’s percussion recital tonight and he said, oh cool!  Then he paused, and asked, what does that mean?

In plain language: It means that Peter played the piano and Will played a whole bunch of different xylophone type instruments and various drums.  And it was REALLY fantastic!  They even played some Piazzolla. 

Great job to Peter and Will!!

I can’t believe that one week ago it was was snowing, and today it is going to be almost 80 degrees. My legs are still tired from Saturday’s run (and yesterday I was RAVENOUS…hint to those reading: training for a half marathon and losing weight doesn’t actually work very well) and I’m tired from staying up too late to finish Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring last night (research for upcoming concert.) Oh well, another week is here and spring has sprung! I’ve got a full day of teaching ahead of me, and I’m looking forward to it.

I love blog visitors.   So, if you are reading this, THANK YOU and please tell your friends.

I am able to see what it is that people search for that brings them to my blog.  I don’t have any fancy way to track statistics, just the ones that come standard with a word press blog.   (Blog).

Some of the searches are pretty obvious, such as:

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hannahviolin.com (why not just type that into the address bar and see what happens?)

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Then there are the people searching for my friends: 

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or sort of searching for my friends:

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Or famous people I’ve mentioned:

Mark O’Connor

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But then it starts to get more interesting, and I hope the people found my blog helpful:

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You get the idea.  People probably find my blog helpful on occasion, right?  But then there are the funny search topics:

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If you have a blog, what funny search terms have people used?  Also, does anybody have a better way to track my visitors to suggest?  Lastly, what is “code of pork”?