Who used to watch Full House?  It was the highlight of the week, right?

The concert last night went well!  I was very crabby because it was freezing in the Chapel, and I don’t like the cold.  I also don’t like the heat.  Call me a first world girl, but I love temperatures between 68 and 75 or so…especially 72.  My feet and hands get cold fast and take forever to warm up, so that makes it particularly challenging to play (hands, not feet.)

We repeat the program tonight at the Tavern of Fine Arts at 8 pm.  If you are looking for a relaxing activity for the evening, come out and hear us play!  (Chamber Project St Louis)

Mike said I was acting like an 82 year old woman in our workout this morning.  I was crabby and kept complaining that the weights were heavy (they totally were heavy, darned weights).  I was also tired.  I told him I needed to act 82 on occasion to average out the days I act like I’m 5 years old.  Besides which, he should know by now that Friday is my whiny workout day.  I’m usually tired, and often annoyed by the whole “Friday” mentality everybody gets except as a musician I usually have two more solid days of work until Monday morning (my weekend!).  (Yes, I’m still crabby.)

So today’s crabbiness certainly makes the 30 days of Thanksgiving a bit tougher.  Perhaps more important though?  What I am thankful for today?

I’m thankful because:  the sun is shining!  It’s cool but sunny.  Perfect running weather (and is supposed to stay all weekend, Sunday forecast is 68 and sunny!).  Some of you may recall I have one more half marathon to run this fall, and it’s on Sunday.  I’m looking forward to stuffing my face afterwards.

I know we probably sent out our invitations too early, but still, people could go ahead and RSVP for the wedding, right?  They do have about a month until the deadline.  I’m simply impatient. 

But still.  Less than a third have replied. 

It’s fine.  You give people a deadline, they will definitely wait until that deadline.  I do it all the time.  Sometimes I even ignore the deadline entirely!

We’ve finished our honeymoon plans!  Hotel, flight, cruise, all booked and paid for.

I’ve also got all my wedding day jewelry planned out and purchased.  I got two things on etsy…of course.

Next week I’m doing my hair trial with my hairdresser.  I hope my idea works out!

Should the guys wear bow ties for the wedding?

Today: I’m thankful that my wedding will be done in two months, we’ll be married (!), and YOU can be thankful that I won’t be talking about wedding planning anymore!  Two months to go…

Because I haven’t.

We went to see “In Time” the other night.  The premise looked really interesting and fairly unique.

It wasn’t good.  It started strong, but became predictable and poorly acted.  Oh well!  And I didn’t like JT in the Social Network either, just for the record.

I had an argument with somebody yesterday over whether Titanic deserved all those Oscar nods.

Regular readers of my blog (and friends) know how I feel about this.  (Titanic is the greatest movie of all time.  Or at least up there.)

I hear that “Moneyball” is good, and also “The Ides of March.”  Here’s something awkward:  I haven’t seen “The King’s Speech” yet…it doesn’t seem to be available on Blockbuster on demand, and that’s the easiest way for us to get movies (through the tivo)…anybody want to lend me the DVD?  I also have a netflix movie “The Frisco Kid” sitting on my tv from a friend, that I really really need to watch and return.

On the entertainment note:  Burn Notice and Covert Affairs are new this week.  I also watch Parenthood, Psych, Dexter, and the Office.

What about you?  Seen any good movies lately?  What’s your favorite (current) television show?  Want to send me a copy of the King’s Speech?

 

Local readers:  come see me play with Chamber Project St Louis this week!

“STRINGS ATTACHED”

Thursday, November 3 2011, 7:30pm
The Chapel: A sanctuary for the arts
$12/4 Purchase tickets online HERE. Includes two drinks.

Friday, November 4, 8:00pm
The Tavern of Fine Arts
suggested contribution: 10$
gratitude contribution: 20$ – includes food and drink gift
Attach your heart to beautiful sound.
Mozart, Roussel and Emmanuel.

I’m on the Mozart only, but the other two pieces should be wonderful also.

 

(source)

It’s hard to believe that my Dad was in town for the last concert and since then he biked all the way to Phoenix and is now at home!

In any case, please come out, you’ll have a good time.  We aim to make our concerts accessible for people who don’t ordinarily go to concerts, so don’t worry if you don’t ordinarily attend chamber music concerts!

Also, I’ll probably have one comp ticket…sooooo if anybody wants it…email me!

Day 1 of 30 days of Thanksgiving:

I’m thankful I have the opportunity to play with the awesome members of Chamber Project St Louis.  It’s a privilege and an honor!

Today also marks the start of “Pile on the Miles.”  Time to get back on track with my diet and exercise!

You know I’m not a native St Louisian.  I’m a southern girl, and as a result, yes, I’m an Atlanta Braves fan.  So I would have appreciated a bit of thanks from the Cardinals for my team’s spectacular collapse that allowed them to get to the post season and THUS be in the position to win the World Series.  But nothing…

How great is this picture?  Sarah Crowder is the best (ripped from her facebook page).  The drivers look like leprechauns to me.

On another note:  Halloween at the St Louis Symphony!

Those trombone players are always up to shenanigans.  Check out this excellent video on facebook of them playing the Monty Python theme.  Be sure to watch to the end.  It’s seriously one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen.

Over the weekend Chris and I flew to LaGuardia to attend his cousin John’s wedding in the Bronx.  It isn’t easy for him to get away during the season without taking off work (aka losing a week’s pay) but luckily he only lost a few services since the orchestra was playing two different programs last week, and he only had to take off for one of them, provided we flew back really early Sunday morning.

The lighting for this picture was not great, but I wanted to show off my awesome dress.  I wore this in August, and I seriously love it.  It is definitely coming on honeymoon with me.

I’m not going to go into a lengthy description of the wedding, because you don’t know them and probably don’t care, so I’m just going to post some pictures and give a little commentary.  Basically the wedding was completely over the top as far as food—SO much food, we were beyond stuffed and then more food was served.  It was great to see Chris’s family, especially those that might not make it for our wedding, and the Frank Sinatra style singer at the cocktail hour was the best.

Sugar rimmed champagne glasses upon arrival!

The cocktail hour was great fun, and there were about 8 tables of food to try.  We were pretty stuffed before dinner!

My camera was having lighting difficulties.  I like the blue lighting.

Chris’s family

 

Father/daughter dance.

  

The end of the wedding was ridiculous—after the cake was served, they turned the dance floor into a dessert buffet, with 10 stations of desserts, including an espresso bar, a gelato bar, fruit, chocolate fountain, cannolis, homemade eggs creams, and a crepe station.

We were completely exhausted and almost sick to our stomachs by the end of the wedding, but I’m glad we got to celebrate with them! 

And now I am REALLY excited about our wedding…