I detest “throwback Thursday” because…honestly, who says “throwback”? What happened to flashback Friday? People actually say “flashback” I think?

In the interest of better SEO though…I thought I’d use the word. People always say your titles for blog posts need to take SEO into account, since pageviews and clickbait are all that matters today…rather than good writing, ACTUAL content, and using lots of…

Picture time! If I don’t post a certain amount of cats I get angry comments about it.

And baby pictures!

Somebody is very tired…probably she misses her aunt Hannah!

My cat still weighs more. Winning.

Oh, and here’s a picture one of the singers in my band took and made fancy:

Our “tour” starts tomorrow. It’s not a tour, but that’s what we call it for some reason. If you live in any of those areas, it’s a fun, cheesy Christmas Show for the whole family and I recommend it if you want something light.

(Self-promotion, you see?)

I’ve been really into soup lately. I made a 15 bean soup with sausage and tonight is beef stew. The crockpot is my friend, because you just add your ingredients earlier in the day when you have time, and then when you’re done working dinner is ready AND your house has smelled like dinner for hours so you are really hungry!

It’s cold here. It turned cold a few days ago and everybody started to freak out. Then there were snow flurries and you cannot even imagine how folks were reacting. It might actually snow tomorrow and I think most of the people I follow on twitter will actually self-destruct because there is nowhere else to go. I’ve run in the cold a couple times and I forgot how it isn’t fun to be both cold and sweating at the same time.

I’m finally a bit more relaxed. Rather than dreading the busy holiday season, it’s finally here, but I can relax on my practicing and everything, since all I have to worry about now (well, after two other shows this weekend with the Illumine Ensemble, ha) is the band stuff, which we have rehearsed so much that I don’t even need to think anymore. I’ve been waking up NOT feeling overwhelmed, which is fantastic. I’m looking forward to the “tour” being over and really being relaxed though…but that’s over a month away.

Oh, and I started watching Doctor Who. I’m pretty confused because I started partway in, but I think I’m getting the hang of it. Time travel is pretty fun, eh?

I feel like I should use an old picture for the throwback part of my title, but I don’t think it matters…and I realize it’s not Caturday yet either, but I’m busy all day tomorrow and HEY maybe you are reading this on Caturday anyway?! Or maybe you read it on Caturday years ago? Or you just feel like you did?

Have a wonderful weekend! Come see me play my purple violin! Or my brown violin, OR whatever! Don’t just sit around all weekend watching Netflix, okay?