Kickin' back
Polishing brassPosted by Janice on August 7, 2009
Yesterday my sister was given a very large set of brass flatware. I don’t know how many pieces are in it, but it seemed like hundreds and hundreds! She asked me how to polish them, as they seemed tarnished. I looked at them, and to be honest they didn’t look like brass to me – [...]
I had forgotten how expensive instruments can bePosted by Janice on August 2, 2009
Many years ago when my oldest son was in the 5th grade, his music teacher encouraged him to take up playing the alto sax. So we went ahead and bought him one to play. He played it for a couple of years and then decided he didn’t want to play anymore. So it was packed [...]
Niece taking up bandPosted by Janice on August 1, 2009
This coming school year my thirteen year old niece is taking up band. She wants to learn how to play percussion. I’m proud of her for that because my father played percussion, and my youngest son played percussion. We are a very musical family! I used to take piano lessons when I was younger, and [...]
TutoringPosted by Janice on July 23, 2009
One of the things that I have been very proud of with my kids is that they have always been willing to help other students to learn. When they were in high school, and even now while they are in college I hear of their busy schedule, which always includes helping other students with algebra [...]
Beautiful jarsPosted by Janice on July 22, 2009
I’ve always been attracted to beautiful containers and jars. One day I’d like to have some shelves installed in front of my windows and fill them up with different sizes and colors of jars and bottles. I’ve seen photographs of window decorations like that, and I think it is absolutely stunning. Mixed in with the [...]
