So much has happened lately! This past Sunday we attended the Gordon Lane ward in Stansbury Park. We wanted to check it out and see what the demographic was. I was pleasantly surprised. There were so many people there around our age and there were so many youth and children. It was great! The people were amazing! I felt so welcome. It made me really want to move into that ward.
Lately, I've been a little discouraged about offers we couldn't possibly accept. Today, I had gone out with a realtor to look at some homes in Stansbury Park and Tooele. I fell in LOVE with two of them in Stansbury Park. On my way home from viewing homes, I received a call from my realtor about an offer that had just come in. The offer was definitely better than the previous two we had received. I was so ecstatic because it was exactly what I felt we could do and be able to jump at putting offers into these other two homes in Stansbury Park. One of the homes was bank owned had a huge yard and square footage. It also had an incredible food storage area in the basement! The other one (the one that I REALLY want) is a short sale. The chances of us getting into that house is slim because there is one offer with several backup offers and with it being a short sale I know it could take quite some time. The great knews is if we are able to get into either of those homes, we will be in the same ward that we had visited this past week. So needless to say, we accepted the offer on our home and should close the beginning of May. I just really hope and pray that we will be able to close on another home around the same time in Stansbury Park. Wish us luck!
March 27, 2012
March 21, 2012
For Sale!
As of yesterday March 20th (the first day of Spring! Woot! Woot!) our house is officially on the market! We are really hoping to sell fast! There are several reasons why, but none of which I feel like going into on my public blog. Here is the link to our house listing. Please, if you know anyone who is in need of a nice home to please come and take a look. We've unfortunately outgrown our home and therefore need a bigger place. This house has been a great starter home for us. We've learned so much here. This house is close to shopping, the rec/fitness center, as well as schools. The ward is great and I have made some lasting friendships here. It will be sad to go, but we just felt that it was the right time for us to move at this time. We know it's the right thing and so I need to have some faith that things will work out.
St. Patty's Day
Our St. Patty's Day was a little uneventful mainly due to the fact that we were trying to get our crown moulding put up in the kids' rooms. Brian and been trying to figure out how to do it and for some reason it was becoming the hardest thing to figure out due to the pitch on our roof and weird angles, but he and his dad were finally able to get the crown moulding up.
As I was getting ready to go to reahearsals on Saturday, Tali had come into the bathroom like she always does to watch me get ready. I didn't think anything of it until I saw her out of the corner of my eye and it's a good thing I did! As I turned around I heard the sound of scissors cutting.....hair. Tali had chopped a lock of hair off just above her chin. I was so sad! I was afraid I'd have to chop it all off. Thankfully my awesome visiting teaching companion does hair and was able to save Tali's hair so we wouldn't have to chop it. THANK YOU KAYLIN!
As I was getting ready to go to reahearsals on Saturday, Tali had come into the bathroom like she always does to watch me get ready. I didn't think anything of it until I saw her out of the corner of my eye and it's a good thing I did! As I turned around I heard the sound of scissors cutting.....hair. Tali had chopped a lock of hair off just above her chin. I was so sad! I was afraid I'd have to chop it all off. Thankfully my awesome visiting teaching companion does hair and was able to save Tali's hair so we wouldn't have to chop it. THANK YOU KAYLIN!
Great News!
I went to audition for that LDS cantata and I was so incredibly nervous because everyone is so talented! I started to feel that there was no way in Hades I was going to make it. The director Joe Paur kept asking me to sing something else, but the other woman who was auditioning he didn't really ask her for anything else. He also couldn't remember my name. He remembered the other woman's name but could only remember my last name for obvious reasons. I was so sure I wasn't going to get in, but thankfully I DID!
Our first fireside that we will be performing all the music to will be the end of June. I just really hope that I can learn it all by then. With everything going on right now, I'm really struggling to get all the music down. Especially singing alto. I'm used to singing soprano, but enjoy singing alto, but it's definitely more challenging than singing melody all of the time.
Our first fireside that we will be performing all the music to will be the end of June. I just really hope that I can learn it all by then. With everything going on right now, I'm really struggling to get all the music down. Especially singing alto. I'm used to singing soprano, but enjoy singing alto, but it's definitely more challenging than singing melody all of the time.
March 6, 2012
Testimonies, Opportunity & Piano
This past Sunday was our Fast Sunday. During Fast and Testimony meeting, Tali decided she wanted to bare her testimony for the first time. I think it was mostly due to her friends Kayla and Kourtney getting up and baring their testimonies. Tali did such a great job! The only thing was, I was terrified! I don't usually bare my testimony because I have a hard time sharing something so personal to everyone. So I felt like my heart was beating so fast it was going to leap out of my chest or I was going to pass out. Thankfully for me neither of those things happened. :) I did however say "crap" during my testimony. I was basically saying how it's terrifying when your children decide they want to bare their testimonies and then you think "Oh crap! That means I have to do it too." So, I guess there was just that little bit of embarrassment, but I don't care. It's not like I'm going to live with that embarrassment for much longer anyway. :)
About a week ago, a friend of mine that I hadn't seen in a while contacted me and asked me to come and audition for an LDS cantata that she was involved in. Her and I had sang together in church and ward choir before, but we were both sopranos. The cantata she is involved in she became an alto. Since her and I have sang together and blended pretty well, she invited me to come and audition for this cantata as an alto which I don't mind because I can sing either soprano or alto. So I went to the rehearsal last Saturday to get a feel of the music. I couldn't audition yet because the director wasn't there. I was so worried about what I was going to sing. I had finally decided on singing "Someone Like You" from the musical Jekyll & Hyde...that is until I heard another person's song choice who is also auditioning for an alto spot. As I went home I was a little discouraged and tried to look through all my music again. I was looking for a piece not only that I sounded good and comfortable with, but I also wanted something that few if any have heard of before. I finally did a search on the internet for free piano sheet music and defordmusic.com came up. I had totally forgotten about Sally DeFord's music. As a ward choir last year at Easter we had sung a song of hers titled "I Have Not Seen, Yet I Believe" which I absolutely LOVED. I ended up just going through her list of songs pulling up and printing off pieces of titles that stood out to me. There was one that I had found titled "Gethsemane." As I listened to it and plunked the notes out on the piano, I fell in love with the song. Not only did it suite my range well, but I also sounded pretty good I think on it. I just wish I could sing it in Sacrament or Relief Society for Easter or something because it is just so beautiful. It's a little haunting, but beautiful. I was so relieved to have finally found a song I felt comfortable with and that I had never heard before. We'll have to see how things go on Saturday when I audition.
Today sadly, was my last day of piano. Well, at least for a little while since things are so crazy what with being on the HOA board, running my book group, auditioning for this LDS cantata, getting things ready to move, callings, children, etc. I was having a difficulty finding time to practice my piano exercises. Although I would play on the piano trying to find songs or playing for FHE and stuff like that, I didn't really have time to actually sit down and practice with everything going on. I had to simplify some things. So, for now I'm no longer taking piano lessons, but as I spoke with my piano teacher, she told me that if I needed help with practicing or if after I move I still want lessons, then we could depending on where we move to, I could have a lesson once a month. So I think I will take that option. I really did not want to quit, but I had to simplify somethings for now. I was on the fence with this cantata thing too, but we'll see how the audition goes. The most important thing I need to focus on is God and family. Anything else will have to wait or come after those two things.
About a week ago, a friend of mine that I hadn't seen in a while contacted me and asked me to come and audition for an LDS cantata that she was involved in. Her and I had sang together in church and ward choir before, but we were both sopranos. The cantata she is involved in she became an alto. Since her and I have sang together and blended pretty well, she invited me to come and audition for this cantata as an alto which I don't mind because I can sing either soprano or alto. So I went to the rehearsal last Saturday to get a feel of the music. I couldn't audition yet because the director wasn't there. I was so worried about what I was going to sing. I had finally decided on singing "Someone Like You" from the musical Jekyll & Hyde...that is until I heard another person's song choice who is also auditioning for an alto spot. As I went home I was a little discouraged and tried to look through all my music again. I was looking for a piece not only that I sounded good and comfortable with, but I also wanted something that few if any have heard of before. I finally did a search on the internet for free piano sheet music and defordmusic.com came up. I had totally forgotten about Sally DeFord's music. As a ward choir last year at Easter we had sung a song of hers titled "I Have Not Seen, Yet I Believe" which I absolutely LOVED. I ended up just going through her list of songs pulling up and printing off pieces of titles that stood out to me. There was one that I had found titled "Gethsemane." As I listened to it and plunked the notes out on the piano, I fell in love with the song. Not only did it suite my range well, but I also sounded pretty good I think on it. I just wish I could sing it in Sacrament or Relief Society for Easter or something because it is just so beautiful. It's a little haunting, but beautiful. I was so relieved to have finally found a song I felt comfortable with and that I had never heard before. We'll have to see how things go on Saturday when I audition.
Today sadly, was my last day of piano. Well, at least for a little while since things are so crazy what with being on the HOA board, running my book group, auditioning for this LDS cantata, getting things ready to move, callings, children, etc. I was having a difficulty finding time to practice my piano exercises. Although I would play on the piano trying to find songs or playing for FHE and stuff like that, I didn't really have time to actually sit down and practice with everything going on. I had to simplify some things. So, for now I'm no longer taking piano lessons, but as I spoke with my piano teacher, she told me that if I needed help with practicing or if after I move I still want lessons, then we could depending on where we move to, I could have a lesson once a month. So I think I will take that option. I really did not want to quit, but I had to simplify somethings for now. I was on the fence with this cantata thing too, but we'll see how the audition goes. The most important thing I need to focus on is God and family. Anything else will have to wait or come after those two things.
March 2, 2012
Leap of Faith
Today Brian and I met with a realtor. That's right. We have decided to sell our house. We are really taking a leap of faith for a few reasons. First, we have very little saved according to what you should have saved when selling/buying a house. That alone makes me nervous about a down payment and all the realtor fees. Second, I personally am a very organized person and I don't like to doing things without knowing how it's going to turn out in the end. Third, we have an idea of where we would like to live, but where we eventually end up, I have NO idea.
I am extremely scared, but excited at the same time. Brian and I both feel that it is the right thing for us to do. We've got some painting to do, some trim to put up and some packing up to do. We have some clutter and other stuff that we just don't want around when our house goes on the market in two weeks. I guess the thing I just have to remember is that if it's right for us to move, which we feel it is, then everything will work out. I just need to exercise my faith.
I am extremely scared, but excited at the same time. Brian and I both feel that it is the right thing for us to do. We've got some painting to do, some trim to put up and some packing up to do. We have some clutter and other stuff that we just don't want around when our house goes on the market in two weeks. I guess the thing I just have to remember is that if it's right for us to move, which we feel it is, then everything will work out. I just need to exercise my faith.
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