Practicing Piano

Last year for my birthday my Hubs executed a very special delivery.  He moved my grandmother's piano from my mom's house to ours.  He even got it tuned up and sounding lovely!

I love having it in our home.  It's a beautiful piece of furniture and it's a family heirloom.  Both Hubs and I have tinkered away over the last few months playing old piano lesson songs, Christmas carols, church hymns, and even learning some new pieces!

Earlier this summer Hubs found me some sheet music online of "Rhapsody in Blue."  I LOVE this song.  I first fell in love with it when I heard it in Fantasia 2000.  The sheet music I have isn't the full song, just a piece of it.  I've been practicing it for awhile now.  I'll keep practicing until I reach near perfect.  "Practice makes perfect."

This will mark the new song that I am teaching myself as part of my 30/30 goals.  Maybe I'll get brave and post a video when I'm feeling like I've achieved this one!

Summer Photo Recap

My last post was in May.  That's 5 months ago!  Time flies when you are having fun!

I've been maintaining my 365 photo-a-day challenge offline.  I plan to upload photos to a tab here on the blog.  The first time I tried uploading photos I had some technical difficulties.  I'll give it another try soon!

These past few months have been so full.  I feel so blessed! Here's a quick photo re-cap:

June

Started running on my lunch break!

Painted our deck

Enjoyed Hubs pancake art

Hosted my family for a weekend

July

Did some hiking

Enjoyed many poolside mojitos

Hosted friends for annual HOUSE PARTY

Saw Weird Al in concert

August

We hiked 3 more mountains in August

Annual Maine beach trip <3

Visited my brothers in NY

Ate lots and lots of fresh veggies from the garden