Back for the moment

Yes, I know I haven't posted in awhile (shame on me) but I've been busy and my coputer has been malfunctioning so now at long last I am back. After taking forever and a day to download the newest flash player my computer almost likes me. And I will leave you with one picture b/c it is almost time for my lunch and I need to get off the computer. So here is a picture of me with one of my favorite people to get in trouble with, Mr Bob! I still owe him back for the church picninc thing........lol

Kentucky will never be the same

We leave tomorrow to go to Kentucky for Andrew's graduation! I'm so excited, I can't wait to see him again! Although we won't get to see him until thursday, it's still that much closer. Sleep is definitely part of what I'll be doing on the trip down. We have to be gone from our house by 6:30 tomorrow morning and I still have to pack when I get home tonight. And when I don't get home til around 9:30 and I still have lots of stuff to do..........well, lets just say 6:30 is going to come awfully early b/c I have to get up early enough to have breakfast before we leave. At least I'll have a chance to catch up on my reading on the way there lol. And I've insisted on a picture taken in every state we pass through or go to while gone. and yes, I'll post at least some of the pictures. Well, it's getting time for me to finish up things here at work. I won't be around again until saturday so if there's mysterious silence or anything like that it's just b/c I'm gone. j/k

The Prattville Pops!

Well, this picture wouldn't go at the bottom so this is what the Pops looks like in semi-bad lighting and from far away lol.


The Prattville Pops is the band that I play in. Since they're a community band they're mostly adults but a few of us teenagers have invited ourselves in and been made welcome :) . So the picture below is of me and one of my favoritest peoples ever, Ms Barbara! She plays trombone in the Pops (and just happens to be my boss lol).

And Miriam, this might be your innocent look but it sure looks like you're trying to hide

something.

Pictures of Pops people without any instruments (except for the first picture). Shame on me lol. Either (A) We'd already put up our instruments, or (B) It was break time. Instrument pictures will just have to wait :)

Poetry

Isn't it funny that sometimes the things you're good at (or kinda good at) are things that you don't have that much interest in? So you couldn't get me to read a whole book of poetry to save my life but I like to write it. Sometimes anyway. Creativity comes in spurts, what can I say? So for no other reason then I like this one, I'm going to post the first poem I wrote. So here it is:

The Reason

*Angels tell the joyful tidings

Shepherds hear the declaration

Wise Men come from afar

They all came to see the Star*

*Jesus grew to be a man

Many were blessed by his hand

He traveled all across the land

Leaving footprints in the sand*

*Jesus hung on a cross

For the sins of the lost

When He died the curtain tore

There was no separation anymore*

*On the third day He rose from the grave

He died for mans sins and to save

For what earthly reason would He die

That reason my friend was you and I*

Somehow my first one is still my favorite, as far as ones that aren't goofy anyway. But keep in mind I wrote it at least 3 if not 4 years ago. Makes me feel old, and feel like time has really flown by. And the computers center alignment stinks. But me doing it myself isn't much better lol. An the asterisks mark where the stanzas are since it wouldn't let me separate them the stupid editor!

Okay, some of you are probably wondering why I named my blog "A Claranuts World", so here is the definition of Claranut.

Claranut- Clarinet players are sometimes called clarinetists, but that is a mistake. The correct term is CLAR-A-NUT. Claranuts can easily be identified by their lack of a life.

I laugh at this definition b/c sometimes it really does describe some clarinet players I know (including me). But I really do have a life, I don't spend ALL my time at the library and school anymore. (Okay, I still spend a lot of time there but I work at the library now, and school is a must). And yes, if liking to read qualifies as geekiness then I am on the high end of the spectrum of geekiness lol. At the moment my life revolves around church, school, music, and waiting for the next letter from my brother. So see, I DO have a life. And I have technically managed not to say much about it lol. So until I decide to post pictures or tell more about my life, for the moment I am disappearing, just not for forever (which might be unfortunate for you) :) They need to have smileys around here. XD And I will eventually learn how to manage all this stuff. lol