Blogapalooza 2016 - Day 7: I'd Love to Learn ...

     I'm sure everyone has their list of things they'd like to learn how to do and a while back I wrote down mine.  Unfortunately I don't have the confidence or the money to take advantage of any local opportunities to fulfill these right now, but hopefully some day!

• Learn how to do a handstand (I can do a cartwheel so I'm halfway there!)
• Learn to pick a lock
• Learn calligraphy
• Learn Russian
• Learn Sign Language
• Learn Hebrew
• Master 5 makeup tutorials
• Learn 5 dance routines from YouTube/Disney
• Get CERT trained
• Learn to make 5 types of bread
• Figure out how to make Greek Lemon Chicken soup with orzo like New Seasons  (I want to be able to eat it all the time, but without the nasty celery!)
• Learn a complete song on the piano, both hands!  (I'm good at read and playing with my right hand, but getting my left in at the same time is tough.  Rhythm is not my strong suit so I have a hard time keeping track of the timing for both parts.)
• Learn to play the guitar  (So many musicians seem to use guitars as their composing instrument and it is ever so much more portable than a piano so I think it would be a good skill to have.)
• Learn archery (longbow and compact)
• Take horseback riding lessons so I’m more comfortable around horses
• Learn how to load, unload, and shoot a gun
• Take a self defense course
• Restart piano lessons  (I know I am better at something when I am accountable to someone else so this would help with my goal of learning a full song.)
• Learn to swim confidently  (I love the water but am also terrified of it.  "Oh the shame of the polar bear who fears the water. No wonder we are shunned by our fellow bear. Woe is us." - Muk and Luk from Balto.)
• Take swing dancing lessons

     What are some things you'd like to learn?

Blogapalooza 2016 - Day 3

     What a day.
     It started off super frustrating.  I set all of my alarms so that I could get up in time for service out at the hall.  I even left time for me to take a shower, even though dry shampoo and I are good friends.  Slept.  Through.  Them.  All. 😞  I mean, yeah, I didn't fall asleep until 4 am, but seriously!  Barely woke up in time to nominally help with a bit of set up and take a shower before the gorgeous tea party that my sister threw!  I was still putting on makeup when the first guests arrived and I was happy to be wearing a hat so no one could tell that my hair was still wet!
     Everyone dressed up in hats or pearls or both and looked lovely.  The food was delicious: spanakopita, meats, cheeses, crackers, lemon bars, sugar cookies, and veggies to go with the tea.  I had so much fun talking about writing with some of the guests and we will be getting together again soon to iron out what the whoosit Robyn in doing in the story.  And in the end we all got to take our teacups home!  I also offered to make anyone's cup into a candle.  Two people took me up on the offer so I know what project I'll be working on next week.  :)
     After everyone left sis and I popped over to New Seasons to pick up a few groceries and we saw a bride and groom wandering around with their best man and maid of honor, still in their wedding finery (though someone had spilled something reddish purple on the side of her dress).  Evidently they had only been married a few hours.  Why anyone would decide to go to the store after a wedding is lost on me ... though I have wanted to wear one of my cosplays to go to the library.
     Now I'm sitting here eating Cherry Cordial Kisses (my favorite part of this time of year and one of my favorite Black Friday purchases) watching TableTop while trying to figure out what to post tomorrow.  I'd hoped to be a little more on top of things and have scheduled posts but children did not nap when they were supposed to and I slept when I was no supposed to.  Things should settle down on Monday.