Okay, we’re headed to Taipei 101 - tallest building in the world!!!!
I’m going to be getting postcards to send to my nearest and dearest, but I don’t have many addresses! So, send them to me! If you don’t have my email address handy, leave me a comment and I’ll mail you for your address, mmkay?
I’ll be back later with a recap of the day and maybe even more pictures!!!
Seth and I went up to Michigan this past week to see my little sister graduate from her fancy-schmancy high school. It was a good trip, although trying at times (as often is the case when traveling with family), but everyone (me, Seth, Mom, Dad, Grandma Pat [Dad’s mom], Grandaddy [Mom’s dad], his girlfriend Nancy [is it appropriate to call her his girlfriend? Is lady friend more appropriate?], Aunt Roberta [Mom’s oldest sister], and her husband Mike) had a good time, really. The graduation festivities lasted a while, as the school has what they call Festival the two days leading up to the graduation ceremony on Saturday morning. You can go see dancers, listen to lots and lots of music of all classical and jazzy sorts, see art, hear some great writing, and probably more that I’m forgetting. All good stuff. Also, you can take the time to just wander the campus, which inspires a little jealousy in me. I mean, don’t get me wrong - I’m incredibly happy for Annalise that she was able to go, but sheesh. The place is across the street from a national park, and the summer camp the school has puts all the campers in cabins, so trust me when I say the place is gorgous. Or, go look at some of the pictures we took and see for yourself.
Anyway, she got herself all graduated on Saturday morning, and I still can’t quite believe my little sister is so very almost all grown up. Weird.
So, what do you want to hear about first?
Many, many years ago, my two younger sisters decided to record themselves playing piano, violin, and singing Christmas carols for our mom. I guess it was for Dad, too, although I don’t really know, since I wasn’t there for whatever reason (yeah, I was probably about 14 and way too cool to record cheesy songs for my mom). Anyway, the piano was L’s suh-weet elctronic keyboard, the kind that can do various sounds, not just boring old piano sounds. The synthesizer effects that they used were chosen, no doubt, to highlight the beauty and timelessness of the carols they played. Mannheim Steamroller didn’t have anything on my little sisters, no way.
Anyway, for all of your listening pleasure, Seth transferred the cassette to a more, ahem, shareable form, and I’ve posted it here today. Enjoy!
A Crockpot of Carols