Have you ever heard of a guitar that could be played acoustically OR electrically and still sound great? I never had – I thought you had to play one or the other. Well today I saw a photo of a guitar takamine and I was quite impressed and surprised at the same time. When I was younger I wanted to learn to play the guitar, and was given an inexpensive acoustic guitar to play on and to learn on with lessons. But I have to admit that when my parents signed me up for lessons the teacher insisted on teaching me really boring songs and I quickly lost interest. Why don’t teachers make learning music FUN?
Good party game
The gift exchange game we played after the Christmas dinner was hilarious. Everyone was supposed to bring a wrapped gift to the party and we played a few games that had the gifts as prizes. Some of the gifts were actually decent gifts; one of my sisters got a T-shirt, another got a nice bracelet. My niece got a whoopie cushion, and I got a pair of little kid’s orange swimming goggles and a royal blue teddy bear adorned with a Santa hat. Cute, but not something that I can imagine myself using anytime soon! But everyone had fun, and that was the point!
Soft spot for panda bears
I have to admit that I have a soft spot for panda bears. From time to time I hear of people being mauled by brown bears, or black bears, or grizzly bears, but I’ve never heard anything in the news about people being mauled by panda bears. Naturally that makes me feel as if they are not vicious, even though they probably are just as likely to attack as any other kind of bear! I recently saw this cute video online about some baby panda bears that were being kept in a play pen, and one of them is intent on escaping. The video is just so cute; it makes me wish I had a pet baby panda bear (but only if they stayed this little and cute!)
Books
I enjoy reading books, but I find that as I get older I spend less time reading them. My eyes get tired and my brain stops processing what I’m reading. I’m thinking that I should be getting audio books instead and listen to them when I’m driving my car. Then I’ll at least get the information that I was hoping to get without the strain on my eyes! I’ll have to check the local library and see what books are available on CDs to borrow.
Open house
There is a fall open house today at one of the local greenhouses. I am going to check out the latest gadgets for next years crop. The employees there are always knowledgeable and friendly.
Maybe I will pick up some bulbs to plant as well. A few flowers to add color to my property is always a wise choice. I take pride in my property’s appearance and my family likes to see what I have done new every year.