music

Refinishing a Piano: Was It Worth It?

As I was listening to Noah practice “Fur Elise” today, I thought about revisiting my post from 2009 when we shared how we refinished a free piano we managed to obtain. Well, hang on.  That’s not entirely true.  The very first thing I thought about was the 1986 McDonald’s commercial where a girl plays the [...]

7 Quick Takes: October 28, 2011 (Vol. 101)

~ 1 ~ I’ve noticed that I have been spending less time on Facebook and Twitter lately.  (Not so much on the Pinterest front though.  Still lovin’ me some Pinterest.)  In fact, my Klout score even kind of tanked.  I was glad that when I saw that, I didn’t even flinch.  I figure that meant [...]

10 Things I’ve Been Doing Instead of Posting

My regularity in posting lately has been a little off.  I’ve been keeping quite busy though, even if some of it has still left me working away at the computer.  So, just for fun, I thought I would list ten things that I’ve been doing instead of posting here at Many Little Blessings. 1. Registering [...]

10 Random Songs From My iPhone

I love music.  I have loved music since before I was even able to read.  I had favorite little 45 records and didn’t know which songs I liked on them, so my Mom would put a sticker on the side that I liked best.  I may not need stickers to know my favorite songs anymore, [...]

7 Quick Takes: July 1, 2011 (Vol. 86)

~ 1 ~ When we went out of town recently to visit my Grandpa and the rest of my family, I noticed a small Bible on the dresser in the master bedroom.  It had a zipper around it to keep it shut, so I had to unzip it to check it out.  It was then [...]

7 Quick Takes: June 24, 2011 (Vol. 85)

~ 1 ~ Molly got a new Littlest Pet Shop Blythe doll this week.  She loved this one and declared that she looked very “country.”  But, then the poor doll had a problem, we later learned.  How did we find this out, you might ask? Molly began performing a song (she loves making up songs) [...]

7 Quick Takes: April 21, 2011 (Vol. 78)

~ 1 ~ I’ve been in a writing slump lately. Oh, you noticed?  Yeah, it’s hard to hide when I’m only posting a couple of times a week.  I’m going to make an attempt to whittle down my to-do list to see if it clears up my mind, and makes me feel more at ease. [...]

Helpful Homeschool Hints: Inexpensive Music Curriculum

I recently received an email about a post I wrote about using The Story of the Orchestra by Robert Levine as our music curriculum one year. I thought, rather than talking about it privately, I would talk about it here.  Because, really — who couldn’t use a general music curriculum for under $14 for the [...]

7 Quick Takes: March 11, 2011 (Vol. 74)

~ 1 ~ We made it through our first Wednesday in Lent with no computers, video games, and TV.  I’m not going to say it was easy, but I’m glad we made it through it.  The kids had a good day playing with each other.  They normally play with each other throughout the day, but [...]

7 Quick Takes: December 17, 2010 (Vol. 64)

~ 1 ~ I feel like I’m so behind in all of my online obligations.  (I say the word obligations in the nicest way, by the way.)  My email inboxes are piling up, I have people’s posts to schedule (on The Homeschool Classroom and Catholic Mothers Online), posts to write (I dream of getting ahead [...]

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