Some random stuff...

It's been awhile, so here is some random stuff from the past few months...

I've been learning how to play the ukulele. It is really fun. It is kind of similar to the guitar...except that it is so much smaller and cuter, and it only has four strings. But because the fingerings for chords are different, my guitar now feels humongous, and I keep playing the wrong chords. As Joe mentioned, it's like playing lots of ping-pong, and then going to go play tennis.

My most favorite mixing bowl cracked. I loved Mr. Mixing Bowl. He is now in Mixing Bowl heaven. He is survived by Mr. Mixing Bowl Jr. and Baby Mr. Mixing Bowl.

Grab some tissues and vote!

This message is from the colleague of a music therapy friend of mine. The video is not the best quality ever since it's on youtube, but you can really feel the heart behind it. So beautiful. If you get a chance, please vote for them and share the message with others!

The James E. Allen Junior/Senior High School is a school for severely disabled students ages 12-21. I am the music therapist at the school, and we have a wonderful music program. Our school made a video for the National Association of Music Education "Music In Our Schools" contest, and we were selected as a finalist. Please take a moment to visit the following link:

www.menc.org/voteshowcase

If you click on our school picture you can view our video. Please click on the voting page link, scroll down to the bottom of the page, and vote for the James E. Allen Junior/Senior High School as overall favorite video. We are a small school, and we need all the votes we can get. Also, please forward this link to everyone you know so we can get the word out. We greatly appreciate your help.

Thank you,
Tracy Souhrada, MS, MT-BC, LCAT

Latest Creations

Gotta share my latest creations!!!!!!

A crocheted scarf for Joe's mom. Isn't she beautiful???? Such a model.




















A giant crochet hat for my brother, and a knit scarf! The scarf is my first knit creation, and I'm SO proud!!!!!















Scarf and hat (2nd and 3rd knit creations ever!) for Joe's brother.















Patrick got me a great book (the knit version of my crochet book. And yeah, Debbie Stoller likes titles that make knitting and crocheting sound less grandma...) which has been so helpful, and where I got the hat pattern (hot head).

Joe got me two more knit books, and so now I'm set!!!!!!!

My fingers couldn't work fast enough to make anything for the dads, so they missed out for now. :) Joe got something I made too. But I'll let him model that in person someday before posting. :)

A crocheting photo, since I'm a crocheting geek.

In other news, I have been teaching myself how to knit for the millionth time. And for the first time, I've actually been able to create a part of something that isn't too atrocious. Fancy that. Well, a wise crocheter once told me that any "mistakes" in a creation simply give the item character. I'm all about character!

Babies!

Wheee! I have photos of cute babies modeling my funny crochet creations. My polar bear was cute, but these babies are cuter!!!!!!!!!

(all persons who are cute-delinquent may opt to substitute all instances of the word "cute" in this post and previous post with phat. haha.)

I finished my mommy's scarf, and gave it to her on Saturday. The flower is detachable, but my mom felt the need to have it in every photo I took of her. :) Doesn't she look cute?

 

A sneak peek at my current crochet projects. Yet another baby blanket...and a scarf for my mommy. I'm making another blanket too, in all white. But I put that on hold for now...