PERFECT!!!!
Ha ha!
You enjoying the snow? I've shoveled twice so far since I got home!
That is better than the response I got from one of the older gentlemen I work with at the store.
It's about two hours' drive from my hometown, so if we can go, we'll fly there first, then drive up for the party on the Saturday, then spend another day back home before flying back. We haven't been back since 2013, when we had the memorial for my dad. I hope it'll be possible.
I hope you spoiled yourself tonight.
Pretty amazing Easter won't be in March again until 2024.
Sorry I have not responded sooner. But here are the two albums I picked up.
Songs for a Williamsburg Christmas- This was originally produced in 1982 by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. It features the Williamsburg Madrigal Singers. They were 5 singers who worked at Williamsburg. The song list includes a lot of old standards such as Deck the Halls, Holly and the Ivy, Joy to the World, and Coventry Carol. However, it does have several songs which were much better known in the 1700s than they are today, such as: O Jesu Sweet, If Angels Sung, A Virgin Most Pure, and Lute-book Lullaby.
The other cd I picked up was A Colonial Folk Christmas- This is by Linda Russell and Companie
This cd, at first listen is very good in terms of historical sound. The instrumentation fits the colonial period and the singing is solid, however, perhaps not quite as time period as the music. This one also has a good mix of well known songs as well as lesser known tunes.
The Holly and the Ivy, I Saw Three Ships, Silent Night, Angels We Have Heard on High are all known standards. However, the cd includes; The Friendly Beasts, Staten Island Hornpipe, Winter Apples, The Seven Blessings of Mary.
I purchased both from Amazon, so hopefully you can find them there. I am planning ahead for the Santa Tracking as I plan on doing a few hours worth of music. I want to feature an hour, or maybe two, with historical versions of Christmas songs. I also want to do some research and be able to provide some information about the songs.
In other Christmas music news... I also purchased an album which came out this past Christmas. A Ghostly Gathering by Midnight Syndicate. It is....different.If do like it, quite a bit actually, but be prepared for something different. Midnight Syndicate is known for Halloween Music. They have several Halloween CDs out. Mostly original music with sound effects thrown in. Their Halloween stuff is really good. Well, they decided to take a crack at Christmas Music. They kept their sound, and by the title you can see they kept the Halloween in their too. The CD is a combination of original material as their versions of a few standard Christmas songs. If you get the chance and are looking for something to change up your "normal" selection of Christmas music, I highly recommend the CD.
Well, today was the last day of school before Spring Break. Which we only get the end of this week through Monday off. While that is great and wonderful, and I am happy for Spring Break... while I was in the middle of teaching class today, my classroom phone rang. It was the elementary school nurse... my youngest, Henry, was in the clinic with a 101.6 fever.He seemed perfectly fine when we left for school just a few hours earlier. So, I talked to my principal, who may be the best principal in the world, and he quickly found coverage for the rest of my day and I went and picked Henry up and we came home. Well, if him being sick was not bad enough, we have plans with my wife's family to spend the long weekend at a large cabin at Hocking Hills. Hocking Hills is a nature park with hiking, fishing, and the works. My wife's parents rented the cabin for the whole family, a total of 12 people. So... we were supposed to leave tomorrow after my wife came home from school, we teach in different districts. However, that may change now of course. Depending on how Henry is doing, we may not leave until Friday, or perhaps later. Kind of up in the air at this point.
The poor boy has been sick so much this year. From talking to the nurse at the school, there are a lot of kids out this year with various illness. She said it seems more and more parents are sending their kids to school sick and it is causing the flu and strep throat to spread like wildfire through the elementary. I feel bad that Henry went in today sick, but when we left this morning he was his normal happy and cheerful self, I had no indication he was sick at all.
I am looking forward to going there, I haven't been to Lancaster since 1992. It will be great to see my uncle and aunt. The one thing I really want to do there is go to the National Christmas Center. (after meeting my MMC family, of course)
Awwwww So ADORABLE!!!
LOL You're a hoot xmas65It is amazing how big cell phones are getting.
Wow Thinking about you Sean and Meceka as well as anyone else enduring these conditions!!! Prayers for your safety If you have to commute.
It is amazing how big cell phones are getting.
Thank you, Sam.
