Grants Pass, funny food, and the wobbly wheel

Hey everyone!!!
Sorry I haven’t written for a while; let me catch you up to speed!

Sounds of Shasta drove up to Grants Pass, Oregon to sing at Mary Cunningham’s church. Jonathan and I had the best hosts I think. As we drove up the driveway with this couple in their 70’s we saw evidence of their many years together. There were used tires lining their driveway, an old tractor or two, old worn-out classics that they and their children drove in the past years, a few farm animals, and to top it off they had a large amount of fire wood at the end next to the house. Everything had a rustic look and a homey feel. Our hosts were very nice and shared many stories with us. That night they made some coco for us and added some coffee and molasses to it (I don’t like coffee hardly at all, but I got it down). I would probably try it again with molasses, because I hear molasses is good for you. That next morning I ate bear for the first time. I didn’t care for it very much as sausage, he really spiced it up and the texture was weird. Everything else was wonderful!

I really enjoyed the whole trip; it was par for the course :D To make it short, our trailer with all our sound equipment lost its wheel bearings to one of its wheels, and as we pulled into the church parking lot, it wobbled and just about fell off. It was so loose I could move it from side to side several inches; needless to say, God provided us with a trailer large enough to put the broken one in and space for the sound equipment! It all worked out :)

My Uncle Lyndel and Aunt Barbra came to see me sing! :D

*.WMA & *.MP3

Other than paying for the car and insurance, I made my first purchases for my car. Can you guess what it was? Yeah...GAS :( last weekend gas was $2.29 per gal. and this weekend gas is about $2.55. I got it at the beginning of the week, so I only had to pay $2.37. OUCH! The sad thing is when I started mowing yards about 10 years ago, gas was only $0.89 or so. Well...That's Life.

I graduated from my first violin book yesterday! I also have a CD with all my songs from my next book on it. I had to get a CD player for my car if I wanted to listen to them on the way too and from school. I didn't know very much about the car CD players when I started; but after getting familiar with their capabilities and features I decided on what features I wanted. I wanted it to play CD-R's, CD-RW's, WMA's, and MP3's. So that's what I got. Best Buy had this free installation offer for the week, and since I don't know much about car electronics, I took them up on their offer. Little did I know I would have to sit out in the parking lot for seven hours waiting my turn. The wait wasn't too bad though. I listened to a family counselor on the radio, then some music, and I also read some of Pride and Prejudice for my English class.

There is my update...I'm going to go do my homework :)