A REMINDER OF WHAT TRUE LOVE IS

It's work.
It's compromise.
It's committment.
It's devotion.

Today I went over to my parent's house and found them sitting outside on the porch swing. My dad was sitting, my mom was lying on the porch swing with her head in my dad's lap and my dad's hand stroking her hair. It almost made me cry it was so beautiful.

My parents have been married for 35 years, and to have that kind of affection and love...I'm lucky to be able to witness that first hand.
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NOW I KNOW WHY VAN GOGH CUT OFF HIS EAR

So, here's a top three list of things that I absolutely HATE doing:

*Packing all of my shit that somehow multiplied into 10 times MORE shit in a year.
*Scrubbing toilets and cleaning bathrooms
*Painting

I think last item is just about my all-time, least-favorite thing to do EVER. I'd much sooner clean a toilet than paint a wall. I'll even clean YOUR toilet if you'll paint for me. I hate, hate, hate it.

Of course, I have four very large walls in Chelmsford that are begging for two coats of paint and I've found every excuse in the book to put it off. I have one week left to pack all much shit (that's multiplied and spawned NEW shit), clean my current apartment for my sister, paint walls and clean toilets in Chelmsford, and move all of my shit over THERE so it can begin the incubation process and start the "Taunia's Shit Reproduction" process all over again.

I'd rather do any of it than paint. I can't even give you a good reason why I hate it so much. I just do. Oh no, I know why I hate it! Because painting blows.

In addition to all of this moving nonsense, I also have a gig in Portland, ME on Saturday. We're staying over in Maine and then I have to be back on Sunday for my private student's recital in Boston. What dickhead planned THIS weekend while I was moving? Oh yeah, I'm the dickhead.

Thankfully, I have no lessons next week so I have a full week to lounge around and procrastinate and get nothing done.

Must.

Paint.

Gah.
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GAH! and YEA!


1. I cannot for the life of me figure out how to fix the comments thingy for this blog. Quite annoying.


2. Looky here! A fan of Ben's (clearly!) did a cool fan page for us from the Ryles gig. Video and everything! He sent it out to his own personal list with this really nice message:

Hello folks,

For those who had the pleasure of seeing Ben Jackson's band "Vote for
Pedro" I don't need to tell you how awesome they are, for everyone
else, you can get an idea by checking out some pics and vids:

http://hcs.harvard.edu/~htkd/images/voteforpedro/voteforpedro.html

whatever the cool kidz do,
gts

CHECK OUT THE HOTNESS!
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DY-NO-MITE!

I'm feeling really happy about the changes in my life right now. Everything is moving in a positive, forward direction and you can't beat that! It's sad to leave some things and people behind, but growth and change is important and that's my direction now!

One big change is that I'm moving. My best friend Suzanne bought a 5 bedroom house in Chelmsford and asked me to be her roommate. We're pretty much like sisters, so even though there's bound to be arguments, we're really good at working things out between us.

The place is great! Upstairs we have a kitchen, dining area, living room, bathroom, Suzanne's bedroom, a guest bedroom, and Suzanne's office. Downstairs, there's my bedroom, my office/studio, a bathroom, a laundry room, and a huge "party room." There's also a deck that runs the full length of the house on the top floor and there's an acre and a half of land with a small fruit orchard in the back. Needless to say, I'm really thankful and lucky to have a best friend who likes me around enough to be her roommate at such an awesome place!

The other big change has been the band. We've decided to create a new project called Vote For Pedro, and we had our first official gig headlining at Ryles on Sunday night. The show went much better than we could have expected. We had a few guests sit in with us, we had some really great new songs, and we even had a couple bellydancers come in and dance on our version of "Naughty Girl" from Beyonce. Had some new male fans after that. lol



I've also been slowly losing weight and I'm down 25 lbs. Someone just noticed for the first time the other day, and I fluctuate between 5 lbs every few weeks when I goof off, but I'm using the move as a new beginning to get back on track. Suzanne doesn't cook much and I LOVE to cook. When I prepare meals in advance and do my own cooking, I end up losing lots of weight because I'm really paying attention to what goes into the food and what I'm eating. I'm feeling better because I'm losing weight, although I have a long way to go.

Work is going really well too! I'm getting a bunch of potential new teaching jobs through the summer, and that will mean really good money. It's tough work becasue I have to promote my business, my band(s), and be super-organized...but I've never been as happy as I am now working for myself. My boss rocks!

So good stuff all around and I'm excited about moving and working. That's what I've been up to! You probably won't hear from me for a while since I'll be moving, so enjoy the summer and be sure to eat some summer BBQ!
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