I am 100% done with St. Andrews Pres. and will never go back. I don't know what I was thinking when I asked to sing with the Christmas choir. The set list is pretty good and I really like a couple pieces but the director, if you can call him that, has ruined one of my favorite pieces-O Holy Night. He is doing it gospel style. He arranged it. It really sucks the big one. He wants it done from memory and I've only had the music a short time. I have no time for memory as it is not as easy for me as it used to be. Then on the last verse he wants the choir to step back and forth. Damn does that look really dumb. Being the outspoken person that I am I complained. His words were "let's discuss any problem after rehearsal". Well I didn't stick around as I was already upset and didn't want to make more of a scene. About an hour after I got home he called me and told me that I am no longer welcome to sing in St A's choir. That little twerp just doesn't get it. Singing is my life and to tell me that I can't sing at my home church cut right through my heart like a huge knife. I was going to sing with the choir on Christmas Eve too but not now. I'm not even sure I will be with my family on that evening at church.

I am so torn. I want to become a member of 1st Pres- the new church I have been attending but my husband thinks it is wrong. Why I am not really sure. I know he won't leave St. A's and that hurts too because he hasn't even given 1st Pres a chance.


OK I'm done venting now A proper post is forth coming soon-probably tomorrow when I am a bit cooled down and thinking more clearly. Just know this, I love you all and I don't know why I have stayed away from here for such a long time.

that is all.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That is all.

Wierd what just happened. I called HHHS(my son's school) to see if there was any work for me. I talked to Ms. Laura, the sub co-ordinator. She said "I don't believe this. I have your info in my hands and I was just getting ready to call you" I'm working tomorrow for the reading specialist. I feel a good day coming on. :>D

Check these out. I wish I could do this.

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So I didn't get a straight answer when I asked about singing in my home church choir tonight. I've seen the program outline and decided it was pretty good. When I asked about singing with the Christmas choir the director, and I use that term loosely, said "Well Dale let me think about it." That was a week ago. Tonight I asked just before rehearsal when a few people were sitting around waiting for rehearsal to begin. He said, "I'd rather discuss it on the phone so I will call you." Not wanting to make a scene I agreed and said "OK. that's cool". The more I thought about it , the more I thought to myself "No it isn't cool". When he was done with youth group I drove home with Steven and he could tell I was upset. When I told him what was wrong he wasn't very happy and told me "Boy , he isn't very nice is he?" This coming from my 14, soon to be 15 year old son made me feel rather proud. Even he knows that singing is my passion and I don't do it to please myself but to please my God and others.

When my husband came home from rehearsal I asked him if anything was said. He told me --I don't want to use his name- the director said he wanted to chat with me and lay down some ground rules. WTF! Ground rules? I told hubby if that is how he felt I will just forgo even trying to ask. I will not beg to sing with this choir. It is supposed to be voluntary and I was willing to forget any disagreements the director and I ever had. I didn't want to join for my gratification but because I want to sing to my Lord and share my gift with my home church friends but since I do not feel welcome by him I am not even going to pursue it any more.

I am most fortunate to have joined a new church choir where I have been welcomed since day one. Every time I enter the choir room there I am greeted with "Hi How are you." On top of that I am always asked " How's the new grandbaby? Any new pictures?" Talk about true church family. These people and I hardly know each other. I have decided since I know so few names there I will make it my project to learn at least 2-3, maybe more names every week. That is going to be a real task for me since I am so terrible at remembering names.

Enough with the rant. Thank you all for listening. Praise God and I will always sing to his glory forever. Nothing or nobody can stop me now.

Love and Peace
Dale aka Angel

Born September 6,2009





Delila with friend Misty and Mommy





Proud Daddy


Thank you all for the congratulations. I will answer all of you personally very soon. I'll be going up this weekend and I can hardly wait to hold my grandbaby. I love you all. You are such awesome friends.

Delila Nicole Born September 6, 2009 at 6:17PM 5lbs. 10oz. Mother(Christine) and baby are doing fine. Father(Stevie) is ok too. Pictures soon.

The Cherokee broke down on the way to school this morning so Steven had to walk to school. Hubby walked home. We towed his car to his work. Luckily it was only a $10 part. He easily fixed it.

Steven had his first Math club meeting. He was hand picked to be in it by his teacher. He said he liked it. He makes me so proud. My son the brainiac. :>D

Community choir started last night. So far we are doing excerps from Mozart's Requiem, Faure's Requiem, and Elijah. Our director Richard Crawford has been ill for a few weeks. I understand it is nothing serious and he will return in a couple weeks. He needs his meds tweeked. In the mean time we have a guest director Dr. Tom Cavendish. I remember him from my first go at BCC but I didn't have him for any classes. It is going to be a few awesome weeks. He is as knowledgeable as Richard and almost as funny. Last nights rehearsal was most productive and enjoyable.

Good news - bad news. Last May I got a speeding ticket in a school zone. The fine was going to be $450 so I consulted a ticket clinic. Good news- my lawyer got me off so that means no points or school. Bad news is I still have to pay $375 in court costs. Where the hell am I gonna get it? At least I have until December 2.

I am still unemployed- very frustrating. I can't really take a job yet as I will be leaving for New York in a couple weeks for the birth of my granddaughter. I am hoping for some sub work but I am not getting any calls and there have not been any jobs yet. Please pray for that to change. It sucks being poor.

If any of you have my cell number it is no longer valid as I let the contract lapse. I wasn't using the allotted minutes anyway. Soon I will have a pay as you go phone. I'll let anybody who is interested have the number when I get it.

I'll be going to the Sarasota Renaissance Festival in November. I won tickets. I can hardly wait. I love RenFests and I will get to meet tatiana422 and
serade_black. That will be most awesome. Weather permitting I will be donned in my green velvet cape.

To anybody who's birthday or anniversaries I miss I am sooooo sorry.

I spend most of my computer time on Facebook and Twitter so you can find me there at both.
http://twitter.com/AngelStrange
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/profile.php?id=1668363933&ref=profile

I occasionally go to Myspace but I don't keep a blog there. I use it mostly for all of my musician friends and acquaintances. www.myspace.com/shedale19

See I told you this would be random. I'll try harder to post more often

Love and peace to you all

I can't open my inbox without my computer freezing up. Is anybody else having this problem?

Or should I say 15 seconds. I know it's not Azkatraz but I had my own 15 minute of fame during the Half Blood Prince opening. I was on the local news. I posted this at facebook but I'm posting it here. Check me out at 2:10 :>D

http://cbs4.com/video/?id=79667@wfor.dayport.com

Here are some pics of our Harry Potter Gathering group:











Here's a few more pics with captions at my Facebook :
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/album.php?aid=19084&id=1668363933

It's been too long with this update so here goes

As you know I have found a new church to sing at. I am so happy with my new church. The music is just what I love the most.

I have to tell you all this- At my original church, St. Andrews Pres. we got a new director. He is the exact opposite of what we had. Music there now has gone Praise style. I am a traditionalist at heart and I had no problem voicing my opinion on that. I was willing to split my time between my two churches in order to please my family and because I felt the need to be loyal to my fellow choir members, who by the way , stand by me 100%. After discussing the matter with Rick(the new director) we came to the agreement that I would only be singing first service instead of both. After first service I would leave and go to 1st Pres(my new church). The next day I got a phone call from Rick telling me that after much thought he told me he no longer wanted me in the choir. In his words I was causing tension between all the members. Yes you read that right. He kicked me out of choir. Talk about a knife to the heart. We have a meeting with the elders of the church but I do not see things changing as I now have lost all respect(what little I had to begin with) for Rick.

Recently the choir held its annual picnic at one of the members home. A good time was had by all but for me there were several awkward moments. Upon the arrival of Kenny, our newest baritone was the first. He arrived with his room mate Don, not a choir member. We were all gathered in the dining kitchen area. Dwight(he acted as interim choir director for several months) made the comment to Don. "You know if you are here you have to sing with the choir." I thought, 'Well excuse me but who am I? I am at this party too. Why can't I sing with the choir?' I bit my tongue and held back but I slowly left the room. As I did, Rick and his wife arrived. Again I bit my tongue and "played nice".

I myself do not care if I ever sing with this choir again but I know it has hurt a lot of people, especially my husband. He will soon be visiting my new church. I know if he gives things a chance, despite it being very liberal, he will enjoy what there is. He loves the praise music because he gets to play bass with the band. The new church has a praise service and they do not have a bass player. I've become friends with the person who leads that worship so I am certain things could go his way there. I also know he would be most welcome in the chancel choir. They are 60 voices strong but they are always seeking new musicians. All I can say is that by Summers end I hope my family will once again be united and attend church together.

Enough about that for now. Unfortunately I am still unemployed. Although I have been approved to receive it, payment has not yet begun. Worse than that - trying to find a job is impossible. Nobody is hiring, not even fast food places. All I ask is that you all pray I find some sort of income soon. Our debt just keeps piling higher and higher. Frankly I am a bit frightened by that.

OK that's enough rant for now. I try not to worry because it does no good but if things do not improve I will have to scale back with cable TV, internet, and cell phones. Not really something I want to do.

To all my flist- I truly love you all. Thanks for your friendships and words of encouragement.

I'm in the middle of the front row



Not a great pic but this is the group.

Does anybody know how I can enlarge it? I think if you click on it,it will enlarge some.

Addendum to entry:
IT'S A GIRL!!


It's been way too long that I've posted so here goes. If it's kinda random it's because I will be trying to remember things I want to share.

First of all I found a new church and have already joined the choir. The church is First Presbyterian in Ft. Lauderdale. http://www.firstpres.cc/home.asp The choir is a 60 voice choir. Most awesome! Everybody welcomed me and I felt as if I truly belonged. The new pastor is amazing and makes me smile every time we see each other. Although rehearsals will end this week the choir will continue to sing on Sundays along with the Kirk Singers(the high school group), the chapel Singers(gr 6-8) and the Children's Choir. The Kirk Singers are preparing to go one their Summer tour of Florida. There is also a smaller group(gr 10-12) called Youth in Harmony. I can hardly wait to hear these groups. The children's group sang Sunday. Little angels.

I may have a problem getting my man to join me because he is happy where he is. I won't make him change but I do hope he at least visits with me occasionally.

Both of my concerts this year went off without a hitch. We sang a good concert at church on Maunday Thursday but it was 80% praise music and I was not moved like I thought I should have been. The community group sang better than we have ever sung. The St.Paul oratorio by Mendelssohn was the most difficult thing I've ever sung. We also did a group of Scottish folk songs and a medley from Cats. The fall will be the last concert with our current director as he is retiring in December. I know this will be his swan song so I hope he does the Mozart he's been talking about for at least 2 years.

As most of you know by now my daughter Christine in pregnant. She is expecting in September. I can't believe I am going to be a grandmother. I'll be traveling to Malone, NY after the baby is born. That is the reason I will not be attending Leaky or Azkatraz. Oh well. Be it know that I will be at Infinitus come hell or high water. Remember all you Leaky and Azkatraz fiends I want to see lots of picture. By the way. Chrissy is doing fine, experiencing the usual symptoms of being pregnant. She doesn't know if it's a boy or a girl yet so as soon as I know you will too.

Well that's about it for now. I spend a lot of time with Facebook and Twitter so here are the links to both of my accounts.
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/profile.php?id=1668363933&ref=profile
http://twitter.com/AngelStrange

Join me on both.
Love and Peace
Dale

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Do any of you know who or what this is? Is it another one of those bot thingies that should be reported?

Addendum:
I have reported this. All of you who have had a request from djaeva as a friend I suggest doing the same

Here is a commercial Budweiser produced after 9/11. They only aired it once so as not to benefit financially from it - they just wanted to acknowledge the tragic event. This is so consistent with a company who always does things with a ton of class!!

It is not healthy to hold a grudge. I have no ill will towards those who do not like me. I am me and I am not going to change. I am easy to get along with. I trust, perhaps to easily. If you do not like me I consider it your loss. I've said enough. Carry on.

A proper update will come soon.

Will do an update post soon. Busy weekend.

As promised here are some Ren Fest 2009 pics.

Brighton Brass Herald Trumpets and Sacbuts


Renfaeries


Dr. Kaboom- he is squirting every day, powdered, non dairy coffee creamer in front of a flame. I think I'll think twice about putting that stuff in my coffee from now on.


Broon eats fire

These are just a couple of my faves. Oh, and here's one more.


Just swish and flick :>D