Earth Hour

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Tomorrow night (Saturday March 28) from 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm turn off your lights to show your support for addressing climate change.

Ch-ch-ch-changes!

So the food and beverage industry took a double hit last week with the closing of Jubilee and the burning down of Yocona River Inn. Both of these places hold alot of memories for me, so it's been a sad week. Yocona plans to rebuild, so there is hope on that front at least. I've spent every birthday but one for the last few years at Yocona, so I'm hoping they will be open again by my birthday. fingers crossed!

This weekend Daniel is going on another men's hiking trip and I'm going on a girl's trip to Mobile. Daniel and 3 friends are just going to Sipsey in Alabama for 2 days of hiking. Mom, Frances, and I are heading down to Mobile early Friday morning to visit with Sherri, Chris, Madeline, and Avery! Fairhope, AL is having an arts fair on Saturday, so if the weather cooperates, we'll be hitting that up! I'm also hoping we can squeeze in cocktails and apps on the causeway since we missed that last trip!

I didn't have a violin lesson last week, so today will be my first lesson in a while. I definitely haven't been practicing as much as I should, but I guess there is no point in crying over spilt milk. I did get a little practice in on Friday night when Lisa came for dinner. We made her play since she took lessons for 7 years as a kid. Needless to say, she was 23048234234 times better than me! We actually took candid videos of Lisa, Daniel, and me playing, but after reviewing them, I have decided not to post them. They don't represent our finest playing from that night, and I'd hate for you to judge based on what we have on camera. Next time we have an impromptu 'jam' session, I'll make presentable videos.

Vicksburg and snow

Well, the Rotary conference was good. I'm exhausted from a mix of the time change and not having had a day to just relax at home. After the conference Saturday, we met Chip and Lisa for lunch at Anchuca,then went to the Military Park, shopping downtown, happy hour at The Ware House, back to Clinton for dinner at a new Lebanese restaurant, then back to casa de Burr for the evening. Sunday morning Lisa treated us to wonderful homemade french toast, yogurt with fresh fruit, and Chip's amazing lattes! After recovering from such a decadent brunch, we all went to a nearby park to play 9 holes of disc golf. All in all, a wonderful visit! A huge thanks to the Burrs for once again being wonderful hosts!

I didn't take many pictures, but enjoy the few I have below. I'm also throwing in a few from our snow the weekend before!

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Daniel and I are heading to Vicksburg VERY early tomorrow morning for a Rotary conference! We'll spend all day tomorrow and half of Saturday at the conference, but will then be joining up with Chip and Lisa for some fun! I think we plan to hit up Anchuca for lunch and then the military park and some other interesting site seeing! No idea what our evening plans are, but knowing those two, it will involved good food, good drinks, good conversation! I hope you all have a good weekend!

**Shout out to Anna who had her wisdom teeth removed today! I hope you are recovering nicely, and I'm sure Rick is taking good care of you!

more violin videos and weekend update

I've posted two new violin videos in this post. Progress is slow and frustrating, but I am determined to improve! I've got lots of practicing to do tonight! I'm supposed to be working on a new song for tomorrow's lesson, and I haven't played it once yet!
Had a wonderful, but very tiring weekend. A slew of sorority sisters came to town for a wedding shower. After the shower Saturday, we shopped, went to dinner at City Grocery, danced at The Library, and then Daniel and I went to a late night. It was so much fun, but even after being lazy all day yesterday, I am still absolutely exhausted! Oh! We also got snow Saturday night/early Sunday morning, so after an extremely slow drive home in what seemed like a blizzard, Daniel and I spent about 30 minutes sledding down our driveway and the hills in our front yard! It was so much fun! We figured it would be melted the next day, so we were determined to get some sledding in for once in our new house! Bailey had a blast as well!