A sweet lady in the ward heard me complain of my inability to make bread: wheat bread, rolls, bread sticks...you name it; so she made it her "project" to teach me. Apparently she has quite the reputation and she ASSURED me that it is easier than I think.
Friday was the day! Five other ladies were there-all being from UT, AZ, NV- and we all learned the trick to making fabulous whole wheat bread.
First the lecture; then soup, salad and bread for lunch.
Her reputation of being the best bread maker held strong, and I learned that it IS easier than I thought.
That same night I tried my hand at making some whole wheat bread sticks...FABULOUS!
(Thanks Grandma L for the wheat grinder. I can now grind my own wheat and make as much bread as I want!)
This wasn't exactly what I wanted to blog about, but I found it to be the perfect introduction to what BSO stands for.
So there were about five other ladies, not from CT, who wanted to learn the ropes to bread making. One woman, also being my visiting teaching companion, was talking to the Bread Lady-I'd like to call her- about having two extra tickets to the Boston Symphony Orchestra, which were given to her husband from a colleague in his dental office that she needed to give away.
In response to the conversation, the bread lady volunteered Danny and I to go. I mean, we don't have anything going on Saturday night; we wouldn't mind driving an hour and a half to Boston; we would love to eat dinner at a nice Thai restaurant and enjoy the Boston Symphony Orchestra; we wouldn't complain about the hour and a half drive back, getting home at midnight while still remembering to set our clocks ahead to 1:00; we wouldn't mind knowing that while we spend the night at the beautiful Symphony Hall, Jakob would be home suffering a tummy ache and waking up every 2-3 hours, not cooperating with the sitters AT ALL; and while we know that we have to get to church by 8:30 Sunday morning, because the choir is performing and we have to meet early to rehearse our song, we would love to go!
Our seats were in the Orchestra section, about 4 rows back from the stage. The acoustics vibrated my seat and I could see the sweat drip from the conductor...gross, but oh so cool!
The program was as follows:
Sibelius "Night Ride and Sunshine"
Rachmaninoff Rhaphsody on a theme of Paganini, for piano and orchestra
Featuring Stephen Hough
--MY FAVORITE ONE!--
Ives Symphony No.4
Prelude: Maestoso
Allegretto
Fugue: Andante moderato
Very slowly-Largo maestoso
Featuring Tanglewood festival chorus
John Oliver-conductor
Stephen Drury- solo piano
The Hall was built in the 1900's and had the original floors and seats. It was quite a sight! I am glad we went with the Ellsworth's even though the rest of the night wasn't so amazing.
3 comments:
SO COOL!!!! I love that piano concerto...I used to know most of it, but alas, old age and lack of practice has robbed me of it :) I am glad you had the chance to experience that despite the crazy night!
You are glad you went though right? No regrets? It's good for the sitters to experience crappy sitting jobs. I have one that'll go down in the books - i think every sitter needs one.
what a neat experience. sounds like a little stressful, but i'm glad you went. i hope it was worth all the hassle!
also, i like the column you shared below. it's refreshing to hear that perspective. my parents told me that many parenting experts are now talking about "good enough" parenting - not trying to be perfect because it's not possible anyway, but making sure that what you're doing is good enough for your child. i like it.
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