JANUARY
- I started teaching at a local music academy. I was thankful for the totally new experience!
FEBRUARY
- I cut my thumb and got 11 stitches.
- I "translated" a letter from my great-grandpa which detailed our family tree several generations back. This began an obsession with ancestry.com and finding out as much about my ancestors as I could.
MARCH
- I went with some friends downtown to watch a CSO open rehearsal. Had an absolute blast. :)
- Chris and I started teaching the PeeWee Patch class at church on Wednesday nights.
- My sister-in-law, Meredith, got married! Charlotte and I played our violins for the ceremony.
- Ella and Will (my bro- and sis-in-law) came to stay with us for two weeks. It was probably the most fun I had last year.
JULY
- Chris and I went downtown to watch his SC TKD team spar in the nationals.
- I went blueberry picking for the first time and LOVED it.
AUGUST
- Chris and I got our anniversary pictures done by our wedding photographer, Jessica Shae.
- We went with my family and my dad's family for a quick trip up to Hayward, WI.
- A small group from our church went to the Majesty MusiCollege in Schaumberg, IL.
SEPTEMBER
- We got to see The 5 Browns perform at Ravinia.
- Chris and I celebrated our first anniversary in Orange Beach, AL.
OCTOBER
- A friend and I completed our registration as Suzuki Violin Book 4 teachers.
NOVEMBER
- My grandpa, Paul Gordon Kirschbaum, went to be with the Lord.
- My family and we traveled down to AL for his funeral and to help my grandma.
- Mom, Charlotte, and I get to go to a once-in-a-lifetime concert by John Williams.
DECEMBER
- Chris and I traveled down to SC for a quasi-family reunion for Christmas/New Year's.
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As far as music goes, I continued to teach, and reached the highest number of students I've had so far! I also played 8 concerts, 4 recitals, and 1 gig.
I read a lot of new books as well. Here's the list for my fellow book-lovers. Please keep in mind I do not endorse everything that is in each of these literary works. ;)
A Walk to Remember - Nicholas Sparks
Jacob Have I Loved - Katherine Paterson
The Witch of Blackbird Pond - Elizabeth George Speare
Ellanor's Exchange - Linda Hayner
Lord of the Flies - William Golding
The Black Arrow - Robert Louis Stevenson
The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins
The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
The Talent Code - Daniel Coyle
The Magic of Ordinary Days - Ann Howard Creel
Agenda 21 - Glenn Beck
Night - Elie Wiesel
Control - Glenn Beck
Arguing with Idiots - Glenn Beck
My Story - Elizabeth Smart
Divergent - Veronica Roth
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas - John Boyne
My Story - Elizabeth Smart
Divergent - Veronica Roth
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas - John Boyne
I think that's about it. I have a few goals for 2014, mostly involving daily exercise, improved productivity, learning how to jumpstart a car, regaining lost ground, and getting a dog or two. I will also have a garden and chickens and know how to bring every thought captive by the end of the year. Yes.
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