Our new piano arrived! This old girl belonged to Jen's grandmother who passed away a year ago. Her oldest child inherited this 1921 Steinway M but did not have the space for it, so it is on indefinite loan to his oldest child--Jen. But don't be to shocked by the name and date because pianos actually depreciate over time, and this one needs thousands of dollars in repair so it will be a little while before Jen is using it regularly. Right now that is her justification for keeping her upright (also in the photo). Any minute now I need to go pick up the new block I had made to lock in the left leg currently secured by a piano bench and stack of books. Even still, we're excited to have this piece of history in our home.
Monday, October 15, 2007
Our new piano arrived! This old girl belonged to Jen's grandmother who passed away a year ago. Her oldest child inherited this 1921 Steinway M but did not have the space for it, so it is on indefinite loan to his oldest child--Jen. But don't be to shocked by the name and date because pianos actually depreciate over time, and this one needs thousands of dollars in repair so it will be a little while before Jen is using it regularly. Right now that is her justification for keeping her upright (also in the photo). Any minute now I need to go pick up the new block I had made to lock in the left leg currently secured by a piano bench and stack of books. Even still, we're excited to have this piece of history in our home.
Friday, October 12, 2007
Paintball
Thursday I went paintballing with the youth from church. We drove out to a field on the southeast side of the valley and had a lot of fun. I made the mistake of charging into a crossfire to save a game, and I'm still paying for it. Most of my welts come from that foolish run. Two days later my muscles are very sore. It hurts to get up and down, and Jen likes to poke and punch my quads.... I hurt.
Sunday, October 7, 2007
Back from Olkahoma City
I just got back from Oklahoma City. The annual meeting of the Western History Association met there this year and it was fun to see old friends again. The four-day conference is composed of a variety of panel presentations and a few special events and meals. I also got to meet several of my heroes. My friend and mentor Donald Fixico received the Native American Achievement Award for his life long contribution to Native American history. I was there representing my institution and a resource project I'm currently running to assist teachers and professors who work in Native American history. Overall it was a great experience.
On another note, for the third week in a row my blackshirts (the Nebraska Cornhuskers' defense) allowed over 400 yards--ug! The offense looked equally miserable, maybe even worse. I'm a little worried that the rest of the season will be really ugly. Good thing BYU looks good, so I'll have a winning team to follow.
Other news??? We are getting a grand piano next week. Jen and I are really excited. It is a family piano that her father inherited but has no space to keep. Right now Jen is trying to convince me that we should keep the old piano as well, but I'm not quite convinced yet.
On another note, for the third week in a row my blackshirts (the Nebraska Cornhuskers' defense) allowed over 400 yards--ug! The offense looked equally miserable, maybe even worse. I'm a little worried that the rest of the season will be really ugly. Good thing BYU looks good, so I'll have a winning team to follow.
Other news??? We are getting a grand piano next week. Jen and I are really excited. It is a family piano that her father inherited but has no space to keep. Right now Jen is trying to convince me that we should keep the old piano as well, but I'm not quite convinced yet.
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