Well, I finally got this picture off my camera. I had made a Toblerone Cheesecake for my small group a few weeks ago. I got the recipe from Myrtle, one of my Australian friends. It was a big hit with the group...very easy to make too!!
So mostly I'm blogging because it's 3am, I'm bored and wanted something to do.
It was very fun to get to play in the Divisional Youth Band again. I haven't played with the group for over a year now. The DYB is a brass band made up of young people (aged 13-30 is the rule) from different Salvation Army churches in Alberta (our Division includes Alberta, the Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut). Right now we have members from Edmonton, Calgary, Lethbridge and Grande Prairie. See the map below for locations. For my Aussie and American friends, if you want to see what Canada looks like, Google "map of Canada" or something and check it out (You'll need a newer map to see where Nunavut is...it was created when the NWT was divided a few years ago).
Okay, this is kind of fun. I couldn't decide what music to listen to, so I set MediaPlayer to "shuffle" and then told it to play all the tracks in my library...so I've got Gregorian Chant, Christmas Music, Classical, Rock, Christian Contemorary, Newfoundland-Celtic, and more going...oh, and VEGGIE TALES!!
Anyways, back to DYB, it was a fun time. I'm playing cornet (kind of like a trumpet, but slightly different in appearance, design and sound). I originally learned to play on a cornet, but switched to trombone at the request of my music teacher when I was 14. We have a new interm leader for the band. The band has been without a leader since the fall, but now we have someone to take us at least up to the summer. I'm not necessarily all that big on playing my instrument, but I do enjoy spending time with the other members. We have some good times!! This month we were missing a lot of members though...everyone from Edmonton and Grande Prairie. It was a pretty sad sight, but we still had a good time.
Starting tonight I am working 4, 10 hour shifts at work instead of 5, 8 hour shifts. So from now on I work Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Thursday starting at 8pm. Of course we never finish until around 7:30am, so it's actually closer to a 12 hour shift.
Saturday it was something like 13 degrees Celsius out (55.4 degrees Fahrenheit for my American friends)!! Our winter has been increadibly warm this year!! I jogged to band practice this morning...although it wasn't quite that warm at that time of day. It was beautiful!! I love that I can go running or cycling in Calgary and be completely surrounded by park and woods and not be able to see any of the signs that I live in a large city. The sky was so clear and the mountains looked magnificant. I'm going to have to back out and take my camera with me sometime...not sure when. I would today if I didn't have to wear uniform...although I suppose I could get my parents to take that over with them and I could get changed at the church...I'll think about it. But I will get pictures posted somtime.
Okay, well, I didn't really have much to say to start with and I've rambled long enough now.
Take care everyone!!
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