Comments on: Brace yourselves. I’ve been purchasing études.

By: Velma

Velma — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 03:33:34 +0000

I am super-late to the RSVP for the retreat, but I’m feeling the need. (Or the Ned, which is bringing back all sorts of feelings about a long-ago middle school crush.)

I have to say, I’m pleased to hear about your family privacy thang, because I often feel like an incredible freak for keeping my blogging so secret. I have a great family, no major psychological issues, but nobody in my real life except my best friend, a cousin who also blogs, and my husband knows I have a blog. (And my husband doesn’t even read blogs.)

Anyhoo, what was that I heard about a retreat?

By: kimblahg

kimblahg — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 07:07:29 +0000

I’m down with the retreat! And not a “blogging” retreat- just a drinking, eating and hot-tubbing retreat.

By: Carole

Carole — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:43:40 +0000

I’ve been having fantasies about retreating to Big Cedar Lodge at Table Rock Lake and eating waffles drowned in syrup from their breakfast buffet!
I share in your excitement regarding the catch in the knitting pattern! Yesterday, I caught an error in the Dr. Phil colomn in Oprah magazine and I I felt so very clever and went into a long fantasy about being a NYC editor where that would cause heads to roll and I was yelling–NO mistakes EVER–in a Joan Crawford wire hanger tone.

By: Brinski

Brinski — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 15:28:25 +0000

Ok, nice to know that it’s not just lil’ old clinically depressed me. Maybe it’s the post Christmas/pre-spring anxiety or cabin fever but I have really been feeling the need to get away too. Somewhere warm, sandy and Pina colada-y would be nice. When I see those Corona commercials I want to climb inside the TV, I swear!

I could be glib and say that Kansas City is a nice place for a retreat…but its not.

By: Mrs. Kennedy

Mrs. Kennedy — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 02:47:44 +0000

I love Chopin, I never learned to play any of his work — organ lessons FTW! — so I’m really impressed you got through two.

By: Nikki

Nikki — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:17:37 +0000

Yes, please. My husband is embarking on 5 consecutive Saturdays of show choir contests (he teaches high school… he’s not actually, you know, competing), leaving me and the kid to our own devices all weekend every weekend. After being left to our own devices all week every week. A nice restorative pre-insanity retreat would be perfect. I like pie. And knitting. And naps.

By: Clair

Clair — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:41:46 +0000

Thought I was the only one feeling the need for a retreat right now. How about that. I think you should all come west. The weather’s not too bad this weekend and we can play outside.

By: Gail

Gail — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:11:41 +0000

I and several of my friends were feeling the same way so we got together last night and played cards and drank. It worked wonders.

By: Fluid Pudding

Fluid Pudding — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:57:51 +0000

Scott—How about a little “I’m Going to Pull Out Your Endocrine System” in the key of F#?

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:20:31 +0000

The Debussy etudes is a good idea but the Gary Busey etudes… now that would be an accomplishment. Just sayin.