Now...and again nearly 2 years later!

Can it really be nearly 2 years ago that I tried this medium of expression/ confessional called a blog??...It started (and ended) with only one post...So I really need to get serious now and make this thing a reality.

So now, almost 2 years later a bit has changed...Yes, actually a whole lot has changed and I would say definately for the better...This blog will serve to tell the tale of a 2 years of transformation which has been quite a journey...But more on that later.

So, today is April 14. A good day, one of promise. I will chronicle in these pages my 'road to Carnegie Hall'. I have a recital scheduled for Oct.4 (less than 6 months away) which in pianistic terms is really not much time at all...But as anyone who has attempted a big project understands, planning is everything...So today is my big organizational day to map out my time and pieces that I need to either learn or polish up (an unending process).

I was motivated to get performing again after somewhat of a hiatus. One thing I learned that no matter how well planned a day is, having 2 small children certainly can take one's mind and time management scheme into another orbit...So now that my girls are a bit older (nearly 5 and 7) I can refocus.

Later I'll write about my program, which I think is pretty awesome...But first got to get breakfast on the table...More later!

The reality sets in!!

A big hello and greetings to all that may enter the world of this blog...

As I type this, I'm having one of these moments--you know, the kind where you embark on an activity that until this point you have been an observer of--but never actually tried...

So here I am, giving this blog thing a go...There are far more witty authors of blogs out there and I don't really know how I fit into this world..(I have to figure out how to download pictures and all--it boggles my mind to think that I can do this via a mobile phone camera...(I'll have to research that whole thing).

I got interested in blogging from researching all the crafts blogs out there, especially the knitting ones. I must say those knitters are a truly creative bunch--and ultimately high-energy. I love reading the blogs from knitting gals that have just churned out a hand knit fair isle sweater, gotten dinner on the table, tucked their three young children into bed and read the latest 400 page biography of Winston Churchill--all in between their full time job...Makes me realize that I just must have extreme issues in the time management department.

Well, in an effort to confront my organizational shortcomings, I shall be using this blog as a marker of accountability. You see I am a classical pianist, mother of 2 young girls (ages 3 and 5), and director of my own music school, which is really not alot in the big scheme of things, but somehow one of those three big hats I wear always seems to get short shifted depending on the course of a day. To add to things, I am preparing a program for a solo recital/ recording in April 2007.

This blog shall be my pillow, to which I cry all my despair in the crunch of it all (Like for example mastering the ever-so-daunting coda of Chopin's 4th Ballade)--to hopefully sharing all the wonderfulness that comes on being a part of such a daunting yet exhilirating journey.

I hope you enjoy the ride.

xoxo,
Margaret