On my way into work today I saw a couple of kids waiting for the bus, their back packs on their backs and a musical instrument in their hands. one looked like it might have been a trumpet and another maybe a flute. This made my mind whirl back to my youthful days.
Ah yes, at 5 yrs old I started to play a musical instrument… and accordion!
it was not an instrument to carry to school, actually not an instrument to carry anywhere too far.
No this sucker weighed about 25 pounds at least. By the time I was 8 I was finally able to lift/drag it a little. When I was 5 the accordion teacher had a beginner one I was able to learn on, but as I hit 8- well I went to the big one. This had been my older sisters accordion, and I am not sure where it came from before her.
This is a photo of the teacher I had for many years- Frank Mucedola- he was good, and patient, and he would laugh at me when I tried to lug the accordion up his flight of about 30 stairs. He had a shop on the second floor on Genesee Street in Auburn. It was a different instrument for a child to play. No one I knew played one. I learned later in life that as I grew boobs- the accordion was not the instrument of choice. ( Need I say more !!)
I do remember this accordion I had had a chord button that would stick down if it was pushed accidently. And the only way to free it was with a pin- something pointed. Well I had committed to playing a song I had written for my girl scout troops variety show..,the families were invited—( I had titled it “Sam at The Pond”- it was about a frog in a pond… ) and I had taught my young sisters and brothers how to sing the song and they were there to perform it with me.
Well just before we were due to go on, the button got pushed in on the accordion and it stuck… . With it stuck in – every time the bellows were opened or closed it played a really loud chord sound that sounded like a tug boat.
I had a kilt on and my mom looked at the pin holding my kilt together and asked for the pin. I gave my mom the kilt pin to free the button. As she was working on it I knew the audience was waiting for our debut.. so I flew to the curtain of the stage to tell the audience we would be delayed a bit, but it would be quick. Well my kilt pin was not on my kilt… ( ya getting the visual here????) So there I am- 13 years old, whipping open the curtains of the stage and the audience roared with
laughter- I did not know why…until I looked down to see my flung open skirt and lets just say nothing left for the imagination of the audience. I am not sure how I composed myself to still return and perform the song… but I did…I wonder who remembers this unintentional show I put on that evening… hee hee- it was totally embarrassing for me !.
So as I looked at these kids today, I wondered about what possessed my parents to want me to play the accordion… other than so 40 yrs later- I still can laugh to my self over this incredibly embarrassing moment in my life!.
Love to all,Mrs justa…
We had tons of things to do on this house. I wanted to lose weight and I showed him a sauna suit. It looked like this .. I saw it on an info-mercial and was convinced with all the building I was helping on while he was at work, heck I could lose a ton of weight while I was doing joint compound, clearing up and organizing messes after working for an evening. I called the 800 number and ordered this suit. it was one of those 9.95 deals and promises of miracles. 4 weeks ;later it came…the next day Walt took off for work and I chose to don this space looking suit. I was convinced that I was going to leave it on for the entire day and had images of me being thin and trim within a matter of days.
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God is not a puppet master who pulls our strings so we will do what He wants us to do. He loves us so much that He gave us free-will. this is from a web site ….
they do not show their belief… and than they blame God for not being there for them. I read folks comments on line as they state that God must not be a loving God because of people suffering from hunger, from natural disasters. But I truly believe that we are not puppets, we are free willed people, this free will opens doors for us to each make decisions that are good or bad. Sometimes our decisions spill over into others lives. And when that happens- I think that God is feeling our pain too. There are choices that people have made that have caused us to be in situations we are in. People die horrible deaths… and when they do.. I believe God is there to pick them up and hold them. For us who are left living, who have to endure the pain of losing a person…I believe that God is also there to hold us if we do not turn our backs on him . 


Vacation—what does it mean to you? To some it means going broke, charging huge amounts of money to leave your home and go to some part of the USA or around the world somewhere, to live out of a suitcase, and be dependant on others for your time planning activities. For some, they have vacation savings accounts- so you save up this amount of money to go away somewhere and spend the money you saved. Well that is better than charging it I guess.
and not just pay the high prices for stuff. But in winter—- it would be just my luck to plan this vacation in January or February and get stuck in ice and snow in areas that are supposed to be warm. 

( that happens with obstructive sleep apnea) but no I do not hear any lapse in breathing- nope it is pretty steady- inhale deep and long- sounding like it almost hurts – and than a peaceful forceful exhale.I think it is like the old cartoon of Popeye snoring… remember that load snore he did in the cartoons???? –
Numbers numbers everywhere. And they mean something different in different situations. Sometimes they make no real sense.
checks run out, how we will pay our taxes as they rise to pay for this careless spending, how much the cost of food and medicine will go up, and how can we get manufacturing back in this country. OOOHH HOO___ I just heard that Scott Brown won in Massachusetts. The republicans won !!! What does this tell you ! We need hope, we need change… Massachusetts is always thought of Democratic liberal state…50 yrs !!! . HELLO____ now listen to the people ! You lied to us, you promised to be open, you promised to bring the people into government… and well I truly believe the people are not going to take it lying down any more. The tiger is going to get up and roar. 
