I have my hands full raising 9 children. I have lot of video spoofs of my attempts to rehearse but always in vain. Here is one at 4 am, just after my surgery. For those with discerning ears, forgive my “errors”. I know if you have “perfect pitch” some parts will bother you.
September 15, 2009
Categories: Personal, Piano Lessons . Tags: Mrs. Treasures plays "Arabesque #1" by Debussy . Author: mrstreasures . Comments: Leave a Comment
It is very difficult for a pianist to turn pages during a performance. It is recommended that you memorize your performance piece. However, due to time constraints, it is not always possible.
My son, JJ, is 16 years old and decided to videotape himself performing “Theme from the movie Titanic”. He plays it with so much [...]
September 15, 2009
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September 15, 2009
Categories: Catholic Family, Catholic Homeschooling, Family Activities, Fun Break, Personal . Tags: after surgery, gallbladder disease, gallbladder surgery, gallbladders stones removal, prior to surgery, results of gallbladder surgery . Author: mrstreasures . Comments: 1 Comment
After a successful gallbladder surgery last Wednesday, I forced myself to exercise my brains by reading more and writing. I’ve avoided pain medications after 3 days. I realized that without those narcotics, my brain was working better. I did not feel dizzy. It was easy to focus on reading.
I was able to write 2 articles. [...]
September 11, 2009
Categories: Catholic Family, Personal . Tags: cursive first print later, cursive writing, obamanomics . Author: mrstreasures . Comments: Leave a Comment
The Newman College Guide for Catholic colleges is an online study of the top 10 authentic Catholic colleges in the nation. Authentic means colleges that are upholding the values and identity of the Catholic Church. There are many Catholic universities with great reputation but many failed in being faithful to Mother Church. One such university [...]
August 5, 2009
Categories: Blended Families, Catholic Family, Catholic Homeschooling, Catholic Resources, Large Families, Mrs. Treasures' Opinion, Personal, homeschooling . Tags: Catholic Homeschooling, Robinson Curriculum Reviews, homeschooling vs public school, homeschooling methods, success of homeschoolers, studies of public students and homeschoolers, losing our kids in public school, why you should homeschool your children now, homeschool now before it is too late, we lose our kids in public school . Author: mrstreasures . Comments: Leave a Comment
Our family did. I wrote an article on it entitled “ Robinson Curriculum: A Self-teaching Method”.
My goals in homeschooling are simple. It is to help my children “heal” and raise them to be Saints. In 2002, I moved to Southern California and deeply concerned with the behavior of public school children. My youngest was just [...]
July 21, 2009
Categories: ADHD/ADD, Blended Families, Catholic Family, Catholic Homeschooling, Catholic Resources, Large Families, Personal, homeschooling, raising children . Tags: art robinson and robinson curriculum, Catholic Robinson Curriculum, great books, how to use robinson curriculum, independent learning, Robinson curriculum advantages, Robinson Curriculum Reviews, self teaching method of homeschooling, self-taught kids, success stories of robinson curriculum, what are the books in the Robinson curriculum . Author: mrstreasures . Comments: Leave a Comment
You can see below why I am not writing too many articles these days. I have a new grand piano. Well, it is not actually new. In fact, it is very old. It is a 1914 Chickering.
When I bought this piano from original owners, my next problem was to get it to our [...]
June 3, 2009
Categories: Personal, Piano Lessons . Tags: 1914 Chickering grand piano, how to keep piano safe in move, how to move a grand piano, how to move grand piano into house, pictures showing moving grand piano, tips to move grand piano . Author: mrstreasures . Comments: Leave a Comment
After my piano lessons, I enjoy the “excuse” of going to Books-A-Million to read. Yes, I am a book worm. But, I just discovered something that is quite unique about me and people called “Scanners”. Scanner is another term for “Renaissance” people. But, I finally have a label to many unexplained facts about me.
I [...]
May 17, 2009
Categories: Personal . Tags: are you a scanner?, Renaissance man, renaissance people, renaissance person, scanner people . Author: mrstreasures . Comments: 1 Comment
It the next few days, my house will be the home to another welcome addition to our large family. I found a 1914 Chickering Grand Piano, 6′4 in great condition, sold by original owners. We drove two hours to get it checked out. It was regulated in the last two years. The treble sound [...]
May 17, 2009
Categories: Personal, Piano Lessons . . Author: mrstreasures . Comments: 2 Comments
Yahoo just reported that the oldest man in the US died recently. George Francis is an African American born in 1896 in New Orleans. He died of heart failure at the age of 114. This leaves Walter Breuning of Montana to be the oldest living person in the US. Why does it matter to me? [...]
December 29, 2008
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