Weekends are the best! I love the opportunity to catch up on housework, laundry, craft projects, and simply relaxing. Today my day started with a trip to the salon with my daughters. We really enjoy this time of pampering, it's great to spend time with my girls. And the salon was virtually empty so we had the place to ourselves. I sipped on my coffee while the massage chair hummed and vibrated on my back, not so relaxing but, then again I'm kind of weird with anyone touching my feet. We laughed and giggled as the ladies tickled our feet with the pumice stone. We're pretty much all very ticklish. In the end it's totally worth the discomfort of the whole scrub thing.
After the spa, we drove to the fabric store. I have been working on some fabric books for Rocky, one for his numbers and one for the alphabet. So I had cut out all these little animals, numbers, letters, and dots. This is gonna be cute! So I needed some more fusible webbing. I was able to complete the counting book today, maybe I'll get a chance to work on the alphabet book tomorrow. I love the feeling that I get when I have completed something. I always have these to-do lists going, and I love crossing things off - I'm seriously thinking of starting a bucket list.
We live very close to Japan Town so one of our annual traditions is to go to the Obon Festival. Since I have known Sam he has taken me to this festival, it is rich with culture and traditions. And the food...Oh my let me tell you about the food, my must have's at the Obon are: corn on the cob, teriyaki kabob, chicken salad, tempura, and the grand finale is always the strawberry shortcake. Although our children are grown they still enjoy the festival and food, plus it's just a block away. It's wonderful to now see our grandson going to the Obon, Samuel and Senia stopped by on their way home and there was Rocky in his stroller eating his own corn-on-the cob too cute! It's always the simple things in life that I value the most. Just to be here to enjoy my kids passing by our house is a blessing. They will never know how much joy they bring me.
Well I hope you have a blessed weekend, enjoy your family and friends and all the other blessings God has given you. Talk to you again on Monday because on Sunday...We Rest!
<3 Lizzi
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Saturday, July 10, 2010
Day 4 in the Studio
What an incredible week, but I must say "thank God it's Friday". I think everyone is adjusting to "mom's" new schedule. Of course anything great requires hard work and diligence. I had a wonderful surprise last night. It started with my daughter Melissa and her boyfriend Fernando going for a bike ride. They passed by a victorian house that was being restored, only I guess it's considered a remodel if the house is not being restored to it's original time period. Anyways, this home had a nice big dumpster out front where they were tossing everything from inside the house. Melissa and Fernando spotted a beautiful vintage door, they couldn't believe someone would be throwing it out. So when they arrived here they mentioned the door and said "if we had a truck we could transfer it" so I said " I have a truck why don't you go see if it's still there". Hard to believe someone didn't snap that door up, but to their surprise the door was still there. They loaded it up and brought it home to me. It was seriously the most beautiful door I have ever seen. It's like a piece of artwork., original rolled glass, ornate trim, and such a lovely pale blue vintage color with some ivory colored trim. It reminds me of the ocean. Seriously if you don't think God knows the desires of your heart, this is proof that He does. I have been wanting a beautiful front door for our Victorian home for 24 years, and here it was with just some stripping, sanding, framing, and a nice coat of paint we will have an amazing door.
Whoops, almost forgot where I was going with this blog. Music, ah yes music, music is what soothes the soul. I know this personally because music can sometimes touch where words fail you, it can speak to your heart and soul and minister where man can't see. Everyone has their own style of writing songs. I hope through this project to stretch and challenge myself, as I write of the known, and the unknown. But there a lot of hurting people out there that I hope will be touched by these "lullabies to love songs".
I usually help out at the Fremont Iguanas on Fridays, so off I went to see that the store was opened. I think this gives my son Jimmy peace of mind to know that Mom is looking out for the store since our standards are quite high for the appearance of the store, to the all important flavor, and freshness of the food. I like being there, because I meet lots of great people and get to keep in touch with the people that work there. I left there around 1:00 p.m. and had to stop at home to check on the kiddies before going to the studio. Looks like Felice had everything under control, Dusty was happy watching t.v. and Rocky was entertained with our lil' neighbor Ella who was visiting. So I picked up a few things that I had forgotten in my morning rush out the door (like my ipad, and my phone charger). I made it to the studio around 2:00 and the guys were finishing up some parts on the song we were working on yesterday. It sounds amazing, I can hear the layers being added, each one complimenting the other. I can see their approach to music is completely different, my mind is so one dimensional compared to theirs. I needed to write the words for a pre-chorus, and second verse. We recorded the words I had so far, and John added some scratch background vocals as a guide for me. This is no longer a "girl power song" but more like a proclamation of where I am in my life. I couldn't help tears from welling up in my eyes as I heard the song played back for me. I am so pleased with the flow, and energy of the project. I will talk to you soon.
<3 Lizzi
Whoops, almost forgot where I was going with this blog. Music, ah yes music, music is what soothes the soul. I know this personally because music can sometimes touch where words fail you, it can speak to your heart and soul and minister where man can't see. Everyone has their own style of writing songs. I hope through this project to stretch and challenge myself, as I write of the known, and the unknown. But there a lot of hurting people out there that I hope will be touched by these "lullabies to love songs".
I usually help out at the Fremont Iguanas on Fridays, so off I went to see that the store was opened. I think this gives my son Jimmy peace of mind to know that Mom is looking out for the store since our standards are quite high for the appearance of the store, to the all important flavor, and freshness of the food. I like being there, because I meet lots of great people and get to keep in touch with the people that work there. I left there around 1:00 p.m. and had to stop at home to check on the kiddies before going to the studio. Looks like Felice had everything under control, Dusty was happy watching t.v. and Rocky was entertained with our lil' neighbor Ella who was visiting. So I picked up a few things that I had forgotten in my morning rush out the door (like my ipad, and my phone charger). I made it to the studio around 2:00 and the guys were finishing up some parts on the song we were working on yesterday. It sounds amazing, I can hear the layers being added, each one complimenting the other. I can see their approach to music is completely different, my mind is so one dimensional compared to theirs. I needed to write the words for a pre-chorus, and second verse. We recorded the words I had so far, and John added some scratch background vocals as a guide for me. This is no longer a "girl power song" but more like a proclamation of where I am in my life. I couldn't help tears from welling up in my eyes as I heard the song played back for me. I am so pleased with the flow, and energy of the project. I will talk to you soon.
<3 Lizzi
Friday, July 9, 2010
Day 3 in the Studio
Hey there, what a wonderfully long day! I say wonderful because we were able to go live! And you know how difficult of a time we've had with the equipment. Unfortunately my day began at 5:30 am when Sam got in. He had the computer technician come in at 12:00 midnight to check what was going wrong with the system and why we couldn't get audio. They worked until early morning until it was finally up and running (thanks Mike). I will never understand how Sam can function on only 3 hours of sleep, but he does. By 8:30 am he was up and running to drop off Felice at school and get to work. Dusty came and climbed in bed with me and began sketching on the iPad. It was a beautiful castle complete with the king, then he played his snowboard game. I am still amazed at how kids today are so computer savvy. I didn't even show him how to work the device and he just found his way around and is able to maneuver around just fine.
While he did that I worked on some lyrics for the song we would be working on today. I couldn't exactly remember the melody, so I just wrote little snippets of thoughts in the direction I wanted the song to go in. I figured I could fine tune things in the studio. I also wanted to see if the guys had any ideas as well. I picked up Rocky at around 12:15, then went to pick up Felice at school. I treated the kids (really myself) to McDonalds. I was supposed to be in the studio at 1:00 so I was in a rush. I knew Sam was going to be there to make sure everything was functioning properly, but he only had an hour lunch. I worry about him spreading himself too thin, and becoming exhausted. But as I said he loves a project, and he is so excited to see it all come together.
John's parents were in town from Southern California for a couple of days so John took the day off to hang out with them. Samuel & I figured we could work on the song started yesterday, or work on a whole new song. Samuel was still not able to use his hand completely because of his sprained wrist but, we figured we'd just play it by ear(no pun intended). We arrived and for some reason the visual streaming was working perfectly, but you couldn't hear the audio part of the streaming. Here we go again, more problems, Sam put in a call to Mike to give him tech support over the phone and he walked him through the process of logging onto the system. Sounded like Greek to me.
Luckily John called to say he was bringing his parents by so they could see the studio. Everyone else had met them but me, John has been such a big part of our family I felt like I already knew them when I finally got to meet them! John's Dad is on FB so I had seen pictures of them and I knew that if they had such a great son than they also must be great people too. Sam thought it would be good to interview them and see what they thought of their son's profession. Talk about nice people! John's parents were talkative, witty and downright delightful. They had no problem answering questions about John as a child, young man, and as an adult. It was a memorable interview and a real pleasure to meet them.
After John and his family left Samuel and I began working on one of the old songs my Mama used to sing. We decided on a couple of oldies but goodies. Then moved onto the song we started working on yesterday. I showed him the phrases I had written earlier and we settled on one for the chorus. He went through and formatted the song with the intro, verse, chorus...added bass guitar. I added some lyrics. Considering we didn't have a set schedule we were getting alot accomplished, but then I received a call from Sam at his work. He asked me what we were doing then proceeded to tell me what we were doing, how we were seated, our every move, he even asked Samuel to dance. I swung around to see if he was watching us, and he was WE WERE LIVE! Amazing right? Amazing and exciting, it all works beautifully, finally Sam's vision come to life. This was cut short by a call from Felice that I needed to come home because Rocky was crying and she was at her wits end. I said my goodbye's, Grandma duty, very important!
What a great day, I came home and had a wonderful nap with the baby. Now to work on my lyrics for tomorrow. So excited to see you then, I'll send out a notice when I will be in the studio along with the live stream address. <3 Lizzi
While he did that I worked on some lyrics for the song we would be working on today. I couldn't exactly remember the melody, so I just wrote little snippets of thoughts in the direction I wanted the song to go in. I figured I could fine tune things in the studio. I also wanted to see if the guys had any ideas as well. I picked up Rocky at around 12:15, then went to pick up Felice at school. I treated the kids (really myself) to McDonalds. I was supposed to be in the studio at 1:00 so I was in a rush. I knew Sam was going to be there to make sure everything was functioning properly, but he only had an hour lunch. I worry about him spreading himself too thin, and becoming exhausted. But as I said he loves a project, and he is so excited to see it all come together.
John's parents were in town from Southern California for a couple of days so John took the day off to hang out with them. Samuel & I figured we could work on the song started yesterday, or work on a whole new song. Samuel was still not able to use his hand completely because of his sprained wrist but, we figured we'd just play it by ear(no pun intended). We arrived and for some reason the visual streaming was working perfectly, but you couldn't hear the audio part of the streaming. Here we go again, more problems, Sam put in a call to Mike to give him tech support over the phone and he walked him through the process of logging onto the system. Sounded like Greek to me.
Luckily John called to say he was bringing his parents by so they could see the studio. Everyone else had met them but me, John has been such a big part of our family I felt like I already knew them when I finally got to meet them! John's Dad is on FB so I had seen pictures of them and I knew that if they had such a great son than they also must be great people too. Sam thought it would be good to interview them and see what they thought of their son's profession. Talk about nice people! John's parents were talkative, witty and downright delightful. They had no problem answering questions about John as a child, young man, and as an adult. It was a memorable interview and a real pleasure to meet them.
After John and his family left Samuel and I began working on one of the old songs my Mama used to sing. We decided on a couple of oldies but goodies. Then moved onto the song we started working on yesterday. I showed him the phrases I had written earlier and we settled on one for the chorus. He went through and formatted the song with the intro, verse, chorus...added bass guitar. I added some lyrics. Considering we didn't have a set schedule we were getting alot accomplished, but then I received a call from Sam at his work. He asked me what we were doing then proceeded to tell me what we were doing, how we were seated, our every move, he even asked Samuel to dance. I swung around to see if he was watching us, and he was WE WERE LIVE! Amazing right? Amazing and exciting, it all works beautifully, finally Sam's vision come to life. This was cut short by a call from Felice that I needed to come home because Rocky was crying and she was at her wits end. I said my goodbye's, Grandma duty, very important!
What a great day, I came home and had a wonderful nap with the baby. Now to work on my lyrics for tomorrow. So excited to see you then, I'll send out a notice when I will be in the studio along with the live stream address. <3 Lizzi
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Day 2 in the Studio
Day 2 was amazing! We worked on our song that we had begun yesterday. I thought I would have time last night to practice a bit but, when I left the studio I picked up Rocky and Dusty so Samuel and Senny could go to their movie nite with friends. Having two rambunctious boys doesn't leave time for much else. Getting to the studio is usually a challenge but yesterday worked out nice because Senia had the day off from work and she was able to watch the boys. But today it was back to our regular schedule. Felice had school from 10:00-11:30 so I dropped her off and picked her up, swung by and picked Rocky up around 11:45. Samuel left to the studio so he and John could finish formatting the music track for me. And I went in around 12:30 while Felice watched the boys. Then I had to leave for home about 3:45 because Felice started work at four and I needed to pick her and the boys up then drop her off at work - whew! Finally back at home the boys and I went out and watered the yard, picked our first batch of tomatoes yum. I have to say, "there's no place like home".
Our song today was a short, sweet, lullaby which will be just Samuel playing guitar accompanying me, and well of course John will be adding a lil' something, something to round out the song.
We had to delay recording the guitar because Samuel injured his left wrist on Monday when we went to go pick up my bicycle. My daughter Felice was trying the bike out, and she didn't know it had gears and a hand brake. So to stop her from crashing into a parked truck Samuel stood in front of her and stopped her by the handlebars. We didn't think much of it that day, but by Tuesday Samuel's wrist was pretty swollen so he iced it, if you notice in the footage from day 1 it looks like he has a bunny on his arm. I brought him some Motrin for the swelling and the pain (we knew it wasn't broken), he just had to let it rest a bit. So maybe tomorrow or Friday he'll be 100% ready to record the guitar for the lullaby song. At any rate I was able to complete the vocal, and the guys were inspired right into the next song. Upbeat, fun, a girl power song (that's what I call it) I love it when the guys get in touch with their sensitive side lol.
Unfortunately the hosting system is still having problems, so we were not able to live stream but, maybe tomorrow (Sam has his friend Mike who owns a media company coming in to fix the internet problem - we are keeping our fingers crossed!). We knew we were the test case for this new method of recording a project so we are just going along with the flow.
It's great being in the studio with the guys.... Maybe tomorrow if all works out we'll introduce Rudy our creative technician. He's the fly on the wall operating the cameras and filming. Well we'll talk more tomorrow and hopefully we'll have some video clips up for you.
As always <3 Lizzi
Our song today was a short, sweet, lullaby which will be just Samuel playing guitar accompanying me, and well of course John will be adding a lil' something, something to round out the song.
We had to delay recording the guitar because Samuel injured his left wrist on Monday when we went to go pick up my bicycle. My daughter Felice was trying the bike out, and she didn't know it had gears and a hand brake. So to stop her from crashing into a parked truck Samuel stood in front of her and stopped her by the handlebars. We didn't think much of it that day, but by Tuesday Samuel's wrist was pretty swollen so he iced it, if you notice in the footage from day 1 it looks like he has a bunny on his arm. I brought him some Motrin for the swelling and the pain (we knew it wasn't broken), he just had to let it rest a bit. So maybe tomorrow or Friday he'll be 100% ready to record the guitar for the lullaby song. At any rate I was able to complete the vocal, and the guys were inspired right into the next song. Upbeat, fun, a girl power song (that's what I call it) I love it when the guys get in touch with their sensitive side lol.
Unfortunately the hosting system is still having problems, so we were not able to live stream but, maybe tomorrow (Sam has his friend Mike who owns a media company coming in to fix the internet problem - we are keeping our fingers crossed!). We knew we were the test case for this new method of recording a project so we are just going along with the flow.
It's great being in the studio with the guys.... Maybe tomorrow if all works out we'll introduce Rudy our creative technician. He's the fly on the wall operating the cameras and filming. Well we'll talk more tomorrow and hopefully we'll have some video clips up for you.
As always <3 Lizzi
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Lullaby 2day
Hi there, today went a little differently than I thought it would. First of all if you read yesterday's blog than you know there was an electrical problem that needed to be repaired. So Sam told me he would call me and let me know when he was ready for me. He called around 10:00 am to tell me come in at 1pm, I became so nervous. You see I'm a very structured type of person, which means I like a formatted plan and schedule. So to be on call was nerve-racking for me. Then at around 11:30 he said come at 1:30, I hadn't seen the studio conversion and quickly realized this is gonna be televised. Do I need extra makeup, hair up or down, what will I look the slimmest in, I know silly right. I did the best I could, called Senny to watch Dusty and I was out the door.
Well talk about amazing. Now I know technology is amazing when it works and a pain when it doesn't! We were somewhere in the middle, because all the video portion of the streaming worked but the audio did not. The studio looked amazing, real pro with the added lights, and cameras. I arrived around 1:30 ready to work. But as it turns out the equipment was not participating.
While they worked on the settings, Samuel, John, and I had a good time chatting. It's funny because sometimes you look around the room and everyones on some kind of mobile device. Had we known, I wonder what we would have thought of ourselves 15 or 20 years ago. I don't even think I would have believed it (very Star Trekky) but here we are. Sam decided we would go ahead with handheld mics. instead of headsets. We all thought sure why not, we're here, we can wing it.
We basically just sat like a talk show format, passed the mic around and discussed the project. Then John had an idea for a song, went to the keyboard, Samuel picked up his guitar, I grabbed a tablet and pen, and we were on our way to creating our first song. Seemed so natural. After laying down a track, we took a short break and when we came back in we wrapped up the format of the song. This way if I needed to add more words I could work on that at home. We were finished by around five. John and Rudy were off to see Toy Story 3, Samuel and Senia had a movie party to attend, I was watching Rocky, and Sam and Alim were going to work on the system. It was something new and different but, I had a great time!
Although we couldn't stream it live today all the magic was captured on hard drive and we will be posting it soon so you can view it! You will be able to see a special moment when I read the lyrics of the song to Samuel and he got all choked up when I told him Rocky was my inspiration.
These are the words: Hush Lil' Darlin'
Don't you cry
Sing you a song
It's a lullaby
Precious moments
We hold dear
Don't cry baby
Mama's near
Your in my <3
Your in my soul....
Talk to you tomorrow <3 Lizzi
Well talk about amazing. Now I know technology is amazing when it works and a pain when it doesn't! We were somewhere in the middle, because all the video portion of the streaming worked but the audio did not. The studio looked amazing, real pro with the added lights, and cameras. I arrived around 1:30 ready to work. But as it turns out the equipment was not participating.
While they worked on the settings, Samuel, John, and I had a good time chatting. It's funny because sometimes you look around the room and everyones on some kind of mobile device. Had we known, I wonder what we would have thought of ourselves 15 or 20 years ago. I don't even think I would have believed it (very Star Trekky) but here we are. Sam decided we would go ahead with handheld mics. instead of headsets. We all thought sure why not, we're here, we can wing it.
We basically just sat like a talk show format, passed the mic around and discussed the project. Then John had an idea for a song, went to the keyboard, Samuel picked up his guitar, I grabbed a tablet and pen, and we were on our way to creating our first song. Seemed so natural. After laying down a track, we took a short break and when we came back in we wrapped up the format of the song. This way if I needed to add more words I could work on that at home. We were finished by around five. John and Rudy were off to see Toy Story 3, Samuel and Senia had a movie party to attend, I was watching Rocky, and Sam and Alim were going to work on the system. It was something new and different but, I had a great time!
Although we couldn't stream it live today all the magic was captured on hard drive and we will be posting it soon so you can view it! You will be able to see a special moment when I read the lyrics of the song to Samuel and he got all choked up when I told him Rocky was my inspiration.
These are the words: Hush Lil' Darlin'
Don't you cry
Sing you a song
It's a lullaby
Precious moments
We hold dear
Don't cry baby
Mama's near
Your in my <3
Your in my soul....
Talk to you tomorrow <3 Lizzi
Oops!
Hi there, I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. I think this fourth of July topped them all. It has been our tradition to take some time together as a family, rent a hotel, load up on the snacks, fill the tub with ice and soft drinks, swim, eat, and finally watch the fireworks from our balcony. This has been a great tradition for us. This year things were a bit different, my brother-in-law was celebrating his 50th b-day. Wow, what an accomplishment right? The kids were invited to a friends b-day in Sacramento, so I thought well I guess they have to do their own thing. So I kept my pouting to myself and thought well, I'm just gonna have to suck it up.
As it turns out I had more than a couple of nice surprises this weekend. First of all a friend that I hadn't seen for quite awhile gave me a call at Iguanas to see if she could come and visit. We met at my sister Sandra's house and had a nice visit reminiscing and looking at old photos. I went home and completed a baby quilt I was making for our neighbor who just had a baby boy.
Then on Sunday we went to my brother in law's party and who shows up but my son Samuel, his wife Yesenia, and our sweet grand baby Rocky. Oh My heart just melted with joy. But you know us Moms we're only happy when the whole brood is together, so than to complete the family my other son Jeremy shows up too. I thought they were in Sacramento at the other B-day so imagine my joy in seeing them all present. I know it's crazy but to us moms the sun practically rises and sets when we see our children. We had a wonderful time and as the evening wore on we sat around the fire pit sipping coffee, and watching the fireworks. I know, I know their illegal, but we had a stash of our own, and the kids loved seeing the beautiful colors! What would the fourth be without sparklers for the kids right?
Monday was another great day, my husband Sam made pancakes, bacon, and eggs, the kids came over, we sat out in the gazebo and had breakfast. Perfect weather inspired me to set the table outside, it was lovely. After breakfast the kids started looking at bikes on Craigs list. And what does my son find but a beautiful pink girls Schwin bicycle for me. Pretty much everyone has a bike in my family and I know they want us to go riding together. But the truth is I never rode a bike as a child and although Sam and I had cruisers my bike was too tall so I was afraid to ride it. This bike looked perfect! So Yesenia sent an email, and to our surprise they responded immediately. Some of you know that Craigs list can be really hit and miss. Well today it was a hit, my son Samuel took me over to try it out and it was indeed perfect. So today I became the proud owner of a shiny new bike! How exciting! Senia gave me a few lessons, Samuel adjusted my seat, then we were off for a bike ride, we traveled maybe a couple of miles it was exhilarating. I'm sure I'll feel it tomorrow but, it was great! We topped off the evening with a simple b.b.q of chicken marinated in olive oil, fresh squeezed lemon juice, fresh garlic, salt and pepper hmm delish (try it) and grilled to perfection. We served it with a fresh chunky salsa of chopped tomatoes, onions, cilantro, fresh jalapenos, garlic, salt, with just a squeeze of lime, it goes beautiful with the chicken, and my daughter Melissa made some spanish rice. Very simple, delicious, and it's healthy. It was a great end to a 3- day weekend. So you see those were my three wonderful surprises! I am blessed with an incredible family. And it's a privilege to celebrate this great Country of ours!
Now onto the Studio, well we were doing great, everything was on schedule but, today well today put a little snafoo into our recording schedule. Sam left right after breakfast to finish up a few things at the studio. I'm not quite sure why he needed to do some drilling. Well what does he do but, drill right through some electrical wires and he blew out the power. I am surprised and thankful he didn't get electrocuted but, the power was blown. He had to call in an electrician which can't happen until tomorrow so...that puts us slightly behind. But Lord willing tomorrow everything will be resolved and we can start filming and recording as scheduled. So here's to it all working out, I will let you know how and if it goes tomorrow.
Much <3 Lizzi
As it turns out I had more than a couple of nice surprises this weekend. First of all a friend that I hadn't seen for quite awhile gave me a call at Iguanas to see if she could come and visit. We met at my sister Sandra's house and had a nice visit reminiscing and looking at old photos. I went home and completed a baby quilt I was making for our neighbor who just had a baby boy.
Then on Sunday we went to my brother in law's party and who shows up but my son Samuel, his wife Yesenia, and our sweet grand baby Rocky. Oh My heart just melted with joy. But you know us Moms we're only happy when the whole brood is together, so than to complete the family my other son Jeremy shows up too. I thought they were in Sacramento at the other B-day so imagine my joy in seeing them all present. I know it's crazy but to us moms the sun practically rises and sets when we see our children. We had a wonderful time and as the evening wore on we sat around the fire pit sipping coffee, and watching the fireworks. I know, I know their illegal, but we had a stash of our own, and the kids loved seeing the beautiful colors! What would the fourth be without sparklers for the kids right?
Monday was another great day, my husband Sam made pancakes, bacon, and eggs, the kids came over, we sat out in the gazebo and had breakfast. Perfect weather inspired me to set the table outside, it was lovely. After breakfast the kids started looking at bikes on Craigs list. And what does my son find but a beautiful pink girls Schwin bicycle for me. Pretty much everyone has a bike in my family and I know they want us to go riding together. But the truth is I never rode a bike as a child and although Sam and I had cruisers my bike was too tall so I was afraid to ride it. This bike looked perfect! So Yesenia sent an email, and to our surprise they responded immediately. Some of you know that Craigs list can be really hit and miss. Well today it was a hit, my son Samuel took me over to try it out and it was indeed perfect. So today I became the proud owner of a shiny new bike! How exciting! Senia gave me a few lessons, Samuel adjusted my seat, then we were off for a bike ride, we traveled maybe a couple of miles it was exhilarating. I'm sure I'll feel it tomorrow but, it was great! We topped off the evening with a simple b.b.q of chicken marinated in olive oil, fresh squeezed lemon juice, fresh garlic, salt and pepper hmm delish (try it) and grilled to perfection. We served it with a fresh chunky salsa of chopped tomatoes, onions, cilantro, fresh jalapenos, garlic, salt, with just a squeeze of lime, it goes beautiful with the chicken, and my daughter Melissa made some spanish rice. Very simple, delicious, and it's healthy. It was a great end to a 3- day weekend. So you see those were my three wonderful surprises! I am blessed with an incredible family. And it's a privilege to celebrate this great Country of ours!
Now onto the Studio, well we were doing great, everything was on schedule but, today well today put a little snafoo into our recording schedule. Sam left right after breakfast to finish up a few things at the studio. I'm not quite sure why he needed to do some drilling. Well what does he do but, drill right through some electrical wires and he blew out the power. I am surprised and thankful he didn't get electrocuted but, the power was blown. He had to call in an electrician which can't happen until tomorrow so...that puts us slightly behind. But Lord willing tomorrow everything will be resolved and we can start filming and recording as scheduled. So here's to it all working out, I will let you know how and if it goes tomorrow.
Much <3 Lizzi
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