Miss A has been asking for a certain something for a few years. Another musical instrument. Every so often Tim would spend time scouring Craigslist for a used one.
In December Tim found one in the Milwaukee area. {His mom lives between Madison and Milwaukee ~ and we were planning a trip there for Christmas}
When he talked to the owner, Tim learned that they even drove to Watertown every Tuesday for other music lessons {W’town is just seven miles from Tim’s mom’s house} ~ at the Bible college there. Unfortunately, we weren’t in Wisconsin until Thursday night. So Friday we drove over to East Troy to meet the owners of this lovely instrument ~ and to buy it from them!
The only glitch was getting the harp back to Iowa. It was a crazy 24 hours of puzzling. Being a man of action, Tim opted to remove the back bench, loaded up Abby and her harp, and drove to Iowa on Christmas Eve. They were up again early Sunday morning to get back to Grandma’s house for a bite of breakfast before church. {It’s 300 miles ~ about a 5 hour drive one-way}
This last Monday I took Miss A and Miss Music Box for Miss A’s first “get-to-know-each-other-sort” of lesson with Marie, who lives near Bondurant.
Exciting, yes?!
I think harps are SO beautiful!!! Maybe by the time my kids are planning weddings *gulp*, Miss A will be ready to play at them (I always had this dream of harp music at a wedding - didn't happen for mine - I was lucky to find a singer and a pianist!). :)
ReplyDeleteWhat fun for Miss A! Harp music is beautiful!
ReplyDeleteOh WOW Melanie! I cant WAIT for her to do a special at church!! I think its really sweet the time and thought that Tim put in getting her harp and getting it home :o)
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful!!!!! (Your kitchen looks so bright!)
ReplyDeleteAaaah - beautiful!!! I hope she'll soon be soaring with her playing!
ReplyDeleteHow exciting!
ReplyDeleteJulie