Suzy Q Homemaker

One of Jamie’s coworkers got a new computer for graduation this year, so she gave us her old iBook. I’ve been having fun learning how to use it and I think that my PC is enjoying a much needed break. We’ll be enjoying the luxury of wireless internet once we get a hold of an AirPort card. For the time being, I’m snuggled up in the corner of the living room on a couple beanbags.

I was a responsible adult today; I actually did things on my To-Do List and I feel accomplished. Of course, none of those things involved cleaning the house or doing laundry (two things that most desperately need to be done).

As the Jimmy Carter trip approaches, I am getting more and more excited. Even more so now because I found out that I get to sing my infamous “Old Time Religion” solo! My choir director could not make a decision about the two anthems we were to sing so she called up the preacher down in Plains. He had listened to a couple of our choir CD’s and said that he wanted to hear “Old Time Religion” because he “had never heard anyone sing that high.” If you’re familiar with the piece, it’s the Moses Hogan arrangement.

That anthem means so much to me in so many ways. First, I had the solo when I was in the choir at ASU. We performed the piece several times while I was there. Second, my choir director at church has had us sing it for a lot of concerts and it’s on our “Old Time Religion” CD. Third, Jamie’s dad had a copy of that CD and made everyone he knew listen to my solo. And I mean EVERYONE. It was all anyone could talk about when we were keeping vigil in the ICU. Then at his funeral, I was asked to sing that solo and I organized a makeshift choir with my ASU choir director and people from the church. To this day, I’m still not sure how I made it through that song.

So now I get to add Jimmy Carter to reasons why I like singing “Old Time Religion”. Yippee!

Tags: choir, jimmy carter, music, old time religion, singing

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