WE FINALLY HAVE A PIANO!!!!!

I have not had a piano in my home since Mark got me one as a wedding present & we were not able to keep it with us when we moved from Memphis. Since then the only chance I have had to play the piano was when I was helping out at church & those times were few & far between.

This past week I got a call from my friend, Amy, asking if I had seen a recent e-mail from another lady at church who had bought a piano from Goodwill & had decided she no longer wanted it. I did not get the e-mail, so I jumped & said, "Amy! Call her for me & tell her I want it! I WANT IT!!" She had only paid $30.00 for it & had it looked at by someone who said it was definitely worth purchasing. Come to find out, it was the SAME piano I had seen at Goodwill the week before but was unable to buy because the man in the donation center said I had to wait until they put it out on the floor & he had no idea when that would be. I just gave up because I couldn't go there everyday to check & I figured they would overprice it anyway, so I couldn't believe it when events turned out like they did. Amy called me back shortly after our first conversation & said that the lady had already promised the piano to someone else who was going to give it to City Hall, but City Hall already had two pianos & I had a bit of a sob story since I couldn't afford a new piano & had been looking for one for a great while, so she called the lady back & told her & she called the lady she had promised it to & they both decided to let me have it! I WAS ECSTATIC & beyond grateful!

Mark recruited some guys from work to help get it here to the house & I got them hot pizzas from Papa John's & plenty of cold soda for all their hard work. I even got up & made snickerdoodle cookies that morning for them. It was the least I could do.

Saturday morning a guy from our church came over to tune it & he gave us a great deal! Apparently, he learned piano tuning & repair in HIGH SCHOOL! It was a class he took all 4 years! You sure wouldn't see that on your curriculum choices in high school these days! I am very thankful for his immense musical talent!

We have already spent countless moments at the piano as a family & Mark even pulled out his guitar which he has not done in a very, very long time, so maybe this will prompt him to get going again. I know I already feel a new closeness with my family just having the piano in our home. The kids are very excited about learning. I just have to prepare myself to be their teacher! Not an easy task I tell ya! Now I have two major temptations during the day, this darn computer & the piano!!!