well...what are you doing new year's eve?

looking forward to popping a bottle of champs and toasting the new year with my special someone.

happy new year!

#85 learn to play the ukulele

after week 7 i can successfully cross #85 off the ol' bucket list. i'm still a bit iffy on a couple songs - but i sure as hell know a lot more now than i did 7 weeks ago. here's to tons more practicing and driving my neighbors nuts as i attempt to teach myself christmas tunes. yay!

#85 learn to play the ukulele

week six:

• strumming patterns will be the death of me
• i thought i could actually play a song! until i got to class and suddenly got stage fright
• hope someone likes 'blue christmas' cus that's all i'll be strumming for the next week
• practice does indeed make perfect (or something pretty close to it)
• saturdays are still my favorite day

on to week seven!

#85 learn to play the ukulele

yes. there is a hammock hanging up in our living room.

week 5:

• strumming patterns still remind me that i have no rhythm
• i love the new song we're learning in class this week!
• i've not so successfully taught myself how to play "hey, soul sister"
• learning all these chords isn't so hard after all
• i still have no idea how to keep this damn instument in tune
• all i wanna do is be good at this already! is that too much to ask!?

on to week 6!

#85 learn to play the ukulele

week 4:

• the introduction to new strumming patterns remind me that i indeed, have no rhythm.
• the only song i can play the first few chords of is a song that i'm teaching myself
• i have no idea how to keep my ukulele in tune
• how the heck am i supposed to remember all these chords?!
• there is such thing as a ukulele orchestra(?)!

on to week 5!

#85 learn to play the ukulele

ukulele lessons week three:

• switching between chords makes my brain hurt
• our ukulele instructor asks if heather and i do everything together. we reply (in unison) "yes"
• saturdays have become my new favorite day
• i successfully switched between three chords - which means i kinda pretty much learned to play a song.
• how on earth am i supposed to remember all these chords?!

bring it week four. i'm ready.

#85 learn to play the ukulele

week two of ukulele lessons and here's what i've learned:

• how on earth am i supposed to remember that many chords!?
• practice, practice, practice (then practice some more)
• i permanently have the sound of ukulele strums stuck in my head
• how on earth am i supposed to remember that many chords!?!

3rd lesson is next saturday. yay!

#85 learn to play the ukulele

there aren't very many words that can sum up my excitement about starting ukulele lessons today! it feels like i've been waiting for this day forever!

ok. well maybe not forever - but it's been a while since i've become obsessed with the idea of playing and my cute little uke has just been sitting on my bedroom floor collecting dust.

i've promised (promised, promised) myself that i'm going to practice. a lot. and i'll be a ukulele-singing-fool before you know it.

yay! now i'm off to class!

xxoo

#85 learn to play the ukulele

i promised myself (as well as someone else), that my brand new uke wouldn't be sitting in the corner of my bedroom alongside my guitar collecting dust. so, hambone and i are in desperate need of lessons. anyone that's willing to volunteer their services to the two of us would be greatly appreciated. i mean...we even promise to pay you back in cupcakes. any suggestions for lessons in the la area?

thank you thursday

for a weekend spent with my best friend (celebrating her big 3-0!),

learning how to keep my new plants alive,
finally finding this - with a price tag that won't cost me an arm and a leg,
my brand new ukulele,
and finally creating a budget (yikes!).

*oh! and drives down pch that end with sunsets





#85 learn to play the ukulele*

this is so happening.

*it still counts as learning if i wait for heather to learn all the chords, then teach me how to play them too.

#85 learn to play the ukulele

when i was a little girl i was obsessed with this song.

although, back then it was the alvin & the chipmunks rendition - but i'm pretty sure i wore out that cassette tape during the course of one summer.

the last few days i've fallen equally in love with this darling video and have decided to add #85 to the list.

which i will complete with a youtube video.

starring yours truly and my darling friend heather.

yes.

i'm pretty damn excited.

now...i've just gotta get my hands on a ukulele...