The Grammys, a journal, and a lot of library materials.

I meant to post about music on Monday for a 'Music Monday' feature, but I never got around to it. Sorry :p

The Grammys were on Sunday, but I only watched the last hour because Big Love was on (I've turned into a shameless HBO junkie since HBO Canada came on the air). I managed to catch the Best New Artist category - I was a little bummed out that Mumford & Sons didn't win, but then I've never listened to Esperanza Spalding. Her CD is on my to-listen list, though. And yay for Arcade Fire winning Album of the Year! I've only heard a little bit of their music, but I like what I've heard, and it's cool to see a Canadian band win that category.

I've been meaning to finish up my old journal and start my new one, but I can't bring myself to finish the old one. It's silly, I know, but that journal was kind of my buddy through some tough times, so it has some sentimental value to it. But at the same time, I want to start fresh with my newer journal - I got the journal for Christmas from my sister and her boyfriend two or three years ago, and I still haven't used it! It's a lot nicer than the exercise book I've been writing in, that's for sure.

I checked my library account online today, and I have eight items in. Two of them are DVDs, three are CDs, and three are crafting books. I'm pretty happy that I have all these items waiting for me to pick up, but at the same time I'm frightened by the number of items. I always feel guilty when I have a lot of items checked out :p I'm not sure why, but I do. Maybe I worry that I won't get through all of them?

I should probably eat soon, because my stomach is growling, so I'll bring this post to a close. Until next time...

This sucks.

Because Mom doesn't want to watch the Grammys, she put it on Sky High, which I'm pretty sure she's seen before. I know I've seen it at least once.

Anyways.

We visited Grandma yesterday, and she looks better than she had the last time I saw her. She smiled for Mom, and Mom says that her smile has improved. Grandma asked how my mouth was feeling, which was sweet of her. We saw Brian and Maryanne (Mary-Anne? Maryann? Mary-Ann?) - I think Brian is one of Mom's cousins. He said he hadn't seen me since I was much shorter :p

Church was good today. The service was Black History Month themed. Our guest speaker, Rev. Horton, was teaching the kids to play 'Telephone' - he was explaining how rumors get twisted around until they turn out to be different from how they originally started out, often becoming unkind rumors, like how people told rumors about Martin Luther King Jr. So Rev. Horton was asking the kids what their names were, and one girl said that her name was Reese (Reis? Not sure how it's spelled). He misheard her, so he had her repeat herself, and one of the boys said, "Reese - like Reese's Pieces!" Those kids crack me up.

The sermon was good, although I wasn't paying as much attention as I should have. He was a bit difficult to listen to, though, because he pauses a bit as he speaks. What was funny was how Beverly (the service leader for this morning) put a note at the pulpit telling him to wrap up the sermon, and he said, "I'm being reminded of the time." I guess he's been known to talk longer than he's supposed to.

I think we're going to visit Grandma again tomorrow. In that case, I should probably do more laundry.