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LAST WEEK: Van Detail: Super Check!

Okay so I put it off until yesterday. Other than a little spot cleaning here and there I don't think I've ever thoroughly shampooed my interior. I've had this mama-wagon for FIVE years (five years of camping trips, wet winters, toddlers)...

That thing was nasty. I rented a carpet/upholstery cleaner and I just couldn't believe how gross even the seats were! (I expected the floors to be bad, but Ewwwwww.)

It took 5 hours (I had to take some breaks, for meal prep and yelling at the kids and stuff). I took out the seats, and even unscrewed the plastic base plates in order to clean out all that junk. Ew. Ew. Ew. I'm SO glad to have that over and done with.

THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE
is going to be music centered.

Photo of this nifty tool was taken from this nifty blog



I love to sing. I love to play (the piano, the guitar, the ukulele) but I do this thing, where I struggle to learn just a few songs and then I stop learning. Every "practice session" becomes a playing session, where I play the same things over and over. I'm sick of the same old songs. And I'm getting worse instead of getting better.

So here's what I'm going to do EVERY single day (for this week anyway)

GUITAR

1. At least 10 minutes of scale practices and finger exercises each day.

2. Learn 5 different scales (I only know 2 basic scales, barely).

3. I will use the metronome at least 1 time through for each song I "practice".

4. Guitar TLC:
* New strings
*A little tweaking of the saddle (let's hope I don't seriously mess things up here) AND
* Cleaning: (The inside of my guitar currently contains various pick pieces and a dead moth...seriously!) Again, this challenge is small, but perfect because it's something I just never get around to.

Potential distractions include:
---A propensity for idleness, AND
---I'm currently trying to learn a song on the Ukulele called, 'Henehene Kou'Ana'. I love this song!


Here's a Youtube version of the legendary Iz singing this fun song:

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