Showing posts with label #You Tube. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #You Tube. Show all posts

A Woman Built her own Tiny House

 September 27, 2021

I didn't write my blog yesterday so I'll catch up at the end and that's ok.  I started to force myself to blog yesterday and started to feel guilty. Then I laughed and told myself it's all good.  And it is! 

I'm fascinated by Tiny Houses and watch them on TV and on You Tube.  The one I'm posting about today would not be my style but the fact that this woman built it herself with help, of course, is intriguing.  She knew she had no retirement saved and she needed a place to live economically when she retired. Her journey is fascinating to me.  

I think I could live in a Tiny House if I was alone.  But renting the lot to put it on might deter the savings.  The other deterrent would be bad storms.  A house on a trailer with wheels is not going to be safe in a bad wind storm or a tornado.  But what is safe in tornados? I think that would be my biggest worry, especially with the weather changes we're all experiencing now.

If this video speaks to you I hope you enjoy it.  If not, that's good too.




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Dr. K Boogie Woogie

September 2, 2021,

I love to surf You Tube.  I can get lost watching stuff.  I love watching everything Tiny Houses but that's another blog.  As I was going from one video to another I spotted people playing the piano.  I love keyboards and of course real pianos.  When I quit smoking over 30+ years ago I decided to buy myself a piano to keep my fingers and mind off cigarettes and use the money I would have paid for them on paying off the piano.  It was fun and yes it kept me busy.  I took piano lessons as a child but hated practicing. I guess that's common.   I had one piano teacher who liked to give recitals! They wanted us to show off what we learned.  I don't know about other kids but I was terrified.  Maybe I performed in one but I think that was all.   I got to hate piano lessons.  Then I met another woman who sang in church and I loved listening to her.  Somehow I found out she taught piano too.  I used to ride my bicycle to her house every week for my lessons and we had an agreement.  If I practiced and played well she would sing for me.  That was motivation.  I don't remember how long the lessons lasted but the memories are sweet.

When we bought this house it came with a piano.  No one wants pianos anymore - we can't give it away.   Whoever played it spilled something on the keys and they are sticky.  And it's out of tune.  I might have a piano tuner come and give an estimate.  But I have a portable keyboard.   I even signed up for some lessons on Udemy that are fun.  I've messed with them off and on.  

So back to You Tube and keyboards.   I found Dr. K Boogie Woogie.  I asked my son the last time we talked on Facetime if he ever heard of Boogie Woogie.  He had no idea what it was and he's only 23 years younger.  I chuckled. Then I pulled up Dr. K's video on my iPhone and played it for him.   He thought it was cool.  

An empty piano stands in a London train station and invites people to sit down and play.  Then Dr. K shows up and boogies on the keyboard with them.   Or sometimes there are no players and he boogies alone.  Here is a fun one.

Here's another one where he shows a Japanese girl Boogie Woogie for the first time. He even has video lessons where he shows us what fingers to use and how to practice.


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