Help the Colorado Symphony

September 18, 2011 · Filed under Uncategorized | Comments (2)

Read about the story here: http://www.denverpost.com/music/ci_18904986

“The conclusions are grim. Unless the symphony works fast to slash salaries, find new sources of cash and ultimately change the way it does business, its very existence is in question… We’re talking dead: a major city without a symphony orchestra.”

I’m not usually one to post these sort of things, I’m sometimes wary of giving money because I don’t know where it’s going to go and if it ever actually gets there, but in this situation I know exactly where the money will go and that it goes directly to the source. I think about those 79 musicians (and the paltry pay they are receiving due to pay cuts, and this has been going on for a while now) and I feel incredibly sad to think of those 79 musicians out of a job, Colorado without a symphony, and the world with less music. Music, I think is probably as important to most people as it is to me. Its an emotional outlet, a way of expressing ourselves, a way of feeling different things. I listen to the Classical XM stations in the car all the time with the girls, and it’s always the best way to calm them down when they are irritated. BG and I call it “Ballet Music” and she requests it most every day. I can’t imagine the world without music.

I know the power of knitters, I know if we come together we can do amazing things. I want to ask that if you have $10 you are able to part with, to donate it to the Colorado Symphony to help those 79 musicians. 1,000 knitters times 10 is 10,000 and 1,000 knitters times 50 is 50,000 (more then one musicians salary). Any amount I believe will help, if you have more to give that is wonderful as well!

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I will add this is very personal for me because my good friend and Petite Purls co-editor Allegra Wermuth is a violinist in the Colorado Symphony, she did not ask me to post this, I simply feel compelled to do something and when I saw they had a donations page I wanted to donate and thought maybe someone else would want to donate too. If we can in any way shape or form help the Colorado Symphony, and help even one of those musicians keep their job, we will have done something amazing.

I just donated $50 and added this line to my donation request:
“I would like this money to go towards the salary of a Colorado Symphony musician.”

If you donate, please comment below (no need to mention the amount). I believe when we all come together to do something, other people are compelled to act as well, for every action there is an equal or greater re-action.

 

 

*Please note I wrote this while a 2 year old and a 4 year old squealed their heads of so kindly excuse my writing. What must be done, must be done!

my brain is spent, and door knob safety cover irritation

September 8, 2011 · Filed under Life | Leave a Comment

I have wonderful ideals all the time about things I want to blog about, but when I find the time to sit and type I can’t remember a single one of them! I seriously need to start making myself write them down.

Today I want to talk to you about door-nob safety covers. My little two-year-old has finally discovered how to open them (I put great effort into making sure it took her this long to figure it out) and when I could not find the old ones we used to have I ran to the store to get some. I brought them home and was promptly aggravated because they seemed to small and wouldn’t totally snap closed. LG would all the time bring me the two broken pieces from the one on our door. The one inside her room on her bedroom door magically has not yet fallen off.

So in desperation and irritation I ordered two different sets from amazon. The original ones that I had from ages ago, I loved. They where a bit loose on the doorknob, but not too loose. They had a bit of rubber to help you grib the doorknob itself, it was just a circle on each side an you could press them in a bit. I was always irritated by the groccery store Safety First variety because they lacked that little peice of rubber and I have to stick my finger through the holes to grip the door. Howoever after testing out two other brands, I think I hate them all.

As for which to actually use,  it’s a toss up between the Safety 1st brand and KidCo Door knob Lock. I think I prefer the Safety 1st to them all, as I’ve gotten used to it, but as it didn’t fit properly on all my doors, I have had to use the KidCo on a few.

The Mommy’s Helper Doorknob Safety Covers can, well go sit in the briars on my back hill. I looked on the Babiesrus.com website and found a Dream Baby Door Knob Cover, it does not totally look like the old ones I used to have but I am 100% certain I got them at babiesrus so maybe it was an old model. I would like to try those out but I don’t live remotely close to a baby store.

So in turn I share with you after my frustration and my poor wasted dollars, to just stick with the Safety 1st from the grocery store. You may not like it but there are worse out there. It was a sad conclusion to come too!