Goals, 2016

Thinking of some goals for 2016:

1) At least some piano practice daily

2) Work on the Swing Guitar book when I get a chance

3) Write and record a CD of original acoustic guitar songs

4) Keep losing weight 

Inversions

Rode exercise bike for 1/2 hour. Practiced inversions for a couple of piano chords for a (very) short period.

Chord Inversions, Guitar

Rode exercise bike for 1/2 hour.

Been listening and/or watching ROCKY related stuff. It's very inspirational. Trying to use it to help my piano learning, too. 

Working on Day 19 (out of 30) on my piano program. I guess there's no way away from them: the dreaded chord inversions. Will. Not. Give. Up.

Played a benefit today for a a charity, and it went ok. 

Thinking of going back to the Swing Guitar book to learn some lead stuff; it seemed to be quite helpful. Will not give up piano, though.

ROCKY, guitar, piano, and gig

Ate a bunch of cookies last night. Rode exercise bike for an hour while watching ROCKY. A great film.

Changed strings on my acoustic guitar. Always wanted to make a simple album using mainly an acoustic.

Up to Day 18 (out of 30) in my piano program.

Played with some folks some Christmas music for a residence of older folks. Went well. They really seem to appreciate it, and it's nice playing to an attentive audience!

Up to 17

Rode exercise bike for 1/2 hour. Up to lesson 17 in my piano learning program. Playing two Christmas show benefits this weekend.

Up to Day 14

Rode exercise bike for 1/2 hour. Up to Day 14 (out of 30) on my piano learning program. 

Rode exercise bike for 1/2 hour.

Rode exercise bike for 1/2 hour.

Rode exercise bike for 1/2 hour.

Santa and Health

Busy Day... Started out playing another charity gig for the Church. Had fun with the guitar, utilizing some swing stuff learned in the swing book. Went food shopping to prepare for a week of attempting to eat healthy. Up to Day 11 in my piano learning program. PHILADELPHIA EAGLES beat the Patriots! Rode exercise bike for 1/2 hour. Playing 3 more Christmas gigs this year... Had so much fun with guitar that I was second guessing piano stuff, but I'll stick to both.

Merry Christmas charity

Rode exercise bike for a total of 1/2 hour. Played a charity gig with three of us today. If you take a look at the pics below, you can see that I've lost some weight since last year! (The first pic is from last year; I'm in the blue shirt on the far right. The second pic is from today at the same venue; I'm in the red shirt on the far right):

Rode exercise bike for 1/2 hour.

Up to day 9

Rode exercise bike for 1/2 hour. Up to day 9 in my piano learning program. Learning more about my laptop.

Up to Day 8

Rode exercise bike for 1/2 hour. Worked on Day 7 of my piano learning material. Still really like it. 

Up to Day 7

Rode exercise bike for 1/2 hour. Practiced piano a bit last night. Up to "Day 7" in my piano study material. I'm enjoying it. 

Taking better care of myself, and losing some weight in the process. I used money originally earmarked for a guitar to get my very own laptop computer and the online piano lessons.