digital piano!

Chad and I just ordered a digital piano.... should come in in a few days.. I'm so excited!! I grew up playing piano but haven't really had easy access to a piano since I started college, so I'm anxious to get back to playing and see how hard it is to pick up where I left off!

I would love to have a real piano, but we don't really have the space. The only way to make it work would be to put a flat screen tv over the fireplace to free up a space big enough to put a piano... and that would mean buying a flat screen tv since chad and i havent upgraded yet (yes i know, we live in the stoneage) and dealing with a hard installation process (since I hate wires, they would have to go into the wall somehow.. and we would also need to lower the mantle so the TV wouldnt be too high... which is a large task we're not ready to tackle at the moment!) So we decided to get a digital piano instead, which is much smaller and can easily fit on one of the walls without having to drastically rearrange our den or make things look too crowded. Other advantages of a digital piano- no tuning required every year! and I can still play if chad's watching tv bc I can just plug in my headphones!

Chad and I have been shopping around for a month or so and we made the mistake of trying a top-of-the-line digital piano, even though it was way out of our price range.... after that, none of the basic digital pianos which were in our price range sounded good to me... but then we found a great deal online (50% off...!) on one of the nicer digtal pianos (a roland piano that has all of the specs that I really wanted..!) The website said it was an 'open-box' item and we called and they said they couldnt see anythign wrong with it, so we ordered it on tuesday! I'm crossing my fingers that everythings going to look/work right when it comes in! If not, its no big deal since we can just return it... I just hope nothing is wrong with it bc I'm so excited about getting such an awesome digital piano! Chads excited too, although I think he's going to annoy me to no end by experimenting with all the different 'voice' options the piano has.  I'm very grateful to have such a sweet husband though who would rather me have a digital piano than to buy a fancy new flat screen tv or some other cool technological gadget :)  Chad says he wants to learn how to play piano.... we'll see how good of a piano teacher i am and how much patience I can muster... :)

In other news, I'll be in France next week!! My parents and sister are going, and they invited me to tag along! Sadly, Chad has to stay behind bc he doesn't have enough vacation days, but in my absence, he gets to watch Bella as well as my parents 3 dogs. It should be a fun and hilarious time for him since Bella and my parents 3 dogs combine to form a veritable mess of craziness.. I laugh everytime I think about poor Chad coming home from work and being greeted by the goldendoodle, the golden retriever, and the two dachshunds ready to play.. they are going to drive him bonkers, and i can't help but smile when i think about the look of amusement mixed with exasperation that he's going to have on his face...  sorry Chad!!! :)

a bientot!