We are almost done with painting! We only have one and quarter sides left to put one last coat of paint on and then two coats of trim, and we are DONE! It has been a huge amount of work-along the way we also installed nine new windows, but we are drawing close to being finished! While painting has been hard and rather messy, I feel that we have all learned some character lessons from this experience. Mainly, I think our perseverance and diligence have been the qualities that have increased the greatest during this time of suffering/fulfilling work. In fact, I believe that others could benefit from this wonderful opportunity, so that is why I am going to make our readership an incredible offer.
For the next few days, you too can experience the deep character growth that accompanies painting our house for the ridiculously low price of $19.99! But that is not all, call in the next twenty-four hours and get the quick-response special for $9.99! That’s right, you can experience an incredible increase in your diligence and perseverance for ONLY $9.99! But the offer ends in twenty-four hours, so call today!
Now the question is how do I tie bluegrass into that? Well, the answer is that only a skilled writer could do it, so instead I will tell you about my upcoming trip to American Banjo Camp. American Banjo Camp is located at Fort Flagler State Park, near Nordland, WA. I didn’t know where that was either, until I looked it up on Google maps. I found that it was near Port Townsend, which is a ferry ride away from Whidbey Island, which is a ferry ride away from Mukilteo, which is near Everett. It looks like a really fun camp. I have never been before, but several of my friends and acquaintances had, and they said that it was a blast. So I am pretty excited.
The Camp usually brings in several famous (well, about as famous as banjo players get) banjo players. The banjoists conduct workshops and group lessons while the students take it all in. From what I have heard, there is a lot of jamming as well, and not very much sleep. Unfortunately, they have a rule that if you are under eighteen, you must have a parent or guardian along so that you don’t get into trouble. I fall into that particular category (the 18 and under group, not the troublemaking group), so Mom will have to accompany me along with Clark and Cam (for jamming).
We actually had a very hard time finding our fam a camping spot because, apparently, American Banjo Camp is during the same weekend as the Wooden Boat Festival in nearby Port Townsend. A hotel lady that told us she was booked up, said that there would be 20,000 people coming there, and that we wouldn’t be able to get anything within an hour of there. But we were able to get a camping spot that was actually in Fort Flagler State Park. We were all very relieved that we wouldn’t have to find a Wal-Mart parking lot and sleep in the car. There already isn’t enough room in the Suburban……
I am very excited to go, and I will write a full description of it when I get back. Until then, hurry and call-the offer for deep character development will not last forever!
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