LeftyBrown's Corner

1. I had shown some musical talent early on, and I do sometimes regret not pursuing it...and I traded it all the away to learn French! Mon Dieu!

2. In no particular order: Merry Xmas (War is Over), Ava Maria, O Little Town of Bethlehem, It Came Upon A Midnight Clear, Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas.

3. I sent my then-girlfriend on a hunt around our college campus and she ended up at our outdoor stage where I then asked her hand in marriage...and then 4 years later we finally got married.

1. I gave up on piano lessons every time I had to start playing with two hands (honestly, it was at least 4 times). I just wasn't coordinated enough. I did continue with music all through school, but I do regret not trying harder with the piano, or maybe starting lessons again later. I'll be inheriting one someday, and I'd love to be able to play something other than Heart and Soul on it. I suppose I still could, though.

2. In no particular order:
*O Holy Night (okay, this one is my absolute, makes me cry every single time, can't have a holiday without it)
*Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
*Silent Night
*Mary Did You Know
*"The Gwinch Song" - you know, "you're a mean one, Mister Gwinch"... as sung by Caleb with a Gwinch face
*I'm also rather partial to the entire Beach Boys Christmas album :)

3. Hmmm - not sure. I do know the best gift I ever received was the year my Grammy made me a tea pot quilt and also gave me a tea pot that had belonged to my Great-Gram. It came with a note that said the entire collection would be mine in time. That tea pot gets put away in a quilt everytime we have threat of a hurricane.

1. I wish that I had not given up on learning to play the guitar. I always love listening to it and to think that I almost learned how to play it makes me sad.

2. Actually I love all the Christmas music and I don't have one favorite. I would have to say that the year that my class and I change the song, "I Want Candy" into, "I want present."

3. I would have to say that it was the time when I gave my then-boyfriend the answer to a question that he asked me. The answer came after he made me go all around the college campus and I ended up on the outside stage.

1. I played piano for onme year, when I was 8. Just couldn't hack it.
2. Linus & Lucy, I'll Be Home for Christmas (a really depressing song, actually), Silent Night, Coventry Carol, What Child Is This
3. I'm sure I have no idea. There have been some I liked giving, such as woden carvings of my parents' names, or an outfit my niece loved for a couple years, but no singular thing stands out.

1. i wish i hadn't given up on soccer in jr. high. it was a stupid decision, and i think that if i'd kept @ it, i would have been in better condition for football in h.s., as well as having a shot @ soccer in college.

2. o holy night
blue christmas
it came upon a midnight clear
god bless ye merry gentlemen
and for some reason i'm a sucker for amy grant's mary did you know

3. that's a tough one. i can't think of any particularly great gifts i've given. i know i've given gifts people liked, but nothing stands out.

1. Ability or talent if I lived differently? Sexual immortality. Do I regret it? I don't know; I did develop quite a grip. From playing the guitar all those years. Duh!

2. Silent Night, O Holy Night, Hallelujah chorus (Handel), Merry Christmas, Baby, and Santa Claus Is Coming to Town.

3. Greatest gift? the gender of my two unborn children in three weeks.