our awesome saturday

saturday- part one

for the holidays, our dear friends linda and rob bought us tickets to go see 'carols and cantus', which is christmas music performed by the saint paul chamber orchestra and an all male a capella group (cantus).

i would like to tell you how wonderful and amazing the concert was, but words just don't seem to capture the essence. we had front row seats, and the cantus group, if you haven't ever had the opportunity to hear them, was phenomenal.

my favorite piece of the night was when they sang 'o holy night', which is my all time favorite holiday song in the whole world. yes, there were tears. yes, it was that great.

thanks linda and rob!!

saturday- part two

so many of my friends have told us not to miss the body world exhibit while it's in town at the science museum. well, since this was it's last weekend, we knew it was now or never. thank goodness the science museum decided to keep the exhibit open round the clock over the weekend, or we may not have had the opportunity to see it.

after our 'carols and cantus' concert, we made our way to the science museum and prepared ourselves to be amazed.

i'll never forget dissecting a frog in Mr. Barnes' 7th grade science class... i fainted while the teacher demonstrated opening the skull and joe chmelar kicked me cause i fell on his shoes. the next year dissecting the rat didn't go much better for me.

so although i felt sick to my stomach and close to fainting throughout the entire visit, i'm really glad i had the opportunity to see the exhibit. the work that was done to provide a window into the human body was well worth it. i actually feel a new connection to my body, and a renewed sensitivity to how i treat it.

i hope you had a chance to see the exhibit while it was in town.