I stage manage plays,,,right now I have Steel Magnolia's on stage, and have a musical with a cast of 35 (Iolanthe) just finished auditions. Finished Fiddler on the Roof at the end of Nov. And my youngest son is working on his school play right now, going up in May. By then I will be working on another play called Pippin. Which the director has already approached Tanner to audition for. Would be hard for him to be doing 2 plays at once...
anyways better get my laundry put away....chili is done,,,simmerin in the crock...and now off to work i go,,,yay!

Hi Everyone
Jane ,Angie , can I come to I really feel like smacking someone today:eek:, and it may as well be for a good cause :lol: Susan can we please . Jane the little orange one is already trying to climb out of the bed ,a few more days and he will make it,I have to find a higher container, for them already.I am to tired to be looking for babies right now,they are so small, but the orange one has tripled in size and the baby girl has doubled,I think thats because he's always stealing her bottle :lol: Men there all the same, can you tell I need my medication:lol:Angie yes he is a cutie so is the little girl its just impossible to get her away from Amelie long enough to get a good picture,I think she;s camera shy,unlike her brother who is always coming right up to it. As far as the cakes I taught myself, when I was younger I always enjoyed doing special things with cakes, but like everything else I loved to do , I gave up caring,and stopped. When I moved here my creativity started to resurface as well as my interests in decorating reading and gardening .The first cake I made was a beautiful baby shower cake for 150 guests, it was a three tiered cake complete with pale yellow basket weave tiny rosebuds babybooties and blocks,in pastel shades of pink blue yellow green and lavender,I loved that cake,and its the only one I don't have pictures of,:( I have a couple of really good cake recipe's I use, one is a white cake and one a dark rich chocolate,and I also have a selection of fillings but the most requests are for the white cake with strawberries and cream filling. with buttercream icing, I have made a lot of them now some whimsical like the gym cake, I made one of my sons band ,stage ,drum kit including cymbols, speakers, peddles, cords, guitars,band members and all:lol: someone has that picture on their digital camera somewhere I just have to find it and who:lol: I have made a surf cake complete with waves ,surfers on the wave, and headfirst in the sand , grass hut with bit boosomed waitress, fire pit, palm trees, bear with beer can passed out on the beach:lol: that one was a lot of work and a lot of fun as was the exersize cake, I make all the figures and accessories out of rolled fondant, but I think I am going to try making then out of dough since everyone so far, has kept everything ,after the cake was gone, I am so glad to have my own camera now.I have made many floral, anniversary, and communion cakes,mostly two and three tiers. I really enjoy doing them except that its hard to make a profit on custom cakes.The two, first communion cakes I made both had arbours covered with rosebuds, and tiny birds which I made from the frame up.they had swings with angels on them,the cakes had angels sitting on clouds around the outside of the tiers,and stars all around the sides with rosebuds,covered in white edible glitter so the whole cake sparkled , those cakes alone I spent the better part of the week just making the arbours, flowers,birds, stars, angels, and clouds in advance because the fondant had to harden , so its impossible to explain to someone the time involved,so its a good thing I do enjoy it.See what happens you get me started, and I don't stop talking:lol:Maybe I can find some of those pictures out there on the digitals to post, I have pictures of the rest,though .Are you girls sick of my pictures yet,or me , if so just say Ellen go away and take your pictures with you please.:lol: wait till I start gardening:lol: its neverending.Well this took my mind off causing bodily injury to anyone for a while anyway,so I guess I won't be going to jail,:lol: But for Susan I will be happy to take care of business,:lol: I'm just kidding I'm a 5'1" pushover just don't be pushing me :lol:I got an extra 30 lbs on me right now , and I'm feeling fiesty.I had a terrible lunch today, mind you it was good, but it was very very bad, don't tell Jane , or she mighe send me away,but my Daughter , came home for lunch and brougt :yikes:MACDONALDS:yikes: what was I supposed to say, didn't want to hurt her feelings ,so I ate it all,every bite,but I had diet coke to wash down the cheeseburger ,fries ,and chocolate sundae. I feel so guilty and bad,:lol: well Susan had Ding Dongs, and no one said a word to her. No more . I will kindly tell my sweet child , bring salad ,yay.Today is dark wet cold and gloomy, much the way I feel.except that I am not wet,until I take a bath later on that is.
Pam I think your sons idea sounds like fun,you could also do that trash to treasure thing if you enjoy that sort of thing, thats what a lot if those little stores do , they pick up old furniture give it a white wash a few hand painted flowers or decoupage and sell them for big bucks, and it would be fun to do as well.I think I would enjoy something like that too. If we lived close to each other we could start a little business together, with cakes on the side:lol: Why are you girls are so far away from me.Even Angie and Kathy are worlds away, well it feels like that Have you used a digital camera Pam , I just began a month ago and I love it,so much fun and so easy . Just think in the last four months I have learned how to use a computer a dvd player and a digital camera, before that didn't even know how to turn them on,:lol: its a whole new world.
Angie did you know they have Male maid services now that come and fold your laudry for you,. :lol: and no he's not a lawyer :lol: Katy I see you got up an hour before I fell asleep , restless nights of late, which explains my jabbering on endlessly .Cristi why didn't you pick me up, I wanted to go to Walmart to, I needed some liquid rose pot pouri for me little pot, I'm getting the distinct feeling you don't like me :lol: I think I need some coffee to keep these eyes open, and to wash down that chunk of fat I had for lunch, I really didn't want to eat it,honest. I will be back later, unless of course by chance I sit and that could only mean one thing , sleeeeep. Oh Jane , my Barbara Taylor Bradford Unexpected Blessings book came today :D , they shipped it yesterday and I got it today, never happened before, but I'm a happy girl :D Be back later girls I think the key is winding down :lol: Have a great afternoon. Gosh Marti almost forgot to say sorry Jhanai didn't get the part , I hope she is not too disappointed, ((HUGS)) hope your feeling better today.

I'm back,Ellen, we don't have a dig.camera yet but Eddie says he'll get one. Can't wait.I'll be able to pester everyone with some pic of my own.LOL.Angie,what a terrific job.I used to love plays in collage,had an instructor who introduced us to them.The Lottery.Come Back Little Sheba,Death Of A Salesman,ect and then Shakespeare's many assortment.When I was 14 I watched Hamlet and was stuned by how relivant it was.I memorized the "To Be Or Not To Be" passages.

Im back for a minute ...

Katy - the weather in IN has been gorgeous today! Some sunshine, finally, and temps at 67. :dancer: YAY! About the diet blip, just remember failure is not falling down. It is staying down. Glad you're back at it, but not a bit surprised!

Cristi - how was the chicken sandwich at Applebees? I'm going there next week for a birthday dinner with my friend Sally. Hope you and DS had a good time today.

Pam - eBaying is a good idea! I made some $$ there recently. It's amazing how much people will pay for your junk. However, now I am bidding on stuff again, lol. There goes the $$!! I found a retro handbag I just gotta have, lol.

Angie - OIC!!! Que to que!! :doh: Never said I was the brightest crayon in the box, lol. I'd love to come and help you! Something like that is just what I need in my life. What I don't understand is, with your outgoing personality, how come you aren't on stage?

Ellen - I eat McD's all the time! Especially fond of the mexican salad... jeez, what's the name of it??? Anyway, it's delish! Before McD's offered fruit, I used to take my own in, and order just a hamburger (6 points) and eat my fruit w/it. Almost always this was with a DGD, and so I feel like I was helping them learn good eating habits, too. Wendy's has oranges sections now. Mmmm!

Well, I got a lot of paperwork taken care of today. Also did some laundry and goofed off quite a bit too, lol. Went to Mary's to get some hugs and kisses from the kids. Gonna go sit on the front porch swing for a little while....

Be good, see you later,

Ahh Jane
May I go to Mary's for some kisses and hugs I sure could use some right now.

Just a quickie here ladies since it is so late in the day.

Jane~send that sunshine this way! It has been so ugly here the last two days. Yesterday we had the freezing drizzle plus the icy streets again, don't think it got over 30 degrees but it sure felt a lot colder. Today...it was soooo foggy until about 1:30. I don't like driving in that-you can't really see the lights until you are almost on them and I was so afraid someone was going to run one. The only good thing about it is the ice is melting again. Of course it is supposed to get up to 45 or 50 today but then drop tomorrow and a chance of snow-UGH! Anyway...the chicken sandwich at Applebees was delicious! :T

Ellen~took a gander at the cakes and kitties all I can say is WOW to the cakes. You are such a talented lady. And the kitties are adorable! Thanks for sharing the pics with us.

Susan~sound like Ms. Nana needs to keep her nose in her own business and get a life. She shouldn't even think that for a minute Rocky should actually not remarry because of something he said when his wife died. I think at the moment people will say things they don't really mean because they are out of it. At the time they mean it because it seems right. But to say you won't remarry for 18 years-wow. And for Nana to think she can hold him to that? 'Nother wow. When DH#1 passed a little while after the funeral the kids asked me if I was going to get married again. I was a little thrown back by it but all kinds of things go thru little ones minds. I told them that I hadn't really thought about it but if I ever meet someone I possibly would. My first DH would have only wanted me to be happy and I know he wouldn't have had a problem with that. I say that because he had had a vasectomy because I was 11 years younger than him and he said "He wanted to do that in case something ever happens and I should remarry. That way I could still have more kids" And I am sure that Rocky's wife would only want him to be happy also. I don't think she would have wanted him to wait that long. Anyway...I was thinking the same as the others. LOL Maybe we all should have a little talk with Nana. Just kidding...

Yadda, yadda, yadda...this was supposed to be a quickie. I will try to be back later to finish my post. If for some reason I don't make it I will see you ladies tomorrow. Later...:wave:

You all are funny, thanks for the support.

Anything for you Ellen - if you need to *SMACK* someone , I will volunteer Nana - lol. She just told him last night " I will always spoil Kris til my dying day" I just said........" oh, that is good parenting"
I can understand her thing for Kris but where she crosses the line and starts telling Rocky what he can and can not do.

Personally, they have created a confused child. Torn between 2 "parents"......

blah- blah. .....ain't my battle. Though I will support him if he stands firm against her because I am not going all that way for a battle of wishy washy....lol.

Kitchen in a Box is a 70 peice set of dishes, dish rack - ect, ect. I thought that was nice of her. Just brought 3 packs of socks for Gaby and some TIde today, paper products..........no chili though -lol......

anyway, best get back to work!

Hi Kids,

Just a quick hello. Hope all is well. Susan, you have your plate full with Nana. I wish you luck.

I wish I could keep up with you girls, but I have fun catching up.

Ann

Only 10mins. before I leave.....so no individuals today. (((((sorry))))))


I will come back tonight after work and try to do my best. Just wanted to pop in and see how you are all doing. VERY chatty!! :D

Talk to you later.

Ellen will you make me a cake for my birthday? You are so talented to have taught yourself. I can't even make cookies without help. Thankgoodness Tanner likes making cookies cause he makes them all the time,,,he makes big cookies and calls them Tanner's Texas cookies.
OMG I did something so embarrassing tonight,,,,I fell asleep while calling the show! I had like 6 pages without any Ques,,and just drifted off.. startled myself awake saying Welcome to BDL, this is.... (this is the opening we use at work) My techies both looked at me with fear in their eyes...lol They thought I had snapped....
Anyways better get to bed,,,its so cold here....brrrrr
night all

Hello everyone…..how are you all doing?

Nothing really new here….just passing time until I POAS. Not sure how much longer I am going to be able to hold out, but I am trying to make it just a little longer so that I can make sure that my temps are going to continue to go up, like they have been!

I woke up two days ago with a weird feeling. I just woke up in a positively pregnant mood. I woke up and was (and still am) 100% sure that I am pregnant and that I am able to get a positive test back now.

Brandon is getting more and more daring to start crawling. He is moving faster with his rocking motions, and has even moved himself a couple of times while doing it. So it won’t be much longer before he will be fully crawling on his own!

Today we went out to my sister’s house to pay our rent, and we went through some of the worst fog we have ever seen! In order to see the cars in front of us on the way home, we had to keep an eye out for their hazard lights or brake lights.

We got home from my sister’s house and paying the car insurance, just in time to watch the deal of the day on our local tv station. It turns out that they are giving away 10 brand new Lennox furnaces. Tommy called my sister to let her know that we were going to enter it, and she said “that is great!” and then asked if we wanted her to write it or if one of us was going to write the email. I was already in the process of writing the email down on paper first, so she said to let her know how things go. We had to write an essay 250 words or less about why us or someone we knew was in need of a new furnace. So now we just sit and wait until they pick who wins! Wish us good luck!!!

Ellen~ Actually, I did check out the kitties! Very very cute! I also checked out your other pictures, I hope you don’t mind. I loved the Christmas and the cake pictures!! You are very talented!

Marti~ I am sorry that Jhanai didn’t get the part that she wanted. I have heard of people in plays getting casted for roles of the opposite sex. My sister Katy, who is six years older then me, got the part of Doody in her drama clubs version of Grease.

Jane~ Actually, I have been getting some of the sleep that I have been dreaming of! Me and Brandon actually just took a little nap a little bit ago. But he went straight to his crib since he was still asleep. And now I am on here. I am hoping that I am not going to be up late tonight because of that nap, but I am sure that I will be.

Katy~ Yup he sure is getting big! He was 20lbs. 5 oz. and 28 inches long when the nurse was out here on the 4th. She told us that he is “bone dense” (in other words, big boned) so it will take him longer to crawl and walk, since he has to build up his muscles.

Also, just wanted to mention that I love freecycling! (not sure if you ladies know about it) but it is awesome! We got Brandon a can of formula the other day from a lady here in MI. And Tommy is going to go sometime on Thursday to pick up another can from another lady because her daughter is too picky and won’t drink it. The best part, is that they are milk based, so we will be able to try him and see if his allergy is gone without basically having to pay anything.

Pam~ That sounds like an awesome plan that you and your son have.

I am thinking of starting to do those tie blankets that have become popular these days. You know the ones that have the tie fringe on the end of them? My sister made Brandon one with his ducky background and it is so simple to make, that I am thinking of getting a “starter” kit and trying my hand at it since I don’t have a sewing machine.

Angie~ Right now, Brandon is all over the place, and he really isn’t crawling yet! He kind of army crawls all over the place. He will sit and play with his peek-a-blocks by himself though. He has even started putting them back into his sand bucket when he is down with some or all of them. We had chili for dinner last night as well! Great minds think alike.