Luck Be A Lady

Today is Mark's and my 4th wedding anniversary!  I couldn't wait to give him his present so he got to open it on Sunday. I got him pictures. Yes...this person who has hated getting her pictures taken for so long (product of having really bad candid pics for so many years - interesting how I hated my body and so it really showed in my pictures in recent years) finally went to a professional photographer and got her pics done. I figured it was time. I'm really proud of how I look now and Mark comments about it constantly so it worked out. I got my hair cut and colored one day last month and scheduled a make up session with my best friend at Gene Juarez and then did the pics in the same neighborhood as the restaurant where Mark proposed to me.  Yup, this is me sitting in front of La Fermata in the Manette neighborhood. They weren't open yet so we took pictures in front of the place. It was actually kind of fun. The pic below one shows the sign of the restaurant in...

I am such an internet shopper. Amazon loves me. Macy's loves me. There are many shops online that love me. Since I've lost so much weight and 4 to 5 dress sizes I've been kind of a clothes horse. I've taken to buying from online boutiques on Facebook which has been fun. The only thing is that a lot of the clothes really do look the same and it's tougher to do returns with them. Some of the stores are amazing but I've had a couple that just turned me off. It's okay though, it's a learning experience. So the latest thing I discovered was a company called Stitch Fix . A friend of mine just tried it out and got some really cute clothes. Pretty darn awesome, right??? A stylist picks out clothes and accessories for you based on a profile you fill out. You pay $20 up front.  You get 3 days to try them on and think about it. You send back what you don't like and pay for the ones you do and that $20 fee you paid applies to your purchase. Free return ...

So....this is brief (unusual for me) but I just had to put it out there so I can let it go. :-) I do a lot of work in theatre so I deal with actors a lot. Most of them are great people. Some are real (pardon my language) dicks. I do like most everyone though. One thing that I do have to point out today is the actor that doesn't get that they're TOO OLD for a part. Why do directors put an age range on a character description? SO THAT YOU CAN FIGURE OUT IF YOU ARE THE RIGHT AGE TO PLAY THE ROLE. Anyway...... someone I love dearly just doesn't get that he and his partner are way too old for a show. I don't want to break their hearts but I'm going to have to be candid with them. Yikes..... when an actor can't move like they're supposed to, it's a sign to either lose weight & get in shape or get surgery on your knee/hip OR realize that you are TOO OLD FOR THE PART. Kind of sad...right? Okay. Done with my mini-rant.

So Wonka opened last Friday to huge compliments and applause!  Three performances of near sell outs! That was a wonderful feeling to see my show take off like that. The thing is.... it's got miles to go before they really get 'in the groove' so imagine how good it's going to get?! Cast of Willy Wonka at CSTOCK Community Theatre, Silverdale, WA Good looking group, aren't they? The costumes are unreal and the set looks amazing! I can't wait to upload some more pics so I can brag! Seriously, I have got the best team on my staff. There may have been some minor issues but I really gather the best possible people to make it happen. It's not really about me.... it's about them. I'm all about being a team player in the long run! So now the show has 3 more weeks and I hope it continues to sell out so the theatre can make oodles of money and keep growing and improving. We'll see what happens..... Now it's time to move on to researching ...

God, I would love to throw some people under the bus but I can't destroy professional relationships. I'm getting so tired of certain parts of my theatre life and I know a couple of friends that feel the same way. Something has changed in my little community. There's still wonderful and kind people out there that would do anything to help me create a wonderful show and to them I am so grateful. But there are others who act so entitled and have no right to be that way. Where are they learning this behavior? It disgusts me. It's one thing to have kids being somewhat troublesome. They're kids and they have to make mistakes to learn. Some of them need to be scared shitless. I'm good at that and I plan to have a Come To Jesus meeting with a few of them tonight. I am going to throw real, serious threats at them. I want them to understand how much a person's reputation affects whether or not they get into a show. I have the power to get them cast as well as to b...

So I did something I haven't done in years. I can't even say what it is yet. It's a surprise and I don't want to ruin it. But I did something quite brave for me. And it was a surprise, even to me because I was so scared of it. And yet I did it. Even more surprising is that I ended up having fun. I have dreaded this 'thing'..... almost cancelled out on it several times but I threw back my shoulders and just decided to go for it. I don't do scary things well typically. I am a wuss when it comes to going into Haunted Houses. I have some issues with fear. I know I CAN be brave and have been. I've conquered some metaphoric mountains in my past.  But this was something I couldn't fathom for years. I'll be able to reveal more shortly..... but I must say I'm pretty proud of myself. When I do reveal, some will say how silly I was to be scared. But there will be some who will totally understand my fear and shame and know exactly what I went thr...