Rainy Day Girl

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This and That

Director and Producer:: Heather and Jen


Hello!
I've made it through my first production of an elementary school play!!Backstage doing makeup for 66 kids.
August had the role of Sampson, a character who just would not go away...he sang a song about going to the bathroom August practicing his potty song backstage.
(how perfect for him!) and was eaten by a dragon only to return and be thrown off the ship...he was just a bad penny who kept turning up...and he did a great job!
August singing "How Dry I Am" right before intermission.

How dry I am, How wet I'll be if I don't find the bathroom key!!August about to fall asleep after drinking sleeping potion...he is then fed to the dragon so that Jason can get the golden fleece.

It was a three month process with tons of paperwork, email, phone calls and costuming. I'm happy with how it all turned out...especially considering it was my first year. I'm already writing myself some notes for next year! Like...wouldn't it be great if I got my brother Scott to write the elementary school play????? And...how wonderful would it be if Rebecca came and played piano live?! And...didn't Justin say he could do set design!!??
We'll see!

Bang, Clang all over again!

I feel like the new year has finally begun. The kids are back into their school routines. They wake up pretty ok during the school week and get right to homework after school. The snack drawer is full and they help themselves when they're hungry...life is good.

Some updates:
The bathroom is pretty much done...we're still waiting on a custom mirror but the sinks are done and boy do they look good. I'll post pictures when it all comes together.

The Fleet Foxes are playing Saturday Night Live this weekend...and Trey and I are going to New York to see them live! Holy cow, I'm so excited I can not stop thinking about it.

We've begun some more remodeling on the house. The basement was semi-finished when we moved in...there was carpeting and the walls were finished but it hasn't been very usable because there's a huge heater down there. Trey has envisioned another great extreme makeover...the room that we were using as a junk room will now be a real bedroom. We'll have the TV in this room too which will make it much easier to hear having it far away from the heater.
So out of town friends and family...you'll have a nice place to crash soon at the Many house.