busy, busy, busy as a bee!

Hey Guys!

I'm home from the mountains, and I loved every minute of it. But now I have some very important things to do. With Christmas Carol's opening night on Friday (dress rehearsals are every night this week from 6-11 P.M.!!), starting James & the Giant Peach rehearsals, History Day, finishing up my research paper... I have too much going on to blog all the time. In about 2 weeks, I will start back up. That's when Christmas Carol is over. Here's some pictures that I promised you... only from Day 1. More will come in the future. After all, I took 734! Each time I post these pictures, they will come at about 4 pictures a post.

Toodles!

"don't cry because it's over. smile because it happened!"

         
          Right now I am sitting in front of the warm fire- that I started!- reading my book, sipping some hot chocolate, and typing to you! It is the last day today. Today we walked to the Inn for lunch and my dad and I took lots of pictures (coming soon to the blog!). Although it was freezing, I seemed to forget that as I walked around the most beautiful place on Earth. I missed tea time today, so I created my own. The Inn's lobby has four fireplaces, and at tea time they serve iced tea, hot tea, coffee, chocolate chip cookies, sugar cookies, oatmeal raisin cookies, and sometimes pound cake! So, I grabbed some of my leftover Halloween candy that I had taken over here, boiled some water, created this nice fire, and grabbed my book and a laptop!
          I'm really upset that I'll be leaving tomorrow morning, but it has been so much fun! I can't wait to show you the amazing pictures. Did you know that the Inn burned down in the 1920's? Also, it holds the world's largest Frasier fir tree! And I know I talked a lot about the Inn, but there's even more to this place! In the backyard of this house (my cousin's vacation home) is a dock with a lake. Across the street is a cemetery, and the Thorpe Path, which goes through the woods and leads to the Inn. There's a gem mining place, a little town for boutique shopping, and rock climbing! It's amazing!
          Pictures are on the way. I wish I had brought the cord here...

Toodles for now!

gobble gobble!

Today- and everyday- I am thankful for these fab things that are a part of my life!

• My weird family. We're fun, crazy, and we love to laugh. We've got dance parties. Every night Heroes-a-thons. We hug, dance, and sing. We burp our new baby cousin. We play Scattegories, Scrabble, Ping Pong, and Rummy. A hyper dog made of cotton balls runs around nonstop. We love each other! (Note: This includes relatives. Not just immediate family.)
• My amazing friends. Always there when you need someone to lean on. Sometimes we go on photography expeditions. We sit in the living room and blog for an hour or two. We play countless rounds of Chute & Ladders and Whoonu. We make hilarious, well-edited-if-I-say-so-myself movies. We put on cute plays together. We have photoshoots. We attempt to advertise our babysitting service. We make schools in the basement for our Uglydolls. We bang on the piano. We create show tunes in the backyard. We play spies. We play pool. We sing some karaoke. We play dress up. We cry on each other's shoulders after a bad day. I love you guys!
• Theatre. This is the place I can really be myself. I wrote a poem about it for a contest. Maybe sometime I'll show it to you guys. But it's strictly copyright! "Something About the Spotlight."
• Photography. As my friend Rebecca says, seeing life through the lens. (life seen through the lens) I love capturing memories and beautiful things in creative ways!
• Doodling. I'm not good at drawing, but I love doodling presidents in my notes. I design crazy sunglasses, too! Color, of course. Unless it's old-timey. But at least those would be sepia.
• Writing. I love to write stories and poems! Always have, always will!
• The world! If you didn't exist, I wouldn't exist as well. Thanks much for that. :)

Happy Thanksgiving! Toodli-doo-da!

P.S. Thank you for tolerating my boring, all words-no pictures posts. I hope this random turkey made your day.  Once I'm home I'll post lots and lots of pictures. I'll also tell you about my next play coming up... James & the Giant Peach! But- oops! It's a surprise what I am! Tell you later! This just means you'll have to keep on checking...

P.P.S. Picture found on !!!

somewhere over the rainbow... (part 2)

          I accidently left out an amazing part of the Inn!

          The Lake! The Lake is quite pretty. There's a little dock where you can rent paddleboats, canoes, row boats, life jackets, paddles, etc. You can also get ice cream (and ice cold water!) there. Sometimes they have boat races. I've never been in one, but someday I would love to try!
          The section of the water that you boat around in is huge, but there's also a roped off section for swimming. Toys float around, you can swim out to the docks in the middle and dive, and there's little mattress rafts to float around on. A small sandy beach is great for building sand castles. Not so much tanning, considering all the babies that rule the sand.
          An awesome wooden jungle gym sits next to the boat dock, with a treehouse in the middle, surrounded by cool obstacles! Go down a short path and you find the playground- complete with tetherball (my favorite!), swings, tire swings, horseshoes, and more!
          Remember when I said there were numerous lawns outside of the Inn? The one that overlooks the enormously beautiful Rock Mountain has a few secret trails leading from it that go around the lake. One leads to a little gazebo... I love that!

          Pictures will be posted as soon as I am home.

Toodles and I hope you've had a fabulous Turkey Day!

somewhere over the rainbow...

          
          Well, turns out I can post here. I will try to post pictures, but I might not get to that till I am home. I've gotten some great shots! This place inspires me... I love it. I come here a lot, and each and every time is amazing!
          Today I met my new baby cousin, Grace. She is so cute and was born in June. In fact, she's in front of me right now. I love her so much already. Tomorrow I'm meeting my grandma's new fiance. Two new family members!
          There is an Inn here. A rustic, amazing, full of surprises Inn. You don't have to stay there to go there. There's a golf course, a lawn overlooking an amazing rock mountain, cafe, shop, and more. Inside the Inn is a huge lobby full of warm fireplaces and nice places to sit and read at tea&cookies time.
            Upstairs where the rooms are there are some "secret" places my cousin (and family best friend) and I like to hide... like fire escapes and hidden rooms.
            Porches surround the building, full of red rocking chairs and a Ping Pong table. There's a waterfall next to Solitude Cove. Trails go around the woods and up mountains. Off the golf course, there's tennis courts and a beautiful garden. Every year we have a delicious picnic next to the garden on the last day, remembering all our memories of the trip, and looking forward to making more next year.

          If anyone's taken the time to read this, Happy Thanksgiving!

Toodles!

vacation time!

Tomorrow I'm departing off to the mountains for Thanksgiving break. I don't know that I can post there, but I'll try my best! For now, Flats Week is postponed until I return.

Happy Thanksgiving! Toodles!

like gills on a fish...

        These silver flats are super cute! Sadly there are killing my toes, due to my rapid foot growth. I wore these in High School Musical as Ryan, though! The slits on the sides are like gills on a fish (see title) and the thin bow with stitches on it are adorable! These shoes are very, very comfortable and soft!

        I'd like to thank both Picnik and iPhoto for their great photo editing system... I use them 24/7! First I have fun with Picnik, and then if there's any more advanced yet basic things like rotating or sharpening that aren't as great on Picnik, iPhoto saves the day! Both of them are super super fabulous!

        Anyway, I gotta wrap this up. My drama class is performing the Trial of Goldilocks tonight at our school's "extravaganza!" Wish me luck!

Happy Flats Week! Toodles!

love these ones!

I absolutely love these shoes to death. Black velvety-material with many different colored sewn patterns on it. I see (along with black) lavender, blue, brown, and tan! Polka dots, x's, flowers, and more. These flats are to die for! And- bonus- they're comfy! Rack Room Shoes is the best! I could live in these.

Happy Flats Week! Toodles!

switching it up...

I'm super sorry for skipping out on yesterday's post. I went straight from school to voice, got home at 4:50, ate dinner, left the house at 5:30, and got home from play practice at 9:30. Busy, busy, busy! But it's been so much fun anyway! Happy Flats Week!

Something's up with Picnik, but if I get the chance I'll post more pictures of these.

Toodles!

everything's coming up roses!

These soft, comfortable flats from American Eagle are very cute! They go with anything and everything. Three roses are planted on your toes, making these simple shoes even cuter! 

What do you think? Comment and tell me!

Happy Flats Week! Toodles!

short shout-out to T!

Hey Everyone!

Tonight I went to a fabulous birthday party for my theatre buddy, T! We went out in a limo (all in dresses!), watched Hairspray inside, then arrived at a restaurant, then to Starbucks, and back to the theatre that her mom directs at! We used the green room to open presents! Anyway, I didn't get much pictures because my camera battery was dead and I forget to take along my other one. But I do like this little one...

Again, happy birthday T! 

Toodles!

happy flats week!

Hey Everyone!

This week... starting tomorrow... is the best week of your lives. Flats Week! Each day a new pair of adorable flats will show up and I'll talk about them. I wear flats everyday and everywhere so I realized this is a great thing to post about! Also another great thing about flats is that they are mostly comfortable so you can even wear them performing! Anyways, at the end of each post, I'm asking that you tell me what you think of each pair of shoe. At the end of the whole "week," I will post a picture of each and fit it in one post! That will be a contest! You will pick which one you like the best and the one picked the most wins!  Happy Flats Week everyone! (But, be warned, this might extend more than one week!)

Toodles!

one more pony picture...

Hey Everyone!

When I posted pictures of horses, I left out one very cute one! So here it is! 

Also, if you like this photo, I guarantee you'll enjoy reading this post: He knows you're happy, He knows when you're comfortable, He knows when you're confident, And he always knows when you have carrots.

Check out the other post! And don't forget- I love to hear your comments!

Neigh! Toodles!

"she didn't need a soundtrack to tell her story"

Hey Everyone!

Here's three of my favorite quotes of all time, made by the one and only- Marilyn Monroe! Read them each carefully, and then read the rest of today's post.

"I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together." 

"I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure don't deserve me at my best." 

"Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring." 

So.... which is your favorite? The first, second, or third? Or do you have another one that you love? (needs to be by Marilyn Monroe) Please comment and tell me! I will post about the most-voted-for quote! 

Bye, bye baby! Toodles!

P.S. Pictures in today's post were found on these 3 sites... !!!!!!, !!!!!!, and !!!!!!!  I edited them on Picnik!

He knows when you're happy, He knows when you're comfortable, He knows when you're confident, And he always knows when you have carrots.

Hey Guys!

Not much to say today, but here's a few horse pictures I took just now. We (my good friend C, my dad, and I) went out and fed them our tiny homegrown carrots!

As you can see by these photos, I love their faces and all that jazz.

Comment and tell me what you think about the pictures today!

Toodles!

poll results are in!

And now... for the moment you've all been waiting for... the POLL RESULTS!

A Little Night Music 

  0 (0%)

American Idiot 

  0 (0%)

Billy Elliot 

  3 (21%)

Chicago 

  3 (21%)

In The Heights  

  2 (14%)

Jersey Boys 

  0 (0%)

Mamma Mia!  

  7 (50%)

Mary Poppins 

  3 (21%)

Memphis  

  0 (0%)

Next to Normal 

  0 (0%)

Promises, Promises 

  1 (7%)

Rock of Ages 

  0 (0%)

The Addams Family 

  2 (14%)

The Lion King 

  4 (28%)

Phantom of the Opera 

  5 (35%)

Time Stands Still 

  0 (0%)

West Side Story 

  6 (42%)

Wicked 

  10 (71%)

I don't know about you, but I saw it coming. Everyone loves Wicked! I do too! A post about that will be up in a jiffy! In the meantime, vote on the next poll!

Wicked (10), Mamma Mia! (7), West Side Story (6), Phantom of the Opera (5), The Lion King (4), Billy Elliot (3), Chicago (3), Mary Poppins (3), In the Heights (2), The Addams Family (2), and last but most certainly not least... Promises, Promises (1)

A Little Night Music, American Idiot, Jersey Boys, Memphis, Next to Normal, Rock of Ages, and Time Stands Still were all tied for last with 0 points. But I'm absolutely sure they're great musicals anyway!

Toodles for now!


P.S. Picture found on !!!

one day at play practice...

Hey Everyone!

I'm currently working on a makeup post, so this picture will show up again soon. One day at play practice, our head stage manager was wearing this makeup. Maybe he was testing it? I don't know, but I just had to take a picture of it! 

The front parts of his hair (and his eyebrows!) were touched with gray, giving a very old feel to him. His lips were made to look very chapped and worn out, and various wrinkles are splashed all over his face so well... Under his cheeks, mouth, eyes, on his forehead... And look at that white strip going down his nose! I don't know how, but it really works! 

Anyways, makeup is a pretty big part of being on stage, and this picture shows how well it can be done!

Toodli-doo-da!

this is our story!

Hey Everyone!

I know, I know. I said this post would be about pumpkins, but the truth is who cares about pumpkins? Cute and all, but I'd rather write about this. (I might end up showing a few pictures of pumpkins from this year's Halloween, but I might not. We'll see!)

Anyways, I've discovered a new-found obsession for Shrek the Musical! Never seen it, but the songs are oh-so-fabulous and the pictures i've seen are amazing! I won't drone on and on about how I wish I hadn't missed it while it was still on Broadway and how amazing Sutton Foster is (working on a new post about her... ever since I was hooked on Thoroughly Modern Millie a few years ago, I've loved her!), but I will show you a few cute pictures of this inspirational and fun musical...

If you want to know more about the show or find the pictures used in today's post... go to Shrek the Musical and Broadway in Chicago! Also, a couple months ago I posted about costumes all over Broadway, and Shrek was the first one! Here's that link too: all that jazz! 

I'm a believer, I couldn't leave her if I tried! Toodles!

clothes make a statement. costumes- on the other hand- tell a story!

hey everyone!!

Happy Election Day! Uhh... or Happy LATE Halloween! I had so much fun trick- or- treating with my friends Jo and Ruby. We went as Alvin and the mice! (I was Alvin, and Jo was Theodore, and Ruby was Simon!) I know... you're wondering why we weren't chipmunks! Well, Rebecca found the cutest mouse costume kit (complete with ears, nose that makes sounds!, and a shapeable tail!) and we were thinking about being the Three Blind Mice! Anyway, here's some pictures of the cutest costumes on Earth!

Simon: Blue shirt, black leggings, white shorts, 3-D glasses, boots, and blue high socks! Alvin: red shirt with a home-sewn yellow felt "A" on the front! Black shorts, gray leggings, brown cowboy boots, and black/neon polka dot high socks! Theodore: Green shirt, green and white knee socks, Uggs, black leggings and light gray shorts look awesome with that pillow under her shirt! We all wore the mouse stuff, face-painted black whiskers, pink noses, and pigtails!

Look at these zebra heels! To make them even cooler/weirder, a man was wearing them!

Yummmmm!

Look at this adorable penguin outfit!

His orange footies completed this super cute look!

Spiderman, Dino, and Pegasus. All in one!

Look at this "fancy" dress, tiara, and even the bag! 

As you can see, I LOVE the little kids and their costumes!

Mom and daughter pirates! Adorable!

Next post is... PUMPKINS!! Yes, pumpkins. I love Halloween!

Boo! Toodles!