Random POP pics

She's only six! Wow!



lol, this is utterly pointless. hence the reason its neat

Pictures Coming...

In a bit. I have WAY TOO MANY pictures... must fish out some of the best... I have alot on Facebook (MUCH easier to upload to), so I won't post QUITE as many on here, though I will still post ALOT.

Curlers

Look what they make me do for the play!

It's worth it, though.

Coming out...

I use 50 curlers.

Curls and costume

After the show!

Trapped

I am trapped in my PJ shirt. No kidding.
I had put on an old Tshirt, and then put in the curlers. Big mistake! Now I can't pull the Tshirt off over the curlers. :P

WE HAVE ANOTHER PREFORMANCE TODAY!!! YAY!

Yesterday we got back from St. Louis. We were up at Grandma's house (they are gone on vacation) to get family pictures for Dad's work, and stayed up there for a couple of days, looking around in Wentzville for houses. We had an open house on Sunday, only three people came, and one was a neighbor who wanted to see how we decorated the house. Oookay.


I was doing an essay on Mother Teresa. I found a neat quote:

"When a poor person dies of hunger, it has not happened because God did not take care of him or her. It happened because neither you nor I wanted to give that person what he or she needed."

What I have been up to

Ah! A new record- a whole week without posting!
Let's see... what have I been up to?
1) THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE!!! We have had two performances. They were awesome!!! Even though I get tortured with curlers, mousse, and hairspray. ;) I just can't wait until Thursday, when I get to see my Fine Linen family again. :) Love ya, Stanley sisters. Oh, we sold out on opening night! Isn't it awesome? They had to sell folding chairs. And at our second preformance, they somehow managed to oversell and had to use the balcony seats next to the orchestra. I keep tearing my skirt during Foeman when we are all marching around. Thankfully, Laura is awesome at fixing costumes. And on opening night, Jenna managed to snap her parasol in half. But it was during a fight scene, so it turned out to be okay. Mr. Edwards gave all the daughters roses on opening night.
2) Cleaning. We have had several people come look at our house, and had an open house on Sunday. Even though I really don't want to move, lets still pray that we can sell the house soon.
3) Being away from home. Right now we are at Grandma and Papa Archibald's in St. Louis. We came partly for pictures, partly to be closer to Dad, and partly to be out of the house when people come. Don't worry, Pirates! I will be back on Thursday.
4) Getting pictures. For Dad's job, they wanted family pictures to hang in the office (isnt that neat?). So we went to get professional pictures- the photographer did it in his basement, he has a NEAT camera, and is funny.
5) WISHING I HAD DAD'S WORK CAMERA!!! Dad has the coolest camera you have ever seen- I think it is the latest Nixon (sp?) camera out there. Super fancy, very expensive too, and its for taking zillions of boring pictures for work. I got to take a few pictures with it- I LOVE IT! IT IS AWESOME!
6) Facebook. Yup, I've got Facebook now! That is what I have been spending my computer time on recently.

Want to learn Elvish?

Well, I don't know the language, but I can write English in Tengwar (Elvish letters)! (JRR Tolkien made an entire Elvish language, did you know?) I taught myself, peicing together snippets I found in various places. Most likely I have it all wrong, but... it looks impressive! These are the pages from my notebooks where I wrote notes on it. The first page shows first the Elvish letter, then the symbol that I think symoblizes the sound, then an example of how that sound is used in a word, then the name of the Elvish letter. It has only consonants on it.

The second page has more notes, and the vowels. I am still confused on those, but I use the symbols that say "typically these" by it, and I do not do the "y", as I write more phonetically.

Page three has more notes, esp. explaining that English can be written in Tengwar phonetically (based on sounds, like shorthand) and letter-by-letter (which is generally more confusing to write but easier to read).

These are two visual aids I made, to help you see how the letters fit together. The top one is Sindarin mode (which I use the most) and the bottom is Quenya. You cut out the peices, and arrange them into words. It helps you see how the vowels and consonants fit together.

The Horrible Fate of the Bunny that was Chocolate

It was almost too pretty to eat!!!

... almost, but not quite.

Easter Eggs

Easter Eggs! Since I had play practice all day Saturday and we went to Easter Vigil, we did not dye eggs until Easter Sunday. Here are some pictures!


We had lots of fun deciding what to put on the eggs! We used a clear wax crayon to draw on them.

The dyes.

A bowl of delicious eggs!

While I was cleaning up the dyes, I noticed this headline from the paper used to cover the table. I thought it was a neat coincidence! (It was about NASCAR, but who cares? The headline fits.)

The three eggs I decorated.

Ben's "egghead".

Maria Pomeranke (sp?) made this beautiful hollow egg, which she sold to help her siblings go to their Oddessy of the Mind meeting thing. I thought it was beautiful.

Dress Rehersal

Look what Amy the Genius found! They actually fit me. And I didn't get a single blister! Why anyone in their right mind would wear them all the time, I don't know. Going down stairs in these is a tedious process. Also, (and this is because of it being high heel and wearing them for six hours Saturday) when I took them off, the ground did not feel flat. My heel felt like it was sinking!

In the dressing room

The tyranical lady. :-) Kati helping Laura with the shoes. And Laura hamming it up.

Hail Poetry

The pirates' dashing costumes. :-) I forgot to get one of the policemen- they were hilarious!

A modern Major General

Ahh! Those crying pirates are pretty scary, are they not?

An artist hard a work.

Wow. Each of the girl's costumes is a masterpeice in and of itself.

A tidal wave of lace, ribbons, and goofy girls. Dingbats, I believe Mr. McCluskey said. Our heads are empty. Or, as our 'character ryhme' goes- "Our heads are bare and full of air, dead flies and bits of fluff." (From JKR's poem)

Too Late!

Elise playing Mabel. Doesn't she look all fluffy-squishy? :-) The costume adds so much to the character, and everyone did such a good job with their character. It was easy to forget Elise (sorry! hehe) and just see Mabel. And everyone else, too.

Za Piiiirate KING!

And isn't the stage wonderful? They even painted the floor to look sandy. OAT will be happy- the black floor had been gray with grime.

Presenting
The Piratical Maid of All Work
RUTH!
(Amanda)

Aww.