Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Living Under a Rock

You may have noticed my long absence from this blog, but there is a very easy explination -- I've been living under a rock.

I just finished up my last mainstage at Baylor, The Seagull.  This turned out to be one of the most difficult shows I've done, taking away all of my time and energy, and yet it was invaluable and enjoyable.  Happily, family from two different cities were able to come and see it.  During the run of the show I had my birthday, immediately preceded by one of my good friend's birthday.  We ended up at Applebee's two nights in a row, but with great company and free ice cream.  It was a good weekend of celebration with the two birthdays and the show.

The Seagull marked the last of my mainstages at Baylor.  My time has been opened up greatly and I've been recovering and playing as much as possible.  Softball season started the week after the show ended.  Our girls have been doing pretty well, but unfortunately haven't been challenged too much yet.  I've been playing tennis with a friend at least once a week, although we're hoping to make it happen more often.  We're trying out new restaurants and frequenting the dollar theatre (half price tuesdays!), doing our best to fill the time without a mainstage.  So far we've met with pretty good success, possibly because there have been at least eight birthdays to consider, but possibly because we're all so relieved to be out from under the rock.

Happy Birthday!

Happy (belated) birthday, Julie!  I promise I didn't forget!  Hope it was beautiful.

By the way... the picture is one I found for Hannah's Prayer, since I know that you're really involved with them and I think it is a good representation of your heart.  Love you!

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Happy Birthday!

Happy birthday, David!  Hope it was wondrous!

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Happy Birthday!

Happy birthday, Mom!  Hope it was wonderful (and the jet lag leaves quickly).

Friday, January 1, 2010

Happy New Year!

It's a new year yall.  Hope there's a great start and a strong finish.  To 2010!

Monday, December 28, 2009

Overheard

Part of a conversation between the oldest niece and nephew (9 and almost 9-yrs-old):

"That was in the 1900s... before we were even born." -N


Skunked!

In the game of cribbage a 'skunk' is when you get two corners ahead of your opponent.  In our family, we have a small figurine of a skunk that is kept in the possession of whoever was skunked last.  This skunk is mainly kept between me and my mom by this point, but my sister and I play a lot now, so two years ago my sister printed out and framed a picture of a skunk to pass between us.  I had seen and commented on the skunk at every visit, but had no idea what it was really for until a few nights ago when she skunked me for the first time in two years.

I made a vow not to leave with the picture and last night, my vow was fulfilled.  I had died one point away from turning the corner and I killed her in exactly the same fashion.  The skunk has been returned to it's rightful place on top of the piano and all is as it should be.  Of course, my sister will be out for revenge and of course, anything can happen, but for the time being, the skunk is hers.

The final board:

The skunk back where it belongs:

If you want to see what my sister had to say when she won look here.  As for me, the tables have been turned.  That is all.