what a week!

these two words have been on repeat this week . . . "event canceled."

i went into this week thinking it would be a pretty calm one, but boy was i wrong!  the world's mass hysteria revolving around this stupid coronavirus impacted every one of our (many) jobs.  the theatres where ryan and i work had many shows canceled.  the resort where ryan works had numerous events canceled.  the university where i teach extended spring break and canceled classes.

this whole week was consumed with canceling shows, postponing events, and reworking class schedules / course calendars.  it has been exhausting to say the least.  this craziness is impacting the entertainment industry hard.  there are so many of us who work in live entertainment, and we don't get paid if our events are canceled. 

i'm hoping this all blows over soon and i hope the world just calms the heck down!

love, laurie

my little helper

my co-worker bought a pair of earrings when she was on vacation this past summer and the hook was about to break from using them so much.  i mentioned to her that i could fix them by replacing the hook, so she gave them to me to take home to repair for her.  leko absolutely loves whenever i make/fix jewelry.  as soon as i brought out my tools, he was right up on the couch, between my legs, to help/supervise me.  i snapped this picture to text to her to let her know that he was being a big help.  she thought he was pretty funny.

love, laurie

work shenanigans

my co-worker's family bought a game called "poop toss."  (it's the exact same concept of this old tossing game.)  she brought it into work and we played it, and found that we were pretty good at it.  when ryan arrived, she put it on ryan's head for him to try.  oh my goodness, i could not stop laughing because somehow he looked just like a monkey with that hat on his head.  i had tears in my eyes from laughing.  the moment was just too priceless to not photograph! 

i can't find the exact game that she has online, but this one is practically identical.

oh the shenanigans at work!

love, laurie

lazy

when something interesting comes on the tv, but you are too comfortable to move your body so instead you turn your neck around so much it's practically in the wrong direction!

love, laurie

"the celtic tenors"

on saturday we worked a show in our theatre called "the celtic tenors."  these incredible singers traveled all the way from ireland!  they were absolutely incredible and we loved the show.

here are a few of my snapshots from the show.  you can see all of my photos from the show on our theatre's facebook page here.

love, laurie

gerber daisy!

no one told this gerber daisy that ryan gave me years ago that it's an annual and not supposed to keep coming back!  this plant is so old, it's crazy, and it keeps blooming after several years!  my co-worker has a ruler next to it and she keeps measuring it.  earlier in the week it grew 2 full inches over night!

love, laurie

sunday sundaes

our little local ice cream shop had a buy-one-get-one free special on soft-serve ice cream sundaes on sunday.  it has been forever since we've gone out for ice cream.  we each got twist ice cream with peanut butter and chocolate sprinkles.  it was a nice little treat and a nice little date!

love, laurie

we're on tv!

our local news station records a segment called "good morning, pennsylvania" which airs weekday mornings at 8:27am and another segment called "good night, pennsylvania" which airs weekday evenings after the 10pm news.  the segment features local nonprofits and advertises their events.

a few weekends ago, a producer from the tv station came to our theatre and recorded these segments to advertise our upcoming show "the celtic tenors."  we got our ushers and tech crew together for the filming.  the segments are airing this whole week leading up to our show this saturday.

you can watch the segment online on the tv station's website here.

here's the morning segment . . .

and here's the night segment . . .

love, laurie

playing with light

ryan's new lights looked awesome for the show this weekend (see here).  it takes a lot of hours of programing at the board to get the lights looking that cool.  above is a snapshot from earlier in the week when he was testing colors.  i really liked the combination of those colors!

thanks for doing such a great job on these new lights, ryan!

love, laurie

"pure country" george strait tribute

on saturday we worked a george strait tribute show called "pure country."  this was the first show that ryan got to take his new lights for a spin and they really looked awesome!

here are a few snapshots from the show.  you can see all of my photos from the show on our theatre's facebook page here.

love, laurie