saturday brunch

it was so nice to be able to have a saturday free this weekend to get together with our families for brunch.  no shows, concerts, events, work . . . yay!  such a nice treat.

love, laurie

keeping us laughing

seriously though, we didn't even watch one single second of the winter olympics this year . . . mainly because we were so busy with the musical.

love, laurie

silly kittens

this image popped up on facebook and i thought it was funny.  leko always sleeps in the craziest positions.  i think he does all of these poses except for "the sploot."  

ryan's family recently found this video of a cat who tried to remake the bed after a little kitten messed up the sheets.  i don't think leko would ever make the bed.  he does like to jump in it when we make the bed though!

love, laurie

this guy . . .

this guy was so excited that we were actually home last night and not at a rehearsal or a show!  he wasted no time jumping up on ryan's lap and napping in the cutest positions!  he positively melts our hearts!

he's also very sneaky, because at one point i thought he was sleeping and looked down to find him licking my dessert off the side of my plate!

love, laurie

we survived "merrily we roll along"

that's a wrap on "merrily we roll along" and i'm thrilled that we survived.  it was a massive show and thankfully the performances went well.  now we have a second to breathe before the next batch of shows.

love, laurie

a much-needed day off

oh my goodness, i'm so glad that work is closed today for the presidents' day holiday because i desperately need a day off after this crazy whirlwind of a musical in order to cuddle up leko, do some laundry, and get some sleep!

love, laurie

opening night

tonight is opening night for the university's musical that we've been working on nonstop for weeks.  we're exhausted and so relieved that the show is finally here.  fingers crossed that everything goes okay.

i think everyone thinks i'm nuts when i talk about how insane costume designing this musical has made me.  i have tracked charts for each character and every single item that relates to wardrobe as it moves throughout the show.  (good thing i'm an organized person!)  just to prove i'm not completely nuts, i did the math.  

here's "merrily we roll along" by the numbers . . . 

208 individual articles of clothing

126 full outfits (not including repeated costumes)

52 accessories

49 pairs of shoes

13 pairs of socks

10 pairs of stockings

6 wigs 

. . . and a countless number of bobby pins.  

amen. 

love, laurie

be nice

today is national random acts of kindness day.  what a pleasant thing to celebrate (especially since i've encountered several unkind people this week).  

aesop once said "no act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted."  keep that in mind today.

love, laurie

hello, flower!

i'm happy to see that my african violet is blooming again in my office!  hello, little flower!

love, laurie

tech week

it's tech week for the musical which means that every morning has been an early one and every night has been a late one . . . and we have several days left of this crazy schedule.  tech week (which is really more like 3 weeks, not one week) also means that the stage deck looks like someone dropped a bunch of ice cream sprinkles because there are so many spike marks, and my fingers are raw from sewing so many snaps on shirts for quick changes.

we're almost there!

love, laurie