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First of all, it was Ethan's eleventh birthday. Cannot believe my kid is eleven.

Second, went to AJ's talent show, where he and several other kiddos did a lip synch and dance to 'Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better,' from Annie Get Your Gun. I'm his mom, but it's pretty cute.
( the videos... cut to save your page... )
It's in two parts because I absolutely suck at videotaping.

Three, I cooked all day for home group, but then I got a call mid afternoon from Nolan asking me if everything was okay. Turns out, there was a fire less than a mile from the house. It was a scary, smoky, crazy afternoon.

Fourth, the powers that be decided that they couldn't have home group meet at our house (there were streets blockaded and neighborhoods evacuated) so I decided that was divine providence, and we took Ethan to dinner for his birthday, and then went to Academy and got him a new bike.

Eleven. I have an eleven year-old. The mind reels.

Lastly, nolankyle and I did out first marriage blog. We're still working out format and technical stuff, but it's there. Special kudos to jandjsalmon for the layout. :D

And that's probably enough to be getting on with, right? Goodnight!

I haven't blogged in a while, but I've been BUSY. With a capital B. Like you read about, folks.

I got all my academy girls' dresses finished, with varying degrees of success. Most of the little sweethearts liked their costumes, so I think it's a win. I'm still working on a piece of commissioned art for an inspirational speaker - it's drawn but not painted, and I'm still trying to make sense of the chord progressions in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. (I'm in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels at ALT, if you didn't hear my shriek of joy from where you were a few weeks ago.) The music might as well be Farsi, for how well I'm doing with it. Harmony is a challenge for me. And when I say 'challenge,' I mean it's so hard it makes me want to sit down in the middle of the floor and cry real, unattractive, unmusical tears.

But enough of my harmony saga. (For today, anyway. I reserve the right to whine about it again at a later date.) Last night I went and fitted the girls in their dresses, and then watched the rehearsal to see if they needed other mending or alterations. I took LOADS of pictures, and then my camera battery died before act II. However:

( Pictures and a video! )
In any case, I love these kids, and I love my job, and I LOVE working for the theatre. There's so much joy in each step of the way. I wouldn't trade it for the world!

The LX ranch and the folks that own it were nice enough to invite us to their 100 year shindig because my husband's company does work for them, and it was a great party! Super fun.
( Pictures... )
( I laughed pretty hard. )

Good blog writing material has either been scarce or else I've forgotten it by the time I get to the keyboard (more likely), and what with one thing and another happening in TVland that make me want to find a bridge and jump off to end my suffering (*cough* Bones and Castle, I'm looking at you) I thought I'd show you guys some things on the web that I've found cool/mildly amusing/so hysterical I almost peed my pants.

This Wiki teaches you how to make bath bombs. I'm not sure I'm going to go to that much trouble when Lush sends them right to my door, but it's nice to think about.

This made me giggle. Only because every time I leave the house, I see a girl (or worse yet, a woman) who needs one.

Dante's Internet. I'm just dorky enough to understand it. And I'm not telling you which level I fall under. Unless you ask.

I love the Shake Shack, which is a burger joint in Manhattan. If you live within a day's drive, you seriously need to go. You'll thank me, because it's SOOOOOOOOOO good. (Jennifer W? This summer? GO.) I even stalked them enough to find out how to do it at home, with FAB results. But I read yesterday where they're coming out with a peanut butter bacon burger. Peanut butter? Good. Bacon? Good. Burger? Good. Together? I'm not ashamed to say that I'd try it. These folks are geniuses when it comes to burger science.

This is for Mom and all you flower lovers out there. Freaking amazing.

The place where I graduated from high school got blown up. (On purpose. No worries, it was kind of a hole.) But there's video.

These cookies are something I need to try for home group next time.

And lastly, the romantic comedy of the summer that I'm actually looking forward to. I laughed several times at the trailer. Drew Barrymore and Justin Long, who is funny just standing there, and Christina Applegate is in the supporting cast. I like her a lot. :)
Go here for a review/link. I couldn't make it embed. Go figure.

Have a great weekend, y'all. Big love from Tejas.

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 Let me say that the alcohol on the counter was for the egg nog.  It's not like I swig it while making Christmas morning breakfast.  (Any other morning, though...  no.  Just kidding.)  I don't have an excuse for the rest of it.

And for seegrim...

"Ethan Flipping" on Google Video
Ethan flipping

He'd never done anything but just jump off before. And he starts with a backflip? The kid has NO fear.