A Christmas Carol in Cecil

Ah...so last night we actually had a really awesome rehearsal for the show!
It was so cool.
All the backdrops were up and the snow machine really works well in one place!!

I got all my entrances, lines and lyrics right, and I felt like I could actually breathe a sigh of relief.
The Graveyard scene where we sing "Dancing on Your Grave" finally came into line. That one has been a bear! I have a little bit in one of the songs, and there was so much trouble with the whole scene, that they were thinking about cutting it out altogether.
Thanks to dear Papa, JPII, I think I am actually going to be able to do a fair Mrs Mops. I have been praying to him like crazy! He was an actor, and he loved the stage. I know he would approve of this show. It's a wonderful version of the original story...

Hard to find clips to post though. I am hoping to have some pictures of all of us in costume after tomorrow's opening though.

It has just been so much fun doing the whole process. I felt like the audition was a huge hurdle. I couldn't believe that I did it! Now here we are the day before opening!
I have made some wonderful friends, and it has been so much fun being onstage with Paul. I wish the whole family was able to do it! Paula and her girls have been there and that has been a treat too.

Hope to post more tomorrow night!

This is Coffee...

Wouldn't it be nice if this were true?

Let's Pray For Our Troops and Their Families...

Today, the second Sunday of Advent, there are so many men and women, and their families that are facing separation this Christmas. Let's pray for their safety, and that the Grace of God will keep them strong through this time.



And a little mist from the past...

Doggone Global Warming...

All this Global warming has just been wreaking havoc from Texas to our own state of Maryland...


This one was taken at Laura's house in Ft Worth.

This is some guy in Houston...

Shoot...All that Snow...What will we do?

TOO Good!

H/T Barbara

A Tale of Two Shoes

The saga of my shoes is ongoing.

We need character shoes for the show, and I didn't feel like forking over $50-$60 bucks. So I checked Craig's List and found some great ones. Just my size...until I discovered that character shoes tend to run at least 1/2 size small. These are a size 7...er, 6 1/2.

So I thought I would see about having them stretched. I only needed a little room in the toe after all. Now the people at Red Wing shoes in Bel Air are wonderful. They really are. They are the only shoe store in the area that had anything to stretch shoes. Could be because they are one of the few stores in the area that actually sells leather shoes, and not plastic. Anyway...I asked and they said that they would be happy to put them on the stretcher for a couple of days.
I picked them up on Wednesday, and they were perfect! Plenty of room in the toe.
I was so pleased...

The next day I got them out to try them on before I went to rehearsal.
Well, I kind of felt like Cinderella's step-sister. I pushed and shoved into those perfect-fitting shoes, and finally got them on. Ugh! They were back to the size that they started out at.

So... not to be beaten by the bad boys, I have called in a couple of friends and we are gonna make them behave...

Nobody defies Farmer Corn and Mrs Carrot!

In other news,

John has been working out and his program seems to be working!

Oh, Little Town of Bethlehem...

...You never saw her coming.


Our little Playmobile Nativity set got the Lilly treatment tonight.
She especially liked sliding the sheep down the roof of the barn! There's baby Jesus hiding out behind the stable. Poor Baby Jesus....