Christmas is done, the New Year has started and I'm grateful the hooplah is over with. As a kid I loved the season and even when I was a young mother I looked forward to the season. Now its dealing with a cluttered house, grumpy husband and the stress of the finacial aspect of it all. So to help eliminated some of it for next year, I've already started buying gifts for next year from the sales this year. (And I have found some skookum gifts for very reasonable prices) Next year Hubby is going up north to his family and I'll stay back with my family. As for the clutter, I've already planned out what is going to be out next year and where. Hubby's villiage is going to have a different spot because one of the trees will be in its place to shake things up a bit.
What has been taking up most of our lives these days, has been the theatre. I'm at rehearsals now between three and four times while Hubby is working on the sounds. I came home one night to my house sounding like we had been invaded by cows. Hubby's work space is the basement (loosely termed, more like dug out with cemented floor) which has the furnace and all the duct work. It being metal, it carries the sounds he is working on all through the house. My house has been full of chicks, cows, wind, explosions and my favourite the dog barking. He had all the dogs in a tizzy looking for the dog barking somewhere in the house. Even the two little ones got in on the action of course started by GiGi. Lucky me, he has now moved on to the monkey and gorilla sounds for the Winkies. I've gone from a farm to a zoo. No wonder the house is in a pickle.
This production has been the most challenging play we have done so far. Not only for the cast but for the crew as well. Technical wise our director has set her sights higher than some of us have gone before but hey, we don't know what we can do until we try. Not only does the cast have kids but a dog as well. The two things that send shivers down directors' backs. WC Feilds I believe said he would never work with either. Its in a way asking for trouble as you never know what they will do or say. You know, we really lucked out. I'm hoping a couple stick around as permenant members. A couple have behaveral problems, hell I have behaveral problems but we work with it rather than against it.
Three kids in peticular have wormed their way into my heart. One is a great little boy with loads of talent but a little unsure. Another is a fifteen year old who is very lovely but very introverted. The third happens to be a little boy who is nothing but all heart with his lines and singing. They are all great kids but those three are the ones that I like to see smile. The coolest thing is watching these kids blossom. And on the whole they are well behaved. Can't ask for anything more.
I will how ever be glad when its done. I have a membership list to put together in a simple manner, a book to finish, artwork to be finished and a house with dustbunnies still rampaging.
Artist just dropped by. She is in town awaiting the birth of her grand child. Times are changing yet again. But I think this little one arriving soon, is the sign of a new beginning. A beginning that will be very welcomed by all.
