My thoughts on ...acting

I love acting. Anyone who knows me well knows it. If I don 't get an opportunity to act in a long period of time I get restless. I just do.

I have always loved pretending, just ask my sisters, when I was 3 or 4 I threw my self a surprise birthday party, I played all the guest and myself as my sisters watched from a hidden place laughing at me.

When we lived in Dubuque we put on a few American Girl plays. Felicity twice, once with Rachel, Audrey, Erica and Merry, and once by ourselves. We also did Kirsten and Molly. I played the lead roll in Molly, rather interesting and NOT my best work. Felicity wasn't the only play we've done with the Woods, Little Women (Meg), Pride and P.(Mr. B.) , Austen Vignette's (Harriet), and Sense and Sensibility(Mrs. Jennings), we're played in various living rooms. Those productions have defiantly been my favorite.

Then, of course, there were the homeschool plays, amazing experience. My 3 lines in Anne of Anvonlea were precious to me. 3 lines, ouch, that was defiantly a cut to my pride. Then... there was last year... Erica knows especially about last year, one of the most difficult things I ever did. You see, I felt God just didn't want me in the play that year. Like I said, acting is very important to me, not acting in one of my few opportunities was like on of those black holes in space happening in my life (well it seemed like that at the time).

God had to do a lot of work in my heart around that time, I had quite a few priorities that weren't in the right places. I think God has something for me in my (possible talent) in acting, and I'd really like to use it for his glory. With acting you can be a completely different person, do things you won't usually do, make people laugh or cry, just by changing your tone of voice. Maybe I like it so much just because I can do fun things on stage that you can't do in public, and nobody thinks you're weird:-)

I'm not quite sure why I'm posting about this. Just what I was thinking about.

Sorry...

I'm sorry for posting nothing but videos. I promised myself after the 2 logic ones I'd stop, but I couldn't resist the video below. Amazing.

I've been really busy, but hopefully never too busy for all of you. I have a lot of posting ideas lined up, but most of them involve a camera, which is now at sister's house all the time and impossible to get to. Also when I do have time on the computer I've been enjoying our debate at Katie's Blog, fun, fun. I really think we ought to have a forum, just to have fun with.

Here's that thing everybody has been doing:
THREE NAMES YOU GO BY:1. Lydia
2. Lyddie
3. Henny

THREE SCREEN NAMES YOU'VE HAD
1.AnOldFashionedGirl
2. HennyMusgrove(youtube)
3.None other

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF
1. my hair, sometimes
2. my smile
3.who cares...

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU DON'T LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF
1.my weight

2.my brain
3.my height

THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE
1. German
2. Irish
3. English

THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU
1. Snakes
2. Messing Up, that's funny because I mess up all the time yet I'm really afraid of it...
.3. Being alone

OUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS
1.Someone to talk to
2. my family/friends
3. God

THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW
1. Black skirt and shirt
2.ring and necklace
3. robe

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE BANDS/MUSICAL ARTISTS
1. Nichole Nordeman
2. Vivaldi
3. 40's musicals

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE SONGS
1. I only get three?!?!?!?!?!??!?
2. no idea at all
3.ask me later...much later

THREE NEW THINGS YOU WANT TO TRY IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS
1. actually finishing writing something
2. real acting
3.growing:-)
THREE THINGS YOU WANT IN A RELATIONSHIP
1.humor
2. laughter
3.knight in shinning armour things
TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE1. I love Sarah B.
2. I love Lukie D.
3. I love chemistry! (my nose is growing)

Well I have to go, I guess you'll get the rest of it later:-)

7 year old sings National Anthem - Anthony Gargiula

Buy The Fallacy Detective

That's a fallacyyyyy....

You Might Be A Homeschooler If...

Your stacks of books to check out are taller than the librarian.
Your PE comes from chasing little toddlers around.
Your school bus is a 12 passenger van.
Your father has ever told the check-out lady at Wal-mart, "We're on a field trip."
Your social life is viewed by some to be one rung lower than that of a Benedictine monk.
The signatures on your diploma all end with the same last name.
The word 'homework' sounds like a foreign language.
Your yearbook is also your baby book.
A snow day means that you shovel the driveway after you finish your school work.
Health class consists of eating breakfast.
You have to decide what year you want to graduate.
The teacher can kiss the principal, and no one thinks it's unusual.
You get to school and the teacher asks you if you've done all your chores.
You have a bottle of water in your fridge labeled- do not drink, science experiment.
You have no clue how to use a calculator.

GO HOMESCOOLERS!

We're having a *sniff,sob* Great time with Audrey.

It was my Luke-a-boy, hunch, Yadie, Capuouano, Miser etc. 's birthday yesterday. My baby is 6 years old:-( ??????*sniff* As usual, we had a Wood here to celebrate with us. (BTW, Did you know an other Audrey Wood is a prize-winning bestseller children book authoress?)

Then today believe it or not. I ran in a race:o After Joe's meet they had a "fun run", where anybody can do it, mostly coaches and such. I ran the 2 mile path in 28:45.(No that's not hours/min.) I about died in the process but I made it to the end which was my goal. Right now I have a splitting headache, but I'm alive.

I realised the other day I never posted pictures of Civil War Day so I thought I'd grab a quick moment and post a few of the outfit we wore that day to make you all jealous:-)

First up, my baby,(of course.) Katie made this dress for her and I think she looks adorable in this picture. She really enjoyed the day and was a good girl.

Here's Mom and Susie. Debbie made Mom's dress it's a "Molly Gibson" style. Rebecca made Susie's a long time ago.

Here's Debbie with Joe's sword. She's wearing Rachel's authentic 1860's dress.


This is Lillie, Heather and I "crying" because our brothers have gone off to war. Lillie's brother wasn't there so she borrowed Luke for the afternoon. This is the only picture that I could find that has my skirt in it. Mommy made my skirt, start to finish, the day before. Thank you Mommy:-)

Our "Army". Katie made Joe's coat complete with brass buttons. Luke's is just his blue pants with gold braiding on the seams, a creation of Susie's.


We took my friend Heather and her sister Carrissa with us. Heather made her outfit, the bonnet too.

Aren't hats just wonderful fun? I love 'em and really wish they were in style.

We had an amazing time and learned a lot. The reactors there called it a "Living History Day", believe me, some days I wish I were living in history.