The Pink Panther!!

Hey everyone! Merry requested pictures so, here you go. I'll try to explain most of them. I also promised a story. There is a part in the second half where the good guy, Clouseau, goes into a German restaurant. Inside wait 9 assassins from different countries waiting to kill him because the bad guy, Dreyfus, has threaded to "vaporise the world with the doomsday machine unless Clouseau is killed."

I'm slightly proud of this scene because some of the costume's were my ideas. And yes the Irish is wearing my nightgown.

Left to right is Polish, Aussie, Italian, Arab, Irish and Japanese. Not show is German and Spanish.

The not show German gives Clouseau a poisoned drink just as the Arab comes behind him to kill him. He decides he doesn't want to drink the drink and throws it over his shoulder, right into the Arab's face, killing her. All should be right, no?(Well not for the Arab, but...) It went fine till performance night, when the Arab, my friend Lillie, decided to stand closer to Clouseau than before and got hit by the cup, a big plastic one, like seen in the picture. She died fine on stage so we all figured she was fine. It wasn't until when she got off stage and into the light of the dressing room that we realized she had a goose egg and gash on her forehead and there was blood EVERYWHERE! Thankfully she was well enough to act the next night although all her characters had three stitches in their foreheads.

This is my other big project, what we called the "staff" scene. The inventor of the doomsday machine, a nice person, was kidnapped, that's how Dreyfus got it, and here Clouseau is interrogating the household staff to figure out who did it.

He gets nowhere.

They're all sobbing because he just killed one of the beekeeper's bees.

Here's the Clouseau and the main girl, Olga. She's the Russian assassin but she's in love with Clouseau so she can't kill him, but she tries a few times before chickening out. In this picture he just sneezed on her, I love their expressions:

She still likes him after that. What's that quote about women loving when all hope is gone?

Here's the bad guy:

He's demanding Clouseau's death on a television broadcast. His character is a cross between a terrorist and a really mad guy.

I don't have the cast picture uploaded right now, but I will later. then you can see mt turbans. Hope this wasn't really boring.

Cheerio,

Lydia

A Transformation

OK, so yesterday I had this list:

The "Clean Room" and "Put away clean laundry" items were the most urgent was because I've been really busy with the upcoming homeschool play and haven't had time to clean. Therefore my room looked like this:

Yes, I know, awful.
But what about this?

As you can see I tackled my room and...drum roll please...CLEANED it!!! It needed it to because I'm doing costumes for the homeschool play and we had play practice everyday this week. I've barely had enough time to eat and sleep. I know that's not a good excuse for having a really messing room, but it's my only one... I usually keep my room in pretty good shape, when I have time. Every year I do a spring cleaning , usually in preparation for a graduation party, there isn't one this year so I did it early. Enjoy pictures of my hard earned transformation!

This:

To this!

Then this:

To this.

Nothing like a full day of cleaning to make one feel accomplished. How do public school kids do it? My room was a pigsty and I was only busy for ONE week, not a whole school year!


Debbie and I were fooling a round with the camera and taking a bunch of funny shots of me in my maid outfit.

All of them are crossed off now:)

P.S. The play went great last night, I'll post some pictures soon as I can. Then I'll tell you about our mid-performance adventure when someone got conked in the head and started to bleed...

Adventures of the Babysitter

Picture this: two baby girls, somewhere between 6 months and a year. Playing on a carpeted floor, one dark haired with brown eyes. The other, light blond hair and blue eyes. The light baby is sucking a binky happily. The dark haired one reaches over and with a determined swipe, plucks the binky away, depositing it in her own mouth contentedly. Light looks a bit startled, but makes no verbal complaint beyond a mumbled fuss. Time passes, Dark becomes upset about something and starts up a wail, out falls the binky. The chance Light has been waiting for, grabbing her property back, she plops it back in her mouth and turns away to play more. Dark, with a fuss, goes for it again, now smarter, Light moves off. Who knew being 8 months could be so complicated??

Crankiness sets in, and our heroine Babysitter herself, is forced to make a decision. On the edge of the living room sits a bouncy chair, complete with lights, sound, toys, rattles, everything that could possibly be annoying, also on the front is the most essential element, a button to turn it off. Light is put in it and for the first time all day is content... for 5 minutes. Soon a piercing cry splits the air, Babysitter, playing quietly with Dark, sighs. Out goes Light, in goes Dark. Dark, who loves the bouncy, could be in there for hours and starts cooing happily. Light looks confused, wasn't she just enjoying herself in there a bit ago? She bawls. Babysitter can not figure out what is wrong, she acted as if she wanted out, now she wants in. Another switch is made, maybe she made a mistake. WAAAAAAAA! On the other hand, maybe she didn't. Another switch. Soon Babysitter realizes the problem. Light wants to play with the toys in the bouncy, but to leave Babysitter's lap?? Are you kidding?? Babysitter sits on the floor in front of the bouncy holding Light in her lap while she plays with the toys on the bouncy while Dark jumps around in the bouncy.

Having twins would definitely be interesting...

Will Babysitter survive till Mom gets home????? Stay tuned for another adventure!!!!!!

Quote Of The Day!

"Common looking people are the best in the world. That is the reason the Lord makes so many of them." ~ Abraham Lincoln


For once in my life, I have only one word to say.


"AMEN!"

*WARNING THIS POST CONTAINS THE DREADED WORD!!*

Algebra, yes the dreaded word. The dreaded subject. The dreaded everything else and the worst of all horrible school subjects. "It pierces my soul!!!"

He he, no, I'm not that bad, and that last quote is a joke. Just so everyone knows it's from Persuasion. Today I started Algebra I. Finishing Pre-Algebra with an A on the final test helps boost my confidence in my brain. But I know the actual Algebra will be harder, but I think I can do it. I don't know if every knew, but last fall I knew as much math as a fifth grader (no pun intended.) 7 months later (the present) I am now almost where I should be in math knowledge. I don't know quite how it happened. God must have done something to my brain to make it more hmmm.... smarter, I guess. Mom also found this cool math program called Math-You-See that is easy to understand and kid-friendly. Thank you to every one who encouraged me all year, I couldn't have made it through those rough spots with out you. I would have given up. I still can use prayers and encouragement as I attempt Algebra I!!! So keep it up.

Hope you all aren't bored with my description of my brain-impediment. Just wanted to express my thanks!!!

Cheerio,

~Me~

The Job at hand

"America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination, and an unbeatadble determination to do the job at hand."

~Harry Truman

Sweet Home... Wisconsin???

This is portions of a Wisconsin State Journal article about what our new state slogan should be. They were all sent in by Wisconsinites. Most of them only make sense to Wisconsin citizens. Sorry to Kourt, Erica, Tyson, Merill and all the other who visit my blog who aren't my family. If you DO understand it, maybe you have a bit of the Wisconsin red neck in your heart of hearts:-)
Enjoy!

Lydia

P.S. I added a page element to the bottom on the page.

All should be proceeded with "Wisconsin -

"Not Too Bad a Place"
"We're All Up North"
"Whine Not"
"Why Not?"
"Heart of Flyover Country"

"Ya Sure, You Betcha"
"European-Like, But We Speak English"
"Good Schools and Stuff"
"A State of Bliss"

"Wisconsin - Enter at Your Own Risk"
"Wisconsin - No Opposing Views Allowed"

"Wisconsin - More lakes than Minnesota!"


"Wisconsin - Due North, East, South and West of Madison."

"Wisconsin - Open For The Seasons!"

To many laws?
"If you liked Leviticus, you'll love Wisconsin."


"Wisconsin - Good folks, Good times!"


It's all about the cows
Wisconsin - More Happy Cows Than California
Wisconsin - Cows Are Happier Here