boys and their sports

As some of you may know, this weekend was the NFL draft. Not being a football fan myself, I could care less, but being in a house with 3 football, specifically Packers fans I ended up watching the very end of Saturday's portion of the draft. Things were going along very boringly when Luke suddenly got it into his head that someone was going to draft Brett Farve, his most favoritest player of all. So, he proceeded to loudly telling the people on the TV, "Don't draft Brett Farve, don't draft Brett Farve!!!" Rebecca quickly told Luke "They can't! Brett Farve has a contract." This of course, did nothing for a 5 year olds mind, and he proceeded to loudly protest the drafting of Farve. So, Rebecca tried a different approach. It was about 10 minutes later before we finally got it through that you CANNOT draft Brett Farve! It was actually quite comical! They keep showing all these young college graduates. And Luke is scared for his favorite, retiring after this year player. He was so cute and genuinely worried as well :)

Serving God

"When God will not use thee in one kind, yet He will in another. A soul that desires to serve and honour Him shall never want opportunity to do it; nor must thou so limit the Holy One of Israel, as to think He hath but one way in which He can glorify Himself by thee. He can do it by thy silence as well by thy preaching; thy laying aside as well as thy continuance in thy work."

North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell

2 of my recent projects

I finally finished Sarah Beth's regency dress. So, my "kids" both wore their Katie-made clothes on Sunday. And the weather was really nice so we got some great pictures!!
I made Sarah's dress using Mrs. Chancey's Regency Dress and Pinafores patterns. Aren't they just darling! I can't wait to make more :)

Luke's pants and vest were made using this this Burda suit pattern. I was making him a suit coat as well, but, the sleeves managed to disapear. We've searched the whole house and they are no where to be found. I didn't have a stitch of fabric left, so all he gets for now is pants and vest. I have material for one more vest, which I will get around to sooner or later.

So, those are my recent children's projects. I'm hoping to finally finish the quilt I've been working on forever... I'll post pictures when I do!

For now, I'm off to the concerto competition *gulp!!*

Someone to watch over me

~~Someone To Watch~~
Over Me

There's a saying old says that love is blind

Still we're often told, seek and ye shall find

So I'm going to seek a certain lad I've had in mind
Looking everywhere, haven't found him yet

He's the big affair I cannot forget

Only man I ever think of with regret

I'd like to add his initial to my monogram

Tell me, where is the shepherd for this lost lamb?

There’s a somebody I’m longing to see

I hope that he turns out to be

Someone who’ll watch over me

I’m a little lamb who’s lost in the wood

I know I could, could always be good

Someone who’ll watch over me

Although he may not be the man some

Girls think of as handsome

To my heart he carries the key

Won’t you tell him please to put on some speed

Follow my lead, oh, how I need

Someone to watch over me

I thought this went well with the following quote from Quest for the High Places. This part was written by Mrs. Jennie Chancey.

"The Song of Solomon gives the most beautiful description of marriage I know of. The woman is to be like a walled garden, filled with beautiful flowers, delicious fruits, and sparkling streams, all for one man. Only one man is to own the key to that locked garden. Others may see the beautiful climbing roses trailing over the top of the wall. They might smell the fruit from a distance. They might hear the chattering brook inside. But they do not have the privilege of entering that holy of holies. It is intended for one man alone. And when that godly man takes his garden, he tends it, nourishes it, and honors it in such a way that it becomes even more beautiful and flourishing."

Contacts, again...

Some of you may remember this post from a while back....
The Fiddler's Nook: contacts are not always fun...
Well, the contact saga should have had a

to be continued....

at the bottom of it. You see, after I got my new contacts, they were awesome for a few days and then I started having problems again. I couldn't see clearly. I wasn't sure if I was seeing double, fuzzy, or what? And in the beginning I wasn't sure what eye it was. After a few days, I called the doctors office and talked to the nurse. She said that it might be the weather and gave me a few things to try. If those didn't work I was to come in and see the doctor, maybe there was a problem with my prescription. I tried most of the things that she suggested (the ones that didn't involve buying drops), nothing worked, nothing changed. The only new thing was I'd figured out it that definitely my right eye that was going fuzzy and such. So, this morning I went to the doctor. He checked my prescription, and such. The diagnosis, there is a little tiny 1mm rip in the center of my right contact. The rip is so small is it barley visible to the naked eye, which is why I didn't notice it when I examined the contact for anything unusual. This rip will over the course of the day irritate your cornea, and actually cause your eye to cloud up. Hence, fuzzing my vision. Strange no? So, I replaced that contact with a new one. That was... 13 hours ago, I haven't had one problem sense....

What's up with me lately? I don't usually have any trouble at all!

Oh a good side note, the eye doctor actually came by DQ, on what I assume was his lunch break, to drop me off a new contact to replace the ripped one. I LOVE living in a small town. In a big city, the doctor probably doesn't know where you work, let alone stop by on his lunch to bring you a new contact. Yes, I'm a small town, country girl, hick. But, I like it!

So.. that's the latest chapter on my eyes. I am by faith inserting,

THE END

one more Fiddler Picture

I found a cast picture of Fiddler. No, I will not tell you who everyone is. Maybe if I could hear their voices I could tell you. I don't know them all by sight. Some, I only recognize their voices.

The people I do recognize are..
Back Row
Teyve is the brown hat whose face you can't see 2nd from the left
Fyedka is next to Teyve
Fruma-Sarah is well obviously in the middle

Next row
Yente, somebody, somebody else, somebody else, Chava, Perchik, and a bunch of other people I don't know

Next row
(In front of Chava is) Hodel, Lazar Wolf

In Front of Hodel is Avram the bookseller, in front of Lazar in Motel the Tailor, and in front of them is the Constable.

Missing cast members are The Rabbi, Golde, Tzeitel, and Grandma Tzeital, so, it's not a complete cast picture, and they aren't in character, but close enough.

Pictures!

The Fiddler on the Roof

Tradition

Matchmaker, Matchmaker, make me a match

Sabbath Prayer

Teyve's Dream

The Bottle Dancers

Success!!!!


Yes, I swiped pictures off of someone's webpage... Facebook....

Anywho... there are more pictures here at the UWP website... there are some REALLY good ones there. You will have to go through all the pictures to see them, but I think it's worth it. I couldn't swipe those, they were protected... I will post more if I can...

Katie

What I've been doing...

Running around like a chicken with my head cut off. Yep, that's about it. Life has been VERY busy this last week. I've had rehearsal or performance for Fiddler every day since last Saturday. It was a lot of playing, enjoyable, but exhausting. If only life around Fiddler wasn't crazy it probably would have been easier, oh well...

Fiddler went very well... I thought so anyway. Considering the only other pit I've ever done was a HS production of Annie Get Your Gun, Fiddler was pretty much a breeze. Saturday was, in my opinion the best performance overall. The pit played very well, the cast was on fire and awesome, must have gotten some much needed rest during the day... and the audience was extremely responsive. It was actually pretty surprising. There was a tornado warning. And tornadoes sighted in the surrounding area. So, there were almost 400 people in the basement of the CFA (Center For the Arts). They were sending people to the basement when they came to see the show. We couldn't leave until we were cleared by the local police department. So we were down there for about an hour. We (as in the rest of the orchestra members that I was talking with) were worried with how the show would go. The show started 45 minutes late, after a practical riot to get to the ticket counter. Check Rebecca's Blog for details. Mr Fairchild (the conductor) joking told us that we were going to play the Anetevka March (a.k.a. play everything fast so we can get out of here at a reasonable time). I think we started just in time. Everyone was kinda excited and a little wound because of all the excitement. So, that just rolled right over into the performance. The result; a wonderful performance.
The cast was awesome! I think it was probably one of the best stage renditions that I have ever seen/heard :). There were some parts that I have seen done better. But, for the most part it was wonderful. My favorite characters were Perchik, Chava, Teyve, Motel, and Mendel. I think that was it. It's hard to really say. I couldn't see much of anything. Sitting 5 feet down in a pit isn't very conducive to actually "watching" a play. I could see people sometimes from the shoulders up and every once in a while from the waist up :) So, my opinions are mostly on hearing only.

While in the pit I sat next to 2 ladies that are in the Dubuque Symphony. I was nice I play with and spent time with them. It got me thinking about trying out for the symphony again... I'm kinda scared of being rejected. But then again, why would I be, and the extra money would be really nice.....

What else have I been up too....... hmm... not much... I'm finally getting to the end of Weinawski's violin concerto. I started a new section of it on Tuesday. So, I pretty much have 1 small section left and then just getting it ready to perform. I am hoping to play it in the concerto competition, if we have one, and then I am going to play it for a video audition I need to do for a String Workshop I want to attend. I finished sewing a skirt. It's pretty cute. I will have to take a picture and post it. If I remember.... My room desperately needs to be cleaned. There are black clothes strewn about. I am so tired of wearing black...

So, I should be going to bed, it is 9:30 and I am tired. I dragged myself out of bed this morning. And it most likely will be a long week, so off I go.

Night all!!!!