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Friday, August 4, 2006
Chores
Mom and Rebekah went to Pueblo to visit my sisters, while I stayed home to answer the telephone (just had a big ad come out in a magazine, so the phone rings off the hook with catalog requests, questions and orders), and catch up on chores.
Have you ever noticed how when several people in your home leave for a couple days or go on a vacation that they leave the house in, well, kind of a mess! But when you all leave you try to leave the house somewhat neat. At least I've found this to happen around here.
So I was a busy little "housewife" yesterday and then again today. Getting laundry done, folding the clothes, cleaning the bathroom, washing a rather large bunch of dishes (which I am positive I didn't get dirty) so I will have pans to cook in and utensils to eat with, vacuuming the floors...
Oh... speaking of vacuuming the floors... We have had one of the worst seasons of flying ants here. Do you get those? They look like large red ants with wings. They fly to every light source and all the males will huddle together trying to get to the female, ending up with a large "ball" of angry ants. I'm not real fond of insects, just ask my friends who've all seen me act like a sissy when there is a spider or almost any kind of bug. Anyways, so having a gillion ants in your house at night dive bombing you whilst they try to get to the light is NOT my way of having a good evening. Our house must have a flashing neon light at every possible bug entrance, "Come in and party!" It's to the point where I leave a light on in the laundry room or bathroom, wait a good amount of time for all the ants to leave my room, then I shut off that light and fumble my way to bed in the dark. This way I don't have to leap out of bed throwing off my clothes to find the ant who thinks that crawling on me is a way to make friends. Yes, trying to sleep after that is nearly impossible as every hair that moves on your body feels like a bug.
It's so bad that if there is a moon out I shut the curtains so the ants don't flock to the window, and I cover the light on my iPod speakers with a sock so they don't attract to that. And don't even think about being on the computer with no other "brighter" light on in that room. Not unless you like ants on your screen, that is.
So every morning I get to wake up to an array of dead ants on the kitchen floor. So gross. I can't wait until the ants die.
On to other topics... I have melodrama practice tonight. That's right! I am in this year's Kit Carson Day Melodrama (the closest thing Kit Carson will ever have to live entertainment). I've grown up watching this each year and it is one of the funniest things you'll ever see. All the cast, intermission acts, and musicians are local and there is only one thing they strive to do. Make You Laugh! The play (or melodrama as we like to call it) is always over the top. You have your fair heroin, your handsome hero, and your evil villian, along with some other hilarious sidekicks. The lines are, in a word, melodramatic.
This year we are headed to the South, Mississippi that is. This means that we all have to speak in a southern accent. Now, none of us have ever even been in the deep south, so we are winging this one. I play a grumbling cook. Not sure why mister director/villain exactly chose this part for me (sends a raised eyebrow in his direction), but I enjoy it anyhow. I'd rather have a part that is quirky and something I can throw myself into than a part that is somewhat normal. Practice thus far has been hilarious. We've all collasped into fits of giggles at one point or another. I'd do this again at the drop of a hat just to have this routine of laughter with friends.
I hope that when we actually perform this on Kit Carson Day (September 2nd, for those that are counting) I'll get someone to film it and then put it online (or at least part of it) for you all to watch. I guarantee you'll laugh.
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Posted by Anonymous 
Friday, August 4, 2006 - Melo-drama
I hope you have a good time making people laugh!
:)