A Kick In The Teeth

I’m so glad you found my blog!!

What a difference a day makes.

Aug 16th my sis was in town, I’d bought a crib and we had my baby shower with my fabulous Aunts. Aug 17th I was being “let go” from KOSY.

That’s certainly not what I expected when I got to work that Friday.

I suppose it’s never great timing - to lose ones job. I’ve heard all the horror stories about how it happens right before the holidays, right before a family vacation or just after buying a new house.

Ours is lousy timing too.

I was going to come home that Friday morning and Mark and I were going to put the finishing touches on our house in order to put it up for sale Monday morning. We were going to make an offer on a house we’d really fallen in love with – a great house with room for an actual nursery!! We were making that next big step. Well, needless to say, we called our realtor but not to tell him we were ready to move forward.

So, here we are. 1/3 of our house is in storage, 1/3 of our house is in the bedroom closet in my mom’s basement. And a few things are still boxed up – filling our garage – awaiting their trips to their waiting place. I’m not sure what to do about it all. We don’t have room for it.

Our little baby will be sharing a room with my piano – which actually my sis said could come in quite handy when the baby is having a melt-down. I have her nursery décor sitting my kitchen table. I’ve been putting off moving it upstairs since I’m significantly less excited about this nursery. But I keep telling myself the baby won’t notice, right? People have raised whole packs of kids in a lot less space. So, I’ll put my stuff up and make it as homey as possible.

Above all, we’re okay. We all have our health – which is the most important. The baby is getting bigger everyday (consequently, so am I!) and is kicking all the time. And we hadn’t actually sold our house – whew! – so we still have a warm place to call home.

I am sad because I loved my job. It was great fun – even getting up at 3:30a – to sit and chat with you everyday. So many of you have made contact with me and I’ve come to consider you friends. That’s been the biggest surprise to me: How lonely it’s been not working. Being let go means losing the e-mail address so many of you used to contact me… and it feels really lonely.

Please feel free to drop me a line! Showtune.erica@hotmail.com I’d love to hear from you!

House Hunt

The house search has kicked into high gear.

Mark and I have been looking off and on… here and there… for about 3 years. Every time we see a house for sale, we jump out and pull the info sheet. Usually we’re dismayed at the cost.

Apparently, we’re making this move about 3 years too late. We should’ve done it back when we first thought we needed the extra space. We’ve seen houses go on sale again that were on the market 3-4 years ago and we’re shocked at how the price has jumped and we’re kicking ourselves that we didn’t just do it then.

Grrrrr…… How were we supposed to know that the market would climb to scary proportions and we’d start to wonder if it would ever come down?

Alas….

We have a baby due Nov 2 and I’d really like a place to put the little thing. Ginger has 4 pet beds so perhaps they could share? … Doubtful. As of right now, our little girl will either room with my piano in the ‘music room’ or room with Mark’s ‘stuff’ in what I believe he calls his ‘office’ – though that’s up for debate.

But now we have a realtor. Yes, we’re very serious now. He’s supposed to help us find the home of our dreams AND sell our place. How about that?! Yes, yes I know… realtors have been around a long time doing that very thing but hearing him talk about what he could do for us was fabulous! Finally, we’re not on our own!

So, here goes. Here goes the big search. We drove passed about 30 homes over the weekend and we’re set to walk through a few of them today. So we’ll see. Please, please, please send positive vibes out into the universe for us!

Please?…

Shakes Fest

Every summer I look forward to it.

I love the Festival. I love the Adams outdoor theatre. I love the gold plating inside the Randall L Jones Theatre. I love the colorful banners that hang throughout the city. I love the fresh tarts (I recommend raspberry and blackberry!) I love the little gift shops. I love my dinners at The Garden House and breakfasts at City Creek Restaurant.

And, above all, I love the plays.

How lucky we are to have such professional quality, world-class, TONY award winning theatre right in our own backyard!

Is it rude of me to say that if you haven’t been down, you’re foolish? Is that too harsh?

Trust me, it’s worth your time. It’s just over 3 hours away and less than a tank of gas and you’ll feel like you’ve left the state. It’s such a treat!

This year my husband took his camera down. He did a story on the Festival’s Green Show. You’ll be able to watch it here soon – I’ll post it as soon as it’s finished. Here he is interviewing Festival Founder (and a VERY nice man), Fred Adams.

GO SEE LEND ME A TENOR!!!!

This musical has me itching for the CD like crazy – but they’re not able to do one just yet. It’s miserable having to wait. The music is so catchy and so sing-able and SO great! I find myself just singing the same lines over and over (since that’s all I know).

They have 6 shows to choose from so there is something for everyone.

So, go to http://www.bard.org/, order your tix, book a room. Then settle in with a fresh tart for the Green Show, off with your theatre compatriots to your show then head for a dessert afterwards to talk about it. You won’t be sorry!