Good bye Cat.

Thoughts from the play:

I've had more people ask someone later if I'm really pregnant and then become shocked to learn that I am NOT pregnant.

I had a guy....(and I'm 98.72% positive this guy was NOT hitting on me!!) tell me I'm a really, really good actress and should really really pursue a career. He's my new 2nd favorite person (1st fav is Bobby).

We broke the set down in less than an hour......one of the many advantages of having a huge cast.

I miss everyone already!!

I would like my next role to be something more serious.....to show a different side of me.

A couple of audience members told me they did not like my character.

I wonder how many people around this county will gossip about me being pregnant?

Every show we did, I had someone in the audience that I had invited. I am truly grateful and extremely thankful for that.

Acting is addicting. I absolutely love it!!

Mood: Reminiscing.

Date with the Cowboy

I met a very handsome 33 yo cowboy in public with his extremely adorable 4 year old. Mr. Cowboy was very smooth and actually talked me out of my number. I was tempted to give him my special hotline. (940) 627-5546 (Go ahead and call it...I know you're tempted.) But I decided to take a chance and give him my real number.

Looks: Pretty, pretty good. (Mr. Cowboy's jeans makes his rear look mighty nice.)

Brains: Eh. Not quite up to my standards....my brains are pretty big...and I realize that makes it hard to keep up.

Personality: Outgoing...very.

Special Attribute: Amazing dancer....he has rhythm.

Date: First we went dancing at Billy Bob's, which was pretty fun. The next morning he picked me up to go feed cows (his job as a ranch hand), which I giggled at...in a poking fun at him kind of way for referring to it as "relaxing". A friend referred to it as the same. I went, had a good time, a few laughs, and realized driving down a dirt county road in silence, that I enjoyed the country and appreciated the experience. The baby calves were very very very cute. It's a shame they grow up to be.....well, fat, not cute and sold to a slaughter house. Made my heart sad. Do they know their fate? I also learned quite a bit.

Now for some reason, I might be a little worn out by Mr. Cowboy. He does a lot of texting, calling but no computer'in. He doesn't have a computer and for that matter no internet. Gasp. I fear this may not go further. How does one live without a computer? I just can't imagine that in this day and age.

Stay tuned for Mr. Next.

Mood: Searching.

Confession

I have no clue which direction to put this blog in. I'm kind of leaning towards a lil bit of a saga over the dating life of one hot mama. Undecided. Now that the play is over, I can spend a little more time on it and make some changes here and there.

Oh, don't you worry your pretty little reading eyes, I'll keep the changes small and spaced out. I won't shake things up over night. I know it was torture to be without me the last couple of weeks, but I am very happy that you stuck with me and waited for me to come back to you.

My first change, I shall leave this up to you......see the poll on the side and vote.

Mood: Open

I met a germ once.....

What a crazy interesting germ filled week I've lead....or followed.

It's midnight and not my weekend for the kids but they are tucked neatly and nicely into my bed. Little one got whiny and fussy during the play and I realized that she had a fever. Poor thing. I gave her advil and she konked right out. She woke up in time for curtain call...carried out by her stage dad. Her actual dad claims illness of his own tonight. I'm unsure if I actually believe that.

But either way...I'm always happy to have kids at home, even if they are sickly.

Disclaimer: I might have fallen asleep while writing this last night. I sat in my recliner, wireless keyboard and mouse by my side and fell asleep in the middle of a sentence.

Kbuggie was tired.

So update: it's now morning after. Little one is outside running around the backyard screaming with delight as the doggies chase her around. I just hollared at her to get her toes in here and settle her "sickly" self down!!

I was going to send her to the doc today, but again....no fever and she looks and is acting like a million bucks.

Also, I caught wind of another home remedy.....and these days, after the whiskey bit, I'm totally into home remedies. A mom tells me to put vicks vapor rub on the feet of my lil baby because your feet have the biggest pores on your body and will soak it in more. She stated it was a homeopathic thing. I told her I didn't understand her big words, but I'm so trying it!! I'm not sure my lil one coughed at all last night. (That or my whiskey home remedy prevented me from hearing anything in my deep sleep.)

Sorry for the long post. It's just that we've been apart for too long. I've got lots to tell you!! More to come. Thank you for being so patient! And keep an eye on the twitter and twit pic of mine for good stalker faithful following of me!

Mood: Not bad. Not bad at all. (could be the whiskey talking.)

Wooo!!

Kbuggie conquered a bit of exercising tonight. It's good stress relief. Badly needed stress relief.

40 minutes on the Wii.

30 minutes on the eliptical.

Good workout. Yeah me!

Annnd after one sickly week I didn't pig out or go nuts off my diet and I lost a pound. It wasn't the optimal two pounds for the week.... but hey...I'll take one pound. It's better than none.

Mood: Fair.

Perfect Date Dating Video

As I ponder the dating scene and what it will have to offer someone as gorgeous and brilliant as myself....... please, please, please let my date NOT be like this guy.

(Stolen from my twin sister's facebook.)

Mood: Hellllo, Bobby!

Vocal Medicine

1 shot whiskey, some lemon juice and some honey.

I can't promise its the best tasting stuff out there. But I think its really helping my voice. I did a shot of that last night. Well, maybe just the whiskey. Today I actually went for the honey, lemon and whiskey mix. Ick.

Right now, I'm trying the hot tea with a shot of each of the ingredients. Its actually not too bad. We'll see how well it works. It comes highly recommended from a dear friend!

Mood: Tipsy.

Out for a day.

Poor Kbuggie Junior #2 is a sickly child today. Miss thing has an upper respiratory infection and a fever that got up to 102.5 last night. We are currently going back and forth between tylenol and advil for the fever and treating the congested cough with prescription cough syrup. Poor baby. She only got upset when I told her no school...... but, but, but today is pajama day!

So she gets a bit of an energy burst (thanks to the Reece's cereal and tylenol) and I decide its a good time for a drug run to the IGA with a stop to Subway for lunch.

We run into two bosses at the Subway. Made me giggle. I swear, I swear this kid is sick!! I was sooo tempted to pull the thermometer out of my purse and show her temp! They got a kick out of it. I think I might have been more embarrassed that I didn't have any lunch at home to feed my poor sickly kid.

Well, I'll be back tomorrow. Until then....I must work on the connoction of ingrediants for my lost voice. It's getting better....sorta.

Mood: Quiet

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Hey lookie!! The director made this slide show! Great job Marty!

A Letter from Kbuggie

Dear Voice of Kbuggie,

Why did you leave me? Why must you be gone this long? Was it something I did? Was it something my brain asked you to say? Hollaring at those cute construction workers on the side of the road was just for giggles. Maybe I spent too much time singing on the Wii Rock Band this weekend. (I blame Ms. Wine.)

Whatever it was, I apologize deeply. I’ve missed you and soooo feel how important you are to me. In your absence and in hopes of bringing you back, I’ve consumed almost a whole bag of cough drops; so many that your downstairs neighbor seems to be plotting a protest if there are anymore consumed.

With you being gone, the guys at work are now poking fun at me….they seem to enjoy the silence left behind. (Sniff, sniff….) It’s just not the same without you!

I miss you!!! Please come back. Please?

Xoxoxo,

-Kbuggie

Happy President's Day.

Dangit!!!!

As if getting a speeding ticket wasn't bad enough for my budget (yea, yea...I know...totally my fault)....

.....we're sitting at the stop light and my older one gasps....just as I hear the all too familiar sound of the window falling into the door!

Didn't I just fix that you ask? Well, yes, I did...I fixed the back passenger left side window. I also had the front passenger replaced when I first got the pinto. Now? It's the back right window. At least I know I can fix it myself and not shell out a zillion dollars to the dealer....just a hundred for the part.

Great. Just great.

Mood: Experienced in frustration.

Talk.....Whispers....

My voice is gone and my throat still hurts like crazy!

Yesterday's performance was incredible, the cast party was fun--although I pretty much had very little voice at that point.

I went for the couch pretty early and watch a movie. The rest was badly needed.

Today I drove out to Dallas for a Management Meeting. I took a CPR class this morning with a Vietnam vet as the instructor. He's also a fire fighter/paramedic and a sheriff deputy/chaplain. He's on of those older guys that teaches old school and doesn't really care if he offends or not. I was very interested in what he had to say....and he didn't hold back.

I struggled through the afternoon presentation and felt my head drop once. I was ultra sleepy with the lights dimmed and the owner of the company talking with a smooth, slow voice......

When I got home this afternoon with the kids, I went for the couch-hollared at the younger one to change into her tumbling outfit and then I might have konked out. When I woke up I felt terrible-almost to tears that my older one took care of the younger one and they had to feed themselves. This is one of those rare times when I would like to put down my independance and let someone take care of the girls and me. Then again......

So back to the couch I go. Dinner for me was some ice and a frozen veggie serving.

Mood: Exhausted.

Opening Night...

ROCKED!!!!

I had the best compliment EVER after the show by an audience member. A lady came up to me and said she didn't like me.....then she followed up with...I didn't like your character! I'm sure I like you, but your character wasn't nice!!

That was cool!! Plus..my ending scene (which is my favorite) was AWESOME!!!

My grandparents came and liked it, my mom came and gave me three thumbs up.....yes, don't poke fun at my mother, she has three thumbs-she can't help it!

Good day.

AWESOME performance by all. Incredibly smooth!

Come see it, come see it!!

Mood: Excited.

Cat On a Hot Tin Roof

Come see it!!! (Click on pic to enlarge.)

Facebook invite with some more info here.

Off 380 players website with info here.

Mood: Inviting.

We have a show!!!

It went fantastic tonight!! Incredibly fantastic!!! I am sooo excited. I have always been excited to be a part of a show but this one feels extremely great.

Media night was tonight and I'm not sure it could have been any smoother. It was fantastic.

Update on my costume....the director is a genius. She does not get near enough credit for her big brains!!!

I'm so excited....we have a show, we have a show......We have a SHOW!!!!

Come see it!!!

Tomorrow you'll have to miss me....opening night....here.... we..... COME!!!

Mood: Thrilled!

Cold

Head cold is now full blown. You know it’s bad when I’m popping pills and drinking Dimetabb straight from the bottle. I’m fairly positive that I do NOT have the flu. I’m basing that entirely on the fact that I got the flu shot.

 

My costume is a mess. I tried to fix it last night and only made it worse. It doesn’t help that I don’t have any energy whatsoever.

 

I’ve got Dayquil, Halls Cough drops and DM Elixir spread out over my desk. My brain doesn’t feel fully functional today.

 

Last shared piece: my throat feels like someone took a blow torch to it. There’s nothing like some good nostril drainage to get one going in the morning.

 

 

Mood: Longing (for my bed).

Cop out.

I'm not sure I'm spelling that correctly. I'm halfway considering not posting until Friday night after the play or maybe Saturday around noon when my tired body finally rolls out of bed. It's busy, I have two kids at home, six more on stage and one fake one on the way for a couple of hours each night.

For the most part of today I've felt icky in a sickly kind of way. I'm not completely positive I'm going to make it through all of rehearsal tonight. Sore throat, headache, no energy whatsoever....and my fever is going up and down. Ugh.

For now....must work on the costume I've made a mess out of.

Didn't I tell ya I whine alot....well this is the spot my whining goes to.

Mood: Dragging.

My week.

I'm getting sick and I know it.

#1 I've been sneezing and sniffling my brains out for almost a month now. I've gone through a whole box of Advil Allergy....and Zyrtec....oh and that other stuff I used between the Zyrtec and the Advil that wasn't that great.

#2 I attempted to give blood today, but was denied....I had a fever and my iron was too low.

#3 Now I'm freezing and my back hurts really bad. I think the advil I took earlier has already worn off.

But it's all ok because....well....I'll think of something later. For now, I shall take more advil and go to bed.

Mood: Frail.

The Good, Bad and the Ugly.

The nemisis: She drives me crazy. The mention of her name, the thought, the sound of her voice just makes me cringe. Big Big Big time. Directly she has never done anything to do me harm, but indirectly her actions have affected me. I think her constant negativity has made her to be yukky in appearance. She is also not a bright person at all and proves it within seconds of opening her mouth.

Tonight, I actually had to make a late night call or two and go on a rant about her. Generally I try to be a calm person, but I think my something over flowed tonight. Now that I'm back to being calm and rational, I feel kinda bad. Hey, I said kinda.

The female crush: Not in a you-know-what kind of way. It's hard to explain, but she's the one that I'm drawn to with no funny business going on. She's smart, pretty, well spoken and carries herself well.

She is the one that I see or meet up and just fumble for my words, don't know what to say and just feel all giddy silly around. Today I almost crossed her path but took a different out of the way path just to avoid her. I feel bad, my I didn't want to feel like a goofball by tripping over all my words again and feeling as if I were an idoit.

The ugly: Whether its with a good or bad person, either way the ugliness can be drawn out of me. Now how do I let that happen? That is when I feel like a social experiment gone wrong: 1) Doesn't play nicely with others. 2) Has trouble interacting with others.

Mood: Introverted.