Juggling Balls

Thursday, I had one of the toughest gigs I ever did. There was an opening of a new shopping center and I had to be a strolling juggler for 10 hours. There was all sorts of entertainment there: stilt walkers, balloon artists, characature artists, and face painters...but only a few of us had the full 10 hour day.

Now, yes I can juggle and yes I perform sometimes as a juggler, but there's a huge difference between juggling for the length of a song, and keeping it going for 10 hours. My arms are still aching today and it's Saturday!

My legs are also in a bit of pain from walking all over the place, on cement, for such a long period of time.

I have to do the same thing next Thursday, and then I'll be finished with this gig. Next time I'm going to think a little bit harder before accepting something like this.

In Treasury News:

This week's No Books to be Well Red treasury has received 87 views and 37 comments in one day! That's a one day record for any of my treasuries!

Friday's Favorites -No Books to be Well Red-

April showers bring may flowers, and in my opinion red flowers are the best. Red is such a vibrant and bold color, it really makes a statement no matter how you wear it.



Here's the link for the actual treasury, for those that want to twitter, facebook, blog, or whatever about it.

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4dbadd550b658eef35c0b14c/no-books-to-be-well-red

Submissions: RED

Every Friday, I put together a treasury of some of my favorite items made by other sellers, post in on my blog and call it the Friday's Favorites!

Last week's treasury had 94 views and 24 comments!

This week I'm looking for RED! If you have red items in your shop, post the link in the comments and check back tomorrow for the Friday's Favorites.

Don't have any red? You can always nominate a friend's item and help spread the love.

I will be looking in the forums too, but I always consider the blog submissions first.

Busy days ahead

Today is an early day (well, early for me). I have a costume fitting for a gig tomorrow for an opening of someplace. I still have to find out where it is and how to get there. Then I have rehearsals for the one woman show.

The one woman show is getting completely revamped. Though in the long run it will be a good thing as it is to make it better, but in the short run it's going to be hard as I will be learning the new show while performing the old show and the whole time trying not to get both of them confused.

If the new show were completely different, it wouldn't be nearly as hard (although there would be a lot more memorizing). With the shows being similar and having a lot of the same aspects in different orders, that is going to be the confusing part.

Lets just hope that my brain doesn't explode.

Birthday Party

Last night I went to a birthday party. It was at this art gallery/bar that I'd never been too. Cool place, but I'm definitely getting old as the whole time I was wishing that they'd turn the music down.

I've never been much of a club person (well, maybe for a year after I turned 21), so I've never understood the draw of having a bunch of friends meet up only to have to shout in each other's ear to make themselves heard.

Now my voice is sore, and my head hurts. I'm not sure if it's due to the gin and tonic (I only had 2), or the thump thump that's still pounding in my brain.

In other news:

There's a new sale going on for mother's day... see the add above for more details!

Sunday Funday Video - Happy Easter!

Well, I had a late show last night, so no eggs were dyed this year. It's ok, we don't have kids and the dogs could care less, so no one's too upset about it.

I've always liked America's Funniest Home Videos, so here's some Easter home videos that will have you in stitches...



Treasury Update:

This week's Hoppy Easter Treasury now has 79 views and 21 comments!

Happy egg hunting.

A night without Baby...

So far, the Friday's Favorites Hoppy Easter Treasury has 66 views and 20 comments. We're doing great so far.

In other news:

Last night two of my friends came to see my one woman show. I always get really nervous when someone I know is coming, but with these people I was even more nervous... You see, they just had a baby recently and had gotten a baby sitter for maybe the second time ever. I really felt responsible for them having a good evening, and didn't want to ruin there one night out of the house.

They said they liked it and we all went out for drinks afterward. I was so relieved. Who knows when they'll get another night out together by themselves...I really didn't want this one to leave a bad taste in their mouth.

Yay for a night without baby! Now if she could just finish teething so they can get a good night's sleep.