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The final orchestra concert of Shannon’s of the year. This time everyone had their lovely black dresses and the boys were all in tuxes. It was quite posh considering

A very enjoyable show. The cam and I didn’t take the best photo but I had raised it above my head to get the pic to try and avoid flash glare on bald shiny heads in the audience in front of me. Didn’t work very well and the pic is blurry to boot. Ah well.

Jo made these cute little chocolate covered cherry mice which are totally delish. We’re took home 5 or 6 of them and there’s one left a little over a week later.
The prolem with these little guys is they’re sooooo rich. Chocolate overload if there is such a thing topped with a succulent, sweet cherry. They’re amazing.

Anyway today’s pic is of one of them. Cute aren’t they?

She was in her first play today. Well, this weekend. There were three performances. I think she liked it If there’s one kind of geek to be in school, the drama geek is the most fun. I loved it so much in school. Being surrounded by creative and fun people all the time, the crushes you develop, the exhilaration you feel when the final curtain comes down – the sickness and fear right before your cue, the long hours spent dressing the set and actors, more hours on top of that spent blocking and rehearsing.. God it was fun. I’m so chuffed the kid enjoys it too.

Shannon played the Schoolmistress in “A Christmas Carol.” A small part to be sure, but frankly she was just excited to find she made it past the audition stage and had a part at all. The other girl in the shot is her best friend who played one of the businessmen discussing Scrooge’s death during the future sequence.

I would put up a shot of her doing her part but it turned out too dark. Ah well. It was a good performance

We didn’t decorate this year. We’re trying to find a new place to live and have beeen slowly packing things up so we decided not to put up the tree and lights etc. But I feel all weird about it.

So instead we have the Christmas Chair Shannon strung her “Last Samurai” swag lights that she received at the White Elephant party last weekend and I’ve put the pressies we have so far (more arriving this week. Bless online shopping) on it et voila, a festive chair. Fitting actually because I got that chair from Saint Francis a couple of years ago as the employee xmas gift.

Anyway, without further ado, the Christmas Chair:

Ignore messy house.

Ok so no roses, but the moon looks really cool tonight.

Well, it looks cooler than this picture. It’s crisp and cold, but with a light mist higher up so it gives the full moon a slightly ethereal quality. I love full moons.

Anyway, I had many opps for pix today but because I have a memory like a sieve, I left the camera sitting on my bed this morning.

Ahhhh The Full Monty. I love this movie and I had a craving for it tonight. So since today was a normal (read: boring) day where the only thing I really did out of the ordinary was buy some xmas pressies for Shannon (and can’t put up a pic of because she reads this), here’s a shot of the best scene in the movie (well, second best if you count all of the cast in the buff at the end )

If you haven’t seen it, the boys are in line for their dole checks and “Hot Stuff” by Diana Ross is playing. They all begin subconsciously doing their strip routine while waiting in line. It’s hilarious

The movie was big in England while I was living there which was fantastic for me because men in pubs would get totally off their heads and decide it would be fun to reenact the big moment I never saw so many willies waggling as I did that year.

It’s sunny, it’s snowing. At the same time.

Tres bizarre.

Ok. So we went to Harry Potter one final time before it leaves town and we begin the wait for the DVD. It’s just a lovely movie We like it anyway.

Was nice to see it in a virtually empty theater too.

I know it’s not their fault and I know nothing will ever be done about it, but frankly today I’m freaking sick of the trains. No matter what time I leave in the morning to get Shan to school, I will a) be stuck behind Grandma in her big old Cadillac as she putters along ten miles below the speed limit, b) hit every red light along the way, and c) get stuck waiting on a fecking train. All of these add up to Shannon being late for school and in detention for it. I could leave an hour before she has to be there and she’d still be late.

It’s really bugging me.

Oh I know I could pick a different route and avoid the train by taking an under or overpass, but even then the other two factors will kick in and we’ll still be late. I can’t win.