Life Lately

It's that time of year again! The time of no blogging! 

Haha, no, actually, the time of the intense preparations for our church's annual Live Animal Christmas Play.

Which...actually ends up translating to almost no blogging anyway, so I guess I might as well stick to that description. =)

The last two weeks I've been living, eating, and drinking Christmas Play. I've been cooking for all the actor recording practices, which has been super fun because first of all I love to cook, and secondly, it is super fun to be here and get the behind the scenes scoop on everyone's recording parts. There's seriously nothing quite so fun as listening while someone else tries to nail their part, because I totally know the feeling of having to do my part over and over again while a whole group of people are watching and laughing when I butcher my lines. =)

As always, acting is one of my favorite things and recording/acting opposite one of my dear friends has been a highlight. The time period for our scenes is one of my favorites (Edwardian era, like 1905-1912ish) As I type this I am listening to the soundtrack for our opening scene song, which we are all supposed to be practicing individually.

I'm also working with my Cassie friend (us above!) to pick/design/purchase all of the costumes needed for the twelve actors in the opening scene. We are having such a grand time doing it together--we went to town the other day and got a great start on the costumes. Now it is "divide and conquer", and scour every single thrift store and costume store within a sixty mile radius. =)

On Wednesday while we were shopping we gave ourselves a little treat at the end of the day by taking advantage of Caribou's awesome "buy one get one free from 4-7pm" deal. (for those of you locals, this is at the waterfront HyVee Caribou, in Iowa City) 

So that's just a little rundown on life lately. Between all of that and still balancing my job + home responsibilities, life is staying quite peppy! (and rehearsals haven't even started yet!)

It is wonderful, though-there is absolutely nothing better than being busy in the work of the Lord. 

And speaking of the Christmas Play, here is the whole rundown on the details. Would love to see some of you there! Visit the website for more info!

Have a fabulous weekend, friends! 

-Chels

TODAY

TODAY....
-grocery shopping
-running errands
-buying chocolate and tea to send to friends to remind them I love them
-drinking peach tea at this favorite place while writing letters to my mom's uncles & aunts
-mailing packages and afore mentioned letters to the great-uncles & great-aunts
-stopping by a cousin's house to give her a carmel macchiato & chocolate & a hug
-playing games with my little siblings
-writing a note to my sister
-making supper for my family + two groups of hard-working people at our church
-playing Christmas music
-lighting pumpkin spice candles
-making hot chocolate for a brother who was out late working
-giving hugs and kisses just because I can
-being thankful for the cold weather + promise in the air of snow to come
-having plans change, and change, and then change again. #farmerdaughterslife
-getting upset over a very insignificant problem + having to apologize later
-learning lessons the hard way
-remembering my cousin, and his memory challenging me to just soak up every moment

And that was a bit of my today. 

I leave you with my current gmail status: 

"Only one life to live for Christ. Never promised tomorrow. Live like today is the last. The only thing I can take to heaven with me is relationships. That's the most important thing."

-Chels