Holiday Ornament Swap

Yay!!! I got my names for the Freshleyblended Holiday Ornament Swap today - I'm super excited.  I already pretty much know what I want to make, here's a sneak peek - see if you can figure out what and how I'm gonna make them!

A Preview of What's to Come...

Yes, yes that is a Teddy Roosevelt finger puppet....

wah hahahaha, wah haha, wah hahahaha (evil laughter)

;o)

Where I've Been

Ok, so some people (i.e. those who don't know me personally), may be wondering why I chose to name my blog The Lady Nomad, since if you've been following I haven't been anywhere in almost 2 years (which by the way is killing me!!!).  I used to travel - a lot.  I was a touring stagehand, first doing over nighter tours living on tour buses and then with Sesame Street Live where you pretty much live out of hotels. 

I am hereby justifying my title of The Lady Nomad by stating that I have traveled to these places:

United States: All 50 states, Washington DC, and Puerto Rico
Canada: British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, and Quebec
Mexico: All over central Mexico - most time spent in Mexico City
Bahamas: Nassau
Dominican Republic: Santo Domingo
Costa Rica: San Juan
Panama: Panama City
Colombia: Bogota
Guyana: Georgetown
Peru: Lima
South Korea: Seoul
Philippines: North Luzon (Manila, Baguio, Vigan, Laog)
Thailand: Bangkok
Singapore
Malaysia: Kuala Lumpur, Penang
Germany: All over western
Austria: Innsbruck
Switzerland: Luzern
Liechtenstein
Portugal: Lisbon, Porto, Santa Maria da Fiera, Figuera de Foz
Spain: All over - most time spent in Madrid
France: Paris
Belgium: Brussels
Great Britain: Scotland (Edinburgh, Stirling, Glasgow, Inverness, Isle of Skye) and North Ireland (Belfast)
Republic of Ireland: Dublin, Kilkenny

Is that enough places for you?  I certainly hope so... I also hope to eventually write about my experiences in each place. 

Polaroids

Dear Polaroid Company,

Your new "classic" instant camera is ugly and stupid.  Granted, yes, my old 600 series is ugly too, but not as ugly as the 300 series currently available.  AND you still charge $10 for a 10 pack of film.  If you were to bring back the 600 series instant film, I would pay this outrageous fee. I will not, however, pay the $100 some people are charging for a 10 pack of film just because they stockpiled it when it was discontinued and are now trying to make a buck off of poor saps like me.  I will stand firm!!! And then I will go cry in a corner because I can't afford to use my Polaroid camera anymore. 

I will admit that I am intrigued by the PoGo though, but it's still not the classic!!!  I do realize as well that some Polaroid purists will claim that the 600 is not a classic either, but it is definitely more of a classic than the 300 is!  Stupid 300....

Sincerely,

A Disgruntled Customer



Here are a few pics I came across the other day while going through a box of random things looking for something else I never found (boo...)

These were taken my second year on tour with Christmas Carol, they are of (clockwise from bottom left) Kinley, Zach (not to be confused with Zach of Flat Zach fame), and Jason.  For some reason living on a tour bus and owning a Polaroid camera seem to go hand in hand.  

Cell Phone

I got my first cell phone 10 years ago.  It was a virtually indestructible Nokia, and believe me I did almost everything to it you could do.  My favorite way of demonstrating its durability was to throw it across an arena - yes I still had the same phone when I began touring.  The phone would split up into pieces (main part, battery, and battery cover), but other than that be unharmed.  It was fabulous.  Following that I got a flip phone; I was not nearly as happy with it as I was with that old Nokia but it got the job done.  I left that phone in a hotel in Calgary (oops), the nice hotel people sent me my SIM card, but I had to get a new phone.  After a brief stint with a pay as you go phone (horrible, horrible, I hated it!), my mom and I went and got matching phones - hers was green and mine was red.  Sancho ate mine.  Literally, he chewed it up into little bits, but at least (again) my SIM card was salvaged.  The next phone I got was a Samsung Blackberry wannabe, within days of having it Sancho decided to test that one out - cracked the screen and screwed up the keyboard (the 'a' always stuck after that). 

"I'm sorry I ate your cell phone momma..."

A couple weeks ago I got an iPhone, and I absolutely love it!!!  Today I left it at home by accident though, and I got to thinking: a) would Ellie try to eat it as Sancho did my previous phones? and b) how has it come to pass that society is so dependent upon these little bits of technology?

Well I won't know the answer to the first question until I get home tonight, and the second question is one a person could expound upon for ages writing essays and dissertations and novels and stories about - all I know is that I feel like I'm missing a part of my entity with it not on my person and that I am ashamed that I feel thus, like it is morally wrong to rely so fully on a bit of metal, plastic and glass.  I'm like an addict without my fix - perhaps it's time for intervention - not just for me, but for all people suffering from cell phone addiction.

3 White Mustaches

Apparently I have a thing for men with bushy white mustaches.  Of course this does not apply to just any man off the street - oh, no - there are prerequisites:

1. He must be world famous
2. He must be published
3. He must have been alive in the year 1900
4. He must be dead
5. I must think he's really kinda awesome

The three world famous, published, alive in 1900, dead, awesome men pictured here are: Mark Twain, Teddy Roosevelt, and Albert Einstein.

Mark Twain:
1. World famous author - occassionally noted as the father of American literature
2. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - among many others
3. He was born in 1835
4. He died in 1910
5. Really, he is more than just kinda awesome

Teddy Roosevelt:
1. 26th President of the United States
2. The Naval War of 1812
3. He was born in 1858
4. He died in 1919
5. He's totally my favorite president which makes him awesome

Albert Einstein:
1. E = mc²
2. Origins of the General Theory of Relativity
3. He was born in 1879
4. He died in 1955
5. How can one not think Einstein is awesome?  Because he is.

ps I apologize for the picture quality... it was taken with my IPhone

A Sad Start to the Morning

OK, maybe not sad per say, but worrying nonetheless.  A woman I work with, Eileen, was admitted to the hospital early this morning...  Flowers were out of the budget so I sent her a text:

Please keep her in your thoughts today.