DIY Onesies

I made a batch of onesies for my friend Elisse, who just had the most adorable baby boy, named Noah. I also made up a bunch for a girl...not sure who they're for yet, but we'll hold onto them until someone makes a new baby announcement!

These are super easy peasy to make; just buy the fabric "paint" markers at Walmart, stick a little piece of cardboard or a magazine inside a plain, white onesie to prevent bleeding through to the back side, and then color away. Maybe while watching the latest episode of How I Met Your Mother. 

Another day in the office

A good portion of my work this week involved

balloon art.

This is a crown that represents Brain Fireworks.

When you love learning and you work hard to

accomplish your goals, you'll have those "aHa!" moments

when everything clicks inside your brain.

Those are called brain fireworks.

Or, as Demetri said in the last assembly I performed at,

"Your mind explodes with learning!"

You have to make a really awesome crown for one lucky winner

each time you do a show.

So taking the time to practice is important.

And fun...

This is Nedina.

She stands in as the prize winner when we practice.

She's very chic and awesome.

Attack of the balloons.

Awesome scary face, no?

Andrew, my partner in crime and co-beingtrainedforthisnewjob-friend,

is afraid of balloons popping.

So we make him blow up all the balloons.

And then we stick them to the ceiling

and to everything else.

My job is so totally super cool

for a TON of reasons,

including the BALLOONS!

Other fun things I'm getting paid to do:

1. Practice making laser beam sound effects

2. Talk in funny voices, dialects, or just sing everything you say all day

3. Practice yoyo tricks anytime, anyplace

4. Color, with crayons

5. Talk into a microphone, and practice microphone techniques for enhancing sound effects

6. Travel around the beautiful cities in the Seattle area

7. Visit with kids and make them feel like heroes

8. Do research for the show...like watching Sponge Bob Square Pants, over and over again.

Work

In a fitness article about GRIT, I once read something that kind of went like this: "Once you decide to do it--whatever IT is for you, stay committed. Don't question it. After a long, awful day of grading papers and trying to keep up in my own classes: this is not the time to question whether I should really become a professor. Schedule a time to reevaluate your goals in three months. And then forget about it and stick to your decision. If you have a rough day, just say, 'Now is not the time to question this,' and stay true to what you committed to accomplish."

"Now is not the time to question this" has saved my dreams and kept me on the path, multiple times.

The second key to accomplishing the goal is WORK; you can have anything, but you have to work to make it happen.  This Ira Glass quote inspires me when I'm in a funk. Watch it, and then go get what you want by doing lots of work.


Ira Glass on Storytelling from David Shiyang Liu on Vimeo.

Busy busy

Busy preparing for an audition this Saturday. I've been learning about HOPE and eliminating self-doubt in order to have faith:

1 Corinthians 9:10 "...For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope."

Hope should inspire us to work diligently and see the fruition of what we confidently expect to come to pass! Hopefulness enriches our lives. Read this message about hope by Elder Steven E. Snow.

Details about my quick trip to the west coast soon to come...I had a great time. Of all the weekend, Sunday evening was apparently the most memorable, since I keep thinking about this:

THE HEART OF THE WOMAN

O what to me the little room

That was brimmed up with prayer and rest;

He bade me out into the gloom,

And my breast lies upon his breast.

O what to me my mother's care,

The house where I was safe and warm;

The shadowy blossom of my hair

Will hide us from the bitter storm.

O hiding hair and dewy eyes,

I am no more with life and death,

My heart upon his warm heart lies,

My breath is mixed into his breath.

--William Butler Yeats



Brilliant!

Sarah Rhoads Photography is my new favorite blog. This couple-photography-team have a PASSION for life and people and pictures, and they share it all online! I wish I lived in Seattle, I want to meet them!