Women at the Well... Continued

Tonight is the night before the big reveal! Tomorrow is the Women at the Well Cast Party! I get to watch the video... again. It's a good thing I really love the show, and I love the songs too. As I am now just finishing up making the dvd's to give to the cast members, I have some time on my hands. Each dvd takes about 10 mins to burn.

So here is a sneak peak of the show... In pictures. The pictures I am going to post are all my pictures, even though I did get more pictures from other photographers at the events I do not have the rights to those pictures.

The Well

Some of the set (Que is amazing)

I love how the scenery even had fruit

This might be my favorite. The poor vase

More of the gorgeous scenery! It's just a table but is so much more!

Friday night Cast

Saturday night cast! I love everyone of these women! (And the little Nephite boy too)

What more is there to say? This was one of the hardest things I have ever taken on. I knew it was going to be challenging to edit the movie, but this wouldn't have looked as good as it does without help from my Heavenly Father. Even though I have watched the movie about 20 times. I still find new places where I feel the spirit overwhelm me!

So a big THANK YOU goes out to all those involved in making this production go as smoothly as it did. The women (and men) that I worked with are all truly amazing! They have taught me so much of how to use my talents and let them shine.

doTERRA

Ok, I am very skeptical about medicines, weight loss drugs, or any other OTC product that claims to help hundreds of people. Especially when the change is suppose to happen rather quickly. But I think I found a product I can stand behind. It's call doTERRA, it's an essential oil  that can be used for some medicines, but also for cleaning products too.

After the first class i went to I was hooked. I have always liked alternative medicines. I don't know why exactly but I know that Heavenly Father made the earth with every essential need for us. Think of people in the days of Noah's Ark. I don't see them having Tylenol lying around to take when they had a headache, but they must have had something right. Well they did. Peppermint is a great cure for the common headache.

Peppermint Essential Oil
Mentha piperita

Peppermint is popular in countless forms, from toothpaste to chewing gum. As an essential oil, it is useful to ease breathing and as a digestive aid*. For aromatic, topical, or dietary use.

Believe me I have tried this, one drop of this oil, and BAM your headache is not gone completely, but definitely down, and in time the headache goes away completely. 


Another Oil that I have just been introduced to is 

Wild Orange Essential Oil
Citrus sinensis

Cold-pressed from the orange peel, wild orange is excellent for energizing and revitalizing. It is also commonly used as an effective tool for uplifting mood, as well as for its wonderful citrusy aroma. For aromatic, topical, or dietary use.

This on is AMAZING! Just one tiny drop in my hands every morning before I start work. All I do is breathe it in, and I really do feel energized for the day! With how crazy it can get at work sometimes, this really helps me to be energized, but not be jittery *why I hate energy drinks. It really is amazing!


I can't wait to learn more about all of the oils! I just told mom to use the Peppermint for her Thyroid too. Could you just imagine if that could work, and she could not have to be dependent on medicine to feel better? I am very interested to see the results! If you would like to know more about them just let me know! i can hook you up too!

Getting antsy

So next week is MY BIRTHDAY! I love my birthday week. I love celebrating for the whole week, because I am special, I had a pin that told me and everything. Haha. But I really enjoy birthdays. Maybe even more than holidays. Holidays are special for everyone, but not everyone has your birthday. It is special. But this year is not just any birthday it's my... GOLDEN BIRTHDAY! (Reference) 

So I will be turning 30 on the 30th. There I said it, it's out loud now. I am going to be 30. Where did the time go? I'm not nervous, I don't think the world is going to stop turning, Just happy that this Friday I get to join the 30 club. They say 30 is the new 20 right? I think I am going to have to test that theory out.!

Why did I go into work today?

Today has been a day when I should have listened to my idea to call in sick this morning. I did come in at 7am this morning because I am leaving early for a dentist appointment (the only thing that has kept me sane today). About 9am when everyone else arrived our main program completly shut down! On our busiest day of the week! So since 9 am we have all been waiting for the program to return, and they won't let us go home! Oh I think about this morning, and wish I would have been sick wnough to stay home! I was tired enough, but I knew I needed to come in... boy was I wrong!

iMac = iLove

So my newest toy... the 21 inch iMac! I have been doing my research for the last couple of months. I have been wanting a new computer, and debating over getting an iMac, or going back to a PC. I have owned many PC's before, and while I really do like them, for the jobs that I am doing the iMac was the definite winner. I am now doing mostly video, and picture editing. While the PC can do all of the editing I want; I have to buy the software separately; while the iMac came with both video and photo editing abilities already on it!

So I am becoming a Mac-girl. I now own an iPhone (4 yrs) a Macbook (3 yrs) and now an iMac (1 week)  It is soooo pretty! I am impressed with the speed, but most of all I love that it has 1 Terrabyte of hard drive space! I am loving that! My Macbook only had about 120 Gb on it, and I was full (only had 2.1 Gb left)

I am now editing video of Women at the Well. The ease, and speed of which I can work astounds me! I can't wait to be finished!

Isn't it pretty?

Vacation Bucket List



As many of my friend have been, or are talking about going on a vacation (and because I so desperately want to go on a vacation) I have decided that I am going to make a vacation bucket list. This is either places I want to go, or things I want to do. 



Las Vegas



Cruise



 



Walt Disney World

  



Skiing

 



 

  







New York, NY



 



London

  





Venice

 







Vactions that change places:











SUPERBOWL



College Final Four



Olympics



Women at the Well

Women at the Well 

I have been busy. Not a "I don't have anything to write so I will say that I'm busy," busy... but a "dang I get home at 12:30 at night" busy. I have spent the last 4 weeks working on a production for the Relief Society in my Church. The production is from Kenneth Cope and is called Women at the Well.

The well

The production depicts women in the time of Christ. How they lived and learned from Christ's teachings. The set was amazing! Que Taylor and her crew were able to take a normal cultural hall and turn it into City Scene from Jerusalem. The set had everything from a house, to a well (fitting since the title is Women at the Well) The grapes, and vases fit perfectly, along with real bread that fit right in.

The cast of Women at the Well

The production was a success both days! All the actresses (and one 10yr old actor) did amazing. Always remembering the words, and definitely bring the spirit into the production.

My part in the production? Started off as the stager/choreographer, and durring the production I was video #1. I loved being a part of the production. It was a huge success, and even though it took so much time I would do it over again in a heartbeat, because I felt so much love for the work that I put in. I wanted every movement to be perfect. I wanted the performers to love the music as much as I did, wanted them to put the emotion that I had for the words into their performances. And the best thing is THEY DID! They all felt the music, and they showed the love.

Some of the amazing decorations

This whole experience has shown me how much I love MUSIC. I have always known that the love for music was in me, but now it just can't be held in. I get so much enjoyment from just watching them as they performed.

The experience also let me know how much I love to help others to show off their talents. In some ways I felt like a mother when the songs that I staged came on, I was so proud that no one fell, so proud that they remembered their staging. It was an awesome feeling!

Floor Decorations

Now that everyone else is done with women at the well, my portion is just beginning. I have 6 hours of video to edit! The producer told me that she wanted to have a cast party in two weeks! That actually wouldn't be so bad, but I have had trouble with my computer. I don't have enough free space on my Macbook :( I actually only have 2 Gb left! (Only started out with 140 Gb) So comes my new iMac! I am picking it up today! This makes me about as excited as the video editing itself! I can't wait.