A Little Birdie Told Me

New Blog

2010-02-08T00:33:00.001-08:00

For those of you who have been gravely disappointed in me because you were trying to follow me on this blog, I am here to announce I have started my own personal blog! You can go to it by following this link: sabesays.blogspot.com

Blackbeard

2008-10-01T23:08:00.001-07:00

Here's just a few pictures I took backstage of Blackbeard the last day of performances. I had such a wonderful time and I learned a lot, and made some great friends! I never knew how hard it might be to be on a production team and all that is involved, but I am so glad I did it! Doing blackbeard's makeup was a trip! I took a blond haired white boy and turned him into someone else completely! It was wild!! When we were waiting backstage we would get so bored so we would do some crazy stuff! Dancing all professional-like, Jere would get hot so we would strip down and wrap his robe around himself so he could walk around, or we would jump off the top of the set on to the high jump mat! I'll never do that again (I'm sick of getting injured doing stupid stuff!) Anyway, enjoy the pictures!

Pictures

2008-09-27T01:27:00.000-07:00

So, I've been promising pictures, so I hope this will work. Let me give you a little background of these. This summer I was in a little musical called "The Music Man" at Hale Centre Theatre. It was fun, and I got to work with some great people, and it was very very HOT!!!! Dead middle of the summer, in the backstage area, was not fun to be in cause of all the people moving around, dancing under hot lights, it was just bad. Anyway, during act 2, the girls in my dressing room and I were in the first scene, and the last scene--it was wonderful because we were able to go into our dressing room and have what we liked to call "NAKED TIME". We just sat on our chairs in our underwear and turned the fan on high and just tried to cool off. Everyone would make fun of us (they were all just jealous), and so we decided to take pictures making fun of ourselves in the style of the movie Calendar Girls (I think that is what it is called--you know the movie about the old ladies making a calendar in the nude, but covering themselved discreetly with flower pots and cooking stuff and all that--it was a good movie) So here you go!!!

WOW!!

2008-09-17T17:19:00.000-07:00

WOW!! Aunt Sabe it sounds like your BUSY!! man i really want to see black beard i really liked it last year! i know the hair and make-up will be amazing no doubt about that!!!

Well high school is CRAZY_FUN! its full of lots of homework, and stress but the football games all the activites and just all the people you meet is so much FUN! i love high school and i am glad that i am a TORO haha! =) no offence! haha

Elder Brock is doing good just busy busy busy but loving his mission and only has like 4 months left can you believe it???? i cant wait for him to get home! just think in 9 months i can date!!! haha and drive!! haha

Belinda(mom) is doing good busier than ever and sleep maybe 3 hrs she is crazy i dont know what to do haha!! but i just try to help her the best i can! haha i hope we continue to stay in touch guys!! haah this is fun! love ya tons

RiAnne =)

Will it ever end?

2008-09-02T08:44:00.000-07:00

So, Saturday night, Music Man finally closed!!! YAY!!!!!! I can't even begin to express how happy I am to not ever have to sing "Pick a little, talk a little; pick a little, talk a little; cheep cheep cheep! talk a lot, pick a little more", ever again! Oh my gosh!! It was a fun run, i guess, LONG, but there were fun moments. I honestly felt like it would never end, hahaha! I'll have to post come pictures when I get them (everyone else was snapping, so I only got a few). Now on to Blackbeard!
Blackbeard opens on Friday, and I can't even go into the stress that is involved in this one. I am doing all the hair and makeup for everyone. All I can say at this point is this: if I never have to restyle another wig in my life, it will be too soon! I don't like styling a wig after it has been used and washed. Let's just say, it's not as easy to style as a brand new fresh wig. ew.

So sad...

2008-08-02T00:46:00.000-07:00

Tonight when I got home from my show, I walked straight into the laundry room to put my body suit and "stuff" in the washer so I can have clean and good-smelling undergarments for the two shows I have. While waiting for my stuff to wash, I can't go to bed because I have to hang everything to dry. This is a good time for me to catch up on emails, check blogs and whatnot, etc. Anyway, I have bookmarked my favorite blogs that I try to keep up on regularly so I won't have to go to too much effort to find them. A couple months ago, I was "introduced" to Randy Pausch through Oprah and 60 minutes. I have fallen in love with his outlook on life and his inspiring story! So much, in fact, that I bought his audiobook "The Last Lecture"

Randy was a professor at Carnegie Melon University and forerunner in the field of computer science, more particularly virtual reality. In 2006, he was diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer and given, at best, 6 months of good health left. In 2007, he was asked to give his last lecture at the university. I have watched it on YouTube, and just let my jaw drop with his enthusiasm, zeal, and sincerity.

After watching this, I found his blog and would check it periodically to see how he was doing and to see how his family was holding up. I just checked his blog, and read the very sad words. Randy lost his battle with cancer, and passed away on July 25, just a few days ago. It made my heart sink to the bottom of my stomach. It is very sad..

Here is his "Last Lecture" for you all to watch. It is kinda long, but I encourage you all to take the time to listen to what he has to say. When I was listening, (it took me about a week to get through the whole thing, btw), for some reason, my days went much better, and I noticed my attitude was much happier and cheerful. He just has an amazing perspective on life, and I hope I can take what he says and apply it every day.

blog blog blog!!! =)

2008-07-29T10:45:00.001-07:00

hey how do you put pictures on the blog??? so you can all see my lovers??? haah

love ya

RiANne

POEM

2008-07-28T10:24:00.000-07:00

My mom and I were listening to devotional the other day, and it was a cd by John Bytheway, and there was this wonderful poem so i am going to tell it too you and I think its very uplifting and makes you think but its a good one!!! Here it goes!

BUILDER OR A WRECKER??

I passed one day through a lonely town and saw men tearing a building down, hoe hev hoe and a husky yell they swung a beam and a side wall fell, I asked the fore man : are these men skilled? The kind you would higher if you had to build?? Oh no he chuckled no indeed, common labor is all I need. why, i can destroy in a day or two what builders take weeks to do. I thought to myself as I went on my way which of these roles have I tried to play? Am I a builder who works with care, strengthening lives by rule and square shaping my peers too a well made plan, helping them to do the best they can?? Or am I a wrecker who walks around content with the labor of tearing down??

and the scripture that goes with it is Matthew 5: 46-48

we love you all!!!!! and hope your doing well!! =)

CUTE MORMAN BOYS!!! and my wonderful brother!

2008-07-28T10:13:00.000-07:00

On saterday night one of the girls in my ward came over and we called one of the guys I like his name is Jacob he had just gotten back from band camp and so I called him to see how is went and how he was doing! haha so we were both like were board and since there were three of us we decided to meet at the light by my house! Of course I like him so I was SOOO excited!!!!! The other girl doesnt like him as much but she went anyway!! haha so of course we were there like six minuates earthier than he was! haha but he finialy got there and a huge smile went on my face when I saw him! haha we went to the park and sat on the grass my this huge tree!!! than the other girl got like eaten by ants so we moved haha! Jacob than decided to climb this tree and oh my gosh he got to the very top i am not kidding I have a picture of it!! haha so me and jess decided to got to the retention bassion part and than Jacob came over and we played the trust game! where I fell off this bar and jacob caught me !! of course when we did this I was like in heaven Jacob catching me and all it was amazing haha than we went back to my house and got water than we walked him to the end of the street and he walked home!! =( sad but guess what!! I got a hug from him it was amazing i had the biggest smile on my face!!! Jacob is awesome!! hahaah anyways yes lame i know but to me it was great!! haha Than the other guy I like his name is Riley so we have the same nick name hah cool huh? we text non stop pretty much wish is aweseom1!! and we are going to run into eachother at like golden spoon or something haha!! anyways! NOW FOR MY BROTHER!

ELDER BROCK SMITH!! He is on the island of oahu!!! and in the city of pearl haha he is down to his last siz months and needs LOTS OF LETTERS! the last six months are just as hard as the first so PLEASE WRITE HIM!!! IF YOU NEED HIS EMAIL JUST LET ME KNOW!! haha or his adress! he loves us all and is loveing the work!!!!!!!!!!!

workout, what?

2008-07-24T11:14:00.000-07:00

I went to the gym today. It wasn't like any other workout I've had though. I have been talking with one of my friends a lot lately about really wanting to get back into the gym and getting into shape, if only to feel better. When talking about this, I learned that he had never, ever ever, stepped foot in a gym before!!! WHAT?!?! Who has never been inside a gym before?! Wow! So, we decided that we would meet somewhere in the middle at a gym (he lives in Gold Canyon), and workout a few times a week together. This is always a good thing to have to meet someone at the gym, cause you won't want to let them down, they are waiting for you so you'll go; and he has absolutely no clue as to what to do at the gym, so I can help him there. Win-win situation here, right?

Okay, so we walk in and both of us start laughing immediately becuase of all the OLD people there! We went to the Red Mountain Multi-Generational Facility, and Senior Center. Enough said. It's actually a great facility with everything you could possibly need or want to workout. It's just not HUGE, but it is big. Anyway, I don't think I have ever laughed so hard at the gym before. It was so funny!!! I have never thought about the fact that various machines would need explaining and demonstration. It was FUNNY!!!!!!! Seriously, i almost fell off the treadmill a few times cause I was laughing so hard!

I'll keep you all posted on my progress at the gym, or just working out in general. Maybe that will be one more thing to keep me going. We'll see...

How come no one wants to do this?

2008-07-22T23:33:00.000-07:00

So, I decided it was time i stopped waiting for everyone else to start this, cause it wasn't going to happen. Thank you Jen for getting this up and running! I think it is great!!!
Well, to start off, i have been so busy lately cause I am in yet another show! YAY! Okay, not so much yay, but I guess it's good cause it keeps me busy. It's the Music Man, and i play Ethel Toffelmeyer, it's a fun role I guess, I am just really sick of the show already, and I still have six weeks left!! EW!
Work is going well. I feel like we are picking up a little bit, now that summer is starting to come to a close, and everyone is coming back in to town for school starting and everything, so that'll good for my bank account.
Other than that, nothing is new in my life. It's pretty boring. Maybe when I get some pictures to post, that will provide for some excitement, but until then...

"Family Water Cooler"

2008-07-12T13:04:00.000-07:00

Okay guys it's waiting for you to put your noise down here. It's super easy. I sent you all an invitation by e-mail to be an author, just open it up and it will tell you what to do to get started. We'll go private after most of you respond. Okay, cool.

Then when you want to add something (known as "post") you can come to this page and in the upper right hand corner,

click on the "New Post" and there you go. Begin to type in the big text box. It looks like the one you see when you are creating an e-mail.

When you are all done and ready for everyone to read it, click the orange button bellow it that says "PUBLISH POST" and you are all done. I think this will be fun and easy.

Nothing new for us here. Jess is taking piano lessons and we are working on everything, but mostly hopeful that the smooth transition from measure to measure becomes easier. I wonder sometimes if I started her too early, because her focus is not always very....focused. However,that is one of the reasons I put her in piano, hoping it would help her learn how to concentrate. It has actually helped her in this area quite a bit. I guess I am just impatient, I have to remind myself of the major progress we are seeing (inch by inch it's a cinch). Luckily her piano teacher is patient with her and does not harp on her for anything. We are so lucky to have such a great teacher! You'd be happy with me, I have not been the Practice Sargent I would have thought. I let her break it up into 5 minute segments at a time. Sometimes we even have to do 2 minute segments. Her teacher recommended this. He said if she's not in to it, get her off. Only go for 5 minutes at a time a few times a day and then work up from there. It's working.

I am taking piano lessons too. The patience of the teacher is a huge relief. I think I am hard enough on myself and I can get myself rather stressed out. I just have to relax and remember the same for me as Jess. Inch by inch it's a cinch. So what if it takes 6 months to play Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. Right? hee hee hee.

Okay guys see how easy that was. Now it's your turn. ;)