Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Home Sweet Home


So I'm not really sure who all reads this but I thought those of you who haven't been out here might like to see our actual living space. Mainly, this is for Noel and Shay who have specifically requested it :) The above picture is the view looking to the right from our patio/porch (I like to call it a porch, it makes me feel a little more southern and I like to think that we actually do have a porch:) These are the San Gabriel mountains featuring Mt. Baldy which, on a clear day, you can see from LA! There's a fun waterfall and ski resort (we have yet to test out the snow up there, but I've heard it's not the greatest for skiing/snowboarding).



Not sure what Peyton is up to, I just wanted to capture a little of the "porch". The grill we gave Corey for his birthday is to the left but I didn't take a picture of it because it was covered with an ugly sheet (a grill cover wasn't part of the gift:)


This is an old radio my mom gave me that I absolutely love! Those two drawers are actually a door that pops open and all my picture albums are in it. That's a picture of us on our wedding day that is in a frame made out of old barn wood I got at the flea market at the Neshoba County Fair :)



Our tv cabinet we got for $100! Corey wanted a low to the ground tv stand table thing but I wanted something we could close up to hide all the stuff inside. He compromised when we found out the price :)




2 antique plates my mom gave me...Georgia and California.



This is our super organized closet! Notice that I don't put up a picture of our guest closet...not quite as organized and where most of our junk lives.




Our little kitchen...I know the fridge is a little cluttered but I would rather have pictures and invitations and baby announcements on it than have it completely white and boring. That's the door to the laundry room/pantry in the back ground (I also didn't think that really needed to be pictured :)



Our "eating area". Although I mostly eat on the couch (no, I won't do this when we have kids, nor will the tv be on:)



The master bathroom.




The master bedroom...I hate that that outlet/cord are showing but there's really no way around it. Shay gave us that monogrammed B pillow on the bed that I LOVE :) The back wall was painted brown when we moved and we just left it, some days I like, some days I could do without.



The guest bathroom off the hallway.


The hallway...the 4 pictures framed on the wall are of different barn animals. I took them when I was in AP art in high school (probably the only pieces I was actually proud of :)




The guest bedroom...my mom and I (well, mostly my mom :) painted and antiqued the armoire, bed and bedside table :)




The living area...my mom bought the print/frame on the wall for us at a thrift store for $7! It was perfect! This is where we spend most of our time :)



I threw this one in because she's just so cute. We had just given her a bath so she's really fluffy and waiting for a treat :)

I apologize that these weren't in any real order. I get confused when I'm uploading them and can't figure out how to arrange them without deleting any :) I hope this gives you a better idea of what our lives are like here :)

Monday, October 18, 2010

Is that my voice? Is that MY voice?

So it's kind of always been a dream of mine to be the voice of a cartoon character. Actually, it probably hasn't been "always", I just say that because I don't remember when the dream really came about. There is something very appealing and fun about the thought of putting life into an animated character. This guy came up to me last week at the front counter at Chick-fil-A and asked me if I had ever thought about doing voice overs. My heart froze. Is this an agent of some sort, a casting director, someone who can make my dreams come true? Not quite, just a random person who thought I had a funny voice, I guess. He told me to go to a website called LA411. I did just that when I got home ;) It's basically a hub of agencies and contacts in the entertainment industry. Kind of overwhelming and intimidating, so I wasn't there for long but I did find out you can take classes on voice overs. I guess it's just like taking acting classes but it never really dawned on me that I could learn the process and train to do it! It's sort of been one of those ideas in the back of my mind that sounded great but in reality would never happen. A guy that works for us is seriously into modeling and acting and just signed with an agent. He told me today that his agent has clients he casts for voice overs. Could it be? Another avenue of opportunity? It's funny how the mind can play tricks on you. I immediately saw myself in a major motion animated film, walking the red carpet at it's premiere and getting a big kick out of my little character. Needless to say, I doubt it will be that easy. I am seriously contemplating taking some classes though. It might be a good idea for me to actually know a little something about this whole voice over thing before I set out in pursuit of it ;) One day though, it would be fun to say that I am the voice behind the cartoon. One day...