It's nearly 2012!

So it is 31st December 2011, there is only 4 and half hours to go and it will be 2012! Hopefully a good year for all!

New Years Resolution: make £1,000,000 from Smunkee.Biz!

However if that fails then the following will take it's place...

1. Pay off Overdraft
2. Cut up Dorothy Perkins store card
3. Hide Credit Card
4. If the urge to spend money arises - make a Smunkee!

I am also planning to decorate my room pink and green and set up a little craft area in my bedroom!

So for now I am at Harrowgate Hill Club, I will be playing bingo and having a sing and dance to the band. No alcohol tonight though. I am saving myself for the all day drinking sesh at the Legion in Aycliffe tomorrow!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Fun Fun Fun!

So I have been neglecting my blog as I have had SO MUCH going on! The Smunkee Business is going well - I still have orders which is great! Mum and Dad bought me a sewing machine and a Smunkee Storing Station for Christmas which is just FAB! I love it to bits! Very good space saver and saves me from hauling around bags and bags of stuffing and socks etc.

Christmas eve and day were spent with my parents and brother and that was great! We had a lovely time, lovely food and great banter. Christmas day evening I went to Northgate Club with Craig and his family to play bingo - I didn't win :( but we had a good laugh. Boxing day I had a MacDonalds breakfast before picking up Shelana and the kids to go to her mums for a party! It was only in Norton (about 16 miles away) so only took 20 mins to get there with my SatNav on my iPad. We had a lovely time and played games, ate food, laughed at a very drunk Richie then set off at 7.30pm to return home. I decided it was an easy route and I should be able to do it without the use of my SatNav. I cannot get across just how wrong I was. We were 10 miles from Thirsk before we realised we were lost and before long a 32 mile round trip that should have taken 40 mins ended up being an 88 mile round trip taking 2 hours!!! *EPIC FAIL* We got home around 9pm - got MacDonalds for tea then got drunk and played a board game!

Yesterday I left Shelana's about 10am and went into town to go sock shopping! Got LOADS off socks to make Funkee Smunkees! Arrived at my parents house about 1pm and sat and made a Smunkee.

8pm = Rangers (Proper) Night out! We went to Pizza Hut for tea - then Tanners for drinks. There was a lot of alcohol - and I didn't climb into bed until 2.15am!

So here I am (after 4 hours sleep) at work - realising just how much alcohol and fast food I have consumed over the Christmas period! I still have New Year to go yet!!!

Let the celebrations continue!!

We have lift off!

I spent all day Saturday making Smunkees and dad spent all day Saturday working on my website! We finally launched it live at 10pm on Saturday evening!

In the first hour I received 6 orders!!!! Wehaayyy!

So I now have every spare hour of my day allocated to making Smunkees (not including a 6 hour period to sleep) however it was more like 5 and a half hours sleep last night!

I definitely need to invest in a sewing machine! =/

So it is Monday again. Work is a little quiet but still finding things to do :D it is amazing just how quickly today seems to be going!

Smunkees!!!

I am still super excited about Smunkee.Biz! I am always making them which means a steady supply of orders :) I have a super challenge to make 6 over the weekend - while Dad and I start sorting out my website :D

I have been surfing the sock monkey websites around and to be quite honest I think my Smunkees are easily as good as the ones being sold for 30 dollars or more!!

Tired is an understatement!

So I dropped mum off home after work yesterday and Kel and I went to Morrisons to get some tea and then BnM to see if I could find some socks for Smunkees - unsuccessfully!

We got home - and after tea I started to make one of the two Smunkees I needed to get done by today! It was 7pm when I started....

...I finished at 2.10am this morning :(

I have no idea why it took me 7 hours to make two!! I think I must have been watching too much television!

I am feeling a bit groggy today after only 4 hours sleep :/ and I am sure by about 3pm I will be knackered! On top of that I am out at Titanic Rehearsals till 9.30pm then probs the pub with the lads after that!

Urgh.
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I DID IT!

So I got to my audition last night nice and early - we watched a scene from a previous show DOS have done before - Beauty and the Beast!

We then did some movement with Jo the choreographer - it was simple, I was fine :) My knee even held out!

Then we had to pick a piece of paper to find out what order we were going to do our individual auditions in... I got number 6 out of 7!

Everyone who went before me were all nervous, but did great and sounded great! They were asked to sing a few notes from the piano aswell as their song.
Then it was my turn. I decided to do my dialogue first, which went ok. I wasn't too concerned about that. It was my song I was anxious about.

So I sang. I didn't need to restart. I finished.

They asked my age then said I could go. I didn't have to do any extra notes :/

At this point I was thinking, I either nailed it or they didn't want to hear anymore...

I went home - still feeling anxious! Made some tea, put my pyjamas on and then tempting fate; went onto the DOS website to look at Character Lists for Titanic.

At 9.43pm Julian rang me and asked if I was sat down? I said yes. He said "your in!"

WOOOOOHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
I was so chuffed!!!

So now I am adamant I will audition for a character in Titanic rather than just chorus! Why work SO hard to get into the society just to sing in chorus?! If I get a part that GREAT if not, chorus will be just as great for my first show in 7 years!

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Smunkee Biz - I have 9 orders to make in the next week! wohoooo!! It is starting to really take off! :D
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It's here!

So tonight is audition night! It has come around so fast! I eventually picked a dialogue to use - from South Pacific. Luckily mum had it on DVD so I can watch the scene and see exactly what I am supposed to do :D

I think my song is as good as it is going to get!

I have 10 hours until my audition but I am a little anxious and a lot excited now!

Of course I have been making more Smunkees - little baby ones made out of baby socks :) and they are SO cute!

I think if I get into the society and with all my Smunkees this could actually be a good end to a rollercoaster of a year!

And in 2012 I hope to keep the Smunkee business running and *fingers crossed* I might get to be in Titanic!
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Latest Creations!

So I have been BUSY BUSY BUSY creating lots of brand spanking new Smunkees and a Smunkeelet (just bigger than a mobile phone!)

I aim to get all my orders done and sent plus a few extras that I can give to my mum to show off at her work and a few to carry around in my enormous handbag :P

I have made 2 and a half Smunkees today so feeling like I have had a reasonably productive day :D

I shall go to bed NOW then I can get up at a reasonable time in the morning, get some food shopping and continue Smunkee making!

Disastrous!

Last night was rehearsals for Titanic which I really enjoyed and went really well. After that they wanted all new members to stay behind to go over what would happen with our audition on Tuesday. We all had a go at our song with the Pianist...

My attempt was pretty awful :( I got so nervous and kept taking short intakes of breath in the wrong places! I was so nervous and I don't know why! I have no control over it! I think a little dutch courage may be needed come Tuesday!!

I am going to go over it all weekend with my mum - and attempt to learn one of the dialogues and have everything crossed that I will do great on the night! I will have to perform in front of a panel of 13 people!! Unlucky for some! I am determined to get in! I haven't been so excited about anything in a long time!

Arrgghhh PANIC!

I got up this morning and had a shower before returning to my bedroom, turning on my iPod dock as usual and playing "Papa Can Your Hear Me?" so I could practice it for my rehearsal tonigh and audition on Tuesday. I let the Barbra Streisand Album play on and I discovered a song that I should have picked as my audition song as I can sing it FAR better than my current choice.

I was in two minds! It's only 5 days until my audition and it wouldn't be wise to change my song now! But I am so much better at this one! So I sang it a few times over and decided. I am changing my song to "Memory" from Cats!

I immediately emailed the Pianist who would be accompanying me at my audition to see if she already had the sheet music - which she did! Wohoooo! Then I spent all day at work quietly singing to myself!

It is now 14:20 and I am far too excited to be at work! I want to be in my room SINGING!

*Fingers Crossed* everything goes alright tonight at rehearsals!