Off with a BANG

ITS 2012!! 

Yes I know it happened over two months ago now.. but I haven't had time to update my blog.

So just let me fill you in.

Cast of Daisy Pulls It Off

Old Mill Theatre - South Perth

Nov-Dec 2011

A friend of mine asked me to be her assistant director on a show called Daisy Pulls It Off mid last year. We rehearsed for months and opened the show in late November. Daisy was an instant hit with the general public. It felt good sitting in the back row on opening night seeing this amazing cast deliver a outstandingly funny play. So proud to be a part of this show, and I am impressed with the final result, of course all the credit must go to the cast for doing a superb job!

Indianapolis Indiana

Lights on the Circle

December 2011

This past Christmas I got to go home for Christmas, big thanks to Mom and Dad for sending us home for the holidays. We where in Indiana from Dec 8-27 and had a great visit. As always it was hard to leave and say see you later to my parents and our friends.  A few high lights from are trip are:

• NBA game with Mom and Dad in the city
• Putting up the Christmas lights
• Hanging out with our good friends
• Waking up Christmas morning at my Mom's house
• Sleeping on my parents couch.. I have a passion for couch sleeping.. just ask Graham
• Hockey Game with Graham and the girls
• Night out on the town in Sarah and Kurtis.. we broke in their new sofa bed and woke up on Christmas Eve morning at their place, we are so lucky to have such good friends (we had hang overs and no it was not pretty) 
• Hanging out with my cat and dog family. So good to see our dog Jack and Mom and Dad's cats. I got to know a new family member "Tom Trash Cat" he lives up to his name, but that is another blog post. 
• Shopping with Mom
• Hanging out in my Dad's workshop
• Connecting to my Indiana roots, for the fist time in years I was around my people. It was great. 

Wolfla Family Christmas 2011

On December 27th we headed back to Australia and spent 10 days visiting with Graham's family. It was great to see everyone back in Sydney. I had not been in Sydney for 3 years. Some of the highlights:

• Spending time with Graham's Mum, Step Dad and Brother Simon
• Seeing Graham's Nan Marj and just hanging out at her place
• Dinner with my best buddy Mel, she made us a yummy dinner!
• Going to the beach with Mum, Simon and Graham
• Going on a hike with Graham through the bush land we use to live near
• Seeing the city and sitting down on the harbour looking out at the Harbour Bridge with Graham
• Catching up with friends Lisa and Jeff
• Re-do Christmas with Mum, Dad and Simon!

Karen (Mum) and Mary

Sydney CBD

(I know it was summer.. but it was cold in Sydney, look a scarf in Sydney in December!! FREAKY)

Graham and I made it back to Perth and jumped strait back into the grind. Work is busy busy for me at the moment, we have a show opening on March 9th. Not to mention I stage managed a Fringe Festival show called Proximity when we got back that ran Jan-Feb. It was a great project. It won the "Spirit of the Fringe Award" for 2012. Check it out here:

http://proximityfestival.com/about/

Graham is busy with school, he has been working in the hospital delivering babies and learning about womens health the past 2 months. Its not his favorite rotation so far. But all things must end and soon enough he will be studying something else he enjoys more.

We are still hoping a baby is in our near future.. but thats not up to us. 

Goodness.. I think you can consider yourself updated.

Class dismissed. 

XOXO

Mary Berry Egg Head (an old nick name)