When our lightbulbs burn out...

We use candles. Seriously, we used this candelabra for a good couple weeks until I finally walked across the street to the hardware store and bought light bulbs. However, I must say it was wonderful! It provided plenty of light and also made everything in our teeny kitchen look magical. Plus, I love being able to, in my small way, not use the grid constantly.

Well, off to do some baking. I have some fun things in store for this wee blog, so keep a look out!!

Meet the Ladies!

Here's a little snapshot of the ladies that live in our backyard. They have had quite an easy winter being that there hasn't been snow on the ground for the majority of winter and the temps have been abnormally warm.

I love finding them in the yard when they've found a spot to settle into for a nap. The three of them form a ball of black, red and white feathers. This is Skinny Lynny in the front with the black and white, Red Legs is to her right and George is behind them. Just last week we had our first egg delivered by none other than Red Legs!


Giddy, I was! This whole time they've been with us (since November), I've come to see them as solely pets. Then, lo and behold, Red Legs drops an egg! Well, thank you...

Here's a slightly better picture of them. Beauts, they are!

Let us begin...

When I was growing up, I was beyond certain that my life path was to be an actress. I could just feel it in my bones and it seemed everyone in my family agreed. No one tried to convince me of a Plan B. As I set off for college, I decided to dive straight in to the theater world. In high school, students weren't really able to do both theater and sports and I had grown up in the sports world and loved it. But, going to college offered a new world. A chance to be a totally new person. And I did it.

It started with one-act plays directed by students. I tried out with no prior experience and got a part! Probably a total of 4 lines, but I found my fate was sealed. I remember after my first play, with a sizable role my freshman year, my a drama professor talked to me after and said, "You're an actor, you know that, right?" Well, thank you!

The years passed on at school and I declared theater as my major and loved every minute in that small black box theater. It wasn't until after college that I started having different thoughts.

Each time I thought about auditioning for something, the anxiety would skyrocket. I'd feel nausea and almost always find a way to not try out. This was a year or two out of college and I felt adrift and lost in a world where all my fellow graduates were full gear into their lives. Then one day I was sitting on my couch, with piles of drama books surrounding me and I had a realization, maybe my dreams had changed. For so long I had had this one goal, this thing I was suppose to do. But what if I didn't want to act for a career? Almost instantly, the weight of anxiety melted away. Oh my gosh...my dreams had changed!

That was years ago and in many ways, I am still searching for direction. But I know that I'm headed somewhere between NW and NE on this compass of life. Theater will always be a part of my life, but there are other goals and dreams that seem to have nudged their way in.

So here's another chapter. The Golden Flea will join millions of other blogs to do...something. Again, I'm just going to let what happens happen. But the only way to figure my direction out is to start.