CAROLE'S GRADUATION

Today Carole graduated from Kindergarten. It is a big event & the parents & kids have to wear formal suits. The kids each took a turn to walk to the head teacher & get their diploma. Afterward the parents presented Carole's teacher with a big bouquet of flowers. Carole's teacher was crying during the ceremony today. She has always been very nice & Carole liked her a lot.
Afterward, everyone took photos together & the kids did a march to the gate. The younger classes (Kiki's) gave each of the graduating kids a carnation.
When it was all over since we were all dressed up, we went to a nice restaurant for lunch.

Dad's Phone Call & Other Happenings

Well, D called yesterday about Mom having cancer again. I can't believe this is happening now for many reasons & one is we don't know if they'll be able to make their trip. After looking so forward to it & buying tickets & thinking about all the fun things we'd like to do when they get here, it's pretty disappointing.
Then there is the main issue: how bad is it? Will she get better this time? I guess for now it's just the "waiting" that is so difficult. I'm kind of in denial because I don't even want to think about it.
Anyway, today I feel listless & faint & now I have to go out & work. I wish I could stay home with Mac & watch a movie & laz around. I miss him lately. Tomorrow is his birthday & we'll make him a special meal & get a cake because I probably won't have the energy (& skill) to bake.

Yesterday was the "Thank You" party for the teachers at Kindergarten because Carole will be graduating soon. We had lunch together (parents & teachers) & listened to a bunch of long speeches. Carole was in the bathroom for quite some time with tummy pains again.
The moms of the graduating children did our presentations that we had been practicing for.
Our group played our little songs & I sang "When You Wish Upon a Star", all dressed like a fairy.
Leila was naughty the whole time & wouldn't sit in the audience. Instead, she ran in circles all around me & the kids thought it was funny so she did it more. So everyone was there laughing at Leila instead of hearing my song which was fine with me because who wants to sing for all your kid's teachers & the whole kindergarten.

Wrapping things up at Kindergarten for Carole

Spent all day yesterday organizing the kids school closets. It's amazing how many papers from school accumulate.
It's been raining Cs&Ds until today --a bit sunnier-- so Mac & I went to B Kids to find some clothes for Carole because she is out growing all her clothes. Found some cute outfits!!
Carole had a very bad tummy ache today & was crying on the toilet for about a few hours on and off. --Poor thing. This month will be pretty busy at Kindergarten. We have many meetings, graduation ceremonies, & bye-bye parties scheduled. Some of the moms from K & I are practicing for the teachers "Thank YOU" party. We will be playing some kids songs on the kiddy instruments from school. I'm merely doing it for parents participation & so people don't think I'm a real loner. But I'm really hating dragging my ass to rehearsal especially when it involves "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star".

February

Feb 28th (last day of the month)
I am so pathetic writing a whole month's worth now!!!
Let's see what did I do?.................
Feb 1st:
Went to Jesse's lovely birthday party at his house. Carried Leila all the way there in the pouring rain. --The things we endure to be with friends.
Food was good, music, & everyone was so nice. Met the wives of Blair & Jess. I see why men have a thing for Japanese women. (Jeal, jeal!!)
Had too many glasses of red so the next day my throat was sore, AND I can't remember who I was flirting with. Ha!! --NOT!

Mom & Dad are coming on the 23rd of March & have already bought their tickets. We are looking forward to their visit.

Leila has been quite fussy lately & I am struggling to get her potty training over with because she is almost 3 & Mom will be coming soon & I don't want her to notice how slack a mom I am.

Valentines day:
Sang at Shadow with Dan. It was pretty fun & we did good for having no practice. We sang all the Duets we could think of. A whole New World.......
Ate chocolate with Mac (And now, two weeks later, my face is paying.) Made a cozy bed by the heater.............and the rest is none of your business!!!!

Feb 24th:
Jess & Toki had their baby boy!! J is such a proud father & is mailing photos to everyone everyday.

Feb 25th:
Blair Called & we got chatting about his new apartment & what to do about the decrease in my work schedule at the hotel. He also really hurt his back that day & hasn't mailed me since.
Mac got food poisoning after his gig with Intermezzo. Mac thinks it was from my cooking but I think it was from the restaurant they ate at because WE all didn't get sick from my food, thank you very much!

Commercials this year so far

New Sokembicha
Nissan --Lafesta

JAN 14th --NONSENSE

Today should just go out back & shoot itself!!! The sheer hideousness of this rainy weather is very depressing & now I have to traipse out in it to sing. But it's all about the money!

Angie wrote to say she is enjoying her first week at college. I am so jeal!! I'd just love to go to classes & feel like I'm learning something with a real teacher & other students.

Wedding jobs are very slow this month, I need a really exciting book to read or I will go nuts. Just read STINGS autobiography. It was quite interesting, he is just totally bril!!

I need to loose weight, but I just love eating. I love being skinny but also I love pigging out & the latter is so much easier to pull off.

So Cliche --But L&G: my New Years Resolutions!!

1. Loose weight ie:
no french fries
no french fries
no french....

2. Eat properly ie:
no french fries
lotsa veggies & fruits
tofu
no white bread

3. Learn some new ******* songs Aimee, you are so stuck in the 90's for god's sake!!

4. Practice guitar & write more songs.

5. Try to be a good mom & somehow maintain my sanity.

2006 --New Years Vacation

New Years vacation was slow --spent at home.
On the 1st the kids & I were alone waiting for Daddy to come home after his NYE gig with Michael F.
Yesterday was so sunny. Why does today have to be so gloomy?

Mac's Mom came on the 2nd. We waited all day again for something fun to happen but finally we went & ate out with Mac's whole family at TGIFridays. Great fun & got compliments on my new hair cut.
BTW, "Samson" has cut her hair. Can't decide if I look better or worse!!! I don't think it's as feminine as before.

Commercials & Other Works in 2005

To date the commercials that went to air this year were:
(not including demos)

Lux Super Rich --First strike (Dianne Kruger)
" '' '' --Fish Supple
'' '' '' --Cat smoothness
Sony cyber Shot
Volvic
Meiji Yoghurt --Tialence (Sound Logo)
Visa

OTHER:
Benesse --children's English CD narrations & vocals
Colombia Music Entertainment --children's CD
AiMEE --Looking for Love in You --Single

Compilation CD:
Woman 7 (Track 7)
In the Morning (Disk 1, track 7) -Sony Music
Life is Beautiful (Track 3) -Sony Music

MY BIRTHDAY & CHRISTMAS (in order of importance)

Birthday:
Was working at the S Hotel today.
Thought I had to sing at Shadow as well but the other singer wanted to trade with me.
Had a little late lunch after work with my new friend Blair T. from NZ. He gave me a little present & I thought it was so nice of him to.
When I came home Mac & the kids made a really nice pasta dinner & decorated a chocolate cake for me. It was a special treat.
Christmas:
Did a bit of singing went down to the Ritz with Donna & Ambie (singers) & Simon, the best young pianist I have ever met. Told him that I have met really old guys that play as good as he did, but never one so young. (My version of a compliment)
We thought our agent was pretty into himself because here he was dressed in leather pants & these bright red shoes looking more "flashy" than us performers. He was supposed to be, IMO, wearing a suit. It was after all the Ritz we were singing at.
We had had hardly any time to practice prior to the "homban" so we were there in our tiny dressing room with Simon & no piano trying to cram. He had this little calculator that had notes on it so we could get our keys. It was very James Bond of us to be sneaking our practice & learning our songs only a few minutes before the show. he he he, suckers!!!

SHADOW CAFE

A little about my job:
I started Sept 2nd, the day the kids started kindergarten again after Summer break. (It was also our anniversary but we clean forgot until October. --such love!)
It's not just an ordinary stage but a stage with a screen in front of us. There's all this cool lighting & the customers in the bar can only see our silhouettes. Anyway, I thought I could get away with wearing no make up but we do have to cross the floor to get on the stage so I have to wear make up & nice clothes & all.
My set includes rock, pops, oldies & any song I have a music track to.
It was really crazy when they thought I could manage singing at both branches of the bar. So I would sing one set, get in a car, run to the next bar, sing the next set, get in the car, run to the first bar, sing the next set (X3) all the while wearing high heels & remembering to bring my music with me. Not to mention that it was November & getting pretty nippy at night.
So the juggling fiasco ended after one month & I went back to one cafe a night.
Every one here smokes so much I find myself getting a sore throat every few weeks. I've had more colds these last few months than I've ever had my whole life.

I loose the pain
I loose the tears
I loose myself
I loose my fears
I loose you


I miss the pain
I miss the tears
I miss myself
I miss my fears
I miss you


(Wow, Aim! Your intelligence amazes me. WANW*!!!)

*We are not worthy

Here comes the bridal Fair

Bridal Fair day
Got to rehearsal just in time & only to be pushed out onto a stage with full lighting & all the hotel staff waiting there to wiew the rehearsal. --My favorite. "Jupiter" is just about the most difficult thing to sing in the shower much less the stage. I am NOT Mariah Carey.

Funny kids quips

While coming home on the bus after buying the kids their own care-bear. Carole was talking to her bear & said "this is my bear & she lives in care-a-lot". Then Leila said "my bear lives in Leila-lot".
We were watching Blue's Clues & Kiki said: "Mom, are we Steve's video?"
Carole said that maybe there is only one teacher in Kiki's class because the kids are "tame".

Mom

Today I got an email from Mom. She said she has diabetes 2. I really don't know much about it, so I will need to research about it so I know what we can all expect. I feel bad that her & dad still have to work to pay their bills. I wish they could live around here so I could work harder to help them. She said she is tired all the time