Brand New ShaeLaurel Update!!!

Kathryn Adopted a Plant!  We are still searching for a suitable name.  He is a sensitive basil who likes traveling to exotic places and sitting in the rain.  If you can think of a name please write!

Andy has taken his casual sewing practice to the next level and now has become a proficient self-tailor and pincushion!

Mom has been very busy cooking up a storm!  Her culinary experiments have soared to such heights as Chicken Parmesan and homemade Pizza bagels!
Dad has been writing music so often that his fingers are practically glued to his keys.   He’s costing us a fortune in goo-be-gone!

Christian has been editing the latest ShaeLaurel movies as well as our own adventures into movie land like our own production of Wonder Woman played by Kate.

And me?  Well, I’ve been doing research for a book!  The challenging kind, you know; the kind that requires you to watch movies that you never really had time for and hold small cute fury animals with big eyes and yoda-esk ears. 
This Sugar glider (Tucker) has been filling me in on its life and likings for my latest book Another Place to Fall.

Segway Madness!

Want to see more?  Go to: http://www.choosesarasota.com/Shae_Laurel_at_SunNFun-a-961.html

On Tour!

We kicked off our new tour this week, traveling all over
Florida in our big green tour bus:

No matter how many years you spend performing there are
always new things to experience, new surprises that make life interesting and
this new tour has been no different.

The first surprise came when we were performing at The
Gardens where the stage is entirely unique

Then there was North Port Performing Arts Center with its
absolutely gorgeous theater Lovely back stage area, great food, fun lighting, and a full
house

Not to mention a hydraulic stage that transported us from
below the stage!

At our performance at Sun N Fun we met Craig Shipp who let
us try out his Segway! 
Of course just riding the Segway wasn’t enough and so Kat
decided to try playing the violin and riding at the same time:

It’s been a great tour so far and we can’t wait to see what happens
next!

The New Year...

I hadn't realized until I posted, but that was the first blog of the new year!!!!  That makes this the second...

Charging...

This is now my favorite word.  Charging.  It implies an onward rush of motion, speed, and intensity and also the availability of power.  Ahhh, power!  That elusive three-pronged wonder that is wired to our lives.  Power has become all the more special in mine because of it’s painfully-apparent absence.  My computer was once equipped with the amazing ability to charge at will and hold on to every hurt with all it’s heart.  Now it has abandoned all such dreams forever.  This stark and glaring realization forced me to drastic measures.  And so it was with a heavy heart my brother Andy my sister Kat and I took my poor ailing Macbook to the genius bar where I was given the heart-wrenching news that my battery was 'consumed'.  

If anyone has ever been told that their computer battery has been 'consumed' then you will know how it feels.  For those of you who haven't, it's something like hacking your guts out with an ice pick, tossing them into a blender coated with the sour sting of lemon and turned on high while being pulverized by all the spare change you've ever had in your life, served with a twist of costumer service.  

There was only one good thing that came out of the whole experience and no it was not the fact that they cleaned my computer screen, although that was a nice bonus.  The only redeeming factor was while they couldn't fix my battery (because they couldn't), they could repair the small crack on my computer top caused by over-exuberant slamming and weak plastic.  This whole procedure would replace the top of my computer including keys and be absolutely free because Apple is just cool that way.  The only down side was that they would need to keep my computer for....3 DAYS!!!!  If anyone has ever met me outside the show, you'll know that my computer is usually glued to my side and is the only thing besides my iPod that I always pack with me.  My computer is like an extra arm and the decision to leave it behind, alone in a strange mac store all by itself was excruciatingly painful.  What if they forgot to leave the night light on and it got scared?

Alright, so maybe I exaggerate, but can you blame me?  Wait, that question was rhetorical.

Well, to make a long story longer, I got my computer back yesterday all shiny and happy (with a clean screen too!)  and I expect to receive my mail-order battery in...well, the mail, today or tomorrow!  Because of this whole dilemma I now know more about batteries and how to make them last than I ever wanted to.  Things like each macbook battery only has 400 charge cycles (as a minimum) and then it is classified 'consumed'.  Even partial charges count as partial charges, so the best thing you can do is leave it plugged in but give it some exercise (leave it shut down for 2 hours fully charged then run it to the ground and charge it back up) every month.  As if I needed to know all that!  If anyone else has experienced this problem and wants to commiserate I will be on blogger and available for whining between takes in the studio.  Ahhhh, the studio...now that's a whole different story...