Saturday Stories, Chapter 5

chapter 5

eating at Taco McFun

Jenny

I think I saw your car parked at Taco McFun.

Shay

Yeah. We saw u walking with Joe. U looked #beautifullydressed!!!

Lay

Jenny, u and Joe are SUCH a cute couple!!!

Shay started looking at Instagram:

yonne_coppoks

And now … another Dad joke

Dad: “Why did you eat your homework?

Kid: “The teacher said it was a piece of cake”

Dad: “She didn’t mean literally! Kids go fig.”

j.jtacolover

hahaha! yonne_coppoks, you're HILARIOUS!!!!

crazy_shay.shay

j.jtacolover, your SO right!! yonne_coppoks is #sosilly!!!!!!

yonne_coppoks

crazy_shay.shay awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!! Your #sosweet!

staci.millers

stephani_millers hi Steph!

stephani_millers

staci.millers hello my sweet sister!

marly.marly.millers

staci_millers & stephani_millers hello sweethearts!

staci.millers

marly.marly.millers  hi Ma! What’s up? I’m at a party with D.A. (Dorothy Ann), she’s my friend. I don’t know what the heck Steph is doing. She’s probably just gabbing around in her purple gloves and purple dress.

stephani_millers

high schoolers, go fig.

marly.marly.millers

STACI CATHERANE MILLERS! I’M WARNING YOU! IF YOU ARE NOT NICE TO YOUR SISTER YOU WILL BE SCOLDED HARDLY!!!!

staci.millers

O.K., ma. Uggggg!! charollate_millers hey Char what’s for dinner?

charollate_millers

hahahaha! I just LOVE a good 90s joke hahahaha!! Maddison gets home and says: “Charlotte what’s for dinner” hahahaha! From Charlotte the servant! Hahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Good one Staci – Kacey! Speaking of Kacey, kacey.katie.millers hey sis!! And um_kara Hi Sissy! staci.millers GREAT joke!!! stephani_millers I miss you sweet sissy! & marly.marly.millers hi Ma! I sometimes REALY wish I weren’t in a different college than Staci, Steph, Kacey, & Kara! Mall is over here with me Eugene, Or right now were at the tenth anniversary of Charlotte the servernt! Eee!  

“Ben, I would like spaghetti/meatballs please,” said Shay

“okay darling Shay,” said Ben

Shay smiled

“Nikki, Nikki! NICOLE!” said Shay

“What! What! What is it! SHAWNA!” said Nikki

“Look it! It’s a taco! A McFun Taco to be exact! Steph ordered it,” said Shay

“Hello ma’am, I am Melissa, I am from Slovakia. Who are you?” said a waitress.

“I’m Shawna. Call me Shay, please” said Shay.

Saturday "Sunday" Stories, Chapter 4

chapter 4

Date night

“Alright, should I wear the pink or the blue? I’ll do blue,” said Shay. “Steph you ready?” she asked “Almost. I changed my mind on what I’m wearing. I'm going to wear a red dress instead,” replied Steph “Mark is going to adore this!” said Steph.

 "I know right? you and Mark are just like the cutest couple EVER!! Do you think you'll marry him once you're older?" asked Shay.
"Well, it's his choice, and I know he likes me A LOT so, I'm gonna guess yea, I don't know," Steph replied. There was a knock on the door. 
"Come in" said Shay. 
"Hi gals," said a boy named Jared. 
"Jared! What are you doing hear?!" said Shay.
"Aren't you supposed to be out with Mishy?" asked Steph. Mishy is their friend, her real name is Michelle.
"Yes, but she saw what you girls were talking about in your text group and so you girls have a text,!" 

Mishy

I'm going to Taco McFun to with Jared! I'm going hmmmm ...... Blue

Lay

I'm going Beauty and the Beast

R.M

I'm going there too!!! I'm going in Orange 

Carly Q

Me too! I'm going in ...... hmmmm ...... purple

Nikki

you mean ... PUPPLE!!!!

Carly Q

YES YES YES!!!!!!!! My dog!!! 💗

Shay

ROSE MARIE YOU TOO!!!!!!!!! I'm going in tan.

R.M

yeperoo!

"Okay thanks Jared!" Said Steph
"Your welcome dudettes!"
"Why does he always call us dudettes?''
''He just wants to be cool, we don't need to worry 'bout him''
There was a second knock.
"Come in,'' said Shay
"Hi Shay! Hi Steph!" said R.M
"Hi Nikki! Hi Carly Q! Hi R.M! Hi Mishy! Hi Lay! You all look #beautiful!!!!'' said Shay.
''Well, let's get in the car!" said R.M
VVVVVVVVVVVVRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!! went the car. They pulled onto Quip Street. Taco McFun was on Second Street. The next street was First Street. They pulled onto First Street. They called it First Street because it was only 1 foot long!!!!!! They were driving a P.T Cruiser. 
"I think I see Jojo's car! Ooo! She's wearing pink and, ooo, I think I see George! They must be going too!" said Mishy
"I think I see Jen. She's walking with Joe," (That's for you Mumzie and Dadd!) said Lay.
Soon they pulled onto Second Street. They all ran in at once and all sat at tables close together. The boys ran in to a few minutes later. 
"What would you like sweetheart?" asked Alex 
"Taco Burrito with Doritos please," said Nikki.

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FORECAST

Sunny with a chance of storms in Fayetteville, again please comment and say where you live and what the weather is like there.  

Sophie Chats With... Lara Crawford

Ms. Lara in her recording studio (All photos courtesy of Lara Crawford)

Lara Crawford, 51, lives in Fayetteville, Pa. She went to college at Montgomery College in Rockville, Md., for a bit, but quickly realized she could get the best training for what she was most interested in doing from The Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C. So, that’s what she did. She trained with them for four years. She went to Rockville High School, in Rockville, Md. 

Fun fact: she's ambidextrous. (In case you don’t know what that is: she uses both of her hands for different activities. She write with her right hand, but she uses her left hand for things like brushing her teeth, eating, opening jars, etc.) 

Ms. Lara portraying
Scarlett O'Hara

For how many years have you been acting/narrating, and what inspired you to take that path? 

I’ve been acting for as long as I can remember. That is, I’ve been “playing pretend” since I was a very little girl, just as you probably enjoy doing with your sister and friends. It always just felt natural and easy to “become” someone else for a while. I was probably nine when I first saw a play, and I was just in love with everything about theater and acting from that point on. I was eleven when I appeared in a staged play for the first time. It was a play called, I Remember Mama, and it was performed at my big sister’s college. She was in it, too! So, I’ve been acting for audiences for fifty years now. I can’t even believe that! I enjoy classical style acting the most, and love performing the works of William Shakespeare and the ancient Greeks. 

What was the first book you narrated, and how did you get involved?

One of Ms. Lara's narrations -
a collaboration with Mr. Ed!

The first book I narrated was a book called, The Mistress of Rosehaven. I really enjoyed it, because it was written very much in the style of some of my favorite authors of the nineteenth century. I had signed up with an online service called ACX, which is a place for authors and narrators to find each other. Almost as soon as I uploaded samples of my reading for authors to hear, the author of that book contacted me and offered me the job. I was quite surprised, as generally, narrators have to send in auditions to authors for their consideration before getting jobs. I was very excited! I had dreamed of narrating for years. ACX is still where I generally go to search for books I might be interested in narrating. However, I automatically get the job when it comes to narrating books by my favorite author, my fiancé, Edward, whom you know as your friendly neighbor, Mr. Ed! I absolutely adore narrating, and especially books for children! The most fun part of narrating for me, is creating every sort of character voice imaginable; from children to old people, to animals and even fantasy creatures! I also enjoy singing for audiobooks whenever I get the chance. I love singing! 

Have you had any other jobs in your life besides being an actor/narrator?

Yes! I’ve been a waitress, a telemarketer, an acting teacher and coach, and a nannie, but my favorite job of all was being the mom of my four amazing children: Tabitha, Emily, Lucy and William. Though, I have to say, that while being a mom was hard work, it was much much more a delightful, fun, rewarding, absolute pleasure! I’ve also been very lucky and honored to care for my grandchildren. I have five wonderful granddaughters, and my first grandson was born three months ago. I can’t wait to meet him and hug him. He lives all the way in Minnesota, as do three of my granddaughters. I’m very proud of, and absolutely adore all of them! 

What is your most recent project?

I’m currently preparing to narrate a fun story for kids, written by Edward. It’s called Sister Witches~The Call for Help. It’s about three sisters who are very good and kind (not scary) witches, who come to the aid of their dear uncle when some spooky things start happening around his mansion.

Ms. Lara and her fiance, Mr. Ed.

What has been getting you through the pandemic in your relatively new home of south-central Pennsylvania?

During this unusual time, I haven’t been able to work part-time as a nanny, which I really enjoy, and it’s been very frustrating being separated so much from family. Family time is my favorite thing in the world! To get through, it certainly helps to be able to enjoy phone calls, video calls, emails, etc., with them. I’ve also been doing some narrating, reading books, watching good series’ on tv, baking, cooking, thinking up ideas for new books with Edward, a little bit of gardening, decorating the house, taking walks, and collecting golf balls;) Mr. Ed and I really enjoy each other’s company no matter what we’re doing. 

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 IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

Tomorrow is my first day of second grade. I will be a little late on some posts.

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SPECIAL SHOUT-OUTS

My mom and her awesome blog. since barely any one has checked it out, I HIGHLY recommend you check it out 

     

Saturday Stories: Chapter 3

This Saturday (8/15) I will post about probably the most EXCITING chapter in our whole story!

Enjoy!

The Author, Sophie 

chapter 3

“We won! We won!!!!!”

Art courtesy of Clipart Panda

It was 42 to 55 with UW in the lead! 

“And Thomas passes to Dave and Dave shoots, he scores! Three points ahead for UW which makes it 42 to 55! Dave may not make it to halftime cause he looks totally STRESSED OUT!!”

“S, C, O, R, E! Score Wisconsin Score! Whooooooo” yelled the cheerleaders. A few minutes later, Mr. Lomotchie, the announcer, yelled:

“Alright everyone it looks like we’ve made it to the 2^nd half! But before we start the 2^nd half, all you tired players—and cheerleaders—deserve a break! We’ll be back in a few minutes!”

Shay’s phone beeped; she checked it.

Nikki

We’re in the lead YAY!!!!

Lay

Yay!! And its just our 1^st game! Ah!

Steph

OMG I Know this is #SOCOOL!!!! Ahhhhh!

Nikki

Eeeee!!!

Nikki

This is awesome!!!

Shay

I have got to post about this!! I’ll post on Facebook!

Steph

Ok

Nikki

Ok

Lay

Lay ok!! Haha!!

Steph

You’re #sosilly

Shay’s post went like this:

Hello my friends! Tonight we are cheering at a basketball game it is halftime right now and here is the craziest thing: It is just our 1^st game of our Junior year of college and so we are winning against the University of Oregon! Ahhh! This is so crazy! I’ll be going on Instagram live in a few minutes! So look for that remember my Instagram is @crazy_shay.shay so  look for that on Instagram!

She went live in two minutes: 

Art courtesy of Clipart Panda

“Hello my friends its me Shawna or as you would say: Shay so you might have seen my Facebook post I’m here with @lay_ok, @um_nikki and @stephani.millers and we are beating UO today ahhhhh! So we’re gonna go here in a minute. But I just wanna say check out UW__cheer/basketballgames and you’ll probably see lots of posts on there about the game so bye! Roar!”

Nikki

I saw your post Shay!!!!!

Steph

#lovedit!!

Shay

So what are you girls gonna wear to date night?

Nikki

I think I’m gonna go in mmm, teal. My teal one with no sleeves.

Lay

I think I’m gonna go Beauty and the Beast stile and go with a shiny gold with roses in my hair and dress, I’m not sure yet.

Steph

I’m gonna do a pink skirt that is tight on my legs and an off-the-shoulders shirt that’s also pink (hot pink)

Shay

Halftime is almost over so we should go.

Nikki

K bye

Soon the game ended 85 to 111! UW won!!!

“V, I C, T O R Y victory, victory, UW!! Whooooo!! Good job UW!!”

Here’s a sneak-peek of the next chapter

chapter 4

Date night

“alright, should I wear the pink or the blue? I’ll do blue,” said Shay. “Steph you ready?” she asked “Almost. I changed my mind on what I’m wearing. I'm going to wear a red dress instead,” replied Steph “Mark is going to adore this!” said Steph.

Art courtesy of publicdomainvectors.org

 

Coming soon to my blog!