I'm Back...Unfortunately

Here are some pictures from my incredible trip to Cabo. I'm already missing the warm sunny weather, the mexican food and mostly Happy Hour.

Cabo

I have found the place where I will get married someday. After having 25 dates this year I'm sure it will produce something!

I'm in Cabo San Lucas with my parents and my aunts and uncles. I am getting a few inquiring looks as to what I could possibly doing with all of these older people. It better not be that I'm with some sugar daddy. I mean, I am with a sugar daddy, my own dad. My aunts are dead set on finding me somebody here. I have to continually point out to them that the objects of their discoveries are married. I believe I actually heard my mom say to me at the pool today, "Well, he could just be for fun while you're here." (Mouth drops!) She's kidding...I think.

I sweated and contemplated my athletic abilities while doing yoga this morning with my aunts who are in their 50's or 60's. I also questioned the man who worked out facing the window to our yoga room for longer than it was necessary. He just couldn't get enough of those Lindsay thighs I guess.

The afternoon is usually waisted away by the pool. The happy hour always begins with a cheer from all of us. I think I'm officially sick of Pina Coladas...as if that's possible.

I'm off to bed. The sun really takes it out of you.

Year of the Dragon

Apparently a career as a film star is well suited to someone born in the Year of the Dragon. Well isn't that good news! But I'm not so sure the rest of this sounds like me.

2007

I have a feeling that 2007 will be a great year. First of all, the number 7 is God's favorite number. How do I know this? The Bible told me so. I mean, He uses the number 7 in almost everything. So this is the BIG year! Second of all...there is no second of all. It just is.

My parents have no t.v. at their lakehouse and this makes us do crazy things like sit down as a family and write out our goals for the year. I actually was excited about it and am happy to be starting the year reaching for some attainable and lofty goals. I will share several of them and maybe they will inspire you to do the same!

1. I will weigh __ __ __ pounds by 12/31/07 (this is my little secret)
2. I will run two half marathons and compete in 1-2 triathalons this year.
3. I will audition 3 times a month.
4. I will write and perform a one woman show by 12/31/07.
5. I will bring my lunch to work 3 times a week.
6. I will read one spiritual book for every two fictional books I read.
7. I will take a vacation with my friends and not just use my vacation days to visit family.
8. I will be involved with four paying acting gigs this year.
9. I will go on 25 dates this year (My dad set this goal. It appears that he's ready to marry me off).
10. I will pray for my family everyday. (this should have been a given)

So I've got much to do this year and now you can hold me accountable!

Layover

Last night's dinner conversation:

Me: I'm thinking about starting a brothel at airports to earn big bucks.

Erin: If you were to start one, what would you call it?

Me: Hmmm...I'd call it Layover. (lots and lots of guilty laughing). Our tagline would be "A Layover You Would't Mind."

Merry Christmas!

I hope your Christmas has been wonderful. I have enjoyed every moment at home with my family. It's going to be hard to going back to Chicago. I'll take solice in the fact that I leave for Cabo in nine days. Tough life.

To the joy of everyone we received a Karaoke machine from Santa this Christmas. We Orender's have never been shy of the stage...except when I was painfully shy as a kid. It's been non-stop singing. Even Mom & Dad have entertained us. Dad's waiting to get a Frank Sinatra cd and then we'll never be able to get him away from that machine! Thankfully there are two microphones which cuts down on the fighting. A family that sings Eminem together stays together.

Welsh Corgi

Becky and Russ are thinking about getting a dog. After living with my family Becky fell in love with Corgi's. Growing up we had a Pembroke Welsh Corgi named Woofie. I love these puppies. I mean, just look at these snuggable puppy! It makes me want a dog so bad!













This is little Zac from Overo Corgi's.

Richard

I want to give a shout out to Richard who has kept me, my family and so many others looking beautiful over the years. He's got serious skills with the scissors and can make the dull hair a little more exciting.

Miss you! I do have a new hair person up here in Chicago but my heart will always be with you! :-)

House of Crazy

Friday night was the big REBIRTH sketch performance at the House of Blues. It was quite surreal performing in a venue that's played host to so many great musical artists. Armed with a keyboard, lapel mic's and killer wit we took to the stage. I can't say that I was overly impressed with our performance on Friday. It was a difficult venue to perform sketch but I am so glad that we did it. I learned so much about the process and now we have a great show we can perform elsewhere.

The best part of the night was the crowd of friends and family that came to support us. Half my office attended as well as other people who are so loving and supporting of me. We had more fans than any band that performed that night. And we needed them! The bar scene can be an unfriendly place to bare your artist soul.

It really is a miracle that this performance happened at all. We found ourselves on the street corner by Ashley's apartment warming up in the cold air. Jason was frantically teaching Devin how to play our songs on the keyboard while we rehearsed our lyrics. I'm surprised we didn't make any money from pedestrians passing us while we played. After racing to the House of Blues and hoping to make it in time to get the mic's hooked up and ready they showed us to the "rehearsal area." This "rehearsal area" happened to be a stairwell behind the kitchen. We crammed into a corner and tried to remember our tops & bottoms while servers and tech people ran up and down, in and out of the stairwell. It was too chaotic to really get nervous.

It was a crazy night but one that I will remember forever. Sure makes you appreciate those smaller theater houses that respect the artists on stage. Would I do it again? Sure, why not!?

Winter Employment

So I finally made it BIG! Check out my new gig!

Fortune?

I just had a fabulous dinner at Shine on Armitage. My fortune cookie told me:

Expand your horizons by reading a new book.

I have something to ask my fortune cookie:

Do you even know who I am?

Dating

Here is an email I recently sent to Beckles and referring to a blind date someone's working on for me:

Beck,

Please tell me how much you miss dating and being set up on blind dates. It's my new goal to date as much as possible between now and the time I get married. But when married Christians who run in Christian circles set you up with people…it gets to be a 3 ringed circus.

A quote from my brother about dating and married people:

Single people are merely a playground for married people.

I'm feeling it today.

Katy Cocktail

Thanks Heidi!

Does this sound anything like me?

How to make a Katy

Ingredients: 3 parts anger 1 part self-sufficiency 5 parts leadership

Method: Add to a cocktail shaker and mix vigorously. Add a little sadness if desired!

Username:

Personality cocktail
From Go-Quiz.com

Jude Law

I am so mad at myself for finding Jude Law remotely attractive in the new movie, The Holiday. "Remotely attractive" isn't quite strong enough for the feelings that developed in me while watching him. The writers of the movie gave him every sort of personality quirk, characteristic and circumstance that would make every female in the audience go, "awwwwww!" I guarantee every woman watching Jude Law said quietly to themselves at some point "I could help him!" and made it their secret mission.

I'm so disappointed.

In all honesty, he does have the best chest hair I have ever seen on a man. Period.

For the Kiddos

I just found this fun website for kids clothing. This is especially important now that I'm an aunt of one and about to be an aunt of two!

Today

...is freezing. 9 degrees farenheit = me wanting to eat everything chocolate and sit on my couch snuggled up in a blanket while watching Little Women.

House of Blues Show

There are exciting things happening in the great city of Chicago! Namely, I'm performing at the House of Blues with my sketch/improv group, REBIRTH! We'll put up a 40 minute sketch show that's sure to get a laugh or two or three. I even sing in it! Now that's funny.

Here are the details:

When: Friday, December 15, 2006
Time: 9:00 p.m.
Location: House of Blues, Chicago
Cost: $10.00

If you would like to attend you can buy tickets from these two website: House of Blues or Ticketmaster. See our name in lights! And no, Al Roker's XXXLMAS show is not pornographic.

But speaking of porn....

Monday morning I arrived back at the office after a long holiday weekend to an email saying that I had attached a porn video to the mass email I sent out a few days earlier. WHAT?!!!! I sent out a mass email to 1,500 donors saying Thank You and Happy Thanksgiving! Little did they know what Thanksgiving treat they'd be getting from us. I was HORRIFIED to say the least. I mean, in someone's eyes my name will always be associated with porn. Thankfully only one woman had opened the attachment and seen it. Apparently it was a virus that attached itself to this mass email and it was undetectible to our system. Classic!

So be careful of opening any presents from me. You just never know what I might send you.

Accessories Heaven

I'm in so much TROUBLE!

Take a Moment

Take a moment to let the troops know you support them over the holiday season. It's easy and fast! Just click here. Thanks Beck!

Jacks

Leave it to me to once again humiliate myself and everyone around me. The winning quote of the weekend (Becky, you'll love it) spoken enthusiastically by me while mom taught us to play Jacks:

Dad! Did you know mom was so good at jacking (Katy suddenly realizes what she just said and tries to cover it up)...people...up?

Dad was blushing big time. Erin & I couldn't stop laughing. Mom probably could have killed me. I deserve to be shot.