And you are?

Hey Natalie followers, best friend DD here again. Thanks for the welcomes! Some of you asked who the heck am I? So in case you have missed me featured in Natalie shenanigans here is a little about me and my friendship with Miss Natalie...

(Worth, Natalie & me at the Cleveland Indians game)

Natie and I met on Hairspray (along with Worthini) way back in 2005 and have been tighter than tight ever since. I was one of the tour managers and they were two of my favorite company members. Why are Nat & I like two peas in a pod? Because when everyone else was off hanging out in the hotel bar night after night we were having "24" marathons, making impromptu road trips to foreign countries, driving hundreds of miles to go to the mall (don't judge the malls in Tucson are nothing compared the the one in Scottsdale!) and eating our way through every local delicasy across the country.

(Nat & Me with John Pinette, funny man extraordinaire, after stuffing ourselves silly at the Mansion at Turtle Creek. Stay there it is 5 stars of AMAZING! Can't afford it like we couldnt? EAT there!)

Our sheninagins have included Duck Beach (yes non-Mormon me went to Duck!), skiing at Deer Valley, singing the national anthem (and meeting the umpires), too many tears and laughs to count, trapezing, sample sales, Disneyland, Mt. Rushmore, the Alamo, and NASA. She has filled in as my assistant when I was desperate for help on 12 Angry Men and let me drag her to bars even though she doesn't drink; in return I have been the third wheel on more awful dates than I can count (more on that in another post!) and have been in the audience cheering for every show she has graced the stage in.
(Natalie with the cast of 12 Angry Men and Tony Luke Jr. at Tony Lukes Restaurant in Philly)

These days I'm on tour with Chicago the Musical, so come see my show in a city near you. And no, you wont see me in a fishnet body suit, I'm the tour manager - I leave the singing and dancing to Natalie! Want to know more about my job and life on tour? Read here. I made the Washington Post last year!

So now that you know me a little better...back to silly stories about Nat told from my perspective. This is her blog after all...

come see me, utahns!

natalie here!
i'm still posting- don't fret- i'm just a titch busy for the next few weeks.
and my dear dd has offered to keep you up to date on all things hilarious.
you'll love her as i do.

i find myself in UTAH today!
(land of the good people)

to make dad laugh and hopefully coax the doctors
to let him out of the hospital (again... yup. he had to go back. eeps.).

and to sing at my syd's scholarship benefit
next SATURDAY night.

please come!
it'll will be amazing...

i'll be singing at least 2 numbers with some of my favorite people.
i'd love to see / meet you.

oh, and my mister will be there too....
so you curious blends can catch a glimpse ;)

If you love something set it free....

Best friend DD here, as you know Miss Natalie is off chasing LOVE with her fantastic new amour. I have met this charming man and have given him my very hard to get seal of approval (but that is all you will get out of me!)

Anyhow since its about to be February, the month of love, and because as a best friend I vow to do anything to support my very bestest of besties I told Miss Natalie that I would fill in and guest blog for her while she is busy being twitterpated (that and I have lots of free time since falling in love requires long conversations with your new love and shorter ones with your bff).

So get ready for two weeks of fun posts about me, my travels and as long as we're building up to Valentine's day, I guess more posts about love.

To start things off and make YOU love ME. I have a give away planned so stay tuned for more about that!

Image found here

i'm sorry... my heart has been elsewhere....

it's falling... or flying....
or with him.

yup.
i am officially a part of a "we."

me!
the "cereal-dater!"
the "commitment-phobe!"

yes.
me.

i've never admitted to that online....
but i feel like i owe you an explanation as to why posting has been light.

i'm just finding him right now....

but i still have plenty of funny dating stories (horror, of course!) that are desperate to be told.
but re: him....

i'm just going to keep him for me if that's ok?
i'll allude, but i'm selfish.
he's private.
i respect that.

and i want to protect him. me.

us.

so... that's why i'm missing.
i'm just busy falling in love.

i hope you understand?

image from wheelerstudio via etsy- and thanks to emery!!

{ the bachelor } week 4

dear jake, you are not paul bunyon and the rose is not an axe.
kisses, n

ok.... so snuggling and computing don't necessarily go hand-in-hand...
so i wrote my notes on the back of a cd cover whilst cozying up to r.

needless to say, i can't read half of them..and they're all in jumbled order.
and to be totally honest, i can't remember which quotes are his and which are mine... so if i've committed intellectual property theft, r, i'm truly sorry (but you don't read this anyway, so feel free to think all thoughts are mine unless notated.) namaste.

• WHY is jake always on the motorcycle?! even to ride back to his "camp" even when it was within walking distance? did you really need the helmet at that point?
• jakie, how many times do we need to hear the phrases, "she has a real passion for life" and "this is the beginning of a fairytale."
• we noticed jake has about 50 different plaid shirts. formal plaid, plaid with leather elbow pads, plaid shirt over another cheesy button down shirt.... he's plaid-tastic.
  
• oooh gia, gia, gia. little monkey meredith grey. always wanting to be carried around like the 2 kids and one baby girl you're wanting to adopt from china. sooo glad she was "EXTACTICKED" to go out with dear jake. i will say, that her nude louboutin's did not go unnoticed....but they were SORELY out of place at the vineyard.... save those girls for a rose ceremony!
  
• jake keeps insisting that "getting dirty" and being "outdoorsy" are his way of life... but how bout building fire skills? no bueno. jakester is def not an eagle scout.
  
• r can't tolerate gia because her laugh is annoying, she says "you and i" when it should be "you and me" and she knew her date was successful because she "didn't think about my [her] hair"
• tenley tends to match her eyeshadow to her shirt.... nice 80's move, t. is she mormon? she reminds me of about 10 byu co-eds i know.
  
• i love how jake and tenley spontaneously rolled down the sandy dune (which, by the way, looked incredibly painful and miserable-you know she cracked a rib and tried to act like everything was cool) then he re-created it with the only girl stupid enough to try it again: corrie.
  
• wanna know what desperate looks like while claiming not to be "desperate"? check out ashleigh at the mermaid inn... full strokage and unflattering leg crosses. mind the camera, ladies! we all have cellulite, just mask it a bit, will you?!
• ali- we loved you till you acted catty and DTR'ed him on every turn. you can watch him getting turned off at the very moment it happens.
• tenley's awkward from the lap kiss..... enough said.
  
• love how jake gave ella a "good answer" after she discribed what she's looking for. i'm sorry, are we on miss america?
• again, jake, with the cheap ties and dwight schrute-ish dress shirts?
• corrie- r can't deal with you because you don't know when to use "further" and when to use "farther." look it up.
  
• awesome lead in, c; "do i make you feel awkward or nervous?" what?!?!
• was that the "parent trap" mansion? from the original?
• how creepy was it that jake watched the girls at the campfire from the deck of his cabin WHILE he was on the date with poor ella and that other forget able girl?
• oh yeah, forget able girl [kathryn]... love that she FOUGHT it!
• r says : "her begging to stay was like stellie begging for our steak sandwiches!" (from shorty's , naturally)
  
• speaking of forgetable... that canadian with the elphaba green eyeshadow? raaandom that the ONLY thing i remember her saying was that she was FINALLY going to come out against vienna. ok. we ALL think she's a cow, but you can bet when i got my 3 min alone with the bach, the LAST thing i'd ever bring up is another girl.
  
• r: "since he sent the "complete package home" [ella] i guess the other six girls combined make up another "complete package?"
• poor ashleigh. because jake decided to send 2 gals home, she had to hitchhike? just walking to the curb in those cheap looking blue shoes to find a sensitive soul to pick her up? bless her desperate heart.

another week down...and another week for our villian vienna to stir up some spice from the gals.
can't wait for next week.

thoughts?

bye bye, birdie! i'm gonna miss you so!

(5 am. good morning america. me-holding court with my baby birdies)

our dear birdie is flying the coop today.
i am a mixture of 50 things...

sad to lose my babies.
sad to miss my cougars.
sad to miss my art.
sad to miss the paycheck.
happy to have my nights back.
happy to re-grow my eyelashes.
but today,
mostly sad.

it's hard to lose your family.

i'll continue to post about amazing birdie adventures (i'm insanely behind).
i think the reverie will make those posts even sweeter.

i love you birdies, oh yes i do!
i love you birdies, and i'll be true!
when you're not near me, i'm blue!
oh birdies, i love YOU!

God be with you till we meet again.

welcome MyMaternityPlans.com

welcome new sponsor!

since i'm not in baby-land (yet..) i hear you need insurance....

so. basically if a baby is in your future (in the next 2 years), then you should buy a supplemental insurance policy (like AFLAC). you pay a small premium every month ($100) and then deliver your baby x amount of months later and get paid $3,100-$4,300.

the only catch is you HAVE to buy it before you get prego.

people have till feb 15 until Aflac says goodbye to utah for good.
if it sounds to good to be true, it obviously is...they're saying goodbye to you baby-machines cause you're draining their cash flow!

so buy your insurance from MyMaternityPlans.com

sounds like a good idea, no?

photo by sussy of my friend meg and her babe

purity 12 giveaway { winner }!

congrats! eclaires!

email your info to MormonInManhattan@gmail.com

we made PAGE SIX!!!

our dear bill irwin has spearheaded the "worklight follies"
- our weekly variety show that the cast puts on btwn saturday shows-
it's been immensely fun and incredibly good-
well, PAGE SIX (ny's famous gossip column) has picked up on us { read here } and even featured the "cougar den" (the name I picked for the adult female dressing room).

we've really made it now!

too bad we close on sunday...

hurry and see us!

hey, D!

hey D,
john philip stamotopoulos has a message for you.

and here's a message from me:
WELCOME HOME from the hospital!!!!!
thanks to the prayers of so many!

so grateful! keep killing that cancer!!

xoxo me

{ the bachelor } week 3

jake and "his going-in-for-the-awkward-kiss smirk"

• first things first,

miss elizabeth, you have really bad (and too dark) eyebrows and poor taste. thanks for the classless utah polygamy joke. you're lame. and this withholding kiss thing (lest we forget, delivered by an awkward letter) is juvenile and stupid. i don't like you. good riddance. byh.

• vienna. yowzah. was it just me, or did you feel like her roots were even crazier by the end of that bizarre 1 on 1?! first of all, i would not have jumped off that bridge but if a man sobbed like that into my neck and i had to be the tough one, i may have pushed him off it. miss vienna is turning into a mighty good villian. r was worried he punched her (i feared it was gangrene) when she had those wretched green smoky eyes that matched her sweater. and that kiss tradition! r found that when feeling awkward, our hero, jake, gives a bizarre smirk then nose dives in for a peck. (see photo above)

• who is valishia?! she has kids? her tearfilled testimony gave me a bit of the lump.
  

• crazy pants girls who was sent home. see? i've already forgotten her name...but i haven't forgotten how awkward it was that she said (in the most coarse militant way) her first kiss with jake was going to be long and soft only to have her first kiss as a peck (with her ENTIRE under lip pressed into his tight lips). that girl needs help. love how manipulative she TRIED to be. i'm sad she got the boot-i wanted vienna and her to go head to head. that girl was so awesome!
  

i'm singing at a gay bar

tonight (tuesday) at 11:00 pm
at therapy
for my old dance club friend, BEN CAMERON
who hosts a fun show...

i'll be singing a little dolly and a little blues.....
it'll be a blast.

purity 12 { giveaway }

lovely brooke @ purity 12
has offered a bottle purity 12's power tea green tea supplement

it's said to boost metabolism, aid in weight loss, and boost energy!
as soon as my allergies are under control, i'm going to try it for myself.

leave a comment ( by friday)
telling me your favorite part of your physical body (let's love ourselves!)
for your chance to win!

citation man { episode 1 }

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vale jewelry giveaway { winners }

congrats winners!
send your info to nataliekhill@aol.com

didn't win? still want the bracelets?
vale doesn't have a direct link to them, but go to their website ( here )
then look under MACROON
and buy one of your very own!

then wear it with 'hill girl' pride!

loved your wishes.
so inspiring.

words to live by....

MARY ELLEN SMOOT
on creation

We each have to say to ourselves, What will I create of my life? My time? My future?

First, go where the Spirit directs. Be still and listen. Your Heavenly Father will guide you as you draw near to Him. Immerse yourself in the holy word of the prophets, both ancient and modern, and the Spirit will speak to you. Be patient, ask in faith, and you will receive guidance in your creative efforts.

Second, don’t be paralyzed from fear of making mistakes. Thrust your hands into the clay of your lives and begin. I love how Rebekah of old responded to Abraham’s servant who came in search of a wife for Isaac. Her answer was simple and direct, “I will go,” 3 she said.

Rebekah could have refused. She could have told the servant to wait until she had the proper send-off, a new wardrobe, until she lost a few pounds, or until the weather was more promising. She could have said, “What’s wrong with Isaac that he can’t find a wife in all of Canaan?” But she didn’t. She acted, and so should we.

The time for procrastination is over. Begin! Don’t be afraid. Do the best you can. Of course you will make mistakes. Everyone does. Learn from them and move forward.

Third, support others along the way. Every person on this earth is unique. We all have varied interests, abilities, and skills. We are each at different levels physically, spiritually, and emotionally.

Finally, rejoice. Creation isn’t drudgery. Creation flows from love. When we do what we love, we rejoice along the way.

If you are unhappy, if you are feeling weary, troubled, or disillusioned, may I ask you to try something? Instead of dwelling on your troubles, focus instead on creating something remarkable, something of eternal significance. Nurture a testimony, strengthen a relationship, write a family history, go to the temple, serve.

now go take on the day! xo n

{ the bachelor } week 2

• i'm nauseated by the pilot references! even jake re: ali "my feelings are really taking off" is dealing even more with the cliches.
  
• jake, lets say we leave the shirt buttoned down to the navel to the guidos at marquee on a saturday night.
  
• christina, hopefully this will be a wakeup call and aa is in your future. bless.
  
• rozy, you have about a 1,000 cc's too many in those jugs. and you strike me as a total snake... pretty sure you're the one having the affair with the staffer (written PRE-reveal! man, i'm good! love rozzie's un-moving-botox expression-less face while she fought that. it seemed chris harrison really was truly uncomfortable about it. and jake, you "didn't see this coming"? eek.. you're as clueless as you are boring.)
  
• girls, STOP TONGUING HIM DOWN! if they can't prance in a kini, they bust a kiss (or both)! let him kiss YOU.
  
• i'm sorta confused as to why they're all proclaiming that he's "the man for them " before they've even had one date?
• elizabeth, put the letter away- just TELL HIM- that letter was strange and manipulative. she's just trying to stand out.
  
• it cracks me up that they all have a care-free easy time until they "see the rose" then then they have the confessional about how it puts it all into "perspective." they must have the SAME "rose sighting" confessional from EVERY girl on EVERY date.
  
• abbie, don't be mad, but you'rea cuter version of ashley.
• and melissa, you're a cuter version of ella.
  
• i'm loving miss ali (sans the unflattering dress and slumpy shoulders). she's going all the way.
• "i'm not ordinary like the other women!" b.h.h. michelle is a total nut job! i hope she stays a while... she's great tv.
• tenley , shoot. you need some more therapy, sister. not the bachelor.
  
• vienna's big confession was kind of awesome. her look at the rose ceremony: not so awesome. bad polygamy hair, sister.
• i love how all the gals acted all sad about roz's big betrayal (btw, i'm hoping someone can find an interview with her!). whatEVER! they're all jumping for joy inside that her giant tots ( or cha-cha)wont come out to play anymore.

good night tonight, ladies.
thoughts?

{ giveaway } vale jewelry

this giveaway is closed! thanks for entering!
lucky you!

i found vale jewelry a couple years ago at the columbus circle christmas market and they quickly became one of my favorite places to find modern and unique sussies.

you have to see their new summer line. stunning.

vale owners/designers (the hilarious and talented, twin sisters, eva and ava), have offered their tiny studded leather wrapped bracelet to 3 of you lucky blends!

you should know that these are half of the christmas pressies i gave to my sisters this year.
(they also received mz wallace makeup bags)

so i guess you could say you'd be an
honorary "hill girl"
if you win this giveaway!

just leave a comment telling me your
wish for this new year
and 3 of you will win big!

thanks vale!

winner will be announced FRIDAY!

my grandaddy was a cowboy

i wore his winning belt buckle to an audition this week.
the inside is inscribed:

best all around cowboy
bear river city rodeo
1952
presented by harold reese

to
DICK SMITH

hope it brought me enough luck!

maybe i wore these boots

a vegetarian restaurant.....
i wasn't thinking.

{ the bachelor } week 1

ok, bachelor lovers!
i'm sorry i don't have a more detailed, color photo involved post but my computer is slower than molasses running uphill in the winter.

so you should know that this post is written by a near bachelorette { remember this? } who watched it with a near bachelor.

we're near experts, i'd say.

thoughts... in no particular order.

• i'm SO glad i didn't leave birdie to do the bach. i'm sorry, but jake is epically boring. i was team kiptyn/reid all the way.
  
• i've never seen a bigger group of a) bad extensions b) botched boob jobs c) over-used botox {best in bachelor history }
• i think ali, that gal who got the first impression rose, and ella are contenders.
  
• i kinda dug the national guard chick- hey, at least she was honest about her fashion mishaps.
• tragic. tragic. tragic dresses. hey ladies, sequins and satin make you a) look fat on camera b) look cheap
• gia may just be ellen pompeo's missing sister.
  
• the football girl needs to cover up those tah-tah's! scary cleavage.
  
• jakes tie? really. i think he stole it from a LARP'er (live action role player). geek fest circa '89?
• lost count how many times we saw him naked or wet.
  
• r said "who does he think he is?! that werewolf from twilight?"
• i had to do a solid 4 rewinds on the bachelorette who did those tragic leaps in a bikini on the beach. brilliant.
  
• also re-watched vienna trip on her intro vid. amazing.
  
• gotta get a gimmick! how many girls had ridiculous lines, peacock feathers, one-sided coins did we have to suffer thru.
  
• that crazy girl who sobbed a lot.... too bad, she was one of the only naturally pretty chicks.
• jake has a weak arm.
• i'm getting so psyched for the "first time in bachelor history" drama. hope the claws come out.
  

oh. it was good... and proves that even if you don't have ANY interest in the player, you can still love the game.

don't land your plane anywhere else....

my weekly bachelor review is on it's way....
puh-lease! you didn't think i'd miss an opportunity to talk about the cheesiest bachelor, most boob jobs, botox AND hair extenshies IN BACHELOR HISTORY!!
did you?

i had a date AND homework tonight.

fill you in later.

xo

stellie (the cougar) takes a lover.

{nugget king of the hill and ready to pounce}

miss stellie has taken a lover.
a much younger lover.
some may call her a cougar.

stella is in love with taza's kingsley.

i'm pretty sure it was love at first sight

{ kingsley! you cad! hickey's are so gauche! }

{ the lovers }

thanks miss taza for the playdate pix!

{ new year 2010 } face unafraid the plans that we've made.

{ miss rose alvarez in her wedding dress }
this is the very last photo taken of me in 2009.
i think it's fitting.

10 yrs ago, i moved to nyc to attend nyu and dreamed about being on broadway and falling in love.

10 yrs later, i've fallen in love many times and hit the broadway stage in 2 original productions.

pretty cool.

one year ago, grease was closing and i was terrified of the future.

one year later, i spent amazing qt in utah (with people i can't get enough of), starred in miss saigon @ pioneer (made all kinds of new besties), and experienced bye bye birdie.

naturally, this year brought a few massive hurdles (heartbreak, a severed toe, sucky sucky cancer- in no particular order). but the beauty was so much greater than the pain.

inspired by a beautiful talk i heard last sunday, my 2010 theme is:

" to face unafraid the plans that we've made."
{winter wonderland}

cause really, the future is coming whether i fear it or not, and if last year was any indication of next, it's going to be a wonderfully fun/hard/delicious/insane/crazy/unexpected ride.

i'm not a fan of resolutions. they always seem to slip thru the cracks.....
but i am a fan of plans and wishes... so here is my 2010 list:

more love . more patience . more regualar scripture study . more honoring my body with good food and great exercise . write my pilot . make it happen . visit laree in spain .
shower the people i love with love .

happy 2010.
may your days be merry and bright.