1. Sandy September 12, 2014 at 3:49 pm

   I agree with Viki, your new singing teacher and my dear friend, that you DO have good pitch! My goodness. I am so glad you had a great experience and I want to encourage you to continue this wonderful journey of self-expression!

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   1. Laurie@CompulsiveOvereatingDiary Post authorSeptember 14, 2014 at 6:53 am

      Awww shucks, Thanks Sandy! I never would have had the nerve without you. And I sang much better than I thought I ever would – especially since I was so nervous, But Viki is a wonderful teacher and I’m looking forward to learning more. Hugs Hugs Hugs for helping me get over my singing phobia. I feel that I can find a choir someday and actually have singing as part of my public life now.

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2. Cheryl September 12, 2014 at 9:05 pm

   What a FUN episode! Laurie, that voice acting lesson was amazing. You sounded very professional for a first lesson! And then, you sang one of my favorite songs from “Cinderella!” You sounded pretty dern good! Lesley Ann Warren would be proud of you, and so am I!

   (A bit of trivia for the day since I’m guessing you like “Cinderella”… The words for “Loneliness of Evening” that the prince sings in “Cinderella” were originally intended to be used in “South Pacific.” Emile De Becque was supposed to sing it, but for some reason — can’t remember what it was — they didn’t used the song or didn’t write the music for it. BUT the words from the song are the words in Emile’s note to Nellie given to her during the program for the Seabees. Cool, eh?)

   Now, at some later date I fully expect to hear you sing “Impossible; It’s Possible!” on your podcast because you have PROVEN that anything is possible! ! So get to practicing, gal!

   Marquita, I laughed right out loud listening to your story about going back and back again to your jar to take just a little then realizing how much you had eaten — right after I blushed like crazy because I recently did the same thing! But MY culprit was a bottle of Hersheys chocolate syrup. I was SO sick afterwards! Thank God the bottle was only half full to begin with! LOL We are all so much alike.

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   1. Laurie@CompulsiveOvereatingDiary Post authorSeptember 14, 2014 at 6:57 am

      Yes, my teacher Viki, said it was fate because I was wearing my sparkly Disney Princess shirt for my lesson and she has already picked out my song. Wow, that is some interesting trivia, How do you FIND all of this stuff? Anyway, I thought it was a fun episode too, not a bad thing after all of the heavy topics we’ve been tackling. 🙂 Helen just sent me another good joke for Foolish Fun, so I’m happy to have some more lightness to throw into Day 76 too.

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      1. Cheryl September 14, 2014 at 2:09 pm

         I was watching South Pacific not too long ago and when Nellie read Emile’s note I thought, I KNOW THOSE WORDS. Then I started singing them in my head. LOL I looked up an interview where they talked about the song.

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3. Stéfanie September 14, 2014 at 9:50 am

   Great braveries that resulted in success + a fun episode 🙂
   xx

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4. Marquita September 21, 2014 at 9:14 am

   This is such a wonderful site to visit! The podcasts and comments are so full of support, bravery and fun! Laurie: beautiful singing, let me just say!!! I am so proud of you!! Your voice acting was also great! It is inspiring for me to see people doing what they are passionate about.
   Cheryl, it is comforting to know that I am not the only one who had “an incident” with a jar of food! I did the same thing to a chocolate bar, yesterday. But, with each incident I am learning to forgive and have compassion for myself. Somewhere along the way we learned to cope with food and let what we put in our mouth be connected to our self worth. Baby steps in getting off the hamster wheel…

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   1. Laurie@CompulsiveOvereatingDiary Post authorSeptember 23, 2014 at 11:06 am

      Thank you Marquita! I too love the mutual support we have around here. It is one of the BIG reasons I gained confidence enough to have my voice adventures. Brava for taking baby steps and not letting a little food snafu derail your progress. Take enough baby steps and the next thing you know, you’ve toddled a LONG, LONG way and can enjoy the view.
      xoxoxox

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5. Dave June 2, 2015 at 12:18 pm

   I just heard your practice commercial for Quiznos and it made me very hungry…..and I don’t like Quiznos.

   You and your blog are the “BEST!!!!”

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   1. Laurie@CompulsiveOvereatingDiary Post authorJune 3, 2015 at 8:47 am

      Wow, that took me back! If memory serves, the Quizno’s spot was my first try at my first voice acting lesson in the booth. I’m glad you enjoyed it. Now, I kind of cringe to hear it, but it also brings back SUCH happy memories. I was so thrilled to actually be doing something I’d wanted to try for such a long, long time. Thanks for the walk down bravery lane 🙂

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