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Annie

We went out for dinner and a play with Pam and Louie tonight at Fireside in Fort Atkinson. We had a great meal and saw a great play. Annie is by far the best play I’ve seen so far. Everyone knows the story, so I won’t go into that part of it much.

The actors were amazing though. The entire play was very well acted and choreographed. Most amazing to me, however, was the incredible talent of the younger actresses who played all of the orphans in the play. Ranging in age from 7 to 12 years old, these girls could sing and act great, just like the pros they were working alongside of. My personal favorite was “Molly”, played by 7-year-old Addy Eckert from Grafton, Wisconsin. Her antics and perfect timing were amazing, not to mention just how adorable she seems to be. Of course that could just be her character though…

Oh, and I almost forgot to mention the meal–every part of that was great too, from the salad and fresh bread to the roast beef and great asparagas spears on the main course, everything was very very good. If you haven’t been to Fireside Dinner Theatre before, Sandy and I highly recommend it. Click here to read about the play and the supper menu.

And on a side note… As we were leaving the theatre in our car we watched a lady walking two identical Golder Retrievers on leashes from the theatre! I assume this was Misty (the retriever who played “Sandy” in the play), but who was the other dog?? Wow, these days even DOGS have understudies!

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Birthday? Fugetaboudit!

Guys and Birthdays. They don’t work well together. I’m not talking about my own though. I’m talking about your spouse’s birthday. Forget it, and you’re in Big Trouble Mister! Believe me, I just found out the hard way. I didn’t actually forget it though. We talked about it earlier and we can’t really afford many things right now, so she said “It’s just another day, don’t worry about it.” I have now learned that when a woman says that, make sure you DO worry about it. OR ELSE. I’m sure it’ll be a long time coming before I hear the end of it too. She dropped a few hints the night before, but I chose to ignore them as well. I had already dismissed the idea of having any celebration of birthdays this month, so I just kind of dismissed it. Several other people, however, wished her a happy birthday, so she was expecting at least that much from me and didn’t get it. I figured she’s over 40 now (shhhhhh!) and who wants to acknowledge getting a year older after that milestone anyway?

I am a failure as a husband. I have computer reminders for every event in my family’s life. Heck, I even know when our DOGS birthdays are! But I ignored all the signals in this case. I assumed–and there’s the keyword–that she wanted me to, since that’s what I thought she meant. As Felix Unger once said on The Odd Couple, “When you ASSUME, you make an ASS out of U and ME.” And that’s what I feel like now. I guess I’ll know better next time. In the mean time though, I’m wishing her a Happy Birthday EVERY morning from now on. I won’t miss it that way. And maybe by the the time it comes around again for her she will have had enough already. Yeah. Right.