...but I did say that I would be busy!
The show (THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS) was great! Opening night had some sound cue issues (missed cues...phone ringing after it was picked up...etc), but the 2nd night was much better. The audience was fantastic and laughed at all the right places. They even applauded at the right places (i.e. after I sang and danced)! My parents got to come down and brought my sister, so they all saw the show.
On Saturday (the day of the 2nd show), my family came over and the kids played XBox Kinect. It's amazing how quickly they learn. And it's good because it teaches them to play together. The next morning, we got up (after a late after party and an even later after after party...that's how I roll) at 9:00am and dragged ourselves to IHOP to see the family one last time before they went home. After 2-3 weeks of low carbs so I could get down to show weight, those chicken and waffles were delicious!
After breakfast, my niece gave me this story she wrote. I'll leave all the spelling and grammar errors, but I can't duplicate the slanted lines:
once opone a time there was a tiger. and she had four babies. They were wet and plump when they were first born. But one day they went on a walk. And one litte tiger saw a cricket! And jumed after it. Soon she ran! And she got lost! Soon she started crying and wining. Because she was scard. And she did't know were she was. Then she started walking and walking and walking soon she stoped. There there was a big green bush in front of her! She opened the bush. There on the other side was a litte town. She was so tierd she walked to a litte box and stayed there all night and day. for a hole month. But one day there was women and she took care of the litte tiger cub. meanwhile the mommy tiger was wored sick! Soon the mommy tiger whent to hunt. Soon she rembered that her baby cub had a strip missing! She looked closer. it was the litte cub. Soon she called the daddy tiger and the kids. The litte cub ran to her mother. Then she ran back to pertect the women. The mother thouht it was sweet.
Well, during the hell that was TBLWIT rehearsals, I didn't get to cook much. But Monday night I made filet mignon with garlic butter, green beans, and whole wheat couscous with dried cranberries. No special secrets to making that. Just put the cranberries in the boiling water with the dried couscous. I put dried Italian seasoning and garlic into melted butter, then stuck it in the fridge to set up. The green beans were canned, but I did the usual EVOO and Tony's seasoning.
It was a quick dinner Tuesday night because of rehearsal, so I used frozen chicken stuffed with brie and apples, but drizzled it with balsamic glaze. I heated up some Bob Evans mac n cheese, but put black truffle butter on it. Yum.
Now in the oven I have parmesan incrusted pork loin (I bought it prepared that way), and 15 minutes before it was finished, I dumped the leftover couscous from Monday in the pan with it. I had added grated parmesan cheese and basil to the couscous. It should be done by now, so I have to go!
A high school classmate has been making mojitos with Splenda instead of sugar, which will be on the list of things to try next!
Tomorrow I'm going to happy hour with coworkers, so I'll have mussels and cocktails...nothing to report. Friday we're in St. Louis for my niece's 2nd birthday (not the one that wrote the story...J's niece). If we eat anything good up there, I'll let y'all know!
Missed you!
(P.S. Congrats to Mom in High Heels on the birth of their healthy, happy baby boy!!!)
