Morning all - <br />
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Mary lOu - i will glad to exchange your week for my week&#33;  I hvae evening rehearsal until Wednesday, then we are helping out on a birthday party for a local wine maker.  He&#39;s expecting 24 guests, which means we&#39;ll be cooking for 30.  Since he is a big time contributor to the culinary program at Dealt, this will be a no-holds barred dinner - i do know that we are serving Kobe beef as an entree, but no more than that.   This means we&#39;ll be prepping all day Thurdays, prepping and cooking all day Friday and then do the last minute stuff on Saturday. We also have a show in Sacramento on Friday, so we&#39;ll dash out of the kitchen at the last minute to make the curtain.  In between, we have cat sitting, work and the Bronco needs to go in for its annual check up.  Oh, and we&#39;ll be going camping in two weeks, so those preparations need to be made...This is not to say I&#39;m complaining - it&#39;ll just be busy.<br />
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Last night was the Tonys and there were no surprises, except possibly leading actress.  &quot;always Spring&quot; swept like we thought it was going to - I knew that &quot;Curtains&quot; wasn&#39;t going to do well because it portrays the &#39;real&#39; side of theater and no one likes to admit that theater, just like real life, is money-driven.<br />
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We had a grand reunion at the Farmers Market yesterday, ran into friends, acquaintances, including this one couple.  The wife has to bring up, usually several times in a conversation, how many degrees she and her husband have - seven between them.  She is so worldly and so knowledgeable about everything that matters.   Why they even talk to us is beyond me, but for some reason, they really like us.  Go figure&#33;<br />
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Also saw a fellow ex-coworker.  She has started her own theater company (childrens theater) and is interested in reconnecting with me i.e. she wants scripts.  We shall see what happens.<br />
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Talked with our friends (the ones we&#39;re cat sitting for) in England.  They head out to Croatia tomorrow.   Can&#39;t wait to hear about all the theater Barb has seen - she did eight shows in nine days - that&#39;s a little much, even for me&#33;  <br />
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Need to go get laundry started and attempt to clean house before it gets too hot to breath.<br />
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Have a grand day all&#33;<br />
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Charlie