The Anniversary

So Today was mine and Dan's 6 year wedding anniversary. I laugh that it's been 6 year because as I know my husband really well, there are still things that surprise me. It took him 5 years to tell me he doesn't like elbow macaroni.

Our marriage has been a series of ups and downs and he has stuck by me through them all. I like to hope that we have a balanced marriage, but secretly I am sure he puts way more into it than I do.

We were supposed to be in Orlando today. Disney world and all that. But due to my increasingly frustrating health, this was not an option.

So, what to do for our special day?   We've been driving past advertisements for the Desert Star Playhouse's production of Hunk-cules: Too sexy for my toga!  I have been driving past the playhouse for years now and have always wanted to see one of the shows. Since this play intrigued both of us, I asked Dan if he wanted to go and he said yes.  I went online and checked out the times. Today was the last day for the play. wow lucky!  I thought a Matinee would be better as i tend to poop out early these days. The tickets were only $15.00 each. I was able to find a two seat table. (If you've seen plays there the tables are a bit squishy). 

I then made reservations at Rodizio Grill since we haven't been there in like FOREVER!

Today we got up and well..... we'll skip that part. *blush*
We went to Dee's for brunch. I was disappointed in that my favorite menu item has been changed. It has been the same darn sauce for the last 17 years, and yet someone decided to change out the Honey Dijon for Honey mustard. GRRRR  I was very sad and the waitress offered to get me something else but I sucked it up. However this has just made me not really go there anymore as the only other dish I liked was the California Chicken Salad and the Wisconsin Cheese soup. *sigh*

By the time this all went by it was time for the 2:30 show at the D.S. We picked up our tickets and was shown to our seat. I have to say I was super pleased as the seats we had were on the 2nd row. Our server was the sweetest thing. She was personable, friendly, and didn't blink an eye at all of Dan's questions.  The food offered was a bit on the pricey side, but honestly it was pretty cool. Too bad we ate before we went. We did sneak in some ice cream during the show. It was good.

The show was AWESOME!  OMG I laughed so hard. I was so very impressed and enjoyed the snarky, witty nature of the cast. They were just wonderful and the story was so funny. The modern improv to an old story just made it fresh.  The Olio at the end was fabulous and well worth the $15.00 and then some. after the show but before the musical review they announced Birthdays and anniversaries. I wasn't sure if they would although on the site it did say to note any special occasions. One of the birthday girls was a little girl. The actor Justin asked her what she got for her birthday and she said she got to go to Lagoon. He sort of teased her as she should have said I got to go to DS Playhouse, and of course Dan shouts out, But Lagoon is where fun is!  So Justin gave Dan a bad time. After the B-days he did the Anniversaries. We were the shortest married couple and he teased us. But he did point out that the other two couples were in the back. Then he made each couple stand up and kiss. It was so fun!

After the play we did get a chance to speak to Justin and told him how much we enjoyed the show. We even mentioned that we were going to get season tickets. There are 5 plays next year and I think each sounds fun. The site shows that depending upon what kind of tickets (days vs nights, weekdays vs. weekends), depends upon the price. But Matinee prices were $55.00 each for 5 shows. I think that's a deal!!

After that we went towards Trolley Square. I knew it was early. The show ended about 4:30 so I thought since our reservations were for 7, we could do a little shopping. Big Mistake!  No one told me that Trolley Square is a ghost town...... We stopped in Rocky Mountain chocolates and spent some money on chocolate. I did get mostly sugar free.  But that took all of 10 minutes. We did find a couple of stores to wonder through, but mostly the only stores left were places we couldn't afford to sneeze in. Finally we sat down at a table and read on our phones w/Kindle for Android. I did try to call Rodizio to change our reservations but they were really hesitant. I thought they were being rude, but now I know why......

We just decided to wait until our reservation time and when it was 6:30 we moseyed over. I found the Wagon Wheel which does the fresh Utah Taffy, so I bought some samples. Then we walked over to the Rodizio and what did I see?

A rainbow of teenagers dressed for Homecoming.  If the R.G. would have mentioned it was booked for Homecoming, I wouldn't have thought them rude because they wouldn't up our reservation.

We let them know we were there and then was surrounded by a sea of cheap cologne, frilly dresses, and teenage angst. There was one young lady who was very pretty, but she looked like she was playing dress-up in her mommy's closet. She was wearing a full length strapless dress. I was one of those types that is held up by will power alone. And I felt bad. It looked good, but she did not have the chest for the dress. She was continuously pulling it up AND when she walked by and I got a sideways view I could see that the breast cones were about 5 inches away from her chest. A few other girls were dressed up almost baby-doll style. The kind of dress where if they bent over we would see their ruffle panties. Except that they weren't wearing little girl ruffle panties. I think a requirement for parents with daughters should be to make your daughter bend over at the waist to determine if her skirt is too short. ( am I showing my age or what?)

Dinner was yummy and I filled up WAY too fast. We didn't get anything but meat, however that meat was delicious. We finally rolled ourselves out the door and to home. Where after I finish this sentence I will be off to bed to snuggle w/my honey.