MY DATE WITH MY HUSBAND!

Last night was another night for my book of memories (the one in my head, I never remembered to actually start a physical one~tee hee). After shopping with Jenna all day I came home and gave Jody the slacks and dress shirt that I bought him (he was needing some new clothes and I thought it would be good for him to have them for our date). We both got dressed up, had Jenna take pictures by the Christmas tree and the piano.




and then headed to Wasilla (about 1 hr from here). The play didn't start until 6:30 but we wanted to take our time and we both like to be early. Wasilla is in the valley and the winds were terrible. We pulled into town about 5:30pm and found a little gift/coffee shop (every store in Alaska seems to have a coffee shop in them) called Loonattic. So we did a little Christmas Shopping and had a cup of coffee. We checked a local map to find the exact location of the dinner theatre and arrived about 6:10 p.m. We were the second guests (customers) to arrive. It was a good thing to as it wasn't very big. It was built in 1917 and had a lot of the original furniture and wood, floor, etc. It had a loft area that had railings going around it. It was decorated beauifully with red velvelt bows, white lights, pine cones, old fashion Christmas Dolls, etc. The tables were old wooden, mismatched tables with the same for chairs. It seated about 50 people cozied (I use that word lightly)in together. We took a front table, left of the stage against the wall. We were one of the few out of the way for everyone. Problem was, to use the restroom, you had to go on stage and across to the other side. I don't know if it was the coffee or what, but once we got there my stomach started cramping up and I had to visit the restroom several times (by the way the restroom had antique furniture it also, AND was sooooo cold). We sat with our tea and diet Coke until about 7 pm when they started serving our salad, than our prime rib, baked potato (which was huge), green beans and carrot cake. The food was good. They then removed some tables and had us squeeze even closer together to create a 4' aisle and the play began about 8 pm. It actually unfolded all around us. On the stage, in the loft, back by the door and right in the middle of the crowd. It was an 1 1/2 long and was great. The man who played Scrooge adapted it for this presentation, and directed it. Jody's co-worker was the angel past that had all the chains (he did great). We've seen various productions of Scrooge; from the big, elaborate with all kinds of special effects to this simple, quaint one. I really enjoyed the production. The actors did an awesome job, they had lots of singing in it that was beauiful,the building, the ambiance, and the "date" made this one the most enjoyable. The drive home was beautiful with the silohette of the mountains.

I was kicking myself that I didn't bring a camera and then the announcement was made that no photography was allowed...so the fact there are no pictures isn't totally a matter that I forgot~grin, but I would've liked to have pictures of the building~shrugs shoulders.

All in all in was a good date, a good night, and good early birthday celebration as Jody informed me.