Tonight my husband took me to the Muny to see "Little Shop of Horrors" and I loved it. The music was great, the singing was great and even though it doesn't have a traditional happy ending, it is still a good show. I like that there are consequences for the characters actions and that seeking after the things of this world is shown in a negative light by the end of the show. I still remember the summer before we were married that my husband took me to see "Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat". He doesn't really like musicals but he knows they make me happy.You see I love musicals, always have and always will. I remember going to the Muny as a child with my family and it was such a special treat. We would drive the 88 miles from Springfield, would eat a picnic supper and we rarely got food at the Muny because it was a tradition to go to Ted Drewes afterwards. We would eat that delicious custard and then fall asleep on the drive home. We wouldn't get home until 2 in the morning but we didn't care because the night was worth it.
Such great memories were made on summer nights. If it wasn't the Muny, it was the Route 66 Drive-in or our own local version of the Muny (much smaller, but fun nevertheless). It was important to my mom and dad that we do stuff as a family. Again, not sure I appreciated it then but I sure do now. It seems like my memories of summers are the strongest. Eating our dinner outside on our patio with dad cooking ribs on the grill and mom bringing out steaming platters of corn on the cob and green beans from our garden. Watermelon was one of our favorite deserts and our crazy dog would drink out of the empty shell after my mom would fill the other half with melon balls. There it is again, food and memories it seems like sometimes you can't have one without the other. I mean if you think about it the first miracle took place around food. Mary probably couldn't drink a glass of wine after the wedding without remembering what her "Son" had done there.
Today I am thankful for date nights with my husband, musicals and summer nights
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