It's quite late so I will keep today's post brief. I had to let you all know that I had a fantastic theatre experience tonight at the dress rehearsal of Xanadu. I love going to see stage productions and have been fortunate enough to see shows on both Broadway and the West End. Tickets for these types of productions obviously don't come cheap, which is why it is nice to watch a smaller local show. I definitely recommend getting along to a dress rehearsal if you have the opportunity because the tickets are below the normal pricing; ours cost $10 per ticket. Also it is kind of cool to see the performers iron out any last minute kinks and get any nerves out of their system before opening night. Throw in roller skates and things get interesting. Xanadu is based on the film of the same name and if you have no idea what it is about you should check out the movie trailer here. The dress rehearsal was awesome, so funny and entertaining. The musical numbers slotted in perfectly and you couldn't help tapping away to them. All in all it was a great night and I hope this is just the beginning of more theatre outings.
Baking is usually a happy time for me, but this weekend I ended up with a delicious treat and the discovery that my camera is more than likely broken. I don't want to focus on the negative, but it is part of the reason I wasn't able to take the photos I wanted to of my latest baking project. However, my lovely housemate did lend me her camera to take a few snaps toward the end of the process. I was still quite enamoured with the caramel sauce I used last week in my cupcakes as mentioned here. This is why I chose to bake some cookies that included this ingredient. I look at all the blogs on my list of favourites at least once a week and they fill me with not only inspiration, but also awe at the amazing talents on display. I mention this because the recipe I used on Sunday was from one of them and can be found here. The only changes I made to the recipe were that I used normal salt and I substituted the butterscotch chips for white chocolate chips. I used white chocolate chips mainly because that is what I had on hand, but also I didn't want to overpower the deliciousness of the other ingredients especially the caramel sauce. The cookies turned out well and I am pretty sure I have eaten one of the three dozen that the recipe made...oops!
I came home tonight and as always on a Friday night I was grateful for the weekend because I do so love my Saturdays and Sundays. I turned on the television and there on the screen was a man getting ready to tightrope walk across Niagara Falls.
He is still completing this amazing feat as I type and it got me thinking about things. Well actually he just successfully completed this inspiring achievement; something no one else has done. Seriously how amazing is that and how inadequate does it make me feel right now because I don't have any aspirations at the moment that even come close to paralleling the enormity of this. Having said this, I feel like things are on a good even keel right now and I am really happy about that. Furthermore, I have fun things coming up, not just in 2012, but potentially for 2013 as well not that I want to get that far ahead of myself. I also have the privilege of watching two of the loveliest people you could ever hope to become friends with get married; one in Vancouver and one back home in Australia. So I might not be tightrope walking across one of the most beautiful sights you should definitely aim to see firsthand, I did so in September 2010, but maybe I can use this as inspiration to never become complacent and always push myself to achieve more regardless of how happy I am in the present.
