Day 142/365 (December 6, 2014)

The morning started off quite interesting... Sasha saw someone outside the window of our apartment and woke me up... we called the police... eventful! Then I got some sleep and woke up again to find Fred and Charlie playing at my feet. I let in the exterminator and then begun making the creme part of the creme brule. It was surprisingly easy. Later Lola came over and it was earlier than expected and I was still in my PJs and when she saw me she said "tamra it's not morning why are you still in your pajamas?"

We played some games and went on more adventures in the rocket ship, and the boat. She wore her space tutu and I had space sunglasses. She drew more flavors from her scented markers and we voted so we ate cotton candy since it was the winner. I even made a cone for it since she asked if there was one using parchment paper.

I went to use my kitchen torch for the first time and it didn't work... I was so sad, but I improvised and used the broiler to caramelize the sugar... it was SO tasty! Then it was off to Bea for Rita's bachelorette party dinner. It was nice to see her and meet her soon to be future sister in law. The restaurant however was TERRIBLE. The service was so bad, prisoners get more water than we did. The food also wasn't that great. While we were there we found out poor Ellyn's place had more than major ceiling leak... it made us feel not so bad about our situation. Then I came home and got dry (it was raining badly) and headed over to cabaret to try and get a Playbill for Sasha.. I had to be sneaky, but I succeeded! Then I went up to the 54 Below dressing room before Michael's concert since I was filming it and had all my stuff with me and a change of shoes so I could wear my boots over. I filmed Gioia to the World: My Holiday Hell and it was lovely. Of course I had some troubles filming at first because of where they put me, then moved me once the show had already started.... grr! Then after the show a bunch of us went to the three monkeys bar. I only stayed for a bit since I was so tired!

Day 141/365 (December 5, 2014)

I went to my Jenny appointment and although still not great, not as bad as I thought it was going to be after all the yum the night before. I also made it to Trader Joe's first, it is so much easier shopping there that early in the morning. Then I went to work, and made it to the gym... I then came home and ended up doing nothing else... it was most enjoyable! Here is Fred looking all regal. CHarlie was also making himself quite comfy!

Day 140/365 (December 4, 2014)

I made an impromptu box out of card stock in the morning to deliver some of the cupcakes/cake balls to Neil, then off to work for a bit. I passed the Rockefeller tree on my way to deliver the cupcakes to Neil at Cinderella. Then I failed at getting a cabaret playbill and popped into Gristedes to get oats since I was going to bake cookies with Sophon later. Instead we ended up going to dinner (with Karen) at Becco's across the street. I was bad and got unlimited pasta and a Bellini. One of the pasta dishes was the best gnocchi i have ever had, it melted in my mouth and if I could have, i would have eaten my weight in them. It is just so nice seeing Sophon, she is so fun then we went back to the apartment and hung out for a bit before she had to leave. While I was waiting for Sophon to arrive Fred put me to bed so we could cuddle for a while, charlie was just passed out and I found a Gavin Lee White Collar photo that was fun. I love when my Broadway Love crosses over into my other loves.

Finally the night ended by watching the NBC broadcast of Peter Pan Live... I just didn't watch it live. They did a really great job and it was so fun to see so many familiar faces on it!

Day 139/365 (December 3, 2014)

So I found out Mike Schwitter was going on as Pippin and I really wanted to see that so I Spent my morning at Pippin Rush and was able to get a ticket for Shoshana and I to the matinee. Then I headed to work for a bit and went home. While I was home I made the frosting for the cupcakes and then frosted/decorated them. They looked so fun and colorful and tasted good too! Then I packaged them up nicely for Mike and Adam and headed out to Pippin, Even though we had front row tickets which is where I like to sit for rush Shoshana didn't want to sit there so she asked an usher if we could sit someplace else. She said we didn't have to but of course I am not one to disagree in situations like that so I sat orchestra right begrudgingly. I am still upset I didn't sit in the front but at the same time I am gad we sat back there so I could see the whole show without straining my neck and I mean I could see the whole show, which was nice. Mike really is so great as Pippin. After we waited in the audience because he said there was a talk back so he was going to come out to say hi... he had so many people waiting for him... so popular! Said a quick hello, gave him the cupcakes, dropped off Adam's cupcakes and then went home. When I got home I began work on dipping the cake balls in chocolate and decorating them with nerds... also super cute and very sweet! Ben David popped in so I made him take a bunch to give to his friends! Then I headed out to Kayla's birthday party for some karaoke fun. The book didn't know how to spell December, i saw Kavin, and Rachel, and Hope, and sang some fun songs that others seemed to like my picks! I ate 2 slices of pizza and junk food which was not smart but so tasty! then I came home because I thought we were decorating the apartment for Christmas... I was wrong. Then I ended taking some of the cake balls to bring to Penski and Ally. It was nice chatting with Penski since it had been a short time,.,, then home again for good/sleep.

Day 138/365 (December 2, 2014)

Spent the morning at work and then I met up with Ally to go to Dylan's Candy Bar to buy a postcard for someone's gingerbread man project. I got a card and wrote it to the little kindergarten boy saying i saw the gingerbread man and he was looking to buy new candy to wear. We found a fun photobooth there with a greenscreen! After we came home to start working on my tests for nerd cupcakes and nerd cake balls. I made the cupcakes and the cake for the balls. Ally was making a card for her BroadwaySpotted Secret Santa person while I baked. After i changed and got dressed for dinner with Sophon... all was going well UNTIL the ceiling started to leak again! This time it wasn't a small leak, it was drip drip WHOOSH! Thankfully Karen and I were both home (since we weren't supposed to be at that time) and we went into panic mode as we got the couch out of the way and got towels and a container to catch the water an call our landlord. While dealing with the leak we discovered the ceiling fan was collecting water in the light fixture so i got the ladder out and tried to get the thing off so the weight wouldn't pull it down, but I ended up getting the water all over me, yuck! No time to shower before Sophon. We got it under control until someone could show up. Sophon came just after the water stopped and we eventually headed out to get dinner at The Meatball Shop. It was so yummy and we got so lucky... we were seated right away even though there were a bunch of people waiting... yay for being a party of two!

Then we went to Billy's bakery to get dessert... such scrumptious food inducing an ice box cake slice and caramel cheesecake. We left the ladder out just in case and Charlie the fool kept climbing up it so I had to put blankets on it to stop him.

Day 137/365 (December 1, 2014)

I woke up to a text from Ally asking me if I knew that The Princess Diaries were books before they were a movie... so i went to Sasha's room and took a picture of all her PD books and was like, yep! My day was spent at work and training, then coming home to find Charlie using the ladder to get into trouble.

Day 136/365 (November 30, 2014)

I was so productive this morning! I framed and hung a bunch of pictures on my wall, and I cleared off some space on my computer finally. A friend asked for pictures of his friends that looked sad and lonely, with bonus points if it was holiday style so I enlisted Fred's help and came up with this gem.

Day 135/365 (November 29, 2014)

The day was just most delightful! Lola came over and we had fun playing. She built a rocket ship out of a box and we went to space. She is getting so good at writing her letters and is quite artistic. Though she gave me a hard time when I apparently cut something I wasn't supposed to and she was like "i know you didn't mean to hurt me tamra." After she left I thought was going to have dinner and watch some TV before heading back down to Rockwood to see Gallagher play an acoustic set with Hope... however that all changed! Thankfully Hope understands things like this.

Neil texted saying he was going on as the fox in Cinderella and I needed to go so badly! I don't have a student ID and I didn't think they did rush anyway on a Saturday. I headed to the box office and they were all sold out of the discount tickets and the lady was like but I have some student rush left... womp womp!

I left the BO and was searching my phone trying to find someone who might be in the city and have an ID to help when Todd Buonopone passed by. He said hi and tried to help... then I gave up and went home sad that I couldn't go. Then I was texting with Zach and he was like have you tried Brian... Had no clue that he was in the city... i tried him and success! I met up with him and Kristen and we walked over and got a ticket... happiness to the extreme! Then I went back home and had dinner and went back to the theater... yep i went to the Broadway theatre 3 times in 2.5 hours. The show is just so cute and sweet and he was quite wonderful as the fox.

I love BC/EFA collection time... woot palace guard! Then i went backstage (it felt hip to have my name on the list) and waited for him with his friend Teddy...  and saw Todd for a moment. Then when he came we took a stage photo and I met Keke and Nene. Then the three of us went out and got some drinks. We ended up at Bourbon and there was Frankie J. G. I ended up having a shot of tequila and well not the smartest move. thankfully i lived super close!

Day 134/365 (November 28, 2014)

I spent today also overeating my leftovers and Sasha's pumpkin cheesecake. Then Sasha and I headed down to Rockwood Music Hall to see Johnny Gallagher play with a band. I do so enjoy his performances and it is nice when he has a band. It was even nicer to see Thad (DeBrock) playing again with him. Then home to sleep!

Day 133/365 (November 27, 2014)

Happy Thanksgiving! I ate some of my cranberry bread for breakfast... so good! I saw one balloon from the Macy's parade float by as I made my way to the shuttle to head out to New Rochelle.

Thanksgiving was pretty quiet but good. Delicious food that I way overate and I saw Clare making macarons. They were pretty tasty! FOOD COMA and Uncle Dennis helped me with my resume

Day 132/365 (November 26, 2014)

It was such a rainy and cold day, at one point we got our first snow. I made cranberry bread and also the pumpkin cake cheesecake again to bring out for Thanksgiving tomorrow, but I decorated it to make it cute... I was quite impressed! I also was pleased with my cleverness. Sasha and I both needed the same cheesecake pan so I used parchment paper so that i could take it off easily and move it around to decorate, it worked really well!

Day 131/365 (November 25, 2014)

Low key day... work then laundry. I ended up going last minute with Andrey to see The Last Ship... I did not like it but at one point the priest character started quoting a gospel ut it was the one used as lyrics in light of the world from Godspell so I was able to quote it and I whispered to Andrey "I can't quote the gospel, but I an quote Godspell"

I also made a birthday card for Samantha's husband Mike since I couldn't make it to his party.