Before and After

Today is a day of moving on for us - I have my last tour performance in Red Wing MN and Pete's show Paradise closes this afternoon. Both of us go into rehearsal on Tuesday (me for Lady Day at the Emerson Bar and Grill and Pete for String of Pearls) I thought these pictures were an interesting contrast depicting our last week of tour. The first picture was taken Thursday at the Leinenkugel Brewery in Chippewah Falls, WI and the second picture was taken Saturday on the way to Viroqua WI as the second half of our midwest blizzard moves in. I've looked outside today, but have yet to venture out into the weather!

Checking in

Haven't had anything new to contribute lately as I have been on the road.Pete has been holding down the fort with the puppies and they only have one more week until I'm back in town for good.


Here are a couple of pictures he took when he was out walking with the kids - It's warmed up here today, but it has been cold and snowy and, well, a mid-west winter for the past couple of weeks.

We are in the process of setting up a picture page so that Pete can have a gallery of all of his photography. He does some really good work. It should be finished some time next week after I'm back and then we'll give you the update.

Until then, just a reminder, you can keep up with all of our tour stops on www.mrtguysontour.blogspot.com.

Coldest Day of the Year

If the temperature drops below zero, I want the puppies to be sweatered. They hate it, but it's for their own good. This week we are having a cold snap, even for Wisconsin in February! The high today was supposed to be zero with a low of -6 and wind chills of 27 degrees below zero. So, sweatered puppies.

Mojo tried to help Puja get her coat off, unfortunately he kept trying to help take it off her all the while they were out walking, actually at the detriment of his walk!

The trauma was short lived, they got back into the house as quickly as possible and a cracker made the sweater ordeal a little more palatable.

Superbowl Party

Even though we are not really football fans, we inherited the Superbowl party from the former production manager at the Rep and have been trying to keep the tradition going. This year I was actually able to participate in the festivities (last year I had a show and was only able to stop in for a bowl of chili).










The puppies waited anxiously for people to arrive after having battled the vacuum cleaner and dodging for dropped cheese and vegetables.
It was a good party with half a dozen people with varying interest in the game but great interest in the food. Even so, I still sent a whole bag of food to work with Pete today and we'll be eating chili and pasta for the rest of the week!










The puppies were fairly well behaved and crashed hard when all of the company finally left and they were satisfied that no more food was going to hit the floor!

New "Nephew"

Pete and I have a new "Nephew" - my sister, the Byrne family, have a new addition. The jury is still out on his name, but he's a cutie! An 8 week old Boxer/Bull terrier mix. We can't wait to meet him!