Turkey and Family make for a fun weekend

Houston proved to be everything anyone could want out of a Thanksgiving weekend! Food, family, and fun! We had the opportunity to learn the games of "Bacce Balls" and "Spinners". Fun fun fun.

I'm now back in the mid-cities of Dallas and Ft. Worth and time is drawing near for my trip to NYC. I will be in Manhattan Dec 12-20 for auditions, coachings, etc. One of the things that I will be doing is some prep coachings for my OONY debut in February with the conductor...so, this week wil no doubt include translating and crunch work on act ii and iii of L'Arlesiana. Other upcoming excitement includes my one Messiah performance this year with the Omaha Symphony on December 9. Should be fun!

We started our kitties on anti-anxiety meds last night. It seems that 6 1/2 years of brotherly bliss can all be destroyed by an outside cat peeing on the wall. About a week and a half ago my wife and I were suddenly awoke by 2 cats screaming and hissing at each other like they wanted to kill each other! Since then they have yet to kiss and make up, thus the need for meds. Usually this behavior stops after an hour or so, but they insisted to hate each other for over a week. What does go on in a cat's brain? Uggh.

Today we are headed to look at the new house...or at least a model of the one that we want. Its pretty exciting, the thought of owning a home, and having a yard and getting a dog! I know that I said in a previous post that we may have to wait for this, but hopefully we will be able to do this sooner than later. We shall see. :)