My very sweet friend, Brenda, gave me a gift of service for Christmas. I decided to redeem it this weekend and it was a much-needed break away from kids, stress and the world. This is what my gift entailed:
-26 hours SOLID with my husband
-a catered, romantic, candle-lit dinner for two
-two tickets to the Majestic Cinema
An hour after I dropped the kids off at her house, she showed up at mine! With THIS!
Menu:
-T-Bone steak cooked to perfection
-Smashed Golden Yukon potatoes with Rosemary
Roasted lemon and rosemary asparagus
-A side of salad
-Homemade rolls by Dani (her daughter)
-Strawberry Shortcake for dessert
It was absolutely BEAUTIFUL! Ryan was very excited for the steak. I LOVED the smell, the aroma that descended from our plates...oh I love ROSEMARY!
After dinner, she gave us two tickets to here:
So we went and saw this:
(a few parts inappropriate but highly HILARIOUS!! I loved it)
Then we stayed up way too late watching episodes of:
AND this:
The next morning, STILL WITHOUT KIDS...we went to breakfast at my folk's house. It was a yummy pancake breakfast before going to BOONDOCKS and playing Miniture Golf! I haven't done that in YEARS.
We took it very seriously as it was windy and had to account for swerveage. And guess who only LOST BY A POINT?? Yeah, me. I got a HOLE-IN-ONE on the last hole, saving my bacon. It was fun!
After golf, we went to a little bookshop and browsed. Then we ate lunch at Ryan's favorite Vietnamese Restaurant and had Cha Gio.
We've been eating there a few times a year for the last 10 years. It's delicious. The food is much yummier than this picture. TRUST me.
We ate in peace and quiet. On a whim, we decided to hit Overland Park Cinemas cheap theater for another movie:
I was excited to see this as I like Greek mythology. I haven't read the books. thought that the actor was a cutie but HOLY COW!! I thought that it was more along the lines of a KID'S MOVIE. Good thing we didn't take Ryanna to it.
I was not impressed by all the swearing, gambling and other things that these "kids" were doing! Disappointing. Some of the people they cast couldn't even ACT! Pul-LEASE. It could have been so much better. Dang it.
We killed a few more hours after the show and then picked up the kids. They all had a blast: Ryanna asked to be adopted, Dawson didn't want to go home with us, Carter keeps asking for "Turtle!" And I'm pretty sure that we are getting a gecko. (they have 4 very darling ones)!
Thanks again, My Sweet Brenda, for providing the means for us to escape and eat yummy food. You are the best and I appreciate you. I will not be forgetting this gift of service!!
