Turns out date nights are addicting. After we skipped last
week, then I went out of town for the Blathering, I missed having them. As I
traveled home on Monday, I thought about how excited I was to see my family and
how, if I hurried, I had time to make our night a little special.
I decided clear off the dining room table (no small feat,
given that’s where we ‘store’ all the junk mail), make it pretty, and we
could Dress to the Nines (#5). I
made turkey meatloaf – using Thomas’s recipe, because he’s the real cook around
here – and Margaret* helped me spread silk rose petals from our wedding on the
tablecloth. I finished the table with the beautiful welcome home flowers I found on the
counter upon my return.
Afterwards we went downstairs and put a slideshow of my
Blathering pictures on the TV so I could tell them all about the trip. We gave
Margaret the camera so she could take a picture of mommy and daddy in their
fancy clothes.
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| I was trying to stage this picture with just the one plate of food, but this unintentional ‘family dinner’ shot ended up being our favorite. |
*We never call her Meg. It's time to switch. How much more googlable does using her actual name make this, anyway?
The only thing that would make this better is if you ate in the bathtub.
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I love the date nights. Dan's going to wonder what I'm doing in my prom dress when he shows up at home tonight.
ReplyDeleteIt's no chicken in the bathtub, but it'll do.
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