Saturday we celebrated another year married! And for the first time in quite a few years we actually had a real date night.
Our original plan was to have dinner at Merlot restaurant, since that was where we got engaged twelve years ago and it is rumored that it will be closing for private functions only later on this year. Since neither of us were smart enough to call for reservations until Saturday morning we missed out. The website didn’t say that the dinner was sold out, but apparently it was. So we went on to plan B, C, and eventually D which had us having an early dinner at Stella Osteria, walking around the market and browsing Chapters without children, and on to a movie at the Cineplex.
We saw Date Night, so appropriate for a wedding anniversary. We found it surprisingly hilarious. I say surprisingly because we thought they showed all the good parts in the trailer but, they didn’t! Steve Carroll never disappoints and Tina Fey was perfect for in her role.
We ate too much food, laughed a little too hard then collected the kids from the Grandparents (totally asleep, thank goodness it is warmer out). All around a perfect evening for the two of us. Eleven years doesn’t seem like that long some days and seems like eternity others. Onward to another year.
Apple Dip
1 pkg Cream Cheese
1/4c Brown Sugar
1/2c Powdered Sugar
1 tsp Vanilla
Crushed Scor Pieces
Mix together first four ingredients with a hand blender. Stir in Skor pieces.
I made this last night for Book Club and it was such a hit that I thought I would share it with you all. Enjoy!
Shannon over at Picture Imperfect tagged me write about my perfect day and Shannon was inspired by Capital Mom. I have thought about what my perfect day would entail and I have a few scenarios that keep running through my head. There is the absolute perfect day that would only be possible if I had a lot more money than I do now and there is the realistic perfect day, which would be something I could actually obtain much sooner since it would be within our means already.
Absolute Perfect Day would start out with waking up in my bedroom in The Yellow House in Rehoboth. The ocean breezes would be coming in through the open windows and the kids would be bringing Hubby and I breakfast that they put together for us. We would take our morning stroll on the boardwalk to get coffee and a paper. We would then head to the beach for a swim and possibly a surf, home for lunch on our beautiful porch and out for an afternoon drive down the coast to Ocean City for dinner. An evening stroll on the boardwalk for some lemon ice and chocolate fudge and home to bed for a good nights rest.
My Realistic perfect Dad would be almost exactly the same, the only difference would be that we wouldn’t be waking up in The Yellow House, but in our rented cottage and the kids wouldn’t necessarily be making our breakfast. The rest of the day would be exactly the same.
Each year we head down to the Beach and spend our time doing what we love the most. We have those perfect days, we go for our morning and evening and sometimes mid-day stroll, we go for a swim and we head out for dinner. We add in a lot of other fun stuff too, which is why we return year after year. Some people might think we are nuts to keep this tradition that has been in my family for 50+ years going, but truly we love it and look forward to the smell of the ocean air and the strolls on the boardwalk. We live out our perfect day at least seven times each year. It keeps us going back for more.
What would your perfect day consist of?
