It's Friday 'Date Night' With The Hubby!...Now, Where Should We Go?!

        Hmmmm...another Friday is upon us. Another planned...Ummm...Well...sorta planned...'Date Night' with the hubby. Every Friday, for the last....'I-don't-care-to-remember-how-many' years...hubby and I have 'gone' somewhere special, or 'ate' something special, or made each other's 'naps' feel special! ^_^
      In the more recent years, because of my health, we have changed how we 'go somewhere special'. We still 'go'...sorta kinda. But now we 'go' virtually! :-) In other words, we pick a place, or a country, that we want to go....and then we theme our 'Date Night' around that, with music and food! Oh Yeah!! Last weekend we went to Hawaii! He even bought me a plastic flowered Lei from the dollar store!! ^_^ Oh Yeah! We've had some fun y'all!! ^_^
     Hubby's job, of late, has been really pressuring him about hours....who's job isn't though, right?! So, I have to be more diligent in the beginning of the week to remind him to 'THINK FRIDAY'!!!

        If I left it up to him, every Friday we'd be sitting in our 'all togethers' (that's underwear, for non-Southerners. LOL), with a plastic cup full of 'jimmied up' punch (he loves mixing ginger ale, orange and cranberry juice together), some meat on a stick of some kind, and staring longingly into.....the T.V. set! {with occasional bouts of conversation and 'punch spitting' laughter....."Hello!! Over here!!! I have eyes you can stare longingly into!!!!" ^_^
      Thankfully though, most of the time, with a little reminder, he puts the puzzle all together,...

       ...and he shows up on time, carrying something special, ready to participate, and usually...if he's not too tired...in a good mood!

          He usually let's me pick the food. A good idea considering that depending on the time of month, the weather, cats crying in the rain, or a random bird flying by, I can be a little hard to feed!! LOL One night I can't wait to have some chicken, the next night chicken makes me want to throw up!!! ^_^ With all of my texture, smell, bread, and mushy fruit issues it's a wonder he even wants to eat with me at all!!! Thankfully I'm never allergic to chocolate or potatoes...and he knows that and brings gifts accordingly!! :-) 
      He did get kinda lost about the food issue during a certain 'Hormone Changing Season' a few years back, when I wanted everything...and nothing all at the same time!...My body was all "Woohoo!! It's 'Do-Whatcha-Wanna-Do-Time'!!!!" ^_^ Hubby started bringing home goods from his job...

     ...and I had to...Well, Crazy-Hormone-Lady had to...'dissuade him vigorously!'....(Isn't that a nice way to say 'tell him in no uncertain terms to STOP BRINGING THAT STUFF IN MY HOUSE!!!!? LOL')
       Nowadays our travel plans and our eating  are always a little closer to home...

      ...but our hearts are always traveling the globe, waiting for the day...in the near future...when the world is gonna be our oyster....*feeling queasy*...and we'll be able to literally travel anywhere we like, and eat anything we want! :-) Oh Yeah! It's gonna happen people!!! ^_^
       In the meantime, on our looked-forward-to Friday 'Date Night' you will find us either eating exotic foods...or whatever we...meaning 'me'...can get down.

      Where are avocados and artichokes from anyway?!! O_0 Those are two things still on my list to try.

          Okay....So while I try to dream up something good for tonight's 'Date Night'...because we were a little distracted this week and all of our pre-planning ideas took a back seat to more important things,...

       ...let me ask you...Do any of you have a weekly 'Date Night'? and if so, What do you do on your 'Date Nights'?!
       Ah! I know! It might be a good night to go to New York, don't you think?! :-) We haven't been there in quite a while!!

         We can do a lot of stuff in New York!...if we don't catch the city at a bad traffic time! O-0 Ashley and Aron, of the blog Hither and Thither, just recently got tickets to Shakespeare in the Park!! Before that they had an evening at the Cantor Roof Garden at the Met. And before that there was dinner and a stroll at the new High Line...Yeah, New York might be a good 'Date Night' excursion. Especially since New York is only a couple of hours or so away from here....And even closer when you visit it 'virtually'! :-)
      And who knows...if the trip doesn't work out, we can always take a nap!! ^_^

        Oh Yeah! I almost forgot! The winner of my Giveaway Earrings is...

         Congratulations Heather!!!!! :-) Just click on my email HERE and leave me your address and I'll get them right out in the mail to you!!...The next Giveaway will be for August 1, 2011. I'll post all the details as to what it will be this weekend. Until tomorrow....
       Have a good weekend everybody!!!!! :-) I'm planning to! And it's gonna start right now!!



The Night We Have A Date

We're  married many years;
Too old to go to bed too late.
We sometimes sit and laugh about it,
on the night we have a date.

Every Friday night is ours;
Time we long anticipate;
When we eat what we've been craving,
on the night we have a date.

We let nothing interfere.
(I recommend this with your mate).
Just focus one night, every week,
as the night you have a date. 

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