My Hot Date

I went on a great date tonight. It’s become an annual Christmas tradition. I take Kate out on a date & Lindsay does the same for Sterling. Here’s what happened on our end:

The night began with dinner at Carrabba’s. I had my favorite (Pasta Weesie) & she had her’s (spaghetti with a big fat meatball on top). We talked about our day, colored & played tic-tac-toe. She won again… darn!

Next we went to a card store. Basically, the idea was that we read cards. And any card that we would normally buy for the other to express our love we would give it to the other – right then & there. And then we put the cards back on the shelf. I promise after almost everyone Kate exclaimed, “Aww… that’s sweet!” We both gave each other at least two dozen cards & hugs. It was cheap & she loved it so much that when we left she said that she wanted to make it into a tradition.

After that, we walked down to the craft store to pick up something she’s making for Sterling’s stocking. Then on to Petsmart & she picked out a ball for her to give our dog for Christmas. That was followed by a quick trip to Marble Slab Creamery. We laughed & licked the whole time.

If that wasn’t enough, we voyaged on to Barnes & Noble. I stopped by the military history shelf on the way to the Children’s section. Kate read Clifford & Bernstein Bears books. I sat on a miniature stool & read the introduction to “Hitler’s War on Russia.” Oh, what a pair we are!

And then finally… we came home… all by 9pm. Whew! What a date.

Oh… I’ve got to add that at 10pm Lindsay came home after being out with Sterling. They had done two things: eat at Cracker Barrel & go to the Bristol Motor Speedway to see the Speedway in Lights… for a second year in a row. She said the good news was it ONLY took them 1 hour to get through it. That was half the time to see the lights as it did last year. Needless to say, she was exhausted… yes, again. Lindsay & anything NASCAR are polar opposites. She wouldn’t do it for anyone else. But she’ll do anything for her boy!

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