Yesterday afternoon, about the time Ronnie got home from school, Pap (my dad) called to see if we wanted to meet in Ft. Wayne for dinner. On occasion this will happen and I love it when we get a night out to a nice restaurant. Our idea of a nice restaurant is Captain D's and believe me it happens so rarely that it really is nice! Usually when we plan to meet Mom and Dad we plan it the morning of, if not even earlier than that. But this time dad had waited until mom got home from work - yes you read that correctly. Mom is a substitute teacher and she had a 1st grade class yesterday. (She is actually only 6 days away from getting her half year in - there isn't time to get that in before chemo, but she is still hopeful). So he waited to see how she felt then gave us a call.
I was so excited. I love these excursions to Ft. Wayne and love "dinning" out! Not only were we going out for dinner, we were going to Olive Garden. Usually we go to Red Lobster or Logan's so the boys can look at the Lobsters or throw peanuts on the floor. So I was considering this our Valentine Dinner. (I do know that Valentine's Dinner's are typically a couple thing or perhaps even more than one couple, but really after nearly 10 years of marriage and 4 kids - I was just thankful for a Dinner out on Valentine's Weekend!)
The problem was that we were not the only people wanting to get out on this Friday night of Valentine's Weekend. We had what they told us would be a 40 minute wait and really was only 55! But we were at Olive Garden. YIPEEEEEEEEEEE!! Ron and I have been wanting for a couple of years to go to Olive Garden. We figured it had been about 4 since we've been - So I wasn't about to let 55 minutes or 4 kids stop me from enjoying it now.
Eli and Pap stuck together during the long wait!
But finally we were seated and enjoying our food. That handsome guy in the middle of the 2 cute ones below is my Valentine of nearly 10 years. He was so busy enjoying his food he didn't notice I snapped his picture.
So that was our hot date. We even went through the drive-thru at Steak and Shake for a milkshake on the way home. It's not even that we really were hungry, but we have made it a habit to stop after Dad buys dinner. There's something nice about saying we only spend 6 bucks and had a steak dinner and shake or even better Olive Garden and a shake!
So when we returned home the boys were tired but still remembering my promise to watch some of the opening ceremony of the Vancouver Olympics. Our house was so cold. Ron checked the thermostat and it was reading 51 in the house. I bundled the boys and we wrapped in blankets to watch a few minutes, then we realized it would be warmer upstairs in bed.
After investigating, Ron realized the furnace was broken and not just that the thermostat had messed with, you never know with these boys! So we ran some heaters all night and I was up multiple times checking on kids and heaters, but we managed to stay warm. It actually stayed about 64 upstairs. Downstairs was a different story, but it's OK. The furnace man is here now! Below are some pictures to show you how all my Valentine's stay warm.
The love of my life, drinks coffee. Well he actually drinks coffee all the time, but this morning he drank with his toboggan hat!
The boys stayed up in their room this morning and just colored, also with toboggans.
Maddie, cheered anytime anyone looked at her and sported her long johns and hat. She is so cute in anything!
So now you know the truth behind our Hot Date and Cold Night.
Have a Wonderful Valentine's Day!
1 comment:
Cute story. Hopefully all that Italian food helped keep you warm!
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