Date Night!

Definition [according to the gospel by Cori] of a married couples' date night:
n. An occurrence during which the husband and wife find themselves venturing out on their own sans child[ren] for an evening, free to allocate said evening entirely as they please, with only the stipulation that they will in fact return at some juncture to pick up earlier mentioned child[ren].
n. Rare.



our little toy car for the evening - the miata

When was the last time Joe and I had a real date night? Your guess is as good as mine, so it made perfect sense that we would just refresh the recent history in that department and do it up date style.

Before I get too far into the wicked wild tales of our kid-free evening [pshhhh], let me first and foremost T H A N K Dawne, our trusted in-home daycare provider and babysitter. She had offered, unsolicited, earlier last week to keep Sydni overnight one night so that Joe and I could have one of these date nights. It was funny how the natural tendencies of married folk still factor into even the getting-ready phase of the traditional date:

"Cori, really? There's a long black hair in my sink. Did you put that there on purpose?"

"Joe, put the cap back on the toothpaste..."

^ True story. Haha. Anyway, we managed to bypass the formalities of the standard pre-date process and head out the door to dinner without much fuss. Joe had the little retiree vehicle [Miata], so we bee-bopped ourselves in that dinky thing on over to dinner before making our way to the theater for a movie.


yay, marvel! :) | the avengers

Fast forward to now, when we're back home, and I can tell you that The Avengers was all I had hoped it would be :). It's been I-don't-know-how-long since Joe and I went to see a movie in a theater bigger than our living room, so it was a welcome change in routine altogether. That the movie wasn't awful definitely helped enhance the overall experience, and when it was all said and done, I felt like we'd done a dandy little job of taking advantage of a night to ourselves :). Yay, us!
Since we don't want to incorporate too much wild into the night, we're both going to sleep in a few minutes. It's early, yeah, I know, but some things just won't change nowadays. Haha.

G'Nite.

xo | cmd

Nice to Meet You, Miata

seminars. woot :|

Hello and goodbye to the midweek!  Three down, two to go, but not without some light resistance. Poor Christine drew the short straw on fortune today was was whisked off to a webinar-gone-awry over in STL. She captured a brief moment of her morning and passed it along to us, making me grateful for a day spent here rather than there. Way to take one for the team, Christine! :)

I've got the necessary commute times down to a science as it pertains to the home>work>Dawne's>home>whereverelsewe'resupposedtobe routine of things. Being Wednesday, that meant I would have to pick up the pace and exercise some urgency to get Sydni, stop at home, and be inside the church by 6:30 for Wednesday night. *knock on wood,* I've not had a problem yet, even if we are flying by the seat of our pants right at 6:30. Whatev'.



little thing, isn't it?



I caught sight of Joe in the foyer right at the end of the service; between late work hours and bumper-to-bumper traffic on the highway, he was limited in his ability to make the actual lesson. No big deal :). We headed out to the parking lot, where I commented on some poor sap's bright red Mazda Miata that saparked next to us speckled with hail pockmarks. It wasn't until I had strapped Sydni into her carseat that I realized Joe was standing with the miata's door open, keys in hand. 

 A flash of red crossed my mind as I attempted to dismiss the onset of believing he'd bought the thing; I think he must've noticed, because he was quick to explain that it was just one of the many damaged vehicles his shop was repairing, and the dealership guy had told him to just bring it home for a couple days to try it out. Interesting. It's a cute little thing, but for some reason I can't ward off thinking that it should ideally belong to some retiree cruising his or her way through golf-course neighborhoods in Florida. My imagination's a wild thing, I'll tell ya.......

yes, playing pretend can be adorable!

Anyway, so we have this loaner thing, so-to-speak, out in the garage, and it wouldn't be fair to let it sit without being explored by the true head of the household: Sydni. She thought it quite peculiar up front and asked, "Mommy, where car roof go?" < Love. As weird as it was to see a convertible up close, it didn't stop her from pretending it was her new ride. Hope she enjoyed that little moment, because .... Fat chance, kid. Haha.
Oh, and in case you were wondering how Relay for Life fundraising is coming along, enjoy this little moment of action at the home of the Towerview Tire's latest pitstop, John & Ellen Best. They've been officially made TIRED OF CANCER!! :) 

nothing gets people goin' like a 400lb purple tire :)
ellen & john best host the traveling towerview tire,
our latest fundraising tool for the 2012 acs relay for life!

The night ended with some chicken and veggies, and some relaxtion, which winds down to this, right now, and me waving an e-goodbye to all my lovely blogbots. See you tomorrow :).


eat your veggies :)

xo | cmd