A really great date night

Jason and I had a great date on Friday night.  Rhiannon was off playing at the high school's Homecoming football game, and Wade was at a friend's house, so we took off on our own.  First we had dinner at China Express--love their dinner buffet!  In the middle of the meal Jason told me to save room for dessert.  I asked him about the frozen yogurt served there at the restaurant, but he had other plans.

After dinner we drove down Ridgecrest Blvd to this place:

This little dive has been around for years and gets steady business.  We love their milkshakes!!

The surprise of the evening was when we headed for home.  I thought we were going to go out in the desert somewhere and do some star gazing.  Jason had an even better idea--he had our comfy camping chair recliners all set out on the porch; we took those out to the backyard and watched the stars from there.

I LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT.

Thanks for a great date, babe--I love you!

A Mystery Dinner and one heck of a soup recipe

Jason and I had a great time with our first mystery dinner experience!   Our friends the Workmans hosted the evening--it was a blast!  The "archaeological dig" in their front room was a tent!  We ate dinner and read the script inside it.  Thank goodness for the script and clues--I thought going into it that we had to make everything up and stay in character as we went--an actress I will never be, ha-ha!

 

 

Ashley R. Sonnyste and Con Iver

Jason borrowed Rhiannon's Doctor Who bowtie--he looks great!  I loved that we "matched" with the turquoise scarf and bowtie, ha-ha!

 

Fun with some good friends!

Archaeologically Speaking: It's the Pits!

Back Row: Conrad Iver, Major General E.B. Sawtedd, Hamilton MacTorr, Lester A. Fayre

Front Row: Ashley R. Sonnyste, Terra Sunder, Anne T. Ickwitee, Lady Mellissa N. Lynke

 

The first course of the dinner was this SUPER TASTY soup.  I asked for the recipe and had to post it!

Pot Sticker Soup:

 

1 T sesame oil

1 onion, chopped

2 cloves garlic

32 oz chicken broth (two cartons)

2 green onions, chopped

another 1 T sesame oil

1 package (15 oz) frozen pot stickers (I used 16 pot stickers, I don't know how many ounces that was)

1 package (12 oz) frozen stir-fry vegetables

 

1. Heat 1 T of sesame oil in a large pot over medium heat. Stir in chopped onion and garlic; cook and stir until the onion has softened and turned translucent, about 5 minutes. Pour in the chicken broth, green onions, and remaining sesame oil. Bring to boil over high heat, and season to taste with salt and pepper. (Probably just pepper- it's plenty salty)

 

2. Reduce the heat to medium, and add the frozen pot stickers and stir-fry vegetables. Cook until the pot stickers float, about 8 minutes boiling.

Make it soon before you forget how good it was because it really is an easy recipe. Grab a bag of stir-fry vegetables, toasted sesame oil, and some pot stickers.

A very satisfying ending

   

Jason took me to The Dark Knight Rises this afternoon, the "last" in the Christopher Nolan Batman trilogy.   Bane's continuous neck cracking got a little old, but otherwise I enjoyed every last minute of it.  Thanks, babe!

Newlywed game

Jason and I enjoyed a night out with friends on Friday.  The game for the evening was the Newlywed Game.  I was pumped because the last time Jason and I played that we SMOKED everyone else! 

Well, last night everyone else SMOKED US.   We lost big time!

It was a fun, fun game, though--my cheeks hurt from smiling and laughing so much!

In our defense, the questions were pretty hard.  They went way beyond favorite color or food.  But we came close on quite a few.

Jason had to answer things like "What's the last book your wife read?"  Poor guy didn't stand much of a chance--I've got over 15 books on my night stand right now!  Or  "How much did you spend on the first date?" and "What's your wife's comfort food?"

Some of my questions were, "What's the oddest place you've ever kissed?"  and "What's the strangest gift your husband has ever given you?"

We got that one right.  Jason said "nothing."  And I said, "None.  He's always spot on!"

Love you, babe!  We may be complete opposites "in everything"  (Jason's question and answer, ha-ha!), but we do know how to have fun together!

High and Low

Jason and I had a great time on our group date tonight with five other couples.  First we got treated to homemade, d-licious calzones, pizza, breadsticks, and dessert at the Tonks' home, and then we all went to the bowling alley on base and played a game.  It's a small building, but it's CLEAN and doesn't smell like smoke--yay!  Jason bowled the highest score at 142, and, um, I got the lowest score, a 62.  (My score would have been a little better if I hadn't fouled twice--that stunk!)

Date nights rock!!!  I love my hubby!  I love fun friends!

Shut down

The Cushing swimming pool was officially closed down today.  Man, I already miss it!  Jason did 99% of the work, and I turned the water faucet on and off. And on and off.  And on and off some more.  I'm glad I was there to help him, though, because the whole task of winterizing the pool is NOT a one-person job.  Thankfully it's not hard, just time-consuming.

It's slowly, vvvvvveeeeerrrrrrrrryyyyyyyyyy slowly starting to feel more like fall.  We haven't run the swamp cooler for a couple of days, which is nice!

Tonight Jason is going on a Scout campout, and I'm going to stay up "late" with the kids, hanging out and watching the BBC Robin Hood series on Netflix.  Tomorrow we'll clean up the front yard and then chill til Dad comes home.  Then Mom and Dad will go to our monthly game night--yippee!