Weekend with my ginger

I can recognize that we're pretty lucky with our current living situation.  We always thought we were leaving "next month" so I didn't get a job after we got married and I moved out to podunkville.  Stewart has an amazing job that albeit he leaves for early in the morning but they give him an hour and a half at lunch and he comes home at 3:30 most days.  This leaves a lot of time for us to spend together.  During the week when he's not here, I run errands, clean the house, and do other domestic tasks that I once vowed I would never do...... I still refuse to iron.  This way, when Stewart is home, we get to spend that time together.  Even with all this time, I still look forward to our weekends.  Sometimes we don't do anything at all but they're still pretty perfect.  This past weekend was no exception :-)

Last week, we finished decorating the house so that it has that warm, Christmas-y feel to it.  Love that feeling!  The 2nd of every month is a special day for us because we met on April 2nd and got engaged on June 2nd.  We try and have a date night as close to the 2nd as possible.  This month worked out as it fell on a Friday.  I told Stewart that I had a special date night planned.  This turned out to be one of the few Fridays that Stewart's boss has told everyone to go home early so he came home right before 2pm!  We hung out around the house and then got ready for dinner.  Stewart didn't know what we were doing.  I wanted to take him to a restaurant that neither of us had been to but had mentioned that we wanted to try out before we move.  Turns out some company decided to have their Christmas party there.  The nerve.  That made my decision easy though.  Back to River Valley Cafe.  Oh.my.goodness.  This place is fantastic.  We ate there before the Willie Nelson concert and I kept thinking about the meal for days afterward.  I really hoped it wasn't a fluke and would be just as thrilled this time.  They did not disappoint.  The dinner menu changes every three days and consists of one appetizer and two entrees.  Stewart and I both opted for the peppered tenderloin.  So.so.good.  We then split a cinnamon roll bread pudding that was perfect.  Our next part of the evening consisted of going to the local theater to watch a production of "Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus".  It was cute and the actors did a great job.

Saturday morning started off with our traditional breakfast at Mr. T's Deli.  We usually bring the dogs and back the truck up so they can see us through the window but it was nasty rainy weather.  We had our breakfast and then sat talking while Stewart finished his coffee. We had a pretty lazy Saturday hanging around the house.   That afternoon we went for a run and got in 5.5 miles.  There are two half marathons that we're going to try and run before we move.  One is in January and the other is in February.  We're just not sure if we'll still be around in February for it.  I'm so lucky to have married a man who likes to run.  Even if we're not talking the whole time we run, I enjoy the time together.  Saturday ended great (for me at least), both of my alma maters, LSU and Baylor, won their conference championships.  Stewart was upset with VA Tech's very disappointing loss.

I got up Sunday morning and made Stewart breakfast in bed.  While I was cooking, he decided to text me that he wanted to take me to the movies.  We went and saw "Midnight in Paris" which was good.  It wasn't fast paced like most movies.  We ran errands and then headed back home to hang out and watch some episodes of Bones (our guilty pleasure).

All in all, it was a great weekend.  Hope yours was too!