Rigdonia, The Blog

I can't really remember Friday, which I suspect was a rather boring day . . . oh yeah, it was! Dh was feeling left out of the whole new car thing, so I "let" him take it to work that day, leaving me stranded with his dad's F250 long bed. So rather than a) try to figure out how to haul my belly up into that thing and b) find parking places in the boonies and walk a mile, I decided to stay home. Think I cleaned the living room, or something mundane like that! LOL!

We had planned on a date, but all of our babysitters were otherwise occupied. So here comes Saturday afternoon and my ever-so-sweet neighbor Amy calls to see if we had our date, and offering to babysit for us! Yippee! So we left the kids at her house and went to dinner and a movie. Pretty mild evening, but a nice little vacation from the usual routine. First, we went to a restaurant called Tahoe Joe's. Disgustingly excellent food and service! Our steak was slow roasted over a wood fire then rolled in cracked pepper corns. I couldn't eat it all - no room in the tummy - but it sure was good! Topped it off with a shared piece of Nevada Cheesecake. I won't describe it - that would be mean. Suffice to say, this place is now tops on my list for awhile, along with Splash Cafe for their clam chowder.

Afterward, we went to see Spiderman. I know, there were other great movies to see, but that is what dh wanted to see. It was enjoyable but a little long. Not really a movie for the young children due to violence and grown up situations. (Although, surprisingly enough, there were plenty of 4 and 5 year olds on up at the 9:40 showing! ) The most enjoyable part was when Peter Parker was learning to use his new-found talents. Word to the wise - don't sit in the front rows if you get the least bit motion sick! Swooping up and down through the tall buildings - great cinematography but bad for the steak in me belly. I had to close my eyes a few times! (Kept it all in - for that price, I wasn't giving any up - LOL!) Needless to say, we were out until after midnight, so were the kids, and so today we just slept in until almost 10 am and missed church! oops.