Date Night! And the rest of the weekend

Joseph asked me out on a date.

It was pretty serious.

He took his car out of the garage, came up front and rang the doorbell.

He said he would take me to a formal dinner if I wanted, but he knows how much I love...

Oh yeah. I chose the pretzels.

It was fun to pretend we were on a date getting to know each other. We asked the getting to know you questions that one asks on a date. Tried to stay away from talking about day-to-day routines that are a part of being a married couple. He looked into my eyes and made my heart flutter.

He leaned close and whispered, "You have such beautiful blue eyes."
I teased him and said, "Do you say that to all of the girls?"
He teased back and said, "No. Some of them have brown eyes."

He said our reservations (to some unknown, surprise place) weren't until 9:00, so we walked around the mall a bit.

I said, "Ooh, look, a moon-shaped cookie cutter."
He replied with, "You want the moon? I'll give you the moon."

The surprise reservation ended up being an improv club called Jesterz. It was hilarious.

We got out about 10:30. J informed me that the third part of the date was to go out dancing...if I wanted to. J isn't a fan of dancing and I was kind of tired, so I told him we could do that another time. When we got home he put on some music and slow danced with me. It was perfect.

J had a nerd conference the rest of the weekend. And my Mom decided the doors were ready to be painted. We painted the exterior in the heat of the summer (post can be found here).

Since J was at the conference, I painted the two doors by myself. This is the front door before.

I was taking a break to eat some food and I had three dogs staring at me. Yes, one of those dogs is my own. It could have been worse. This is only half of the dog population at my Mom's house that day.

And it's done. I know it only looks like I did the trim, but I painted that whole door, plus the trim, plus the frame on the outside (the door had to be left open so it could dry - the section with the hinges and door knob plate).

There is a whole other back door that I realized I didn't get a before picture until I was halfway done painting it and I decided I just didn't care.

The door painting took all day. At one point Breezy walked past me and said, "You are definitely the best daughter. I am ok with the number two spot." The things I do to stay on top.

That night J was supposed to come home and we were going to a friend's surprise birthday party, but he ended up going to an after party that was a good networking opportunity and I went to the birthday party alone. I missed that boy.

I forgot my rings at my Mom's house. I took them off so they wouldn't get covered in paint. And then I forgot my friend's gift card and showed up to her party empty handed. I really miss my memory.

Sunday J had another half day of conference. His brother Jacob recently bought a car for $500. Needless to say, it needs a little work. He asked if I wouldn't mind driving out with him to where it's parked in the east valley. He was hoping to get it fixed and drive it home. Unfortunately, he had to leave it there, but he did get some work done.

Look at the height on this kid.

It was a good weekend. Always over too soon.