Project 365: Bike Date Night

August 8, 2019
Thursday marked 2 years that Tim left us. I did pretty well getting through the day except when my girls talked about their dad. I hate that Tim left us at such a young age in life, but God had other plans for us.....all of us who were affected by his death.....family and friends alike.

Mark texted me from work and wanted to know if I was interested in going out to dinner and then go to a movie. Of course! And we took the bike, which is the first time we have ridden since coming back from our 1,422 mile vacation trip in July.

Shadow selfie

We went to Carabba's before we went to the movies.

We ordered the "Date Night" special for $45. It included:

appetizer

soup or salad

entree

dessert to share

We ordered the mozzarella sticks and marinara appetizer

I ordered the minestrone soup

Mark ordered a chicken soup

They also gave us bread and flavored oil to munch on while

waiting on our food.

Both of us ordered the chicken Parmesan and garlic potatoes.

By the time I ate the appetizer and soup and bread, I had to

take my entree home.

This was a huge and delicious piece of dessert!

I took one bite and had to let Mark have the rest!

Unfortunately, the chocolate probably would have

made me sick later on during the night!

We knew we had a theater gift card from our wedding

but I was pleasantly surprised to find we had a

gift card we could use at Carraba's, too!

Thank you, Dorothy, for the gift card that you gave us as

a wedding gift! We enjoyed it very much!

Next, we went to the movie theater and got our tickets, but it

was too early for our movie. So, we went across the street to

Walmart to use the rest room and walk around until time for the

movie.

We sat on the very back row so that Mark wouldn't have to

listen to any chattering going on behind us. But, the theater

was pretty empty.

Phones do not take good selfies in the dark, lol!

The theater we went to was out Hanes Mall Blvd in Winston.
Thank you to whoever gave the gift card to us!

I'm sorry that I don't remember who to thank!

On the way home we stopped to get gas.

One nice thing about the bike is that it doesn't take much

money to fill it up. Mark says it holds maybe 6 gallons total.

When he fills up, he resets the trip counter so he can keep track of

the miles we drive before we fill up again. We get 40 miles per gallon.

The movie we saw was "Fast & Furious: Hobbs and Shaw." It was rated PG13 and was designated as an action movie. It definitely was filled with action, but I am appalled at the language included in the movie! Why, oh why do the writers feel like they have to include such language when it is totally unnecessary? It was a great movie other than the language! So, parents, this is an FYI!

Another disappointment is the language used in the show, "Designated Survivor." The first season we watched was wonderful. It had some language, BUT this season, the very first show was disgusting! They have lost our following because of, not only the language, which was 99% worse, but the sex and alternate life styles that were included. Too bad they have to ruin perfectly good shows by adding the garbage! But, I'm not really surprised as the devil works harder in these last days!

August 9, 2019
Liz called me on Thursday to see if I could get the kids because they had been stuck in the house all week since she had to work getting ready for school to begin next week. So, I went on Friday and picked them up. We went to IHOP for breakfast and then came back to the house to ride in the woods. They finished their breakfast for lunch, we went back to the woods and then papaw came home early and played in the woods, too. When we went back to the house for a break and a drink and potty, the kids decided they wanted to go home to swim. Sounded good to us because it was really hot outside!

I rode with Ryan for awhile! Boy! He can scare you!