July 13, 2006
Dinner & A Movie
“Hey! After dinner, I have a surprise for you.” My husband said as he walked out the door. He was going fishing with his friend Dan and left me alone with the Terrible Toddler.
“A surprise? For me?” I asked. He gave me a devilish smile. The kind that tells me I will like whatever it is he has planned, and he knows the suspense will kill me the entire 3 hours he is gone.
“Yes, for you. I’ll see you around 7-ish.” And with that he left.
I pondered what exactly it could be that he was going to surprise me with. Flowers? No. That’s not it. Where would he have hidden them? Chocolate champagne candies? Nah. Too exquisite for my tastes. Hmmm. I didn’t have a clue.
I kept myself occupied by playing with Dawson. He insisted on throwing, crashing and banging his matchbox cars on the floor. Memories of playing Dukes of Hazzard with my brother flashed through my mind. I always had to have the General Lee and he had no problem playing Boss Hoggs.
In between car crashes, I marinated a pork roast. My recipe was straight out of Rachel Ray’s cookbook (not the 30 minute meals) with fresh garlic cloves inserted into the meat. I then slathered on McCormick’s GrillMates Pork Rub. Mmm. Oh, so Delicioso™!! (Yes, I have trademarked that phrase. I say it so often I am actually having T-shirts made. Stay tuned for details.) Earlier in the day, Doug had cut some fresh broccoli, zucchini and onions from our garden. He diced them up so nicely and had them drowning in vegetable marinade. The plan was that after his fishing time, he’d grill both the veggies and the roast. My mouth was watering all evening; so much so that I forgot all about the “surprise”. In all honesty, I thought this was a euphemism for sex and he just didn’t want to say it. Silly husbands. I obviously did not train this man properly.
Since we were feeling better from our flu-ishness (I don’t know if this is a word, but I just made it up), Dawson and I were very, very hungry. I kept staring at the clock wondering when the fishermen would return. At 7 p.m. on the button (Holy Cow?) Doug arrived home. He cleaned the catfish he caught, proceded to properly store it in the freezer and started on grilling!
Our dinner was excellent. Delicious. Even Dawson liked the veggies. After we put the Doodlebug to bed, we sat on our deck and watched the sprinklers rhythmically water our garden.
“The zucchini was excellent.” I said.
“Yeah, our garden will be wonderful. I can’t wait for the cherry tomatoes and beans.”
” Yum. Tomatoes!”
“Okay, let’s go inside. You go downstairs and bring up some soda from the fridge.”
“Alright.”
When I got back upstairs, Doug had made popcorn and had a DVD ready to play. He handed me a bowl of popcorn and a glass of ice for my Sprite. He even had my favorite blanket spread out on the floor of our living room. I was astonished.
“Awww! You rented a movie? Oh no. It’s not porn is it?” I asked.
“No! Sit down and watch.” he said.
As I sat down and he pushed play on the remote, Failure to Launch was on the screen. I was stunned. This was a movie I had begged him to see in the theatre with me and he never agreed to go. I adore Sarah-Jessica Parker and all her films thus far since the end of SATC have been clever and funny. Doug normally does not like “chick flicks” but he’ll suffer through one on occasion. When this movie left the theatre I lectured him about not getting to see it and he promised the day it was released on DVD he’d rent it. That was June 27th to be exact.
“Oh my gosh! You rented it?” I stood up and hugged him. “I can’t believe it!”
“See? Now you can go and tell all your blogging buddies that your husband does think about more than fishing and that romance is still alive in our house.”
“There’s gonna be romance? Other than in the movie? This is getting better by the minute!”
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July 13th, 2006 at 11:43 am, Guinevere67 Says:
Too cool! The romance part was that he was thinking of you when he rented the movie. Sex is just a perk. ;oD
July 13th, 2006 at 12:33 pm, Dana Says:
Hey Guinivere!! I’m so glad to see you! Your manicure product will be on it’s way soon! I had a glitch in my ordering! I’m on may way over to visit your blog!
July 13th, 2006 at 12:47 pm, Guinevere67 Says:
I’m just happy I won the contest, the manicure product was a bonus! :o) Makes visiting that men’s room worth it. lol
July 13th, 2006 at 6:55 pm, Hothousemomma Says:
Wow, that is very cool. What a sweet guy. I mean hello: How can you not like looking at Matthew M. Notice he always has his shirt off?
July 13th, 2006 at 7:59 pm, Dana Says:
HHMomma, it was a good movie. Yes, his shirt was off, plenty!
July 13th, 2006 at 9:27 pm, mommaobrienx7 Says:
Oh my gosh how sweet! Your hubby deserves a pat on the back for that one!
July 13th, 2006 at 9:53 pm, Dana Says:
Hey Momma OBrien!! Glad to see you! I think he’s a keeper!
July 14th, 2006 at 7:43 am, marsha Says:
Hi Dana, you’re REALLY making me jealous, you know! Ahem…pst pst…can you tell me where you found the man? I think I want one of those too….
July 14th, 2006 at 8:22 am, Dana Says:
Hi Marsha! Thanks for visiting me! I found this guy 9 years ago. I met him when I was a bartender at my father’s tavern. I think he has a few single friends, but I don’t know if they are as sweet as my Doug!
July 14th, 2006 at 9:57 am, sunjanman Says:
that is way too sweet, dana! very thoughtful of him. i’m glad you had a great night and that everyone in your house is feeling better.
and those pics of dawson are adorable, btw!
ps. this is sj from msnspaces…
July 14th, 2006 at 12:49 pm, Dana Says:
SJ!! You’re here! I’m so happy to see you! -hugs-
I’m trying to get situated, my website is still not ready! *L*
July 15th, 2006 at 10:48 am, jess Says:
i’m buying a pork roast now! sounds yummy and like a sweet night.
July 17th, 2006 at 1:13 am, clair Says:
Mmm, how swwweet! You’re one lucky lady, dana *wink*.