Neil, you rock. What a magnificent example of all that we talk about here! Thanks for sharing your fancy dinner story. I hope you don’t mind, but I plan to blog about it in the next few weeks — your example needs to be shared!

I’ve never thought of the idea of ordering from two different pizza places before, although a few years ago, Kim and I took a fast food grab bag run, where we got our favorite things from a bunch of different places (beef sandwich from Arby’s, a taco from Taco Bell, fries from McDonald’s..) and went to have lunch at a park.

Thanks for stopping by and saying hi. I look forward to hearing from you again!

Kim and Jason,
I discovered you just today — and have probably spent the last couple hours surfing around your site. It’s like you’ve written all of the exact things that I think! (Even though we only have two offspring, my wife says that she has three kids … and I don’t disagree with her.)

But I finally had to write after reading this post. Two years ago, our ninth wedding anniversary fell on a Wednesday. In the middle of summer. We have two young sons, I was laid off from my job and we had no plans to go out.

But I thought, if we don’t use the fancy china and eat in the dining room tonight, when will we? If we’re waiting for a special occassion, this is gonna be it!

So when my wife got home from work — the blinds were drawn, all the candles were lit and the table looked like a million bucks. Then she looked around, sniffed and wondered where the food was.

“Ding dong.” Pizza delivery! But since her favorite is Pizza Hut and I like Papa John’s … I splurged and ordered one of each! We wondered what Grandma would think if she knew we were eating pizza from a box on her fine china, but I like to think she’d understand. Breaking those unwritten rules made the whole evening really special and memorable for all of us.

Now whenever our neighbors see a pizza delivery car at our house … they look for the second one to show up, too!

Thirty-five going on 12,
Neil

I find that drinking root beer in a wine glass allows you to experience the full bouquet and unique notes of the beverage.

Or something :)

And I nearly always drink my root beer in a wine glass.

Sounds like a great tradition to keep going, Kristie. It might be tempting to let it slide as the years go by, but it’s worth making it a regular routine!

Good thinking, Shari :)

Andrea,
You guys totally rock. You don’t know how many people look at me like I have lobsters coming out of my ears when I suggest this. Kudos to you for giving it a whirl. I can imagine the scene in my head and it must have been a fun time!