Sheridac: Sorry about you DD's wreck. Glad that she is Ok, though.
Wanted to tell you about my wonderful Anniversary Dinner, think of this as a mini trip report:
DH made a ressie at our favorite Japanese Steak House for 7PM.
After waiting for a bit, we are seated at a hibachi table with a woman and her two teen sons. Her hair was so long and dried out that I was sure it was flammable. I prayed for her every time the flames rose, and she instinctively leaned backwards.
However, she I met up in the bathroom and struck up a conversation. She had a Southern accent. Her hubby was out of town, so the boys talked her into the Japanese Steak House for dinner.
They finally took our orders and brought out our hot, moist towels for our hands... and when I opened mine, it was dirty inside. I was not pleased.
We waited.... and waited.... and waited... for them to come and start our meals. No dice. Suddenly a waiter appeared and placed 2 more menus on the table.
In walks a young couple and a toddler. For reasons I do not comprehend, they place this little one right next to me on the corner. There were plenty of seats available for each of us to have our own space, but for some reason this is where they put this toddler. Now, at first I was a bit annoyed that they had placed this little guy next to me, as I know what toddlers do when they eat. I've had 3 of my own.
It wasn't all that bad, he only slapped my arm twice and he was mostly well-behaved if not well fed.
His parents and I chatted through dinner. I ordered a mai tai with my dinner and it wasn't as good as I remember them being and they no longer serve them in the special tiki glasses. I was sad.
I turned to the young mom, and said "mai tai just say that this is a fairly good mai tai?" She laughed and told me where to go to get a really good one.
Dinner went well, our chef was entertaining. The funniest thing that happened though was at the end of dinner. I was sitting there and noticed a single, lone green pea sitting in front of me. For no particular reason, i decided to see if I could launch it into the middle of the hibachi grill...
I overshot my target and it went flying over to rest right in fron of one of the teen boys. He pretended not to notice, which only made me laugh louder. The other couple and I blamed the mai tai for all the trouble it caused.
All in all, despit the long wait, we had a great meal. But now, I must get my bones to bed as I have a long day tomorrow.
Mai tai suggest a shower first? Of course you may darling... it's maaahhhvelous!
Cheers and MAELSTROM!
For a minute there you threw me with that picture of you and your brother though. I was thinking 'Now that doesn't look like her DH....' I thought you had kicked DH to the curb for oh, I don't know, maybe Buzzton. But I know you'd never do that cause your DH is just too darn cute. 
Like my dad told me when I dented his Caddy, you can replace the car but not the daughter!
To get in, they have to climb the rope all the way to the top and touch the ceiling (25-30 feet up, I'm guessing). She's been trying for weeks, getting a little higher each time until she stalled at about 3 quarters of the way up (that' like 3 thirds up if you work at the WalMart fabric department). When I finally asked why she kept stopping there (week after week, when she'd been making steady progress up til then) she said
