Date night gets a makeover!

Since moving to Blacksburg we have discovered there are so many more options for date night than there were in Texas.  Last month we went to a murder mystery dinner at the Inn at Virginia Tech and a dinner theater at Chateau Morrisette, fabulous food and entertainment.  Then on Veterans day we had the pleasure of staying at The Inn at Riverbend for free.

For anyone that is active duty or retired military take note of this for next year and the years to come, there are tons of bed and breakfasts that offer this getaway on the house.  Since we scored big on our accomodations we had no problem spoiling ourselves to a fabulous dinner at the Palisades, delicious!  It's going to be hard to top this month of date nights but December brings our anniversary...

Happy Thanksgiving!

We had a fabulous Thanksgiving dinner at my parents house with my family, my sister's boyfriend, and Alan's grandparents.  I was so thankful to be able to have the day off to enjoy cooking and spending time with my family, a privilege that I now have as I have changed my status at the hosptial.  I am now considered "prn staff" or as needed, basically that means I fill in the holes in the full time staff's schedule, I am not guaranteed any hours but I am not required to work any holidays.  More to come on my new plans as they firm up next week...  Anyways my mom and I served turkey with gravy, mashed potatoes, sweet potato casserole, green been casserole, cranberry salad, dinner rolls, macaroni and cheese and for desert, pumpkin pie, pecan pie, pumpkin cake with cream cheese frosting, and mince meat tarts.  Bottom line, no one went hungry and everyone left with leftovers, just how it should be.  Here is a peek at our table settings...

The Biltmore

Yeah I suppse I could live here if I had to...