2009: Ask my husband on one date a month

and am going for another picnic this month.

So this goal, is, wonderfully, happily, done.

was our date for October.

I enjoyed the excitement of being out at night with Mr. Wren and going into the city very much but doubt I’ll be spending another evening with David Sedaris.

we decided the picnic and hike was worth repeating.

I asked him to go hiking in the woods and to have a picnic.

We went to the Tequesta fire circle for the fall equinox, had dinner at a diner afterwards. Nice little date night.

for next week. We will be going to the local sheepdog trials This is a big and very fun event filled with BORDER COLLIES! In addition to the sheepherding trials, there are also duck herding exhibitions, ultimutt dog shows, SplashDogs (my favorite), and food. I am really looking forward to it!

I asked Mr. Wren if he would go for lunch & the movie Julie & Julia this weekend. And he said yes! ^{Of course, it is pretty safe asking your husband on a date, isn’t it? :)}

We actually, together, have a Sat. nite where we don’t have to work, hang with friends,or do anything else. A rare event. I have seized the date, and Hubby Je and I are going to do something, then follow it up by some serious romantic time, complete with candles and incense.

Wrennie, this is a fantabolously great idea!

For our date in June, Mr. Wren and I visited the Utah Arts Festival. Before we went, I put glitter all over us both with my Lush Glitterbug massage bar. It was fun being all sparkly in the sun and seeing sparkles on Mr. Wren. It was nice walking in the warm sunshine and looking at things. The food at the festival was a pleasant surprise. I expected it to be all junk, but it was actually good stuff, with lots of healthy choices. My favorite Thai restaurant had a booth there, and we got lunch from it.

While we were walking around, I started to notice an astonishing number of people with limbs in casts and braces. So I started a count. It was silly and funny. We also made a game of kissing in every shady place that we came to.

The art booths were too crowded to visit much, but one stood out. It was by a painter named Daniel Ng Mr. Wren really liked his work, and I like it too. I decided that I am going to get a piece for Mr. Wren’s birthday gift.

When we’d had enough festival, we visited the big Salt Lake library. It had these wild disorienting elevators that I can’t even begin to describe, but they were fun. It was the fanciest, most modern library that I have ever been to.

Then we came home & had a nice nap.

I am glad I thought up this idea for our monthly date. It was a big success!

Now that Mr. Wren is back home, it’s time to resume this goal in earnest. I called him up today and asked him to go to the Utah Arts Festival with me this weekend. It looks like fun, with the only downside being that they do not welcome dogs…