Tonight I surprised Nic with an impromptu dinner date with John and Diana - a celebration was in order.
Yesterday I posted "
growing roots" - a post dedicated to our renewed dedication to growing vegetables.
Today's celebratory dinner was in honor of some other roots that have begun to grow just a bit deeper.
{If you are a dear dear friend or family member that is really wanting us to move to Minnesota, I would stop reading just about now.}
Our Iowa roots grew just a little deeper over the weekend.
Nic decided to take on a new job with his company and his first day in that position is Wednesday! This is a great opportunity, a chance for him to grow and to try something new.
It also requited {sort of} a longish term commitment to the company.
Not only is this is great opportunity for him, but it also allows both of us to really live in the present. For quite a while we would dream of moving to Minnesota and make a lot of plans focused around doing just that. I feel that we would focus so intently on that "dream" future, that we were not totally living in the present. Now, I know we are going to be staying put for the foreseeable future and can really plan for and live out our awesome life in Iowa.
Because it is awesome.
So, I tricked Nic when he got home from work and surprised him with dinner with John and Diana at his favorite burger joint in Iowa City -
Shorts Burgers and Shine.
I have raved about this place before, but if you are ever in the area you must stop!
They only use beef that was raised in Columbus Junction (just 10 miles from Washington) and pretty much everything is homemade.
And the beer - omg, the actually have good beer on tap! Including our favorite Iowa beer -
Peace Tree.
And to top it off - they even have homemade black bean burgers for people like me. :)
Beer, burgers and fries - Nic couldn't ask for anything more.
Well, at last minute stop at
Graze and a round (or two) or martinis were icing on the cake.
Congratulations on the new gig, husband!
