Friday Night Treat
I was away from home for three weeks helping my daughter to take care of my first granddaughter. While I was gone, my husband did several home improvement projects. I came back to a brighter and lighter color of the interior of the house. He also scrubbed the tiles and put shiny sealant on the front porch. There are still many projects that he will continue to do to make our home look nicer. He enjoys walking around the house and sees his nice touch everywhere.
As a mini celebration, we went to a restaurant for a special treat. He ordered his favorite dish of prime rib, the large cut. He had his regular drink of rum and diet coke. I’m not a drinker, so my he helped me order a glass of wine – Sangria. The wine that we once had when we were in Spain. Perhaps my husband ordered the wine for himself there because I didn’t have any recollection of it. The wine was very sweet at the restaurant, and it was served with ice and some citrus pieces. I had never had wine with ice in it. I took the ice pieces out and put them in another glass. The wine was so sweet that it tasted like fruit juice.
The restaurant was decorated in autumn theme with Raggedy Anne and Andy. There were pumpkins, autumn leaves, and roosters (I don’t know why roosters). I like the different shades of orange color of autumn. It was a pleasant night out for us.
The Showers of Blessings 
It must have been so nice to come back to your beautifully done home. Very sweet of your husband to use your time away productively
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Yes, thank you. He texted me with photos, but it’s nothing like seeing it in person. Thank you!☺
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Your welcome, Miriam
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great idea for decor – and your photos are nice – the prime rib makes me so hungry – and how sweet of him to do those project s- woo hoo – and speaking of sweet – I despise sangria – and some folks joke that certain Christian ladies use it to get plowed at parties
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Yes, my husband initiated doing the projects, no complaints… Oh well, I don’t think I’ll order sangria again. That’s not my idea of wine. I usually order red wine and drink 1/4, because I’m truly allergic to alcohol 🙂
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Interesting pics Miriam. Lots of love to your Grand daughter.😘😘😘
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Thank you so much, Mann!
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Looks like a fun time! Great food!
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Yes, thank you. Usually that’s what he orders when we go out. I order salmon or salad!
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Beef an d salmon… sounds like us!
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Yes, we have salmon 5 or 6 days, beef 1x a week.
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wow… that is a lot of salmon!
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That’s only fish we eat. Got it from Costco.
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Yum!
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🙂 🙂
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Your night with your love was such a blessing. I love the pictures. The food looks great. Thanks for sharing it with us Miriam :):)
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You’re welcome, Margaret! I’m barely catching up with my blog with breaking my computer while in Portland for 3 weeks. Only when I came back to southern CA that I bought a laptop and now doing better!
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That’s great to hear Miriam. It’s always good to be home, but it was nice to spend time with your beautiful daughter and grandbaby.
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Yes, thank you, Margaret, and I’m going back on Monday for another two weeks. I can hardly wait.
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YAA!!! I am so happy for you. God is blessing you with lots of visits :):) I can’t wait to see more pictures.
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Yes, I’ll take more pictures for sure. My daughter is picking me up from the airport. I think she has more energy now, I’m glad for her. Thank you, Margaret!
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That sounds lovely! I love sangria- it is usually wine with other things added to make it sweeter:)
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Oh, you know about that more than I do. After I took out all the ice, it was only half of a regular amount of wine. I don’t know what was added to it to make it so sweet. 🙂
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Yes I started drinking sangria as it was safe with my food allergies
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Is it better than any other wine, or wine is good for you?
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Wine is fine, I just don’t really like wine by itself. Normally if I have a drink I can’t have dessert so I want my drink to be sweet!
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Oh I see. That’s a nice way to keep the sweet down!
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Lovely pics Miriam.
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Thank you so much, Deepika! We had a good time!
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Lucky you to come home to all these lovely alterations, Miriam. Your evening out sounds lovely.
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I know, Robbie! I used to nag him to do things. Now her volunteers. I have to keep encouraging him such as going out for dinner for a treat!!!
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Happy Halloween👻👻🎃🎃So nice of your husband to do up tue house and surprise you😊
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Thank you so much! We had a good time eating out!
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Congratulations on birth if granddaughter, Miriam!
It’s too cold here in Spain for sangria now…. it’s usually served chilled, but I’ve never had it with ice, even in a hot summer’s day.
Thanks for a lovely article.
Regards. Marie.
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Thank you, Marie! I haven’t checked my spam folder for a month!
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Awesome post my friend 😊. I just loved it so much !!
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Thank you so much. I appreciate your comment!
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You are welcome 😊
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🙂 🙂
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Hope your daughter and her baby are doing well. They will like the new improvements when visiting you.
Wishing you all the best
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Thank you, Nahla! Yes, they are coming in November for the Thanksgiving dinner, the last
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wonderful news! hope you all have a great time
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Thank you, Nahla! I haven’t checked my spam folder for a month.
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The last Thursday in November.
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Sounds like a very special night for you and your husband. How are Mercy and Autumn?
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They seem to be fine. I’m going back on Monday to stay for 12 days to help some more. Thank you for asking, Kim!
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Mercy and Autumn are very lucky to have your help. Unfortunately both my parents had passed before my sons were born.
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I understand that very well. When my daughter was born, I didn’t have any help. My parents were in Hong Kong (they passed ), and my ex’s parents were 1000 away in another state. I want to be part of my daughter and granddaughter’s life. So I’m glad to help!
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How sweet is that!!!!!!!
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Thank you, Beth!
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A special occasion indeed!
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Thank you very much! Have to do a little pat on the shoulder!!
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What a lovely celebration 🙂 Loved the photos and the atmosphere of the restaurant. xx
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Thank you so much! We like to do mini celebrations. It’s very encouraging for ongoing effort of making improvements. xo
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But of course. Just the way to live it up. xx
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Well, it doesn’t have to spend too much money all the time. It’s idea that counts. xo
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Oh there are always things to be done around the house Miriam. It’s great your husband takes the initiative to attend to these projects. Good on him. 🙂
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Yes, I’m grateful. I just sit back and relax while he enjoys doing them. Thank you so much!
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