Magical Moments

Every weekend my husband and I have a date night where we get out of the house and spend quality time together.  Sunday evening we decided to try a new restaurant that we always drive past called Bleue's Bistro. From the outside the place looks very eccentric and classy, so one would assume that the menu was exorbitantly expensive for small portions.  I was clearly wrong in my assumption!  Surprisingly they served Caribbean and South American dishes, which was right up our alley since my husband is from Trinidad. We both ordered the Peruvian chicken and were delighted with everything right down to the garden salad!  The Peruvian chicken tasted better than any I've ever eaten at those small Peruvian chicken chain restaurants, and the full course meal was surprisingly inexpensive.

As my husband and I were enjoying the Christmas ambiance of this gorgeous restaurant and our conversation, the waiter informs us that our dinner was on the house because another customer paid our bill. We were shocked that someone would do a random act of kindness like this.  The waiter explained that the elderly man sitting behind us had a similar experience where someone had randomly taken care of his bill at another restaurant and that he wanted to pay it forward.  Feeling incredibly blessed and impressed that there are still wonderful and kind people in the world, we both thanked the man for his generosity.  It made our night even more perfect than it already had been!  We'll definitely have to pay this act of kindness forward as well.

In other news...I just put up our Christmas tree!  Of course I have to be different, we have a purple Christmas tree this year.  I also put up the other holiday decorations, placing Santa Claus & Snowman dolls and figurines throughout the house.  It was quite fun decorating with holiday music blaring in the background.  My parents dropped my dogs off for a visit while they are out of town, so the puppies ran around as if they were dancing to the holiday tunes as well!  My husband seems to be delighted with the new found holiday cheer in our new home.  We recently moved into this spacious 4 bedroom, 2 full bath single family home with a large eat in kitchen, huge master bedroom, and a lovely fenced in backyard.  It sort of took the wind out of our sails to learn shortly after moving into our amazing starter home that we'd have to turn around a pack up for Germany, but I think the holiday decorations make it feel more like home and allow us to enjoy this blessing while we're here.

So my husband and I decided that we're going to throw a Christmas Eve party in our new house this year.  Everyone was so excited here that we finally found a nice home, so we might as well show it off while we can! I also had got to thinking that there may be soldiers who don't have any family in the area and may end up spending the holidays alone, so I told my husband to extend an invitation to his friends and coworkers because no one should have to be alone during the holidays.  Many of my friends have already RSVP'ed so I will have to get busy putting together my dinner menu and finding holiday cocktail recipes!  I also need to buy mistletoe to hang around the house too!  This is definitely the season for love...which you may find in the most unexpected places.

Until Next Time...

Love, ViVi