Friday, October 5, 2012

Going to Italy


First of all, we didn't go to Italy, someday we will..hopefully in a year or two, or when our kids are grown up a bit and our business is successful we will for sure go. Or maybe when there's a cruise that goes to Italy.

During the week Jason and I went on a date, it wasn’t too big, but at the same time it was. First of all, we planned it a week in advance. Second, the day of the date, I thought to myself that it was our 2 months since we have been together, Jason even brought it up as we were having dinner. So this is all how it went down.
I am a pinterest fanatic. Thanks to one to my wonderful “little sister” Kim for introducing it to me back in December when I was starting to plan the wedding. Jason has a love/hate relationship with me being on pinterest a lot. There’s this one website, Dating Website Which they also have a pinterest. So I’ve been pinning a lot of dating ideas.

Let me tell you what’s going on, When I was working; I hated going to work, I would contently be missing Jason. Well since now I lost my job and that I have more time on being home, getting our home all cute and getting our business going. I also have more time with my husband and enjoying my time with him and giving him more. Shortly after, I have received a wedding gift; a book called "The Proper Care & Feeding of Husbands", there are some crazy wifes out there.

Back to what I was saying, so I want to treat my husband special and prepare for our family.
Monday Evenings we have Family Home Evenings. Even though it’s just the two of us, we can still put it into our lifes and keep it that way. Plus I have this newlywed Family Home Evening book that I’ve been using.
Wednesday Mornings we go to the temple
Thursday Evenings we have USANA presentations.
Every week we go on a date, to something fun and crazy together. But this day varies on Jason’s work schedule, since his changes a lot.
So the date, I got the idea on The Dating Diva’s website. As I was skimming through, I found this
Now this is our date. Since we always joke around that he is a stallion… It was just perfect!

The Invitation:

"Dreams do come true! For one night we will be traveling to...
ITALY
Present this ticket to receive
*Italian Cuisine
*Renaisannse Culture
*Italian Film
 All this for my Stallion
We will be gone for one night..
PACK LIGHT!"

As Jason was upstairs playing with his gun (not shooting, just taking it apart and so forth) or he was on the iPad playing games, I was out getting everything and got the downstairs all decorated. Jason did infact help me with making the dough (which he wasn’t sure what I was going to do with it)

The Decorations:




After I was done decorating, I had brought Jason downstairs. Which now that I think of it, I should have taken a picture of it, because it was pretty funny!! He was wearing my winter hat (good thing is, it was just nippy outside!! We went by the sheets of lights and to the garage. Gave him a breadstick that I got from pizza hut (which he thought I had made it from the dough we just made) YEAH RIGHT!!  I drove, he didn’t have the hat on as I was driving to the airport. Our flight was at 9pm (Honestly, I didn’t even look at any flight times and I wasn’t even sure if the airport took anymore flights) So we were going to go park, I did a turn and left the airport. Told Jason to put the hat on to cover his eyes. He did and mentioned that he could tell where we are going. He was pretty right most of the time, but at the end of the trip, he wasn’t until we walked inside our home.
He sure was very surprised!! We went ahead and started our calzones. With some Italian music, and since we don’t have internet in our home, I went over to Mc. D’s, since it’s near us and downloading a youtube video with Italian music on our iPad.

Italian Cuisine-Calzones
DOUGH:
1 cup warm water (close to hot)
1 Tablespoon yeast
1 Teaspoon salt
1 Teaspoon sugar
1 Tablespoon oil
2 ½ cups flour

In one bowl; combine water, yeast and sugar. Mix till for 5 seconds, then have a lid to cover the bowl (BUT DO NOT SEAL IT!!) As the yeast goes into motion; in another bowl mix in the flour and salt. In the bowl you will be using to mix everything together, pour the oil. Check up on the yeast bowl and stir a bit more until dissolved and bubbles. Pour the bowl with the yeast in it into the bowl with the oil. Then carefully, every so often pour in the flour/salt. Stir well until dough pulls away from the bowl. You may use your hands. Turn onto floured surface & knead in the remainder of flour. DO NOT add a lot of flour. You may put a littlee bit of flour onto your hands. (TRUST ME, I DID IT WRONG THE FIRST TIME) Form ball & place in greased bowl with a hand towel on top. Let rise till double in size.
Roll dough out cover half the dough with sauce and desired toppings… and I mean half (Jason didn’t and it didn’t have this bubble after it was done) Fold over dough, seal edges and place on baking sheet. Bake in 375 degree oven for 15-18 mins.
Desired toppings may be; pepperoni, olives, peppers, mushrooms, cheese and sauce.

 YUMMY!!
Just after we put the calzones in the oven, we got a knock on the door, it was a tenant, who lives right next to us. Being apartment managers, you will get this a lot and a lot more different situations. Well she needed help finding this little kitten that got stuck underneath her car or something like that.
The Activities:
Painting-water colors (Crayola watercolors) Representing Italy.
As you could tell with his outfit, he was trying to imitate the guy that rows the boat for love birds and in his painting, he painted that guy.
Mine…don’t ask, because I have never been to Italy and didn’t know what to paint.
MINE:

 JASON'S:

Playdough-Representing each other.

Jason:
I was the Sun...
 His moon
 And his star
 I was also his beautiful growing flower

Mine:
A hammer, because he loves his tools. He a very handy man, My Mr. Fix it.

A DJ system with speakers. He’s a DJ.

We then ate our delicious food!! It was amazing!! The date wasn’t finished yet-we then got onto our “couch” and ate some gelato/ice cream, while watching The Italian Job.


Well you know the ending result....

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