For one evening our church worship room was transformed into a romantic, candle-lit restaurant. I loved decorating and making a nice meal for the 16 people who came. After dinner everyone watched the movie "Fireproof" (with Japanese sub-titles) and then Tim lead a discussion time about the movie. Everyone seemed to love it and hopefully it got people talking to each other about their marriage. Maybe we'll do it again.
For the dinner we made the veggies, potatoes and chocolate cake for desert. Thankfully Costco provided the rest; baked chicken, bread and even sparkling cider. What would we do without Costco? We've only had it available the last 5 years to us and I tell ya, we are hooked. The Japanese seem to be too. It is always packed with people, so we have to try to time our 45 minute trip there carefully to avoid the mass of shoppers. We love bringing home an easy meal of cooked pizza after shopping for meat, cheese and nuts. Costco here in Japan has about 1/3 of the American Costco items...including treats like muffins, root beer and granola.
