Dating: the formal, or sometimes not so formal, going out with the opposite sex to get to know and bond with each other. An activity between two people of aquaintance or of love.
Date day, for David and me, happens once a week. It's a day we always look forward too because no matter how busy life gets, we force ourselves to stop and enjoy each other. For how long this will last, I don't know. We hope to be able to do it even with screaming kids in the house. For now, I look to thursdays or sundays, when we get to do the things on our check list that we've always wanted to do. Recently, we went to Huber Farm and picked berries with Tootsie. We packed a lunch, loaded up the car and was on our way. Now, in the past, a trip to Huber meant some how both of us were in a bad mood. We don't understand it, but this time, we were determined to have a good day. Lunch under a big tree by a pond was wonderful! 
Picking Blackberries was a joy and we were so surpised to see so many berries that were ready and ripe for the picking! Tootsie had a blast eating all the ones she could find on the ground. The great thing about picking your own is you can snack on the produce and try it out before you buy :)
Off to Blueberries we were! Neither of us had picked blueberries before. Hint: Just craddle a bunch of them in your hand while still in the vine and then roll them around gentley in your figures and the ripe ones will just fall off into your bucket! The minor problem was Tootsie getting away from us in the blueberry bushes and we ended up hearing her barking at a local farmer a couple yards away....oh little dog... However, by the end of the picking, we were so hot from the sun and so full from snacking on berries that I could have slept right there in the berry bush.
Huber also makes their own wine, ice cream and cheese. We decided to tie tootsie to a block and run in to get some ice cream. David came back out to give her some cool water to find she was gone. After 10 minutes of waiting for him to come back, I checked outside. HUSBAND AND DOG were gone! But where? Come to find out, Tootsie got loose from her tie and bolted across the parking lot to the pond to get a good look at the geese it the water. David had run after her and three women were helping to choral her. Much to their disappointment, when they left to help with Tootsie, their huge cart of berries fell over and spilled their freshly bought produce all over the ground. How do you apologize for something like that?! David offered to buy their produce, but they were sweet about it. Man, oh man,...a little dog is just like having three kids! HA!
