Hard Times in MD

It is amazing how much more "date nights" are thoroughly savored by us now that Nate is into the PC full swing. With failed attempts at sharing the details of our day with one another at the dinner table in the midst of the chaos of the kids, Saturdays have turned into such a sweet time of sharing what Jesus has been doing in our hearts, what has been going on at home with me and with Nate at school. And this last Saturday we hit Hard Times, Hard Time Cafe that is ... www.hardtimes.com

A recommendation given to us by a classmates wife who is a local. It was a total hole in the wall, the kind of place we both love to try, and unknown to us, their specialty was chili.

I had the Frito Pie with Cincinatti style chili and Nate had a HUGE Chilicheddar Burger topped with a spicier Terlingua Red chili. It was great, and next-door was a little italian ice place that had some tasty mango italian ice. It was nothing fancy, but a great way to spend our evening - oh, and I even made a good joke that impressed Nate - which is rare, I think I make jokes and he laughs just because it's goofy, but it was actually witty this time, lol! As we were waiting for our food, the power went off and on (apparently someone had hit a power line outside, but we didn't know this at the time) and I looked at Nate, raised my eyebrows and said "hard times, huh?" and he said "that was good" with a big smile on his face. Those are the things I live for being that he is usually the one making me chuckle :). Fun times at Hard Times, those date nights always leave me refreshed and more in love with my husband, always looking forward to the next Saturday.