Return visitors, our Anniversary dinner

As Mama and I talked on the way home from church on Wednesday night I told her that if we were on the right track, in the house we were looking at and the consideration of taking on the Rita franchise then we could expect things to begin to happen pretty quickly. She questioned just what I meant by that and I explained that when we finally line up with God’s plan we generally find all the many pieces falling into place pretty rapidly; most of the time God is waiting on us to line up with His plan.

In light of that, Mama called me yesterday in the late morning to tell me our realtor had called her to let her know that the man who had come to our farm last week was coming back to look at the old farm house with a friend who is a contractor. Since neither realtor was present they were able to speak freely and Danny, the potential buyer, is very interested in our place.

He has some life considerations to deal with just like all of us do, but he is interested enough to continue to pray about buying the farm. I do not know if he will be the one to own our farm next, but he would be a good person for me and Mama to work with in the sale. He told Mama that he would not need us to move right away; we would have several months to get all our stull off the property. That would be a good thing.

Mama met me in Decatur yesterday afternoon so we could go out for our anniversary dinner. She had been informed that Texas de Brazil had a special going on and the normal cost of dinner was half price through the end of July.  So we left from the office to make the additional hour drive to Dallas for dinner.

I had called to make reservations and was informed that they were opening a half hour early to accommodate a larger than normal crowd – probably due to the special pricing that was ending that night. So we had reservations at 4:30. We got there in plenty of time and stayed there for over an hour. It was an unusual but fun dinner.

The salad bar was impressive and expansive. We could have eaten that and been satisfied but the whole draw of the restaurant is the fire roasted meats that are served by carvers who come to your table with the meat on a spear. They cut you off as much as you want to eat of the twenty or so varieties they have of beef, chicken, lamb, pork and sausages.

You let the servers know if you are interested in being served the meat by putting a token you are given on either the green side – yes I would like more – or the red side – no thank you, I’m full. You are not obligated to take anything they offer, and Mama refused most of the initial offerings to wait for the meat to be more thoroughly cooked, but it is fun to see what the y are serving as they come to your table. The leg of lamb was especially good.

One family sitting very close to us was entertaining a young man visiting them from Spain so the conversation switched back and forth from Spanish to English. It was delightful to hear them converse in the Spanish I had been taught. Of course, Mama and the matron of their table shared stories during the dinner.

After a small dessert we go the check and it did not reflect the half price special so Mama asked and a coupon was required. The waiter winked and took the bill back, reduced the price – and got a very good tip from me and Mama.

All in all, it was a delightful – and very filling – dining experience.