We were shopping, innocently, at Sam's Club. On the way out was a set-up for portraits, one day only. $10.
We came back for the sitting and found out the pick-up day would be December 9th, which is when we became engaged.
They started on the big package of prints, little realizing that I could share one print with 1270 Facebook friends, then with opponents from five or six Lutheran groups - on Ichabod.
We had lunch at our favorite restaurant - Rubiae's - and shared a chocolate moose. I said to the waitress, "This moose is a little small, eh?"
The chef is one of the best anywhere, but he charges no more than a franchise restaurant like Red Lobster.
We had to buy some frames and matting. I was reading the new book on Moline's Riverside Cemetery in the parking lot of the frame shop, perched high above the highway. Chris mentioned that to the owners. The wife said she went to Augustana, and they both lived in the Quad-Cities.
