Lucky Number 13

Yesterday my husband and I celebrated our 13th anniversary. How did we celebrate such a momentous milestone you ask?
By dining at Mickey D’s, of course.
Such is the way for two people who are too tired (or lazy) to make reservations or call a babysitter.
Please don’t feel bad; it’s not likely that I’ll soon be announcing a divorce on the grounds that McDonald’s is my husband’s favorite eating establishment. And I don’t envy lovebirds like Jules at Mildly Melancholy who is happily celebrating 6 months of coupledom. It’s just that my husband and I have learned a few things about each other in our 18+ years together. One of those things is that we don’t always have our best moments on the dates marked on the kitchen calendar.
We buy each other gifts when we see something special, something we just know the other would love and we don’t wait for a birthday or anniversary to give it. We plan weekend getaways or weeklong cruises because we’d like some time away, not just because the wedding reception hall was open on that date.
I prefer to think that we had our anniversary dinner two weeks ago, after Back to School night. We were already paying for a sitter, so we stopped for a nice dinner and a glass of wine (for me!) and we had a really nice time.

Happy (Un)Anniversary Old Man!

Grad Week Photos

Our ship docked in King's Wharf, Bermuda.


I'm somewhere in this sea of 2600 graduates. My husband couldn't find me, so I have no pictures of me graduating.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Merry Christmas to all my friends and family.

2005 Christmas Card (Spoiler)

Here it is, the 2005 Christmas card photo!

We took the kids down to the beach a few weekends ago when the weather was still unseasonably warm. We had a great time! We were the only brave souls in bathing suits on the beach that day. We built a four foot tall sandman and even dipped our feet in the water!

For my friends and family this may spoil the annual surprise, but I think the photo turned out great this year and I was anxious to show it off!

For the techies, the picture was taken in black and white and the features were colorized using Print Shop Photo Pro. The finished product was then uploaded to Snapfish and my photo cards should arrive in about a week.

The real surprise will be how long it will actually take me to address and mail all the cards! Maybe I should have used a Happy New Year Sign!