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Happy 25th Anniversary

Anniv. flowers

This may qualify as a not so small miracle: we hit our 25th wedding anniversary, we are both alive, and neither of us is in jail for homicide! I had absolutely NO idea what to get for Paul: he doesn’t have many hobbies, it is impossible to know what he has read or hasn’t, etc. Kristina, Joshua’s girlfriend, had the best idea of all: a night away with a nice dinner. However, what to do with the kids? Since we’ve had one night alone (which happened at the last minute as both kids had sleepovers the same night) in 14 1/2 years, the likelihood of being able to swing this again was miniscule. So, I opted for dinner. I made reservations at a really nice restaurant in town, and mentioned that it was our 25th, and we hadn’t been out alone to dinner together in 9+ years (no nearby relatives or babysitters, which cost a fortune). Look what the owner did:

Anniversary menu at Francine

He changes the menu daily, so prints up menus every day. He made special ones just for us!

I had the Jerusalem Artichoke soup, and could have been happy with a vat of that and french bread! Paul had the salad minus the crab (he’s allergic), and we both had the scallops. OH MY. Good food is GOOD! And the drink of the day was a passion fruit Mai Tai with sour cherries. Paul ordered one while I decided — so I had a sip of his and ordered one too instead of wine! Good thing I didn’t have to stand up soon LOL!

Anyway, I asked a friend of Eli’s parents if they could field Eli for the evening; Joshua went to Kristina’s (we made sure an adult would be there… they are at the age of needing chaperones LOL…EEEK!), and I alerted Coach Cassidy that it was our 25th and Paul would need to bug out early to shower for dinner. Imagine, a mid-week dinner, in a restaurant, with NO kids!

Paul suprised me with an iPod Classic! Alas, and uncharacteristically, Apple goofed (it is a website glitch it appears) and the engraving on the back…. Sarah Ann Smith Happy 25th Anniversary …. didn’t happen, so we returned the one I got and they are sending out an engraved replacement post haste. After Paul got off the phone with support he said, Gee, they are nice and easy to work with. Yeah… Apple does do customer service right! So it will be here soon, and I will set up my computer with three libraries: one each for me, Joshua and Eli. And I plan on adding my quilts and some podcasts to mine, too! WOOT!

3 Responses to “Happy 25th Anniversary”

  1. guzzisue Says:

    25 years! congratulations. 🙂

  2. Jacquie Says:

    We were moving house for our 25th — yours sounds much more festive! Congrats for the past 25 and best wishes for the next 25 or more!

    jq

  3. Judi Says:

    Happy Anniversary!! Congratulations on 25 years. Its our 11th today but we were together 10 years before that.