Let's Try That Celebration Again

Graham is such a honey. He decided we should re-celebrate our 20th anniversary, since this year, it had landed on a day when Graham was feeling awful and had ended up unexpectedly in the hospital.

After radiation on Wednesday, we went card shopping. We always get each other several cards.

I like to scatter the cards throughout his day...one by his toothbrush, his breakfast plate, another in his sock drawer...when he was working, I'd put one in his briefcase for him to find at work...then more cards to open at dinner.

Graham's makes his cards to me really special by drawing on the envelopes. It's usually some whimsical version of my name or his latest nickname for me, or having fun with some recent item or quirk. Here's a great one from a few years ago where he was poking fun at the way I mowed the lawn back at our Missouri house.




When Graham mowed, he would do it very methodically in a cross hatch pattern. Then we decided to split the job, with me getting the easy riding lawnmower part and Graham getting the harder weed whacking part. I would just go wild with the mower, zooming every which way, until it finally got done. Ladies, I highly recommend riding lawnmowers. They get the lawn cut quickly and they're akin to sitting on a washer during the spin cycle. Who says that doing chores can't be fun? ;-)

Here's a drawing where Graham was remembering the day we met at a Jewish singles event at Canobie Lake Park, and how the first thing we did together was to go on a roller coaster ride.


Here we are on Saturday having a celebratory dinner at Kincaid's in Burlingame, with a great view of the water (and the planes taking off from the airport).


On the way to dinner, we stopped for a quick visit to the Aviation Museum in San Carlos. We had always wondered what was in there!




THANKS: Thanks, Cary R., for the motherlode of World War II DVDs. Graham has quite the collection now! Lisa H., your grilled burgers and pea/radish salad were fantastic. Rob and Jen M from STL, we were delighted to receive in the mail your beautiful and delicious homemade challah!!