CELEBRATING YOUR OWN WAY!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY - LOTS OF LOVE!

I nearly didn't blog today about our anniversary but then knew I would get messages as to what we did.

Well 5 years ago on our 21st Wedding Anniversary, My wonderful husband thoroughly spoiled me with a Suzuki Grand Vitara with personalised number plates with my name on them, he also bought me a Chevosky Crystal necklace hand made in Paris with 5 crystal hearts on it , one for each of the children, yes, I do know I was spoilt. He got a leather jacket, He still looks spunky in it!

So after that I said we cannot every year try to do better or more or whatever, we just decided to enjoy what happened that year, so then we started a tradition for the next phase of our life, that we would celebrate our anniversary for a week and on one of those days go for a drive and find something we like to symbolise our marriage and the place we are at, hence the photograph of our new wine rack, symbolising that our marriage is like a fine wine, getting richer every year!
Now we just need to fill it.

So, this week we have meet at cafes for coffee and cake, had breakfast together, been for walks,
and been out for dinner, and I have to say not everything goes as you would expect...

Three nights ago I certainly didn't expect to finish our dinner at an amazing restaurant and find myself an hour later on the floor of Hawkesbury Hospital Emergency Centre vomiting my heart out into a sick bag and I sure don't think David thought he would be there holding my hair back, hahaha, now I know what food poisoning is and I never want to have it again, ever.

Whats on the menu tonight? I'm cooking!
Beef Stew with Red Wine Caramelised Veges and Parsley Dumplings, (What can I say, I married a Pom!) And Banoffee Pie.

The days we have to celebrate are special to all of us and I think a key is finding the way to celebrate them that works for you, the decision for us to not think that we had to buy expensive gifts every year or try to do what others do, was a pivotal point for us. Its important to know when to stop or when to alter what we do.

I'm off to grab a takeaway coffee to have with my husband at his work.

Tena koe i to Huritau David, Aroha nui, Nelsa