3rd Wedding Anniversary During COVID

Yesterday, Skip and I celebrated our 24th wedding anniversary, 27 years together, and our 3rd wedding anniversary during COVID. 

Last year we celebrated by dining at our local 'creative diner', Hot Rocks, which has a covered, outdoor patio - perfect for dining out during a pandemic. It was the first time we'd been to a restaurant since COVID had begun 15 months before. We were giddy with anticipation.

Hot Rocks is about 200m from our house, so we strolled over - happy to be able to partake in 'adult beverages' with no concern for being impaired whilst operating a vehicle driving home. We were thrilled to be doing a somewhat 'normal' activity that we hadn't done in so long. 

This year we decided to do the same thing and it was a lot of fun.

Skip enjoyed eggplant parmesan with house-made tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese, cheesy polenta with baby arugula salad, and I had lobster ravioli with sauteéd leeks and tomatoes, in a vodka dill cream sauce. Yum! We shared the crabcakes appetizer. Our server, when she learned we were celebrating, brought us complimentary glasses of champagne! What a treat! She got a great tip, believe me. 

We both are amazed how quickly the years have gone by since getting together 27 years ago. It's been a great run - especially since we both retired. Yes, we've had family and health issues like every other family but overall it's been pretty fun - the longest sustained period of contentment I've been fortunate to experience in my life.

We decided not to go to the LPGA event in Midland MI next month as our cross-border shopping 'itch' had been scratched. We may make a trip to the Buffalo area sometime before the fall. We now plan to attend a steam threshing show in Forest ON in August. It was great fun the last time we attended and we also had a chance to visit my sister and her family.

I have about 2/3 finished on the first house that I'm stitching for Pansy Patch Quilting and Stitchery. I hope to finish the second house and the outer borders by the middle of July.

Tomorrow is Canada Day. We are planning to have patriotic beef tacos for dinner and Portuguese custard tarts for dessert. 

Half the year is done already!