happy anniversary to me!

Today is my 7-year wedding anniversary! Married for 7, together for 11. Wow. It’s been a great ride so far. I highly recommend marrying your best friend if you get the chance. If you’re lucky, your best friend will also be smart, cute, sexy, talented, caring, generous, communicative, and just as much in love with you as you are with him.

We generally forego giving each other gifts on our anniversary, in part because it’s so close to the holidays, and also because we really don’t want much in the way of material things. Instead, this year, we decided to get something together that we both need. I bet you didn’t know that Year 7 is The Vacuum Anniversary (also known as the Sucking Things Anniversary). Meet our new baby: The Infinity Shark. It sucks! But in a supergood way! It’s like the Dyson for those who don’t have $500 burning a hole in their pockets!

Here’s something I’m learning about growing older. Getting a blender for your birthday instead of that Barbie Dream House – at some point you realize that you’ve crossed over the line and the blender gives you much more of a thrill when you rip open the wrapping paper. The things you want and need get fewer and far between, and much more expensive. I don’t need a cute little thing to display in my house; I need a new vacuum or an oil change instead. Boring and banal? Maybe. But whatever, I don’t care. I’m happy.