Forty-Four Years And Counting

Forty-four years ago

I married my best friend.

We celebrated tonight with dinner

In the breakfast room

The best china, the best silver, silver candles and a silver basket filled with orange mums

With the fire burning to warm us.

And a bottle of champagne

For celebration.

We were married on the day before Thanksgiving

Not realizing the the next year, our first Anniversary

that we would be celebrating with family and a turkey dinner.

And every five years or so, our anniversary falls on Thanksgiving

It's just the way it is!

But when it isn't,

We always celebrate at home

And our celebration usually involves steak and champagne

Perfectly cooked filets, asparagus with hollandaise and a baked potato

A salad of greens with bleu cheese and vinaigrette

before the dessert course.

A Grand Marnier Souffle

It's often our Anniversary dessert of choice

for we both adore it.

And we each had a big bowl

With the last glass of champagne!

A special meal, for a special day, with a special guy.

And we do prefer celebrating at home.

Staring with our second year, when,  being "poor", we didn't have the money to go out.

But we could have a great meal at home.

And we did!

And mostly, we've done that every year since . . . 

even when it's Thanksgiving and we share the day with family!