This month, Ryan mowed the lawn and I traveled to have the car serviced.
I'll go ahead and let you figure out which one was spectacular.
I'm generally adamant about a full-spectrum celebration ON THE ACTUAL DAY, but 44 months will just have to go down as low-key because the day demanded adulting.
We're preparing for my niece's wedding this weekend, so in order to be able to celebrate, real chores had to be done, and Tuesday was the day they had to be done.
We did squeeze in a photo shoot, and of course, Ryan had to be a ham in that. {Shocking to you, I'm sure.}
Then the day went downhill in a hurry...in a story we'll save for the podcast because it's just flat out funny when told out loud, but suffice it to say that my intention to hide in a corner of the car dealership and read my {intriguing} book was thwarted by car salesmen who mistook nose-in-book for an invitation to quiz me about our vehicular life and see if maybe we would be interested in any of the fine specimens on the lot.
And then I got gas and after punching in 29304820834092384 numbers on the quiz that apparently precedes pumping gas, I auto-pilot entered my old zip code and saw the words "TRANSACTION CANCELED! PLEASE SEE CASHIER." And the cashier said "I'll just cancel it and you can start over."
Sigh.
I came home to find Ryan putting away the push mower and dripping with sweat. I asked if he push mowed the whole yard, and he said, "Yeah, I forgot the keys to the other mower were with you in the car."
Happy monthiversary to us.
So we ate a grand dinner of nachos, and in case you're wondering, using broccoli as a chip-bed is no good. I normally use spinach in place of chips, but I discovered as I was plating dinner that ours had gone bad, so leftover steamed broccoli it was. That may go down as the worst monthiversary dinner ever.
But you know what wasn't a failure? Cuddling up on the couch with Ryan to watch DVR'd shows and being SO GRATEFUL for these last 44 months and all their adventure, spectacular and mundane.
This guy. He's my favorite.
7 comments:
Fave TV shows of the Shaffers?!
Sometimes you just have to love real life!!
We need the mundane to make the special days/ events even more spectacular. If every monthiversary included homemade breaded tenderloins then that special aspect of your monthiversary would decline. Well, maybe (homemade breaded tenderloins may always make a day spectacular!!).
You two are just so much fun regardless!!!
Dito Shari!! Love y'all
Sorry it wasn't a super fun monthiversary! On the bright side, you look fabulous in that color of blue!! I had an "everything is going wrong day" yesterday. It started with a horrible hair cut that can't even be fixed because she cut several inches to short in the back and I couldn't stop crying about it! She cut my hair in a style that I don't really like on anyone and now it's on my own head!! It's too short to pull up in a pony too! Even though it's not the end of the world, I really do wish I didn't have to leave the house until it grows and can be re-cut into something decent. And my daughter says to me, "Is that really what you wanted, mom?!" No! No it is not! And the day ended when I was trying to make enchiladas for supper and was running behind already and realized that I didn't have a package of tortillas that I thought we had...and we live 20 minutes from the store. And in between, I hurt my 11 year old daughter's feelings and felt like the worst mom ever. And I had to break it to her that her two nicest friends that she loves are in the other class this year leaving her with absolutely no friends (according to her). I couldn't wait for the day to be over!!! Many tears shed by both females in the house. And today I woke up with the same horrible haircut. Blah! But at least the rest of the day went perfectly normal. :) Sorry for the rant! Just had to get that out of my system!
Leslie - Well it's about to be the Olympics, all the time. LOL! I won't make Ryan claim this one, but I dearly love watching Bringing Up Bates. :) Together we watch a lot of Friends, America's Got Talent, Married at First Sight, the Jim Gaffigan Show, and while it's not in season right now, we also love Life in Pieces. And of course, any crime show/documentary.
Tamar - And we sure do!
Maria - WELL SAID!!
Shari and Odie - THANKS!! :)
Tia - Oh noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!! Bad haircuts are so sad. I'm so sorry!! I have had those before and know the horror. {Sadly many of them were at my own "I'll just trim this up" hand.} And while I hate hate hate the feeling of knowing I've hurt someone, so I feel your pain on that one! You're always welcome to rant here. I sure hope the week improves, even if the hair doesn't grow as quickly as you'd like!
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