Saturday -
I got all caught up on the "Kendra On Top" episodes I've had dvr'd, since Graham had to work til noon. After he got off, we got ready and took off to Roswell to run some errands and have dinner.
We started our romantic evening at Jiffy Lube, so I could get my oil changed. Turns out I also needed a new belt (of some sort) and a transmission fluid change. Apparently you're supposed to change the transmission fluid every 30,000 miles annnnnnnd I'd never had it done. It only has 110,000 miles now. Whatev...
We also stopped by PetCo to pick up a scratching post for Mercy, cause the crazy girl is doing some big time damage to one of my rustic tables. I'm trying really hard not to resort to having her declawed, because I've seen lots of horror stories when I google it, but something has got to change! Needless to say she won't have anything to do with her new scratching post... she doesn't even like catnip. Womp, womp, womp.
We enjoyed an awesome dinner at Red Lobster and ate way too much... story of my life! Margaritas, sangria, cheddar bay biscuits, caesar salad, shrimp scampi, peppercorn sirloin, and chocolate cake. Sweet baby Jesus it was all really good!
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| Annie was so glad to see us when we got home. |
Sunday -
Our actual anniversary can best be described by some of the words of our vows... in sickness and in health. Poor Graham had been fighting a head/chest cold for the most of the week, but started feeling pretty good Friday evening. Sunday morning he woke up around 1:30am with a severe headache. He took a few tylenol and finally went back to sleep a few hours later. When he woke up again around 8am the pain had moved right behind his right eye and was worse than before, bringing tears to his eyes. I laid in bed watching tv while he dozed in and out for the majority of the morning.
I finally made him get out of bed so we could go eat something around 11:30, but when we got in the car the light made it even worse. We picked up some Burger King and quickly headed back home. He ate about half of his burger before laying down on the couch next to the humidifier that I filled with Vicks. He slept just about the whole afternoon, waking up periodically so I could give him more medicine and nose spray.
The pain started to become dull around 5 that evening, so he got up and was moving around a little bit. I spent my afternoon doing laundry, watering my flowers/yard, and picking up dog poop in the back yard. =) We decided to get out of the house for a little bit, so we went out to my sister Connie's. We had actually had our ceremony there and wanted to spend a little time reminiscing about our big day. It was a bittersweet moment because my sister had just sold their property and were in the process of moving all of their stuff to their ranch in the mountains.
When we started talking about buying a house, we had every intention of buying Connie's, but as some time went by we realized that we wanted a little more room in our house, that her's just didn't have. I'd be lying if I said I didn't regret our decision just a little bit, but God holds our future and I have faith that there is a reason he steered us in a different direction. It's hard for me to see them go; they lived there for 30 years and I spent so much of my life there. It's going to be hard not going over there for holidays and random get-togethers as well.
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| Just a year ago we became husband and wife in that very gazebo. |
Before we even got married, we talked about anniversary gifts and what we thought about them. I've never really understood the point of buying individual gifts for each other for a milestone that celebrates being a couple; I would much rather make a joint decision on buying something that we can share for years to come... something that represents us. Graham was happy to oblige, mostly partly because it meant he was off the hook having to buy the perfect gift that I would remember forever and ever amen.
Our first statue we bought was actually for our wedding day, called "Two Trails Become One Road". We loved that it symbolized us coming together in marriage to conquer the long road of life hand in hand. To us, it meant that we'd never have to face anything alone ever again. We chose this beautiful "Happy Trails" statue to represent our first year and our hopes in our future life together.
My sweet man did get me these beautiful flowers though. He knows me too well!
Although our actual anniversary wasn't what I had hoped it would be, I wouldn't change a thing. Well, other than Graham being so sick... but my point is that we celebrate us and our marriage on a daily basis. Anniversaries are (exciting) milestones, but I think it's just as, if not more important to make each day special for my honey. Life is about all of the little, every day moments that I get to enjoy with my man, the days that are going by far too fast that I wouldn't give up for anything in this world! Thank you Lord for blessing me with this sweet man. One year down, forever to go!!!
{I have found the one whom my soul loves} - Song of Solomon 3:4
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