If you haven't seen the picture on facebook, my husband left work early today to drive to the Fresh Market where they have beautiful roses and he bought me 2 dozen roses -- Cayenne and Blush. And they are gorgeous! I thanked him for going out of his way to do that for me. Then I made the steak, potatoes and salad I had originally planned for last night. And we'll have the cake again after that. And then, who knows what we will do for the evening's entertainment?! This actually worked out very nicely. We celebrated our anniversary two evenings in a row, and we still have the night at a hotel at the beach planned for next weekend. So the 31st is turning into a very big celebration.

Doc, I hope that she liked the card and the chocolates and the flowers if you get those too. I am really happy that things have turned out so well for you, even though it came after both of you lost your jobs. Funny how it seems no matter how we try we can never "have it all". But the important thing is to be happy with what we have. We could always have even less.