With our anniversary coming up next week I started thinking about what I might do for my beloved.  It will be # 44 so I checked on what gift is attached to 44.  On the 'traditional' list there is nothing listed.  But the 'modern' list lists 'groceries'!!!  Now, even I am not that cheap!  Then I let my mind wander to far away and expensive places (like the Grand America Hotel) with fancy dinners and even a couples massage and a swimming pool and a fitness center and 24 hour room service.  Just the room would be about $300/night after taxes!  When Sheila got home from work I went over all of that with her.  And, true to form, she balked at the high cost.  We started thinking about alternatives that would be much less costly.  We did find a 'couple's massage' for almost 1/2 somewhere else, and staying at home would cut that expense way down. Right now it is all still in the planning stage.  But we will do something, maybe going to Cortney's ball game (last time we went the senior discount was 'free') I'm not necessarily soliciting suggestion, but good ideas would certainly be considered.  At least we don't have to ask for someone to volunteer to babysit for us.  Also, this Saturday is my anniversary.  I'm still trying to figure out the 'why' to all of that.  But I don't fret over it.  It happened, and it is what it is, and it could have been so much worse.  So, happy 11th anniversary.  At least I will always be able to figure out how old Hunter is.  (Besides, it does get me out of a lot of stuff!)   We're already near a whole month into this year of 2013.  Life just keeps coming too fast to think about it too much.  You just have to live it and try to keep up.