Positively Tuesday-And Another Year in History

      DH and I have now been married 34 years. We've experienced joy, loss, frustration, success and all things in between. We've not raised a Norman Rockwell family, but have three kids that I believe think highly of us, but also don't feel so tied to how they were raised that they will find it hard to compromise when they find partners, complete with their family customs and norms, and make their own family. Each anniversary I get to think about how while everything in our lives has not been perfect, we sure got the good end of most of life's sticks. Chaos and clutter  might be our dysfunctional norm, but it's "our" dysfunctional norm. With that, Happy Anniversary week to my dear husband, DH for short. As I capture my joys, smiles, and simple pleasures for the week, may we be worthy of many more anniversary weeks.

1. Friday was a perfect night. Not only did DH learn he got Saturday off, he was home early on Friday. We took advantage of neither of us having had lunch and beat the Friday night supper rush and went out for dinner downtown. We followed dinner with a walk along the river. 
2. While it was a dreaded job, I got the entry closet cleaned. I took out winter coats that never got stored elsewhere-washed those that could be washed and Dryelled those that couldn't be. Despite the warm weather, I know we will wake up to freezing temps eventually and I want our winter wear to be ready. I purged a few things I had been holding onto for I don't know why. 
3. I had what I hope is the first of many Zoom meetings with fellow bloggers on Saturday afternoon. It was that first date kind of awkward at first, but after we got talking, an hour just flew by. Zoom gave us extra time as when it was booked, the notice said free accounts were limited to 40 minutes. 
4. And yet another invitation, and we met friends at the local bar and grill for drinks and dinner. I hadn't seen them since they came to the lake for the day back in August. Of course DH and the guy have seen plenty of each other. 
5. My niece brought her two younger girls, 14 and 9, to help clean up the park. My brother and sister-in-law had their three youngest grandchildren with-though I don't think they were any help at all, but still fun to see. The 9 year old and I tackled the wooded area just off the fishing dock where people toss cans and bottles, together. She is just a sweetheart. She was an expert with the garbage grabber. 
6. They tried really hard to lose the game, but the Minnesota Vikings held on, thanks to a last second field goal to win against the worst team in the NFL. Oh was DH set up for our drive, listening to the post game commentary! 
7. For our bigg anniversary experience, we took a fall drive after the game heading to a town with a really good BBQ restaurant.We couldn't have requested a better driving day and the food at the BBQ place was still as good as DH remembered. 
8. The Pizza Grilling kit was a hit with DH. He also liked getting the pizza gift card-great for some  Sunday, Monday, or Thursday night game. 
9. Thankfully none of the  kids in BIL's family got super sick from Covid, just lousy feeling, but started feeling better by the end of the weekend. I texted with my SIL and found out they and those older than 12 did get the J and J shot, but only recently. 
10. Last-I think we might finally have untangled the  massive financial nightmare yesterday at work. Myself and my colleague really took on the brunt of figuring out a solution, even though we were not the ones who created or directly could make the changes. I try not to be a smirky person, but it was rewarding to hear the snippy accountant who always thinks issues are someone else's fault, be told clearly by her boss that the issue was not caused by my team, but they were pretty glad we knew what we were doing to help them figure it out. 

That's my sunny side of life update for the week. DH and I may be going to see the new James Bond movie tonight. He had asked our daughter who was originally free, bu tnow has a work project so can't join us. She's going to be on vacation starting Saturday so I'm sure they want every minute of her time before she goes. The following week she was supposed to be on a vacation as well, but will be off with sick time since the oral surgeon is available for the first step. That's what I got. I'll leave you with a happy pup-who made me less than happy by digging in and knocking over the small garbage can in my office!