Anniversary

Today is our 13th wedding anniversary. To celebrate we took our 12 yr old to the orthodontist to find out how much of our life we have to sign away to straighten his teeth .

We really DID do that but that wasn't all. We also did some window shopping & went out to lunch. I did tease him at lunch because he sat there on his computer or his cell phone for most of it . It wasn't his fault tho, it is a work day & he had to send in his sales report. But it was still funny.

And for a present he bought me a pressure canner. We have been wanting one so we could put up chili & stew & so forth. I am excited & terrified at the same time. I have never used one before & I find the whole idea a little freaky. The only impression I have of them comes from "Breakfast at Tiffany's" where Audrey Hepburn explodes rice all over the kitchen. And that was a pressure cooker not a pressure canner.

But it will be soooo cool to be able to put up our own "convenience foods."  Sometimes you just want to open a can & dump in a pot & have that be the extent of your cooking, ya know?  So imagine a pantry full of home made, home canned, chili, soups,  & stews.

If I can actually muster the energy & get some canned in the next few weeks, they will come in very handy after the baby.

So that's our romantic anniversary story .

Blessings.