Wedding Anniversary and a memory on Facebook

Today is the 37th Anniversary of our wedding day. Dave and I got married in the courthouse in Rockford and it provided plenty of material for funny stories. Ten years ago I posted this on Facebook and it popped up today.

In 2012 I posted a memory on Facebook on our anniversary

Screenshot of a Facebook memory from 2012 describing our wedding day in 1985

Here’s what it says in case the image doesn’t show up:

Today is a funny, happy memory day. 27 years ago, Dave and I stopped in a courthouse and got married. We had planned to do that for 4 years running during that week of vacation, but one or the other would get cold feet.
We had a suite reserved for a honeymoon, but when we stopped at home, the cat was in labor so we cancelled and stayed. Nothing would do but she had the kittens in a box at the foot of our bed and woke us up all night long to show us each new baby.
We could hardly ever remember the exact date of our anniversary, so all those years we had together we celebrated this whole week and any time we wanted to make an extravagant purchase, we would bring it home and say “wedding present!”

Time to revive an anniversary tradition

I used to love bringing frivolous things home and claiming they were a “wedding present”. The purchases were usually household things like fancy cocktail glasses or fun dishtowels. I’m trying to remember a few of the more extravagant buys, but nothing impressed me enough to remember I guess. But this story has made me feel like a trip to Home Goods to revive a feel-good anniversary tradition.

Price of Chocolate

We’re all dealing with inflation (and a host of other things) but I found a tiny silver lining today. I have been battling my sugar addiction forever, but in a serious life-or-death mode since March.

I realized why grocery shopping today that my frugal nature kicks into overdrive at certain price increases and candy is currently out-of-sight price-wise. Which protects me from myself because it’s so easy to keep walking when a large bag of M&Ms is $10+. The image below is for the smallest “fun size”.

I did read yesterday that Hershey’s is saying they can’t meet the fall demand for candy that is Halloween in the USA. They are managing normal everyday supply, but their seasonal lines are just not up and running yet. So I might even be able to skip “Half-price candy day” Nov 1st.

Image is a yellow M&Ms fun size bag with a price of $3.99 for the fun size — It’s easier to avoid sugar when I have been priced out of the casual chocolate market.

How To Make Perfect Hard Boiled Eggs

Perfect Hard Boiled Eggs Are Easy!

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My grandson showed me how to get perfect hard boiled eggs every time! He’s going to be a chef and he practices his art daily at the restaurant where he works while finishing high school.

Over the holidays, he came to help me prep the food for the big gathering. Two dozen eggs were needed for deviled eggs. Here’s what he taught me and the proof is in the picture.

1- Spin each egg on the counter until it stops wobbling. This centers the yolk so you have an attractive slice for salads and a stable white for deviled eggs.

2- Cold eggs, cold water – 17 minutes on high from start to finish

3- Have an ice bath ready when the timer goes off after 17 minutes

4- When eggs have cooled, remove them from the ice bath, shell them immediately, and store in a gallon storage bag in the fridge.

That’s it. Perfect every time I’ve done it since.