It was our anniversary yesterday. We have been married a blissful 17 years. Paul arranged for a babysitter--yes, HE ARRANGED FOR A BABYSITTER! WOW! and after arriving home with flowers, he took me out to dinner at a very nice restaurant. Before we left, I decided I wanted to dress up and curl my hair (rare.) After looking through my closet, I selected what I thought was a cute red dress but noticed it had a hole in it. So I took it to the sewing machine but realized I had no red thread. After fruitless searching, I decided to sew it using the white thread that I did have.
Upon examining the repair, however, I realized it looked horrific with white thread showing so I tried thinking "out of the sewing box." I ran to my art cupboard and took out a red permanent marker and colored the white thread red. It worked out great! I wouldn't compare this to NASA astronauts and engineers coming up with a way to save Apollo13, but for me, it was a creative moment. Unfortunately, after my perceived brilliance, once I put on the dress and looked in the mirror, I decided it did not flatter my figure and went with another ensemble altogether. Oh well, I will wear it to church (no need to look good there--it's not how you look on the outside but what's on the inside, right?) so it's not a total waste.
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I am sooo impressed by your resourcefulness (it's not how you spell the word, but what it means) with your dress. I guess a little bit of me has stayed with you (not that you couldn't have done it before you knew me).
Happy Anniversary.
I miss you.
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