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This week my husband and I will be celebrating our 39th wedding anniversary.

How will we celebrate it? We don’t even know yet. I thought about a trip, but we just got back from one.

This anniversary thing got me thinking back to our 9th wedding anniversary.

For our 9th anniversary, I was stumped on what to give him as a gift. I looked up the traditional 9th anniversary gift options. The suggestions were pottery and leather.

We celebrated in Milwaukee at the newly renovated Phister Hotel. We put our Anniversary gifts on a cart and wheeled them into our room.

When we opened them, we were both shocked. We had both done the same thing! He had looked up the traditional items too.

For my gift there was a large raku pottery piece. I love raku and I love getting art as a gift.

For his gift there was a new leather jacket.

We could not believe how much we thought alike.

For the 39th anniversary gift idea, the suggestion is lace. I think I’ll skip that one. He’s not a lace guy and the last thing we’d need is another lace tablecloth.

Have you ever noticed when you live with someone for a long time your interests and tastes sort of meld together? The foods I like and those my husband likes are very much the same.

We both love vacationing in the mountains. We skip the beach and sun.

We both like exploring new places. We have traveled the world on business but we are not done traveling yet. Cruising is a favorite.

Even though the countdown to this year’s anniversary is on, I know we will find something we both want to do and a place we both want to eat.

We will be happy just being together.

Cheers!