Jennifer Plesko

So, as you know, Saturday was our wedding anniversary. We already knew that this year’s celebration would be a little different than years past. We weren’t going to an exotic locale (and by “exotic” I mean Galveston or South Padre). Instead, we already knew that we were headed back to good ol’ College Station so we could get some more work done on the house and be that much closer selling the stupid thing.

On Friday night, as soon as we drove into town, we met my parents for dinner. Being the awesome parents they are, they wanted to take us out for our anniversary the night before. They informed us that we had a gift waiting at our house. They weren’t lying. When we walked through the door, we immediately noticed something was amiss. It was clean! My parents had spent who knows how long clearing out the sheetrock dust, tools, paint cans, etc. We wandered from room to room in awe. When we got to our bedroom, there was a beautiful flower arrangement and a card with a $100 Lowe’s gift card. I almost cried. When I called to thank them, they said that they felt bad that we always have to come home to chaos, and they thought it might be nice if we got to come home to a clean house for once. When I win the lottery, they are so getting a beach condo. And maybe a pony.

Anywho, our anniversary began with a trip to Surplus Warehouse to get the granite tile for our countertops. Next, was a trip to Lowe’s to spend our awesome gift card on plywood, grout, and a sink. Then, it was on to Wal-mart and Whataburger. The afternoon was spent with me doing 5 loads of laundry and him working on the kitchen. His present to me was calling a contractor to do the texturing in the kitchen and master bath. It was perfect! I’d been asking him to do that for weeks. He totally got to cop a feel for that.

For dinner, we went to Longhorn Tavern, which is every bit as fancy as it sounds. But, hey, we are trying to save some cash and it is THE best chicken-fried steak on the planet. Hands down. Unfortunately, we had to hurry through our romantic dinner because we had to get to Home Depot in time to rent the tile saw before they closed. Then there was that drag race we had tickets to. Just kidding. We aren’t quite that redneck.

We did get to spend some time that evening watching a re-run of SNL curled up on the couch with the dogs. All in all, I think it was a pretty good anniversary. We were productive, and we had a good time hanging out together. However, next year, we’re hoping for something a little fancier. Atlantis, perhaps.