And Here’s to You, Mr and Mrs Parents!

My parents are celebrating their 35th wedding anniversary today, Sept 9th. Happy Anniversary Natalia and George! And, to drop in a literal translation from my language: TO MANY MORE! ( LA MULTI ANI!)

35 years together, man, that is a long time. They have been together more than I’ve been alive! They are my parents and I am not 35 yet, so it’s normal (doh!) but you get the point: 35 years is a loooong time.

They are happy, beautiful, they do nice things together, they nag at each other, they are a team! And, while I doubt my talent at keeping a relationship going for that long, I think what they have achieved is a great partnership indeed.

So please all send them a positive thought on this beautiful September day!

PS Also, jot down Sept 22nd when this blogger will hit 33. Mum and dad liked their important life changing events to take place in Sept.

Bon apetit!

The time of the day: Friday, 9pm, beginning of the long weekend. Hurrah!

The place: my kitchen, preparing a nice dinner (pasta with salmon and vodka sauce, recipe courtesy of Trevor, Amore’s chef mate from Switzerland)

The conversation: flowing.

Something missing perhaps: why don’t we crack open that bottle of champagne while we are preparing the food?

Agreement. Food smelling promising. Overall atmosphere: very good.

Romantic thought: why don’t we open the champagne together? Make a wish?

The cautious of us: make sure we don’t point it in the direction of anything breakable.

The next step: aim, fire, bull’s eye!

The result: sudden darkness, broken glass noise.

Confusion. The bulb is smashed into the tiniest pieces that find their way to the salmon sauce…

Chance of aiming so well: 1 in hundreds.

Wish we could have rewound and filmed the whole sequence of events.

Laughter: uncontrollable. Still going.

Dinner: not bad.