Toasting 11 Happy Years

We celebrated our 11th Anniversary this October. We treated ourselves to several (15 so far) winerys in the Texas Hill Country. We suggest it to everyone! It was delightful! A friend of Tom's sister introduced us to the idea of touring vineyards. She planned an all day event which included a hill country winery. We have been talking about doing this ever since. I am a real novice to wine tasting. It took quite a bit of practice (I really didn't mind) to detect the variety of flavors and scents or even understand the lingo. Fortunately there are several winerys run by Texas folks who spoke 'plain English'. I am proud to say I detected the aroma of oak, pecan and juniper! I actually tasted mint! All in all a great pair of weekends and we still have 5 winerys to go! Tom's had such a good time he's taking about growing native grapes! The next time you see us we may have a bottle to share!

Hubby

Hubby has had to cope with some sort of health problem or the other. None have been minor. All scary. It's the moments before you know what you are actually dealing with that are the most frightening. We have gotten lucky once or twice and had an over zealous doctor (a good thing) test for the outer limits. I think that is what is going on now. I'm still scared and I'm not good talking about it. Fortunately I have a lot on my plate so I can usually avoid thinking too much. He can't and I cannot begin to imagine how terrified he is. It's not fair that someone so sweet should have to deal with this sort of crap when he hasn't even hit 40. It's the unfairness that really eats at him. There is never anything I can say except 'I am here with you'.