Happy 2nd Anniversary

26 November 1983

On our first wedding anniversary in ‘82 Mui left to begin Basic Training in the Air Force, so we didn’t celebrate the occasion.  We made up for that in 1983.

Until we stopped decorating the house for the holidays a few years ago, we always set up our Christmas tree after Thanksgiving dinner.  In 1983, we made an exception since we had guests for Thanksgiving.  Instead we set up the tree after our anniversary celebration.  By the end of the evening, not only was our tree decorated, but all the gifts were under it ... well OK; the gifts were around it.  Yeah, we did go a bit overboard with the gift exchange, but it was our first year celebrating Christmas together since Mui was gone for the holidays in 1982.

The big gift box in the back … that was our first microwave.  Do you remember how big those first models were?  It served us well and was still in working order when we finally donated it in 2006.