Vince and I have two anniversaries we celebrate each year. One is when we met (February 14, 2000) and one is when we held a private ceremony with close friends (April 20, 2002) in Washington. Both come close to each other and are always a nice way to go into Spring. I took a couple of days off with the weekend to spend time with Vince to celebrate.

When we first came to Murfreesboro, we spent a lot of time at Sushin eating sushi as we closed on our new home. In the short time we’ve been here, Murfreesboro has grown up all around the restaurant in the Medical Center Parkway and Thomspon Lane area. This time we tried Asa. We went there after finding out the Japanese who visit Nissan go there. Sushin will always be my favorite, but the Asa experience was interesting. The owner took our picture and said they were putting on their MySpace page.

Besides sitting around recounting the years and gazing into our future together, we stopped and smelled the roses so to speak. We planted the last Red Sunset Maple. We did a lot of yard work over the past four days, as the photostream will tell you. I spread some of the Hens and Chicks and added a Delosperma to the rock garden. I also transplated a couple of the Don Juan rose bushes from the North arbor and replaced them with a couple of spectacular pink Mandevillas. One nice surprise Vince discovered was a ring of pink flower buds appearing on an old cactus we brought here from Virginia.