After going shopping for our 20th wedding anniversary, which meant some special gifts, the following message was waiting on our answering machine. Good thing I was able to intercept and delete it before Kathy could hear it.

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Unfortunately I had to be out of town on our anniversary, so I carefully hid four gifts in and around the house. As each girl got up, they handed an envelope to Kathy who went on a treasure hunt using clues. (Taking advantage of different start and stop times for middle school and high school.) It worked out great, because she was surprised to get the first one, and then surprised to get the second one, and then had no idea that as each girl came home from school, they would hand her another envelope each. And of course each present she found was… well… more reason for a security phone call than the one prior.

Kathy probably will never mind me leaving for our anniversary again.