Dwight & I are celebrating 12 years together today. (We’re actually going to Galena, IL to REALLY celebrate in a couple of weeks!) A few days ago, we bought ourselves a heated mattress pad with dual contols as our Anniversary present to one another.  Ahh….that’s love!!! Dwight is turning ours on while I wait on some laundry to be finished. I had to wash all of our coats tonight because last night we went to our church’s first ever ‘Harvest Festival’ and we came home smelling like a campfire!! It was SO much fun, even if it was freezing cold & WAY too windy! There was a chili competition, hot apple cider, HUGE pumpkins to carve and live music. Dwight & I even got to sing a couple love songs together. We sang “Falling Slowly” from the movie ‘Once’ and “Such Great Heights” from the movie ‘Garden State’. Then Dwight surprised me with an Anniversary song. He sang “Fields of Gold” by Sting. It was so romantic. What a great night! Then tonight we had fun carving pumpkins with our kids and watching a DVD of ‘30 Rock: Season 1′ while sharing some ‘2-Buck Chuck’ (It’s some great, cheap wine that I picked up at Trader Joe’s a few weeks ago when I visited my folks.)

Anyway……I think the coats might be dry now. I better go check so I can get to bed soon. I’ll leave you with the words from ‘Fields of Gold’ – (I love you, Dwight!!! Thanks for 12 crazy years together!!!! You have a beautiful voice – just keep singing. I love you!!!!)

Fields of Gold – Sting

You’ll remember me when the west wind moves
Upon the fields of barley
You’ll forget the sun in his jealous sky
As we walk in the fields of gold

So she took her love
For to gaze awhile
Upon the fields of barley
In his arms she fell as her hair came down
Among the fields of gold

Will you stay with me, will you be my love
Among the fields of barley
We’ll forget the sun in his jealous sky
As we lie in the fields of gold

See the west wind move like a lover so
Upon the fields of barley
Feel her body rise when you kiss her mouth
Among the fields of gold

I never made promises lightly
And there have been some that Ive broken
But I swear in the days still left
We’ll walk in the fields of gold
We’ll walk in the fields of gold

Many years have passed since those summer days
Among the fields of barley
See the children run as the sun goes down
Among the fields of gold

You’ll remember me when the west wind moves
Upon the fields of barley
You can tell the sun in his jealous sky
When we walked in the fields of gold
When we walked in the fields of gold
When we walked in the fields of gold