Joe and Jamie's Blog

Yesterday was Jamie and I’s five year anniversary. Can’t believe its been that long already, but there are many more years to come. And for all of you out there that keep asking, NO, I don’t know when I will “pop the question”. We both need to get a few things in line before that happen but don’t worry it’ll happen.

We weren’t supposed to give gifts this year to try and save some money for Christmas but I don’t listen and got Jamie this nice ring from Tiffany that she happened to like in their holiday catalog.  Amazing how women just love that little blue box. I gave her the gift outside the restaurant, didn’t want anyone in there to see me giving her a ring and think that it was an engagement ring and start a big hoopla.

I took her out to Shadows on the Hudson in Poughkeepsie. We haven’t eaten there before and always heard good things about the place. Shadows was surprisingly busy for a Monday night in this economy, but that is probably because the place is very nice. The food was delicious and the choices bountiful. I couldn’t get enough of this raspberry mojito drink they made there, very tasty. I opted for the duck and Jamie had some prime rib, the girl does lover her steak. Somehow we made it to dessert and ordered the berry shortcake. Boy was it huge and delicious. We barely ate half of it, but it was by far the best shortcake dessert that we have ever had.

So here’s to many more years of her somehow putting up with me….

Sunday the 7th was our four year anniversary. To be honest, it seems like it has been so much longer. We can’t believe all that we have done in just four years, and how much we still can do in the years to come. We kept it simple this year, just nice little gifts for each other and going out to eat. Jamie came up with a cool gift of getting me some chocolate covered strawberries from Edible Arrangements. She knows how much I love to eat fruit. I got her a new Fossil watch to replace the one I got her last year; it was really scratched up from using it at her job. She likes the brown color metal they are making now.

We decided to eat at Greenbaum and Gilhooley’s Steak and Seafood House in Wappingers Falls. We have never eaten there before so we gave it a shot. One of my new things lately is trying to eat someplace new each time we go out, enough of the same places over and over again. Greenbaum and Gilhooley’s has a very Irish homey feeling to it. It is styled just like every old Irish house I have ever been to. The food was absolutely delicious. Jamie ordered the poached salmon and I had the chicken marsala; best marsala sauce I have ever tasted. We played some Quick Draw while eating, just something to do for fun. We didn’t win anything.

Besides the night being incredibly cold, we had an excellent night. Looking forward to another great year together.

It has been getting really tough lately. Yeah I know, old news, but its starting to get worse faster than before. So I just have to ask, how is everyone? Work has been doing great until now. There has been so many lay offs everywhere else that we just have less people working to mess their computers up. It’s starting to scare me because I would hate to have to get a part time job somewhere. That’s even if I could find a part time job out there now, which just adds to the scariness.

Well Christmas is just around the corner, something to look forward too. Good thing I did 90% of my shopping before Thanksgiving so not much left to worry about there. Online shopping has had great deals lately. I have always hated going to the mall on the slowest day possible, so you can imagine how I avoid the mall now. I just cant deal with that many idiots shoved into one area, drives me to the point of almost having a heart attack from frustration.

Sunday is our four year anniversary. Seems like it has been much longer. I have to pick somewhere fancy-schmancy to eat that we haven’t been to yet. I’ll remember to take some pictures of the restaurant I choose for all of you.