Write your wife a letter, long form with penmanship, explaining what first drew you towards her, why you chose her, and why you continue to fall in love with her 25 years later. You can wrap it up in silver paper, or even put it inside a silver frame.
Of course that's the best sounding idea, but I'll have to come up with something besides "hormones, booze, and lucky timing"!
The good news is hurricane Florence made us decide to postpone the celebration from this weekend to next weekend, so I've got an extra 7 days to think of some sweet things to write, and plan a weekend get away. I'm thinking the Grove Park Inn in Asheville & there's always music, art, food, & beer there. There's a spa at the GPI, so we can get massages too. I guess I'd better get
reservations ASAP. I like the hot air ballon ride idea, but seems tricky to plan because the weather needs to be clear and calm.
I called Silversea for a brochure, but the guy in Miami said they mail them from Monaco, so it probably won't arrive in time. I might have to print one myself.
She really likes champagne, so I might try to find a silver bottle chilling pail and some champange, of course. The date of our anniversary is 9/18, so I'll send flowers to her at work.
That should be a nice 25th. Right?
You all can keep posting suggestions. I'm sure there are plenty of guys like me that need all the help we can get. I'm like the guy above that mentioned the impact driver. Although she appreciates household tools & appliances, a new vacuum cleaner would not go over very well at all!