The "I Want That In The Will" Story

It was an ordinary day.  Just finished celebrating the inauguration of King Willem-Alexander who succeeded to the throne in the Netherlands, replacing Queen Beatrix who abdicated the thrown.  The event took place in Amsterdam, but the Dutch side of St. Maarten, which we are currently visiting and which is part of the Netherlands, had a series of programs to participate in the celebration.  As far as Carol and me, we celebrated by shopping at D&K Gems on Front Street for a new ring for Carol.  Jeff, son of the founder of D&K, and our "official island jeweler," helped put the special inaugural ring on her finger.  Now, before I go any further, I need to tell you what transpired before we arrived in St. Maarten for our annual vacation to the Caribbean island.  I found that our laptop computer that I had been using for quite a few years was just about shot.  No longer held a charge and ran sooooo slow that I would probably miss some of my trips to the beach if I were to stay at the villa and post stories on my blog.  So, I told Carol that if I bought a new MacBook Air, which would coordinate with all my desktop Mac  programs, she could look for a piece of jewelry during out trip.  She oiginally told me to buy the computer for Christmas for myself and she would get something she liked, but I needed a new lens for my camera, so I dropped the computer idea.  But, I still had it in mind before vacation, so we made the deal.  But hey, the jewelry cost more so as of now, I need something to catch up.  I'm sure I'll find something sometime soon.  

But anyway, Carol and I visited the culinary capital of the island, Grand Case, tonight for our evening meal.  Great meal at Il Netuno with my favorite spinach and cheese  stuffed ravioli in sage butter sauce.  Actually just about anything on their menu would taste great in the sage butter sauce.  While at the restaurant I took a photo of Carol with her new purchase.  We later emailed the photo to our daughter in Maryland.  Shortly after, while typing this story, on the top of my screen appeared a new email that had just arrived.  She replied by saying, "I want that in the will!  Love You."  It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.