The toaster | 52/365
Many young couples just starting out usually wind up with wedding gifts that allow them to build a home together - small appliances, linens, etc.
So when we announced to our parents that we were finally getting married, one of the questions that my mom & dad asked me was "what do you want as a wedding gift?" Since Danielle and I have been together for 22 reasonably prosperous years, we don't really need or want anything. I jokingly answered "a toaster," as an hommage to those younger couples' typical wedding gifts.
Little did I know my parents would take me so seriously.
Somewhere in my Aunt Claire's basement lied this ancient relic of a toaster: a manual Hotpoint model which my grandparents received as their wedding gift something like 80+ years ago! They dusted it off, put in in a nice box, and voilà! a regifted toaster for the 21st century.
As you can see, it still works. It must be watched very closely - any loss of focus and your bread will be charcoal in no time flat.
The toaster | 52/365
Many young couples just starting out usually wind up with wedding gifts that allow them to build a home together - small appliances, linens, etc.
So when we announced to our parents that we were finally getting married, one of the questions that my mom & dad asked me was "what do you want as a wedding gift?" Since Danielle and I have been together for 22 reasonably prosperous years, we don't really need or want anything. I jokingly answered "a toaster," as an hommage to those younger couples' typical wedding gifts.
Little did I know my parents would take me so seriously.
Somewhere in my Aunt Claire's basement lied this ancient relic of a toaster: a manual Hotpoint model which my grandparents received as their wedding gift something like 80+ years ago! They dusted it off, put in in a nice box, and voilà! a regifted toaster for the 21st century.
As you can see, it still works. It must be watched very closely - any loss of focus and your bread will be charcoal in no time flat.