And the award for the Best Boyfriend EVER goes to...

Duh. Pilot! How did he earn this crown, you are asking. I shall tell you. On top of all the undivided attention, unconditional love, sense of adventure, dirty jokes and hours of debating whenever I get the urge -- which is very, very often -- he bought me a house. And I don't mean he put a down payment on one. He paid off the mortgage I took on last year. Bought. The House. Whoa.

That was the last remaining debt between the two of us. Now we have no mortgage payment, no rent, no nothing. In fact, we have no payment on the three houses and two condos that we own. I am still in shock.

It's true and always will be that money can't buy you happiness. Don't try to convince yourself otherwise. We were happy when we were broke-no-joke and we're just as happy now. Only the circumstances have changed. And they'll change again. Thank goodness. Samey-samey is boring -- and I do not do boring.