A Day In The Life....

This is a real conversation, with real people, who have been married for over 39 years. This is my life......

He hands her the map and the following conversation takes place.

Him: "Here I'm driving so you have the map" - to a woman who looses her shoes almost every day and can't find her way out of the mall. And he KNOWS she can't read a map!

Him: "We're coming up to the intersection which way do I turn?"

Her: "That way" pointing to the right- the really strange thing is he turns right.

Him: "Were coming up to stop sign here."

Her: "There's no stop sign on the map keep going."

He stopped.

Him: "Just past the red barn which way?" 

Her: "Oh I put the map down 5 minutes ago, was I suppose to still be keeping track?" 

Without missing a beat! Him: "It's a good day for a drive." 

Her: Silence with a smile of agreement.

Yes, it was a good day for a drive with the man I love! Relaxing, fun, and we did get lost but we found our way back.  Without the map, which I lost....

Hodgepodge Wednesday: Post Holiday Edition

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1. What is the most useful book in your house?
You mean besides the Bible? Because that is the most useful book in our house.

2. What's worse-being too hot or too cold?
Cold is far worst. You can only put on so many sweaters, blankets and socks. I have Raynold's and when the cold gets into me, it is very painful and I can not get it out easily. So cold is far worst than hot!

3. Share something that made you smile this past weekend.
We celebrated our 39th wedding anniversary on Friday and we had a blast getting away and being together without a schedule to keep. I haven't stopped smiling yet.

4. How do you like your hamburgers? Or don't you?
Burnt! I like to know that my meat is really dead. Then I want spicy mustard, pickles, cheese, and bacon.  Hold the bun please.

5. What's your summer beach read? If it's not summer in your part of the world then tell us what book you're reading in front of the fire while sipping hot cocoa.
I'm reading Under the Overpass by Mike Yankoski on my ipad Kindle.

6. How was your birthday celebrated when you were a kid?
It wasn't.

7. What's something that is totally uncool that you love anyway?
Boy I had a hard time with this one so I guess I will have to wait till I read everyones else's to see what is uncool and what you all like anyway. Sorry.

8. Insert your own random thought here.
We took Becke with us on our Anniversary Weekend and this was her coming home.  This is what she did the entire trip! I'm guessing she had a good time.

It's All In The Timing

"The dreamer is one who can only find their way to the moonlight, and their punishment is they see the sunrise before the rest of the world." Oscar Wilde

I wanted to get pregnant, we were "working on it", but every test came back negative.

"Relax, you're trying too hard". "It will happen when it happens". "Keep at it". All good

advice for sure. It's all in the timing.

Then the test was positive! We're pregnant - only one problem, no one knows when that

happened. Tests all say I'm farther along than I look, but that can't be since I was still

having my "Aunt Flow" visiting me. It's all in the timing?

I'm due in mid June according to the test, according to the measurements. The

pregnancy is fine, very little morning sickness, feel great, not gaining a lot of weight, lots

of energy. Everything is fine, it's all in the timing.

June is almost done - it's all in the timing. The baby will come when the baby is ready.

July comes, the big holiday is here so off we go to watch the fireworks, then we go to

bed. It's all in the timing.

Sometime after midnight while hubby is sound asleep I wake him up to go to the

hospital. Timing is everything.

1. Hubby calls the ambulance to take me to the hospital since we are 50 miles away

from it.

2. Hubby then gets older brother off to neighbors to watch him.

3. Hubby drives himself to the hospital to meet me and the medic who drove me in the

ambulance.

4. Medic hasn't eaten in hours and contractions have stopped so we stop at his house so he can get a sandwich.

5. Hubby gets to hospital before ambulance and me.

6. Hubby has a panic attack.

7. I show up still pregnant but no more contractions so hubby is sent home.

8. Hubby drives back home 50 miles.

9. Once home, Hubby calls to check on me, nurse tells him he needs to come back after

all - it's all in the timing and my timing says soon.

10. Hubby makes it back to the hospital (50 miles) in time to get into the delivery room.

11. Hubby gets to see our daughter born.

3 weeks late, - wrinkled, - dehydrated, -screaming-Perfect. It's all in the timing.

We could not be happier. 

1 Year old

She was sick for a while with other things but she sure was perfect! She is the joy of our heart and we love her very much and we are so proud of the woman she became. She is now a grown married woman who is the mom of our 2 grand daughters.

Happy birthday to our beautiful daughter. You have given us such joy and everyone was right

It's all in the timing. We love you so much.

Weekend Review: Our Anniversary

One of 2 cards I got from Hubby. If you know us, you know we really do sound like this.

Friday the 1st was our 39th Anniversary so we headed off to the north of us and went to one of our favorite places Quchee VT. Stopping at Scotland by the Yard, is always fun and looking at all there thing "Scottish" always helps me feel connected to my dad's side of the family.  I only got a few things which is always good on the pocket book but the experience of shopping there is the real reason for going there.  We had a great lunch at Dana's and had a time to get lost in the beauty that is Vermont.

In all we spend two beautiful days watching boats sail, walking and taking in the local sights. Trying some local food, and remembering how far we have come together since we began our journey 39 years ago. As we go through this week, I'll share some of it with you. 

Since we brought our dog Becke with us it was interesting to be in a hotel room where she is very well behaved, not one bark out of her and we have as neighbors, a couple with children having a huge fight over who sleeps on what side of the bed and "who is touching who".  Now don't get me wrong, we have been there, done that with children having a melt down or fighting and my heart goes out to the parents who were trying to have a vacation. Just saying, we had to pay extra for Becke, but that I'll save for another blog story. 

Since we spent 2 days in the car traveling and enjoying our time, I didn't get in as many miles as I wanted to towards my 2400 mile challenge but a trip to the hotel gym did help me reach a grand total of 59.84 miles for the week bringing me a bit closer to the 2400 miles I want. I'm now at 1460.77. How are you doing with your personal challenges?  

Inside of the card and I can only hope this is true!

The Slob, the Snob, and the Taken!

Long, long ago, in a far away time, in a small city there were 3 people. A Slob, a Snob, and a Taken. The 3 had a class together (OK it was study hall) and so the 3 sat together. The Slob and the Snob talked to the Taken but didn't talk to each other much. See the Slob and Snob didn't even like each other but they had to sit someplace so there they sat, talking to the Taken.

Weeks passed and the Slob discovered that the Snob wasn't a Snob at all, just painfully shy. She didn't like to speak much because she stuttered and was very embarrassed about that. So she spoke as little as possible, hoping to hide and even disappear into the wall. But as the weeks went on, the Snob talked more and more and when she was relaxed, she didn't stutter. And, as it was later discovered, she loved to laugh.

The Snob in turn discovered that the Slob was not a Slob at all. In fact, when the day started, he looked very nice. It was the type of material that his clothes were made from. They wrinkled every time he moved and since no one carried around an iron anymore, well, the clothes just looked worse by the end of the day. There was something else about the Slob, he made the Snob laugh. He saw the world differently than anyone else that the Snob had ever known. The Slob had this wonderful magic power of taking the sad and making it happy. The Slob could take a bad day and turn it into a good day.

The weeks, and months passed and the Slob and Snob were now talking to each other and the Taken was just there, listering to the Slob and the Snob talking (although by now they knew that the Slob  was not really a slob and that the Snob was not really a snob). One day the Slob (who is not really a slob) called the Snob (who is not really a snob) and they talked on the phone for hours. Yes they could talk together with the help of the Taken.

The Slob (who is not really a slob) asked the Snob (who is not really a snob) out on a date and the Snob said "Yes".  In no time at all the Slob and the Snob were dating. They even went to the senior prom together where they got engaged and then they eloped!

YUP - they just eloped. You see the Snob's mother was not too happy and she was making life terrible for the Snob. The Slob's father even tried to talk to the mother, but the mother would have none of it. So with the Slob's father permission, the Slob and Snob eloped.  The age of consent in the far away land back in that long ago time was 18 for women but 21 for men (they were both only 18) so the Slob needed his parent's permission to marry, but the Snob didn't.

The Slob

The Snob

The Prom

The wedding

Did they live "Happy Ever After?"  Well today is their 39th wedding anniversary so far-so-good!

Oh--- the Taken, well back in that far away land, she was taken (engaged to someone else) she married, divorced, married her dream man and is living happily in Alaska. Thank you Debbie for your part in this story.

Happy Anniversary Love - It's been a wonderful journey and I'm so glad that we got together. I'm still laughing at how you see the world. No Where, No Time, No One, But You.