Our 25th anniversary

Things that have happened in the past twenty-five years:

1.       Twenty-four anniversaries;

2.       Two trips to labor and delivery;

3.       5,723 bricks laid by hand, one-by-one, in landscaping for the house which we then sold;

4.       And a next house which we still haven’t finished, going on twenty years later;

5.       Uncounted trips to choir practice;

6.       Four dogs;

7.       Two cats;

8.       Three hamsters;

9.       One parachute man;

10.   The Merman Zone;

11.   Hieroglyphics behind the old kitchen cabinets;

12.   Too many funerals;

13.   Six Cookiethons;

14.   Twenty-two Christmas trees (a couple years we traveled for the holidays);

15.   Speaking of Christmas, Blue Moon;

16.   Mary’s fortieth tapes;

17.   Old friends rediscovered;

18.   Ball Of Twine Tour;

19.   “It’s earrings!”

20.   Cheesy potatoes;

21.   She cooks, I clean, and we both weed;

22.   Me, lots of writing; her, lots of editing;

23.   Trips to the locks;

24.   And Denny Creek;

25.   And Clemmy’s  Pond;

26.   Sam’s last night;

27.   Watching two beautiful girls become stellar adults;

28.   Walking Right Down the Middle of Main Street USA an estimated 4,000 times;

29.   Bjornbecue;

30.   Reading in bed;

31.   33,000 plus moos;

32.   Memorizing Nick At Night sitting up in the wing chair holding sick babies;

33.   Six Whoopee Cushions;

34.   Shicken;

35.   Girl Scout cookie managers;

36.   Uncounted PTA volunteer activities;

37.   Very little money;

38.   Very much love;

39.   And never a backward glance.

Happy anniversary to me and my best friend!