Happy Anniiversary Jeffrey

 

9/21/2020

Picture above is a Mastiff. This is the kind of dogs that Scott and Wendy own. Gentle giants. Truthfully, I couldn't remember how to move the picture to the bottom!

Today, Jeff and I celebrate our 46th wedding anniversary. And, the road to this anniversary, started from a blind date, set up by my dad, and Jeff's sister.

Our wedding was small, and as a divorced woman, opted for a light tan dress, that my mother made for me.

I will not lie to you, and say that the road to this anniversary, has always been easy. But, through each difficult situation, we have been in the boat of life, oars in sync.

We have been in Maryland for 34 years (again, math isn't my strength, and you all know that). The process of basically starting life over, in a completely different state as well as mind set, was difficult in the beginning. Why wouldn't it be?

Here's a few highlights, if you will, of our life together:

• Married in 1974
• Rented our my parent's rental house, until a burglar broke in, and stabbed our water bed. This was hard to explain to my father. But, he did get new carpeting, so that's not so bad
• Scott was born in 1978
• Andrew was born in 1982
• We bought our first house in 1975, and remained in that little house, for 11 years. 
• Jeff was hired by IBM, a company he had wanted to work for, for many years. The exact year, I don't remember.
  
• We don't move around much, either in residence or job. 
• Bought a 1942 Weapons Carrier, which didn't run, but a hobby of Jeff and our friends for many years. Initially, it was going to be a dune buggy, but the WC was not a lightweight, ride, by any means. The WC weighed about 1/2 ton. We were young, and sometimes not the sharpest knife in the drawer. In reflection, if we actually managed to get the WC running, it's very weight would have destroyed beaches!
• Went to an unclaimed and unopened storage auction, where we, and our friends, bought a box, just knowing that there would be "treasures" inside To the contrary, the box held orange curtains (yeah), and books with titles such as "Whip Me Harder" (you get the idea). Our money was not well spent, but we were young, and this was fun.
• Moved to Maryland in 1986, and since we were in the process of building a home, which we live in today, the move from California had to be stored into two groups. The furniture, etc., that we would absolutely need for temporary living. And, the rest of the items, put in storage. The moving company was United Van Line, and for a very long time, the boys would call out "that's a United Van" and wondered if that was "our" United Van.
• Took a job with patent attorneys, not even knowing what a patent really was. I can't tell you the date, but it was a long time ago.
• Started spending two weeks at the Outer Banks, with family, every year
• Birth of Benjamin (Andrew's son) in 2008. Benjamin, lived with us for approximately two years.
• Learned, slowly, how to manage all the new fangled (sp) baby products. Car seats that could fly Benjamin into space, and not get hurt!
• Jeff, "resigned" (and you know what that means) in 2013. A very sad day for him, he had fought hard to become an IBM employee, for many years. Again, I don't remember when he started with IBM.
  
• Rescued Daisy and Bella in 2016. They finally stopped chewing on the furniture, but some pieces will have to sold as "vintage"!! 
  
• Andrew married Stacey on September 17th 9 years
• Scott married Wendy, and her daughter Elly, on August 18, 2019. Elly will be 11 on October 26th. So after so many years raising boys, which is challenging, I finally got a "pink" granddaughter, and Jeff and I couldn't be happier.
• Jeff celebrated his 71st birthday, and I turn 71in December. Where did the time go?
• I retired in 2014 (again dates are sketch) and worked at Marriott headquarters for many years, until I had to resign for medical reasons 

Both Andrew and Scott, both added to their families, with dogs, big dogs, Mastiffs for Scott and Wendy, weighing somewhere between 120 to 230 pounds.And Anatolian Shepards (sp) for Andrew and Stacey. Their dogs weigh anywhere from 88 to 120 pounds. No lightweights for either breed.The dogs are good pets, and very protective.

Picture of an Anatolian Shepard here and picture above is of a Mastiff.

 

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

P