Friday we celebrated our 21st Wedding Anniversary! We spent the day working, picking up Chinese food for dinner, playing cribbage and having a back yard bonfire. We treated ourselves to new floating tubes with a cooler in between to use this summer.
Hard to believe 21 years have passed. So much has changed since we got married. We now have two grandchildren, two more kids ( 20 and 17). My oldest daughter is 32. We moved two times into newly built homes. Our jobs changed multiple times and now have stayed the same since 9/11 in 2001. Retirement years are not far off and downsizing is getting closer every year. We had some set backs with 9/11, both getting laid off within 2 months of each other, starting our own businesses, 2008 market crash, losing jobs but bouncing back, 2018 Steve's eye injury and now 2020 the pandemic. Every time I thought we'd lose our house and income. We some how managed to scrape by and keep living but just not spending money on a lot of out of state travel. We just did more trips close to home, embraced camping. In all, it's been a good 21 years. I look forward to the next 20+ years together! Little did I know in 1996 when I met Steve working at Aveda, that we'd spend our lives together! Who knew I could find someone so perfect for me to be married to forever!
First date, Stillwater MN
We have a rain kind of day on schedule for this Saturday! I had hoped to do so many yard projects! Good thing I mowed the back yard and trimmed Friday! One less project for the rain filled weekend! I hope to get some mulch done in between the rain today. Maybe make some crackers. Because I keep putting off doing that!
Steve and I did go for an early morning 1 mile run around the soccer fields. One mile is clearly enough running right now for both of us. I do miss the days where 6 miles felt easy. I'm sure I could run more, but my feet would take a beating and I'd pay for it for months not being able to walk normal without pain of some kind. Better to ease into my running.
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