We just celebrated 39 years of marriage. A long time, a life time, seeming very long when you say 39 years, but real time, seems very short. The other night, after celebrating with friends New Years eve, and we were snug in our bed, I brought to remembrance, our New Years eve 40 years before. Newlyweds, we had been married two weeks when we packed our Pinto and little trailer and left my mom's house the day after Christmas, and moved 5 states away, to Duane's home place, Tennessee. Though I had lived in many places in my 18 years of life, never had I moved from home. The 3 month apt living with girlfriends after graduation doesn't count. And I had not lived any place but the West coast. With much anticipation we drove. I documented our 5 days of road-tripping on a scrap of brown paper. An excerpt from the trip, outside of Albuquerque, I wrote, "I'm so thankful that the Lord brought us together--it's even better that we could drive across the Country together as man & wife". That just makes me smile. New Years eve, 40 years ago, we drove into Duane's grandparents place, fondly named, Vanatta's knob. Not much of a place, sitting on the corner, at one time you could probably see the River from the front porch, but a giant bridge redirects the view. A small, cigarette smoke filled house, two bedrooms, one bath, country house, with a front porch and gravel drive. This was our home for the first month of our new lives together while we looked for work and a place of our own.Tuesday, January 4, 2011
40 Years
We just celebrated 39 years of marriage. A long time, a life time, seeming very long when you say 39 years, but real time, seems very short. The other night, after celebrating with friends New Years eve, and we were snug in our bed, I brought to remembrance, our New Years eve 40 years before. Newlyweds, we had been married two weeks when we packed our Pinto and little trailer and left my mom's house the day after Christmas, and moved 5 states away, to Duane's home place, Tennessee. Though I had lived in many places in my 18 years of life, never had I moved from home. The 3 month apt living with girlfriends after graduation doesn't count. And I had not lived any place but the West coast. With much anticipation we drove. I documented our 5 days of road-tripping on a scrap of brown paper. An excerpt from the trip, outside of Albuquerque, I wrote, "I'm so thankful that the Lord brought us together--it's even better that we could drive across the Country together as man & wife". That just makes me smile. New Years eve, 40 years ago, we drove into Duane's grandparents place, fondly named, Vanatta's knob. Not much of a place, sitting on the corner, at one time you could probably see the River from the front porch, but a giant bridge redirects the view. A small, cigarette smoke filled house, two bedrooms, one bath, country house, with a front porch and gravel drive. This was our home for the first month of our new lives together while we looked for work and a place of our own.
Monday, January 3, 2011
2010 a Year in Pictures
A year in review through pictures has been fun. It was a year of travel. A wonderful trip to Texas to see David and Jill, we reconnected with extended family in the area, laughed and made good memories. Many weekend trips to see friends at the coast, the desert, and places in between. Weddings and baby showers, museums, rodeo's and CAMPP times! It has been fun and exhausting all at the same time! I loved every minute of it!
Saturday, January 1, 2011
A Year in pictures
A year in pictures. Thought it might be fun to post a few...which has turned out to be a lot and I'm only part way ...
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