Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Anniversary meme

I saw this over at Teena’s ...
1. WHERE/HOW DID YOU MEET? HAPPY HOUR AT A LITTLE PLACE THAT’S NO LONGER THERE.
2. HOW LONG HAVE YOU KNOWN EACH OTHER? WE MET DECEMBER 16TH, 1990
3. HOW LONG AFTER YOU MET DID YOU START DATING? A WEEK
4. HOW LONG DID YOU DATE BEFORE YOU WERE ENGAGED? 14 MONTHS
5. HOW LONG WAS YOUR ENGAGEMENT? SIX MONTHS
6. HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN MARRIED? IT WILL BE 15 YEARS ON AUG 22ND.
7. WHAT IS YOUR ANNIVERSARY? AUGUST 22, 1992
8. HOW MANY PEOPLE CAME TO YOUR WEDDING RECEPTION? ABOUT 100 – MOSTLY DH’S FAMILY WHO WERE ALL FROM OUT OF TOWN. I WAS SO ANGRY WITH MY FAMILY FOR NOT COMING…THEY ALL LIVED THERE.
9. WHAT KIND OF CAKE DID YOU SERVE? 3 TIERS, VANILLA ON TOP & BOTTOM WITH CHOCOLATE IN THE MIDDLE.
10. WHERE WAS YOUR WEDDING? GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH, TAMPA, FL
11. WHAT DID YOU SERVE FOR YOUR MEAL? WE HAD A BUFFET OF CHICKEN, BEEF & HAM.
12. HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE IN YOUR WEDDING PARTY? EIGHT.
13. ARE YOU STILL FRIENDS WITH THEM ALL? UNFORTUNATELY, NO. I HAVEN’T SPOKEN TO MY MAID OF HONOR AND TWO OF MY BRIDESMAIDS IN YEARS. LUCKILY THE GROOMSMEN WERE MOSTLY FAMILY.
14. DID YOUR SPOUSE CRY DURING THE CEREMONY? NO, NO ONE CRIED.
15. MOST SPECIAL MOMENT OF YOUR WEDDING DAY? THE WHOLE DAY!
16. ANY FUNNY MOMENTS? DURRING THE CEREMONY: WHILE I WAS SAYING MY VOWS I CAME TO THE PART “IN FRONT OF GOD AND THESE WITNESSES…” AND MY FRIENDS TELL ME THERE WAS A VERY LOUD CLAP OF THUNDER. IT WAS HURRICANE SEASON IN FL… IT WAS THE WEEKEND OF HURRICANE ANDREW. AFTER THE CEREMONY, WE COULDN’T GET PEOPLE TO LEAVE THE CHURCH BECAUSE IT WAS RAINING. WE HAD TO HURRY UP AND GET OUR PICTURES TAKEN BECAUSE WE HAD STARTED THE CEREMONY LATE AND THEY WOULDN’T LEAVE. WE WERE SHAKING HUGGING AND SHAKING HANDS AND PUSHING THEM OUT THE DOOR. LOL OUR LIMO DRIVER WASN’T HAPPY AS HE WAS LATE FOR HIS NEXT GIG. HE WAS DRIVING VERY FAST TO DROP US OFF AT THE RECEPTION…SO OUR BEST MAN GIVES THE DRIVER THE WRONG DIRECTIONS TO THE RECEPTION HALL SO WE COULD GET TO RIDE LONGER. LOL
17. ANY BIG DISASTERS? THE MORNING OF THE WEDDING, MY MAID OF HONOR, HER SISTER, MY MOM & I WENT TO THE RECEPTION HALL TO GO DECORATE IT. WHEN WE BOOKED THE HALL MONTHS EARLIER WE WERE TOLD THAT THE CARPET WOULD BE REPLACED OR AT LEAST CLEANED FOR THE RECEPTION. IT WAS NEITHER! WE WENT TO PLACE OUR CENTERPIECES ON THE ALREADY SET TABLES AND NOTICED THAT THE TABLE CLOTHES WERE DIRTY WITH BITS OF FOOD STILL ON THEM AND MANY OF THE GLASSES HAD LIP STICK ON THEM!!! THE STAFF WAS ALREADY ON THE PHONE CALLING TO RENT US CLEAN TABLE CLOTHS AND THEY PROMISED NOT ONLY TO FIX EVERYTHING BUT TO DECORATE THE HALL FOR US…AS I COULDN’T STAY…I HAD A WEDDING TO GET READY FOR. IN RETURN FOR ALL THE PROBLEMS WE WERE UPGRADED TO THE SUITE INSTEAD OF JUST A REGULAR ROOM. THEY BROUGHT IN CARPET CLEANERS WHO JUST MANAGED TO MAKE THE CARPETS WET SO THEY STAINED MY SHOES & DRESS AND OUR SUITE HAD A HUGE BLEACH “STAIN” IN THE CARPET AND WAS A SMOKING ROOM. LUCKILY OUR REAL HONEYMOON WAS AT DISNEY WORLD WITH A BETTER ROOM… BUT BY THEN THE HURRICANE HAD MADE LANDFALL. WHICH WAS REALLY A GOOD THING…IT CLEARED OUT DISNEY AND MADE IT NOT SO HOT THERE.
18. WHERE DID YOU GO ON YOUR HONEYMOON? WALT DISNEY WORLD, ORLANDO.
19. HOW LONG WERE YOU GONE? A FEW DAYS.
20. IF YOU WERE TO DO YOUR WEDDING OVER, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE? JUST THE RECEPTION HALL.
21. WHAT SIDE OF THE BED DO YOU SLEEP ON? FROM THE HEAD OF THE BED, THE RIGHT HAND SIDE
22. WHAT SIZE IS YOUR BED? QUEEN
23. GREATEST STRENGTH AS A COUPLE? SENSE OF HUMOUR
24. GREATEST CHALLENGE AS A COUPLE? WE’VE SUFFERED A FEW TRAGETIES; LOSS OF FIL, MOVING TO FOREIGN COUNTRY, LOSS OF JOB
25. WHO LITERALLY PAYS THE BILLS? DH.
26. WHAT IS YOUR SONG? “YOU’RE ALL THAT MATTERS TO ME” CURTIS STIGERS
27. WHAT DID YOU DANCE YOUR FIRST DANCE TO? OUR SONG
28. DESCRIBE YOUR WEDDING DRESS: WHITE LACY SOUTHERN BELL WITH LARGE BOWS
29. WHAT KIND OF FLOWERS DID YOU HAVE AT YOUR WEDDING? ROSES & CARNATIONS ALL MAUVE COLORED…DID YOU KNOW THERE ARE NO NATURAL MAUVE COLORED ROSES??? I HAD TO GET THEM DYED.
30. ARE YOUR WEDDING BANDS ENGRAVED? NO.
31. HOW OLD WERE YOU WHEN YOU GOT MARRIED? I WAS 25 AND DH WAS 29.

Well tomorrow is our big day. We will celebrate it by going as a family to see the Titanic exhibit at our museum and then taking Darly to her gymnastics class. After that Darly will go spend the night at her friend's house and DH are going out to dinner. What comes after that I do not know as it isn't scripted yet. I also don't know how long on Thursday Darly will be at her friend's house. We'll play that by ear.

9 comments:

  1. Happy Anniversary to you and your DH! In this day and age, 15 years is quite an accomplishment! Hope DH doesn't decide to watch the Blue Man Group DVD again. lol

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  2. Happy Anniversary!! :)

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  3. Happy Anniversary!!! :)

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  4. Happy Anniversary! Hope you and hubby have a wonderful celebration planned!

    kailani
    An Island Life

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  5. Happy Anniversary!

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  6. Happy Anniversary!!! :)

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  7. Happy Anniversary! :-D Hope Darly stayed nice and late at her friend's house today ;-)

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  8. Happy Anniversary! I loved reading about your wedding... It sounds wonderful (except for the reception hall).

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  9. omg thanks for the reminder, my anniversary is less than a month away! :)

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