19 years ago on this date was a Saturday (Punkadyne Labs (Punkwalrus))

And in West Virginia, it was sunny after several days of raining. On a mountain in a town called Kesyer, a wedding happened on the grounds for a Mormon church. takayla and I said, "I do."

We picked the date to be as close to the summer solstice as possible on a weekend. Many friends attended, but we have gained so many friends in the last two decades, we have considered getting remarried with a huge banquet in 2009. I am not sure if we'll be able to afford it, but we shall see.

Happy anniversary, my love :-* Posted in: anniversary , wedding

Thrice hooray! (Kilala.nl (Cailin Coilleach)) by Cailin Coilleach

* On the 24th, we'd been married for four years.
* On the 28th, we'd been together for eight years.
* On the 28th, Marli officially got her one-year contract at the NS.

\o\ Hooray! /o/

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Weekend wrapup (Punkadyne Labs (Punkwalrus))

So I spent most Saturday cleaning with CR. My house is now clean... er...

I swear, I'll never get a glass-top range again. Holy hell, that thing is hard to clean. I have used all kinds of cleaners on it, from mild soap to "only for glass stovetops" cleaner. I have used oven cleaner, and even scraped it with a razor blade (which worked the best, but it really hard since the surface is slightly bumpy).

I then spent the evening with Bruce and the Heare kids at Chuck-ee-Cheese. Bruce had never been to one before. And he will never go to one ever again. Poor Bruce. But for those keeping tabs on "where are they now?" Bruce finally has left his hell-job at Bethesda Medical Labs. Now he's working for [censored] working with [censored, but rhymes with stromatolites], where Cheryl works.

And I have just heard from Eden Miller. That may only means something to some of you. It makes me VERY happy, And her resume is now very impressive. http://www.edenmiller.com

Sunday, takayla and I celebrated our 20th "meeting" anniversary by getting massages at a local spa. The actual date was April 1st, but we're both working Tuesday. Because of this date, I can tell you Balticon in 1988 started on that date. We spent the rest of the afternoon eating Chinese food and playing "Mario Party 8" on the Wii.

Asian pears, by the way, are awesome. We're doing more shipping at Super H Mart recently. Hello Kitty cookies are also surprisingly good. They are shortbread... so, they are a little high in calories. In fact, I have never seen a small box of children's cookies over 500 calories in my life. Posted in: anniversary , bruce , chuck-ee-cheese , eden , heares

6 years (Never melts (meef)) by jen

If you were a referral form, where would you be hiding?

This weekend was 6 years, and I think the first time our anniversary was on the same day of the week we got married. It hardly seems like 6 years, yet it seems like we've been together forever and never to part (does everyone else get these random song lyrics or is it just me?) We got married on a beach, the same one I don't want to go to because I can't hobble very well on the sand, with no shoes and no formality whatsoever. Rented tux and expensive dress with no shoes. That sums up the day. It was a perfect day because nothing went wrong because nothing could bother us. We got married at the shore, and the tide came in during the ceremony, lapping dangerously close to my dress, and we stared at each other and laughed about it. It was a perfect day, weather-wise.

So naturally the best way to celebrate that was to go to Walmart.

Well, we do have fun at Walmart. We make fun of WM denizens all the time. We bought some video games (does that show what dorks we are?) and some costumes for the children, and some popcorn balls. (one year for our anniversary, T bought me a whole TRUNK full of popcorn balls. I was pregnant with the boy, and there were so many boxes, he was more than a year old before we finally finished them. Apparently they were on sale or some crud like that. This time, we paid $4 for one box. LOVELY.) I do have to say it's so much more fun looking at toys when one's children are not in the vicinity.

Walking around the 'mart on the other hand was kind of amusing. I chickened out on the beep-beep cart, instead opting to walk geriatrically slow and hold on to a cart. By the end of our little soirée I had T holding the front of the cart so I could really lean on it without pushing it out from under me. Must have been quite a site, we only got a few curious stares, though. We looked at Christmas decorations and then came back to town to eat at a place I call George.

Dinner was slow and nice.. the place was mostly empty, but full enough not to be creepy-empty. And we took our time. Last year we were gone for a half hour, this time I made a point to be gone for As Long As Possible.

And then when we came home, we got ICE CREAM. While the men were fetching, I got to hear all kinds of sordid stories from my MIL about births gone awry and c sections and other things most polite people don't tell very pregnant woman. Please send me good vibes that I do not end up with a c section (or at least "being sectioned" as MIL is fond of calling it.)

Tomorrow morning is my first bpp u/s and I need to find that freaking referral-slash-prescription form! I suspect the children have something to do with this!

Today I am 37 weeks along which I had been assured by all my crunchy friends was the time to start all the aggressive eviction procedures, but now I'm chickening out given the extra water. I'm going to wait until the u/s and see. I keep thinking it'll be fine, no extra fluid. I also should mention I feel a little smaller than I did last week. What gives? I'm just going to keep bouncing on my ball la la la la Posted in: anniversary , preg

Happy anniversary! (Put together quickly (Haligan)) by michaelb

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A very busy schedule (Kilala.nl (Cailin Coilleach)) by Cailin Coilleach

I'm very happy that I have taken three weeks off, starting next Monday. I really wouldn't be able to make all the preparations for the Anime 2007 festival, since I'll be driving around the country in a van to gather a lot of Big Stuff (tm) that needs to go to Almelo.

Up there you'll see my schedule for the next three weeks. Items in blue are activities that I'll be doing for the festival, work, or our relationship. Items in red are sports-related. As you see only the last four days of my holiday are empty, meaning that I can relax and rest up a little by then. Everything else is booked solid...

Well, here I go! *strikes fighting position* Ikuso!

EDIT:
After I left Marli of course took it upon herself to make guests of our household think that I'm a complete loon. She's left literary greats such as "Boobies rule!", "Cat's are great" and "I *heart* Thomas" littered across the board. Knowing that my wife can enjoy herself with such silliness really makes me love her even more :D

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