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    The 10-Year Anniversary is…Aluminum

    Ten years ago today I married the love of my life. How do you celebrate that?  According to the interwebz, with aluminum, or tin. Wha-huh? Admittedly, this is the traditional gift. (The modern gift is, erm, *ahem* Diamonds.)  But, traditional we are…right down to how we met. Have I told you the story of how we met? It all came down to my mother. You see, my building was going condo and they were converting my floor into model units, so the super needed me to move to another floor. After a long day of schlepping furniture and what have you, I was in NO mood to go out to…

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    The Ninth Year is…Pottery

    Apparently, the traditional gift for one’s ninth wedding anniversary is….Pottery. An alternative gift is wicker. (Because, you know, THAT is so much more romantic.) Unless you are in the UK, and then the traditional gift is…copper. Because that is SO much better than pottery, of course. I bring this up because today is our anniversary, mine and the Hubs’. Nine years. Nine years, two kids, one dog, two houses, one international move. Good stuff. Never a dull moment. Nine years ago today, I married my husband in our little church, surrounded by friends and family. As I stood on the altar with him, Father Al asked us to turn around…

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    Happy Blogiversary to Me!

    Today is my four year blogiversary!!!!!! *throws confetti* *cuts the cake* That’s right – four years ago today, I started this blog. It was just a wee little blog over on Blogger, started simply as a way to keep a visual record of my growing family (because I’m crap at keeping up with the baby books). Yes, it’s still a near invisible little blog, sitting quietly in its little corner of the interwebz. That’s ok – I know that there is a lot more competition for your attention out there in the blogisphere, and I still believe I have a solid little blog. I appreciate the followers that I have,…