Posted on 01/10/2007 5:01:40 PM PST by fatima
Great story of you and leda meeting......tangerine walls??
That's good. We'll be heading down starting this evening. It's 33 right now.
I met my wife in 1989. She was a concert pianist from New Zealand, studying at the University of Washington. She popped across the border to Vancouver, Canada. I met her, and offered to show her the town... which I did. Spent a wonderful afternoon and early evening.
She went back to Washington, we corresponded informally and casually.
I was working for an Australian company at the time (Elders IXL) and had a number of Australian friends as a result. Six weeks holiday banked up: the company wanted me to spend it as they were accruing it year-on-year. So I decided on a trip to Australia, to see my mates over there.
My open ticket allowed for one stopover: I decided to spend an afternoon in New Zealand, to see this Concert Pianist, say hello, have a coffee and then on to six weeks in OZ.
Didn't work out that way at all! I spent six weeks in New Zealand, and asked her to marry me three days into my vacation! Talk about a whirl-wind romance! We spent a marvellous six weeks -- a time I'll never forget.
We married in 1991 in Vancouver. In 1994 she wanted to go home to New Zealand, and funnily enough I wanted to go with her: and here I am still. Sixteen happy years into marriage, two wonderful kids, and a wonderful woman who is my wife. I love her fiercely, and am a jealous husband. (She's pretty jealous, too!)
Every day, every year, she gets prettier and prettier, and I become more and more infatuated, and I thank God for every breath we breathe together.
I have never been tempted to look astray: there is no other for me, never can be. If and when we are parted, I hope I go first. If not, nobody will replace her: I'll go alone.
*DieHard*
You're more than welcome.
[snip] I have no problems with or qualms about public speaking or breaking the ice.
Ahh... that's great. part of the reason I joined Toastmasters was because I was very shy, especially in front of groups.
Heck I even enjoy hanging out with friends and doing some karaoke singing on a regular basis {no, I really don't actively look in bars for a mate}!
I never got up the nerve to sing at open mike/karaoke opportunities, even though I used to take singing lessons and had a pretty good voice at one time. Good for you!
But I live in Portland Oregon - an epicenter of Left Coast Liberalism, as well as a bastion of lesbianism.
I knew about the liberalism, didn't know about the lesbianism.
After "disqualifying" for traits of: untreated psychosis, divorcees with 2 kids or more, substance abuse, multiple garish piercings and/or tattoos, political Uber-liberalism/Radical leftism, lack of interest in having children, or total lack of physical fitness/personal hygiene {vastly overweight - 20%+ and 'dumpster chic' antifashion are standard here...}
I've been in the vicinity of folks with some of those traits... mostly not to my taste either (well, especially the piercings, tattoos, hygiene, leftism, and scads of out-of-wedlock kids I've seen among some of the younger folks I've met). Also don't like the dumpster chic myself... One acquaintance from Toastmaster days is in her 60s and still dresses like a hippie, complete with Birkenstocks and baggy clothes (she's not overweight, though).
Well, I see why you feel that you have to wait for someone special to show up in your life. However, I will say again that I wish you well, and I hope you don't have to wait too much longer.
Good Morning Beachn ;)
Good Morning Beachn ;)
Good Morning Beachn ;)
Thanks Kathy. We are fairly warm this morning, compared to the past few days. 55 at 6:15 and may hit close to 80 today.
You can read those observations by clicking on myscreename and then "In Forum".
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Good Morning Arrowhead :)
I'm always jealous of your temps this time of year. ;) Enjoy your day!
Good Morning Meg!
Beautiful! I love seeing your flowers, especially when I can't see them growing this time of year. :)
Good Morning E.G.C. :)
Hugs!
Good morning Fatima.{{HUGS}}
Great thread.
*Hugs* I love posting them most in winter,too!
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DC Metroland weather report ~ Today...Sunny. Highs in the mid 40s. Light winds becoming south winds 10 to 15 mph. ~ Tonight...Mostly clear in the evening...Then becoming mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
Thank you, fatima, for preparing the Canteen for today's activities. Love of my life? Hmmmmm......this is difficult for me. But, I guess I'll tell you that I met my current husband (#2) through a blind date. He worked with my best friend. She introduced us. We just celebrated 18 years in October. God bless him. He is so tolerant of my imperfections.
Oh boy....oh boy.....it's almost Friday. And, believe it or not, I have a three day weekend coming. My, my....what to do with that FREE time.
Time for me to make my rounds. I want to read some of the pings before starting to do what I'm paid to do.
But, you stay right where you are. Don't touch that dial. Don't change that channel. Put down that remote. Don't leave the room. Keep your eyes on your monitor. Cause...............I'll be bock!
And, for the rest of you ..
Now remember, the Canteen is
So, come on in and sit for a while. There's always plenty of coffee, pancakes, conversation, silliness, and plain old BS
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(Hey, cutie)
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