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Dates

pamsteinke — Mon, 02 May 2011 14:24:19 +0000

My beloved husband is not one for remembering dates. We are lucky if he can remember his own birthdate!!

Today is a big date in our lives…not that he can remember it. Had it not been for a gentle reminder from, I think, his Mother…he wouldn’t have even remembered that this particular date was in the month of May.

Last Thursday he says to me, “Hey, our anniversary is coming up”. I laughed and said, “OK, who reminded you?”. He smiled kind of sheepishly and then started rattling of dates. “Is it the 15th?”. That is his nieces birthday. “The 30th?”. Wrong again…that’s my Mom’s birthday. “I know it’s the 28th!”…that would be my Dad’s birthday and my parent’s Anniversary. “Try Monday”, I say. “Oh! You know I suck at dates.”…yes, dear, I know.

I don’t hold it against him in any way. There are just some things you learn after 19 years of wedded bliss…Brian can’t remember dates and he also can not program household electronics! However, put him in front of a quarter million dollar CNC machine and he can program it to build you a house and make a killer cup of coffee.

It has been 19 years married and 22 together and I can honestly say that I love him so much more today than I did the day I married him. We’ve grown into our relationship in a way that only can happen with time and maturity. And we can still manage to surprise each other once in a while…like he did me the other night…but that’s a story for a different day.

To my darling hubby, Bri-guy, thank you for our life, thank you for your unconditional love, you are truly a wonderful guy and I thank God for you every day. Here is to at least 19 more years. I love you!

39 and holding!!! :-P

pamsteinke — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:10:13 +0000

Yep…it’s officially the 2nd anniversary of my 39th Birthday! Oh and the 45th anniversary of JFK’s assasination!

And Happy Anniversary to you too!

pamsteinke — Fri, 02 May 2008 04:32:59 +0000

I’m home from Tucson…safe and sound!

So I mention to my hubby, “Anything special planned for tomorrow?”. “Uh…no…why? What’s tomorrow?” he says. “You don’t know what tomorrow is?”, I say in mock surprise. “Uh”, panic rising,”Clue me in, what’s today’s date?” he asks. “Tomorrow is May second, you were there with me!”, I say in mock anger. “May second, May second…uh…OH SHIT!!! It’s our anniversary,,,,You are supposed to remind me sooner…wait, where is that sampler your friend made us with the date on it…WHERE IS IT???”

At this point I’m cracking up watching my husband run around the house trying to find that watercolor picture with our wedding date on it.

“Honey, relax,” I say, “I was asking because I wanted to make a nice dinner for tomorrow night and wanted to make sure you hadn’t already made plans.” I love to torture him with dates that he should remember. I know, I’m evil! But then he knew that when he married me, so he’s stuck with it! LOL