Happy Anniversary

I didn't realize until today that it'll be the 1st year anniversary of my blog. :) My 1st post for this blog was on the 23rd of July of 2007.So as part of my anniversary celebration (?) I'd like to tell you of my blog history.I originally started to blog in Friendster more that 3 years ago with the intent to update my family back home about Tricia. I thought I won't have anything to blog about my

What a year! It is hardly worthy of hanging out the bunting, but rejoice! For it is the first anniversary of Gordon Brown’s premiership. OK, but it is surely at least worthy of note? To think it all started from such heady heights of that surge in the polls – or the Brown bounce as it [...]

My parents are celebrating their 35th wedding anniversary today. I haven't even reached a year of marriage yet- I can't imagine! Above, my mom getting into her wedding dress on her wedding day with help from her mom and a little brother. My mom made her dress from a picture out of a bridal magazine. It is hard to tell from this old photo but it is gorgeous and looked exactly like the dress she

Today is my 14th wedding anniversary. Originally our plan was to take a ride to New Hope and go to a little place we’ve always wanted to try.  With Miss Artistic’s latest crisis I was uncomfortable leaving her home where she could easily crawl inside her own depression over the course of a couple of [...]

Browsing the site today, I was struck by two very opposite celeb relationship approaches. In one corner we have Mariah's plans for an over-the-top, £2 million wedding extravaganza, and in the other, Amy's low key, practically non-existent anniversary celebrations. Now...

Another year to create precious memories together. Another year to discover new things to enjoy about each other. Another year to build a life rich in love and laughter. Another year to strengthen a marriage that defines “forever.” Happy Anniversary!

Today is mine and Hubby's EIGHT year anniversary! Yay us!! It has been a very long hard eight years and I honestly never expected us to make it this far. Our relationship is probably one of the oddest ones I've ever known of. Hubs and I are sarcastic people by nature. In fact, I think it's ingrained into our DNA. I swear, neither one of us can go through a single day without some smartass comment to the other one. People who aren't use to us might think we are arguing or being mean but in truth we are having fun seeing who can come up with "a good one". Odd I know but it works. I think I would have gotten bored long ago if Hubs didn't verbally spar with me.Anyway- he works graveyard shift and I had my first appointment with a new rheumatologist today so we really didn't get to celebrate bu

One of our favorite bloggers is celebrating her one year anniversary! Click over to CatolishaJewess, Frannylish's blog and wish that diva a very happy anniversary. Ga'head. Wait til' ya see that goigeous, happy shana punim, you'll plotz!

I haven't been blogging on my personal blogs for awhile. It's kind of a private time in my life. I'm in the last phase of my pregnancy, mostly on bed rest, and trying to dictate to my husband Fredi what needs to be done to be ready for baby. He is such a good sport, he wants things as perfect as I do but on Sunday I got carried away. Sunday was the six year anniversary of our first date. We

I am so excited to tell you that today Luke and I are celebrating 18 years of marriage. How about a big 'yay' for us but an enormous 'YAY' for God! I've shared the story of our restored relationship before here. But today, I would like to tell you about the beginnings of Us. This is the story of how we met or, more eloquently titled, "The Parking Lot Romance". I sense you're getting nervous. I promise this post is G-Rated. Luke is almost four years my senior so as teenagers, I knew who he was but that was all. Except that he was hot. Yes, I knew that, too. My best friend dated Luke's best friend and they were determined that we should go out. I was secretly thrilled over the idea but back in the good 'ole days, believe it or not, there was still some mystery in the dating process. A girl w

I am leaving today on a 3 day trip and when I awoke this morning before getting out of bed I was laying there just thinking, and I realized that this past saturday was my 22 anniversary of the day I was hired by this flying circus they call my airline. So much has changed since I was hired, we had pillows, magazines, free food in coach and we even served mints after the meal service in coach. Oh also when I was hired they still had smoking sections on the planes. Seems like an eternity ago! I loved going to work back then, now I dread it. Don't get me wrong I still like my job, I just hate the drama that seems to go along with it nowadays. Back then flying was still somewhat enjoyable for us and the passengers, now it is a pain in the butt for everyone with packed airplanes, delays and

I'm a member of the great quit-smoking community QuitNet and this morning they sent me a happy reminder that it was two months ago today that I quit smoking. I plan to celebrate my "smobriety" today.I can vividly recall that first week, when each hour felt like a full day and I couldn't begin to imagine being two months into it. One sign of progress in this very long process is that my not-smoking time goes by much more quickly now -- I know that I'll be at three months smoke-free before I know it.One small additional achievement for me is the weight issue. I've battled a weight problem all of my life and having recently lost 30 pounds (with 10 more to go to my goal), I was scared to death that I would gain it all back when I quit smoking. Since I quit on December 19th when the house was

That was the theme of the day. Today is our wedding anniversary. Friday I mentioned our upcoming celebration and a look of fear came over Clif's face. "It's Sunday?!? I thought it was 3 weeks away? Where has the time gone?" Had we not concentrated on remembering today...we would have forgotten.With the business of the season and the sniffles, etc. we didn't even exchange cards. This definitely calls for a belated celebration this year. We could use a night out. I did comment this evening that a few years from now I'd like to be in Hawaii celebrating. That's probably a little to long to be called belated.It has been a wild ride and we wouldn't have it any other way. We've gained much and lost some. Along the way we added 4 beautiful children and lost Clif's father, his sister, my grandfather and a couple of close friends. Life is never dull and we've learned to never take it for granted.Happy Anniversary to my love, Clif. I love you!Grow old with me, the best is yet to be. -R

I wanted to write a sentimental post .. a romantic post about our anniversary. But hubby is sick with a flu, and my brain is fried. There's a verse in the Bible that is a blue print of a growing, lasting, vital marriage... I decided to post that instead:" ... Let the husband fulfill his duty to his wife, and likewise also the wife to her husband. The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does; and likewise also the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. Stop depriving one another, except by agreement for a time that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and come together again lest Satan tempt you because of yor lack of self-control." (I Cor 7:3-5)Marriage built on grace:Grace releases and affirms. It doesn't smother.Grace values the dignity of individuals. It doesn't destroy.Grace supports and encourages. It isn't jealous or suspicious.The more the grace of God is awakened in a marriage, the less husbands will attempt t

I'm a day late on this, but reader "Cecil from Cecil" wanted to remind everyone that October 14 was the 15th anniversary of the last night the Pirates were relevant.Of course, we're referring to Game Seven of the 1992 National League Championship Series, the infamous "Francisco Cabrera/Stan Belinda/Sid Bream/Barry Bonds" game that could possibly go down as the last playoff game in Pirate history.I did a little digging and found out that there's a Wikipedia page that delivers an extra-heavy stomach punch to those who dare remember that fateful series. I really didn't need to be reminded that the Pirates went into the bottom of the 9th in Game Seven with a 2-0 lead, but hey, you can't re-write history.Bonds and Belinda will continue to go down in history as the goats, but as Wiki points out, the rare Chico Lind error in the 9th would prove to be the real backbreaker. Yet somehow Chico skates all these years later. Maybe it was his overall likability. Maybe it was the fact that he fo

One year ago today I started this blog. I was tempted to go through every single post I’ve written so I could give you all the breakdown of how many words I’ve written in that one year period but I got distract after the, well, 10th post or so. That having been said I did want to say a few things about this first year that has gone by. First, thanks to all those who are reading and especially those of you who have been making comments. Nothing makes me happier than seeing a comment on one of my posts, whether it agrees or disagrees. Also a special thanks to those who have linked to one of my posts as that is perhaps the next best thing to a comment. I’ve had a pretty good year, all things considered. I’ve enjoyed writing and hopefully I’ve been enjoyed by others. I’ve found a lot of great blogs that I now read on a regular basis, if not daily then at very least weekly. I’ve got some ongoing projects as well that I want to really start h

Dear King,Six years ago today you started the day with a round of golf at Spring Hills Golf Course in Watsonville with your best man and groomsmen. Meanwhile, your mother and Aunt Leslie took care of all the little wedding details that you weren't aware of and I was too over-caffeinated to be bothered with. For my part I did my level best to refrain from throttling my would-be photographer (a no-show), make sure I gave the correct directions to an all-volunteer brass quintet (thank you again fellas), and remember the flowers (I was 1 for 3... the bridesmaids bouquets were left behind in a refrigerator, a $120 omission that was only discovered five minutes before the wedding ceremony started.)In retrospect it's a good thing your aunt and mother were in charge of the food and booze because if those crucial elements had been left up to us, our wedding guests would no doubt have ended up hitting the Liquor Barn in Santa Cruz immediately after the ceremony. In fact, it's a good thing tha

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"Love brought you together as husband and wife, And gave each of you a best friend for life." Happy Anniversary [To learn how to use following images in Orkut click here, for Emails click here] Jump To Page 1 2 3 4 Copy & Paste the image code below to your Orkut Scrapbook Copy & Paste the image code below to your Orkut Scrapbook Copy & Paste the image code below to your

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Today is our anniversary.  Bill and I are going to celebrate sometime, but not tonight because we have Open House (2 parents, 3 classrooms to visit) and Finn’s soccer practice.  We’re trying to fit dinner, homework and baths in there, too. This morning Bill left me a note on the counter that sent shivers up my spine. Honey: Happy anniversary!  The bathroom tub leaked all night.  It’s a big leak and filled up the whole tub.  I wasn’t able to fix it (I know that surprises you!) Your Hunk Of Love, Bill I managed the morning routine with the boys.  With pre-teen Finn, I never know if I’m going to wake up to solicitous, shoulder-massaging Finn or a barbarian.  This morning it was the latter.  I walked into the den to find Drew sobbing on the sofa.  I went to the kitchen where Porter was eating a stack of waffles.  He explained the reason for the weeping with anchorman-like precision. Drew couldn’t read Bill’s note because it was in cursive

I have been in Korea for a full year now! I can hardly believe it - time has flown! It seems like just the other day I was in Russia... and now I have been here for a full year. Wow.Speaking of Russia, owing to the popularity of my Siberia photo (er, see the previous post if you're confused), I've decided to submit a Siberia photo collection and essay to the Passport theme at JPG Magazine. Sadly, you can only submit 10 photos, so I decided to limit my photo-essay to Lake Baikal and Olkhon Island. Please check it out - and don't forget to VOTE! (Remember, you must be registered/signed-in for your vote to count, but registration is free and easy.)I would still like to submit a single photo to the Passport theme as well. I'm not sure if I should submit one of the Siberia photo-essay photos, or if I should submit something different. Please let me know what you think - your advice will most definitely be appreciated!

Fans of flamingly uh… cool guy Lance Bass will be excited to know that today marks his one-year anniversary of coming out of the closet and proclaiming his love for all things sausage. He got all frantic on his myspace page today, with a blog posting titled “Happy Anniversary! To me!”. Here’s an excerpt: So it was a year ago that I decided to let the world know who I really am … and I swear it has been the most amazing experience. Scary at times, but in the end the best thing I have ever done. I want to thank everyone that has been so supportive and showing that this world has and will continue to change in the right direction. Also, as an Anniversary gift for me … think about doing this … If you are having trouble being yourself, and are scared to tell someone you are gay – find that loyal friend, family member, or even hotline and tell someone. Or, if you have always wanted to ask that family member or friend if they were gay &helli

   Today is a day that has special meaning to Ted Kennedy. Or at least it should. 38 years ago today any chance that Ted Kennedy had of becoming president was effectively ended. 38 years ago tonight Ted Kennedy left a party, drove off a bridge into the waters of Chappaquiddick, his passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne, was killed. Sen. Kennedy went home after the accident, rumors have always been to sober up, and didn’t report the accident until the next day. All the time knowing that Mary Jo lie dying in the water. There were always rumors he was having an affair with Mary Jo, something he curiously went out of the way to deny. He tried to convince his cousin to take the fall for him. Despicable. He was also driving with a valid licence, a violation he was busted for two weeks later in another incident. Killing someone wasn’t enough to stop him driving illegally. He pled guilty only to leaving the scene of an accident.   So to celebrate this occasion I have a special gift for Se

A year ago today, I started blogging simply as a way to share my love of jewelry with the world. Today, my blog has grown by leaps and bounds due to my hard work and dedicated readers. My goals for this next year are to get my blog ranked 7 on google (any suggestions?), add some contributing writers (contact me if you're interested), exchange links with more established blogs (YBF, etc), become a blogger for hire (why not get paid for what you love doing?), and get some press (i.e. I'd love a write up in a mainstream fashion publication) for my blog. Join ME as I celebrate this great milestone and welcome the many blessings to come.P.S.Thank you so much for believing in my talent and making Margarite Elaine a daily stop on your destination of life. Without you, I'd simply be talking to myself :) so thanks for lending a kind ear.

Tomorrow is my anniversary - 3 years.       (This is Tucker right before I met him) It's been the best 3 years of my life. (How cliche is that?) When I met Tucker, we were both in college.  The first time I saw him was at his fraternity house; my sorority sister introduced us.  I remember thinking that he was the guy I was going to marry. After three months of chasing his ass, I finally convinced

As countless emailers have pointed out, today is the one-year anniversary of Ben Roethlisberger's Exciting Motorcycle Adventure. Unfortunately, Mondesi's House was about two weeks away from launching when this happened last year, so I wasn't around to recap the mayhem that happened on that fateful day. Fortunately, I did have the opportunity to write about it at some point, as I chose my thoughts from that day to lead the Deadspin Preview of the Steelers that I wrote last season:"If you’ve ever wondered how important the Steelers are to Pittsburgh, let me take you back to Monday, June 12, 2006. Ben Roethlisberger, the Steelers’ 24-year-old Super Bowl Champion quarterback and resident King of the City, was thrown from his motorcycle and onto the windshield of a 62-year-old woman.The media covered the event with the ‘round the clock coverage reserved for international tragedies. The local news on the ABC, CBS, and NBC affiliates each devoted the first 20 minutes of their 11 PM n

Seven years ago today I married my college sweetheart and my best friend. We met in our Philosophy class and later found out that both our room mates, whom we both went to highschool with, were dating each other. Within a few days of meeting him I also found out that we also shared an Art class together. We never even knew we had that same class until a few weeks into it since there were about 150 students in the class. On my way to the class I was walking down the auditorium ramp I felt a hand tapping my ankle. I looked down to see him sitting in his seat with a big smile on his face and I was hooked. We dated for six years before getting married. I had moved to Toronto to finish school at the University of Toronto while he started law school in Akron. Those days were pretty hard since we only saw each other about once a month. But I knew he was the one I was going to marry. It's sooooo cliche but it's true. He is the absolute love of my life. He is smart, witty and can be absolutel

Today is our 7th Wedding Anniversary so please excuse the lack of blogging - though I'll upload some photos to share with you of our wedding day and quasi-honeymoon.l-r; Reda, Ali, Me, MelinaWe're standing in front of the bookcase in the JP's office.I went and had my hair done that morning at a salon a few blocks from the flower shop where I worked at the time. It was easiest to change there so Ali and Reda met us we all went to city hall from there- which was conveniently just down the street. It was raining - they say that rain on your wedding day is good luck and they just might be right.We met the JP - a very nice woman who spoke to us about the importance of marriage and family. She quoted such sources as Joseph Smith and the Bible, I don't know why because it was supposed to be a non-religious ceremony, but neither of us minded. I think Ali was a tiny bit nervous.When we were pronounced husband and wife she even took the above picture for us. It didn't take very long - but t

Today, 5/10/07, marks our SILVER ANNIVERSARY!  That’s right, we’re 25 years old!  Not bad for a software company.  How many software companies do you know that have been around that long?  All right there’s Microsoft.  But there aren’t too many others.  And if we were to look at the category accounting software companies — well it’s a bit difficult to trace, but we could very well be the first. And in celebration of our anniversary we just want to take this moment out to thank all of our customers and business partners who have helped us get to this milestone.  We value our customer and business partner relationships and appreciate all the feedback that we have received over the years.  All feedback, positive or negative, is a good thing and is instrumental in our continuing evolution of our product lines.   Our goal is to provide you all with the best product possible in order to make your business run more effectively, efficiently and

This week, we celebrate the fourth anniversary of the war in Iraq. I still remember the start very well.Time for a calculation.1. The newspaper today states one minute of war in Iraq costs US$380,000. A calculation made by Joseph Stiglitz, a US Nobelprize winning economist. That is almost double the cost of the war in Vietnam.2. According to WFP, the UN's food aid organisation, it costs US$0.19 to feed a child for a day. Nineteen cents. 20,000 children die of hunger every day. The time it took you to read this post, already 15 died.3. Taking those two figures together, one minute of war in Iraq would feed 2,000,000 children for a day. One day of war in Iraq would feed 20,000,000 children for a year. I do not understand. Somewhere the calculation does not make sense. Otherwise all intelligent people in the world would have cried foul. Wouldn't we? ...Wouldn't we? Photo credit: Robert Kasca. Picture taken after the bombing of the UN building in Baghdad.

On the third anniversary of Todd Bertuzzi's career-ending hit delivered to Steve Moore, New York Islander goon Chris Simon felt the need to commemorate the occasion. While Simon didn't paralyze anyone, he did deliver quite the clothesline hit with his stick to New York Ranger Ryan Hollweg on Thursday night.We can now respond to the ESPN column that Damien Cox just penned, in which he asks if the league has evolved since the Bertuzzi incident. The answer: no.For those of you who need a refresher, here's the Bertuzzi hit:

This month marks my ten year anniversary of exhibiting my art at the Folk Tree in Pasadena! To celebrate this monumental event, I'm displaying a bit of what you might see (unless it actually sells by this Saturday, that would be nice!) should you decide to visit, "Saints & Sinners XX". The official opening is this Saturday, March 3rd (and runs through April 7th). Plus, this is my very first blog attempt, another anniversary you could say!

Well dudes, it's been a whole entire year since we've been together, the world hasn't come to an end, and Rosie's still a bloated slob. I wish I could have a beer with each and every one of you. Maybe we'll throw a bash this summer. Seems like only yesterday.... All my love, JHC

Today is the first anniversary of my good friends Kara and John, so I'm sending along some tasty treats to celebrate the big day. Berry Gourmet packages their chocolate covered strawberries beautifully, which is only fitting for such a sweet and beautiful couple.There are a few couples out there that I truly admire, because they represent what every husband and wife should aspire to: friendship, love, support and encouragement in all that they do. For those couples, I get as excited for another wonderful year as they do!

This February marks the 1 year anniversary of What's Haute! I started this blog a year ago when I was working at an absolutely miserable, creatively stifling job. I was out of my mind with boredom, so I decided to combine two of my favorite things - handbags and writing. I started it as a creative outlet for myself, but I'm ecstatic to have loyal readers and new visitors who appreciate my opinion on all things handbags (and sometimes fashion).To help me celebrate, Luna Boston has partnered with What's Haute to giveaway this gorgeous Anna Corinna 'City Tote' in Plum, valued at $396! As you may recall, I recently named this the 'Best Tote' of the Year, and Anna Corinna's handbags continue to reign as one of the most coveted lines! Now one of you lucky readers can own one thanks to Luna Boston!Luna Boston is THE place to shop online for the hautest handbags and accessories. From the hottest designers like Anna Corinna and Hayden-Harnett, to emerging brands like Aleya NY, Luna bost

Today is my six-month anniversary. I arrived in Korea on August 21st 2006, so even though my contract anniversary isn't for another week, it has been sixth months since I left the security and comfort of all I know/knew. I know I've already talked a lot on this blog about what it has been like for me to adjust to life here, but I feel like today is a special day (plus I'm bored at school with nothing to do). So I thought I'd list some of my favourite and some of my least favourite things about Korea.Good thing #1 - there is no winter. That's right. For the first time in my life it hasn't gotten colder than about -2 degrees Celsius. There is no snow. No bitter wind cutting through your coat and then your skin. Plus winter is shorter here. They're already saying if spring and February isn't even over yet! It was so warm on my hike on Monday I had to remove layers and didn't even need the earmuffs I brought along… I love it!Bad thing #1 - cud-chewing cows are eve

Yay! They chose orange and yellow Anniversary hats! Its ONE DAY ONLY, by the way. They're on the second floor of the Coffee Shop (the Book Room). There's also a new book too (the Anniversary Book). And here's a sneak peek of the Coffee shop for the Halloween Party (this Friday!) This is last ...

to me! It was twenty years ago today...no. Sorry.  I burned Sgt. Pepper into my iTunes the other day and now guess what I'm listening to. It was one year ago today that I packed up my desk at the ol' day job, said goodbye to the few people who were actually ...

My husband came home yesterday evening and it was as though nothing had gone down the previous two days. He seriously didn't understand why I wasn't going to be joining him at the dinner table.Regardless of how upset I still was I had cooked him dinner. I would be lying if I told (more)