{"id":2241,"date":"2009-05-23T19:04:18","date_gmt":"2009-05-24T02:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=2241"},"modified":"2009-05-23T19:04:18","modified_gmt":"2009-05-24T02:04:18","slug":"happy-anniversary-and-other-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=2241","title":{"rendered":"Happy Anniversary and other stuff!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, Samantha and Greg (no blog &#8211; but here is their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatnwdrivers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">family business site<\/a>) and their two children arrived for a weekend visit.\u00c2\u00a0 Sam was in our youth group in the Portland area &#8230; we&#8217;d lost track of her over the years but thanks to Facebook she found us! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>I had plans to cook\u00c2\u00a0 a nice dinner but they arrived a bit early and I was more tired than I expected.\u00c2\u00a0 So we ordered a couple of pizzas and just enjoyed their company!\u00c2\u00a0 It was a great time!\u00c2\u00a0 The kids entertained themselves in the game room and we enjoyed the Delta Breezes out in our backyard.<\/p>\n<p>Then we took them to my mom&#8217;s house to stay the night.\u00c2\u00a0 She is up in Millville on baby watch &#8211; we are 8 overdue to meet Master Watson &#8211; but who&#8217;s counting.<\/p>\n<p>Today is our 22 year anniversary and with everything going on we didn&#8217;t have big plans.\u00c2\u00a0 Sam, Greg and the kids joined us for a big breakfast.\u00c2\u00a0 I told Eric the bacon was his gift! lol<\/p>\n<p>They had to then travel to San Francisco area for a funeral and we continued to work on the house.\u00c2\u00a0 After a quick trip to Home Depot &#8211; where we picked up shelving and a remant rug &#8211; we declared the project done!\u00c2\u00a0 Yes, there is some fine tuning required, but really that&#8217;s all little things.<\/p>\n<p>So we broke out the bubbly &#8211; Champagne for us, sparkling cider for the kids &#8211; and toasted the completion and our marriage!\u00c2\u00a0 It was nice.<\/p>\n<p>And, now we are finishing the day with one of our favorite date nights &#8211; Chinese delivery and a James Bond DVD! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Feeling blessed!<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=2241\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><div class=\"pinterest_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2F%3Fp%3D2241&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F10%2Fcropped-poppy-150x150.jpg&#038;description=Happy%20Anniversary%20and%20other%20stuff%21\" data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-config=\"beside\"><img src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/pidgets\/pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=2241\" data-text=\"Happy Anniversary and other stuff!\" data-via=\"Knitnmom\" >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a class=\"tumblr-share-button\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/share\" data-title=\"Happy Anniversary and other stuff!\" data-content=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=2241\" title=\"Share on Tumblr\"data-posttype=\"link\">Share on Tumblr<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button\" href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=2241\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\" ><span>Print<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;width:150px;\"><ul style=\"background-image:none;\"><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Happy%20Anniversary%20and%20other%20stuff%21&body=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2F%3Fp%3D2241&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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