Today Sheila and I celebrate 40 years since the day we first met, sneaking glances at each other (though I think I was the more blatant 😊 ) at the start of a two week 8-5 training for new jobs we had with the state ❤️
We’re celebrating by driving south of Austin to the doctor (cause it’s faster than going to the office 3x closer to home in Austin itself, lol!). A little vertigo check up is all.
So that’s a part, a good part really, of celebrating 40 years with a dr appt – we’ve each other to help take care of ourselves. I’ve been driving her around for over a week, like she drove me around for weeks following my 2 surgeries.
And she still makes us the most delicious healthy fun meals!
Yes, love has many many flavors 💕
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This is an edited edition of our conversation on our drive here (dr’s office). Reminiscent of our drive delivering my art work to Jerry’s Artarama last year, lol! 😂
Her: We’ll never make it in time.
Me: Google says this is faster than the freeway.
Her: I hate the freeway.
Me: (thinking: that’s why we’re going this way) Me too.
Her: I wait five more minutes then call we’re running late.
Me: (thinking: our appt’s in 9 minutes, call now) Good idea.
Her: We should’ve left earlier.
Me: (thinking: she’s right) Yeah. It’ll be ok.
Her: I’ll call, oh, I don’t have their number!
Me: Look them up on Safari on your phone, then click their # to call.
Her: I never done that on the phone.
Me: Same.
Her: (looking at iPhone icons) I don’t know which one’s Safari!
Me: (coming to a another stop) Lemme see (hands me phone). Wow, you’ve got like twenty tabs open.
Her: I just need to call them.
Me: Right. (close several tabs, see one blank for Google, hand her phone) Tap on the address part and put in the dr and city.
Her: It won’t let me type.
Me: Try typing.
Her: Why’s it working? I didn’t have a blank screen!
Me: (truthfully) I never know how something’s gonna work on these things, I just try it and see.
Her: It’s calling, shhh!
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Thanks everyone! Be blessed! I’m beginning to think it’s a choice to be open to this – being blessed. Otherwise, a miracle’ll do 😊
Adan
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[…] feature below already was featuring my post of early last year celebrating my wife and I’s 40th anniversary of meeting, so I chose it for this post too. There’s all sorts of continuity for us of course, in the […]
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How awesome!!! Happy for you both! I saw this a few days late but still
Happy for you!!!
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Never too late for good wishes 😊 And since it’s our anniversary of meeting, there’s still the wedding anniversary, lol! Thanks so much, never too late ❤️
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Happy anniversary Felipe and Sheila! Wow! A great milestone! Wishing you many, many more!
All the best,
Francisco
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Thank you so much, Francisco! It’s our anniversary of meeting but 38th anniversary is in May; but who’s counting, right! Lol 💕 But it truly is amazing looking back at so many years of memories ❤️
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Yes, that is a glorious feeling my friend! Enjoy it!
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Ahhh, young love! Happy anniversary you two! I love that photo, you make a cute couple! You are like us, lots of big milestones in 2020, my 50th and our 10 year wedding anniversary, so much to celebrate!
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Then we must for sure make 2020 a creative journey year to also remember! 💕 We’ll hit our 39th wedding anniversary later this year (Sheila seems very excited about #40 next year 😊), and I hit 70! I hope ya’ll have grand days on your 50th & ya’ll’s 10th, Tiffany! Very neat!
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Happy Anniversary, best wishes, many more years together in love, health and happiness!
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Thanks, Dolly! We had a good day today, dr visit, lunch out, finished watching Howards End on Masterpiece, what an incredibly satisfying performance and story, had no idea it was that good! ❤️
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Have to look into that play, thank you for recommending.,
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It was beyond superb, Dolly! The Masterpiece production was 4 one hour segments and neither my wife nor I wanted it to end; I really need to do even if just a short review post for it; I was stunned by the quality and pacing & issues covered!
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Whenever you write it up, I am looking forward to your take of it. Meanwhile, we are looking for the way of getting it on Roku.
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I think, if Roku (not familiar usage-wise with it) has access to PBS & Masterpiece, you should be able to pick it up within their library; let me check Amazon – yeah, if you have Prime (and even if you don’t they offer some other options), try here – https://amzn.to/389fN7K 😊 Yeah, I was trying to decide what to work up next for a post, about my new fixative image spray, or another finished painting, or my recent goof up of a pix, lol! But really, Howard’s End haunts me right now, so maybe that 😊
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We do have Amazon Prime, but I am not sure Roku is compatible with it. Thank you for the link, though!
I am techno-idiot, so all I know is that Roku is a tiny attachment ($14.99 – would you believe it?) that turns a TV screen into a moderately smart TV by connecting wirelessly to the router. It has a huge selection of channels, most of them paid, but some are free. Mostly, it allows us to pull up what we want to watch on YouTube, especially Russian films, concerts, and other programming. We do not watch (and do not have) regular TV.
Have a great day, Felipe!
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I read, long ago, it was the best system around, the least restrictive, but we have Prime so we get so much it keeps us busy ‘tween being busy, lol! Can u search in Roku? Oh, worked in my review today! 😊
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Yes we can and do. Howard’s End is our next to search for, thanks to you.
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Congratulations
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Thanks so much, Susie! 😊
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Your welcome.
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