Tuesday, December 20, 2016

In Heaven at Eleven

What has happened in our last eleven years? Here is our married life in numbers:

three continents
thirteen countries
four cities lived in
two states lived in
twenty-three states and two provinces visited
five moves
nine funerals
eleven weddings
seven-and-a-half windshields
four car accidents
three lawnmowers 
three snow shovels
seven computers
twelve iProducts
nine hard drives
two degrees
three septic tank disasters + an unknown number of basement floodings
twenty-three jobs and one internship
sixty-four months unemployed
ten fountain pens
two large format cameras, two medium format, and innumerable 35mm one darkroom (now in basement)
ten years' supply of needlework projects
six tornado warnings
five Midwestern blizzards
two polar vortexes
one thundersnow 
eighteen rounds of finals survived
one set of preliminary examinations passed
lots and lots of pepsi throwback
twenty-seven trips home
eleven trips to Utah
ten trips to Columbus
ten callings
two stereo receivers
six speakers
one cd player
one record player
many, many LPs
four bicycles
four hundred twelve days apart
sixty-two books acquired this year
two fourth doctor scarves 
three diagnoses
one surgery 
one pilgrimage to worship the mouse
two knitters
. . . and still no babies

2 comments:

The Old Cowboy said...

Very nice indeed. Happy Anniversary

Anonymous said...

My Prediction: The next eleven years will be even more life changing. Mutti