Setting the Date

Randy and I are getting married on May 16. We finally broke down and are going to tie the knot. Randy just bought a brand new suit, ties, socks, shirts and shoes for the wedding and for our cruise next month. He hasn't worn a suit in years. I found out he really has high taste in fasion. So anyway, wish us a happy life and good luck for our future.

Mock Marriage

Randy and I decided to wear wedding rings because we consider ourselves married. He is wearing a gold band that belonged to a relative and I am wearing a Cubic Zirconia set. My fingers have gotten so much bigger that I can no longer wear my Mother's and Grandmother's rings. So they are going to Tina when I see her next. We now consider ourselves a married couple in our eyes anyway. If gay couples and polygamists can be married then we can too even though like gays, it isn't recognized by the law. But we are happy and someday we might make it permanent, but why?, it's really good for everyone involved and less complicated. Wish us a happy mock marriage!

I'm Getting Older and Life is Getting Better!

Randy and I have been camping for almost a week. I have come home tonight to get some things done and then I will join him again. We are both so relaxed when we are in the mountains. My answer to religion is there: in God's Country. The campground is only 1/2 hour away. It's so convenient. Kathy and John help us with the cats. We bring them up camping on weekends. We will be going to Oregon again in August to visit Jennifer and Rob at a home they rented in Bend. We are excited about this as well.

The cats are a pain and I do wish Randy would consider finding homes for most of them. But he worries that they will not be treated right. Life is so much less stressful now than when I had to work and raise kids. I did enjoy camping then as well and being with my kids but it was not like it is now. My life feels like it has just begun! We care for each other more each day and maybe if things go as planned there may be a wedding in our future but not right away. I feel younger today than I have for some time. Things would have probably been this way had Alex lived and I had retired but we never got to find out.

Young people do not have the corner on love and emotion! I hope they can be as happy as I am now when they are my age and have retired. I may be fat and wrinkled with white hair but I still have some love and spunk left in me.