Happy 9th Anniversary!

It snuck up on me....and without warning. I was even in the card section at Target yesterday and failed to remember. Not to say that I've forgotten in the past, but I was hoping to be a little more prepared. Ah well, I guess there's always next year....

Here are 10 things you may not know about Paul and me:

1. We met at Purdue when I was a freshman and he asked me out on a date as a result of a dare. Who said girls can't drive manual transmission vehicles?


2. During our 3 years of dating, we rarely spoke on the phone. At the time, we 'talked' via the precursor to Instant Messaging. For all you computer geeks, it was the 'Talk' function in Unix.


3. Paul worked very hard to propose to me. He carried around the ring for a whole weekend, trying to find just the right moment. Finally, the time seemed opportune right after we had a snowball fight on the campus of Trinity.


4. We were officially married during our rehearsal dinner. The actual wedding was a formality.


5. Our first apartment was located in what is now the heart of the drug trade in Wheeling, IL. Oddly enough, a good friend of mine from Discover lived in the very same apartment right after we moved out.


6. Opposites do attract. (i.e. I am a neat-nic and Paul doesn't mind clutter. I like to tinker and fix/put stuff together while Paul would rather not open the tool box.)


7. Paul's love language is 'quality time'; mine is 'acts of service'.


8. Paul taught me the game of baseball. For that reason, I'm a Chicago White Sox fan. It was fun to see our team win the World Series in 2005. We watched the game together over the phone (Paul was in Chicago, I was in Detroit).


9. We love being back in Chicago. It's our goal to live in the city across from Millenium Park for at least a year when we retire.


10. And last but certainly not least, Paul works extremely hard so that I can stay home with our girls. He takes good care of us and provides for all of our needs. We are so blessed!

Happy Anniversary, Paul! Love you!