Category: Milestones

Our Anniversary

Today is Hubby and my 23rd Wedding Anniversary. Yay, us! Yesterday while we were skiing someone asked me what was the secret to a happy marriage. I told them…

  1. Marry your best friend. Sex is great, but in the dark days, when it seems like everything is going down hill, you would do well, to be married to your  best friend!
  2. Be kind to each other, each and every day, and remember, you are not always going to agree.
  3. Enjoy your children (and grandchildren, the man was older) while you have them. Their youth is fleeting. You can teach them so much when they are young, and they can also teach you.
  4. Love, love, love!

So to my best friend, my love and my husband for the last 23 years, Happy Anniversary! It’s been a heck of a ride though this life!

Our 23rd Wedding Anniversary from Dackel Princess Maribeth on Vimeo.

It’s Freezing

On Monday morning when we woke up to an unbelievable minus 13 (f) degrees, I knew that I would spend the morning wrapped in my flannel jammies and long fleece bathrobe! I also knew that I would drink every drop of hot coffee that I could stomach (four) and keep as many dachshunds around me as possible (two).

The day did get a little better as the temperatures soared to +2, and we did have bright sunshine, but for the most part the dogs and I stayed put.

Hubby, being the brave and intrepid skier that he is, went out and skied 8 runs in the bitter cold! I am so proud of his accomplishment! (But personally think he is a little nuts!)

Monday night found the temperatures dropping again. It was already down to minus 2 (f) degrees at 8 o’clock in the evening, and I bet will come close to the low we had on Monday morning when we wake on Tuesday.

All I can say is, “So much for Global Warming!”

It’s Delurking Day!!!

Hi Everyone. Once a year a whole handful of Bloggers I know get together and we have a day we call De-Lurking Day.

This is a day when we ask everyone who may be reading our blogs to comment. Just say hi, guten tag, bonjour, hola, ciao, or well, you get the idea.

We all love to get comments, and more than anything we love to know from what part of the world you are commenting from.

So don’t be shy, join the fun and De-Lurk!

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DLD 2011

Wednesday Hodgepodge

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1. What three words would you use to describe 2010?

Health, Happiness, Home
2. If fear were not an issue what is something you’d like to try?

Flying a plane. Since Hubby was an Airline Pilot, I was lucky to help ferry an airplane, and see what goes on in a cockpit. (This was years ago.) It was so interesting. However, I also went with him when he went to his recurrent training sessions, and I saw all that he had to know and study and I decided it was better to be a passenger than a pilot!

3. What do you add to your coffee or tea?

I add 2 tablespoons of fat free creamer, and 2 teaspoons of Splenda. The same for my regular tea. I only take Splenda in my herbal tea.

4. What historical sporting event would you like to witness?

I would love to be there when Peggy Flemming or Dorothy Hammil won their Gold Medals. Or perhaps when Torvil and Dean skated to Bolero and won the Gold Medal. I love ice skating and those performers made me want to skate too.

5. What is one piece of advice you would like to give your sixteen year old self?

Slow down and enjoy your youth. Have you ever seen the movie “Peggy Sue Got Married”? Well I can so relate to that. I was always in such a hurry and I missed out on most of my youth.

6. Are you a planner or do you prefer to fly by the seat of your pants?

Oh goodness, I am a planner. My lists have lists. I hate to fly with no reservations, or have no idea where I am going. I love my GPS, maps, and my self made grocery list. Anyone who has Microsoft Publisher can email me for a copy of this helpful list.

7. What is one thing you are looking forward to in 2011?

As of today I am really looking forward to my nephews wedding, but who knows what tomorrow will bring. I am thinking only good and wonderful things!

8. Insert your own random thought here.

I’m happy with the New Year. (So far!)  I have a good feeling about the year 2011. Don’t ask me why, I just do. Perhaps I am getting good vibrations. It seems that there is a lot of love, a lot of happiness, all around me. That can only mean one thing a good year.

Hubby and I will celebrate our 23rd wedding anniversary in April, Hubby has his 50th College Reunion in June at Middlebury College and I celebrate my 35th High School Reunion in August, in Falmouth, Massachusetts.

And in between all of this, perhaps a litter of puppies? Who knows. Life if good!

What I Did This Past Weekend

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Our host is Gattina. Come join us and tell us what YOU did this past weekend! After all, you never know when you will need an alibi!

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Friday night found Hubby and I off to a party at our friends home. It was a warm and inviting home, and the group that gathered was fun together. It seems when we get this particular group of people together, we all find a lot to talk about and to laugh about. So, it was definitely good times!

We came home before the fireworks began to take care of the dogs. Usually Fritz is our scared pup, but this year it was all three dackels. In fact Arnie was shaking!

We popped the cork on a bottle of bubbly and toasted the New Year and hit the hay right after the Ball dropped in Times Square. I feel old…

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The next morning, Greta woke me at the crack of dawn. and I never did get a nap during the day. So, by 8:30 last night I was so tired that I took the dogs out for a walk, and then went to bed, falling instantly asleep. Hubby said he came in not too long after I went to bed, and I was snoring soundly.

Sunday morning I woke with a cold.  My throat was sore and my chest was burning and I still felt tired. I somehow managed to cook breakfast and lunch, but spent a lot of time cuddled under a blanket watching TV.

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It was on Sunday that I got the happiest news, that my eldest nephew asked a really wonderful woman to become his wife!

Mike and Karan

Mike and Karan are two of the nicest, sweetest people I know, and they are so good together. Congratulations to them both!

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The week ahead finds me trying to shake this cold, as the first of the year meetings begin!

I’ll miss the sleepy peace that seems to settle in after Christmas and lasts until New Years. Now it’s back to the grind and meetings.

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Have a good week every one!

Happy New Year

Yesterday’s post was my wacky thoughts about life in general. Today’s Post is about my New Years Resolutions. Most people will make them, or have made them in the past, including yours truly. Of all the resolutions I have made, my quitting smoking 11 years ago, and my joining Weight Watchers, which you can read about here, are the ones I am most proud of.

I did reach my weight loss goal three years ago, I was so proud that day. I went to class and I had reached my goal. I was on cloud nine and jumped around like a little kid!

Of course, I found staying at my goal weight a bit more of a challenge than I had thought it would be, especially after the last egg dropped and I was in the throws of menopause. Then my metabolism totally betrayed me, and I put on some of the weight.

I kept going to class though. There were weeks I gained weight, and weeks I have lost only two tenths of a pound, but I kept going, and I still do.

Weight Watchers has started a new program. I don’t know enough about it yet to know if this will be the answer to my dietary prayers, but I certainly hope it will be. I’m learning about it, and I hope that I can once again be successful

So, that’s my New Years Resolution. To once again work on my health, my weight and get myself back in shape. I have not given myself a deadline. Oh, didn’t we all do that as a teenager? I want to be thin by bikini season? I just want to work the weight off, and then LEARN to keep it off!

So, what’s your New Years Resolution?

(Remember, you can do it, if you really want to!)

Veteran’s Day

Thursday the 11th of November, was Veteran’s Day here in the States. All across the Nation, Memorial Ceremonies were held to honor those who gave their lives for our country, as well as those who served, continue to serve and all the families.

Our State Veteran’s Cemetery is about 22 miles from our home. It is beautifully laid out, and quite comforting to walk through. A few thousand people came from across our state to remember, and honor the Military.

I took pictures and so did Hubby. We wanted to share with you these pictures, to allow you a chance to see, some of the wonderful men and women who served our Nation in the Military. The cemetery serves both the Military and their Spouses for burial.

I was glad I had on my big sunglasses, because I get quite choked up seeing the love around me. The love for Country, Family and Friends.

Hubby’s Veteran’s Day from Dackel Princess Maribeth on Vimeo.

Never Forget

Today it is nine years since my country suffered attacks by Al–Qaeda, that forever changed my fellow Americans. It is still one of the saddest days of my life, so horrific that I am still unsure that I will ever recover.

On that fateful day, two French brothers were working in New York City making a documentary. Their film, is the best chronicle of that day. Many libraries have the film and you can check it out. If not go HERE and order it. Truly shocking and amazing.

I think everyone knows where they were on that day. They can tell you almost to the second where they were and what they were doing.

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The day that our innocence died.

It makes me quite sad that so many people do not understand, or remember what happened that day. How often I have heard that these people are just like us and didn’t mean to hurt us.

Then I recall that this was intentionally done and the coordination of the event was for the largest number of deaths possible.

There have been some who refuse to give up. They stand up and they stand for all the goodness of the people in our country. They don’t allow people to lie to us, or to have us believe that we are all the same. Truly, there is evil in the world.

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So remember those who died. Pray for their souls, but also remember the men who took those innocent lives, and the ones out there that would kill you as soon as look upon your face.

Please, Never Forget!

It’s the only protection that we have.

Happy Birthday, Melodie!!!

Today is the birthday of my big sister Melodie. So while you look at a few pictures of us through the years, listen to this recording of a song she taught me. We used to sing this while we washed the dishes, when we were kids. Just start the Youtube music and go down and start the montage of Mel. I tried to do it differently, but it didn’t work out.

Happy Birthday Melodie from Dackel Princess Maribeth on Vimeo.

Happy Birthday, Sis! Love you!!!!

Happy 5th Blogoversary To Me!!

Five years ago, my cousin Janet, encouraged me to start my blog. With the help of one of her friends, we put together the art work, and chose the domain name and Dackel Princess was born.

Dackel Princess came from my deep love of my wire-haired dachshund, Shubi. She was my first wire-haired dachshund, my constant companion and best friend.

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Although Shubi was not what the judges would call beautiful and perfect, in my eyes she was all that a mother could want.

Blogaversary from Dackel Princess Maribeth on Vimeo.

Over the years I have shared my dogs, my family, and my life with you all. Funny how that worked. The first day I started to write, I believed that no one but my cousin and sister would read my blog. Now 5 years later I have found so many friends from around the world who read my blog, and share my life.

I’ve learned so much sharing my life and reading other blogs, where people share their lives with us. Even though there is a difference of location and culture, basically we are the same. We love our families, our children and our pets. We fret over our homes, our cars and our jobs.

I love my blog and I look forward to many more years writing away on Dackel Princess. I think, Shubi would be proud to know she started all this.