{"id":4761,"date":"2006-08-02T01:57:00","date_gmt":"2006-08-02T01:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icalltheshot.com\/?p=4761"},"modified":"2006-08-02T01:57:00","modified_gmt":"2006-08-02T01:57:00","slug":"happy-belated-anniversary-to-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icalltheshot.com\/?p=4761","title":{"rendered":"Happy Belated Anniversary To Us&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bp0.blogger.com\/_15jEUMtexcE\/R5vRocOGw8I\/AAAAAAAAAzM\/ewPdVwoFvso\/s1600-h\/Bob%26Deb.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/bp0.blogger.com\/_15jEUMtexcE\/R5vRocOGw8I\/AAAAAAAAAzM\/ewPdVwoFvso\/s400\/Bob%26Deb.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159948290783364034\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\">Yesterday Bobby and I celebrated our 7 year anniversary.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">  <\/span>Rochelle asked me not long ago to share our love story from the top.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">  <\/span>I wanted to wait &#8217;til our anniversary to blog so here it goes&#8230;<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">  <\/span>I asked Bobby to help me with the words and he is the author of our true love story.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center\" align=center><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\">***********************<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\">Bob and Debbie met at a Dance Club called the Rockin\u2019 Horse in 1996.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">  <\/span>Debbie had always wanted to learn to dance since she was a little girl.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">  <\/span>She finally found the courage to go by herself and really enjoyed it.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">  <\/span>Bob saw her across the Dance floor one night and ask her to Two Step.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">  <\/span>She said yes and they danced.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">  <\/span>The next time they saw each other, Debbie couldn\u2019t remember Bob\u2019s name, but eventually he made an impression and she finally memorized it. Over the next few weeks, they danced more often, especially to slow songs.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">  <\/span>Bob finally got the courage to ask Debbie to the movies and she promptly said NO!<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\">Bob was perplexed since everything seemed to be going well.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">  <\/span>Debbie liked Bob, but was scared.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">  <\/span>Bob stayed away from Debbie for quite a while.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">  <\/span>He didn\u2019t want to be pushy.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">  <\/span>Eventually, he asked her to dance again, but he never again asked her to slow dance.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">  <\/span>One night, when a slow dance came on, Bob was surprised to receive a tap on the shoulder.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">  <\/span>Much to his surprise it was Debbie asking him to dance; Bob agreed and realized that Debbie was letting him know that he might want to ask her out again.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">  <\/span>Bob wasted no time asking her to the movies and, for him, she made an exception.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\">Bob and Debbie\u2019s first date was to the movies.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">  <\/span>Their second date was a motorcycle ride along the beach with dinner at \u201cDos Amigos\u201d Mexican restaurant.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">  <\/span>They played a cat and mouse game for a few months, but finally things got serious.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">  <\/span>Bob bought a new house in December of 1997 and Debbie started to spend a lot of time there.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">  <\/span>Bob didn\u2019t know what to do when Debbie started to cook dinner, do his laundry and iron his shirts, but he soon got used to it.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">  <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\">On Christmas morning, 1998, Bob told Debbie he had a surprise under the Christmas tree.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">  <\/span>There was a small silver ornament hidden in the tree.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">  <\/span>When she opened it she found a diamond ring and he asked her to be his wife.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">  <\/span>She said YES.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\">Bob and Debbie got married on July 31, 1999 in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:city w:st=\"on\">Stuart<\/st1:city>, <st1:state w:st=\"on\">FL.<\/st1:state><\/st1:place><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">  <\/span>Two weeks later, Bob received the shock of his life when Pratt &#038; Whitney announced that they were moving his job to <st1:state w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Connecticut<\/st1:place><\/st1:state> and he would have to move there or lose his job.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">  <\/span>He started searching for jobs on the Internet and found a perfect job with Lockheed Martin.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">  <\/span>Unfortunately, it was in <st1:country-region w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Korea<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>!<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">  <\/span>Bob asked Debbie, \u201cHow would you like to go to <st1:country-region w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Korea<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>?\u201d<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">  <\/span>Debbie replied \u201cI\u2019ll follow you to the ends of the earth\u201d.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">  <\/span>And she did.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">  <\/span>Bob applied and a few months later he got the job.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">  <\/span>One month they were worrying how they were going to pay the mortgage without a job, and the next month, they were flying First Class to <st1:country-region w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Korea<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">  <\/span>They lived in a penthouse suite overlooking an ancient castle on the <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:placename w:st=\"on\">Nam<\/st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st=\"on\">River<\/st1:placetype><\/st1:place>.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">  <\/span>They flew often to <st1:city w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Seoul<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> to go to American restaurants like Chili\u2019s, Hard Rock &#038; Outback Steakhouse.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">  <\/span>They learned to love living there and made many friends and experienced many things.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'\">They never got to go on an official honeymoon, but while living in Asia, they were able to spend their first two wedding anniversaries in <st1:state w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Hawaii<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>, the closest US state.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">  <\/span>They traveled all over <st1:country-region w:st=\"on\">Korea<\/st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region w:st=\"on\">Japan<\/st1:country-region> and spent time in <st1:country-region w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">China<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">  <\/span>They climbed the Great Wall, visited the <st1:placetype w:st=\"on\">Temple<\/st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st=\"on\">Heaven<\/st1:placename> and even got to see the sunset, on <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:placename w:st=\"on\">Sunset<\/st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st=\"on\">Beach<\/st1:placetype><\/st1:place>. They can now say that they have literally been from here to <st1:city w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Shanghai<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>!<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">  <\/span>After spending 2-1\/2 years in <st1:country-region w:st=\"on\">Korea<\/st1:country-region>, they returned to the <st1:country-region w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">US<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">  <\/span>They decided to stay with Lockheed and moved to <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:city w:st=\"on\">Fort Worth<\/st1:city>, <st1:state w:st=\"on\">TX<\/st1:state><\/st1:place>.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">  <\/span>They have been there for 4 years now and are waiting for that next big International assignment so they can travel the world again.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA\">They have been married for 7 very happy years now and proclaim they are still on their honeymoon.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">  <\/span>Although the remaining chapters of their lives are yet to be written, they know exactly where they will be in 20 years\u2026<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">  <\/span>together; living out their Love Story happily every after.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday Bobby and I celebrated our 7 year anniversary. 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