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Well, Dave and I have made it to our 7yr mark, at least as an official married couple. We've been together for 10 full years, and yesterday marked our 7th Anniversary. This year was the first time I've looked forward to our trip we take. Maybe it's because we didn't have a honeymoon, or the "Anniversary Trips" we've taken have been "fly by the seat of our pants" type of trips, where they're last minute and poorly planned.
This year, I sat down and decided to plan it, and what we'd be doing. Our destination: Salt Lake City, Ut. When Dave got his check, we logged in to Priceline, named our price and were booked at the Little America for a total of $155. I was excited to be staying 2 nights in a 4 star hotel for such a little price. I then got online and looked into things we could do that was inexpensive and we'd both enjoy doing.
I kind of wanted to avoid doing a lot at Temple Square, as we go there every time we go to Salt Lake, and Dave was tired of going to zoos, so I looked up other things. I found This is The Place Heritage Monument's website, and saw that they were having a "Real Mountain Man" exhibit while we were there. I figured we could afford the $20 as a couple to go to it, and put it on the "to do " list. Then we planned on going to see Pirates of The Caribbean 3D, check a few other places out and just unwind from everything. The day we got ready to go went pretty rough for me, we had some unexpected expenses, stress levels shot through the roof, and I was just ready to give up. As soon as we hit the road, I started to unwind and just enjoy my time with my husband. I annoyed the crap out of Dave with the music choice, constant talk about kids and everything else, and then lost myself in taking pictures and thinking.
Once we were in Salt Lake and got things going, we had a wonderful weekend, though we returned home with no money but fully relaxed and happy. I'm looking forward to another 40+years with Dave, and hope he feels the same way. If you're interested on our activities from our anniversary, check out Jester's Jungle at www.jestermason.blogspot.com in the next day or two.
Shakspeare said it best when he said "Parting is such sweet sorrow." Yesterday Dante went to his new home, and it was harder than I thought to let him go.
Origionaly the lady was to get him today, but we rushed at getting him ready and Heather and "Monroe" drove him to his new home. Dave came up to say goodbye, and it really yanked at my heart strings to watch my husband cry, really cry, over a dog that he said he'd have no problems parting with.
I let his new owner know how we've been feeding him, what he needs, who is Vet is and anything else that she wanted to know. I told her that she could feed him what and how he wanted, that at first, he'd have the runs and gas until his body adjusted. She said that was fine, and asked if we could keep in touch just in case she has anymore questions. I told her that we'd absolutely love that, then were given the invitation to visit Dante anytime we wanted. She was also told that if it didn't work out, she could bring him back here and we'd re-home him if we didn't have a place of our own.
I wanted so bad to tell Dave "I told you so" when he kept saying he was not as attached to Dante as I am to Mason, but just couldn't bring myself to do so. We know this was the right decision for him, and the best thing as well. We're not giving up on him, but giving him a better quality of life that he needs.
Over the past few months we've been blessed with a lot of rain, too much for the rivers actually. We've had so much rain that the rivers have been flooding pretty bad, and this picture is just a little idea of what I'm talking about. This is a picture of a picnic table at Sacajawea Park. It's results of the Portneuf River flooding, and I was standing at least 10ft away from it.
I know that it's not the best thing, but I love looking at the extent of the floods around, and how it effects the environment around us. While at Sacajawea Park, we couldn't wander very far without being stopped by water, but once again, I started thinking and told Dave that God knows what he's doing. I was told that some think that God is angry, and that may be true, but though it can and probably is causing LOTS of damage, but it's so beautiful to see. Lately, this is what I've been doing when I need to unwind. IF it's not cold or raining, I'll just take a walk, and take pictures of anything that spark my interest, otherwise I get into the truck and we drive to a spot and I shoot whatever intrigues me. I always find a sense of peace and closer to my maker when I'm outdoors, away from the rush of life and things.
