Sunday, September 02, 2007

TWO FUN MEME'S MARRIAGE AND A ONE WORD MEME!!



MARRIAGE MEME

Where did you meet your husband?
In Paris, Illinois at my cousin's wedding. She married his brother. We first met when we were both 14. He was so cute and so shy!! Then again two years later when we were now 16 (1961) and MORE MATURE and in dating age range my cousin set up us for a 'real date'. We started going steady on March 26th1961 and look what happened!!

What was the first thing you said to your husband?
Hi...I guess...many moons ago!!

Where was the first kiss? first date?
I remember this really well because he was never going to kiss me. Finally one night (our of desperation) i just backed him up into a corner on my great grandmother front porch. That started something that i had a time stopping!! Smile!
Our first date was on my cousin's birthday Feb. 24, 1961 at the Paris-Tuscola basketball game!!

Did you have a long or short courtship/engagement?
It seemed long for me. From 16 to almost 19!! We thought about eloping several times but knew it would hurt our parents so we never did.

Where did you get engaged?
He gave me my engagement ring for my 18th birthday Feb 20, 1963 right before my graduation from high school. He had graduated the year before

Where did you get married?
In my hometown of Tuscola, Illinois at the Church of Christ United January 25, 1964.

How did the reception go?
Great!!! People thought we needed to be on time, lots of candy and warm. We received clocks, blankets and candy dishes!! It was right after the ceremony...which to this day I have no recollection of whatsoever. Everyone says that we got married that day in January 1964! I remember the reception though because it was fun shoving cake into his mouth and vise versa. When we walked out to people throwing RICE the sun came out brightly!!

How was the honeymoon?
Down the road about 20 miles to Champaign, Illinois to a small motel called Paradise Inn. Where we paid about $12.36 to stay the night!! We both had to go to work on Monday so there was no actual honeymoon.
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One Word Meme (Now this was hard...limiting it to just one word. I mean, Try it)

1. Where is your mobile phone? Purse
2. Relationship? Married
3. Your hair? Varied
4. Work? Yes
5. Your sister(s) - None
6. Your favorite thing? Family
7. Your dream last night? Many
8. Your favorite drink? Tea
9. Your dream car?Paid
10. The room you’re in? Office
11. Your shoes? None
12. Your fears? Money
13. What do you want to be in 10 years? Happy
14. Who did you hang out with this weekend? Hubby
15. What are you not good at? Numbers
16. Muffin? Blueberry
17. Wish list item? Camera
18. Where you grew up? Illinois
19. The last thing you did? Painted
20. What are you wearing? Necklace
21. What are you not wearing? Earrings
22. Your pet? Cats
23. Your computer? Essentual
24. Your life? Happy
25. Your mood? Quiet
26. Missing? Family
27. What are you thinking about? Nothing
28. Your car? Nissan
29. Your kitchen? Bad
30. Your summer? short
31. Your favorite color? Purple
32. Last time you laughed? Today
33. Last time you cried? Funeral
34. School? High
35. Love? Many


Now I am going to pick some of you wonderful bloggers out there to try these!! They are fun and quick so try this!!

I will pick...let's see....
Melli from Insanity Prevails
Robyn from Kat's Cradle
Peggy from Hidden Haven Homestead
Jane from Cozy Reader
Barb from Baba's Blog

9 comments:

Melli said...

LOL! Ohhhh boy! You've done it now! I'm not sure I CAN answer some of these marriage ones! Geeez... my memory is bad! But I'll do it!

I thought I had already DONE that one-word meme once before... but I can't find it - so I'll do it again too... but not on the same post!

Aren't you two gettin' SICK of each other yet??? Man! You've been together FOREVER!!! LOL!

Susan said...

Awwww....what fun memes!! Thanks for sharing with us, Sandy.

Hugs,

Susan

Denise said...

Enjoyed reading your answers.

Betty said...

Sandy,
I enjoyed reading things facts about you....you really do have a great memory.......Betty

Pear tree cottage! said...

Sandy, wow! I don't think I have ever answered anything with one word, well done to you.

Meme's just show us all a little bit more about the person we are reading about and that is a very good thing.

Have a lovely day.
Lee-ann

Baba said...

Hi Sandy, We were at our neighbors yesterday for a dinner and game night.It was too late to do this last night.I have done the one word meme and need to do the marriage thing if I can remember... not sure of the dates... Barb

Carole Burant said...

Happy Labour Day dear Sandy! I so enjoyed reading your answers to the marriage questions, as well as the one word meme. I did the one word meme today on my post:-) Didn't do the marriage one, though, because although I share the house with my husband, we have been separated for the last 6 years so we really don't have much to do with each other! xox

MaR said...

Happy Labor Day! you tagged Melli and she tagged me so my marriage meme was posted early this morning :)
Nice way to start the week, with dear memories!

Sandi @the WhistleStop Cafe said...

Sandy~ that was a fun way to catch up. It's been a while... hope you had a happy labor day.