{"id":15118,"date":"2019-04-25T05:56:37","date_gmt":"2019-04-25T09:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=15118"},"modified":"2019-04-25T06:03:03","modified_gmt":"2019-04-25T10:03:03","slug":"our-when-we-met-aversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=15118","title":{"rendered":"Our &#8220;When We Met-aversary&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/BB1995-300x215.jpg?resize=300%2C215\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2098\" \/>One thing I love about English is that you can make up words and people know what you mean (or can figure it out.)<\/p>\n<p>Twenty-six years ago today was the first time I met the man who would forever change my life for the better.  Become my soulmate, partner-in-life, and six years ago, my husband, right here in the county of my birth.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Houseblog.jpg?resize=300%2C194\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Houseblog.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Houseblog.jpg?resize=150%2C97&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Who woulda thunk?  I know that&#8230;<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n&#8230;so many things have happened since then.  Building a house and making it our home was our most intense experience, but there is much more.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/BHDBB1996-03-300x203.jpg?resize=300%2C203\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-13870\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/BHDBB1996-03.jpg?resize=300%2C203&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/BHDBB1996-03.jpg?resize=150%2C102&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/BHDBB1996-03.jpg?resize=443%2C300&amp;ssl=1 443w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/BHDBB1996-03.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Illnesses and surgeries, dramatic job changes, family situations, riding thousands of miles two-up on my Harley, travel around our country, Canada, and the world, and so much more.  <\/p>\n<p>Life&#8230; ah life.  How I would not have such a well-grounded, financially stable, and happy life had we not met.<\/p>\n<p>We met 26 years ago today&#8230; wow.  Sometimes it seems like yesterday, or sometimes it all is a blur and we suddenly realize, &#8220;man, has it been 26 years?  Where has the time flown?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Happy &#8220;when we met-aversary&#8221; to the love of my life!<\/p>\n<p>Life is short:  show those you love how you love them.<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Rosesspouse.jpg?resize=584%2C236\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"236\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13917\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Rosesspouse.jpg?w=840&amp;ssl=1 840w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Rosesspouse.jpg?resize=300%2C121&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Rosesspouse.jpg?resize=150%2C61&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Rosesspouse.jpg?resize=768%2C311&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Rosesspouse.jpg?resize=800%2C324&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Rosesspouse.jpg?resize=500%2C202&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One thing I love about English is that you can make up words and people know what you mean (or can figure it out.) 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