Pony: Chuck and I think we should do a shot every time Bush says "terrorist."
Me: Oh that sounds fun. What about "rebate" or "stimulus package"? We could be really wasted in ten minutes.
Pony: Excellent. Maybe "economy" or "Iraq" ?
Bert: I think we should do one every time he says "change" because then we could remain completely sober.
Two snowmobilers were recently lost near here, luckily they were found after 72 hours and it appears they will make a full recovery. Every year there is a hunter, snowmobiler, or hiker lost in the mountains near here.
Watching the news coverage:
Me: You know that'll never happen to us.
Bert: Probably not.
Me: Being couch potatoes has its advantages.
Bert: Yep, our friends and family will never be standing on the side of a mountain road weeping about our absence.
Me: We could get lost in Powell's though.
Bert: We better take GPS with us next time.
Bert: I can't believe it's 8:04 and they are still asleep.
Me: Maybe we have a gas leak or carbon monoxide poisoning or something and it just hasn't reached our room.
Bert: We could go check.
Me: Yeah, but if we don't, and we get out of bed, that will just wake them up. I really like the quiet.
Bert: Good point.
Bert: So they had this thread about sad movies. I said the saddest movie I had ever seen was Beaches.
Me: Seriously?! What are you, a girl? What's wrong was Steel Magnolias and I Am Sam were taken?
Bert: It was a sad movie...Okay, you name a sad movie.
Me: Elephant Man. If you have to do the whole dying of cancer route, Terms of Endearment. For god sakes what about Magnolia or Sophie's Choice?
Bert: Remind me why I married you.
20 years ago since we were married on a very hot day in an Arizona courthouse
19 pets (8 dogs, 6 cats, 5 mice, and the fish doesn't count)
18 family reunions
17 concerts
16 pairs of lost scissors or flashlights in this house alone
15 years of parenthood
14 vacations
13 (at least) anniversaries basically observed with little more than a high five (by either of us)
12 years of New Yorker subscriptions, which we rarely get a chance to read
11 bicycles
10 custom made bookshelves for 2500 books
9 jobs
8 couches
7 funerals of near and dear
6 miscarriages
5 cars (4 were ours and 1 collective company car)
4 children, 4 Macs and we love them not the same but all equally.
3 weddings, 3 homes
2 B.A.s
1 bed
Here is to adding to the list. Happy Anniversary Bert.
