Thirty- eight years ago today, I was off to work!  Later that day, early evening as I recall.  The love of my life was to walk down the isle of the Lutheran Church, to stand at my side to say I do!  This is one memory that God has allowed me to retain, burned forever in my memory bank.  For this I shall always feel humble and grateful!
  Thirty-eight years later brings us to present day, I phone Susan to wish her happy anniversary, only to have her beat me to the punch, by her answering the phone "happy anniversary", she got me again!  But I still love her more, times infinity, plus infinity, times infinity.  A game we always played, and then passed on to our children, as they were growing up.  And to this day, through thick and thin, the good, the bad, and the not so pretty, Susan has been my inspiration to keep us motivated.  We may be apart tonight, one more sleep.  Then the love of my life will be back to join me in God's Country!
  Talking about sleeps, the count down has begun for me.  "5" sleeps and then the summer season will be officially over for us.  Our lists are basically prepared, what should get done on what day.  Perhaps I will revisit the "LIST" on Friday after Derek's family heads back to the big city.  This way I will have unpacked what I have asked Derek to bring up for me.  It will also give me a better understanding of how things are fitting in storage here, and if I might have to do any reorganizing.  Hopefully all my preplanning and measuring will have payed off!  But this is one brain function that I cannot really trust since my accident.  So we just hope and pray, perhaps God willing I will get lucky!
  This morning I will be off to the golf course, to join with some friends.  Hopefully bang some golf balls around.  When my Son arrives, his Wife Michele is going to text me, at which point I will join them back here.
  So in closing today Susan and I are always asked how have you to lasted so long together.  Marriage is not a 50-50 partnership.  It is a 100-100% commitment!  So if one day one of you does not give it a true 100% your spouse is there to give it that little bit extra, when you are having an off day.  And believe me everyone can have an off day!  After all only God is perfect, right?  Sounds simple, and has worked for us.  This was one of our major decisions to Building the Simple life.............................