And suddenly, one day you wake up and realize...

...that your 10 year Wedding Anniversary is only a few short weeks away. How could that be here already? Aren't Vicki and I too young to be reaching this milestone? And how come we can't afford that 10 Year Anniversary trip to Hawaii we promised ourselves 10 years ago?!?!?

Oh well. At least our careers.... well, no, let's not go there either.

Let's see, we like our house. Sure, it's small, and old, and has about as much land as one of the Thousand Islands, but it's ours. That does remind me, though, that I still need to replace that hot water heater... oh, yes, and the chimney needs repointing as well...

Well, there are some good things. Great things really. First of all, there's Katie - she's definitely a wonderful addition to our lives.

Maybe we don't have a whole lot to show for those 10 years, but you know what? They were a good ten years. Maybe that's why they passed by so quickly. We've had great friends and good times. We got the chance to live in three different states. We went to the West Coast once, and Europe once. Florida lots of times. :-) And we've taken a lot of other neat vacations. We got try lots of different kinds of cuisine. I told the same few bad jokes several times, and Vicki pretended to laugh at them most of the time. We might have had a drink or two once in a while. ;-) And did I mention the great friends?

Well, I better get going. I've got to buy the perfect Anniversary gift. And I have to get ready for the next ten years.

Here's hoping that they are as good as the last ten were.