The Friday gathering for 5/23/2008
By glblguy
Photo by: Mr.Thomas
Today is my wife and I’s 16 year anniversary. It simply doesn’t seem like 16 years. In my mind it seems like only yesterday we were married in a small baptist church with only 30 or guests. I will never forgot the feeling I had when “Here comes the bride” began playing, and l looked up and saw my beautiful wife. It was the happiest moment of my life. I never for a second questioned my decision to marry her, and knew from the moment I first met her that we were supposed to be together. 16 years, 6 kids and a few “bumps in the road of life” later I love her even more. It’s truly amazing that no matter how much you love someone, you can love them even more each day you spend together.
Happy Anniversary sweety, I love you more than infinity and am so thankful God brought you into my life.
Important Stuff
Moving on to some other less sappy happenings from this week:
- I submitted articles to 3 carnivals this week:
- The Carnival of personal finance, where my article Unhappy with your job? You’re not alone was included.
- The Carnival of Debt Reduction, where my article Lies, money and marriage – what can you do? was an editor’s pick!
- The Festival of Frugality, where my article Surviving a recession – what you need to do now also made editor’s pick!
- My article The Emotional Snowball was selected Snowflake Tip of the week
- I wrote a guest post for Kacie over at Sense to Save that went up this week while Kacie and her husband celebrated their first anniversary.
- The MSN Smart Spending blog highlighted my article Lies, Money and Marriage. Head over and check out Smart Spending, Karen and Donna have an awesome blog.
- I have a $75 Amazon.com gift card giveaway going on right now. Lots of people have entered so far, so make sure you don’t miss out on a chance to win!
- I also found that I’ve been nominated as a top 10 emerging influential blog for 2008 by Lugud, Pies and Magpies, and Being Frugal. Thank you so much for the nominations! I’d pass out if I won!
The Gathering
Here are my article picks from my blogroll this week:
- Frugal Living For Beginners
- Looking Back: The Difference 9 Years Makes
- Vermicomposting: Making a Home For Your Worms
- I should choose frugal over cheap for appliances
- How to Save Hundreds by Playing the Drugstore Game
- 10 Websites Where You Can Manage Your Money Online For Free
- Making the Hard Choice
I’ll be taking the day off from blogging on Monday to celebrate the holiday with my family. Have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend!
May 23rd, 2008 at 8:26 am
Happy anniversary! What a great time of year to get married!
May 23rd, 2008 at 9:02 am
Awww… Congratulations!
May 23rd, 2008 at 9:17 am
Congratulations to your wedding anniversary and citation in top ten emerging influential blogs. I hope you can join the writing and get more blogs recognized. Thank you.
May 23rd, 2008 at 10:36 am
Congrats on your anniversary. May there be many more to come!
May 23rd, 2008 at 10:49 am
Congrats on the anniversary. God bless you with continued happiness in your marriage.
May 23rd, 2008 at 10:50 am
Congrats, Gibble. That’s a long time…in a good way. :) I hope that 15 years down the road I’ll be able to make the same announcement. :)
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:31 am
Congrats! We’ll be celebrating Anniversary #5 next month.
I just took a look at your archives and I can’t believe that you’ve only be at this since last July! You’ve definitely seen tremendous growth in that time. Way to go!
May 23rd, 2008 at 3:46 pm
Happy Anniversary! And congratulations on 16 years – wow!
May 23rd, 2008 at 5:46 pm
Congrats!! We are just days away from our 3rd!! I love it!!
May 23rd, 2008 at 8:02 pm
Happy Anniversary!!!!
May 23rd, 2008 at 9:05 pm
Aww, I love happy stories… and marriages that are strong!!!
Happy Anniversary!!!
May 23rd, 2008 at 10:17 pm
Thanks so much everyone!
May 26th, 2008 at 7:39 pm
What a wonderful sentiment. Thank you for using my picture here. Such a wonderful and meaningful use. My wife and I are approaching 10 years in December and I can completely understand everything you’ve stated here. Congratulations to you your wife for 16 years.
Christopher