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Tonight Janis & I went for pizza and a movie together - our favorite date as always for today was our 31st wedding anniversary.
Its hard to believe that 31 years have passed since we promised each other "always". Janis was the first girl I ever dated... I was 17 and she was 16 at the time. I proposed three times before she said yes... Like she is fond of saying "I chased her 'til she caught me."
We dated three years although we had been unofficially engaged since we had been dating only a couple of months. I was twenty when we were married, Janis just shy of 19. Those around us thought us too young - but Janis & I KNEW exactly what we were doing for we had promised each other 'always'.
Its been a wonderful, fun trip through the years... some tough times, lots of exciting times, a ton of happy times, and together all the way. Sometimes its been hard but we always managed to work things out together.
We've been business partners for almost all of those years too.
Way back then we talked of growing old together and I still sincerely hope we get that chance.
Livin' the good life in Yarrow...
-grampa dan
-------------------- Dan Sawatzky Imagination Corporation Yarrow, British Columbia dan@imaginationcorporation.com http://www.imaginationcorporation.com
Being a grampa is one of the the most wonderful things in the world!!! Posts: 8738 | From: Yarrow, B.C. Canada | Registered: Nov 1998
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Love it when a plan comes togather.May there be many more. Ernie
-------------------- Ernest Clark Dahlonega Sign Co. 101 Whispering Winds Dr Murrayville,Ga 30564 Been there, Done that, Probably do it again. Posts: 134 | From: Dahlonega,Ga. USA | Registered: Dec 1998
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Happy Anniversary! Sounds like you figured out the way to have to a great life together!
-------------------- Jane Diaz Diaz Sign Art 628 W. Lincoln Ave. Pontiac, Il. 61764 815-844-7024 www.diazsignart.com Posts: 4102 | From: Pontiac, IL USA | Registered: Feb 1999
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""Good judgment comes from experience; and a lot of that comes from bad judgment" - Will Rogers Posts: 3485 | From: Beautiful Newaygo, Michigan | Registered: Mar 2003
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Congratulations Dan and Janis! May you have many more happy years together in the paradise you have built around you. I sure hope to meet you soon Janis . Anyone who can keep that Coke fueled imagination in line for 30 years has my utmost respect.
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Kelly Thorson Kel-T-Grafix 801 Main St. Holdfast, SK S0G 2H0 ktg@sasktel.net Posts: 5496 | From: Penzance, Saskatchewan | Registered: May 2002
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Congratulations Dan and Janis! Its not all that hard when you Marry your bestfriend. May God bless you both with many, many more wonderful years.
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Congratulations Janis and Dan. Enjoy your anniversary, do something wild.
Maybe a candle lit dinner in the middle of Giggle Ridge under a moonlit sky, with a big overstuffed bear as your waiter for the evening...lol
-------------------- "Are we having fun yet?" Peter Schuttinga DZines Sign Studio 1617 Millstream rd Victoria BC V9B-6G4 Posts: 521 | From: Victoria BC | Registered: Mar 2002
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As a present to me Janis went to the hair dresser yesterday and had her hair dyed blond. The effect is extremely subtle as it is sort of a platinum color and streaked in with her pretty silver hair.
Dying her hair is something totally out of character for her and yet at the same time doing something like that as a present for me is something totally in character. She's like that.
It was a nice surprise!
It looks great and brings a huge smile to my face.
And blonds do have more fun...
-grampa dan
-------------------- Dan Sawatzky Imagination Corporation Yarrow, British Columbia dan@imaginationcorporation.com http://www.imaginationcorporation.com
Being a grampa is one of the the most wonderful things in the world!!! Posts: 8738 | From: Yarrow, B.C. Canada | Registered: Nov 1998
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Congratulations! Those numbers are becoming more and more rare.
Dan, it looks like we just turning up more things that make us look alike. Jeanne and I dated for three years before we married, also. She is a few months older than me, so when we tied the knot I was 18 and she was 19 (just barely). This September we will have been married 42 years.
And she just keeps renewing my license every year.
It's good to see that the years have brought you even closer. Keep working together.
-------------------- Chapman Sign Studio Temple, Texas chapmanstudio@sbcglobal.net Posts: 6306 | From: Temple, Texas, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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happy anniversary to you both! that's a great story! my husband and i went out for pizza the other nite also and we were sitting side by side on the bench seat...laughing having a nice time. we were the only ones in the room until this elderly couple came in. they looked like they had been together forever but things were still fresh...i kept finding myself staring. my husband asked if i knew them....no i said but i hope thats us in 30 years...he says...wow i'll still have hair? yep and i'll still be wearing overalls. we're 41 and together for 10. anyway it was refreshing!
-------------------- Karyn Bush Simply Not Ordinary, LLC Bartlett, NH 603-383-9955 www.snosigns.com info@snosigns.com Posts: 3516 | From: Bartlett, NH USA | Registered: Jan 2001
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Congratulations also, Dan and Janis. May there be more starry moonlit nites for years to come- (for you before and after the grandbabies are asleep ) Love is like a beautiful plant that keeps growing and growing through rain and sunshine, as it needs both.
-------------------- Deb Fowler
"It's kind of fun to do the impossible - Walt Disney (1901-1966) Posts: 5373 | From: Loves Park, Illinois | Registered: Aug 1999
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Best Wishes Dan and Janis......I certainly don't have to tell you that life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the number of things in life that take our breath away.....Obviously that still works for you both....great...and here's to many many more.
-------------------- Susan Banasky Source Signs Nanaimo, British Columbia sourcesigns@shaw.ca
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A lifetime committment is security beyond any insurance and more comforting than any wealth can buy. I delight in knowing you, Dan, and thank you for allowing your example to go public.
-------------------- The SignShop Mendocino, California
Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity. — Charles Mingus Posts: 6714 | From: Mendocino, CA. USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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