Wedding Anniversaries & Birthdays

Gerry and I celebrated our 112th wedding anniversary yesterday.  No, that isn't a typo, it was the 112th wedding anniversary.  We eloped and married in a civil ceremony the first time and then a month later told our parents about it.  We didn't have much choice about telling them since we had to fill out an application form for jobs at the FBI and knew they would find out sooner or later.

Gerry wanted to be married in the Catholic church and I took instructions for the specified length of time and said all the right things so Father Guido consented to marrying us.  We were married in the church house with a few family members in attendance.  So, we were married twice within a short period of time.  Our 2nd marriage was September 28, 1957.  

Today is Gerry's birthday, but we celebrated it a day early by joining her sister Darlene and bil Tom at Callahan's in Frederick, MD.  Since my birthday was a couple days ago, I was also included in the celebration.  We picked the middle of the day to meet so the restaurant wouldn't be so busy and we could take our time and have a leisurely dinner.   They live in Annapolis, MD about 90 miles from the restaurant and we had a drive of 50 miles.  

There wasn't another patron in the dining room when we got there and it was nice to be able to chat without all the usual noise and chatter.  I think we were there more than an hour before another couple finally arrived.  They sat them right next to us, even though there were open tables far from us.  Just like RVing, park your RV in an open area and someone will park right next to you.

The company was great and we had a very nice time visiting with them.  It may be the last time we see them this year, unless they come down to Concord, NC while we are still there.  It's always sad to say goodbye, but know we will see them again next year.

We stopped by the soft ice cream place on the way home to get an ice cream fix.  They had a sign up saying it was the last weekend of the year for them and they would be closed until next spring.  We got in just under the wire for that ice cream fix.

We did start our day off by making repairs to the screened in porch roof.  Gerry noticed a leak a while back and I found another area where it was leaking.  Upon further inspection, we found about 15 places where there were tears in the roofing fabric.  It was time to sweep off the roof and fill in all these small holes with Dicor.  Then I will put some Eternabond over the repaired places and hope it holds until next summer when we will have the roof replaced.  By this time next year we should have a metal roof on the cabin and that will take care of any future leaks.  Always something that needs to be done up here.  Now I know why we got rid of the house.

Flat roofs are problems

More patches in white.

View from the roof top of the meadow.

Tons of acorns on ground.  Cold winter?

That was our exciting day, how was yours?