3 ઑગસ્ટ, 2019

10 years ago today: "What happened on Bellyache Ridge."

Today's a big milestone!

AND: "Where we were. What we were doing."

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AND: "Commenting from a mountaintop: we are still sitting on the rock...."

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127 ટિપ્પણીઓ:

Michael K કહ્યું...

Congrats

Rockeye કહ્યું...

Ten years is one of the most important milestones of any marriage. While certain neighborhoods of the internet are wholly pernicious, it can be remarkable what good things can be found. Congratulations to the two of you, from a complete stranger.

Tank કહ્યું...

OMG, I’ve been reading this blog a long time

n કહ્યું...

For the 10th Anniversary gift... going trad or modern?

David Begley કહ્યું...

Congrats! And they said it would never last.

Funny story. One of my sisters broke up with her college boyfriend. My mom told my sister, “That he was not the one.” They’ve been married for over 30 years now.

n કહ્યું...

Oh oh. And Mazel Tov!

mccullough કહ્યું...

Congrats.

Meade કહ્યું...

Don't let them say your hair's too long
'Cause I don't care, with you I can't go wrong
Then put your little hand in mine
There ain't no hill or mountain we can't climb

MayBee કહ્યું...

Happy Ann-iversary!

William કહ્યું...

Congratulations on making your life work. That's an impressive achievement.....I read a lot of bios and memoirs. Most lives, even the most outwardly successful ones, really suck. Useful career, happy marriage, comfortable retirement. Just one of those things is generally enough to supply a modicum of happiness. I wonder if they're intensifiers if taken together. Myself, I wouldn't know.

Lyle Smith કહ્યું...

Congrats!

Lars Porsena કહ્યું...

You crazy kids!!!

Big Mike કહ્યું...

Congratulation and well done!

traditionalguy કહ્યું...

Rock of ages. Good work guys.

Narr કહ્યું...

Congratulations you guys!

Narr
Many happy returns

YoungHegelian કહ્યું...

Congratulations!

But, when I hear the name "Bellyache Ridge", I don't think of marital vows & nail polish matching the flowers, I think of the US Army taking some ridge in Korea under withering fire from the Chi-Coms.

Your way sounds like more fun & involving a little less violence.

Malesch Morocco કહ્યું...

Yes, best wishes to you both!

Francisco D કહ્યું...

Happy Anniversary!

Anne in Rockwall, TX કહ્યું...

Happy Anniversary!

n કહ્યું...

Meade, The was the closing tune Season 1 Episode 8 of The Kominsky Method. An easy binge-watch.

Lyle Sanford, RMT કહ્યું...

Congratulations!

h કહ્યું...

Happy Anniversary.

Clyde કહ્યું...

I love a happy ending. Congratulations!

Birches કહ્યું...

Wow. That's wonderful!

David Begley કહ્યું...

In “Frankenstein in Love” (soon to be a major motion picture), I have Franz Frankenstein marrying Margaret Saville. They exchange vows with just the two of them. Not like they could go into town and get married in a church anyway. I borrowed this idea from Althouse and Meade.

lohwoman કહ્યું...

A happy beginning is a good thing, too. Congratulations on happiness.

Beasts of England કહ્યું...

Dang that's pretty!! Nice photography, as well... :)

Beasts of England કહ્યું...

And congratulations to you both!

Mikec કહ્યું...

That's a wonderful way to get married. Congratulations

Peachy કહ્યું...

Lovely Location. Congratulations.

Jeff Brokaw કહ્યું...

Hearty congrats to both of you!

Marcus Bressler કહ્યું...

Heartfelt congratulations!


THEOLDMAN

અજ્ઞાત કહ્યું...

Congrats to both of you!

Narr કહ્યું...

Your wedding announcement garnered 33 comments in about 8 hours (and some of the folks are still commenting here).

You're past 33 already!

Narr
And the day is young

rehajm કહ્યું...

Happy Anniversary! Happy Anniversary!

(This is my go to gift for my anniversary. Amazingly it works every time. Better than flowers I'm told...)

chuck કહ્યું...

Congratulations. Glad it worked out even though you married on a Monday :)

bagoh20 કહ્યું...

Yea, congratulation guys! I was here to see it all happen. A real love story. Honestly though Ann, how long has Meade been buried under the house? It's the little things that make love strong. My lady makes the best ice tea - really cold and really sweet just like I like it. I don't know how she does it, but she can leave it in the freezer all night, and it doesn't freeze. Cold and sweet, mmmmm!

WK કહ્યું...

Congratulations. We share a date. 23 today for us.

CWJ કહ્યું...

Congratulations!!! I immediately guessed it from the title alone. Do I get a cookie? I'm a little hungry right now.

n.n કહ્યું...

Althouse and Meade, sitting on a mountain, k-i-s-s-i-n-g. Congratulations.

Rusty કહ્યું...

Congratulations Ann and Meade.
My wife and I have been married 32 years. Our last anniversary we were, like, meh.

J Severs કહ્યું...

Congratulations!

ALP કહ્યું...

I can't think of a better way for people to get married: simple ceremony in a nice setting...with no guests! Best Wedding Ever is the one I'm not invited to.

Congrats on 10 years!

Shane કહ્યું...

Happy Anniversary, and thanks to both of you staying at this blogging and support thing!

PJ કહ્યું...

And you did it all by yourselves! Congratulations, Ann and Meade!

Jim Gust કહ્યું...

I find it hard to believe it's been ten years, it feels more like six months to me. The older one gets, the faster the time seems to go.

Thanks very much for sharing, and congratulations. Nice to find some happy news on the internet.

David Begley કહ્યું...

The average wedding today costs over $30k. And I’m told the Catholic Church preparation is six months. Insane. Great way to discourage people from marrying.

Yancey Ward કહ્યું...

So, when one is grousing about something, do either of you say, "Quit your bellyaching!"

Yancey Ward કહ્યું...

I have a vague memory of the original post, but I wasn't an everyday visitor at the time, nor was I a commenter at the time, but those 10 years passed really fast.

etbass કહ્યું...

Best wishes for 10 more.

Charlie Eklund કહ્યું...

Happy anniversary to you both!

madAsHell કહ્યું...

Congrats!

Maillard Reactionary કહ્યું...

Best wishes for many years of health and happiness.

narciso કહ્યું...

happy anniversary,

FleetUSA કહ્યું...

Happy Anniversary -- a perfect match

અજ્ઞાત કહ્યું...

Congratulations!

2009 was a year of health crises and deaths in my family. It was a very hard year.

I remember your marriage. It was a bright spot for me. Thanks for the encouragement just by sharing your lives.

Deb કહ્યું...

I send my husband this song every year on out anniversary.

Congratulations. I think you’ve found your own rainbow.

rcocean કહ્યું...

Congratulations for filling out the form 10 years ago and making an honest man out of Meade.

rcocean કહ્યું...

On Bellyache Ridge you either get married or throw up.

John કહ્યું...

Happy Anniversary!

Birkel કહ્યું...

Going through the archives, I spotted this:

https://althouse.blogspot.com/2005/12/trump-as-governor-of-ny.html?m=1

Trump as governor was a weird concept in December 2005.

TheDude કહ્યું...

Congratulations, and happy anniversary!

Jimmy કહ્યું...

10 years is a wonderful milestone. Congratulations! We look forward to many more to come-photos of car trips, museums, night life, biking, and hiking. You two have a wonderful salon here, and we appreciate the intelligence, humor, and a bit of snark you bring to it.

Kathryn51 કહ્યું...

Happy Anniversary Meadehouse.

I waa here 10 years ago and was certain I gave my best wishes at the time, but sadly. . . .my name isn't there so I failed. Maybe it was a different post.

Best wishes for another 10 adventurous years.

Sarah from VA કહ્યું...

I'll add my comment to the chorus of congratulations. It's been a good 10 years!

My husband and I celebrated our 10th anniversary this week as well. We took our four kids (8, 6, 4, and 2) to a picnic, to the playground, and to the pool to celebrate our "family birthday". And then next week we're leaving the kids in the loving and competent care of their grandparents to have a week to ourselves in a nearby city.

It'll be close enough that we can drive back if there's an emergency, but far enough away that only a real EMERGENCY will bring us back. We're really looking forward to a break from diapers, bedtime negotiation, sibling arguments and general complaining. We're planning on doing some fun things, but even if we do nothing but feed only ourselves for a week it'll be worth it to me.

Beautiful photos of your wedding site, too. Here's to many more years!

BJM કહ્યું...

Congrats Meadehouse!

Ignorance is Bliss કહ્યું...

Congratsaversary

Merny11 કહ્યું...

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Merny11 કહ્યું...

What? Meant ❤️😊

madAsHell કહ્યું...

I started commenting shortly before the betrothal. I've been a pain-in-the-ass for at least 10 years.

Oh, by the way, make sure you take advantage of the Althouse portal.

madAsHell કહ્યું...

the Althouse Amazon portal.

Sweet Jesus! Lazlo feeds on these indiscretions. Sorry.

cf કહ્યું...

Excellent milestone, here's to many more!

I love that same thing about Federalism, that states can experiment for all of us.

Wish we'd see Oregon doing more of their old free-thinking innovation, like "right turn on red", but this state is so mired in the dreariest of big Union/Democrat machine stasis, they can't rise out of their rut. sad.

. . . oh wait! we were talking about your anniversary! who cares about dumb oregon on a day like this?

salud!

Pete કહ્યું...

10 years? Wow! Congrats!

iowan2 કહ્યું...

Congratulations! What a unique love story.

pacwest કહ્યું...

Congratulations Althouse. Being a reader since year one I would like to say that having Meade around has added to my enjoyment of your posts. Having someone to bounce ideas off of has obviously been good for you. Congratulations to you both.

Darrell કહ્યું...

H. A.,

A&M.

Mr. Majestyk કહ્યું...

"Bellyache ridge" -- yeah, that's definitely where my wife and I should have gotten married.

Hunter કહ્યું...

Meade said...
...Then put your little hand in mine
There ain't no hill or mountain we can't climb


Nice going boys, you're playing yesterday's tape.

:)
Congratulations to Meadehouse.

etbass કહ્યું...

I was here when it all began and seems like yesterday. Have to confess, I wasn’t optimistic but I was wrong, again. Our own 50th comes up in a few weeks and it too will be in the mountains but not Colorado; western NC with Fall color.

Birches કહ્યું...

Wow Birkel, I followed the links on that post. Wow.

Birches કહ્યું...

Also the comments: From SteveR: "I'm sure he has no tolerance for politics as usual, so it could be quite enertaining or quite ugly, perhaps both. I'd like to see him run for senator, maybe he could get Hillary to answer a question."

People had him figured out in 2005. Amazing.

Bay Area Guy કહ્યું...

Meade liked the blog so much, he married the hostess!

Congrats to you, both!

I'm Full of Soup કહ્યું...

Congrats Meadehouse!

Darles Chickens કહ્યું...

Happy anniversary from a long-time lurker

Fritz કહ્યું...

Congratulations!

46 here.

Freeman Hunt કહ્યું...

Happy anniversary to you both!

I Have Misplaced My Pants કહ્યું...

Aw, this makes me happy. Hooray for love!

hanuman_prodigious_leaper કહ્યું...

@Blogger Birches, Birkel ...
Were you able to find video of UN remodel critique?

OnlyInCA કહ્યું...

Congratulations from another long time lurker/rare poster. Looking forward to many more years of following your adventures along side the interesting topics you discuss. Thanks for the work and time you devote to this blog.

Yancey Ward કહ્યું...

I saw that baseball produced a second combined no-hitter on the season. This right here shows you that the game has lost a good part of its soul. Even a decade ago, you couldn't have removed a pitcher throwing a no-hitter unless he had an injury.

StephenFearby કહ્યું...

Channeling Groucho Marx (on private clubs), "I wouldn't marry a woman who would have me as a husband". But I did anyway -- after my heart went into tachycardia back in 1991 the first time I heard her speak. Never happened before or after. Now I only get a warm feeling in my chest when I think about her.

Meade probably feels the same.

dustbunny કહ્યું...

Congratulations and thanks for this blog!

hanuman_prodigious_leaper કહ્યું...

Found ...
https://youtu.be/-xsyh_c8iic
YouTube › watch
Web results
Donald Trump: United Nations Headquarters Renovation - Real Estate Investment Strategy (2005) - YouTube

C-SPAN video of Trump at Senate hearing.

Clark કહ્યું...

Let me join the chorus. Congrats. Wishing you many more years.

uttsho કહ્યું...
આ ટિપ્પણી લેખક દ્વારા દૂર કરવામાં આવી છે.
Amadeus 48 કહ્યું...

Congrats!

I read some messages.under those posts. Who doesn’t miss Sir Archy, now departed this life 270 years and more?

Nichevo કહ્યું...

Mazel tov! Sorry I wasn't timely, but the blog has been boring of late and I check it less regularly. Many happy returns of the day!

stephen cooper કહ્યું...

"Life is not worth living unless it is lived for others" (Saint Theresa said that, in Albanian, I guess ....))

Always nice to see people when they have a reason to be happy

Congrats and God bless you and everyone you love in the past and now and in the future

Lewis કહ્યું...

I was thinking of what you wrote - the other day - about that 'other' festival and the womans face on the poster - Jefferson Airplane - a smile, a smirk that meant so much to me - I'm thinking of this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkBXwZIcgpk&feature=share - to grow older, to grow old seems absurd. Absurd, that's the word, to leap into the dark!

Lewis કહ્યું...

She so diffident, awkward and, then, she looks 'down' - but does she? She looking to someone!

Lewis કહ્યું...

Is she 'diffident'? No. Every time I look at that 'video' I see something different. Go ask Alice.

Lewis કહ્યું...

I know you don't like it but https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojIZ61GBHwY

rehajm કહ્યું...

Aspen looks like asparagus.

Mkd કહ્યું...

Happy 10th and wishing you many more years filled with fun, adventure and love.

Howard કહ્યું...

Good for you guys. Finding true love is a rare gift.

Lewis કહ્યું...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1N7gPcCgkZU

Lewis કહ્યું...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKQSlH-LLTQ

tim maguire કહ્યું...

Congratulations! Best of luck on your next 10 years!

brylun કહ્યું...

Congratulations! We all appreciate your blog and what Meade has added to it, and to your life, and hopefully to keep you going for another 10 years! Not to mention what you've added to his life!

Tank કહ્યું...

Looking back, I see that I commented back then under a different internet name.

Yes, you were married during the pre-Tank era.

Congrats on number ten, it doesn't seem that long ago.

Lewis કહ્યું...

What ever you think of us British, when I was 7 this was it


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7-8GddDotA&t=854s

Lewis કહ્યું...

He had ms - but my 'dad' never told me of that

Lewis કહ્યું...

I'm sorry - that's horrible 0 I'd forgotten

Mr. Forward કહ્યું...

Congratulations. Mrs. Forward and I have been married for over 4 decades. Number 1 tip: Moderate the comments.

Lewis કહ્યું...

Without the charm of being an 'idiot'

Cheryl કહ્યું...

Happy Anniversary!! I love this for both of you.

Fernandinande કહ્યું...

Congrats!

The title looked like "Today's a big millstone!"

Andrew કહ્યું...

I'm late to the party (was I even invited?) but congratulations to you both. I'm sincerely happy for you.

Lewis કહ્યું...

I think he's unhapppy - this is it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsoVhKo4UvQ&t=9s

M.K. Popovich કહ્યું...

happy anniversary!

John Enright કહ્યું...

Congratulations.

MaxedOutMama કહ્યું...

Congratulations to both of you. It is a big day.

I hope the two of you have many more big days together.

Rockport Conservative કહ્યું...

Has it really been that long? It doesn't seem possible. Congratulations on creating a wonderful life for each other.

lonejustice કહ્યું...

Congrats to my favorite blogger!

Scott Patton કહ્યું...

Congrats! Long enough to put a man on the moon.

Scott Patton કહ્યું...

Congrats! Long enough to put a man on the moon.

Danno કહ્યું...

Ditto on the congrats and wishing you many more!

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