TO MY WONDERFUL WIFE ON OUR 60TH ANNIVERSARY

TO MY ADORABLE WIFE PATTY

July 25, 2019 marks our 60^th Wedding Anniversary.

Since July 25, 1959 we have seen this country grow from 177,830,000 people in 49 States to over 329,200,000 in 50 States. Together, we have contributed three wonderful children to the population, who in turn have added seven more.

We have managed to survive twelve presidents and more congressmen and governors than I care to count. We have lived through four wars, three of which we were personally involved in.

During these past 60 years we have lived in 37 apartments, trailers, condos and houses in 10 states, 26 municipalities and 27 ZIP codes, all of which you turned into beautiful, loving homes. We have also had at least 19 different cars, some good and some not so good,  but are now down to one.

Yes, there have been ups and downs and good times and not-so-good times, but we prevailed. During this time, my love for you has grown and grown. I love you now more than ever and will until the end of time.

Patty, My Honey, you are a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother and my best friend. May we have many, many more anniversaries together.

Love Always,

Your Honey

Perfecting the Perfect Forever Home

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 It's hard for us to realize that we  have been here, in our Forever Home,  for a YEAR!!!!!
  July 16, 2018  we moved into a turnkey,  perfect home.!

All our furnishings and accessories had a place.   No need to change a thing, Right?

NOT EXACTLY!

  It just  took a few weeks  for me to start "seeing" changes I could make,---- with MC's help.

The first change I wanted to make was in the Sunroom.   It didn't have a " purpose". 
I just couldn't think of how to make it useful!

Then,  in October, our daughter held  a great  party for  MC's 80th  Birthday.   Our son, Steve and his family, gave  MC a jigsaw puzzle of the Old City of Danville, Virginia.     The only problem was we
didn't have anywhere to work on it!  WOW,  the Epiphany hit me.    The Sunroom would make a wonderful Dining Room with a custom table, made by MC.  We could do puzzles on it, and also enjoy dinner parties .     Of course,  the table needed a chandelier,  and so the changes began!!!

Meanwhile,  MC was on Cloud 9.   When we moved to Florida, he gave the kids all his woodworking tools.   With  the gift cards he received ,  he had a good excuse to start replacing  them . Within a few weeks,   MC's beautiful,  custom table,  and a new chandelier created a Dining Room!

Our Dining Room has become the most popular room in the house!   That unused Sunroom now hosts numerous dinner parties and Canasta evenings with friends.  And the chances are that you will  find a jigsaw  puzzle in the works.

The Dining Room was only the beginning.   Since  November,  MC has built cornices, which  changed the  window treatments in the Kitchen,  Great Room and  the Dining Room.  In addition , we purchased two new rugs for the Great Room to compliment the awesome accent blue wall.

 MC's BEST work, however,  is the wall unit he built in  the Dining Room!

I can't leave out the return of the kitchen knobs!   I am so glad we saved them.

As busy as MC has been over these past months,   he has been able to carve five new little MC's.















Not bad for one year in the  "perfect home"!   Can only imagine what is to come.............

Patty