41 and 250

Today Jim and I are celebrating our 41st wedding anniversary. We both find it hard to believe that we have been married 41 years. We agree they are the best 41 years of our lives, bumps and all. I don't know if I've said this here before, but I am so certain that Jim is the person God chose for me to spend my life with, and am so grateful I was paying attention. So, Jim, I love you and look forward to the years ahead.

So that' the 41 of my title. The 250 is that this is my 250th post. I had intended to do something special for my 200th post, but somehow that just slipped by without my noticing. So, instead I will be having a giveaway for this post. I have purchased a lovely hand sewn journal from my very talented blogger friend, Dagmar.

The journal I'll be giving away is similar to this one. It has 95 8x5 pages with a sewn cover.

My plan is to leave this post up for a week while Jim and I sneak off to the mountains for our last hoorah of the summer. Anyone who leaves a comment on my blog in that time will be eligible for the drawing. I'll have Jim draw a name when we return from the mountains and I'll let you know here who the winner is. I'm really excited about this giveaway. I've been reading Dagmar's blog for several years and am so enchanted with her crafts and her photographs. She has some other delightful things for sale on her Etsy site. Drop in and check them out.

This being my last post for August, I thought I'd spend a few minutes going back over our crazy, hazy, lazy summer. I have been playing with some new photo softwear I purchased and had hoped to publish a collage of some of our fun summer photos. Alas, much to my chagrin, there seems to be a hitch somewhere in this new program. So instead of a collage of lots of photos, I'll just leave you with this, my favorite photo of Jim and I this summer.

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Here we are, 41 years later, enjoying life, love and each other.

~Hippo Hugs~

Grow old with me.

The best is yet to be.