{"id":1692,"date":"2011-03-25T11:02:08","date_gmt":"2011-03-25T15:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/?p=1692"},"modified":"2011-03-25T11:02:08","modified_gmt":"2011-03-25T15:02:08","slug":"july-4th-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/?p=1692","title":{"rendered":"July 4th, 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>17 years!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/n568215827_2103417_816.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1696\" title=\"n568215827_2103417_816\" src=\"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/n568215827_2103417_816.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/n568215827_2103417_816.jpg 599w, https:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/n568215827_2103417_816-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/n568215827_2103417_816-297x300.jpg 297w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This summer, July 3rd, Sanj and I will be celebrating 17 years of being married.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">That made me think of 3 years from now&#8230; our 20th anniversary!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I want a party. \u00a0It will include a limo, a real wedding\/anniversary cake, real invitations and a banquet hall.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">What does that have to do with anything? \u00a0Well, we got married on a really small budget. \u00a0So these are corners we cut&#8230; our invitations were simply on white paper done at the printers, our cake (the wedding cake) was rented and fake, with a sliver to place the knife through, there was no limo (although a sweet friend chauffeured us in his father&#8217;s fancy car) and we turned a gym into a reception hall.<br \/>\nOf course, none of those things mattered&#8230; then or now. \u00a0I was so dreamy eyed to be marrying my dream guy. \u00a0I actually wrote in a journal years earlier to God, if I could have Sanj as my hubby then that would be great.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">lol<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">How much I love this man. \u00a0 I definitely love him a zillion times more now&#8230; (now that I have him molded and shaped just as I like him)&#8230; lol<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I love that we have built this life we have together&#8230; every bit of it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I love that he is in my future when I think of tomorrow&#8230; and beyond.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">So&#8230; a party is what I want&#8230;. to celebrate the love we share.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A limo, \u00a0a cake and invitations&#8230; those are things that means &#8230; it&#8217;s all good.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Then I have this idea&#8230; in the summer of that year, July 3, 2014&#8230;. well that weekend, which means its July 4-6th&#8230; we will invite all those that are loved by us to join us for a party!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Sanj is fully expecting me to renew his &#8220;lease&#8221; &#8230; lol \u00a0How fun is that? \u00a0A lease renewal party!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I would love to get all my bridesmaids to come for a girls weekend at a cottage somewhere.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Girlfriends&#8230; are you hearing me?<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I had 8 bridesmaids&#8230; Linda, Ellen, Ziggy, Shirley, Rhonda, Cynthia, Sharon, Dianne&#8230; all of whom are in my life in some way today. \u00a0While a couple are horrible at staying in touch&#8230; (Clearing my throat&#8230; no names)&#8230; they are all in my life. \u00a0How great is that? \u00a0How much I love each of them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Sanj asked why I am planning this now? \u00a0I love a party! \u00a0I love having all those I love around me. \u00a0So&#8230; I am planning already. \u00a0I hope you can come!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Mark your calendars&#8230; July 4-6th, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>17 years! 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