Another Year Passes

This has been a full year.  People say you slow down when you hit 50 .... I did not see that.  Work has been busy, the kids have been active with their lives, and then Laura and I decide to move to the mountains of western North Carolina.

And it has been an adventure. First finding the house for us in a snowstorm in February, taking possession of the house in April and then beginning the work of making some changes we wanted, like gutting the basement and putting in hardwood floors.  This of course while working full time, plus some.

The move was an adventure. Arranging the move and then finding out it would take two days to pack the house and get it in a truck and then take a week to get here ... the same day I had to leave on a business trip. I got back to a house full of boxes, a pool pump I needed to replace and then having to leave again a day later.

Well finally I was able to be home for a couple of weeks. We unpacked,  most things, got the pool up and running and started to get used to WNC.

And as soon as we started to settle down we found Nala. But that is another story.

Our New Adventure

We are beginning another chapter in our book ... a chapter that will start in a new location in Western North Carolina. Laura and I are VERY excited about it, especially since it means we have bought our first house together. It does come with some work though .... some planned and some unplanned.

On the planned side I gutted the room in the basement so we could make it "ours". It was a comfortable room but the color and the carpet were not ideal and there was a "bar" that was more like a kitchenette that was on a raised platform.

I spent a couple of evenings tearing that down a few weeks ago. It was motivating as the "bar" area was so well built that it gave me a good feeling about how well the rest of the house is built. I tore up the carpet and underlayment and then dismantled the "bar" area, saving the cabinets and the fridge for a local friend who updates places so he can rent them. He even was able to find a use for the sink.

Starting

What I took out 

And what I was left with was a big empty room that needed some new paint and a new floor. Byron, who built the house, lived there for 7 years and who we bought to from knew someone who could paint it for us at a great price which meant one less trip for me so when I went down last week I was able to spend my days working from home and spend my evenings working on our home. 

Over the week I was able to replace the valves on the pool system, two of which were past due to replace, build a small screen for the pool equipment, then put in the new underlayment and the new floors, and of course do some general cleaning etc. 

In the end I think it was a great week. I found that working from home is very productive and I was able to get a lot of things done in the evening. I also found time to go out and enjoy a great dinner with Byron, his wife Iris and his daughter Hope. 

For those that want to see the new place you can check out a couple of you tube videos. This first one is one of a wild turkey that was in our backyard and the second is a walking tour of the house.

We hope to have lots of people visiting us ... and I will be doing a better job of keeping the blog up to date.

Happy Birthday Mom!!!!

Or is it Happy Thanksgiving?

Oh ... it is actually both!

It does seem appropriate ..... we are very thankful that you are here for us and very thankful for all you have done over the years. You have always tried to guide us, sometimes with the little push, but more often with your wisdom and sensible view on life.

Thank you for everything you have done and we hope you have a wonderful birthday week in Ottawa.

Love Gary & Laura

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Happy Birthday Dad!

Today is the 91st anniversary of my Dad's birth. 90 of those years the world got to be part of his life but that doesn't mean we have forgotten.

We miss you ... and still love you

Happy Birthday

HAPPY BIRTHDAY .... to me :-)

So my birthday this year started out with a bunch of surprises .... a wonderful bottle of bourbon and a birthday cake that Laura had made for me but I was also told that we would be going away for the weekend.

Well the hard part of going away for the weekend was not knowing what I would be doing or where I would be doing it .... all I had been told was to pack a bag and be ready to load up the Jeep.

Friday morning came - I was packed and the Jeep was packed and I was told to drive north ... myself Laura and Chris were going to Ottawa to spend my birthday weekend with Sam and Tika. Having done this drive so much I could almost do it blindfolded.

Chris spent the weekend with her sisters and Laura had booked a two bedroom apartment that was owned by a Cordon Bleu chef for us. The apartment had the kitchen to uphold that standing. We had everything we could possibly need - from a beautiful Italian made gas range to every pot, pan, knife etc imaginable. Laura had found a perfect spot for us and the outdoor grill just added to it. It also made our arrival on Friday night easy as I could just grill up some supper :-)

Saturday morning the girls came downtown and we spent the morning and early afternoon in the market and visiting the Ottawa U campus and having some traditional Ottawa food (now that is shawarma). Saturday evening myself and Laura spent having dinner with Malcolm and Lynne. Great food, great company and great wine - it was a fantastic evening. Sunday myself and Laura did some shopping and just relaxed - Laura knew Monday would be a busy day.

Monday was the day that Laura and the girls had planned. We had packed a picnic lunch and we headed up to Camp Fortune to the Adventure Aerial Course. The course is set high in the trees in Gatineau Park and you spend 2-3 hours negotiating sets of obstacles and then zip-lining in between other trees. At times it was challenging but we all got through in one piece and I think all of us learned that we can do it if we put out minds to it.

The picnic place

After the course we stopped in the park for the picnic lunch before heading to Nordik - a Scandinavian Spa in Chelsea where Laura had booked massages for us and we set the kids off to the saunas and pools. After our massages we joined the kids and just relaxed for a couple of hours - soaking in the saunas, pools and the sun. After a quick cleanup we headed home and out to dinner. We had walked by this restaurant on Saturday and myself and Tika commented on it so we decided that it was a good place for a birthday dinner. We were right - Brothers Beer Bistro had the perfect combination of great food, great atmosphere and great service. Even though we were all a bit full we waddled over to Spin after for dessert. Well - Sam, Kris and I had dessert - and I did not finish mine - I was at the point of food coma .... but it was a good food coma.

Tuesday was the drive back ... yes it was hard to leave as Laura and the kids made the weekend wonderful but all those great memories will be with me forever. After we got back - it was just two days later that we heard that Sam had gotten her first job ... maybe we were her good luck charms :-)

I wanted to thank the kids and especially Laura for arranging the trip - it was a great birthday and one I will always remember.

Happy 50th to My One and Only!!!!!

Happy Birthday Honey!!!!!!!!!

You have been such a blessing in my life. You truly are my best friend. Now lets celebrate!!!!! Pack your bags, throw the kayaks on the Jeep,and get ready to par'tay. We leave at 7am Friday..........many surprises are planned to mark this milestone :-)

Love you- Laura

A Fun Weekend

With Sam getting ready to head off to college I wanted to do something with her that would just be fun. One day while I was looking at the race results for the Marine Corps Historic Half I saw a notice for registration for Run Amuck, another of the Marine Corps Race series. I asked Sam if she would want to do that. Well Sam has never really ran but I think she figured I would like to do that ... and it was Father's Day weekend so she said yes ... and so I registered us.

Pre-Run Amuck

Well little did she know what she was getting into. The course is an all trail course with 18 obstacles. The first couple are just introductions ... inflatable tubes and walls, slip and slide and a few a-frame walls and pull-ups. When it got to the first mud pit ... actually 3 pits in a row with no way to know how deep they were ... she was ready to go and she jumped right in. The Marines that were monitoring the pit told everyone to attack it like Sam did and to be like her and not use the ropes for support.

Post-Run Amuck

Eventhough she hit the energy wall she did not give up and kept going and attacked those obstacles one after another. At the last mud pit, one
you have to army crawl through, she was laughing and just enjoying herself ... and so was I. Neither of us was worried about time or anything else and we just enjoyed the 4 mile course.

At the finish line you are treated to a very cold shower, courtesy of the Quantico Fire Dept. It was great to get a layer of mud off but IT WAS COLD!!!!!!

After our run we headed home for lunch and then we had a relaxing afternoon. While myself and Laura went out to pick up a few things the girls decided to bake me a Father's Day cake ... which Sam decorated ... and that is another funny story.

All in all it was a great Father's Day Saturday.

Sunday Laura decided to treat me .... a wonderful bottle of Scotch as a Father's Day gift and then she took me to the Alamo for a movie. The Alamo is a great place for a movie as I can have a beer and pretzels as I watch a great movie. After the movie she made me supper ... and I had to enjoy some more of the cake that the girls made me.

Lots of great things to make my Father's Day weekend memorable.

BTW .... I did mention the Marine Corps Historic Half but I did not really do a race update from it. Well the weekend before the race I pulled my back ... it was bad enough that I went to the doctor and a chiropractor who both sort of laughed when I told them I had plans to run a half marathon 6 days later. The Saturday before the race we went to packet pickup. I still was not sure I could run a race but decided to go just in case. Sunday morning came and I felt good enough to start and would decide on the course if I needed to bail.  It was hard not to go run as the temperature was great for a run, it was sunny and very little wind ... a great running day. Well once I started I found the run was actually very helpful and I finished in 1:48:52, about 52 seconds off last years. It put me as the 713th finisher of the 6647 who finished the race. Which given that I debated running even that morning made me feel pretty good.

Happy Mother's Day!!!!

I wanted to make sure that everyone knows that I have the best Mom!

OK - I know what you are thinking .... everyone says that .... but my Mom has always shown that no matter what she is there for the people she loves. Whether it is her children, my Dad, her friends, her family ... she is always there for them. It does not make a difference if she has had tussles with them, or if someone has offended someone else ... when they are in need she is there. She will go beyond what she should be doing for others at time ... pushing herself too hard ... but that is who she is.

I guess not everyone sits back and thinks of how much someone has given up for others so when she does all these wonderful things people will say "What a nice person Audrey is." But if they sit back and look at what she gives up at times to do these things .... well I say "Best MOM .... EVER"

We love you Mom .... and hope you have a wonderful Mother's Day

The 2014 Race Season begins

The start of my 2014 race season kicked off with a bang ... it started with 3 races over a 2 week period, over 3 weekends.

The kick-off for me is always the Van Metre 5 miler whose proceeds go to the Children's Hospital. I thoroughly enjoy this race. It always has great community support and a good group of runners. This year seemed a bit smaller with 366 runners but the Saturday weather was perfect for it ... dry, cloudy and in the low 40s. I knew I had 2 more races coming up so I pushed but not too hard, and of course this year I am carrying a bit more "baggage". The run was great ... I did push and felt it near the end but not hard enough to know I went over the edge. I finished in 60th place with a time of 38:10, about 40 seconds off my PR but I was very happy with the run.

Post-Cherry Blossom 10 miler

The following Sunday was the Cherry Blossom 10 miler. This was the 5th year I ran this race, 5 of the last 6 runnings. Again the weather was great, it was sunny and in the low 40s to start. It was interesting to note that I have never run this race with a full bloom of cherry blossoms, either they are past full bloom, blown off from storms or, as was this year, not yet out. I think I saw 6 trees with blossoms. This race was a very comfortable one. I did not push. I know this because I did not have a single sip of anything during the entire race. The run felt great though - I was passing people and did not have a lot pass me. This is a big race, 15,462 finishers this year, and I managed to finish in the top 13% at 2359th at a time of 78:23. Again, shy of my best Cherry Blossom, but only 50 seconds shy of it. I was very happy with the run knowing that I had one more big run coming up.

The next Saturday, only two weeks after my first race, was the important one, the Marine Corps 17.75K race. Finishing this race meant a guaranteed entry into the Marine Corps Marathon. I had looked at the course profile but I was not sure how hard it would really be. The registration of this race was limited to 1775 runners - it sold out in 9 minutes so I was lucky to be here. The weather again worked out. Sunny, no winds and low 50s. The start was a bit slow, almost 1800 people heading up and down a 2 mile single lane logging road. The hills were tough and there were LOTS of them. We did have a couple fo miles of flat but over an 11+ mile course there were more hills than anything. The last two miles we were back on the logging road single lane but by then it had thinned out so I could go at my pace. It was one of those races where I had no idea where I finished since I had not seen a lot of people pass but because of the layout I could not tell where I was. The tougher part was my bib did not register at finish. So based on my Garmin it looks like I finished around 265th of the 1740+ finishers, at 1:33:40. Certainly not my best pace but given the course, the 2nd toughest I have ever run, I was happy.

Overall in all 3 races in a two week period I finished in the top 16% or better. For an old guy that was carrying an extra 10 or 15lbs this year I guess I should be happy.

I hope everyone else is having a good start to the running year.

Next up for me ... the Marine Corps Half-Marathon in mid-may and then onto some serious training for the Marine Corps Marathon.

Happy Birthday Chris!!!

It is hard to believe that 2 decades ago I was driving to the hospital and would be welcoming you into the world in a very short period of time. You made a dramatic entrance and you have certainly kept the interesting elements of life going. Trust me when I say that I am not complaining. You have become your own person ... very few people are brave enough to take the steps you have. I hope you continue to keep an open, caring and honest mind about things and show all people the caring soul you have ... even when they struggle with understanding ... they sometimes need your caring more than others.

I am also very proud that you have been a stand out student. I know that I did not make any Dean's list. Well I might have but it was more likely to be for the guy to kick out for skipping class. I know that not many people know how much your professors see in you. Your recognition within the English department at GMU and the making of the dean's list along with the great marks. You are a stand out student. I know Laura is as proud as I am.

We both hope that this decade brings you as much satisfaction as you can bear. We know you deserve to be happy and that means making choices and decisions that may be hard but know that we will always be the net to catch you if you need to be caught. We know you will be your own person and we will stand beside you to help and support so that you grow to be the person you are meant to be.

We both love you and hope that you have a wonderful birthday and a fantastic 20th year.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

It has been a busy few weeks ...

It is amazing how time flies ... already mid-way through February ... at least that is what all the displays in the grocery store tell me (of course they have been telling me it is almost February 14th since January 2nd.

The last few weeks have meant some travelling ... had a few days in Miami at the end of January and a few days in Dallas last week. In two more weeks I head out to San Francisco. This time of year always seems like this but I guess I noticed more this year.

All the travel has meant that I have not always been in town to have dinner with the girls on Thursday ... so we have been doing some extra things on the weekends. For 2 weekends we kept trying to go bowling but things always seemed to get in our way ... a big private party at the lanes one week and a very busy weekend there the next. Finally we did get out and myself, Laura, Kris and Sam had a lot of fun bowling. It is definitely not something we do very often and it can be entertaining to watch.

After we went bowling two weekends ago we stopped by the cupcake store and got a couple of treats for Kris and Sam. Kris enjoyed eating hers while Sam decided to be Dyson and sucked the whole thing in in one bite. She did not notice the candy heart on top until after.

This past weekend Laura and Kris went to lunch and then went to see the Oscar nominated short films. I hear they had a great time.

We will do a bit better in keeping everyone up to date ... and when it gets warm enough even get out and get some picture.

Keep warm ...

Happy Birthday .... to my Wonderful Wife

Today is a unique birthday celebration .... no it is not any of the big ones like 35 or 40 .... but today is the fifth year I get to celebrate Laura's birthday with her ... and really that is more a gift for me then it is for her.

Yesterday myself, Kris and Sam took Laura out to the movies. We went and saw American Hustle ... a great movie. We were all talking about how well Amy Adams and Jennifer Lawrence played their roles ... and then they walked off with Golden Globes last night as did the movie. Laura must have been their good luck charm.

This year does become an interesting one as we will have a few changes throughout the year ... including Sam's graduation from High School and her deciding where she wants to go after high school. We will have to wait and see what the summer brings as that adventure unfolds so this birthday is the start of another new adventure.

For today is a day to celebrate and the first part of that is to say .....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!

Love you baby!

Happy Birthday Sam!

Today my youngest becomes an official adult.  There are lots of reasons why I could say she has been one for awhile .... She is very mature when it comes to her money and driving and also with her attitude about things in the world around her.  But today she turns 18 so she is officially an "adult".

When I sit back and think about this .... the first thing that comes to me is that this was the last Christmas where we would have a child in our house. 

Yes this Christmas we got to have all of our children, as well as my Mom and sister, at the house but next year it will be a houseful of adults.  I would say that means people will be up late morning rather than the crank of dawn but myself and Laura are always the first up anyway and waiting for everyone else to rise.  

I guess even if Sam is now an adult we can still keep our little piece of childhood .... and I hope Sam keeps her remaining childhood ways as well ... and enjoys them.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAM!

We love you!

Our First Snowfall

Over the last seven days I went from trying to get very fine sand out of everything to getting snow and ice of of everything.

Honestly though, the snow does make things much prettier than sand.

The park ... a winter wonderland

Ice then snow does make a tree look nice

Our rosemary plant

Happy Thanksgiving ... and a more timely Happy Birthday

For that have never heard I do like Nashville. Some may find that strange given my frequent rapid changing of the radio if I find a country music channel but Nashville is so much more than country music. Nashville for me is about family, good food, lots of stories and the roots of music here in the US. And those roots have touched places all over the world.

It is in Studio B in Nashville where Elvis recorded over half his recorded music. You had Chet Atkins, the Everly Brothers, Johnny Cash and so many more that to even think I could make a dent in the list here is ridiculous. This trip allowed me to see a lot of that. We took a tour of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Studio B (you can see some pictures here). The best thing about it is we had a tour guide who had recorded in Studio B as a individual recording artist as well as a backup singer but also had performed in Nashville at the King of the Road hotel for many years and knew a lot of the artists personally. Now I get to call her Momma as she is Laura's mother, Kaye.

Kaye knew Chet Atkins so well that she got Jim, Chet's older brother, who first taught Chet to play guitar, to try and teach Laura to play guitar. It was not a success but Laura did enjoy the times Jim bought her candy. Kay also knew Dolly Parton well along with countless others like Brenda Lee. As we walked through the CMHoF she had stories for just about everyone and when we looked at the Hall of Fame plaque wall she knew about 2/3 of them.

Studio B was just as amazing. She was telling us how things worked in there, where people would stand for best effect and where and why she would stand as a backup singer. It was so much fun ... and we took a few pictures that you can see in the other link.

But the weekend was not just about touring musical history. We had a wonderful Thanksgiving with all the Bell ladies as well as a wonderful evening after sitting at Laura's sister's house eating pizza and looking through boxes of old pictures and even found a copy of one of Kaye's albums. The boxes were from Laura's Dad and had lots of pictures both old and more recent. Pictures from his days as personal body guard for General Eisenhower. Again the stories about the family shed a whole new light on them but showed that no matter how challenging things become that you can overcome and if you persevere you can be whomever you want. Now there are three beautiful Bell women who each have their own success and successful families. While early days may have been challenging they still can come together on special holidays and celebrate who they are and what they have achieved.

I left Nashville with a new sense of my wife and her past. I have always been proud of her and now I see how she got to be who she was.

My wife is not the only one I am proud of ... my little sister has a birthday today. She has had her own challenges but she also perseveres. She has been taking care of my Mom and Dad, and they have been taking care of her when needed. But without each of them I know neither would have been able to be happy. I hope today she remembers all the good times and she looks forward to the good times that are left to have. We will make sure she has some of them when her and Mom come up for Christmas.

Happy Birthday Michelle - we love you!

Family

The last few months for me have taught me a lot about family.  I don't want to imply anything negative because in fact the last few months have taught me that family is so much more than just the people who share the same genes.

This really hit home after October 11th.  My father had just celebrated his 89th birthday,  my Mom's birthday was that weekend.  Dad was waking into the kitchen when he fell.  This was nothing like a call he had a few months back but the effects certainly were much worse.  The ambulance came and took him to the hospital where they determined he had broken his hip and would need replacement surgery.  My Dad has been a strong man over his 89 years battling breathing challenges,  cancer and the call earlier the year but this was a lot.  My mom was worried as was I. That weekend they did the surgery and the first few days were very much touch and go.

My mom cannot drive and my sister has not been able to drive for the last few months so they relied on others to get them to and from the hospital. Mom never had a problem there as family stood up to help.  And not just our blood relatives.  Her neighbors,  her church family and everyone in between stood up to help.  Whether mom need a ride to the hospital or home or my sister a ride to a doctor's appointment someone was there for them.  Mom had people offering to take her out to eat so they did not have to worry about coming and had lots of people bring all kinds of home cooked food to make sure they ate well.  These same people made sure to stop by the hospital to see how dad was doing and to make sure mom and my sister were comfortable and had someone to talk to. 

For four weeks our very extended family,  friends, neighbors and church family looked after things. On November 7th a new level of even greater caring began when my father passed away.

The next few days were hectic but also reaffirmed my belief that family is so much more than blood.  There were a lot of dad's and mom's family that were looking age things including my mom and sister but also a lot of family friends picking us up at the airport,  making dinner for mom and coming to celebrate dad's life.  There were people from his church,  old family friends and people that had worked with dad starting 50 years ago.  The stories are great to hear and just reaffirmed my belief that my dad was a very strong man with great values.  He taught others, as well as myself,  the idea that hard honest work is a great thing and that song the right thing is always important.  Those ideas so be with me forever ...

As well as the memories of my father.  I know my mom and sister will miss him and I know I will as well.

I love you Dad and I hope right now you are resting well

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Ok, I do know Halloween is not until Thursday but I carved the pumpkins yesterday while Sam was baking cupcakes with some of her friends from school and Kris worked on her class work. 

Sam wanted Jack Skeleton from Nightmare Before Christmas. After carving that we were trying to decide on what to do with the second when we came up with the idea of a zombie pumpkin.

So here you have The Walking Dead meets, our should I say eats, The Nightmare Before Christmas

Determination

People have always said I am stubborn - I always said that I was"determined". I now know that my determination comes from my parents. 

For those that do not know my Dad has had a challenging few years.  Many years ago he had angina.  That has largely been handled.  8 years ago though he was diagnosed with colon cancer.  He was 80. A major surgery and a hospital stay resulted in double pneumonia.  We were sure he would not make it.  I was preparing to head to the National Karate Championships and then to Japan for the World Cup so I had heard back home to Newfoundland in case I would not get to see him again.  5 years after that my Dad was at Laura' s and my wedding.  That made my heart soar.

This spring my Dad went to go out and left their apartment and fell down a flight of stairs,. Thankfully he did not break anything but a fall like that takes its toll on a now 88 year old man.  We visited him late in July/early August.  We spent time cooking and eating,  going for a drive and a beer.  We talked and laughed.  Myself and Laura left Newfoundland happy.

A little over a week ago Dad went to go to the kitchen.  He fell.  This time he broke his hip.  This hospital trip was now going to include a trip to surgery.  At 89 years of age I guess it was time that the suspension got updated.  But at 89 any surgery is tough and when you have breathing problems like COPD, even more so.  The doctors were not confident he would make it after the surgery and the frantic calls were made.

The evidence of stubbornness is that I talked to him yesterday and today he is feeling great (his words). Now I am not one to live in a fantasy world.  You can face challenge after challenge but at some point the odds are against you.  In this case the odds are not just the hip and the breathing problems but also a new discovery of cancer in the lungs,  liver and spine.  I do not know if this is a case of "odds against you" being true but as both my Mom and Dad have said - he has lived a good life.  I know I have learned a lot from him - especially about treating people right.

All along my Mom has looked after him.  50 years in.  Putting up with the type of stuff that Laura now puts up with - which astounds me after 3 years let alone 50. She is a rock and so is my sister who is still in Newfoundland with them.

We will wait to see what happens with Dad,   hoping for the best all along, but I will always be proud to call Donald Thomas Moore MY Dad - no matter what happens.

Happy Birthday Mom!

Today is my Mom's birthday. I think she said she was 29. 29 what I am not sure but I know she has the liveliness of 29.

I know today was not the easiest of birthdays for her - and in fact the last few months have been challenging but today is also Thanksgiving Sunday in Canada and I know she will say she is thankful. I know she will say she is thankful for her health and the fact that she can help others. She would say she is thankful for the fact that my sister's surgery went well and she is improving. I know she will say she is thankful for the fact that her loving husband of 50 years was able to give her a birthday kiss today. And I know she will say she is thankful for her friends and family that have helped her through things over the past few years.

I know one thing - I am thankful that she is my Mom. Thankful that she was there to teach me, even when she tried not to show it, and that she was there to sit and talk with me for days when I had my own problems to face.

I love you Mom. Thank you for being there for us. I promise we will be there for you.

Happy Birthday!

Happy Anniversary!

Happy Anniversary Sweetheart!

Us in NFLD

It has been an interesting third year. There have been lots of adventures ... some good and some, well
less than ideal. But the wonderful thing that has been through each adventure you have been there ... right beside me and I would not want it any other way. Maybe this coming year we can do more of the "less challenging" though ;-)

I know we have had some bumps in our third year ... job changes, starting the new company and the occasional, well slightly more than occasional, need to help out our kids. The wonderful part has been that you have been there to support us throughout every moment - the easy and the challenging. You have been a wonderful mother and a partner that anyone would be proud to have beside them.

This year also saw us go to Newfoundland to see my parents. Now I want to meet their record and hit the 50 year mark and I would only want to do it with you. Of course that means I will be 96 and maybe I will not be running like I do today but I will promise to show you I love you each and every day.

Thank you for the last 3 years and I look forward to the next 47. I love you today even more than that day 3 years ago when I said "I do".

Happy Anniversary!