20 Years Ago Tonight...

I was settling down to watch the premiere of a brand new show:

The X-Files 

Pilot 1x01

I don't think I could begin to quantify the hours of enjoyment and escape these two have given me over the past two decades.

Thanks, Mulder and Scully. 

I still want to believe. 

Happy Anniversary Mom & Dad!

My parents are celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversary today.  Here's a peek into the past 50 years...

mom with my sister, Desiree
wasn't she fabulous?
my love of boatnecks comes natural, peeps

dad, same sister. man, she's such a camera hog.
she's like, in all of these.

mom, dad
my sister desiree and brother gary
again with the fashionable dress...

Ahhh...there I am.
I'm missing a shoe.
It might be in my mom's beehive.
damn I'm cute.

me again
oh. and those other people.
center parts and shroom shirts for the win!
(and sideburns)

if you don't have a
picture of your 70s gunne sax
it didn't happen.
this happened.
(seriously tho...cute dress.)
(and...PANT SUIT)

oh man...i forgot to send myself the 80s photos.
i've been saved from the humiliation of too-large glasses,
polo collars
and
Farrah hair.

more siblings happened.
and a nephew.
we legit have three different family photos
in this very corner outside this restaurant
i'm wearing floral. who's surprised?

the one without my sister.
my folks, mom & dad.

We're having a big shindig this weekend.  Wish you all could come and party down with us like it's 1999!  (Or, like January 25, 1963, the day these two got hitched.)

Happy Anniversary Mom & Dad!

RMS Titanic

I woke up tonight (we have storms in the area) and looked at the clock only to realize roughly 100 years ago that moment, the Titanic struck the iceberg that would sink her.

It's probably a little odd that I (we, the majority of us) know this fact.  But perhaps it's also a fitting memorial in it's way.

After that, I was unable to go back to sleep so I started (rather morbidly) doing a little research.  What were the passengers doing right now, 100 years ago?

Right this minute, 2:20 a.m. EST, is noted as the official time of the sinking of Titanic.

The Carpathia would arrive to assist in rescue at 4:00 a.m.

The final passenger boarded the Carpathia from a lifeboat at 8:30 a.m.

It's still rather awe-inspiring, isn't it?