{"id":2947,"date":"2021-11-24T16:01:15","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T23:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/?p=2947"},"modified":"2021-11-28T12:08:57","modified_gmt":"2021-11-28T19:08:57","slug":"on-celebrating-our-53rd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/?p=2947","title":{"rendered":"On Celebrating Our 53rd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/50thwedding.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2949\" src=\"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/50thwedding.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/50thwedding.jpg 206w, https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/50thwedding-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/a>Our 53<sup>rd<\/sup> wedding anniversary is coming up, and I\u2019m remembering the 50<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>We spent a lot of time talking (OK, arguing) about that one. We disagreed about how to celebrate it.<\/p>\n<p>My shy, humble wife wanted something small\u2014maybe go out with two couples, maybe one, maybe just us.<\/p>\n<p>Her more flamboyant husband wanted a party\u2014a big party. We could hold it in the summer and have a barbeque at our place. Invite Randy Palmer and the Prairie Dogs to play.<\/p>\n<p>She just looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>Well, it got closer to November and the actual date, and we still had no plans. Then, one night we talked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is it you want most?\u201d was her question.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want my friends,\u201d said I, \u201cfrom every stage of our married life. I want to tell each\u2014in front of the others\u2014how much happiness they have brought us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCould you do that with 20 people?\u201d said she.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow about 25?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The look again.<\/p>\n<p>So we ended up with a room at Tacos Garcia for 22. The food was great, and the conversation all I had hoped for.<\/p>\n<p>And my flamboyant side got a treat, too\u2014a Mexican Hat Dance with my bride.<\/p>\n<p>So what\u2019s on for our 53<sup>rd<\/sup>?<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m pretty sure there will be no hat dance.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/hat_dance.mov\">hat_dance<\/a> Click to see hat dance.<\/p>\n<p>*<strong>By the way, this blog will appear in my soon-to-be released book <em>The Best Retirement Gifts Are Free<\/em>. I&#8217;ll let you know.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our 53rd wedding anniversary is coming up, and I\u2019m remembering the 50th. We spent a lot of time talking (OK, arguing) about that one. We disagreed about how to celebrate it. My shy, humble wife wanted something small\u2014maybe go out with two couples, maybe one, maybe just us. Her more flamboyant husband wanted a party\u2014a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2947"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2958,"href":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2947\/revisions\/2958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}