At 19 years old, we started as friends and roommates (separate bedrooms). Since we were just roommates, we knew each other's worst habits & how we looked 1st thing in the morning. We enjoyed hanging out together, playing Nintendo, watching movies, late-night dinners at Dennys. During all those rounds of Mario on the N64 back in 1999, we couldn't imagine spending our lives with anyone else. 27 years later, we feel the exact same way. We still love to play Nintendo (now on the Switch)!

Our wedding was scheduled for December 26 but Christmas night, there was a severe ice storm. The town lost power, the airport closed, the roads were dangerous. Family & friends could not make it. We delayed the wedding 2 days, put food outside to keep it cold, & stayed in the 1 room with a fireplace. The power returned a day later, but the road conditions did not improve. A preacher living in the neighborhood walked to our house and married us in the living room in front of the fire place.

We have lots of medical bills from the back surgeries, autoimmune treatments, and treatments/full gastrectomy due to stomach cancer. But it would be nice to do something fun with it, too. We've always wanted to take our kids on a vacation to L.A., but it's a very expensive trip from Florida. It's possible that we could pay medical bills and still have some for a nice trip.