14 Ways My Life Would Be Different If I Didn't Marry Christie

1. I wouldn't be married to Christie. Duh.
2. I wouldn't have Wrigley. I might have some other, lesser kid, who doesn't know her mortar from her pestle.
3. I wouldn't own a house. Buying a house was a terrifying experience. Making the decision to even decide to buy a house was awful. I don't know Christie talked me into it.
4. My yard (at the house where I had been a renter for years) would be all grass. I'd water it every day and mow it every weekend. I'd invest heavily in fertilizer, weed 'n' feed, and round up.
5. I wouldn't have a vegetable garden.
6. I wouldn't even eat vegetables. I wouldn't look twice at vegetables. (It's funny, if Christie hadn't married me, she wouldn't eat vegetables either. I don't know two people who didn't like vegetables got together a became a couple of people who love fresh veggies, but sometimes two negatives do make a positive.)
7. I wouldn't own a CSA. I wouldn't know what a CSA is.
8. McDonald's and Coca-Cola would be a regular part of my diet.
9. I would still wear black jeans. I would look very, very cool.
10. I woudn't tuck in my shirt at work.
11. I probably wouldn't have moved to Portland. After graduation, I probably would have hung around Davis for a while. Then I would have retreated someplace "safe" - maybe even Stockton?!?!? - instead of rolling the dice and moving to a strange city where I didn't know a single soul.
12. I would never have hung two bird feeders outside my living room window; I never would have fallen in love with birds.
13. I would still hate and fear camping.
14. I would watch 72 hours of tv a day. I'd have cable, satellite, AND directtv just to be safe.
15. (Because I've never been good at counting) My terrible sense of humor would have languished for 14 years without an endless supply of appreciative moans, groans, and the occasional, inexplicable chuckle.

Happy anniversary, love!