Once Upon a Time....

So I figured with a new blog, I should start at the beginning! People are always asking how Danny and I met.  The story is not romance-novel worthy by any means, but it is a cute story  ( a little long) and makes me appreciate God's timing.

I was 19 years old working at WinCo, one of three jobs I was working at the time. My best friend Olivia was also working at WinCo and we were living together in a mobile home in Linda (that's a story for another time!). On this particular night we were both working the late shift on the two registers that faced each other.  I was bored and tired and didn't even feel like glancing up to greet my next customer.  As I started ringing the items up,  I heard a voice say "What are you doing working here??" I looked up and saw a face I had never seen before. Hmmm...he was cute! I am really good at remembering people and I KNEW I had never seen him before. I was confused, so my only response was "Ummm...working" (with a "duh!!" look on my face I'm sure).  He said "No I mean, what are you doing working here.... (wait for it).....you should be modeling" Hahahahhahahahhahaha. I assure you, he will never live down that cheesy line.

Now, most people who may remember in high school would say that I was not very outgoing. I was pretty shy, which usually came across more as "stuck up", or so people would tell me later when they got to know that I was far from that.  I wasn't used to cute guys coming up and saying things like this and so I felt the blood rush to my cheeks instantly.   Suddenly,  my register phone rang.  RRRRRRIIIIINNNGGGGGGGG! "Hello?" I look up to see Olivia on her register phone looking at me "Why is your face so bright red??" I hung up promptly. 

Danny asked me for my number. I looked over to see the little old lady who was next in line staring at me. She was thoroughly annoyed that our interaction was holding her up from buying her 50 cans of wet can food.  I scribbled my number on the back of his receipt and handed it to him. He started to walk away then turned around and said "Oh wait, all of that stuff is mine too!" I looked down and noticed that I had only rang half of his stuff!  How awkward could I be? lol

Needless to say, he didn't call me for about 3 weeks. We met up for coffee at Denny's, and ended up chatting for about 3 hours and parted ways. We hung out a couple of times, but that was it. He had an on and off girlfriend who he got back together with, and I got back together with a guy I was dating.  We parted ways without explanation to each other....just stopped calling.

2 years later, he called the golf course I was working at  in Nicolaus to make a tee-time for himself and his grandmother. I recognized his voice.  When he came to play, he asked me to hang out sometime. 6 years and 2 beautiful girls later, here we are. This is our life! It's not perfect, but I wouldn't have it any other way!

(P.S....I always like to add the detail that Danny had came into WinCo a dozen times before he had the courage to come through my line!...so cute)