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Roheryn
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Dec 12 2013, 10:12am
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( I really can't believe it's been nine years -- I've blinked and I missed them! I suppose that's what having three kids does to you.)
Well, nine years ago today a bunch of TORnsibbies gathered with us in San Diego (and many more gathered virtually!) and celebrated the wedding of NZ Strider and myself. It was such a fun and fantastic weekend, made all the better by getting to share it with so many excellent and admirable TORnsibs. And a couple of well-known TORnsibs even took part in the wedding. Greendragon's stunning rendition of "May it Be" left quite a few people with tears in their eyes, she sang so movingly! And Altaira was a lovely bridesmaid -- and her reading was absolutely, perfectly spot-on and so well chosen. I have so many lovely memories of that weekend, and it's all so tightly entwined with TORn, that it's inconceivable to think of having an anniversary without celebrating it here too!
And can I just say that having these Hobbit movies released on our anniversary has got to be THE most perfectly fitting anniversary present EVER? You'd think we planned it this way! NZS and I had a lovely time out today, which included a matinee showing of DOS (yeah, it's brunch and a matinee these days -- no more dinner and a movie!). I loved it (as if that's a surprise), and he liked it but isn't sold on 3D HFR. Sure was a great way to spend our anniversary!
Mathoms? My brain's too buzzy from DOS to think up some limericks yet, so I'll just offer what I suppose are pretty appropriate mathoms. These pics are a few months old now but the kids haven't changed much! First is all three at a beach near our house; second is NZ Toddler, just after her second birthday.
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Alcarcalime
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Dec 12 2013, 10:39am
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Congratulations to you and NZS. It surely doesn't seem like that many years since we were following your wedding on TORn.
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Riven Delve
Tol Eressea
Dec 12 2013, 12:35pm
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And may you and your husband celebrate many more anniversaries! 
Thanks for the beautiful mathoms too! Awww, those kids are so cute!  
"Our perennial spiritual and psychological task is to look at things familiar until they become unfamiliar again." --G. K. Chesterton
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Alassëa Eruvande
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Dec 12 2013, 2:21pm
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Wow, I remember reading all about it on TORn! I hadn't been a member that long, and all the pictures that everyone posted allowed me to put faces with nicks.
The kids are gorgeous and I see the boys still have their long hair! 
Here's to many more happy years.
I am SMAUG! I kill when I wish! I am strong, strong, STRONG!
My armor is like tenfold shields! My teeth like swords! My claws, spears!
The shock of my tail, a thunderbolt! My wings, a hurricane! And my breath, death!
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Tintallë
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Dec 12 2013, 3:18pm
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I remember seeing the pictures of your wedding here on TORn and realizing you were on the roof of one of the buildings in Balboa Park! It's a small world.
Consider yourselves toasted with champagne (or perhaps a nice Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc?) and the very best wishes for many more years together!
Love the red boots on NZ Toddler, and the barefoot boy on the beach - one after my own heart.
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sherlock
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Dec 12 2013, 4:13pm
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With many more happy years to come! I always enjoy reading your posts!
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Lily Fairbairn
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Dec 12 2013, 4:15pm
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A day of good omen all around!
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As you know, Ro, you and NZS were married on my and my husband's own wedding anniversary. In fact, if the Gaffer's and my marriage was a hobbit, it would have "come of age" on your wedding day.  Add another nine years to that, and our marriage is now the answer to life, the universe and everything  (And we're getting pretty darn long in the tooth, but I'll draw a curtain over that issue.)
Unfortunately, DoS doesn't open here until tomorrow, Friday the 13th (which is also a day of good omen for us, since one of our sons was born on a Friday the 13th). So we're delaying our lunch-and-a-matinee celebration until then.
All the best to you and your beautiful family!
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DanielLB
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Dec 12 2013, 4:22pm
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Here's to many more years of happiness for you and NZS.
*Opens miruvor*
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Annael
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Dec 12 2013, 4:38pm
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I know there have been other TORn marriages but yours was the first, am I right? And clearly, a very successful one!
The way we imagine our lives is the way we are going to go on living our lives.
- James Hillman, Healing Fiction
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sherlock
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Dec 12 2013, 4:48pm
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I'm sad because I'm going alone. My husband (deseased) loved the LOTRs movies so much and we had our first date in December and were married December 16 and his birthday was December 27. It's been almost four years since he died and I am looking forward to seeing the movie but just wish he could be with me.
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RosieLass
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Dec 12 2013, 4:50pm
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Congrats and happy anniversary!
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And many more!
It was fut to meet you and one of your little hobbits a few months ago!
"BOTH [political] extremes are dangerous. But more dangerous are team fanboys who think all the extremists are on the OTHER side." (CNN reader comment)
It is always those with the fewest sensible things to say who make the loudest noise in saying them. --Precious Ramotswe (Alexander McCall Smith)
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dernwyn
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Dec 12 2013, 5:45pm
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Many happy returns of your anniversary, Ro!
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I remember seeing the pictures from that wedding, all of you all dressed up and gorgeous!
And then the move to NZ - what a time you had with that, getting all your four-footed family members over safely!
And I'll never forget your subject line at one Fiesta shortly after Eldarion was born: "Moo." All of us moms could relate to that!
And thank you for this perfect mathom. The kids are growing so fast, what an amazing family you have!
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"I desired dragons with a profound desire"
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Dame Ioreth
Tol Eressea
Dec 12 2013, 6:17pm
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Many Happy Returns of the Day!
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And here's to many many more in the future!
I think I wandered away from TORn right before your announcement so I didn't hear about it until I came back. Your story and others remembering had me a bit teary-eyed. I wonder if the good Professor ever imagined people would find each other like this in his Middle Earth? *sigh* Gosh, I'm such a sucker for this kinda thing. 
Where there's life there's hope, and need of vittles.
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
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Ataahua
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Dec 12 2013, 6:27pm
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Happy anniversary, Ro and NZS. :)
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When you first cracked open The Lord of the Rings way back when, I bet you didn't think it'd lead to marriage, three kids and a Southern Hemisphere home. As Bilbo said, “It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to.”
May you all have many years of happiness ahead.
Celebrimbor: "Pretty rings..."
Dwarves: "Pretty rings..."
Men: "Pretty rings..."
Sauron: "Mine's better."
"Ah, how ironic, the addictive qualities of Sauron’s master weapon led to its own destruction. Which just goes to show, kids - if you want two small and noble souls to succeed on a mission of dire importance... send an evil-minded beggar with them too." - Gandalf's Diaries, final par, by Ufthak.
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Darkstone
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Dec 12 2013, 6:28pm
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May 1910: The Nine Kings assembled at Buckingham Palace for the funeral of Edward VII.
(From left to right, back row: Haakon VII of Norway, Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, Manuel II of Portugal, Wilhelm II of Germany, George I of Greece, and Albert I of Belgium. Front row: Alphonso XIII of Spain, George V of England, and Frederick VIII of Denmark.)
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Brethil
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Dec 12 2013, 6:29pm
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So many congrats! And what a way to celebrate...so fitting!
Best to you both... One more year, and you are in the double digits m'dear!
A maid met on TORn with great wonder,
A Strider that hailed from Down Under.
'Egg-plants from Dunland'
Brought on the fun, and
From that day never be torn asunder.
The second TORn Amateur Symposium is running right now, in the Reading Room. Come have a look and maybe stay to chat!
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dormouse
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Dec 12 2013, 6:43pm
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Many congratulations to you both....
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.. and many, many happy years to come
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NottaSackville
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Dec 12 2013, 7:32pm
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Yours is such a great story, congrats to both of you! //
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 Happiness: money matters, but less than we think and not in the way that we think. Family is important and so are friends, while envy is toxic -- and so is excessive thinking. Beaches are optional. Trust is not. Neither is gratitude. - The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner as summarized by Lily Fairbairn. And a bit of the Hobbit reading thrown in never hurts. - NottaSackville
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Lily Fairbairn
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Dec 12 2013, 7:33pm
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I, too, wish your husband could be there to go to the movie with you, and I hope you can enjoy it without it evoking too much sorrow.
{{sherlock}} 
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Roheryn
Tol Eressea
Dec 12 2013, 8:04pm
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Happy Anniversary to you two, too!
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And I'm glad you've reached the Answer now. I think it's neat we share the same anniversary day! I hope you and Mr. Fairbairn enjoy DOS tomorrow with your own brunch-and-a-matinee! Best wishes to you both on your happy day.
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Roheryn
Tol Eressea
Dec 12 2013, 8:07pm
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That's rough. I expect this is going to be a tough month for you, but I hope you can enjoy DOS without too many memories. Hang in there. {{{{{sherlock}}}}}
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Roheryn
Tol Eressea
Dec 12 2013, 8:08pm
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Thanks, m'dear. Love the limerick!
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Kim
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Dec 12 2013, 9:06pm
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Congratulations to you and NZ Strider, and thanks for sharing the pics of your cute kids!
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cats16
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Dec 12 2013, 9:08pm
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(*flying tackle hug*)
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