I first met Kathy in our salsa class at University of Winnipeg (Thanks Rommel for having the class and Gomer for bringing Kathy along!!) She walked in and I saw her through the mirror - Black pants- Burgundy top and hair down absolutely stunning - I knew right then.  Well thanks to Rommel's expert teaching and well timed partner switches until I got to Kat I was able to chat with her. (Rommel didnt call switch for a awhile after I got to her (thanks!).

Classes went on - the debate starts as to weather Kat was seeing Donny  or not - well I worked up the nerve to ask her one day (as she arrived before Donny- big surprise there - sorry bud!) I pretended to tie my shoes and I asked if her boyfriend would be coming along tonight and she said "boyfriend??" and I was like "yes the guy you come with..." and her response "ohh Donny ..well lets just say he is out of my league..." what I heard - "GREEN LIGHT"... After class we went out for dinner and as the night went on I made sure others in the group disappeared - leaving Rommel -Grace and Kat and I  going for dessert. I asked Rommel to get lost on the way to the dessert place so I could get some alone time and get Kats number - He did - although the dessert place was only a few blocks away from Hue's on First - thanks again Rommel (not sure how Kat didnt pick up on it).

I called her a few days later and asked her out (to the New Muisc Festival) - it was about 8:30/9 at night and I was driving on Corydon ...she actually turned me down, saying she had Volleyball. I was like okay - alright then (heart breaking)...call ends...She calls me back about 5 minutes later and asks if the ticket is still available and I said no it gone...I heard her voice crack (payback)...and I was like kidding.

So first date night... totally nervous... but let me just say ALWAYS check the musical line up before inviting a girl out.  We go out to eat at King's Head for East Indian then go to the concert - the piece the WSO is playing is about the bombing of Japan... OH MY GOD! you could hear a pin drop on the way out.. dont get me wrong great piece but not first date stuff perhaps Blue Danube or Rhapsody in Blue.

So we are walking out - I am thinking I have totally blown it... and Kat smiles and says "well that was interesting"...and begins to laugh with that amazing smile and I laugh and begin to relax. 

I hope to salvage the night and off to the Hotel Fort Garry for dessert and coffee and the jazz trio. We sat talked, she had tea and lemon dessert and I, hazelnut cake and coffee...she asked me what I look for in relationship. I told her and said I am the type of guy if I want something I go for it ... and she asked me for example and I said easy .."you ... one day I will marry  you "

Kat then choaked on her cake - we talked for another hour or so about our families and views. Back to the car and I was going to drive her home and she said "well that was a great night" and I said "it was almost perfect " and she looked at me oddly and said "why do you say that?" My response was "because you didn't have these"...and I pulled 6 gerber daisies out from my back seat and gave them to her. 

Well I got my first kiss - and it was truly a perfect night and I knew then what I will always know - that I loved her from the moment I saw her and that she truly was a perfect gift and woman and wife for me!





 

A Funny story came to mind the other day when I discovered a mouse in my house!!  We were renovating the house - preparing  for us to move in. We were in the demolition phase  and were pulling the wall down when a vent cover fell to reveal a mouse! Their eyes met (Kat and the mouse) and all you could hear was Kat in her best Marg Simpson voice saying "get it out get it out" as she ran back and forth across the basement.

We all watched (the Salsa gang) as she ran back and forth at least 3 or 4 times and then suddenly Kat was gone... I called out no answer - I called her cell and she answered ....when I asked where she was she replied "McPhillips". I think she broke a land speed record (less than 10 seconds" on her way to get mouse bait. - We never did see the mouse again (I think it had a heart attack and exploded based on Kat's reaction). 

As for our current mouse (named Herbert - thanks Greg) - he didnt make it - I cornered him in a getto-blaster  and then tossed him outside in to recycling bin ...he now is a mousicle...Kat would be proud of me!!

Love you always