Number please

I was given a challenge recently.  Account yourself.  Literally "account" as in using numbers.  Assign something to as many numbers as you can from 1-10 and then 5 other numbers   You can't use any of the numbers of your birthdate).  Here goes:


  1 - # of cities (towns) we've lived in since getting married
  2 - # of children; # of grandchildren (for now)
  3 - # of pleasure trips out of town in the last 12 months 
  4 - # of fish currently in my fish tank
  5 - # of months I worked on this house before we could actually move in 
  6 - # of dogs we've owned over the last 30 years (Halley, Topaz, Brandy, Moses, Fargo & Louise ... in that order)
  7 -  # of houses we lived in Calgary 
  8 - # in our family when we're all together (again, for now!)
  9 - # of years I've been working from home after 10 years of working downtown
10 - # of consecutive years I've been in a leadership position of some sort at church


11 - # of years we lived in the first house we owned
13 - # of years I've been a Canadian citizen
19 - # of years I have owned and operated "KVH Business Services"
30 - # of years we've been married; # of years I've lived in Canada
52 - # of years on this planet


I'm sure there are countless (pun intended) other numbers I could assign significance to.  But this wasn't as easy as it looks.  And there's nothing profound about it.  Just makes you think about your life in a different way.


-KVH