For the truly obsessive you can find out how and when we first met and why one of us once accused the other of being a stalker and no Mark--> this isn't an invitation to write trivia.
| 8.3.98 |
Occasional Visitor posts some words of encouragement for the frustrated webmaster on the wall at the Winter Camp site. |
| 12.24.98 |
OV shows up at Wendy's of Taylor and anonymously buys a round of Frosties for the shoppers. Much confusion ensues and everyone is pretty sure another member of the group bought them, probably as Big Bro. |
| 8.14.99 |
Our first meeting. Kristie, doing one of the things that would later make Steve call her a stalker, comes to the Michigan Renaissance Festival. With Joe Hall's help she meets Steve and even takes a picture of him. Steve has no idea who she is. |
| 11.??.99 |
Steve finds out OV is a woman when Steve Clark reveals that he has a picture of OV with her dog. The picture is sent, but Steve, feeling that OV's trust has been betrayed, deletes it without looking. |
| 12.24.99 |
Kristie shows up at Wendy's to buy another round of frosties but her identity remains concealed. |
| 2.14.00 |
Steve sends Kristie flowers for the first time. |
| 2.21.00 |
Kristie spends her morning trying to find a donut shop that will deliver to Steve's office. She fails despite calling more than a dozen of them. |
| 2.24.00 |
Kristie arranges for donuts to be delivered to Steve's office by one of his coworkers. |
| 3.6.00 |
Steve uses Kristie's name (rather than Occasional Visitor) for the first time in a message to a Winter Camper. |
| 3.11.00 |
We meet for the first time as Steve and Kristie when Steve drives up to Marion for a longish weekend. |
| 3.28.00 |
Kristie sends Steve flowers at work. The bouquet of seven (7) causes quite a stir when one of Steve's coworkers explains that seven (7) means wife in Chinese. To make it "worse", the card says "I love you", the first time Kristie has ever said that. |
| 3.29.00 |
Our first "real" date. We go to see Great Big Sea in Ann Arbor. |
| 6.30.00 |
Kristie, who is now sometimes known as Bosnia, comes out of the closet on the Winter Camp page as she provides the first tie between OV and Steve's girlfriend. |
| 10.23.00 |
Steve's boss tries to get some dirt on Steve (or Steve and Kristie) from Steve's brother Ron. His efforts are rewarded with a photo of Kristie which Steve "accidentally" left in the camera. The guys at work have still never met or seen a picture of Kristie. |
| 12.6.00 |
Kristie comes to the Migisi Annual Dinner and many arrowmen meet her for the first time. She's on hand to see Steve get a service award. |
| 12.24.00 |
Kristie shows up at Wendy's and sits with the group as Steve's girlfriend. She buys the frosties. On the way out of the restaurant, Jeff Rand cards her, checking her license to ensure he's not being duped. |
| 2.13.01 |
Steve proposes and Kristie says yes. |
