145 posts tagged “married to my best friend”

Things on Tuesday: Sick as a Dog Edition

Nov 3, 2009
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Not liking:

Being sick. I've been sick for over a week now. Every time I think I'm done with it, it decides it can go another round. I'm sure Target is staying in business just from the amount of Theraflu and Tylenol Cold I've bought over the last couple of weeks. (Steve and Ashley were sick a week or so ago.)

Liking:

My hair. I did have a couple of days where I was really regretting cutting it off. Then I just starting to think of all the things I didn't like about long hair. Couple that with finally pretty much having the styling part down now, and I'm loving it.
NoiseTrade.com is awesome. Seriously, so much good free music. Just downloaded Alli Rogers. Never heard of her before today, but she's good.
Allie Moss. Not only is her album awesome, but she actually answers Tori on Facebook. That makes Tori happy which makes me happy. She's just good people. I wish I had the time/money to go to the Ingrid Michaelson concert on Wednesday in Towson. I'd totally bring them all some Nutella goodies because they are all cool, but especially Allie.
Wednesday night doctrine classes at church. It's just so good to dig down deep into the Bible.
Hats and scarves. Seriously men, how do you deal with the cold neck thing? I know how I do, cute hats and scarves. I'm guessing you all don't care to run around in fuschia berets and flowered sparkly scarves, but it helps my cold neck.
Steve. He's just wonderful and cute and I love him.

The Not So Annual Carving of the Pumpkins

Oct 31, 2009
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So, we've been slackers. We haven't carved pumpkins since, oh, 2004. But that's ok. We did today, well, Steve and the kids did. And they are spectacular.

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Volleyball/Soccer Tournament '09

Oct 24, 2009
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At least Steve looks good

Google Talk With Steve

Oct 21, 2009
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This was a conversation that took place yesterday before I went to get my hair chopped off.

Me: "I think I'll just go ahead and make a return appointment with Amy to keep up the new style. And then if you hate

it I'll just call back and cancel."

Steve: "Your face is what's hot, so your hair really can't hurt the hotness."

Me: "I don't know about that."

Steve: "You'll be hot regardless. Smok'n even. Tabasco wishes it knew the recipe to your hotness."

Me: "Is there something you want from me? ;-)"

Steve: "Just to let me continue to be in the presence of your hotness forever."

"Question."

Me: "Yes?"

Steve: "Janie and a gasoline soaked rag are thrown in a fire. Which catches fire first?"

"Trick question. Janie is already on fire."

"Do you set off the fire alarm when you go places? Because you are smok'n."

"I don't even know where these cheesy pick up lines are coming from. I should write a book."

Don't you wish you were married to Steve?

Steve is actually blogging again. I think we have both realized the value of actually blogging and writing down all these things that happen in our lives. Sure, Twitter and Facebook are fun, but there's nothing like reading through all your old blog posts and reminiscing. So go check him out. He's promised he's not going to be a slacker anymore.

Glasses

Oct 18, 2009
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Walmart glasses

Stuff, stuff, and more stuff

Sep 23, 2009
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Perhaps if I updated more frequently, I wouldn't feel the need to write a "Reader's Digest Condensed Version" type blog post every week or two. Speaking of Reader's Digest Condensed Books, my mom had a bunch of those things. I probably ought to see if they condensed War and Peace. I still haven't conquered it. But I have read the first chapter twice.

So, for the first time this year, we went to a concert. I'd been wanting to go to one, it had been so long. Unless you consider the opera a concert, which I don't. It was Ingrid Michaelson. Tori, Steve, and I went. It was an awesome concert. Greg Holden was opening for her. He's English, from North of London. We got a lesson in the different ways someone from London would say "bloody" and someone from North of London would say it. Next time I go to England I'm going to go around forcing people to say "bloody" just so I can guess where they are from.

Anyway, Ingrid is one of Tori's favorite musicians, along with Allie Moss. Allie plays guitar for Ingrid while on tour. She's got some awesome solo stuff out there. So go buy Allie's stuff. We got lucky and saw Allie getting out of the tour bus while waiting outside for the doors to open. Steve told us go over and talk to her or we would regret it. Tori and I were all nervous, but went over anyway. She even remembered Tori from Facebook (they are friends somehow). So that was super cool. Allie is super sweet. Did I mention she's really talented and has some songs available on iTunes? Go check 'em out and buy 'em. You won't regret it. If you do, maybe I'll bake you something with Nutella to make you feel better. But trust me, you won't. She's indie/alternative/folksy, if you like that kind of stuff.

Speaking of concerts, we are going to see Derek Webb and Sandra McCracken on Saturday with Tori and Alex. And on Tuesday? U2! We sure are cramming a lot of concerts in after almost a year of nothing. In a couple of weeks, we are taking my parents to see Jersey Boys too. My mom is a huge Frankie Valli/Four Seasons fan. I think she'll love it.

In other news, because I can't stop talking about it. I have 18 jumbo jars of Nutella thanks to the fact that no one in Waldorf seems to want to buy it at our Costco and they are discontinuing it. They marked it down from $8.97 to $1.97 for a double pack. I love baking things with Nutella, but can't justify using a whole $4 jar most of the time. $1 jar? Yeah, I can do that. So I have a Nutella Swirl Pound Cake in the oven right now. I'm not sure I'll be able to leave it alone for the full 2 hour cooling time. I'm thinking warm with a slice of milk for my afternoon snack. I also plan on making Giada's chocolate hazelnut biscotti. And Bekki mentioned something about Nutella truffles, so hopefully she has a recipe for that and will share it. Having an abundance of Nutella is good because when Fall hits, the baking bug bites me and I can't seem to stay out of the kitchen.

My other current obsession now that it's Fall? Soup. So much soup that Steve has requested "real food". For me, soup is real food, but I suppose a handsome muscular man needs meat and such. I've made potato corn chowder, Maryland crab soup, garbanzo bacon, and French onion in the past week and a half. Ok, I suppose seeing it now in print, that is a lot of soup. Anyone care to share any of your favorite soup recipes? I'm sure Steve would appreciate it.

Ok, off to do my interval training on the treadmill. Then I won't feel so guilty when I slice myself up a huge piece of my pound cake this afternoon.

Steve is the best

Sep 12, 2009
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He just bought tickets to go see Ingrid Michaelson on Friday and we're letting Tori skip her volleyball game to go! And he also bought tickets to see Derek Webb and Sandra McCracken at Jammin' Java on the 26th. We are going to take Alex and Tori to that one. I'm so excited!!!!!! All I had to do was bat my eyelashes at him. I'm going to start using that one more often!

Can I Quote You on That?

Aug 7, 2009
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Gary, Tori and I are here attempting to learn a song for worship on Sunday. (Yes, Gary and I lead music at church. We kinda fell into it, but we are working it out, dawg.) Tori has been learning to play the guitar and has been more than willing to accompany us.

So anyway, we are all here in my dining room working on this new song, Beautiful by Phil Wickham that my pastor/brother in law requested we sing. It's a great song, but just, well, let's just say Gary and I are really learning to stretch ourselves on this one.

Steve has been giving us advice. But um, well, Steve doesn't really sing. He's in the middle of giving us some advice and we are just kinda looking at him and he says, "Just think of me as Simon Cowell. I can't sing either, but I'm good at criticizing."

I'm thinking we'll find a "Steve-free" place to practice next time.

More Stay-Cation '09

Jul 22, 2009
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After a lovely Monday of visiting art galleries and eating late night falafel sandwiches, Tuesday was a lot of house projects. The new dishwasher was being delivered and installed, so we figured it was a good day to work on some painting that needed to be done.

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Steve took down my old piece of paper that I flip from "dirty" to "clean" depending on what state the dishes are in, and replaced it with this. Cracked me up when I walked in the kitchen and saw what he did.