Another Day, Another Dish Washed

Well I quite enjoyed my day off today. I slept in and then took a long shower. Then I trimmed my hair, at least it started out as a trim and then became more of a hair cut. I definitely have healthy ends now! I can't wait until all of my dyed hair has grown out and I can cut it all off, I miss my brown hair a lot. Most of my day was spent waiting around for the maintenance workers to repair some things in our bath tub, but everything is fixed now and it's really nice to not have a drippy faucet. I've spent some of today washing dishes, hence the title of this post. It feels so good to get dishes washed.

Later today W called me when he was on campus today and invited me to a Ball on December 6th. It's a medieval ball and so I'm thinking about whether or not I would be able to make us clothes to wear before December 6th. I'm thinking that I can, but we'll see about that. I'm really looking forward to going. I really miss going out and dancing with W, and hopefully we'll be able to go and have a great time. I can't wait!

4 years

W and I recently celebrated our fourth anniversary!!! It was awesome! I had to work that day, but after work we went to the grocery store and got food to try and recreate one of our first dates! We bought Chinese food and ate it while sitting on W's sleeping bag laid out on our floor. We also watched Tin Cup while eating and we actually understood most of the golf terms and references!

Recently W and I bought a golf game for my Playstation 2 and we love playing it with one another. So after playing plenty of it together we can now watch golf games or golf movies and understand what is going on. And besides, the green fees that we have to pay are super cheap! ;-)

We also recently celebrated our fifth anniversary! That is the fifth anniversary of the day we met. When we met one of the first things W did was compliment my necklace, a necklace that I had accidentally broken while we were engaged. Since I work at a craft store before my shift began that day I was able to buy what I needed to repair that necklace. Then during my lunch break, which was right around the time of day that W and I met, we had a picnic together. It was wonderful!

It's amazing to think about how much has happened to us over the past five years. I am so grateful for all of it and am so grateful that we are where we are now. The only thing I would ever change from my past would be to have married W sooner then I did. He is such a blessing in my life and I thank the Lord for him often.

I haven't written in a while

W and I went out to CA in June to help my parents move and I have finally moved completely out of their house! Now our small one bedroom is packed with stuff and it's kind of frustrating. On Independence Day W and I enjoyed in the many festivities that are to be had here and I got to participate in Colonial Days and answer peoples questions about Appalachian basket weaving. Currently I am looking for a job. I would like to try being a waitress somewhere, I've always wanted to try that. But we'll see what I can find. Well, that's pretty much what's up right now.

Vita-Mix!

On Monday W and I went to Costco and stood for several minutes watching a Vita-Mix demonstration. We were both really impressed with the power and versatility of the Vita-Mix blender. We went home and verified whether we had deposited our economic stimulus check yet and we hadn't! So yesterday we went back to Costco and got one!!! They are expensive, but they are the same blenders that places like Jamba Juice or Orange Julius use and so we thought if this is what the commercial professionals in smoothie making are using then it'd certainly a blender worth owning. And it comes with a 7 year warranty. The Vita-Mix blenders not only make smoothies, but ice cream, sorbet, soup, salsa, dip, salad dressing, jelly, and even peanut butter! And if you get the extra dry container you can also grind wheat, coffee, any other foods you might want to grind, and knead dough! I am so excited to start up our smoothie making this summer! In fact I'm going to head out to the store pretty soon here to get more fruits and veggies! Last night we made some strawberry frozen yogurt and it was wonderful! I can't wait to make more things with our newest addition to our appliances!!!

Lately

Sorry it's been a while, not much has been happening lately. Right now W and I are staying up late so that he can work on the final draft of his thesis and so that I can bake him cookies. I'm baking chocolate chip cookies and I baked some chocolate chip brownies just before that. I think cookies and brownies can be quite helpful for keeping people awake, W thinks so too, he asked me to bake them. I will admit that I don't really enjoy baking cookies, but brownies are a different story! I love brownies!

I'm planning on taking our car to the mechanic tomorrow morning, the fuel pump isn't working. Hopefully our car will be repaired within a week. Sometime next week W and I plan on taking a trip out to California to pick up my remaining stuff from my parents. The things that I am most looking forward to picking up are a freezer, mechanical type writer, and my unicorn collection. Yes, I have a unicorn collection, I'll be the first to admit that it's kind of corny, but I can't help liking them, their cool. It will be fun to see my parents and sister and her family. I'm also hoping that W and I will get to visit with some of my aunts and uncles that live out there. We might even be able to go out camping, just the two of us, for a day or two. I'm looking forward to it and hope that everything goes well.

I've run out of stuff to write.

I graduated!

It's been a long time coming, but I finally did it! I graduated from college!!! My parents and sister and her family came up for it and W and I had a great time visiting with them. One of the best moments was when all the potential graduates stood up and our respective degrees were conferred upon us!

I now have a bachelor's degree in anthropology and it doesn't feel very different, but I have gotten more recognition from people already. I don't know what it is about a silly degree that would cause people to respect you better, but they do. I think that reflects an interesting set of moral priorities in our culture, but I don't think I want to talk about that all right now.

I just thought I would type in an update. W and I are doing well and trying to adjust to my new found freedom. I hope everyone is doing well and has a good day!

Special Day!

Today is, of course, a special day in our family! Those of you who know us know why. And, this is the last year when this day will fall during finals week, so this is the last time we'll spend it finishing term papers, studying for final exams, taking final exams, and crashing from the effort of finishing up a semester. At the moment, S is napping after doing most of the other activities I've just discussed, while I (W) take some long-missed time blogging.

We wish all who honor this day an enjoyable day and a memorable time commemorating the cherished occasion this day represents.