Let them eat cake!

The bakery we used for our wedding is this great little neighborhood place near my office. Everything was perfect, except the small, but very important detail of including the cupcake stands wtih the cupcakes for the reception. When made aware of this blunder, they sent us a refund of the cost of getting different (expensive) cupcake stands at the last minute and a gift certificate for a free cake! This certificate was going to expire soon, so I jumped on the chance for free cake. While ordering, she asked if I wanted it decorated in a certain way. I responded with "um...spring flowers" since there was still snow on the ground, and "can you have it say Congratulations?" Then I had to come up with something to celebrate. Hmm...nothing immediately came to mind since neither one of us were having birthdays. I decided to call David and announce that, "tonight we will be celebrating being married for two months!" Cheesy I know, but come on...that's something to celebrate!

Missing Jar of Spiders

Has anybody seen my jar of spiders? I had 10-12 of those little guys in a jar some place in our apartment. Jessica is getting suspicious.

Arachnophobia

I'm convinced that we have a spider living in our bed. This scary thought is based on two things.

1) I have been having spider related dreams for the past week that are so real that they (apparently) make me kick in my sleep.

2) I have 2 very suspicious red itchy bumps on my legs that look a lot like bug bites.

Dave thinks I'm ultra paranoid. I think I'm the victim of a secret spider conspiracy.

Based on this stroke of brilliance, I told Dave he should wear more hats.

Anybody want to back me up?

A nice trip to the great white north.....in APRIL?!

Jessica and I took a nice little weekend getaway to Za and Bumpa's, Jessica's Grandparents, cabin this past weekend. Beautiful weather rolled in on Saturday and we went for a nice walk in 45 degree weather. The sun shined, we couldn't be happier.....until that night! CRACK, BOOM! We heard a distant thunder....it wasn't that distant at all actually. We gaily chuckled to ourselves as we heard the slight patter of what we thought to be rain. WE WERE WRONG. SNOOOOOOW. Lots of SNOW. It started falling in buckets. One to two hours later we had about an inch, and we decided to hit the hay. Sunday morning we awoke to tons of snow. Over the next 24 hours it snowed around 24 inches! Unfortunately the plow guy couldn't come to plow out the driveway until Monday afternoon, so we both had to miss a day of work. Bitter/Sweet feelings flowed through our veins. Bitter: the possibility of having to use PTO that has already been spent in BELIZE! Sweet: Being trapped in a winter wonderland with my wife! Overall we had a great time at the cabin, wouldn't change a thing, except maybe all the phone calls we made to Randy the plow guy. I ended up dreaming that his entire family came to the cabin....although the cabin magically had a sweet 80s arcade, so.

Honeymoon Favorites

Wedding Favorites

Our Journey

David and I find ourselves on a journey, and although I probably should be talking about this wonderful, amazing thing called marriage....I thought we haven't been on that journey long enough to post anything too profound. The other (less significant) journey we are on is watching all the Academy Award winning best pictures from the very first to the most recent. The very first Best Picture Oscar went to a 1929 silent film called Wings. Now you can imagine that this journey started out a bit rocky. We were questioning what exactly we got ourselves into. Should we continue down this road, not knowing what may lie ahead? But like all journeys, the road smoothed out and after some definite pot holes, we have enjoyed some smooth sailing. Our most recent viewing was of 1935's It Happened One Night. This is the first one I can highly recommend. Although we have enjoyed the black and white, we are looking forward to some color. I don't think that happens until the 40's. I will undoubtedly continue to post on the ups and downs of this journey, and of course give our recommendations on must sees.

Married and loving it!

Hello All!

I've decided to step away from the usual quotes and blog a little about the sweetness of married life! As Justin put it "Married life kicks bachelor life's butt." So true, so true. I think it really hit me one night when Jessica and I were getting ready for dinner, and listening to some Nat King Cole. It was a beautiful thing. The picture above was taken at that dinner.

Our honeymoon was AWESOME! Let's just say Cabanas, Snorkeling, bar snacks, barefoot, ocean, mayan ruins, jungle beats, crocodiles, bug bites, tiny airplanes, malaria pills = crazy dreams, scorpions, beachside dinners, and other stuff....

OH! I also added Jessica to this blog, so there are a few picture changes, and she'll be adding posts as well! This should be a good time!

Of course, I couldn't end a post without an incredible quote. This one is from a crazy lady in my brother's work parking lot.

"I HATE YOU MINNEAPOLIS, you did it to Bob Dylan and now you're doing it to me!"

Great Beards of the 21st Century

"Beards! They grow on you!"