January 18, 2012

it's been a year, my dear

And what a year it's been.

In the past year we have:
moved three times
discovered we aren't that great of parents,
had two callings together,
realized how hardcore we aren't,
had a few hard minutes,
started up school again (for Kolton anyway, school has never really ended for me),
and were married for a whole dang year!

And I'll tell ya what, we learned a whole lotta stuff in one year.
for example:
Projecting alarm clocks are less nerdy than they are handy.
If you're gonna dish it out, ya better be able to take it (that's really been a lifelong lesson for me)
He likes solitaire.....a lot.
She likes reading.....a lot.
He doesn't drink his milk after he finishes his cereal.
She refuses to eat the very last bite of her meal.
 Neither of them will budge on these things, no matter what logic is brought before them on the contrary. 
Potatoes are a staple and need to be eaten at least daily.
He despises smelly old dishrags
She despises anything smelly and will say at least once daily, "Okay, something stinks!"
He eats the majority of the leftovers.
She is happy eating a few crackers or a granola bar in order to avoid the leftovers.
The best solution to deciding which movie to watch is for one person to pick three movies and let the other choose from this selection.
Repeatedly moving a tv from one place to another via the back of the trailer will probably screw up the sound.
He is awful good at disposing of mice.
She is awful good at assuming the fetal position when she even so much as suspects there is a mouse in the nearby vicinity.
She really likes it when he brings home flowers.
He really likes it when she rubs his back for an amount of time longer than thirty seconds. 
 The relationship between she getting flowers and he receiving a longer than thirty second backrub is statistically significant.
When she asks if she looks okay the answer is always yes. always.
iI the answer happens to be no, their departure time will be delayed by twenty minutes. at least.
She will not fold jeans the way he wants her to...just because he wants her to.
He uses bleach when doing the laundry...just because she doesn't want him to.

Through all the stubborn-ness and difficulty and the few and far between arguments ( usually over things even more silly than those listed), there's been a lot of laughs, a lot of teasing, and a lot of fun to be had.
All in all,
It's been a year, my dear.
And what a year it's been.



January 17, 2012

absent

Christmas was wonderful, like always
And I got spoiled, like always.
I love Christmas for everything, but one thing that iIhave always loved are the Christmas secrets/surprises. 
I love going shopping and finding all sorts of fun things and I especially love giving surprises, things that haven't been hinted at but that I just know they will love. 
I had a few of these surprises forKkolton and it was KILLING me! It is so hard for me to keep a secret from that man. Somehow I did it, but there were so many times that I was going to mention or bring up something I had bought him but hadn't given him yet. 

I also loved spending all sorts of time with our families over the break. 
For the first few days we were out of school we really didn't know what to do with ourselves. 
Really. 
We seriously sat around and looked at each other for three days. After being so busy finishing up school it was nice to have a break, but a person can only sit in an apartment for so long. We were so happy to head out to Monteview to visit our families and to have something to do.

We split our time between Island Park and Monteview and it was just grand. I absolutely love being in Island Park. It's just so relaxing and it feels so remote and away from the rest of the world. We loved being there and in Monteview. Monteview is probably my second favorite place in the world...I know, I know. But it just feels like home (probably because it is).

We also spent inordinate amounts of time playing Wackee Six, Golf, Wizard, Scum, and watching all the new card tricks Kolton learned during the time he had nothing better to do.

All in all, it was a fabulous and much needed break (also much too short). We loved spending time with our families, staying up way too late (anything past 10), and chowing down on anything and everything. I have even been a little homesick for Christmas Break since it ended. 

Now we're back to the grindstone.
Correction: I am back to the grindstone. Kolton has a total of one class and one internship this semester, which adds up to a lot of down time for him.
But it's all good. and I'll try to be better at keeping up now that I'm on a regular schedule.
But that's not a promise.  
 
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