I've updated Linda's page, and
added my own. Why my
own? So that this can be the news page, and those of you that don't
want to hear me ruminate on mundane, day-to-day nonsense don't need
to suffer through it. So now you can get real "news" about us here,
read random silliness posted by both Joe
and myself, and get
wedding and Linda
updates all on different pages. What that really means is more surfing
for you to do from the office! We do what we can, and are
glad to help.
Also, I will be redesigning the site soon to accomodate the changes;
in between all the other stuff, of course.
July 27, 2004
We had a great weekend. It was busy and relaxing at the same time.
My birthday was Saturday... I'm 25 years old! Again! Hard to believe,
huh? It seems like so much more time has passed... I slept in Saturday
morning. I finally dragged my tired old butt out of bed, and
wandered into the kitchen. What to my wondering eyes did appear
but... Joe in the kitchen, cooking me my favorite breakfast, Puffy
Pancake, aka German Pancake (mom stood by with a fire extinguisher).
Joe took me to get coffee, then we returned and sucked down breakfast!
Ummm!
I now own my own gumball machine!
Thank you Joe!
I've wanted one of these forever! Thanks Mom!
After I greedily opened all my gifts, Joe and I went to Home Depot
and got wood to make BENCHES (benches
won!) We worked on that in the backyard for a while. Actually,
Joe worked on it. I sat on a BENCH reading a book, muttering words
of encouragement at proper intervals.
We're going to get rich with a new line of pinup posters.
We also received our first wedding present in the mail this weekend.
We hadn't even unpacked the box when Joe started singing. "I know
what it is! Its a robot!" And so it was. How do boys know these
things? Justin and Stephanie sent us the vaccuuming rotating
wall bumping dog chasing ROBOT! Joe has wanted this soooo bad! It
was so much fun to see him doing the pee dance, yelling, "We'll
call it Rozy, after The Jetsons!"
Thank you Justin and Stephanie!
Sunday mom and I went to the mall. We failed to accomplish any of
the items on our list, but did get other very important things done
like getting earrings to match my dress (a gift from her), picking
up more decorations and eating chocolate covered fruit at Harry
and David! So good!
On another note, mom started her treatments Monday (finally). We've
spent the last two days at the medical center. I know its
still early, but SO FAR SO GOOD!
July 21, 2004
We added a blog to our site (thanks Daymented
for walking me through it, oh, and for paying for it!!)! I am so
excited about this! For those of you that haven't blogged before,
its basically real time comments. You go in, put your name or fake
name, email address if you want, web address if you have one, and
put up NONSENSE! It gets posted within seconds. Try it out! Its
fun! Click on the link at the bottom of this entry!
In the meantime, I'm going to go shove a rag in Joe's mouth. He
gets really into whatever he's doing on the computer and starts
making wierd noises, most of the time without realizing it. "I wonder
sometimes how long I've been making these stupid noises." Uh, long
time. Right now, its (to a tune reminiscent of Adam Sandler)
"cookieca, cookieca, I am the Cookie Man, cooooookie, coookie cacaaaaaa".
Cooki-yak-whafvisraginmymouf?!
Photo of the day! Tric is a sucker for tennis balls, so a few weeks
ago, Joe brought home a bag full o' tennis balls. He throws them
around for her in the backyard. Sometimes she'll bring a ball to
us as we're doing... whatever... and toss it at us. In fact she's
doing it right now. Flash forward three weeks. The bag is nearly
empty and we have a half dozen violently killed tennis balls scattered
throughout the yard and house.
Tennis ball carcass
Now be a good girl (or boy) and write your comments (clap clap clap)!
July 18, 2004
We're finally settling in. Things are still crazy
but we're getting unpacked.
Something he ate?
Nope, looks alright.
We lucked out with the house in that it has a HUGE yard. It also
has an armada of birds. I think all the neighborhood birds
live in our two mimosa trees. It may have something to do with the
bird feeder we have hanging there. Big birds, little birds, hungry
birds. They can clean it out in 48 hours flat.
Our experiment, after 36 hours
Half of our yard
Cool mother-in-law's cottage in the back.
My mom is staying here right now. We were fortunate that UC Davis
is nearby, so she can receive treatments there while staying with
family. She has been a great help with the wedding, and is pretty
handy in the kitchen (as Joe likes to say). We are still digesting
the crab pasta salad she whipped up tonight. We have a page
for her where people can check in for updates.
I had only been here about a week before my cravings for seafood got
the better of me and I ordered a ton of smoked salmon from Taku
Smokeries in Juneau. Last night, we had smoked salmon fettucini
alfredo. Ahhhh, savor the flavor.
I had also only been here about a week before I wrecked Joe's truck.
Oops. Got t-boned in the intersection by a really sweet guy who was
looking for a coffee shop instead of for the traffic light.
After a month and about $5500 worth of repairs, Joe finally got his
baby back. The next day I watched as a lady at the mall backed her
minivan into the new fender. Crunch. I bought the first guy coffee
while we waited for the tow trucks. She didn't get any coffee. Poor
lady. But it looks alright. No real harm done.
"We can make him better than he was before"
I finally found a vehicle I liked, after endless hours at car lots
and test driving private vehicles that made strange noises. Its a
95 Rodeo! It has pretty decent miles on it, and an AC that makes
me feel like I'm back home; the two main criteria in my search.
Tric LOVES this rig!
Well folks, I think that's all for this installment of Banana Gravy.
Tune in again soon!
