sick sick sick

Dave is a sicky boy this weekend. I hate seeing him so miserable . . . this is the first illness since we've been together (I think?) and its been an interesting experience. I like learning new things about him, and I definitely still am. Lucky for us, I'm getting sick at the same time! Though it's not as bad as his nearly (he has this funky vertigo thing going on, scares me). I'm at work missing him desperately, as he's home sick. For those of you who don't know, Dave sits two seats away from me, I can usually hear his voice on calls or he's sending me a work instant message. Work is quiet and dull without him here. Is it bad to be so dependent on him for happiness? I mean, I'm not UNhappy without him here, but life, days, moments are better with him. I'm pining!

Best Birthday Ever!

A little over a week ago, Ariel wrote a post about my birthday (this is Dave by the way, finally throwing up a post onto our blog) this year saying, "Today is Dave's birthday, and can I just say, the best birthday ever. Bold? Maybe. True? Definitely." And she was right!! Anyone that knows her knows how incredibly thoughful and amazing she is...my birthday was yet another example of this. When I was in Spain on my mission, I was called to an area in which I had the opportunity to play for a professional baseball team named Los Llaneros. It was the most amazing time of my mission. I was able to become friends with such wonderful people with whom I was able to share my beliefs. When I left that area after 7 months, everyone on the team signed a baseball for me. I've had that baseball in a ziplock back for the past 4 years...that is until a couple of days before my birthday...Ariel had found the baseball (I didn't even know that she knew about it) and had it put into a glass display case. I can't even begin to explain how much that meant to me. The second item in that picture is a leather bound version of my favorite book; Les Miserables by Victor Hugo...unabridged version. If any of you reading this haven't gotten around to reading Les Mis, put that at the top of your To Do list...it's amazing. And after you finish reading it, come back to this blog and drool over my sweet copy of it. Those are just two of the MANY ways that Ariel made my birthday absolutely wonderful. I'm so grateful to have her in my life.

Today was absolutely gorgeous. I slept in, Dave and I had a mini picnic, work is slow and I'm off the phone for an hour.

The sun was out, and we went to the park to devour (perfect word for what we did) this little lemon pepper rotisserie chicken from walmart (only $4.98!). No utensils, no plates, just the park and messy hands. It was random and spontaneous. I love that Dave likes things that way (not messy, but spontaneous.. :). There were some dudes walking their dogs in the park, and while saving our chicken from them, I really started to miss having a pet. You feel so loved when you have an animal that runs to you when you get home.

I miss my Maeby so much. She was my black, adorable, genius cat who was the biggest thing I gave up through my divorce. I first got her for my first anniversary...my ex and I ended up celebrating the day we met instead of our real anniversary because we were extra poor on our real anniversary. Anyway, my ex brought her home and woke me up on a Sunday morning by putting her in our bed. She was so tiny and so cuddly. I then took 3 days or so off work so I could play with her. We'd take naps in the afternoon where she'd stretch out with her teeny body against mine and her head on my arm. She picked up using the litter box right away and never had an accident anywhere else. We played hide-and-seek and fetch, and she made me so happy. In a time when I really wanted to feel needed and loved, she was there. We ended up giving her to the neighbors when we split, and I haven't seen her since. It makes me pretty sad sometimes. Someday, when I finally have a place of my own with no rules like "No Pets" or "No boys after 11:00", I'll get another animal. I feel so spoiled, I don't think I'll find another like my Maeby.

Downer post?

my family

My crazy family, at our sealing last summer.

We're a little goofy, but pretty much perfect in every way.

scrapblog

I made a Dave scrapbook page! Try http://www.scrapblog.com...very fun.

vacation

I'm so excited. Dave and I are going to St George for the weekend next week. I bought a timeshare through Worldmark by Wyndham with my ex, and was trying to sell it. Apparently, there's about 10,000 hours of time available for every one timeshare buyer. Ouch! So, I've decided to keep it. This is my first trip through them, and I'm way excited--I need a vacation so badly! I won't have any more paid vacation through work until January, which is sad. LUCKILY, I have the best shift ever (Sun-Wed) so I have Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years off with full weekends after them. Plus, my mommy is coming in December to help with my brother and sis-in-law's baby, and Dad is talking about coming in January, so it's pretty much like I'll have vacations. I'm definitely rambling. Sorry. Anyway, the pictures of this place are so gorgeous, and we got a 2 bedroom suite with a full kitchen and washer/dryer, and gas is getting cheaper...AH! I'm so excited. My ex is coming Wednesday from California. I think of my St George weekend as a reward for not killing him when he comes. :)

If work doesn't kill me first. I have a 4 hour on-phone stint today! No breaks! Way too long! Exclamation point! !! My only relief is that I can see Dave from my desk and he is looking foxy today.

hottie mchothot

My Dave is so hot.

This is him about 8 months ago. All this and ridiculously smart and perfectly sweet. How could I not fall for him?

working.

It's late Saturday night, I'm sitting around with Dave. He's reading about Flex so he can be an IT mastermind (Flex is a programming language...and foreign would be an accurate description of it. Looks like gibberish to me!), and I'm doing nothing productive. Which, considering I'm taking the time to write, is probably not the best in that I have nothing to write about. :) Hm. Today was a good day, we went to a football game this morning which was way fun. Its mid-November, but it was a gorgeous day. Good football (though our team didn't win), as it was a championship game. I really do love football, especially on a Saturday morning. Most of my Saturdays growing up consisted of several hours of football games and yard work. Makes me all nostalgic. Anyway, took a DELICIOUS nap with Dave. I love those naps where you feel super rested after, and not all groggy and sick-ish. Tonight, we went to a bookstore, then just drove for hours. Listened to music, did a little bit of car dancing, found a fun lookout spot, bought a fish, left it on a random doorstep...you know. The usual for a Saturday night. Dave makes simple things like driving to no-where in particular so fun. Everything is an adventure with him, and I say that in the "adoring girlfriend" way, not the "I've-been-with-him-so-long-it's-not-fun-any more" way. I'm so lucky .

Dave's Birthday!!!

Today is Dave's birthday, and can I just say, the best birthday ever.

Bold? Maybe. True? Definitely.

Honestly, its been so long since I had an occasion I could really get excited about (holiday-wise). In the past, it hasn't been nearly as fun because I was with someone who bought themselves everything they needed, wanted, and more. Because Dave is so against buying things for himself....ever, it made it easy for me to get him meaningful, well thought-out gifts. By consequence, Dave LOVES them and is so adorably grateful. I'm psyched for Christmas. The pictures are from when we went to dinner for his birthday at the Mountain Mercantile Grill in Midway. The cups photo may be my favorite...there were 4 different kinds of cups on our table. That's just too many! The others are cheesy couple-y pictures you all can groan at. :)
Dave's birthday reminds me of my own birthdays...weird to think of them. I mean, I can remember many, but some fade altogether. (Now I'm all reflect-ey) Think of all the toys, gifts, occasions, parties, get togethers that we completely forget. I mean, I suppose it doesn't matter. I'm sure my parents tried their best to make each one memorable, and I bet I was so excited at the time (I always am, I'm quite exciteable). Makes me wish I had been more faithful in keeping a journal. I was perpetually renewing my vows to write every day, which led to having random notebooks with 4-6 entries, a few floppy disks with ancient word docs on them, cutesy little journals with charts with the boys I like and my friends liked....hard to keep a solid record when your life's events are kept in some sort of twisted shotgun-like organization. Now, I've got 3: my regular journal, my Dave date book, and my blogger blog blog. Not that this helps too much, I'm still scattered, but at least I'll have quantity if not quality. Bonus: I'll have 3 different points of view of my life right now. Throw Dave's journal in there and we've got the New Testament! (No lightning, please)

Anyway, beyond my rambling, work has been good. We had a Dave team meeting, which included delicious pizza and sooooooda. Somehow Dave managed to avoid the team singing him "Happy Birthday", which is a real shame, cause they always sound so good! It's probably cause they know Dave can beat them up. ; ) Life is good.

ariel

California Road Trip

Dave and I went on a road trip the weekend after we started dating... (early August) We don't waste time. More photos. :)

At our hotel/boat. The Delta Riverboat in Sacramento. SO FUN.

In Truckee, California. We were in search of something called the Toggery, which we saw on the google maps street view when we were looking for places to go. It was a cute town, and after much searching we found it, but not before finding this store...it was called Jackass Something..I can't remember. But very quality western wear. :)

Dinner Theater on our riverboat hotel. Taken by this crazy kid who did a full out Chippendale dance at the request of the host of the show. Very impressive. Also why Dave looks alarmed and I'm blushing a little.

Grand Sierra Hotel in Reno, our fancy night out

Driving to Reno

Jack Johnson Concert

Dave and I went to the Jack Johnson concert in August with his sister Sue and her boy Dustin. Here are pictures.

Halloween

hola. this is my first ever blog post. historical event, ladies and gentlemen! (I talk as if more than myself will be reading it...)

OK, I always wonder with these kinds of things...where do you start? should I try to catch up everything that's been going on this last while? should I just start from today?

I guess Halloween will work. Halloween was good. Dave and I went out with Rose and her boy Justin. We were sexy sexy (sweaty, mom?) pirates. We went to this "house party" which was less party than house. After we went to the Bayou and listened to old men croon. Dave and I went home and watched Dexter after. Fitting. :)