Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Pics from my phone...

A snapshot of some of our days captured on my phone :)


 Yep, you guessed it...that cup has alcohol in it.




My little hands were not cut out for digging holes in our backyard.  I found the biggest most durable bandaides I could find to cover the most massive blister...I'm pretty sure I will never recover from it. 



I grew up in Kansas, so I know exactly what to do when a Tornado comes my way. Go up to the 4th floor of the place I work and take pictures of course! I ain't scared of no twister.





Quite possibly the cutest Easter basket I have ever seen.  I came up with LOADS of pants jokes that I have been dying to tell, but in honor of the true meaning on Easter, I will keep them to myself, hee hee.

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Quilt Preview

My quilt at Eileen Quilts has taken it's turn on the Longarm quilting machine, and now it's finished and ready to be shipped home to live on our couch.  The owner, Lindsay, sent me a preview today...Can't wait to get it and finish the edging!


Monday, March 26, 2012

Lindsay is dead.

Ok, so I'm not literally dead, just the old me. The pre-married me. I have discovered a few things married Lindsay does that single Lindsay would NEVER have done! here are just a few:

1. New Lindsay has a separate load of laundry just for socks. All man socks are washed in a different load because man socks are soooo smelly that they make any laundry that shares the same washing water smell like feet. How come no one told me that guys are so smelly?!?!

2. New Lindsay realized that she will never again, as long as she lives, be able to own a posh and very designery adorable white bath rug for the guest bathroom. Just not going to happen. White, especially in close proximity to boots, doesn't last long around a man like mine. I always thought design doesn't compromise, but apparently Mrs. Design does. :)

3. New Lindsay buys MAYONNAISE!!! In my 29 years, I have never, ever, bought mayonnaise, nor was I ever planning on it. Oh boy, I buy it now. In the industrial 5 lb. jar.  I am so tempted to tell every lady that looks into my cart as she walks by me in the grocery "this is not for me!!!!!" but then I look into her cart and see a 10 lb. can of nacho cheese and figure we're in the same boat.

4.  New Lindsay says things like "you are covered in diesel fuel" and "I was trying to super-glue this huge cut on your hand closed and...oops....now my finger is stuck to your cut" and "Rather than throwing that couch away, you cut it up and burned it piece-by-piece in the grill?  Very creative."


In all seriousness, my life is awesome, whatahusband is awesome, and I have no complaints. I am realizing, though, that when I started a new life with somebody else, I became new too.  I became a part of something that has profoundly changed the course of my life, and although it has been an adjustment, in wonderful and sometimes difficult ways, I couldn't have made a better choice. Except for the mayonnaise. :)

Saturday, March 24, 2012

Texas Country

Love. This. Song.  And, interesting factoid, all of these dudes are from Denton Texas, USA, and I played the sparkly blue drums that are in this video (I mean, I think I did...how many sparkly blue drum sets do you think are in the world? I played some that were at a denton recording studio once, and I'm going to think these were them.) :)


Monday, March 19, 2012

Les Mills

I have always wanted to be a part of a group exercise class like jazzersize or something...and then I found it! I'm joining this awesome exercise class called Les Mills Bodypump, and I was very excited when I found this photo online because it looks like the class would include dancing of some kind, and if I'm lucky - ribbon dancing.  Awesome.  I know my marathon-ing days are over, so I grabbed my running shorts and headed to the gym to pay for a membership.


It's my first day in class and I'm thinking "Bodypump, eh? I hope they'll teach me which parts I'm supposed to pump, hee hee". As I am deep in contemplation as to which one of the jokes I just made up about pumping I'm going to tell the lady next to me, she points to a barbell and says "you're going to need one of those." I smile. Oh lady, you told me a joke first, and I like you. Then, the instructor walks in. No, this is not the cute blonde in a warm-up suit with a yellow dancing ribbon from my internet picture... It's a 6'2" ripped dude with a FULL beard, carrying a 50 lb. body bar.  He walks up to the stage and says, deeply "let's do this."  I am freaking out. This guy doesn't pump hips, he pumps cars.

So, I calmly grab a barbell, load some 10 lb. weights at each end, sling it over my head and rest it on my shoulders, and proceed to undergo the most painful 1 hour exercises class I have EVER experienced.  Strong Beard was not letting me get away with being the new kid. "I see you, do it right" he says over the microphone as he does a one handed push up holding a dumbell in the air with his other hand. I thought maybe I'd take that microphone and pump it up his....anyway I'm either going to be in the best shape of my life or I just paid way too much for a plastic gym membership card to keep in my wallet.

Saturday, March 17, 2012

Fence

country neighbor: hey man what you doing?
whatahusband: digging holes for our fence.
country: dang, how's it going?
whatahusband: well man, I'm not getting very deep...there's a huge rock layer under there.  It takes me about 20 minutes to get 1" cut into the rock.
country: i think i have something that might help. be back in a few.

later, whatahusband came in the house and proclaimed "our prayers have been answered!! come look!!" and behold, a beautiful sight fell upon my eyes...


praise jesus for country and his magical back hoe and rock shattering wand :)