The Reason for the Season (Part 1)

Hubster's Mom took us on a private tour of Winterthur...it's always so gorgeous this time of year!

I LOVE Christmas...

A lot. :)

And now that I'm an old married lady, Hubster and I are able to start family traditions. That goes for Thanksgiving too! We've had a fantastic few weeks so far and I'll tell you all about them...with some pictures.

A few weeks back, we babysat for the munchkins (our nephews!) for the weekend while their parents went to visit friends in PA. Big Munchkin and Little Munchkin are the best, seriously. And HI-larious! Plus, they love to read. If they are bored or being rough or sleepy, pull out a book and life is good again. Did I mention they're cute? Check it out for yourself:

Hubster and I went to PA to visit his mom for Thanksgiving. There was a lot of sleeping and eating, eating and sleeping on this trip. :) Here's Hub at the dinner table on Thanksgiving getting ALLLLLL of the potatoes out of the pan. He is also a firm believer that this is just the first step in the cleaning process, so he should do it to the best of his ability. He did just start using soap...we're working on it slowly (right Eves?).

Here's Hubster's bro. Someone made it to the couch fast after eating.

And our (little) masterpiece. We have a lil' 3 foot Christmas tree that is sparsely populated with ornaments...but we love it! Those stars are from Maaaaaaaaaaaara last Christmas in Argentina! I think my favorite part of having a Christmas tree is all the stories behind the ornaments.

More pictures from this joyous season later today!

p.s. Hubster is on his was to CO today to snowboard with the guys for a week; pray he returns in one piece!

To teach...

Hubster (I've decided on this name for the man in my life...I think it's cute!) and I work well together. We communicate. We compromise. We love and accept. But. We disagree, pretty stringently, over one little thing in our lives. A dog. We both want (read: are DYING to have) a dog. But I grew up with labs (Nubbin, Bear, Daphne [the love of my pet life] and Sascha). Hubster grew up with Charlie, a German Shepard that left before I was able to meet him. So, what do we do? Thankfully we both want a shelter dog, so I'm thinking that if I pre-screen shelters with labs I may win! :) haha...if Hubster only read my blog, he'd know. But he doesn't!

I'm just thankful we both love dogs and want to bring one into our family. In that spirit...

If a dog was the teacher you would learn things like:

When loved ones come home, always run to greet them.
Never pass up the opportunity to go for a joyride.
Allow the experience of fresh air and the wind in your face to be pure Ecstasy.
Take naps.
Stretch before rising.
Run, romp, and play daily.
Thrive on attention and let people touch you.
Avoid biting when a simple growl will do.
On warm days, stop to lie on your back on the grass.
On hot days, drink lots of water and lie under a shady tree.
When you're happy, dance around and wag your entire body.
Delight in the simple joy of a long walk.
Be loyal.
Never pretend to be something you're not.
If what you want lies buried, dig until you find it.
When someone is having a bad day, be silent, sit close by, and nuzzle them gently.
ENJOY EVERY MOMENT OF EVERY DAY!

Bare with me...

I've been playing around with the format of my blog...thanks to the lovely Ms. A. Loads of ideas, but I have no idea if I can actually make them happen. We'll see. If you have ideas, feel free to share!

And then the title. As I said in my first post, the song "Standing Outside the Fire" by Garth Brooks is my favorite. Ever. But I feel like using that as the title of my blog is not getting across the point of the song. Plus now that I'm a Mrs. I've been thinking of using something like "The Adventures of Senor and Senora..." I don't know. Help. All 5 of you! I counted (ET, VK, EC, LU, BU...I think that's all of you, right? p.s. LU, I totally stalk your sister's blog, too).

Also I feel like I need some sort of cute catchy name for myself, the hubby, friends, etc. in the name of anonymity. I've thought of a few, but they're generally not PC, so I scrapped them (for when my blog become world-famous, you know how it is).

Here are my ideas:
1. Use only first names.
2. Use initials (e.g. SV or ET or VK or LU...you get the idea)
3. Cute nicknames for those I talk about most (e.g. hubby = hubster or Mr. V or something; Liz = Lizard, Mrs. U, etc.)
4. Ridiculous nicknames (e.g. I can't even think of any right now...long day).

Aaaaaaaand I'm done.

Tagging

Mrs. U tagged me and so I had to pick the fifth photo in my fifth folder.  This one is actually from the fifth subfolder...I have no idea how my Mac organizes my photos!

This is from our engagement photo session.  Diego had just had his eye surgery and was (unfortunately, but hilariously!) wearing his sunglasses most of the time.  We had a BLAST.  I think in this pic, I had caught him off guard and was trying to push him in the lake.  :)  I'm so sweet.  But I HAD to take advantage of his inability to see by pulling a few pranks, right??!!

So, there you have it.  Now I tag Eva and Victoria to find the fifth photo in their fifth album!

And I simply have to tell you all how wonderful my hubster is.  Seriously y'all.  Here are just a FEW reasons:

1. He spent 1+ hour last night on the phone with Verizon because I messed up the internet...and he kept telling me how much he loves me and doesn't mind doing things for me.  Plus I hate dealing with that stuff!

2. He never lets me do the dishes...and he's even using soap now (aren't you glad to hear that Eves???)!

3. He does the BEST (excuse my un-p.c. name for this) retarded raptor impression!  It's THE funniest thing I've ever seen...and never fails to make me crack up.

I could go on, but I don't want to disgust all 3 of my readers (are there more? B & L, do I count you as one reader since you have one shared blog? hmmm..).  I hope you have a great day!  

I DID IT!

So, clearly I'm ridiculously slow 99% of the time.  I haven't been posting much lately because I would have to sign out of my new email (with the maaaawwwwied name...still love that!) and sign on with the old email.  Well after, what, almost 6 months, I've finally figured out how to change this blog to my new email account.  This means I don't have to log out of gmail to get onto blogger.  Lazy?  Yes.  

And in that spirit...I'm going to get back to work!  I promise I'll post later (Mrs. U tagged me yesterday, so I've got to post for that!).  

xoxo 

p.s. You probably have NO idea how happy this makes me.  Suffice it to say, I'm beaming!  haha.  Oh the simple things!