5th Anniversary

I just had the best anniversary ever. I was spoiled so much by my wonderful husband. So to tell all about it, Thursday night we drove to our hotel and then went to a late night movie at an IMAX. First time I ever watch one of those and boy was that screen big. We saw Inception, I liked it, but it was one of those movies that kind of leave you hanging. I love going to movies. There is just something fun about watching a movie.

On Friday, we went to lunch at a Greek bbq place. It was pretty tasty. We went bowling and that was great. I hadn't bowled forever. I won all three games. But I got progressively worse so did Abe. Then we walked around a mall and I got to drool over some chocolates as well as get a free sample to eat. We went and got some yogurt. Then we ended up at two different D.I.'s where I got to spend some money on books. I love getting books. That's why D.I. is so great. Then at night we went to a Jack Johnson concert. For those who aren't familiar with him he is the one who wrote the music to the movie Curious George. We had a little traffic trouble on the way there so to avoid it on the way back we left a little earlier. Abe was really sweet and got us hotel rooms that had a big jetted tubs. So any down time I had fun taking a bath.

Saturday, we switched hotels and in the morning Abe bought me an hours massage. It was really nice and relaxing. First time I ever got a professional one. Then I got more spoiled by a play. The Pirates of Penzance, one of my favorite plays. I love the music and they did a good job. It was at a Hale Center Theater so it was a round theater. I thought it would be tough because of the small space but they used it well. They even started the play by raising a ship right out of the floor. The singing gave me chills because it was so good. I really enjoyed watching the daughters this time. Usually they aren't anything special but this time they were fun to watch. After the play we had a late lunch at a Belgium Waffle place. It was like Denny's but tasted better. Then we went back to the hotel and watched a show called Top Shot that was a shooting competition. It was interesting to see the different challenges. They had them shot sling shots, bows, as well as the different type of guns. Then on Sunday we went to church and then came home. It was a good trip. Hope you all are jealous.

Modesty

Gwen will sometimes say the strangest things. The other day we were driving and she said that she turns like a doggy, mommy turns like a monkey, and grandma turns like a doggy too. If any of you can tell me what that means I'll be really impressed since I have no clue whatsoever. She has been really enjoying drawing lately. The other day she kept drawing spiders. Of course she doesn't know how many legs they have so hers had about a hundred. They were really cute. And finally today she decided to wear all her clothes backward. It looks really funny but she loves it. She is also wearing a tank top today. I told her to put something under it, I said it was immodest and she said. "I like immodest. It's my favorite immodest." The way she said immodest was without the im but I knew what she meant. What to do with her?

Dying of Boredom and Depression

This is one of those nights that the only thing to make me feel better is make a big batch of cookies. My husband is trying to make up for lost money by working two jobs. He doesn't go in very often for the second one but when he does I feel lonely. It doesn't help that I keep forgetting when he is going in so it's a total surprise to me when he never shows up for the dinner I made him. Well it was a delicious dinner without him. I decided to experiment with curry. The recipes I've made before all came from a recipe. This time I just took a few ingredients from around the house and put them together. Sometimes it's a little scary doing this but it turned out well. The only thing that could have improved it was more curry.

Now just to make you all jealous I'm going to tell you what I'm putting in my cookies. Other than chocolate chips I have nuts and coconut. If I get really crazy I may start putting in stuff like broken up candy bars. But I may not do that since I already experimented with dinner. Wish you were all here to share them with me.

Potty Training trauma

So I thought I was pretty much done with potty training but it turns out that Gwen has reverted. I feel like I have to start over or something. I'm almost tempted to just put her back in diapers and call it quits, next time she can potty train herself. I would rave on about how upset I am about this but I'm sure that no one wants to read about it, so I'll change the subject.

I just got back from a trip visiting my family. It was a lot of fun. It was very relaxing. The next fun thing I have planned other than my 5th year anniversary is Education Week. I am really looking forward to it. Hopefully I'll come back from it uplifted and ready to handle life again. So I should have a lot of fun in a few weeks. If things go according to plan I'll also be taking some classes this fall. So we'll see how it goes.

A Nice Surprise

Yesterday Gwen wanted to bring her pajamas over to Grandma's house so she could sleep over. Grandma said it would be ok so Abe and I had the night to ourselves. He took me out to dinner and afterwards we went home. I was thinking we would just watch a movie or something but he told me that we were leaving again. I asked him where but he wouldn't tell me. Turned out that he bought tickets for a play. I love to go and watch plays. It was Pride and Prejudice. I was excited to see what they would do with it. They did a good job for how short they had to cut the book. There was no big scene changes the action led from one scene to the next quite quickly sometime in the middle of a sentence. Example night time Caroline Bingley says "I hope Jane recovers so that we don't get a visit from... (morning) Mrs. Bennet how good it is to see you." My all time favorite character was Mr. Collins. The actor who played him was good. He talked in a smarmy voice and it was just hilarious how he played it. But this is one of those things that you just had to be there. It was a wonderful night.

Strange

It's strange that sometimes I'll check my blog to see if there are any new entries forgetting that I'm the only one who puts posts on it. Once I remember it's my job I try and think of something interesting to say and usually fall short. So I put off writing on it once again. If anyone is wondering what I've been up to lately, I've been trying to potty train Gwen. It's been about a week and she still doesn't pay attention to it. Hopefully it will click anytime now. I've also been trying to grow grass on my lawn and have succeeded in getting a few patches here and there.

New Pet

This is Gwen's new pet. Now looking at it you would think that it is a snake. Well you would be wrong. This is Gwen's new doggy. She even has a lease around it's neck. She loves this toy and will hook the other end of the lease to the drawer handles so that he won't run away. As far as I know he doesn't have a name. But this is the cleanest pet I've ever owned.