Celebrating our first wedding anniversary

Yesterday we celebrated our first wedding anniversary, so we (meaning Tine) have decided to list what we have learned in the last 12 months.

Dario:

1. Explain what you're doing fully and make sure she understands
2. Don't forget to call back when she calls and you can't get to the phone right away
3. Schedule in extra time to get ready and you still will be late
4. Don't expect to go to sleep when you want to. She will torture you until you do what she needs done.

Tine:

1. Nobody will clean up if you don't do it
2. Men really don't like to put the toilet seat down
3. Del Taco becomes a luxury on a budget
4. Just because you have two incomes doesn't mean you make more money
5. "Mine" had been replaced by "ours"
6. Your spouse isn't the only one making stupid mistakes
7. Take pictures
8. Crying is ok sometimes
9. Clothes don't clean themselves, no matter how often you step over them
10. Celebrating your first anniversary doesn't make you an old married couple! You can always be newlyweds! (even a lifetime is nothin compared to eternity!!!!)

Going for a Step Stool, Leaving With the Store!

My kitchen is very difficult to organize because our cabinets are really tall..all the way to the ceiling and I can't reach so well without a step stool, which we haven't had the money for. So we broke down and decided to go get one. I found the exact one I wanted and it was only $15! I was very excited! Then Dario said that we needed to fix the hose since the attachment squirter...thing.... doesn't quite fit properly, so we went to the garden area. While he looked for what he needed, I glanced at the other stuff they had going on right behind me. What do I see?? CLEARANCE!!! WHOO HOO!!! We've been dying to put chairs outside with a cute little table so we can enjoy our little yard and garden but they've always been so expensive. We decided to get these fantastic chairs for more than half off (about $10 a fanstastic steal.) The only problem is the fact that they were quite big...almost didn't fit in the car. But I had faith in my wonderful husband. He then told me that he used to make fun of people for doing what we did. I figured it was ok since just about a year and a half ago we had to transport my twin bed on top of our car...ghetto style hahahaha Oh Well! What can ya do??

Cub Scout Day Camp

All this week we've been involved with helping our cub scouts at a week long day camp. Loads of fun, but very tiring. I've actually gone to bed before it got completely dark outside...twice this week. Here's a couple pictures!

Our Fearless sunburnt leaders



Our den together even though we split into 2 groups for the week



And this is what they look like when I have them at meetings!

Best Birthday

Yesterday was Tine's birthday! This was the best present she got:

http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/247622

This is a link to preview the first 15 pages! Enjoy!!!!

Fond Farewell

Today we said goodbye to ol' blue! We are very grateful that it got us up here in one piece and even stuck around to enjoy the scenery for a bit. The time, however, has come to just walk away.

About 2 weeks ago, Darold went mountain biking at Laguna Seca with a couple friends and was on his way home.....many times. The poor car had decided that it had gone far enough without a break. So it decided to make several breaks. Fortunately, they were on a road that Darold was able to pull over far enough not to get himself or the car hit. At that point we realized that ol' blue was due for retirement where it could donate part of itself to newer, younger cars so they can go on living for a bit more.

Thank you ol' blue for getting us to where we needed to go...even if it took a bit longer at the end. You'll be missed....a little.

7:26 am

Three days last week, my eyes popped open to the warmth of the rising sun. I really wasn't the happiest person to be woken up. I groggily opened my eyes, rolled over and checked my phone to see if it was even remotely time for me to actually have to get up. No. Not once was it. My husband, however, was already wide awake. He, I'm sure, was not woken by the sun. He's just perky like that. It was 7:26 am. His body just naturally tells him it's time to be awake. He was more awake and wanting to have conversation on those days. My mind doesn't work like that. My mind has a great desire to wake up on it's own, and if it wakes up well enough, then it will initiate my brain to converse. Is that selfish of me??

THE belt

So....Darold needed a new belt. Acutally, he had "needed" one since before we started dating (mostly because I disapproved of the emblem of the mudflap girl on his old one). The only problem with easy shopping is that he could never find a great belt that fit him right. Since moving to our new area, we are not so familiar with knowing where the cool belt stores were and decided to wait on the shopping.

Tonght I realized that I needed to buy a new razor and decided to drag D to Target. Upon entering the store I spotted a cute bag and stopped to admire for a moment. Being instantly bored, D glanced at my adorable find, gave it the nodding ok approval, and walked past it.....right to the womens belts. Immediately, his eyes glued onto a zebra print belt, found his size, and tried it on. Of course he fell in love with it and gave me the "I gotta have it" expression. I said, "Ok, as long as it keeps you happy while I browse the cosmetic dept." I think he actually pranced through the store like a kid with his first toy.

My husband now owns his first girly belt. Funny thing is that I really like the belt and he might find it missing one of these days.