One week until....

....if you have to ask, you don't even know me!

au revoir monsieur gall bladder

A date has been finally set for the removal of the thorn, er, I mean internal organ that is causing me immense amounts of pain, in my side. On June 22, 2009 I will be saying good bye to my gall bladder. We had a good run.....it will be 30 years and five days together when the sucker makes its appearance on the outside of my body. However, the last six weeks or so have been pretty rocky (get it, rocky, because I have gall stones. hahahaha), so it best that we go our separate ways. I will be going home to recover, while the gall bladder will be put into some sort of hazardous/medical waste disposal, unless of course, they let me keep it. Then it will be heading to Portland, Oregon since Jan Harrison (best man at our wedding) has requested to possess it post removal. Also, Ali has already called the stones, so sorry people, all of my innards have already been spoken for this time. If you are interested next time, let me know a little sooner.

Also, as you can see in my title, I am practicing my French for our trip to Montreal Canada. It is going ok. As with Spanish, I think I will be far better at reading it, than actually ever speaking it.

au revoir

Self Portraits

Dalan and I are big fans of the self portrait shots. You know when you hold the camera out and take a picture of yourself (or selves) by yourself. (Ok, I am the big fan, but Dalan is down to participate too.) There are a few reasons we dig this form of picture taking.

First of all, when there are only two of you and you want a picture of the two of you together it is sometimes your only choice. It is often better than getting one picture of the other person standing there alone, and then switching. And it can be better than finding a random stranger and posing awkwardly as they try to figure out your camera. Although, often times when people see us doing our self portraits they will offer to take a photo for us.

Second of all, with digital cameras you can now take as many as you want to get them to look semi-decent...or not. It is up to you. Dalan has little tolerance for multiple self portraits in a row. I, on the other hand, could keep going for minutes until we get a good one.

Next, they have kind of become our thing. Our vacation albums, and all our important life events include self portraits of us as a couple. Here are a couple self portraits of us last weekend. I did not bring the camera with us this weekend, so that will just have to be a boring pictureless entry in the near future.

Dalan and me at his cousin's wedding. The sun was bright, and Dalan was not feeling well, but I think it turned out nicely. Dalan looks very handsome in his shirt and tie. The weather was perfect for a wedding, and the bride and groom were so happy on their special day. I love weddings!

Dalan and me at Marie and Kate's birthday party after the wedding. The tie has come off. Dalan often holds the camera high so I feel I need to look up to be in the picture. Not so flattering. However, if I hold the camera I often look extremely large headed. Dalan looks quite sexy however! We are still working out the kinks in our self portraits.

Dal and me at the Bees game. It was bring your dog to the park day. We left Piper at home due to her hate for all other living creatures. Ali and my mom brought Griffin though and it was a lot fun. Another hot and sunny day. Ali, my mom, and the dog were in the shade, thus the need to take a self portrait. This picture is also not the most flattering. However, we had already taken one picture that was even worse, and Dalan was done with the photo shoot after the second picture.

Awesome!

First of all, as you all know, we booked our hotel and flight for our honeymoon yesterday. I did this using the computer and a credit card, therefore taking my wallet out of my purse and having it near me on the couch with the computer. After I finished up all my reservations, I ran to the grocery store. We had not been shopping for some time, so I had a cart full of items. I get in line and go to pull my wallet out. No wallet. I call Ali since she has our spare key. No answer. I call my mama, and she kindly volunteers to meet me at the store and pay for my groceries. Nothing quite like being nearly 30 years old (15 days and counting) and waiting at the grocery store for your mom to come pay your bill. Awesome!

Second of all, I was driving to work this morning on the freeway when I moved my left foot. It some how bumped up against the lever for the trunk, and popped the trunk open. Wow! Who knew that was even possible. So I had to pull over, and take care of the business of closing my very open trunk on the freeway in the middle of morning traffic. Awesome!

Finally, came home tonight after going to an awards ceremony for my students and visiting with the in-laws to find that garbage mouth had struck again. Piper used her super dog powers to knock over the entire garbage can and spread trash from the kitchen to her bed in the living room. Awesome!

Garbage Mouth

Garbage in the hall.

Garbage in the kitchen. AWESOME!

Honeymoon booked!

Dalan and I took our mini-moon to Las Vegas right after the wedding. It was wonderful, fun, quick, and relaxing....everything a girl (and a boy) could ask of a mini-moon.


Now, it is time for our real honeymoon/summer vacation. We wanted to wait until summer, so we would not be so rushed, and so we would have time to recover from the wedding chaos. We also wanted to go some where that we were unlikely to return to anytime soon, especially after we have some babies.

After much debate, we decided on.....

Montreal, Canada.

It is a part of the world that neither of us have ever been before, and we are super excited. We are looking forward to romance, leisure, exploration, and adventure.

(.....seven and half months ago)

We are also looking for activities, recommendations, suggestions, ideas, etc from people who have visited Montreal before, so please send them our way!

Not following directions

Conversation from the middle of the night:

Me: Will you cuddle with me?

Dalan: I have to pee.

Me: I don't care. You are not following directions.

Dalan: Ok, I am going to go pee.

Me: YOU ARE NOT FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS!

Dalan leaves to use the restroom.

So, apparently last night I was channeling my best teacher voice....or Kate Gosselin.....shudder.

Duties

Conversation from last night:

Me: I am going to do my duties.

Dalan: What?

Me: I am going to do my duty.

Dalan: What is your duty?

Me: Right now my duty is being asleep, so I am going to do my duty now.