At the behest of my dear friend/sister in law Brooke...

a... attached or single... attached
b... best friend... Chris and Beth
c... cake or pie... cake when I'm with my fam, pie when I'm with Chris.
d... day of choice... Christmas.
e... essential item... my glasses.
f... favorite color... now pink, used to be yellow.
g... gummy bears or worms... neither.
h... home town... Colleyville, TX and more recently Alpine, UT, though I've only actually lived there for a total of 4 months.
i... indulgence(s)... Boston Market mac and cheese, laying in bed an extra half hour even though I'm awake, raiding my parents' pantry.
j... january or july... July.
k... kids?... some day, sooner than later :) (I second that, Brooke)
l... life is incomplete without... Chris and NPR (definitely in that order).
m... marriage date... August 26, 2005
n... number of siblings... three plus 3 brothers in law.
o... oranges or apples... both. I've just recently started eating apples because they are cheaper and don't have to be peeled.
p... phobias or fears... Alligators and being strangled.
q... quote(s)... "What is to give light must endure burning." --Viktor Frankl
r... reason to smile... I love my jobs and will be moving to Charlottesville, VA next summer because Chris got accepted to graduate school.
s... season... Summer. It has the best memories for me. The only thing that would make it better would be if it contained Christmas. But that's why it's good to have friends who recognize Julymas as an official holiday.
t... tag two... Beth and Annie.
u... unknown fact about me... I am growing my hair out for Locks of Love.
v... vegetarian or oppressor of animals... I eat meat, but I certainly do not oppress animals--agreed, Brooke.
w... worst habit...being indecisive and thinking negative thoughts about myself.
x... X-Men or Spiderman... since I'm married to Chris, I better say Spiderman.
y... your favorite food... besides the aforementioned mac and cheese, strawberries, cold cereal, Yoplait yogurt, and refried beans.
z... zodiac... Gemini. But I don't have a twin. Unless you count Beth as my "time machine twin."

p.s. Brooke, where did you find this?

Bienvenido Bear Gray

As you may know, I have a great appreciation and affinity for stuffed animals, particularly of the teddy bear variety. So you can imagine my delight when Chris brought this...

...home with him from his most recent trip to Virginia (or perhaps I should say "he")!! Welcome to the family, Bear Gray! Or maybe Bear Gray should welcome me since he and Chris have been related for many years now. It was the best gift Chris has given me yet. Yes, that's right, I now claim Bear Gray as my own. And yes, he is on our bed. Our kids are going to love it. Or maybe I'll just love having kids so I have an excuse to buy lots of stuffed animals.

Remember when...

This happened? Still the best day of my life. And the cool part about being married is you get to live it every day for the rest of forever. Although my hair doesn't always look quite so nice. That's all.

Souvenir

I've got some good news and some bad news:

The bad news is I brought a friend home with me from Haiti.

The good news is I'm better.

Quote of the Day

Bennie, my 3-year-old nephew (with funny, tight-lipped cackle): "I laugh like a evil one."