Something funny happened on the way to the restaurant...

So as not to detract from the nice evening we had on Thursday, I chose to leave out a couple details.

#1--If you've eaten with Kyle enough, you'll know this about him: he hates to eat with 3 prong forks.  A fork isn't a fork unless it has 4 prongs (personally, I'd rather see a 3 prong than a 5 prong myself...but that's another story).  So at the Japanese restaurant, the table was set with just chopsticks.  Kyle gave it a go, but he just isn't comfortable with using them.  He doesn't have it figured out.  So we asked for forks.  And they brought the 3 prong forks.  Hmph.  He couldn't figure out which he would rather use.

#2--When we arrived at the restaurant, it was run by native Japanese people.  Two different men that helped us saw our "Got Good Marriage" t-shirts and asked us if we were just married.  We told them it was our 10th anniversary and they asked if we had kept the shirt and been wearing it for 10 years.  I think the language barrier made them think the shirts really meant to say "Just Married".  Whatever.  They did sit us in a private section of the restaurant, which was nice!  

#3--When I eat Japanese food, I love to get tempura vegetables.  Yumm!  How funny when we realized this was definitely Santa Fe...one of the veggies was a strip of Hatch green chile.  Yea, I gave that one to Kyle.

Happy 10th Anniversary to us!

Yesterday was our 10th anniversary.  Kyle told me he was in charge of the day (I got to plan our overnight getaway in Las Vegas next week when we go visit my sister Janet).  After work we met up at Bryce & Bettie's for them to watch our kids.  Kyle had changes of clothes for both of us...we both wore denim shorts and our maroon "Got Good Marriage" tshirts that we got at a marriage seminar/dinner/dance earlier this year.  Apparently B&B have been hiding from us that they have a racquetball court at their apartment complex...Kyle and I both have racquets but we've never played since we married.  We played 5 games (and I won 3 of them thank.you.very.much!) and then we went out to dinner at a Japanese restaurant.  It was such a fun night.  Racquetball is one of the few sports I feel competent at and it was SO FUN!!

A couple weeks ago Kyle asked how often I check our bank account online.  Then he recommended I don't check for awhile.  OooooKaaaaay.  Last night Kyle reenacted the night he proposed to me.  He read a poem he wrote and sang the same song he same to me 10+ years ago and got down on one knee and presented me with my wedding ring with a read diamond.  Here's the backstory: when we got engaged, we got a cubic zirconium instead of a diamond because we were poor and didn't want to go into debt for the ring.  We also decided that we would probably be able to afford a real diamond by our 10th anniversary. A few months ago the CZ came out and I put my ring in my jewelry box for safe keeping until we got a replacement stone.  I've been wearing my Grandma's wedding ring, so the priority for fixing the ring was fairly low (aka...kinda forgotten).  Low and behold...Kyle seized the opportunity to get the ring fixed and fulfill a promise of 10 years ago.

Thank you my love!  I had a wonderful anniversary!

Ben blowing bubbles

It took about 10 seconds of instruction and 20 minutes of practice...

And now, Ben is a bubble blowing expert!

The tooth fairy got a raise, I guess

When I was a kid, I got a quarter.  My kids also have been getting a quarter for their teeth.  Well, maybe it was the long time it took for this tooth to come out.  Maybe it was how cute Courtney looks with this tooth missing.  Maybe the tooth fairy got a raise.  But last night, the tooth fairy brought her two quarters.  (Congrats on your raise, LCDR tooth fairy!)

 

Check out Kyle's woodworking blog!

The link is on the side and he has posted some of his scrollsaw projects.  Go check them out!

What I love about me

I'm doing my first blog challenge.  Here it is: Tell me what your own favorite character trait/ability is. Tell me all about it and how you affect others through it. 

Brainstorming:  I am good at taking ideas and tweaking them for my own.  In fact, it is very rare for me to actually copy a recipe or a scrapbooking idea exactly.  These are the two things I can think of right off that I express my creativity with.  I am not good at planning ahead or shopping ahead for supplies.  I almost always just look at the recipe and figure out what I have as a good substitute.  I also just use what I have for scrapbooking.  I can't think of a time that I planned out a project first and then went shopping for supplies.  I am all about using what I have.

That reminds me of a paradigm shift I've had in recent years.  I used to be more of a hoarder.  I hated to use my nice supplies, nice foods...whatever.  I wanted to "save them for a rainy day".  What happened then?  The food went bad, the paper or stickers were no longer my style.  A waste of money and I never got to enjoy my special things.  I now am so excited to use up a box of cereal and throw out the empty box.  I love using my beautiful papers and flowers on my scrapbook pages.

How does this affect others? I hope I am teaching my children to enjoy what they have and not hoard it and save it for later.  Enjoy the good things now.  What's the point of buying something if you aren't going to use it?  That's my thought for the day.

Memories

Here are the directions: 1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember! 2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty cool (and funny) to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you. :) If you don't want to play on your blog, or if you don't have a blog, I'll leave my memory of you in my comments on here... Please Play! :)