Things My Husband Does

I got this idea from Newlyweds on a Budget. She seems to have the same thoughts as I do sometimes when it comes to living with a significant other. Like really, do you not think to put the dishes in the dishwasher or your clothes in the hamper? But the one I'm going to discuss today has been happening with more frequency lately and I have got to put a stop to it!

I usually go to bed around 10pm because I wake up at 5:55am. Granted, I don't have to be at work till 9, but I like to wake up, drink my coffee and walk the dog just as it's getting light out so it isn't too hot. It's only May, but it is easily 80 degrees at 8am. So anyway, I go to bed sometimes hours before Billy. I brush my teeth, put some chapstick/lip balm on and go to sleep. We sleep with a ceiling fan on, so I always feel like m lips dry out at night. So anyway, when Billy decides to come to bed, he like to give me a kiss goodnight. Most of the time, he tries to WAKE ME UP to say good night and say he loves me. Wake me up at midnight? Is that really necessary? I usually refuse to say I Love You back and grumble back to sleep. Lately, he has found it even more hilarious to try and kiss the chapstick off my lips so he can have some too. TMI? Perhaps, but this is the crap I live with. And the chapstick is on my bedside table, so if he really did want some, it is available for use! Last night, I think I tried to use physical force to make him understand that it is not cool to wake up your sleeping wife for your amusement.

So it's 7:30 now and he's still sleeping. Must be nice! As a side note, I got a bad of free samples from Target in the mail a few weeks ago, and said chapstick was in it. It's Neutrogena and I give it 2 thumbs up!

Oh it was grand! And per usual, I got all flustered and had nothing witty or interesting to say. Just smiled like a big goofball. But it was so fun seeing the rest of the fans and meeting Ramona. We got to Total Wine about an hour prior, but no one was there yet, so we walked around in Michael's and then came back about 40 mins before the event. We finally bought out wine - only $11.99 and took our spot in line - only about 5 people long! She was so nice, gracious and really beautiful! An afternoon well spent! Afterwards, we got back to my house and had our own taste test. Two thumbs up!

Turtle Time!

If all goes as planned, I will be enjoying some Pinot with this little lady at Total Wine in Boynton Beach on Sunday! Out of all the housewives, I would probably want to meet her the most. While I LIKE Bethenny more, I would probably be very intimidated. Ramona is such a nut, that I couldn't possibly be nervous! I have recruited my friend Lauren to go, who is probably the biggest wine-o I know, so I can't wait!!

This was a "thank goodness make-up exists" type of morning. I looked awful after freaking out on the dog and Billy for one of my shoes missing. They both had conveniently forgotten to tell me that Patton ate it! So after my fit of rage, what I saw in the mirror was just not pretty!I left my shoes on the closet floor, like a normal person, but my dear husband keeps leaving the closet door open. And for Patton, that means JACKPOT! I have lost boat shoes, new balances, aasics, at least 2 other pairs of heels, and now these. Bahh! I blame the other human in the house, not the dog!

But at least the weekend was good! We had a lazy Saturday and a very pleasant(short) visit down to Billy's parents house - with all 3 sisters present! Despite all the dramatic happenings lately, everyone was seemingly in good spirits. I mean, there was pizza, chicken salad, cookies, pigs in a blanket, fruit, shrimp, chips...and now at least 2 more lbs on my hips!

Happy Monday!

B is for BOOYA! I got a "B" in Literary Criticism. It was a take home final essay, but it was not easy! I'm just so glad it is OVER! I definitely think that was my cue to move back to education courses. So this summer I'll be taking a course called Leadership 1. I think it's a 5 part series - yikes. So again, since tuition is free for me, I might was as well start climbing the PhD mountain. I have no idea what we'll be doing in a year...I mean we could move, win the lottery, have kids...WHO KNOWS! But no sense in not starting just because I don't know what the future holds.

So our anniversary was wonderful. Very low key, which I really prefer. I got home and Billy was cooking up a storm. Pasta alfredo with crab meat and garlic bread. No vegetables, just how he likes it! We also had red wine and Thin Mint ice cream. Yum-o. Then we took Patton for a long walk in the park and the weather was just perfect. 3 years down, a lifetime to go!

This weekend is Mother's Day, so we'll be making the trek down to Miami on Sunday Funday to spend it with the in-laws!

Three years ago today...my now husband was about to pass out from being nervous as hell and extremely hung over. And I was downing champagne and popping Vicodin with my best friends and dear mother. I kid you not. Today is our three year wedding anniversary! On May 1, 2008 I was getting ready to pack for our wedding in Virginia Beach, but first had to drive to Richmond to pick Billy up. Once we got back to Charlottesville, we were about to have dinner with my classmate and her husband. But damn me, I had to reach into the laundry room with my newly acrylic-manicured hand with full force and caught my pinky nail on the door frame and yanked the whole dang thing right off! Enter: me screaming like I have never screamed before!

So off to the campus health center we went! And they decided this finger situation was too much for them to handle, so they sent us next door to the UVA Medical Center ER. Seriously? For a broken finger nail? Let me tell you, it hurt like hell. They gave me x-rays, prodded my poor naked nail bed, cleaned me up, gave me some drugs and sent me on my way. So on my wedding day, I had a sweet bandage on my finger. I did NOT care because I had my healthy supply of Vicodin.

But all in all, it really was a great day. There is no other time when you can see all of your favorite friends and family all in one place!

I can't tell if three years has gone by fast or slow, because in one way it seems like the wedding was just yesterday, but then I look at all that has happened in the past 3 years and it is really a lot! I know I can say that our relationship is much stronger now that it was then, we know each other much better and are both better spouses because of it. We have certainly had our fair share of challenges, and I won't say I wouldn't change any of it, but I am happy that I have had Billy there for all of it!

This is what I noticed on my fence when I was coming home from walking the dog this morning! I guess at some point after I went to bed, Billy was feeling super patriotic and decided to fly all of our flags! GO USA!

Is this what we had to do to take the attention off England??? :)