life with Doug

I really appreciate that Doug makes me laugh, a sampling of funny texts he sent me over the last couple months:

he teased me about this just after he fenced in my garden

teasing me again

and then the other day when I was at work and told him I failed the IV on my old patient

It made me laugh.

He also sends me pictures of our kitty when I'm gone

paint me like one of your French girls

and I came home to this lovely dinner the other night after work

nevermind he had used 2 jars of alfredo sauce and a bag of cheese to boot, no wonder it was so tasty! But it was really nice to come home to a cooked meal :)

Thank you God for my wonderful husband!

handy wife??

Doug and I are back at the home stuff again. We had a very expensive Lowe's cart this weekend. Our lawnmower died, and this time we opted for a new Memorial wknd sale one at Lowes instead of our usual craigslist. We also got a grill (thanks Lindsey for letting your grill research footwork!) We actually went for a smaller one, it looks definitely big enough for two and some friends as well. Doug has been reading The China Study (he's listening on his drive to work, I'm reading it) and he told me the other day he's willing to eat less meat and more veggies. So that's big news. We are excited to figure out how to grill :) Doug also got a leaf blower for use around our house and in his gutter cleaning business. We got another laundry tub cover (fatty September broke the last one jumping up on it), this one is sturdier. Speaking of September, that sneak keeps losing her collars outside! Another collar and tag gone. I really want her to wear it while she's outside in case anything happens, plus I had a little bell on it to hopefully give poor critters time to get away from her, but she keeps ditching them. Maybe it's time to go to the pet store, I keep getting the 'small' at meijer but apparently she is an extra small!? Anyway, the other thing we got was a new entryway light. While I was visiting Joel he suggested I do some of the house repairs.... excuse me? Moi?? But I gave it a go the other day while Doug was studying

ugly gold light - you're outta here!

I got to here when wouldn't you know Dad stopped by offering to blow off those thousands of little helicopter seeds that fell from some tree onto our porch, I asked if he could help me with the light install instead, so ta-da!

I was pretty proud

Today I'm off work after my work weekend (I hate working weekends while Doug is home). It was stressful yesterday with my patient deciding to leave AMA (against medical advice) and then in the elevator changing his mind to come back. I was in there almost 2 hours, thanks for the extra paperwork man!

So, I'm thinking about working in my garden today.

That strange budded bush on the side of the house finally bloomed, and it's actually really pretty!

(bonus: sweet note from husband)

But I am very discouraged about my 'black-thumb'. This is my dill I tried to grow

wah-waaaaah

My friend Rachel said 'dill is actually really hard to kill, that's why it's called "dill-weed" '. Well, hmmmmphf

The farming/gardening gene appears to have went from Grandma to mom and then was not passed on any further.

Here are my little tomato and green pepper babies I've grown over the last 8+ weeks

They seem too fragile for Michigan Mother Nature's cruel twists of pounding rain and then scorching sun. I set them out on the deck in their containers and I can see them from the window blowing in the wind. Hang in there babies!! Rachel said hers have been in the ground outside for weeks now, so maybe it is sink or swim time.

Other than that Doug and I are enjoying spending time together when we can. We rollarbladed/he biked thru the park behind our neighborhood the other day and spent a whole day together on our day off. That was nice. It's funny, there have been a few times when he knows what I'm thinking (especially when it comes to food). This happened last night:

me: (walking into kitchen to get the 2 cookies from the oven) bad news babe

Doug: 5 minute backrub I know what you're going to say

me: ok, what was I going to say?

Doug: sorry but it looks like you won't be getting a cookie Doug

me: (hilariously laughing) yup, sorry *mouth stuffed with cookie*

Not my fault his cookie line disappeared. It is funny how many times Doug requests I can make something up to him with a 5 minute backrub. Lol.

pillow talk, handy husband, and day off

One of my favorite times with Doug is as we're laying in bed about to go to sleep. Last night we were talking about who knows what and I can't remember what he said, but it ended in "... you will be". Which of course there is only one way to say "you will be" and that is in a Yoda voice. So I'm talking in a Yoda voice and then started talking about the new Star Wars movie and then we're both trying to do a Chewbacca voice which sounded like we were strangling a goat. It was hilarious. I just was thinking if September was wondering what was going on.

Ahhh... good times....

So. My handy hubby solved the problem of losing our laundry and September shelves to the pantry

take an unused space above the dryer

add a couple shelves

pile your stuff on there and decide it looks too messy

ta-da! after a couple of JoAnn's baskets half-off, it looks pretty good!

Other things going on lately was meeting my prego friend Liz at this cupcake place on my day off. I didn't even like cupcakes until Jill introduced me (I curse/love you Jill!!) On Tuesdays the minis are on sale for a dollar and the big ones for 2. So we got quite the smorgasbord and shared and talked. It was nice. The German chocolate is still my fave. I'm praying her baby comes on a day off so I can be there!

Then I finished reading our book club book The Rosie Project (recommended by Joel, thanks!) while snuggling with little furry

And lastly I'm very proud of my progress on my new crochet project. Two crochet classes under my belt, and taking a tip from Doug, I youtube'd videos to learn how to do stitches I didn't know what the heck they were talking about. I think it's working!

Although it's not really much quicker than knitting as I had hoped, it is kinda fun, and different.

life with Doug

Doug is such a funny guy. He has been blessed with a talent to make up stupid funny stuff on the spot and he keeps me laughing all the time.

We were in the car the other day coming home from neighborhood group and I was saying I wanted more meal ideas from him and just saying I was having a hard time making stuff he liked, and then making enough f it so he wouldn't be hungry but also have some leftovers for lunch. Anyway, Taylor Swift's Blank Space song was on and Doug instantly started singing something like this:

Pizza, burgers, tacos... I could eat them all day long

Pasta, cheese, chips, more and more is it so wrong?

Oh my gosh, it's so tasty-

can I have seconds, or will Anne yell at me?

I could eat forever-

a chicken roasted over flames.

I will eat till it's over-

a full stomach's worth the pain.

I have a long list of favorites,

long as a train,

cause I've got a blank space in my stomach...

give me some food!

Something like that anyway, it was clearly NOT his first time hearing that song :)

And then last night we went to see American Sniper (we really liked it!, very moving) and later we're laying in bed and he's asking me if I ever wanted to move to Texas. By the way, I love Texas, so yes I would. And one of us said we'd have to fake an accent so that we'd fit in better and they wouldn't make fun of us Northerners/Yanks.

So then he starts describing to me his process for marrying the girl of his dreams in a really loud redneck voice, it was hilarious (let me attempt to type his accent)

So whatcha do is ya find a pretty gal an you date 'er best friend. Just so she can see wut a good guy ya 'er. Then ya let about a decade go by, an ya both age like a fiiine wyne. Ya get a job an buy a house so she don't think yur a loser. Then ya bump into 'er at a party an ask 'er to take yer blood all casual-like. And the next thing ya know yer murried an laying in bed with yer brown-eyed bustee brunette looking at the stars.

I was laughing so hard.

I'm so lucky to be married to such a great guy who makes life so fun.