this blog will be a picture post, for sure, but there are just a few things that i would like to say first.
1. tomorrow we're decorating for Christmas!
2. my friend abby got engaged, and that makes me happy.
3. it's supposed to snow tomorrow!
additionally, i would like to brag on my wonderful and humorous husband with two stories.
first the humorous one, in the form of a narrative:
the other day i walked back into the bedroom, and as i passed the bathroom luke yells out
"i've decided to call you 'my little cupcake'!"
"okay!" i said, enthusiastically, "but why?"
"well," he answered, "you're sweet, you're fun to lick*, and you don't have a gall bladder. cupcakes don't have gall bladders!"
"yes, but wasn't i sweet before i got my gall bladder out?"
"yes, but not having a gall bladder is integral."
"okay!" i said, enthusiastically, "but why?"
"well," he answered, "you're sweet, you're fun to lick*, and you don't have a gall bladder. cupcakes don't have gall bladders!"
"yes, but wasn't i sweet before i got my gall bladder out?"
"yes, but not having a gall bladder is integral."
i don't know if this is funny to anyone else, but it was funny to me. and yes, luke has taken to calling me his "little cupcake" for real, though the nickname was almost abandoned when he realized that cupcakes don't take showers and don't have hair, but i refuse to shave my head and be dirty.
*for some odd reason, luke likes to lick my face. it's disgusting. i don't think i have any more to say about that...
second story, to redeem him. we've been thinking a lot about our future and where God wants us to be in the next couple of years and whether or not i should be applying for jobs or if God is pushing us forward into the world. i've been struggling with this recently, trying to decide if i want to stay on as the spring intern at nlihc. today i was lamenting to luke in an email while at work about how i don't really know what God is trying to say to me. luke's reply was this: "Shoot wifey, God isn't TRYING to say anything. God's the best communicator ever, he's not trying to confuse you. Maybe you just need more time to listen before you know what it is that he's saying."
and that, my friends, is why i married my husband. my weird, disgusting, funny and wise husband, who both makes me giggle and who knows what to say to point me back towards God when i need it.
anyways, enough for the cheesy, long pre-picture ramblings. now on with the pictures.
*for some odd reason, luke likes to lick my face. it's disgusting. i don't think i have any more to say about that...
second story, to redeem him. we've been thinking a lot about our future and where God wants us to be in the next couple of years and whether or not i should be applying for jobs or if God is pushing us forward into the world. i've been struggling with this recently, trying to decide if i want to stay on as the spring intern at nlihc. today i was lamenting to luke in an email while at work about how i don't really know what God is trying to say to me. luke's reply was this: "Shoot wifey, God isn't TRYING to say anything. God's the best communicator ever, he's not trying to confuse you. Maybe you just need more time to listen before you know what it is that he's saying."
and that, my friends, is why i married my husband. my weird, disgusting, funny and wise husband, who both makes me giggle and who knows what to say to point me back towards God when i need it.
anyways, enough for the cheesy, long pre-picture ramblings. now on with the pictures.
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november 22, 2009: what can i say? i love cheesy, corny, holiday things. especially hallmark christmas movies. and they show them every day from noon on during the christmas season. so we watched them. the three "men" of the house (dad, luke and ted the dog...who is the reason men is in quotation marks) dozed on the couch and the floor during the movie "meet the clauses".
november 23, 2009: goodbye gall bladder. the last picture of me with my gall bladder and with my wonderful nurse, katie. she's so pretty and was amazingly kind to get up and be with me in the hospital at 6:45 in the morning.
november 24, 2009: katie and i went to watch christie teach her kindergartners on tuesday (i know, i know, i should have been resting...and i learned my lesson...but it was totally worth it). christie is a WONDERFUL, compassionate and loving teacher, and i want all the little kids in the world to get to have her. i think the world would be a better place if they did.
november 25, 2009: sister date at the cheesecake factory! which is always delicious--both in food and in fun (did that make any sense?). aren't my sisters beautiful? i love them. like woah.
november 26, 2009: happy thanksgiving! we got up early, cooked, watched the macy's thanksgiving day parade and the national dog show and ate dinner. lovely amber joined us, though unfortunately i couldn't really get everyone in the shot at a good angle, so she's peeking around the corner. yum, thanksgiv
ing.
november 27, 2009: after dinner on thursday and after a stop in winston-salem for the tanglewood festival of lights (i told you i like corny christmas things...) we drove up to waynesville for a weekend with the teaters! we started the morning off right with choosing and cutting a christmas tree!
november 28, 2009: luke and i met brooke and daniel for lunch on saturday. we had glorious conversation and a splendid walk around waynesville, eating samples and delicious cake. it was wonderful. and this ridiculously big santa claus definitely added to the enjoyment (like we needed any extra...). luke looks mischievous because the sign said "please do not touch".
november 29, 2009: i got up early to spend some time journaling on the porch and looking at the beautiful blue ridge mountains. it was a good choice.
november 30, 2009: but all good vacations, beautiful mountain views and family fun must come to an end. luke and i came home, and after an exhausting monday at work (mainly because it was the first time i did not sleep in and had not had a nap since my surgery...), we stayed home and watched Star Trek while i sewed starts together for the nursery kids in the christmas pageant at church.
december 1, 2009: happy december! we put up the advent calendar from my mom--it's a manger scene and every day you add one more character until baby Jesus appears on the 25th! it's ridiculously cute.
december 2, 2009: i had to go home for a post-op appointment on wednesday. i drove to nc on tuesday night (just in time to see unc whoop up on michigan state) and back to dc on wednesday night (just in time to see wisconsin beat up dook). though the trip was bookended by wonderful events, the drive was pretty rough. but while i was there i got some quality time with my parents and my unc sisters. here are my parents at lunch. they're such a good-lookin' couple!
december 3, 2009: we had the farewell to interns lunch at a delicious restaurant called founding farmers. all of the items on their menu are from family owned farms throughout the east coast. it was really good. also, a waiter showed me how to balance seven (yes, SEVEN) plates on one arm! norabelle took a picture with her camera, but since i was busy holding seven (that's 7) plates on my right arm i was not able to get a picture with my camera. i'll post the picture when norabelle sends it to me. it was pretty crazy. and, if you couldn't tell, i'm pretty proud (mostly because none of them fell off
my arm and broke...).
december 4, 2009: nothing says "merry christmas" like a guy spray painting fake snow on real trees in front of a resturaunt...oh, dc.
november 22, 2009: what can i say? i love cheesy, corny, holiday things. especially hallmark christmas movies. and they show them every day from noon on during the christmas season. so we watched them. the three "men" of the house (dad, luke and ted the dog...who is the reason men is in quotation marks) dozed on the couch and the floor during the movie "meet the clauses".
november 23, 2009: goodbye gall bladder. the last picture of me with my gall bladder and with my wonderful nurse, katie. she's so pretty and was amazingly kind to get up and be with me in the hospital at 6:45 in the morning.
november 24, 2009: katie and i went to watch christie teach her kindergartners on tuesday (i know, i know, i should have been resting...and i learned my lesson...but it was totally worth it). christie is a WONDERFUL, compassionate and loving teacher, and i want all the little kids in the world to get to have her. i think the world would be a better place if they did.
november 25, 2009: sister date at the cheesecake factory! which is always delicious--both in food and in fun (did that make any sense?). aren't my sisters beautiful? i love them. like woah.
november 26, 2009: happy thanksgiving! we got up early, cooked, watched the macy's thanksgiving day parade and the national dog show and ate dinner. lovely amber joined us, though unfortunately i couldn't really get everyone in the shot at a good angle, so she's peeking around the corner. yum, thanksgiv
ing.november 27, 2009: after dinner on thursday and after a stop in winston-salem for the tanglewood festival of lights (i told you i like corny christmas things...) we drove up to waynesville for a weekend with the teaters! we started the morning off right with choosing and cutting a christmas tree!
november 28, 2009: luke and i met brooke and daniel for lunch on saturday. we had glorious conversation and a splendid walk around waynesville, eating samples and delicious cake. it was wonderful. and this ridiculously big santa claus definitely added to the enjoyment (like we needed any extra...). luke looks mischievous because the sign said "please do not touch".
november 29, 2009: i got up early to spend some time journaling on the porch and looking at the beautiful blue ridge mountains. it was a good choice.
november 30, 2009: but all good vacations, beautiful mountain views and family fun must come to an end. luke and i came home, and after an exhausting monday at work (mainly because it was the first time i did not sleep in and had not had a nap since my surgery...), we stayed home and watched Star Trek while i sewed starts together for the nursery kids in the christmas pageant at church.
december 1, 2009: happy december! we put up the advent calendar from my mom--it's a manger scene and every day you add one more character until baby Jesus appears on the 25th! it's ridiculously cute.
december 2, 2009: i had to go home for a post-op appointment on wednesday. i drove to nc on tuesday night (just in time to see unc whoop up on michigan state) and back to dc on wednesday night (just in time to see wisconsin beat up dook). though the trip was bookended by wonderful events, the drive was pretty rough. but while i was there i got some quality time with my parents and my unc sisters. here are my parents at lunch. they're such a good-lookin' couple!
december 3, 2009: we had the farewell to interns lunch at a delicious restaurant called founding farmers. all of the items on their menu are from family owned farms throughout the east coast. it was really good. also, a waiter showed me how to balance seven (yes, SEVEN) plates on one arm! norabelle took a picture with her camera, but since i was busy holding seven (that's 7) plates on my right arm i was not able to get a picture with my camera. i'll post the picture when norabelle sends it to me. it was pretty crazy. and, if you couldn't tell, i'm pretty proud (mostly because none of them fell off
my arm and broke...).december 4, 2009: nothing says "merry christmas" like a guy spray painting fake snow on real trees in front of a resturaunt...oh, dc.
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the loud people next door just came in. maybe it's time for me to retire to the bedroom...
3 comments:
1) Yeah, umm, glad you clarified about the licking, Betsey...
2) We used to have a nativity calendar that was really similar! We liked it. :-D
Oh Betsey, I love you! Did you like Star Trek???
Ashleigh: Yeah, I don't think I would be that personal on my blog if it wasn't licking my face...
Christie: I love you too! And I did like Star Trek! It made me want to watch more! =)
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