Charity Case

Last night some friends of ours that I work with invited us over for dinner and games. We had a great time - they made delicious steak, potatoes, and asparagus, we played lots of fun Wii games and talked for hours. However, the best part was the free stuff. I don't know if people just feel bad for us poor newlyweds or if we are just the luckiest people ever, but look at the cool free stuff they gave us!

It may be hard to tell, but this is the heaviest TV ever! In the picture it looks like it is exactly the same size as the one we already have in the background, but it is really a LOT bigger. We are excited that we have the perfect space for it in our new apartment - that's right - we're moving (again!) in a few weeks.

I have also been wanting to learn how to golf and they gave us these awesome clubs! We've been looking on Freecycle and at DI, but we hadn't found any that were in good shape. These are pretty old, but they'll be perfect.

Haircutting adventures...

Tonight I gave my very first haircut. It was a little more awkward than I thought it would be, but I got the hang of it after a while. It really doesn't help that my husband has curly hair and is still taller than me while he is sitting down, but I think I did a pretty darn good job :-)
Here's the before picture (isn't he SO cute?):

And the after:






What do you think?

Gettin' Crafty With It.....

This weekend I was feeling crafty. A while back, we went camping and thought that it would be fun and functional to have some carrying cases for some of our camping equipment. We went to the fabric store shortly after we got home and Moose picked out this cute and durable desert camo fabric. I finally got around to designing the pattern and making the cover for the camp stove (Moose's family calls it a Cache Cooker) this weekend. I think it turned out pretty good if I do say so myself.

Lessons we've learned in marriage

In the last four months, we've learned a lot about each other and ourselves. I think that one of the most important lessons we've learned is that we really do like things that we thought we hated. Moose has been a really good sport about watching So You Think You Can Dance with Me (as long as we fast forward through Mary Murphy's commentary). He is actually a very good judge and can predict exactly what the judges will say and who will get kicked off and why!

I have learned what Ultimate Fighting is, and have actually enjoyed it more than I thought I would. The fighting is actually pretty entertaining once you get past the awkwardness of most of the holds that they put each other in. :-) Last night we went over to Moose's boss's house and watched the fight. They have a really nice house and it was fun to get to know them better - especially since I'm going to start teaching piano to 2 of their kids later this summer.

Have any of you learned similar lessons?