Date Night

Mark and I went to go see the movie "17 Again" at the dollar theater tonight. I loved it! Even Mark thought it was a good show, and that is saying something. I've come to realize that our best dates are the cheap dates! Our movie cost us $2.50 and we snuck in treats (hey, we're newlyweds and poor, so don't tell on us) and it was great! If we go to an expensive restaurant, we usually regret it since the food is often not that great (Note to Provo residents, do NOT go to Glorias Little Italy! Expensive and terrible. Marks Spaghetti beats out any item on the menu). So, our favorite date places are chic-fil-a, the dollar theater, the malt shoppe (and basically any other ice cream store), as well as in front of our own TV with a rented movie. All these things are a LOT easier on our wallets, which allows us to go out more. Thank goodness for college towns, they are a sanctuary for newlyweds (esp. Provo). Also, I'm lucky to have a husband that will tolerate a chick flick every now and then :)

Spider Update

Just to let everyone know, the runaway spider (see earlier post) was caught two nights ago. He was found in my bathtub, and was greeted by a piercing scream by me. Luckily, Mark was here to save the day this time. In this house, runaways are punishable by the death penalty. Sorry little guy, but this apartment is not big enough for the both of us.

Twinkle Toes

This weekend, my friend Catherine (probably the only person who actually reads this blog) who is in beauty school asked me to come and be her toe model. I felt bad that she would have to touch my feet (feet are gross), but I wanted to hang out with her anyways so I went. I loved the results!



(Notice how my pale feet almost completely blend in with this white blanket, hot.)

I know, this is bold of me for posting pictures of my feet. I do have the weird kind, where your second toe is longer than your big toe, but I am not ashamed.

You can't really see, but my toes have lots of sparkles and I love them! Mark says that all the 7th graders will be envious of me. He secretly wishes he had glitter toes too! Thanks Catherine!

A few weeks ago, Catherine spent hours curling my hair and it looked great! I'm glad that she loves what she does. Beauty school looks like a lot of fun. Why do I go to college again? Very boring compared to this stuff.


I don't have many pictures of us together, but here is one from our high school prom back in the day.

And here she is today! She was one of my bridesmaids in my wedding.





She is the one on the right. She's a beauty! Catherine is one of the sweetest people I've ever met and I am so lucky to be able to call her my friend. I hope I can grow to be more like her.

Happy Fathers Day

My family is probably completely unaware of this blog. However, I thought I would post a tribute to the Poppy (my fathers grandfather/dad nickname) anyway.

Reasons to love the Poppy:
-He is the best snuggler I know, and will still snuggle me even though I am 20 and married (I must be the baby)
- He keeps the economy going with his technology hobby. He always has the latest stuff as soon as it comes out.
-He is probably the scariest person I know (try listening to him on a business call...), yet the most lovable big teddy bear dad and grandpa.
-He constantly praises my mom on how beautiful and wonderful she is (it's true!)
-He is the best golfer I know
- Basically, my dad just dominates in life. He is a cool guy.

Happy Fathers Day, Poppy! We wish we were home with you!

Happy Fathers Day to Gregory T, as well!

I am certainly a lucky girl to have such wonderful in-laws, so I couldn't leave Marks Dad Greg out (also known as Papa Greg, as I like to call him).

We love it when he comes to town. Mark and Greg usually go golfing, and then I get to join them for a nice dinner out (my favorite!). We love spending time with family.

Greg has always been very supportive and loving towards us. Thanks for all your generosity, Papa Greg, and we hope you had a great Fathers Day!

Arachnophobia

As I mentioned in my previous post, Mark has been gone all weekend long. I really wish he was here when I encountered a very disconcerting 8-legged creature last night. It was about 1 am (I'm a night owl, I guess it runs in the family) and I was working on my grant proposal that I'm doing for a class at the kitchen table. In the corner of my eye, I see something scurrying across my nasty brown carpet (no offense mom--I love the apartment, just not the floors) less than a foot away from me.

Let me take this opportunity to explain how my severe arachnophobia came about. I never used to react so badly to the presence of spiders. Sometimes they would freak me out, but most of the time I would just grab some toilet paper and crush it, later sending it on a journey down the toilet. Then, I came to BYU and became a Public Health major. I've enjoyed my major up to this point. However, it does have its downfalls considering that every possible disease I learn about torments my brain and convinces me that I have the disease as well. In my Advanced First Aid class, we watched a video on black widows in Arizona. The people in the video got bitten by a black widow either by sticking their foot in a shoe that a spider had camped out in, or the black widow found it pleasing to snuggle up to a human in their BED. The people in the video said their black widow bites were the most excruitiating pain they have ever experienced and all landed in the hospital for two weeks plus. Because of this, I always check my shoes for any visitors before putting them on. Now when I see a spider, I automatically believe that it is a black widow/brown recluse out to get me. Moving on...

The spider was brown and camouflaged quite nicely in the carpet. I sat there staring at the little creeper for a good 5 minutes. Then I mustered up the courage to sprint to my bedroom to find my heaviest winter boot that would be sure to crush the sucker. I got back to find my new "friend" hiding underneath the table. This time we exchanged looks for 10 minutes. I was completely frozen. I knew I couldn't kill him at the angle he was positioned, so I waited. Then I decided to get the guy to move a little so I could get a better whack at it. However, he quickly scurried out of my view. This terrified me. I started feeling little spider legs all over me and I screamed very loud (Thank goodness my neighbors didn't call the cops...that would have been embarrassing to explain). I began to tear off my clothes and I ran to my bedroom and shut the door. I even stuffed some dirty bed sheets under the crack of the door so Mr. Spider wouldn't be able to come for a late night visit.

Knowing that the spider is loose in my house leaves me terrified. I've kept an eye out for him all day. Thank goodness my Markie-Mark will be home tonight to protect me from such foul creatures.

I was considering posting a picture of a real spider, but all the google images scared the crap out of me. This toy one should suffice.

When the cats away...the mouse is out to play!

Well, this saying may be better applied to Mark who has been enjoying a "bachelors" weekend in NYC with his brother Nathan and good friend Walter. I have been quite lonely without him. My brother Jess was in town for a wedding, so he borrowed my car for basically the whole weekend. This left me stuck in my apartment all day everyday, with nothing to do but homework. I did watch the entire first season of The Flight of the Conchords, which I LOVED. For those of you who aren't familiar with the show, it's basically about these two guys from New Zealand that are in a band. The show takes place in NYC where the band is trying to make it big. Mark usually has me laughing hysterically when he's at home, but the show kept me laughing while he has been away. He gets home tonight and I am so excited! I hate being without him.

I wanted to post a clip of one of my favorite Flight of the Conchords episodes....enjoy!

Entering the Blogosphere...

Ok, so I cracked. I thought blogging was only for people who had really cute babies (which I don't have yet). But, I noticed a lot of my married and single friends have blogs as well. I like looking at them too. Even my brother Jess has a blog. I never thought I would do this, but I think it will be fun. Lets hope I actually update this!