Thoughts of the day:

-Things like bread and fresh corn go bad much faster in California than in Utah. We seriously had bags of bread in Utah for like 3 weeks and I would throw them out just because I felt like it should have gone bad by then but was freaked out that it hadn't. Here our bread had turned a disgusting green after a week. And I just bought corn 2 days ago, and it's bad. What the heck.

-I wonder what it would feel like if my thighs filled up the whole space in my jeans. All I've ever known is jeans that fit around the waist and then are super baggy at the back of my thighs. Either I have really skinny thighs or absolutely no butt. My guess is both. Sometimes I think it would be nice to fill out my clothes.

-I got home from work at 2:30 this beautiful, sunny afternoon and wanted to lay out at our apartment's pool. Instead, the Mr. and I began talking and laughing, and ended up wrapped up together for a 2 hour nap. Do I feel bad about missing out on a good tanning opportunity? Nope. Sometimes nice, cuddly afternoons are much much better than a nice tan :)

-Luke and I are having fun bringing out the designers in us and decorating our new apartment. We love our new home!
- Life is beautiful :)

This Sunday was our ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY! In some ways it seems like we've been married for way longer than that, but in some ways it also seems like we just got married yesterday. Either way, let me just say that the past year has been absolutely amazing. I won't say that it's been perfect, because it had its ups and downs, but I have enjoyed every minute of it.

I love coming home each day knowing that I have someone to go home to.
I love telling Luke about every part of my day, and him doing the same to me.
I love having someone to cuddle with, and to hold me close.
I love having inside jokes, and laughing all the time together.
I love going on late-night grocery trips.
I love Redbox nights.
I love having date nights.
Believe it or not, I have learned to LOVE, like... tolerate football, basketball, SportsCenter, etc.
I have loved living in new places, and beginning new chapters of our lives together. It's so nice knowing that in this new city where I hardly know a soul, Luke and I still have each other.
Basically I just love Luke, and for all the achievements and accomplishments we've both made over the course of this past year.

(And while I'm on the subject of why I love this boy so much, I'll just rave for a bit of how proud I am of him. He goes to work early every day and always stays later than he is required. He works so hard, and then comes home to work on his homework. I have been so impressed, and am so proud of his diligence and hard work.)

Anyways. So this weekend was our big MOVE IN day! We had been staying with my relatives for the past month and a half, and this weekend we were finally able to move into our apt! We LOVE it! Since moving took up the majority of our time this weekend, we decided to just relax on our anniversary. We planned a romantic picnic on the beach at about 6pm to hopefully catch the sunset! Sadly, it was terribly overcast and we could hardly see the sun in the first place. We still enjoyed our picnic anyways.



Although we weren't able to catch the sunset, we did see a few of these visitors. (It's a dolphin fin, not a shark. Believe me, if it was a shark I would have done something crazy like.... dedicate a whole blog post about it. Psh just kidding. Idk what I would have done. )





We're planning on celebrating our anniversary sometime down the road (as soon as time permits. I am currently working two jobs- one full time and one part time during the nights and Saturdays- so spare time will be hard to come by) by going to Sea World.

Happy One Year to me and Luke. Here's to many more happy years to come :)

Summer Reading List

I've decided that I am going to make a personal summer reading list. I'm thinking of reading books of all types of genres: fiction, non-fiction, inspirational, etc. So far I have read:

The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands


I feel like Dr. Laura is anything but a feminist when it comes to the subject of relationships. Sure, she stands up for the women who are in abusive or other-wise dangerous relationships, but all in all, I feel like almost any other situation goes to the man. Sometimes she's a bit extreme, but for the most part I'm okay with that. In a world full of man-bashing and the common stereotype that men are less intelligent or less capable than women are, I am glad that there's someone who sticks up for the men... and that it's a woman! This book is pretty good. Like I said, she can be a little extreme at some times, but it really helped me to understand that (most) men have the best intentions, and we women are too confusing and change our minds too often to notice that all our men are trying to do is please us. It also opened my eyes to the fact that behind the big, bold, masculinity of a man there is a great deal of sensitivity. It's an interesting book, and I would recommend it. I started it when I first got married (... almost a year ago) but never finished it once school started. I decided to start it again this summer, and actually finished it this time. I think this is a great book for newly weds.


The Host

This was a really great book. Long, but good. I hardly ever wanted to put it down; I love books like that. I didn't get through all of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight books, (and while I'm on that subject, the movies are not good. I finally watched New Moon the other night, and although it was a step up from Twilight, I still didn't like it. Kristen Stewart bothers me and Robert Pattison? Really? He's not the Edward I had in mind when I read the books. Anyways.. that's off subject) but this book kept me interested and guessing the whole way through.


Life of Pi

Okay seriously this book is the most boring book ever for maybe the first ten chapters, and then it gets so interesting. I had only heard good things about it, and I thought something was wrong with me for thinking it was terribly boring but it gets to be really really interesting and I would recommend it. The only problem is you have to endure a lot of gross scenes. That's all I'll say about that.


So I just finished Life of Pi last night and I'm on to this next book:

The Client


My friend's cousin's wife's mom gave this book to me. How's that for a connection? I haven't started the book yet, but I hear it's good. It was even made into a movie, although I've never heard of it.

Anyways... so those are the only books I've got on my list so far. Oh, and I want to read Angels and Demons, too. SO: If any of you have any suggestions for me please, please, please let me know. Gracias.

In other news: Luke and I are going to have a spelling bee. And I'm going to win. I'm pretty much a spelling freak, and spelling isn't exactly Luke's strong point. We'll see how it goes.