Though the honeymoon may be over the temptation to write, especially with the laptop so handy, still lingers. Doubly so when we've had a full day, and I question my memory's ability to retain all of it that I wish. And so, write I will.
To begin the day, Katrina fixed a very nice breakfast of scrambled eggs and pancakes. Afterwards we spent some time planning and calling around, seeking to achieve two goals -- finding a permenant bed "frame" to go with the Tempur-Pedic mattress we recently bought and to find a gift for Philippe, as today is his 29th birthday. Goal one we achieved at a cost of ~$675 from some going out of business sale at a mall in Woodland, and goal two we achieved by buying an audiocassette version of the book, "A Brief History of Nearly Everything." The bed was pretty much exactly what we'd been looking for, a straightforward pedestal with drawers and storage space built into it. The price was a bit higher than we'd been aiming for, though not too much so, and it's very solid construction and should have no difficulties lasting as long as the mattress is supposed to -- twenty years. Hopefully it'll be a major step towards solving some of the clutter we've been accumulating lately; we have room enough for everything in the apartment, but not enough places to store it all, if that makes any sense at all. The book-on-tape for Philippe was a last minute find, as I was originally going to get him an audio version of "The Game of Thrones" -- at 34 hours long it's perfect for his 100 mile daily commute, but the price at Borders was pretty jaw dropping. Amazon.com was so much cheaper, it would've been hard to justify the extra price just to have it here in time. While checking Amazon's price, I checked out Audible.com and heard a sample of "Brief History" and was extremely impressed with both the style of writing and the vocalization of the reader, and oh, the topic was interesting too. Buying it from Audible.com wouldn't work as a gift because his car doesn't have a CD player, but Borders carried it, and at a more reasonable price than for Game of Thrones.
Bed purchased and gift in hand, we dashed off to Helene's house to participate in a surprise moment for Philippe. Cake lighting, balloons everywhere, cheerful company -- it'd be hard not to enjoy moments like that. We all gave him his gifts, then unexpectedly Katrina & I recieved one from him as a wedding present, a very neat little insulated picnic bag all decked out with a spot for wine, a cutting board for cheese, wine glasses and utensils, and a little roll up blanket. It was literally a romantic picnic in a bag -- the timing of this had me giggling on the inside, as I'll explain in a moment. Can't wait to explain it to him tomorrow.
We wrapped up at Helene's by viewing their photos of our wedding, and everyone made their way over to D.P.'s apartment complex for a BBQ he was throwing in honor of his newborn daughter, Aditi -- she's a touch over a month old now. Splashed in the pool -- actually, spent most of the time nailing each other with a couple little rubber balls -- played air hockey, Foosball, and ate food that was altogether not bad -- had a wonderful time.
As soon as we got home, I started getting ready to leave again, this time packing up the picnic basket with wine, sparkling cider, candles, etc. Katrina quickly noticed and helped pack, and within a few minutes we were out the door again and bound for the greenbelt. Picked a nice grassy spot away from the lights and with a view of the full moon overhead, unrolled the blanket, lit the candles and settled in. Midway through the picnic I pulled one of the "52 Weeks of Romance" cards out of my wallet and showed Katrina what it said:
Moonlit Picnic
Plan a moonlit picnic complete with candle, champagne, and a few romantic nibbles. Be sure to bring an extra large blanket so that the two of you can snuggle up together... (if you can't make it outside, set this up beside an open window)
Thanks Philippe & Anne -- you made it too easy. =)
To begin the day, Katrina fixed a very nice breakfast of scrambled eggs and pancakes. Afterwards we spent some time planning and calling around, seeking to achieve two goals -- finding a permenant bed "frame" to go with the Tempur-Pedic mattress we recently bought and to find a gift for Philippe, as today is his 29th birthday. Goal one we achieved at a cost of ~$675 from some going out of business sale at a mall in Woodland, and goal two we achieved by buying an audiocassette version of the book, "A Brief History of Nearly Everything." The bed was pretty much exactly what we'd been looking for, a straightforward pedestal with drawers and storage space built into it. The price was a bit higher than we'd been aiming for, though not too much so, and it's very solid construction and should have no difficulties lasting as long as the mattress is supposed to -- twenty years. Hopefully it'll be a major step towards solving some of the clutter we've been accumulating lately; we have room enough for everything in the apartment, but not enough places to store it all, if that makes any sense at all. The book-on-tape for Philippe was a last minute find, as I was originally going to get him an audio version of "The Game of Thrones" -- at 34 hours long it's perfect for his 100 mile daily commute, but the price at Borders was pretty jaw dropping. Amazon.com was so much cheaper, it would've been hard to justify the extra price just to have it here in time. While checking Amazon's price, I checked out Audible.com and heard a sample of "Brief History" and was extremely impressed with both the style of writing and the vocalization of the reader, and oh, the topic was interesting too. Buying it from Audible.com wouldn't work as a gift because his car doesn't have a CD player, but Borders carried it, and at a more reasonable price than for Game of Thrones.
Bed purchased and gift in hand, we dashed off to Helene's house to participate in a surprise moment for Philippe. Cake lighting, balloons everywhere, cheerful company -- it'd be hard not to enjoy moments like that. We all gave him his gifts, then unexpectedly Katrina & I recieved one from him as a wedding present, a very neat little insulated picnic bag all decked out with a spot for wine, a cutting board for cheese, wine glasses and utensils, and a little roll up blanket. It was literally a romantic picnic in a bag -- the timing of this had me giggling on the inside, as I'll explain in a moment. Can't wait to explain it to him tomorrow.
We wrapped up at Helene's by viewing their photos of our wedding, and everyone made their way over to D.P.'s apartment complex for a BBQ he was throwing in honor of his newborn daughter, Aditi -- she's a touch over a month old now. Splashed in the pool -- actually, spent most of the time nailing each other with a couple little rubber balls -- played air hockey, Foosball, and ate food that was altogether not bad -- had a wonderful time.
As soon as we got home, I started getting ready to leave again, this time packing up the picnic basket with wine, sparkling cider, candles, etc. Katrina quickly noticed and helped pack, and within a few minutes we were out the door again and bound for the greenbelt. Picked a nice grassy spot away from the lights and with a view of the full moon overhead, unrolled the blanket, lit the candles and settled in. Midway through the picnic I pulled one of the "52 Weeks of Romance" cards out of my wallet and showed Katrina what it said:
Moonlit Picnic
Plan a moonlit picnic complete with candle, champagne, and a few romantic nibbles. Be sure to bring an extra large blanket so that the two of you can snuggle up together... (if you can't make it outside, set this up beside an open window)
Thanks Philippe & Anne -- you made it too easy. =)
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