I heart Straws

If you come to my house on a Thursday you will see an array of glasses and cups on the ottoman and in the sink with different colored straws in them. A collection of my beverage choices from all week long, that have yet to be picked up due to the business of the week. Water, Diet Coke, Iced Tea - I am not picky...but I do believe that every beverage tastes a little better with a straw (and out of red plastci Coca-Cola cup...but that is a different post). All those pink, green, and blue straws add character to our cute little home.

There are many things I love about drinking out of straws, but I was just reminded of a major reason while eating lunch today. Out of laziness I skipped the search for a straw at work today - although I have them in my desk and there are often some in the lunch room. As I finished up lunch and was taking my last sip of DC, something near disasterous happened, the ice lurched forward and threatened to spill the remains of my delicious beverage on my nice white shirt and cute grey dress. Save from a few drops of DC in my hair I was able to save my outfit for the rest of the day, but the truth is the whole situation could have been avoided with a straw in my cup.

In fact...I am going to go find a straw right now.

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I heart Fro Yo

If you ever need to have a hard conversation with me, admit that your wrong, tell me of something bad that you have done, or are running late then you should bring me frozen yogurt. I guarantee that the meeting will go better once I am hopped up on the sugar of chocolate frozen yogurt with some chocolate bar topping and hot fudge as the topper. Since the frozen yogurt is low cal there is no need to cheapen the toppings (none of that tart and fruit stuff).

It is basically that simple.

I heart the Olympics

In 2008 for the Summer Olympics we threw a party to celebrate the opening ceremony. The watching of the opening ceremony for this Winter Olympics was a little more low key (the Edwards and us in our comfies eating delicious food that Katie created for us) - but that does not mean that we love the Olympics any less.

I am not sure Jonathan has moved off of the couch in the last three days - well maybe during women's hockey - and the only reason I have chosen to not watch every Olympic event on our DVR is because I had to go to work.

But the real question is why do you love the Olympics? What is your favorite event/moment?

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A Change of Heart

I used to HATE Valentine's Day.
I described it with every cliche in the book. It's a Hallmark holiday. Why do you need a day to tell someone you love them? etc. etc.

But something changed.
I fell in love.
I didn't just fall. I tripped down the stairs and tumbled into it. And then after that happened, the next time Valentine's Day came around was just...different.

And ever since then I haven't hated Valentine's Day as much. In fact I really love it.
So as I am spreading my Valentine's cheer around I wanted to be sure to pass it on to you, faithful reader. Happy Valentine's Day. You are loved.

Cheeseburger Cake Fail

I had this dream of creating the perfect Cheeseburger Cake for Jonathan's birthday, and set a goal for myself to make one.

I decided to make cheese and tomatoes out of melting chocolate and lettuce out of green marshmallow fluff. I was off to a good start.








Then I came home from work and had about an hour and a half to bake two cakes, frost them and put everything together. I wish I had a picture of the patty (chocolate cake) with the chocolate cheese on it. It actually looked like a hamburger patty.

Then I started to put everything else together and frost the bun (funfetti cake) when it was still warm and all disaster struck. To make a long story short - I failed!



And I was sad...

I Heart Rain

Rain might be returning to us this weekend...and my heart is filled with joy!

During the last storm I took this picture while waiting in line at the Drive-thru Starbucks. There was something about that moment looking at the tip jar filled with water, where even inside my car rain was hitting my face...

Happy Birthday Jonathan!

Today is my very favorite person's birthday. My best friend and the person who makes me laugh the hardest in this world. I can only hope he feels half as happy today as he makes me feel everyday.

Happy Birthday Jonathan Lance Witt!

My Favorite App

I love QuadCamera on my iPhone. You can't help but laugh when using it!

Home.

The move was a success (a big thank you to all our friends who walked up and down two flights of stairs). We are quickly getting settled in our new little home, and there are only a few more items I need to find a home for.

I have been waiting to post this because I wanted to post "after" pictures with it, but true to fashion life did not stop when we moved in so I am not quite ready. I had a day or two to get some stuff out of boxes, but then it was off to work and away for the weekend. I will be out of town for the next three days, so hopefully next week I can deliver some after pictures to match these before pictures!

26 Days

The Final Season of LOST starts in 26 days.
Here are the last five seasons in 8 minutres and 15 second for those of you who aren't caught up.

Packing, packing, packing

Two.
That is how many rooms I have completed. I have packed boxes, thrown out, and donated the heck out of two rooms.

But...even though I still have five rooms left (including the kitchen - yikes!) I am still metaphorically whistling while I work. I am loving knowing exactly what we have, and being thankful that if we got stuck in our house for two months straight we may run out of food, but we would definetly not run out of things to entertain us.

You Can Call Them Goals

As we enter the new year with the hopes of "Less stuff and more experiences" there are ten specific experiences I hope to have in 2010:

Learn something new about myself.

Read the unread books in our bookcase, watch all the movies in our DVD collection that have never been opened, and limit my TV watching to what I really want to watch.

A day of laying in the grass at the park and reading with my husband.

A whole week with nothing on my personal to do list.

Cooking dinner for enjoyment rather than out of duty.

Spend over half of my days off at the beach, the library, anywhere but running errands.

Travel together somewhere neither Jonathan or I have ever been.

Travel together to a couple of places we have both been before.

Spend more time with friends laughing, learning, and sharing.

Spend more time with family making sure they know how much we love them.

A New Motto

I have decided I am not making resolutions this year, but instead I am making change. In our home we have adopted a new motto for 2010: Less stuff, more experiences.

In just a week we will have a new residence. A much smaller more compact, but highly welcomed residence. As stressful as moving around the holidays is, I have been able to be so thankful for how freeing it is at the same time. What better time to have a new start than the new year? So many have asked if I am dreading moving. And the answer is...yes I am dreading just that - moving. I, however, am looking forward to packing. I actually enjoy looking over all of our stuff, and being thankful as well as getting rid of excess. I am also looking forward to unpacking. I welcome the challenge of finding places, and getting creative when putting everything in its new home.

What I am looking forward to most is less space. I know it sounds like the opposite of what people are yearning for - especially in California. I am looking forward to less space to clean, less space to feel like I need to decorate (and therefore fill with more "stuff"), less space to pay for!

And because we will have less space we will be able to do more! See more people, go more places, have more experiences!

Good Morning iPhone

I have had my iPhone for two months now. It does so many great things and is hard to remember what life was like with my old phone (RIP Sidekick).

My favorite thing about my iPhone is waking up each morning and reading all my stuff. I love the first ten minutes of my day being in bed still reading blogs and Twitters, checking Facebook, checking the weather at home and where all our families live, and making my moves in my Words With Friends games.

It is a fun little way to wake up and exercise my brain first thing in the morning.

Blogged from my iPhone :)

Snow!

Woke up to snow this morning! I was hoping it would come while I was here, but wasn't counting on it. It melts the second it hits the street, but I am hoping it stays until Christmas.


Of course us Californians, who left 65 degree weather yesterday, ran outside to be in the snow while all the family members who see snow all the time just looked on!

On the Move

We are once again on the move.
We LOVE living in our house, but it is big - too big. It takes a lot to keep up, clean, air condition, decorate, etc. So we have decided to go from our 4 bedroom house to a 1 bedroom apartment, and we couldn't feel be more excited about it.

Inspired by the show Hoarders (are you watching this show? why are you not watching this show? set your DVR RIGHT now!) we are cleaning up and out all of our stuff. As many times that I have giggled at people who said they were going to simplify their life - that is exactly what we are hoping to do.

Next year I will be taking the less is more approach, and I am hoping 2010 will be WAY more about experiences rather than stuff.

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Thankful

Today when I was making some Christmas gifts I found this photo (I can just hear you now...about time! Are you insinuating that 3 years is too late to give someone a wedding picture as a gift?) Somehow this picture got overlooked as I printed pictures to frame, and to put in our wedding book so long ago. When I looked at it I was flooded with emotions of my wedding day and my husband. I love that I am sneaking a peek of him during prayer. Worshiping God through prayer and thanking Him for what he had brought me, and in that moment no one knew...well, except the photographer :)