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2005/9/12

The wedding cake

Last week my sister finally cleaned out her freezer, and what did she find?  Left-over wedding cake from our wedding two-and-a-half years ago!  Apparently, we had asked her to store it for us to eat on our one-year anniversary.  A tradition that makes absolutely no sense to me.  But cake is always good.  It's a shame to let cake go to waste.
 
My husband and I got home from visiting the family on Sunday.  We needed to go grocery shopping--there was no food in the house.  Except the wedding cake.  Let me tell you, in it's prime, this cake was delicious.  White cake with a cheesecake layer, a hint of lemon and thick, but delicate-tasting buttercream frosting.  Two-and-a-half years later, maybe not so good.  Yes, we ate it.  And once the diarrhea stopped, we had time to reflect on our stupidity for eating really old cake. 
 
Since then I keep picturing that Seinfeld episode ("The Frogger") where Elaine eats and dances with Peterman's slice of wedding cake from King Edward VIII's 1937 wedding and was caught on surveillance tape.  Peterman shows Elaine the tape and indicates the age of the cake and its effect on her digestive system is punishment enough.
 
Indeed.
2005/8/11

I'm too sexy...

Picture this:  My husband, my daughter and I are out for a walk this lovely evening.  The moon is shining.  A gentle breeze is blowing.  I feel happy and free. 
 
And I'm wearing my new yoga pants.  Let me tell you, once you've worn yoga clothing, you'll never want to wear anything else.  The stretchy material lets you move in all directions; the fabric feels nice on the skin.  It's like wearing heaven.  So I tell my husband, "These are my new yoga pants.  I feel sexy in these pants."
 
He just laughs.
 
[sigh] 
 
Now I realize that I am a good 45 pounds heavier than the day we were married.  But that's only because I carried his gigantic baby for nine months.  He should have replied, "You are sexy, honey"--even if he's just lying.  It doesn't matter; he still needed to say it!   
 
Regardless of what my husband thinks, I am a sexy mama.  And by God, I will wear my sexy yoga pants all over town!
2005/7/16

Don't let your man make the plan

Today my husband wanted to go to the Wisconsin State Historical Museum to see the new bicycle exhibit.  (He's a competitive road bike racer.)  So we headed downtown to the museum.  We searched the museum for about 30 minutes.  No bikes.  We went to the information desk to find out where the exhibit was located and we were told that the exhibit doesn't open until Tuesday.  Of course it doesn't, because my husband made the plan.  It wasn't a wasted trip; we learned how to build a wigwam.

The exhibit apparently has a bike that Lance Armstrong rode.  You could see the excitement in my husband's eyes when he heard about that.  I'm afraid that being next to such a bike, my husband might actually become aroused.

Today my hubby was riding his bike and someone in a truck pulled up next to him and said, "Nice Spandex."   I told him next time that happens he should reply with, "Thanks, cutie."  No, I'm not trying to get my husband beat up; I just think it's funny. 
2005/7/11

Garbage disposal: How does it work?

If you have a garbage disposal, it does not mean that you simply leave your half-eaten or otherwise discarded food in the sink.  There is not an arm that reaches out from the garbage disposal which pulls the food in and cleans out the sink.  I state this simply because my husband seems to be disposal challenged, and there could be others out there like him.  Throwing food in the sink and leaving the kitchen is not the acceptable use of a garbage disposal.

 

Let's review:

1.  Push food into hole in sink (provided you have a disposal, otherwise please do not attempt this);

2.  Turn on faucet;

3.  Turn on garbage disposal;

4.  Check to make sure all food is down; and

5.  Get the hell out of my kitchen.

 

[The picture below is a reenactment.]

2005/6/14

Happy Anniversary, Sweetie!

Here's a new twist on public displays of affection...

 

Happy Anniversary!  Thanks for the past two years--they have been wonderful!  Yes, I would do it all over again. 

Love you! 

2005/6/6

Hey, I'm married!

I know you were all thinking “Wow, where can I get this hottie’s phone number?”  But the truth is:  I’m married.  Yes, that’s right.  Married.  And on most days, happily married.    

My husband read my blog the other night (thanks, honey!) and was concerned that my Web site was some sort of personal/dating thing.  I don't know how he came up with that, other than the site has my picture and my age.  I guess he didn't notice the part in my profile that says I'm married.  Also, if I had been looking to make this a “personal ad” I would have included a picture of myself with a little less baby, and a little more, ah, photo editing.

I can vaguely see his point.  I’ve been cruising around these MSN spaces the past couple of days in my free time (all five minutes of them), and many “spaces” seem to be populated by teenage girls showing pictures of themselves clad in bikinis.  Ah, to be young.  (I hate them.)  I can only assume these young “ladies” are searching for men on the Internet (which is, of course, the best place to find a nice, decent guy).

In review:  My “space” is about raising a baby and the wonderful/awful/silly things that happen during the day while I’m home with baby.  No singles in bikinis here!  Sorry.  Because let me tell you, I’m HOT.  No, literally, I’m hotter than hell.  Stupid summertime heat.