oipom.com

This time they are not on our porch, but they keep showing up in the bathroom. We have killed three identical spiders in the past week and I AM NOT ENJOYING IT. This morning’s spider was found on the inside of the shower curtain, so I tried to push the curtain closer to the front [...]

Today, I smelled blueberries in coffee. This may not sound like something monumental, but as someone widely known to be a coffee dunce marrying someone known to be a coffee fanatic, it is a big step for me. Daniel is so passionate about coffee that it’s often hard for me to relate – I was [...]

To those of you who live with your significant others, especially if you are not married: How combined are your lifestyles? I ask because I have recently noticed that Daniel and I keep an awful lot of things separated when it comes to cohabitating. For instance: Grocery Shopping We more or less take turns buying. [...]

Before I begin, I would like to say THANK YOU TONS to Elea for driving Daniel and I around San Francisco on Saturday. We spent a good portion of the time hopelessly lost and laughing hysterically. It was loads of fun. Friday, August 31 We get to the airport earlier than we need to, and [...]

It may come as a surprise to some of you, but, um, I like predictability. The stable things in life. Change and I do not get along. Case in point, I have problems riding a public bus by myself because I am not in control of what is going on. That bus could take me [...]

This moving stuff is rough. (We got the apartment, in case you missed that in the last entry. I hid it.) I am living in a sea of cardboard boxes and packing tape. Compounding the moving issue is that we are leaving for Idaho on Saturday. That means that I have three days left to [...]

First and foremost, thank you all so very, very much! As you can imagine, I am absolutely ecstatic and I love that you are all so happy for us. Commence jumping up and down and squealing. :cheer: All of the details are still a bit fuzzy. We’re thinking the date is going to be May [...]

I’ve thought about this for — well, for years now. How I would say this, what I would title it. I never quite seemed to get it right, so instead I’ll leave you with a re-enactment: I am so unbelieveably happy.

You know how people always have those stupid jokes or anecdotes about what dips men are? How they always leave the toilet seat up, or leave hair in the soap, or drink all the milk save for one sip and still put the carton back in the refrigerator? I have never really found those funny [...]

Today is Daniel’s twenty-second birthday. We went bowling yesterday (as per usual) and he beat me on the first game and I beat him on the second. We made vegan peanut-butter rice krispy treats with melted chocolate chips on top, and they were a huge success. (I totally recommend that recipe, it’s the easiest thing [...]

nothing Daniel text-messaged me today to tell me that some girl gave him her number at work. I don’t know all the circumstances surrounding it yet, but I do know she made a point to introduce herself to him the other day. As in, “Hey, my name is [something Daniel doesn't remember] – and what [...]

Harry Potter IV DVD To begin, Daniel is all better. He took the next day off of work to recuperate and felt better stomach-wise and then promptly came down with a cold. He’s still snuffly, but he’s feeling okay now, which is awesome. My parents flew in Thursday evening and we spent a lot of [...]

Weltenbrand – “Manes ad Lapidem Poor Daniel has come down with some sort of awful stomach bug. He threw up twice at work and had thrown up twice more at home when I talked to him at 6pm or so. I don’t think he’s doing so hot at the moment. I feel so bad for [...]

Storm – “Nagellstev” I want a Wii. I am only sort of ashamed to admit that pretty much 98% of why I want a Wii is because of the game Rayman’s Raving Rabbids. Please do me a huge favor and watch some of the videos about the game (with sound ON! Much funnier). I’d recommend [...]

Eddie Izzard Dress to Kill DVD Tonight as I was sleeping on the couch, I heard a very loud knock. It turned out to be our friends Paul, Callie, and George, purposely knocking to wake us up (because Daniel was sleeping on the Poof chair) to tell us we need to turn our TV and [...]