50 I looked for in a husband Writers Workshop

1. The desire for children- I could never be with a guy that didn’t want a family
2. Loyalty- I am an incredibly loyal person and I expect the same from my husband
3. Driven- I couldn’t be with someone that didn’t have drive
4. Honesty- I’ve been cheated on, not ok with it happening ever again
5. Someone that loves me for me- I know I can be ditzy, forgetful, crazy, lazy, etc. but I never have to pretend to be someone I’m not with Hubby
6. Good listener- I’m a talker
7. Saver- I’m a spender
8. Patient- I’m not
9. Positive- I’m not
10. Motivated to exercise- I’m not
11. Loves his family
12. Loves my family
13. Gets me to try new things
14. Likes chicken
15. Tolerates my tv habit
16. Doesn’t believe in divorce
17. Tolerates country music- Hubby didn’t request non country music until around hour 10 of our trip last weekend.
18. Loves my friends- I think he might even like them more than I do! He listened to my friend S give all the gory details of birth, he snapped pictures at T’s wedding, and chatted it up with N and her parents. Two of my best friends and I started dating our boys all around the same time and now we are all married and both couples were in our wedding party. I love that Hubby is close with the guys too. I just wish we all lived in the same part of the state!
19. He thinks I’m pretty
20. I think he’s a hottie
21. Forgiving- We all mess up from time to time and he has always forgiven me
22. Shoulder to cry on- I cry like a lot! He is always there for me unless it is because of SYTYCD or something. Then he usually says, “Are you crying?”
23. Assertive- I need a man that can call up the bank or cable company and make sure we aren’t getting screwed over
24. Someone that can surprise me but also tell me secrets he isn’t supposed to- Every girl loves a romantic surprise but when my best friend’s boyfriend tells him he is going to propose he knows he better tell me that!
25. Does his own laundry- We all know I just learned about having clean clothes vs a pile of dirty like 7 years ago. I can barely keep up with my own stuff.
26. Smart- I have my ditzy moments but I also have a college degree and need to have intelligent conversations occasionally
27. Maturity- A man that can be mature when he needs to be is important
28. Does nice little things for me- My love language is Acts of Service. I swoon when he does my chores when I am out of town for the weekend. Coming home to a fridge full of groceries? The best!
29. Words of encouragement- I also need little, “Good job babes!” Every one in awhile.
30. Enjoys fur balls- Right now we have Blue and he is amazing with him. We will definitely have more pets in the future. I always gotta have a fur ball around.
31. No drugs!
32. Doesn’t have an addictive personality.
33. Doesn’t get embarrassingly drunk very often.
34. Caring
35. Trusting
36. Outgoing- I need a man that can hold his own at social gatherings and will dance with me at weddings.
37. Eyes I can gaze into
38. Lips I can kiss
39. Short hair
40. No mullet
41. Being nice to servers, etc.- Sometimes things are ridiculous and Hubby isn’t the type (like me) to just eat whatever they give you
42. Good hygiene- showers and brushes teeth often
43. No game playing- When we first started dating Hubby let me know he wanted to date me exclusively and wasn’t playing games
44. Doesn’t text while I’m talking
45. Let’s me steal the covers
46. Likes to cuddle
47. Likes to explore new places- Bugs me that friends of ours that moved to our area don’t care to explore the area
48. Plays music in the car not too loud- I don’t like to scream over music to talk
49. Drives safely- Hubby has gotten better with this
50. THE MOST IMPORTANT- Sense of humor- When you are 80 years old at least you will make each other smile

Post inspired by Writers Workshop by Mama Kat

Conversations with Hubby

Me:
remember the other day i was telling you about a dinosaur show?
Me:
it was called Dinosaurs remember the Sinclairs?
Hubby:
ya
Me:
you remember the show
Hubby:
in fairytail land
Hubby:
you're on crack with the make believe dino show
Hubby:
just kidding i know what you're talking about
Me:
really?!
Hubby:
yes!!!!!
Me:
how long have you known what i was talking about?
Hubby:
since I met you
Me:
lol no with the dinosaur show
Hubby:
exactly
Hubby:
i've known about them a long time
Hubby:
since the prehistoric times
Me:
THE SHOW!!!!!!!!!!
Hubby:
YEP
Um annoying huh?! The sad part is this is the second conversation we have had about this show and I googled it because I couldn't remember much details except there were green puppet dinosaurs.

Me: "Do I look the same, hotter, or uglier than when we first met?"
Hubby: "Hotter."
Me: "So I wasn't hot when we first met?"
Hubby: "No you were hot."
At this point I think he is just trying to be a good hubby and say what he is supposed to so I ask the question every wife does: "Do these pants make me look fat?"
Without even looking he says, "No."
Me: "You are such a good Hubby."
Hubby: "You have bad peanut butter breath."
Lol! He ruined it! Still love him though!

Talking about our friends baby-
Hubby: ovie (he was trying to say obvi)
Me: ovulation
Hubby:
NICELY PLAYED ERICKSON!
Me:
LOL
Hubby:
ROFLMAO

One time he did roglmao

p.s. I posted this in 2009 again! I wonder how long it will take me to figure out its 2010!!!!!

WEDDING: The ceremony

My Dad walking me down the aisle.



He said he almost cried when he saw me. I wanted to take his breath away.



Kiss on the cheek from Dad.




Shaking my Dad's hand.

Getting his ring from my MOH. See how I turned toward the audience. I impressed the wedding planner at the rehearsal because I already knew to turn that way. I told him, "I'm a professional bride". Kind of sounds bad but I meant I had been in a lot of weddings as a bridesmaid and have stage training. But it made people laugh at the rehearsal.

Laughing because I didn't know which hand was his left. As a dancer and choreographer I should have known and thought of it before. But it was a funny and memorable moment.

You can go here for a picture of our palm ceremony and the words we said to each other.

Praying.

The kiss!



I love this picture because of the ecstatic looks on our faces.

1 year engagiversary!

1 year ago today I woke up in our tiny apartment and probably wished Hubby a Happy Valentine's day. He got out of bed and was very busy. He made me stay in our room and busy in the kitchen. Then I couldn't look in the fridge.

Let me back up a little bit. You can go here to read about the dtr Hubby and I had and the ring shopping experience. I didn't mention in that blog that Hubby had a sogotp date. When we had the dtr we agreed begining of 2009 would be a good time to get engaged. So I told him if he hadn't proposed by Feb. 15th 2009 I was done. I didn't come by this choice easily. You may disagree with giving him a date. He had told me he wanted to marry me but he wanted to be 26. I thought he was weird when he told me this. I also didn't believe that he wanted to marry me until he had bought the ring. We also had a dtr when we were deciding to move in together and he worked well with a deadline.

So he bought the ring in November but had until Feb. 15th to propose. So Christmas went by. No proposal. Our dating anniversary went by. No proposal. My birthday went by and my parents were in town. No proposal. So I was pretty sure it was going to happen on Valentine's Day. I don't know what I would have done if he hadn't proposed. Glad I didn't have to think about it.

Let me also mention I am a total snoop. When we came back to so cal with the ring he tried to hide it from me. I found it. So on Valentine's Day he was all busy and running errands. I checked to see if the ring was still in the box. You guys think I'm a horrible person yet? Hopefully you just think I am the control freak that I am.

I realized in all my worrying about when he was going to propose that I had gotten him nothing for Valentine's Day. So when he was on his errands I did some errands of my own. I went to Old Navy and bought us matching Valentine's Day shirts and got him a book and card at Barnes and Noble.

When we were both home from our errands I had him open his present and we put our matching Valentine's Day shirts on. I remember we were just hanging out and he said he wanted to go for a walk on the beach before the sun went away. It was February. So I said ok. I think we quick grabbed a couple sweatshirts and took off. Now I knew where the ring was remember. It was in the closet and I watched him pretty closely and I didn't think he got the ring. I thought ok we will go for a walk on the beach and then he'll propose later. I honestly thought there might have been a cake that said, "Will you marry me?" Since I couldn't look in the fridge.

We got to the beach and Hubby put his sweatshirt on. I was annoyed because no one could see our matching Valentine's Day t-shirts. But he said he was cold so I got over it. So we walked along the beach and turned around and I thought ok that was nice. Then he goes, "Let's stop here". He got down on one knee and said, "Meagan, will you be my wife?" I said yes and he put the ring on my finger and I gave him a huge hug and a kiss. I thought it was so cute that his knee on his jeans got wet from kneeling in the sand. We have a picture on our phones that we sent to our parents. We need to get the picture off the phone and onto the computer but we haven't taken the time to figure it out.

We walked back to the car and called all our friends and family and told them the godo news. We heard a lot of, "Finally!" We also told everyone the wedding date, since we had already picked it and asked people to be in our wedding party. Yeah, I like to plan ahead!


This is a picture we took on our camera when we got home from the beach to send to everyone.

He made me filets wrapped in bacon with garlic butter and had bought chocolate covered strawberries. That is why I couldn't look in the fridge.

I think when we were driving home telling everyone I came up with the idea to just go over to our friend S and J's and surprise them. It was one of my favorite moments. We went over to their place and they were hanging out with S's sister and boyfriend. So we were all chatting and catching up and I couldn't believe they didn't notice the fat rock on my finger! Then S's sister B went to the bathroom and I guess she was kind of thinking to herself while she was in there and thought it was kind of weird that we came over on valentine's day and we seemed really happy. She walked out of the bathroom and over to me and looked at my hand and said, "Oh my god!" Everyone freaked out and couldn't believe we hadn't said anything! Of course they were super happy and congatulated us. S and her husband J were in our wedding.

It was so nice to remember this day! I don't want to ever forget those butterflies I felt that day. So much has happened in a year! We planned a wedding, got married, honeymooned, moved, I got a job, and have now been married for 4 months. S and J have a baby on the way. Our other friend T is engaged.

WEDDING: the boys before the ceremony

I want to do a post that answers some of the questions I got on the rehearsal post. I was thinking about doing it Friday but my mom is coming in to town so I probably won't have time. Maybe tomorrow.
Before the wedding when Hubby and I were at Target I suggested we buy each other cards to give each other on the day of the wedding. It was super funny because there were two cards made for giving to your spouse on your wedding day. So he bought one and I bought the other. There was a mix up when he dropped me off at my parents' house and his card to me was in one of my bags. He was supposed to get the card at the rehearsal, but he was in drunk town. So the day of the wedding he was all concerned about his card. Here is is writing it.

Hubby and his brother.



The Spartans. That is what our amazing and hilarious videographer kept calling them.

Jake and Tenley: Live long and prosper

Do you think he looks like them? I do! I have thought Jake and Hubby looked similar since Bachelorette Jillian. We watched Star Trek this weekend and I don't know what it is, something in the face is similar. Watching Bachelor last night and Ali said, "I look at him and think I would be so lucky to have him as my husband." I have always felt lucky to have Hubby as my husband. I know if he went on the Bachelorette or Bachelor all the desperates would be lining up. So of course snuggling into bed last night I told Hubby how lucky I am that he is my husband.

Ok, let's talk Bachelor. Did I miss him asking for Gia's hand in marriage? Because he asked for everyone else's. Someone's heart is going to get broken. Gia's mom and Ali's mom are so sure he is going to pick their daughter. Newsflash! Not going to pick both of them! I loved Jake on Bachelorette but I am not such a fan now. 31 never been married, cries pretty frequently, wear purple...worries me. To me he was saying the same stuff to all the girls and their families. I love your family especially your mom, blah, blah, blah. Ali, do you think we didn't see Bachelorette? We all saw when Ed did the same thing in the same room and yes he came back and they ended up together. But Jake was on that season! He saw it! Did you not? I have never asked my job for time off to be on a reality tv show but I'm guessing they let you take whatever time you already have or say sure go for a month or something. Do they really call you and say you have to decide its your job or the reality tv show? If it had happened several seasons ago I would call her bluff for sure but I don't think the producers think we are that dumb that we can't remember 1 season ago. I was team Ali and Tenley from day 1. Ali was losing me after all the Vienna drama. Now she left I'm team Tenley all the way! Her dance...to the wedding march? not good. But I don't really care who he chooses.

Star Trek was really good! Kind of confusing though. I never thought it would be funny. My dad is a total trekie so I knew some of the people's names and I can do the vulcan hand thing. Hubby enjoyed it to. He liked it way better than Mama Mia! So ladies, if you tortured your husband recently with Mama Mia, I recommend taking one for the team and renting Star Trek. There is a cute guy and it is interesting!

Edit: I made the trifecta mad! Oh no! Sorry, I met Hubby at 19 and was married at 25 he was 21 and we got married when he was 26. I think I know once person over 30 that has never been married, so I looked up the stats.

10.9% of American men over 30 have never been married

7.8% of American women over 30 have never been married

9.3% of American men and women over 30 have never been married


Data:


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Total males over 18 years old = 102,313,000
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Age Never Married
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30 to 34 3,371,000
35 to 39 2,289,000
40 to 44 1,953,000
45 to 54 2,117,000
55 to 64 757,000
65 to 74 383,000
75+ 239,000
Total 11,109,000
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11,109,000 men over 30 have never been married

Therefore, 10.9% of men over 30 have never been married




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Total females over 18 = 110,115,000
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Age Never Married
30 to 34 2,349,000
35 to 39 1,544,000
40 to 44 1,411,000
45 to 54 1,797,000
55 to 64 801,000
65 to 74 337,000
75+ 383,000
Total 8,622,000
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8,622,000 women over 30 have never been married.

Therefore, 7.8% of women over 30 have never been married


Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census.
No. 53. Marital Status of the Population by Sex and Age: 2003
Page 49
Statistical Abstract of the United States 2004.
http://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/04statab/pop.pdf


Total population over 18 212,428,000
Total population over 30 never married 19,731,000

Therefore, 9.3% of men and women over 30 have never been married



Search terms used:
Percent Never Married Census Bureau

The last 6 years ago today!

It is the last one!




We left off with Hubby asking me if he could take me out to dinner on Friday night.

I said, "Of course! You want to take me out on a real date? How sweet!"

You know how college boys are, they like to do the "hang out" thing and rarely take girls on dates. So I figured that is what Hubby and I were doing. I was so surprised when he wanted to take me on a date!

I don't remember what I wore that night. I don't really remember getting ready. I think Hubby showed up on time and rang the doorbell. I think my roommate answered the door. I remember walking to the door and he had something behind his back. It was a dozen red roses!!! I had never had a boy bring me flowers on a first date! My roommate said, "I knew he was going to bring flowers!"

We went to a little family owned Italian restaurant in downtown Chico. Sadly it is no longer in business. But when we lived there it was one of our favorite places. We like restaurants that give you bread.

I remember conversation being easy. I remember him slurping his linguine with marinara. Guys, just a tip, I wouldn't eat pasta on a first date if you are a slurper. But I think I must have already been in love, because I didn't care.

I don't remember what else we did that night.

It was the best first date I ever had. It was our anniversary that we celebrated for 5 years together. Today we will not say happy anniversary to each other because we have a new anniversary, our wedding anniversary!

Six years ago today (special Saturday edition)

Oh I forgot to mention yesterday that we don't really consider any of these an anniversary. I thought it was weird when I did the NYE post and people said Happy Anniversary. Um, happy anniversary of your husband ignoring you at a party? Yeah I try not to think about that! I'm not sure if we will still celebrate our dating anniversary. Its been six years people! We are kind of over it. I forgot about our three month wedding anniversary. Ok on with the epic love story!

So, Hubby called me. Even though both Hubby and his best friend at the time were showing interest in me, I was not looking for a relationship. I always give other people looking for love the advice that it will happen when you aren't looking for it. Because that is what happened to me. I was focused on school and having fun with my friends. So Hubby was trying to chat it up with me and I was trying to get him off the phone. Also the reason I tease him and say I never actually gave him my phone number. I told him to call R at her apartment. I started to give him the number when I remembered he probably had it since his ex girlfriend lived there. Yeah, awkward!

So I got off the phone with him and talked everything over with my roommates. They were dying to know which boy I liked. I am the total drama queen and I remember rolling on the kitchen ground because the whole situation was awkward and I did not want to be any part of it. Plus my roommates and I were weird and rolled on the ground frequently. Best friend at the time had some major minus points. He had a two week dating rule and some other problems. Hubby had the minus point of his ex girlfriend being an acquaintance and living just down the street from me. I had two, count em, two previous boyfriends that went back to their ex girlfriends. I was a little convinced it was my curse. Did not want to get involved in drama with an acquaintance and didn't want to send another one back to their ex. I decided to see what would happen that night roller skating.

Well, best friend at the time didn't show up. So it ended up being a double date. Oh I should mention, we weren't regular roller skaters. I think R and her boyfriend wanted to go cause they hadn't been in a long time. We haven't been since. Anyways, Hubby totally swept me off my roller skates! He held my hand during couples skates. He told the dj it was my birthday. He told me his was totally over his ex. Bought me a slurpee.

Then we decided to go back to my apartment and watch a movie. Hubby put his arm around me while we were watching the movie. I don't remember where R and her boyfriend were sitting. I just remember that best friend at the time showed up and sat on the other side of me. It was beyond awkward! Then there was a stand off! R and her boyfriend left after the movie. So I was stuck with the two boys and it felt like they both thought whoever stayed last would end up with me. I know, you are surprised I'm still alive!

Best friend at the time finally left! Hubby and I watched MTV and talked until 6am. You know how the videos and the intro are different in the morning. It is called like jump start or something. Yeah it changed to that and I was like um bed time!

We continued to hang out throughout the week. Then he asked me if he could take me on a date on Friday night. I will continue with when he picked me up for our date next week!

Six years ago today

If you need a refresher go here and if you need to go further back the link is there.

My roommates and I were having a great time at a friend's apartment. My friend R called and wanted to hang out. So she, her boyfriend, and Hubby came over.

I must have been looking good that night because Hubby and his best friend at the time were both flirting with me.

The details are fuzzy due to my memory and having some drinks that night. I remember there wasn't too much going on at the friend's apartment so we decided to go over to best friend at the time's house. We all crammed in Hubby's car. He hadn't been drinking. Don't worry. He had a two door. R and her boyfriend crammed in the back. Some how her cell phone fell out of her purse or something. We hung out some more. Hubby showed a little interest in me. Best friend at the time showed a little interest in me. We then made plans to all go roller skating the next day.

Later R realized she had lost her phone and started calling Hubby from my phone. Maybe she was using her boyfriend's phone for the number and mine to dial. I swear none of this was planned. Unless Hubby and R planned it. But anyways, she gave him my number to call back on to discuss the phone.

The next day, Hubby called me...
to be continued tomorrow!

I was going to wait until Monday to post this, but its done so here ya go

*tell me that is the face of a girl who is just in love with the idea of being married.


I was recently asked by an acquaintance of mine how married life was going. I told them that I love being married. The acquaintance who, in my opinion, doesn't know me very well, said they think I am just in love with the idea of being married. This person asked me how I know that Hubby is the one. I was going to say when you feel complete or something along those lines which sounds to me like a cheesy movie line, so I said, when all the cheesy movie lines are true. The person asked me how I could know Hubby was the one when I hadn't been with anyone else. Like I said this person doesn't know me very well. I don't exactly know what they meant by "been with". I didn't want to ask, because I didn't want to clarify on my end. I took it as that person thinking I hadn't dated very many people.

To address the first issue I have, being accused of just being in love with the idea of being married. I told the person to read my blog because I felt like none of you would ever think that. I honestly feel like this is the only person that has ever met me that has thought this. But who knows. If you agree please let me know, I wouldn't be mad.

My parents have been married for 30 years. Around 22 I figured out that they are pretty much the smartest people I have ever met. Not only are they book smart, they read, they graduated college, and are successful. But they are smart at making relationships work. Hello! 30 years!!! I am an only child. I dated Hubby for 5 years before he proposed. I talk to my parents for hours almost every day on the phone and when I see them. Don't you think they would have said something if they thought I was getting married just because I was in love with the idea of being married? They have told me things before like they know he is in love with me because they have seen how he looks at me. They know we will be able to make it because we lived together in 600 sq ft for a couple years. And they love him. We are all one big happy family now. Any doubts now? Any questions? Email me.

The second issue, I haven't been with anyone else. I didn't start dating until 16. But guess what, that wasn't Hubby. I had a first high school boyfriend. He taught me to be a little less trusting. But he also made me feel loveable. I don't know what else you are supposed to learn from your high school boyfriend. The rest of high school I realized boys were too much drama and I spent time with my amazing friends both male and female. I learned from those who were going through drama that high school relationships were stupid! I learned from my male friends what boys thought about when they were dating.

When I got to college I already knew some people at the school. Of course freshman girls wanted to hang out with guys over 21. There was one that I kind of dated. I learned from him that if they call you at 2 am to pick them up from the bars that they aren't marrying material. I recently metioned the guys I sent back to their exs. Dated a guy that was too into drugs and went back to his ex. Dated another guy that I fell really hard for but he went back to his ex too. There was the guy that lived across the street that dated the girl who worked in our apartment complex too.

Obviously I have dated! Honestly, I have never broken up with someone. I am a loyal person. Poor original high school boyfriend still kicks himself that he cheated on me. He sees that I am loving and loyal and we might still be together. Obviously that isn't why I am still with Hubby. But it was different being with someone for a long amount of time. I am a reflective person. I asked myself if he was the one I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. Every time the answer was yes. I listed 10 reasons I love him on our wedding day. So I won't do that again. Everything in my heart, my mind, my soul tells me he is the person I am met to be with. He is the future father of my children. Sorry if you have doubts. But that isn't even really my problem. I was doing you a favor writing this.

Mini Calendars!! (warning post may be offensive)

At lunch last week Hubby was telling me how his mini calendar he got from a vendor at work has phone numbers for airlines and hotels. I told him he should put it in his purse. He didn't even laugh! It was a slow day at work and he was putting important dates in his calendar. So later on that day I decided to look at my tiny calendar given to me by some other company. I told him mine had maps and cpr instructions so his little calendar could take that! He said his did too. :( Then this converstion happened:
Meagan:
mine has quotes every week
Hubby:
HUH?
Me:
oh no tidbits of wisdom in your calendar?
Me:
mine even has one from paula abdul!!
Hubby:
NO WAY
Me:
admit it my tiny calendar is better than yours
Me:
and garth brooks
Hubby:
he is a homo (I apologize for Hubby. He isn't anti gay or anything just uses unpolitically correct words)
Me:
um what did you just say?
Me:
he is married to Miss Trisha Yearwood
Hubby:
homet
Me:
what is a homet?
Hubby:
a girl homo
Me:
did you just make that up?
Hubby:
its a real word
Me:
lots of unknown comments
Me:
homet- no dictionary results (copy and pasted this from dictionary.com)
No results found for homet:
Did you mean hemet?

I just think that is hilarious. Homet. Classic.

I was looking through the book some more realizing we don't have much going on this year when I stumbled across this gem, "You should live your own life up to your own expectations." -Tiger Woods. I guess he has low expectations!

engagement ring

fyi: I just had a mini panic attack cause I couldn't find this blog. Don't worry I posted in Jan 09 cause I can't remember what year we are in.

My engagement ring the day he put it on my finger!

My dad is the oldest of 12 siblings. I was able to see almost all of them the month of my wedding. I would say for most families this large and with so many complicated parts, this is amazing. I love my uncles and aunts a lot. Like in any family people sometimes get upset for different reasons. I hope that anyone in my family that does read this does not embrace the temper side. I discussed whether or not I should include this information in a post with my dad. I told him I usually try to avoid anything I think might cause drama. But it seemed important that I share this story. It is a story I tell to anyone that admires my ring so I shouldn't be afraid what my family's reaction might be. Phew.... here goes the ring post.

I don't know all the details, but I am pretty sure when my great grandmother passed away, my dad flew to the East Coast to help my grandma with the funeral. Grandma and my Dad went through great-grandma's apartment to start clearing out all her stuff and my Grandma asked my Dad if he thought her jewelry was real or not. They both thought it was costume jewelry and Grandma said "Meagan and her friends can use it to dress up." I think my mom thought they should have some of her jewelry looked at just in case any of it was real. They found out there was a ring that had a real diamond in it and thought it would be special if, I was ever able to find a guy that wanted to marry me (that was always their joke), he could use the diamond in an engagement or wedding ring. As my memory serves me (you all know its not good), they told me about this diamond before Hubby and I started dating. I thought it was amazing but like I have said before never really thought about getting married until I met Hubby.

After about a year of dating I knew Hubby was the one for me. I asked my parents to email me pictures of my great grandmother's ring. I loved the ring but the setting seemed to have different types of metals and wasn't very shiny. When I was looking through some magazines one day I found an add for some Tacori engagement rings that looked similar to my great grandmother's ring. I actually tore out two ads and gave them to my parents to put with the ring in case Hubby asked for my hand in marriage and they gave him the diamond. The funny thing was when my parents found the clippings around Christmas time this year. One of them is almost exactly my engagement ring and wedding band and the date on it is 2006. Hubby and I started ring shopping in Oct. 2008. Scary.

After living together for six months and dating for 4 years or so, I had a dtr (define the relationship) talk with Hubby. He said he didn't want to get married until he was 26 years old. Still don't know where he got that idea. So I said how about getting married in 2009? He turned 26 Dec. 2008 and January '09 was our 5 year anniversary. He agreed. Fast forward to summer/fall '08 I was working at Nordstrom and if a guy wants to buy a diamond to propose to you they can use your discount. So we started ring shopping.

I ended up not liking any of the rings at Nordstrom and quit working there. So I told Hubby we couldn't get any rings that I would have gotten a discount on. I was back to loving the Tacoris. We are both fuzzy as to why we were in a Devon's on Nov. 20th 2008. We had traveled north for Thanksgiving. We knew we were going ring shopping. Hubby hadn't asked my dad for my hand in marraige yet. I asked him if he needed me to get the ring to take shopping with us. I guess he had asked my dad for my hand in marraige and my dad had given him the ring. I wanted my dad to tell the story at our wedding but he was too wound up. Still haven't heard the story.

Devons had a Tacori that I loved, that my great grandmother's diamond would fit perfectly into. Hubby tried to bargain with them and told me to start looking at the non designer rings. Tacori is really strict about jewelers keeping their prices. If they find out prices are dropped they will pull the whole line from the store. Hubby got the store to take the tax off and BOUGHT MY DREAM RING!!!

My great grandmother's diamond was my something old at my wedding. Most people I tell the story too think it is really special. I wanted to make a shadow box with the setting my great grandmother's ring was in and her picture. I haven't gotten around to it. Right now her picture is displayed in my Tacori ring box were I put my rings whenever they aren't on my finger. When my dad and I were talking about this post he said, "Grandma Markey would be thrilled to know you love her diamond and that her memory lives on." I replied, "She knows."

After Hubby bought my engagement ring he told me the wedding band was going to have to be a lot less money. The story of the wedding band is next on the schedule.

Random

Work has been keeping me busy so I haven't had much time to form full thoughts for a post. I need to do a post for the award I got. I will try to do that tomorrow. We have the third instalment of six years ago coming up towards the end of the month, I think the 22nd. So stay tuned!



Hubby went to the dentist yesterday. In case you missed what happend you can go back and read Hubby's teeth. He ended up getting a root canal right then and there! I felt so bad for him! But he is a total trooper and came back to work afterwards. Neither of us have had a root canal before. We don't know if we should be mad at the dentist who did the filling of the cavity. The dentist that did the root canal said the root probably died because of trauma caused by the filling of the cavity. We are looking for other dentists.

Update on Casey Johnson stuff: I was in a hurry this morning to eat breakfast. So instead of turning on a recorded show I just left it on whatever channel it was on. The Today show came on and they did some teasers. I got excited because they were going to talk about Casey Johnson, but they started talking about the senator that is retiring. People prioritize here! People.com doesn't seem to have any updates. I guess they were just going to talk about her high profile life.

I will admit I do not watch the news. I get my news from the View, which has been in repeats lately, or if something on the yahoo homepage catches my interest I will click and read. Yesterday, I got my news when they interupted my Days of our Lives (yes I watch a soap opera let's not get into that now) with the President's speech about the Dec. 25th explosives on the plane thing. Yes I saw that story on yahoo. I did not click and read further. I think it is good the President is pissed that this happened. What bugs me is how everyone is calling it the Christmas Day bomb threat scare. My argument is that as a teacher I had to be careful what I said about winter break and spring break. If a teacher has to be politically correct, why doesn't the president?! Why can't they call it the December 25th bomb threat scare? Try it, it isn't that much harder. Because I was too lazy to get up and fast forward through his speech I listened while we were eating dinner. While I was listening I was wondering how the guy even got the explosives on the plane. I looked at CNN.com for more info. They just said that the explosives were hidden in his underwear. I guess they weren't metal. I feel like we have put up with so much already at the airports they might as well do the full body xray thing and be done. I always thought it was so crazy that they made me take my sweatshirt and shoes off. I guess they can't make you wear tight pants or take your pants off.

This just in: Carrie Underwood is going to be on How I Met Your Mother! So exciting!

My Christmas Vacation part 2

So Christmas Eve morning, Dad ate breakfast with the in-laws and I and then was off to see his favorite child, the dog. Hubby's fam and I had plans to meet up with some family friends at the bowling alley. I don't think I shared with you the amazingness that is my bowling technique. The first time I went bowling this decade was for our work christmas party this year. I got a 52 and was made fun of the whole next day. So I was given some pointers by dear old Dad and figured around friends and family I might do better. I started off with an amazing 92. Then I struggled and had a 78. In the last game I had a 110 in the 8th frame, and they shut the game off!! Hubby did better than at the holiday party too. I had fun spending time with our friends and family.

Then we had to go back to the house and get ready for Christmas Eve dinner. The amazing cook that is my mil made a prime rib roast, roasted potatoes, and garlice sourdough bread. We are so spoiled! I must have started watching A Christmas Story at 10 because I didn't finish watching it until 12. I had never seen it before and Hubby's family loves it. I love it now too and hope it is a tradition we continue. You have to see it once so you know what is going on, cause its a crazy movie. But waking up Christmas morning and turning it on while we wait for the parents to wake up was probably my favorite.

As I said, I watched Christmas Story until midnight. Then we went to bed so Santa didn't skip our house because we were awake. We woke up around 9:30 and went out to the stocking room. Brother (in law) was already awake and playing Madden. Then the parents got up shortly after and we opened our stockings.

Then we had home made cinnamon rolls and bacon for breakfast. Another new tradition I am a fan of was mimosas! Then we opened presents. We realized we were running a little behind when Aunt K and cousin M came over. They told us they weren't going to come over until around 1 and we thought we would have been gone by then. Not still unwrapping presents in our pjs!

We finished up presents and raced to get showered and packed up. That was my least favorite part. I wish we could lolly gag and get to everyone's houses. I don't know how people do more than two houses in one day!

The drive to my cousin J's wasn't too bad. The hubby and I kept ourselves entertained while singing duets to Christmas songs. Dad was already at J's cause he figured out like I did that the stepbrother (dog) is boring. My cousin K has a 9 month old that is the pride and joy of the family. We all adore him and love to make him smile. I think Hubby was a little bored with the baby. He says hi to him and stuff but doesn't really get into the loud noises and cooky faces the rest of us do.

Then on Boxing Day (Canadian holiday, have I mentioned I am half Canadian?), we had "Christmas morning" with my parents. We did stockings again and had cinnamon rolls again, and opened more presents!

Then I took Hubby to get his H1N1 shot. We went to Target for some cheap wrapping paper and labels. We met up with the high school friends again. This time two of the boys we were friends with that hadn't come last time were able to join us. Love catching up with everybody and hearing who is divorced, getting married, having babies, etc.

Then we had to leave dinner and get home since we were leaving early in the morning. We had a wonderful Christmas. So glad we were with family. I loved making new traditions with Hubby and I hope all the families become closer as the years go on.

6 years ago today

*preview of what is going to happen tonight at midnight! (minus the veil, wedding dress, and tux, probably in pjs ;))

Happy New Years Eve everybody!!

Six years and a couple months ago told the story of how Hubby and I first met.


I don't remember when my friend R told me Hubby and his girlfriend broke up. I don't think I made a mental note of it because I was focused on school and didn't really know him.


We were in college so there was no school from Christmas time until January. I was at my parents house for the break.


I didn't have any plans for NYE. I asked R what she was planning on doing. She was dating a local already so she was going to be in our college town. I figured going back to college town would be better than hanging out with the rents so I went up to be third wheel. I don't remember how we ended up at the party we ended up at. I think I was sober driver but don't remember whose idea it was to go there. The reason I think I was sober driver was I was super bored at this party. It was your average college house party. I think due to my boredom I started telling people to take their coats off. I get annoyed easily by things like if everyone is sitting down and one person is standing. I will ask that person to sit down cause they are bugging me. The coats inside was another one of those things. So then I had a huge pile of coats sitting next to me on the couch.


I remember Hubby and his best friend at the time showing up to the party. I asked them for their coats.


And that is the end of the story!


Aren't you sad?! Part of my heart is a little sad for this night too. Part of me thinks if he thought I was pretty the first time he met me why didn't he want to talk to me and get to know me at this party. The other part knows I should be glad he didn't try to talk to me that night because he was still wanted to be single at the time.


Sorry, am I depressing you guys on this celebratory holiday? It gets more depressing from there. Probably the whole big pile of coats next to me and being sober thing was why I didn't find a new years eve kiss that night. But (Hubby doesn't know this part) the guy that I kind of had a crush on kissed somebody else while he was sitting right next to me?!

Palm Ceremony

An excerpt from our wedding ceremony. I saw the palm ceremony on a wedding tv show and had to have it in my wedding. There is another version for people who aren't planning to have kids. Google it.

My fil noticed there was a lot of talk about babies. I guess the groomsmen should have brought their flasks and took shots every time babies were mentioned. Hubby is still waiting for the massages promised.

"Meagan, please hold Hubby's hands palms up, so you may see the gift that they are to you. These are the hands of your best friend, young and strong and vibrant with love, that are holding yours on your wedding day, as he promises to passionately love you and cherish you through the years, for a lifetime of happiness. These are the hands that will work along side yours, as together you build your future, as you laugh and cry, as you share your innermost secrets and dreams. These are the hands you will someday place with expectant joy upon your stomach, until he too, feels his child stir within you. These are the hands that look so large and strong, yet will be so gentle as he holds your baby for the first time. These are the hands that will work long hours for you and your new family. These are the hands that will countless times wipe the tears from your eyes; tears of sorrow and tears of joy. These are the hands that will comfort you in illness, and hold you when fear or grief engulfs your heart. These are the hands that will tenderly lift your chin and brush your cheek as they raise your face to look into his eyes: eyes that are filled completely with his overwhelming love and desire for you.

Hubby, please hold Meagan's hands palms up, so you may see the gift that they are to you. These are the hands of your best friend, smooth, young, and carefree, that are holding yours on your wedding day, as she promises to passionately love you and cherish you through the years, for a lifetime of happiness. These are the hands that will hold each child in tender love, soothing them through illness and hurt, supporting and encouraging them along the way, knowing when it is time to let go. These are the hands that will massage tension from your neck and back in the evening after you've both had a long hard day. These are the hands that will hold you tight as you struggle through difficult times. These are the hands that will give you support as she encourages you to chase down your dreams. Together as a team, everything you wish for can be realized.

God, bless these hands that you see before you this day. May they always be held by one another. Give them strength to hold on during the storms of stress and the dark of disillusionment. Keep them tender and gentle as they nurture each other in their wondrous love. Help these hands to continue building a relationship founded in your grace, rich in caring, and devoted in reaching for your perfection. May Hubby and Meagan see their four hands as healer, protector, shelter, and guide.

My Christmas Vacation part 1

*picture of Hubby and I at my cousin's house for Christmas dinner.




The Hubby and I started our vacation at 4am Saturday the 19th. We live in so cal and our parents live in nor cal. So cal has the worst traffice ever so we leave at 4 am. We avoid traffic and get there around 11 am and we somehow don't feel too tired.











We got to my parent's house and had lunch. We love getting Papa Murphys pizza. They don't have any near where we live. We finally got to watch our wedding video! I loved being able to see what the guys were up to while we were stuck in a room getting ready. Then we went to dinner at Latitudes in Auburn. It was pretty good. Best part was the mandarini! Came back to the house and played Scategories. I won by only one point!



The next day Mom, Hubby, and I headed to the mall for some last minute shopping. I thought it was going to be crazier than it was. Then we went to lunch with my old high school friends. There were 12 of us including my friends' babies. I hadn't seen one of the girls for about a year and hadn't seen her baby yet. I think seeing them was my favorite part. Then the hubby left me! He went to his parents house for a few days. My mom and I wrapped some presents and I watched tv with my dad.



The next day I drove my mom to work and met my dad at the hospital. He got the H1N1 shot because people are saying it is going to come back in January. Then he went to Target with me to return some wedding presents. He also tried to get me a H1N1 shot at CVS. They acted like they ddin't know what that was. Then Dad went back to work and I went to the grocery store. While my dad was working he found out there was an urgent clinic by Target that had the H1N1 shot. So that evening we went to pick my mom at from work and got me the H1N1 shot and went shopping for the hubby.



The next day I relaxed and hung out with my step brother (the dog my dad got to replace me).



Wednesday (aka the night before the night before), my dad worked a half day so he could drive me up to see Hubby and go to the night before the night before party. It was crazy as always. My least favorite part was when some of the men were talking about going sky diving with my dad. Before my dad got married he went a few times. My opinion is you shouldn't be jumping out of airplanes when your one and only daughter hasn't given you grandchildren yet. My dad decided around 11pm that he was going to stay the night. My mom and I wanted him to stay the night as soon as we found out he was going to the party. So we all stayed up until 2am or so. The next morning I was shocked that my dad wasn't the first one awake. My whole life he has woken up early. He can stay up to 11pm or so and be up around 5 or 6. I didn't hear a peep from him. So I decided at 9:45 I was going to wake him up. Such a nice daughter :)! He was awake by then.

To be continued on Jan 4th...

Hubby's teeth

Hubby went to the dentist last week. A tooth that had a cavity filled turned gray and they did a cold test and he could not feel the cold. The tooth does not hurt though. He has to go to a specialist on the 5th of Jan. I'll keep you updated. This is a conversation we had after he got back from his appointment. It makes me giggle so I hope it will make you giggle too.

Me:
EVERYTHING ELSE GOOD WITH YOUR TEETH?
Hubby:
YA AS FAR AS I KNOW, THEY DIDNT REALLY REVIEW THE REST OF THEM WITH ME
Hubby:
THEY JUST GAVE ME A CLEANING
Me:
OH, DID YOU GET THE NICE BLONDE LADY?
Hubby:
YA
Hubby:
OMG
Hubby:
SHE REMEMBERS YOU AND WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT SHOWS YOU WATCH
Hubby:
AND SHE WATCHS ALL OF THEM
Hubby:
SYTYCD
Hubby:
THE DRESS SHOW
Me:
SHE IS MY FAVORITE, WAS SHE MAD YOU DIDN'T BRING A PIC FROM THE WEDDING?
Hubby:
NO SHE DIDNT MENTION IT

Yes my husband says OMG and knows the abbreviation for sytycd. But he's hot and not gay I swear. So I allow it.

6 years and a couple months ago

*pic comment- That look in his eyes is how I know no matter what happens that we will be ok.


I was going to start my 6 years ago today posts on New Years Eve, mostly because I hadn't thought about it until after the date I first met Hubby had passed. But then, my co worker asked me this question today: (note-names may have been changed to protect people's identities)



F [7:27 AM]:
HUBBY SAID YOU FELL IN LOVE WITH HIM FIRST TIME YOU LOOKED @ HIM... IS IT TRUE?

Meagan [7:29 AM]:
YOU GUYS ARE FUNNY
F [7:29 AM]:
IS IT TRUE
Meagan [7:30 AM]:
I WOULDN'T SAY FELL IN LOVE. HE HAD A GIRLFRIEND. ITS WEIRD THAT WE BOTH VIVIDLY REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME WE MET. THERE WAS SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAT HAPPENED
F [7:30 AM]:
AWW
Meagan [7:31 AM]:
WHY ARE YOU ASKING? CAUSE YOU ARE COMPARING YOUR RELATIONSHIP TO OURS OR CAUSE YOU CAN'T BELIEVE SOMEONE COULD FALL IN LOVE WITH HIS FACE?
F [7:32 AM]:
HES GOT A PRETTY FACE
Meagan [7:32 AM]:
LOL I KNOW

Meagan to Hubby:
F SAID, “HUBBY SAID YOU FELL IN LOVE WITH HIM FIRST TIME YOU LOOKED @ HIM... IS IT TRUE?”
Hubby [7:31 AM]:
?
Hubby [7:31 AM]:
F IS ON CRACK
Hubby [7:31 AM]:
BUT THATS PROB TRUE

I thought this was funny and I have been waiting for some funny work conversations to post on here. But now I have to explain the first time we met.

The story begins my freshman year of college. I was a liberal studies major. This is the major you should choose if you want to be an elementary school teacher or if you want to take easy classes. I think you all know, I was the first one, but didn't mind the second part. As a freshman you have to take some general ed classes, but there are some teachery versions of some general ed classes as well. I chose to take the teachery versions whenever I could. The first day of my teachery biology class I sat down by some girls that looked nice. We started talking about what year we were and where we lived. I found out one of the girls lived in the same "village" as me. I said, "We should be friends!" (yes I am a dork, but that is why this girl, you, and everyone else love me) *fate moment-honestly that isn't something I would normally say and didn't say to anyone else I met in my classes.

Trying to keep the story short so hang with me I hope you don't get confused. The girl I met in bio, lets call her R, and I did become friends. We had several classes together and lived really close to each other (oh Uncle Chris, if you are reading this, you know who R is). She took another teachery psych class with a girl named B and they too became friends. When we were all deciding where to live *fate moment-my friends and Rs friends coincidentally decided to live in the same apartment complex down the street.

Through the year we became friends, R would mention her friend B. We talked a lot and she told me about her roommate and some of their other friends too. She mentioned B's boyfriend and things they were up to in their classes. Our sophomore year, R had a birthday party (it was in September, that is why it is 6 years ago and a couple months).

I don't know if you all know this, but I have a terrible memory. For example: watching SYTYCD last night (fyi: why can't my favorite dancer ever be America's favorite dancer?) I didn't recognize some of the people in the top 20 or some of the dances they did and I swear I watched every episode.

So knowing the fact that I have a terrible memory, what I am about to say is weird! We went out a lot in college. Lost of people had birthday parties. We took lots of pictures. Maybe I remember a lot of the details because we took pictures that night, I don't know. But I remember what I was wearing, how I did my hair, etc. I remember walking into my friend's kitchen and being introduced to B's boyfriend, Hubby! I also remember thinking, "Wow! He's hot!". You guys know, you have seen his pictures ;). But I was no longer in the business of home wrecking so I think I took some jello shots and continued on my merry way.

Hubby remembers this night too. That is why we say it was love at first sight. He remembers meeting me and thinking I was pretty. But he doesn't remember meeting any of my roommates (that is pretty strange because they were pretty hot!). Trippy huh?!

Things at this point were not so great with B and Hubby. R and Hubby told me later that R and her roommates got in a fight that night and Hubby and B also had some words. I don't know when she started being sketchy with another guy or when they officially broke up, but it was around this time 6 years ago. Look for the next part of our story on New Years Eve!

Does anyone else's husband?

Does anyone else's husband- change lyrics to a song to make them inappropriate? This weekend Hubby was changing chestnuts roasting on an open fire to Scott's nuts... Scott is our bunny's nickname. Oh maybe I'll have to explain that in a blog someday. Our bunny is fixed so he stopped singing the song and apologized. Then I asked, "Where do all the nuts go?" Does anybody know where all the animal balls go? Does everything go to the dump? Ew now I am wondering where road kill goes. Saw a dog on the street the other day. So sad, and gross!

Does anyone else's husband- doubt their bra size? My best friend worked in lingerie at Nordstroms for several years and can tell you your bra size just by looking at you most of the time. I needed a new bra so I asked the hubby to get me one for Christmas. He of course went with you pick it out and I'll buy it route. I have worn the same size since my friend measured me. I have bras of different brands. It doesn't matter, the hubby still doubts it. When we went shopping this weekend I picked out my size and it fit, again in several different brands. There were a few that were a little small even. I think he is starting to believe now. Have you ever taken your husband bra shopping? Oh man! Seeing his face when I showed him some of those price tags was priceless!!

Does anyone else's husband- try to micromanage in the kitchen? He used to bug me so much about every little thing I was doing that he is now the chef. Which you met have read in a previous post that he wants me to take over more when we have kids. We are having our holiday party at work today and he made cookies for the potluck and I made au gratin potatoes. I was doing great while he wasn't home. Then he gets home and he's asking about every ingredient and am I going to put garlic. Super annoying!