Tuesday, November 16, 2010

John is my hero!

That is the pathetic look your dog gives you after she almost chokes to death.  An hour later.  After she's done shaking, coughing, wheezing and scaring you...this is the look you get.

Last night, Lily decided that she would continue the bad behavior that her grandpa allows when he watches her and snatched 1/2 a steak off the table.  As I was trying to get it away from her, she took a huge chunk and tried to swallow it whole so I couldn't get it.  As I was scolding her and taking the rest of it to the trash, she starts running towards me panicked.  I realize then, she's choking.  I start to panic and yelling to John to save her and to do something.  It was kind of a blur.  He had to give her the heimlich.  It was ridiculous.  After 4 pumps, she spit out the steak...3" across.  No wonder she couldn't swallow it.  Needless to say, I was quite stressed the rest of the evening.  And that's one of the reasons John is my hero!  Thanks to him, Lily's fine and here to live another day.

Monday, November 15, 2010

A little bit about us...as a couple...

I saw this over at Smiling is Good for Your Teeth and thought it was cute, so now, my turn :)

1. What are your middle names?
Joseph & Lou.

2. How long have you been together?
July 4, 2006.

3. How long did you know each other before you started dating?
Age 10 or so...

4. Who asked who out?
He asked me out.

5. How old are each of you? 
He is 27. I am 26.

6. Did you go to the same school?
Nope.

7. Are you from the same home town?
No, I'm for a city south of him.

8. Who is the smartest?
Depends on the subject ;-)

9. Who majored in what?
He dual-majored in Physics and Civil Engineering.  I have my undergrad in Political Science and my master's in business.

10. Who is the most sensitive? 
I'm going to go ahead and say myself.  Neither of us are really that sensitive...which works well for our personalities :)

11. Where is the furthest you two have traveled together as a couple? 
Utah I think.  Snowboarding...woo!!!

12. Who has the worst temper? 
Probably him, followed closely by myself.  We both used to have really bad tempers, but over the years realized they weren't worth it.  We're much more mellow now.

13. How many children do you want? 
None.

14. Who does the cooking?
He probably cooks a little more than I do, but we share that role.

15. Who is more social?
We're both pretty social.

16. Who is the neat freak?
Depends. I am in dealing with the kitchen.  He likes everything to all have it's  place.  We're in a balancing act right now trying to make all of our stuff start to mesh.  I still have a whole house to move over to his :)

17. Who is the most stubborn?
Hmm...I think I win that one.  Although I try not to be, I can't help it sometimes.  He has a stubborn streak too though.

18. Who wakes up earlier?
That's usually equal.  He's happier about getting up early than I am though.

19. Where was your first date? 
The movies to see 'Click'.

20. Who has the bigger family?
I do...by far.

21. Do you get flowers often?
No, I'm not much of a flower gal.  They're nice to get, don't get me wrong, but I'd prefer other gestures over flowers.  John knows :)

22. How do you spend the holidays? 
Thanksgiving: We go run a local 5K and go back to John's parents house to prep for Thanksgiving #1, watch the Macy's parade and visit. After we dine there, we drive down to my parents house and spend another part of our day over there.  Then, we roll back to our side of town to sit in a turkey induced coma.
Christmas: Christmas Eve is spent going to church, followed by dinner at my Aunt's house.  Christmas breakfast at my parent's house and the rest of the day is spent at John's grandparents house.

23. Who is more jealous?  
Um, neither of us really.  I'll give him a hard time sometimes just to tease him, but usually neither of us are really jealous people.  We both know our relationship and each other well enough to be comfortable with what life throws at us.

24. How long did it take to get serious? 
Probably a little too fast for my liking.  I remember thinking, "oh man, this is way too serious for me, should I end this?  I'm not ready".  We've had our bumps but it's all worked out in the end.  I think the serious-fast thing threw us both for a little bit of a loop.

25. Who eats more?
John.  The end.

26. What do you do for a living?
We are both in construction.  He works for a General Contractor and I work for a subcontractor.

27. Who does the laundry? 
Right now, I do mine and help him with his on occasion, but he does his own mostly.  When we get married, I'm sure that'll all be mine.  Although, I'd rather do laundry than other household chores.  Bring it!

28. Who's better with the computer?
John.  He can do pretty much anything on a computer.  He's his company's stand in IT guy.

29. Who drives when you are together? 
90% of the time he does.  I only drive if he really doesn't want to, which is rare, or if I'm feeling in a big hurry and he's moving slow that day.

30. What is your song?  
Well, when he was working on a project out of town, "Hey There Delilah" was a big song, so that was probably our first song.  We've had a couple more over the years too, but our wedding song will probably stick as our song.   You'll have to wait to find out what that is though :)

Sunday, November 14, 2010

25 Q's

Playing along with Ashley! My answers to 25 questions:

1. Do you see a lot of stars at night where you live?
Yes! I love clear nights! Sometimes you can even see planets if you're paying attention. I took an astronomy class in college (hey...counted as a science credit) and it was really interesting. I can still remember a few things.

2. Did you cry today?
Nope. That rarely happens though, so I'm not expecting it tomorrow either...

3. What are you doing tomorrow?
Back to work. Hopefully a run in there somewhere too!

4. What is the last movie you watched and what's the best thing about it?
Due Date. Robert Downey Jr. Nuff said...

5. Are you craving any kind of food right now?
Nope. I just ate cereal a bit ago and am good to go.

6. Who slept in your bed with you last?
My mother and I have been on vacation the past few days, so that would be my mom.

7. Where were you at 9AM?
The Park Central Hotel in NYC.

8. How do you feel about your hair?
I'd like it to be thicker. It's so fine=no body. But it's super straight & takes me less than 5 minutes to dry & that includes style.

9. Do you plan on having any babies and if so, how many?
Fur-babies only please. I'll take 2. Not a big fan of human babies 24/7. We plan on being fun Uncle John & Aunt Christina.

10. Do you wear makeup?
Usually, unless I'm doing a physical activity of some sort or going to play in the water somewhere.

11. Have you done any community service this year?
Yes. Helped out at the Ronald McDonald house & seniors first.

12. What is the last concert you went to?
OAR I believe.

13. Do you have any secret wishes right now?
Yes. Although some people know them. They're still pretty secret though ;-)

14. Have you ever cried in front of the last person you kissed.
Pretty much the only person who's seen me cry in the past 5 or so years. Ha.

15. If you could be anywhere right now, where would you want to be?
At the moment I couldn't be more content :-) finally got home to see my love & lil love. I'm happy.

16. How is the weather lately?
It's in the 60's right now. But it's nighttime. 80's tomorrow.

17. Where do you want to eat next?
Home. Cookin' tomorrow night. I'm sure I'll want me some Chick-fil-A soon too though. With their magical styrofoam cups!

18. What scares you the most about relationships?
In general-Trust. It takes me a while...

19. What's your favorite sport to play?
Football. I totally would have played had I been born male. But, alas I was not. They did start a girls team at my high school a few years after I graduated. Bummer.

20. Do you like chocolate?
In moderation...and usually with vanilla or peanut butter or some other yummy flavor to off set the chocolate.

21. What are you listening to?
The fan blowing. That's all. It's almost bedtime. Well technically it's past bedtime, but I'm off on my schedule so I'm winding down.

22. What happens to you when you get nervous?
I fidget.

23. Does the rain ruin your day?
No, I like a good rainy day every now & then.

24. What is your relationship status?
Engaged!

25. Are you ticklish?
Unfortunately. Sometime John uses that against me. And he's bigger so he wins.

THE END!!

Christina

Goodbye NYC!

Well, we're getting ready, packing up and heading home!!! I'm so ready to go home to these two:



New York is great and is crazy on the weekends! Such a difference Wednesday-Friday made versus Saturday! It was nuts! Yesterday, we played in a crowded central park, ate some New York staples





Shopped more


And saw the city once more at night



Goodbye NY! I'll be back!!

Friday, November 12, 2010

New York!

New York is pretty awesome! Today, I successfully managed to figure out the subway system which made me rather proud!
This is just a glimpse from certain pictures I've taken on my phone, so here goes!

We've seen 'Wicked'


The set before the show started.
I'm not a musical person, but it wasn't bad. My mom loved it!

We've visited Times Square...



Seen the Statue of Liberty...



Here's a friendly little squirrel that would pose & dance for you for food...he was so cute & chunky...



We've paid our respect at ground zero...


Hard to believe it was 9 years ago...

And today, after a long day of NBC studios (the station with most of my favorite shows AT 30 Rock!!), Bon Jovi on the Today show & lots of shopping


we finished tonight off with The Rockettes.



Oh, and how could I forget...


Serendipity 3!!!

Tomorrow we have another full day ahead of us and I'm exhausted! Ha!

Have a wonderful weekend!!!

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

An Award!!!


La Tache over at Smiling is Good for Your Teeth gave me this award!  Her blog has become one of my favorites to read.  She's fun to read, cheerful, and getting married soon!  Go check her out!

The rules:
7 things about myself
Choose 15 other Stylish Blogs to receive recognition

Now on to Rule #1--It's all about ME!

1) I am headed to New York City TOMORROW!!!
2) but first, I am running 10 miles with my friend Ashley really early for our LAST long training run before the race!
3) My favorite color is pink.
4) I much prefer warm weather to cold.  I like cold in spurts.  I'm comfortable in warm weather long term.
5) My favorite meal is a toss up.  Beef Stroganoff vs. Any Mexican food!
6) Lily (my dog) and I have separation anxiety issues.  I think it stems from the fact that she gets worried sick (literally) when I leave her and I can't explain to her that I'll be  back soon.  The next few weeks are going to be rough.
7) I have to shave every day.  I cannot stand having stubble on my legs.  I've been like this, well, since I started shaving.  It probably won't change and is quite inconvenient at times!

Now for Rule #2: It's all about YOU!

Monday, November 8, 2010

The Invitations Are Here, They're HERE!!!!

That's right, our invitations came in today! Woo!!!  Just arrived via UPS!