Distraction Post

     Believe me when I am saying I am working on a very lengthy, very nostalgic blog post. Also believe me when I tell you I have extreme focus issues. I blame my cute house. I blame a cute husband. I blame the internet most of all. So darned distracting. I am still plugging away at my blog post, but also felt the need to update.

     I feel the need to update because my blog was hacked. Not that I have an issues with the post or the hacker.. I love them just fine! It’s my mother…she says while the blog hacking was cute, it made her gag a little bit.Too much lovey-dovey or something like that.  She is still struggling with the nausea, I believe. So just in case you are one of those readers that are also feeling a little gagged by my main man Marcus’ sweet bloggin’…I thought I would give you a new post.  It is a win-win situation. Distraction from an overwhelmingly cute blog hack & the fact I haven’t been blogging for you AND it buys me some more time.

 

I call this distraction: TWINS!!

no, I’m not having them…my sister already did!

See…

 

They look so identical here. And yes, I know Boy-Girl twins can’t be identical but apparently the public doesn’t. My sister gets asked if they are identical a lot.

Answers to your questions

1. Yes, Thomas is wearing a necklace. But at least he chose the brown one, right? Whenever they come over to my house they make a beeline for my necklaces. Or they ask to vacuum. I try to encourage the latter.

2. It’s peanut butter remnants on the cheeks of that adorable little boy.

3. Yes, I am aware that my sister already had the world’s cutest kids and there is no hope for the rest of us. And you should see our other nephew. Don’t worry..Marcus & I will still give our 100% for cute babies too.

4. No, I don’t when I’ll ever be un-distracted enough to finish my half-finished blog post. Sigh.

5. Next time I will let Cecilia borrow my Sperry’s. I think it would have completed her look..

 

    

 

Love,
Laura

My Woman Can COOK!!!

Stop. The. Press.

This just in! Laura Michele is the most amazing cook, wife and friend a guy could ever hope for! The Lord has blessed me beyond my dirty hands, 6am wake-up-smelling-like-a-fire self deserves. Let me explain...

After a long night of playing fireman, I roused my sleepy wife long before the alarm. She was kind and loving to me despite my grungy state. Instead of complaining (which she never does anyway), she simply asked, "Love, what would you like for dinner?".

"Chicken and dumplings" I reply. No compelling reason for the choice. Just a simple man-answer. "Ok" she says.

Sure enough...8 hours later, I once again arrive from work (a little less smelly this time), and what do I find? An apron-clad wife hacking away at an entire chicken! Not only did she catch that dang thing- but she plucked it, cleaned it and made it dance too. I didn't realize a simple soup was this involved!

Despite my ignorance and feeble attempts to help, Laura managed to work through an incredibly complex series of ingredients and instructions to assemble (not like the "legos" kind of assemble...but like the ikea bed kind) an incredible Chicken and Dumpling Soup!

We had a great time preparing and sharing a delicious meal. And after a hard day's work at our respective jobs, it was so nice to have a chef-wife-best-friend to come home to.

Now if you kind readers will excuse me, I have some snuggling to do with my sleepy-headed woman (o:

Thank you my sweetheart for all you do and all you are...

Always your Renaissance Man

Current Events

     When I was in 6th grade all the students in Mrs. Brocken-Borough’s social studies class had to bring in clippings from the newspaper and write a synopsis of the importance of that particular current event. It took about 3 months of this assignment before I realized that clipping articles about celebrities in The Daily Break wasn’t exactly what my teacher had in mind. While my more informed classmates were bringing in news about President Clinton’s sexual scandal, I was cutting out comics and the like. Or on a better day, wedding announcements I liked.  Call it optimism. My teacher called it below average work.

     My blog is not a current events blog. It’s a random collection of photographs and stories and snippets of my life in no particular order. If this were a current event blog, you would know

1. We survived Hurricane Irene. She was more like Thunderstorm Irene.  And I thank God for that.

Here is our home, all boarded up!

       

2. I didn’t feel the Earthquake-and I’m totally OK with that.

3. Today begins Marcus first day back to work. And by that I mean, youth group and confirmation and small groups are all back in full force after today’s ice cream social

4. Fully aware that he will come home feeling drained, I asked him what sounds good for dinner. He said Chicken & Dumplings. So after I finish this post, I will attempt to make The Pioneer Woman's chicken dumplings. I’m a little nervous. There is a whole chicken waiting for me in the fridge and I don’t know how I feel about that. I typically just deal with their breasts. Oh, cooking intimidation.

5. God is good. God is faithful. We trust Him and are very excited for his plans for us. That’s always current news ‘round these parts. 

6. My sister-in-law is having a baby girl this fall…..love her already! Can’t wait to meet her!

7. Marcus and I have been married for 3 months, yesterday. These have possibly been the fastest three months of my life thus far. And the best.

8. We love our little home. Getting some our wedding pictures up is our next goal….

9. I have more exciting blog posts lurking in the future

10.  I’m debating running away and eating at my mom’s house in order to avoid that chicken in the fridge. But my husband is way too cute for all that.