The Pin That Changed My Life

You know I love Pinterest...who doesn't really?  Just a few minutes of browsing makes me feel a full range of emotion, from irritation (all those pins that don't go to the original source; everyone labeling deserts as "healthy" when perhaps "more healthy" or "less fattening" would be a generous description; 'vignettes' and 'styling' photos - don't these people live in their houses??), amusement (love those someecards!), superiority (I'm amazed every day at people who don't know when to use your/you're or the difference between peek/peak/pique), to inspiration (build my own dining room table?!  I could do that!!).  But never have I found anything life-changing.

Until now.

Christmas, Christmas Time is Here

Well, it was here.  Now it's gone, but that probably won't stop me from showing you all these pictures.

First (and most obviously) of all: my husband is the cutest.  Seriously.

Truth.

I hate lunges.  HATE them.  I'd rather do a million squats than have to do lunges.

I don't understand the people who say they would get bored if they didn't work.  If I could financially afford to stop working right now, I totally would.  And I would find other things to do to combat the supposed "boredom" that would come with it.

I'm ready for a nap.

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Frozen Caramel (formerly I.C. Caramel) at Panera Bread....600 calories of deliciousness with a big, fat straw!

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Having someone else pack and move all our stuff = AWESOME!

Having our cars shipped to us in PA so we could fly instead of driving across the country = AWESOME!

Early fall weather - heavenly and cool, and I forget how green everything is in the East!

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It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.  There are fans.  "ahAAHHHaaaa!"

Things Are Happening!

D.H. and I are moving back East!!!

(How's that for subtlety?)

My darling hubby was offered a job in southwestern Pennsylvania, he accepted (after much deliberation and sleepless nights), and now everything is in motion for us to move across the country.

It's all happening very fast, and I'm SO excited!  I will miss my family and friends, and Cafe Rio, and our cute little house....and that is about it.  :)  D.H. and I both work until the end of next week, and then we're packing up and taking off, so when everything goes smoothly we'll be in PA by Labor Day.  Whew! 


For those who are here, we will miss you!  And for those of you back East, we're coming home!!

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Homemade dulce de leche ice cream sandwiches...divine.

Photo from SmittenKitchen.com

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Some of the things that are making me happy lately:

Sweet, fresh peaches in cream.  Best. Breakfast. Ever.

Because I'm Lazy...

I guess I'm never going to have the energy to actually post pictures from the wedding, and tell the whole story, you can go here, enter the password (it's "2010") and look at our photographer's photos of our wedding weekend.  She did an incredible job.  You can also go here and see our family and friends' pics from the weekend.

Dear Universe,

Hi!  It's Tonya.  Just checking in.  Things are going great for the most part, thanks for that.  But I need a new job asap.  One in which I can use both my management and my pharmacy educations, that has daytime hours and few-to-no weekend shifts.  I also need good benefits - FSA, 401k with a good company match, tuition reimbursement, at least 4 weeks of vacation, and professional organization membership reimbursement.  A company that respects and values employees would be great as well, since the absence of those qualities is what leads me to find a new job in the first place.  Thanks again for everything!

Love,
Tonya

My Sweet Grandpa

My Grandpa Ray passed away on Sunday evening. I already miss him like crazy, but I'm also glad he's no longer suffering the way he has over the past 5 months since his stroke.  Here's his obituary from the Vernal Express.  I love you, Grandpa!

Timing.

There's never a good time for crappy things to happen, but why can't they happen at only moderately inconvenient times instead of terrible times??  D.H. and I came home to a busted water heater on Friday, with hot water leaking pouring out of the top of the water heater onto the concrete floor in the basement.  We called the plumber and he confirmed our suspicions - time for a new water heater.  Of course it would be the same weekend we have to pay off our wedding in Mexico.  Blah.

It's Finally Spring!!

Ah, the lovely weather, the greening of the great outdoors, the flowers and sunshine....and the allergies.  Gah!  But I'm still glad it's spring, finally!  I thought it would never get here for real.  Love it.

Here's a link to my wedding webpage and registries for those of you who are interested.  It's a little difficult because we already have everything we need, so our wishlist is more 'things we want.'

I took D.H. to Vegas for his birthday this year - the big three-oh!  I actually SURPRISED him with Vegas for his birthday, and then the actual trip was for both of us.  I'm SO proud of myself for actually pulling it off, too!  I can't keep secrets to save my life, and I kept this one for months!  So here's how it happened:

The Kneadery: Breadtacular Bakesplosions for Your Cakehole

This morning D.H. told me he thinks I should open a bakery (based solely on the fact that I baked a perfect loaf of Italian bread this weekend...). It was about 5am and I couldn't sleep, so we were chatting about me opening my own bakery, which led to discussions about bread plus meds (quaalude croissants, Prozac cupcakes,

and Viagra nut rolls, to name a few), which led to an hour long "name that bakery" game. Some of my favorites were Cake'n'Bake, Daily Kneads, and as the title of this post suggests, The Kneadery:... It may just be really early in the morning, but I'm a little smitten with the idea.

Things I've Done: Updated

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a Praying Mantis
10. Sang a solo

So Lucky to be in Love

January 23, 2010 - today marks the day D.H. and I have been together for one whole year. It's crazy to me how much can change in such a relatively short period of time. I don't even have words to express how happy I am or how good life is right now. It is cliché, but I am SO lucky to be in love with my best friend. D.H. and I are perfectly matched, and I'm so lucky to have found him and have him be such a huge part of my life. He makes me laugh, he makes me feel special and beautiful and sexy, he makes me feel loved and taken care of, he supports me, he spoils me, and we have the most fun together no matter what we're doing. No matter how busy we get, how stressed we are, how many awful things happen outside our little home...we can weather all the storms because we have each other.

I know this is sappy, but I don't care! I'm in love, people! Hooray!

Happy anniversary, D.H., I love you with all my heart. MWAH! (and also, I can't believe I found this image. PERFECT!!!)

Meet the newest member of our family!

Everyone, say hello to Roomba! D.H. found a screaming deal on this little guy, so we decided to try him out. And boy, are we ever excited to have Roomba around!! We set him up in the living room today to see what he could do, and spent a good half an hour just watching him zoom around, cleaning everything in his path. We are such proud parents. Our lives will never be the same!

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Here are some pictures of Kami and I and our yearly pilgrimage to Moses Lake, WA and The Gorge to see Dave Matthews Band. This year the opener was G. Love and Special Sauce, which was pretty freakin' awesome.

G. Love. And yes, I did buy some boy shorts that say "booty call" on the back.

Well, who can blame you, you've gotta lock that down...

D.H. and I officially got engaged on Friday night. It was appropriate because we ended up going to Geppetto's that night, a pizza place we went to on our first date. We even sat at the same table. When we came home and were getting ready for bed he knelt down next to the bed and said, "I love you more than anything, and I want to be with you always...will you be my wife?" I cried and laughed and we kissed and it was wonderful, and I've never been so happy!