Actual Conversations

E - Can I have a puppy?

T - Let's see how the baby goes first

E - You mean like if I don't kill our offspring I can have a puppy?

T - Yes, yes that's exactly what I mean


It's like a test run, if you can keep a baby alive you can definitely keep a puppy alive. His logic is undeniable.

5 facts

Filler post!

Find below five random as eff all facts about each of us. 

E-

1. I probably couldn't eat most of my favorite foods all day everyday, however I think samosas and froyo are an exception to this rule. I could totally eat them all day everyday. 
2. I loathe any form of floor covering. Don't talk to me about how rugs tie a room together, you don't have to clean 6 animals worth of grunge out of them. 
3. If I could be barefoot at all points in time I would be. Behaving in a socially acceptable fashion is totally overrated. 
4. I firmly believe that if there is a heaven it is filled with baby animals and ice cream. 
5. One of my favorite things about my job is how incredibly normal the people I interact with make me feel. 

T-

1. I think M&M colors each have a different flavor. Yellow tastes the best. 
2. I have such an irrational fear of snakes that even worms creep me out. 
3. My dream house is the tree house from Swiss Family Robinson. 
4. Ninja Turtles - Coming Out Of Their Shells is one of my favorite albums of all time. 
5. I am terrible at drawing people, and my handwriting is so bad I have to write in all caps.

Which facts did you already know? Any surprises? What's a random fact about you? (There's a freaking comment box, FILL IT OUT.)

Actual conversations

Walking upstairs to find Taylor playing on his phone while its in the alarm clock holder.

E - what are you doing??

T - playing a game while my phone charges. What are you doing??

E - finding lotion to put on the hedgehog's ears.

T - and you act like I'M the weird one.

For the record, it takes a lot of patience to get a hedgepig to let you put lotion on her ears. And she expects a freeze dried grasshopper afterwards.

Actual Conversations

T - Tonight is a night where I want bad food.

E - No! Be healthy!

T -Fine. What do you want for dinner?

E - I don't know, pick something off my pinterest.

A few minutes later...

T- 90 percent of these recipes are potatoes.

E - Because potatoes are awesome!

Its so true though guys, I like only pin savory recipes that contain potatoes. Check it out.

Actual Conversations

E- Who are my celebrity crushes? Besides the rock?

T- Bruce Willis, Vin Diesel, Stallone, Arnold, Gordon Ramsey

E - GORDON! I forgot about him! I'm trying to not have my list based solely upon action stars old enough to be my dad.

But seriously, if they were in the Expendables, I'm probably a little bit in love with them.

Tree Burning

Every January my family and I are invited to a party filled with food, booze, and the burning of Christmas trees. Hosted by Lindeve (our officiant) and her husband Don, it is always a good time. Enjoy a few pictures!

Also...this kid. 

Actual conversations

As students jaywalk everywhere by the school:

E- I hate them! I hate them so much!

T- So much anger.

E - They don't have a walk!!

T- You would totally go to the dark side of the force.

E- I totally would.

Guys! Waste some time with me!

I am the queen of finding time sucks. I can easily spend an hour hopping from random person's pictures to random person's pictures on instagram. I have nine thousand blogs that I follow regularly. There are multiple webcomics that I read. I get addicted to iphone games that really have no end point. And now I have random online magazines made by people I don't know but that are AWESOME. So AWESOME I will share them with you. (And at the same time ease my guilt that I never ever blog anymore. Our Thanksgiving was lovely by the way how was yours?)

Hiya!

We're back! Wedding and honeymoon time is officially over. I can say with complete honesty that the wedding was absolute perfection and I wouldn't change a thing. I cannot wait to get the pictures back from our photographer and share them with you all.

In the meantime I thought I would share some of my absolute favorites from our photobooth.

Actual Conversations

E - Oh my god my elbows are hiving out! WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME???

T - God hates you.

E - Probably. It's because I'm marrying a Jew.

T - Or because I'm the chosen one and you're a Shiksa.

Either way I should probably buy stock in benedryl.

sorry if this offends you, we mean it in good fun, and think that whatever your religion (or lack thereof) your god is a benevolent one who wouldn't inflict hives on anyone for loving someone of a different religion 

Actual Conversation

E - What kind of beer do you want at the wedding?

T - Natty Ice, Budwiser, Old English in 40 ounce and something fruity. Maybe that Cherry wheat one that comes in the Christmas Pack.

E - YES!!!!!! FORTIES!!!!!!!! Pure class!!!!


Nothing but the best for us.

Actual Conversations

E - Dude, all the cute players are either hurt or suck at football. 

T - The fact that you said dude makes that the gayest fantasy football text ever. 

I don't think my team is going to win. 

P.S. I know I have royally sucked with the updating, but wait till you see the awesomeness in store for you. 

Actual conversations

E - if we had met on a dating show would you have picked me?

T - depends what are the other girls like?

E - not as awesome as me.

T - then yes. Would you have picked me?

E - yes!

T - that's a lie, you would pick the cowboy.

The bachelorette inspires deep discussions about our relationship.

Ways in Which I am an Old Lady

So yesterday I had a craving for tuna melts. (Yes mom, I know you think they are gross.) So I went to the grocery store on my way home from work and picked up some tuna. And some pistachio ice cream.

While eating these two delicious things and ignoring the noise that was Taylor's band playing in the garage it occurred to me that I am pretty much an 80 year old woman. Here is a list to prove it.

1) My name is Evelyn Anne
2) I think tuna melts are delicious
3) I will voluntarily eat an entire pint of pistachio ice cream
4) I have a long haired miniature dachshund
5) I believe women should wear dresses at all times
6) I have a collection of tea cups
7) I have three cats
8) I live in cardigans
9) I complain about how ridiculous anyone under 30 is
10) My knees pop constantly
11) I'm a librarian
12) I still write checks
13) I love licorice flavored candies
14) I have random opinions that I refuse to change (for example I LOATHE carpet and floor rugs)
15.) I bake a lot of bundt cakes

Point. Proven.

Netflix Addicts

Taylor and I don't have cable. I would say its because we are enlightened and don't care about such mindless things as TV shows. But really its because we don't have a key to the basement of our apartment and as such none of the cable companies could set up service for us. So instead we use Netflix through the internet we get from our phone line. (Yes, we are living in the early 2000's.)

I thought I would throw together a quick list of our current favorite shows to marathon. Both Taylor and I have COMPLETELY different tastes when it comes to TV so the shows are broken down into three lists.

Taylor's Faves:

Evelyn's Faves:

Overlapping Faves:

As you can see Taylor prefers his shows to have a bit more thought put into them. I just like a show chock full of characters I can yell at when they keep hooking up with the wrong people. Or where stuff blows up. 

Reply Card

I am LOVING getting the reply cards in the mail. So far we've only gotten three, and all three have come from those on my side of the wedding party, but they've been fabulous, and I am impatient waiting for the rest of them to arrive. (I'm resisting the urge to nag people for them.)

Mail Call

Can we talk about snail mail for a hot second?

I love the USPS, and I LOVE sending and receiving things through the mail. I used to send things constantly in college, and then took a bit of a break when I went through my pretend to be a grown up and make stupid decisions phase. But now I'm mostly out of that phase, and I pay bills - with a checkbook - through the mail. I also send a lot of thank you notes now, because I'm engaged and you lovely people keep sending us things. It makes me feel old, (because I'm engaged and paying bills with checks) but it also made me remember how awesome it is to stick a stamp on something, put it out for the mysterious postman to pick up, and wait for whoever you sent it to to get it.

I've been sending my mom vintage horse post cards with random quotes on them, I've been writing letters to Tay's grandma, we sent out a few post cards from Kentucky, and of course I mail my bills and thank you cards. Its fun, and it feels kind of old fashiony and quaint in this age of blogs, emails, and text messages.

Of course the best part is that you get things back in the mail. Now on top of the few awesome magazines I subscribe to, the monthly birchbox shipments I get, and the bills, I get lovely reply cards and letters.

Its awesome if I do say so myself.

So along with my other 24 before 24 goals, I plan to make way more of an effort as far as writing letters and sending cute notes goes. I might even replace a goal with that goal. (Probably the finish knitting a scarf goal...that poor scarf keeps staring at me accusingly and its starting to make me feel bad about myself. So if I pretend its not there all will be well again.)

Sorry to be totally random, but today was a good mail day, and I'm bored waiting for Taylor to come home so I can make dinner. Therefore you all get random blog posts.

Also, feel free to mail us stuff. I'll mail you things back, promise.

 

Evelyn Has A Fancy iPhone

The merging of two lives seems to constantly have new things to deal with. We have two apartments, nine million animals, more stuff than we know what to do with, and social lives that require a lot of calendar work. (Well his social life really...I don't like people.)

However, I have discovered there are definite perks. I now have two kitchenaide mixers at my disposal. There is someone to buy all of the groceries. (Food is expensive!) Then there is someone to cook the food that they bought. (I do the dishes, I am not completely useless.) Also, when it is decided that having two different phone companies is silly I get a pretty pretty new iPhone.

Which means I don't have to steal Taylor's to use instagram, which also means you get BAJILLIONS of pictures of things you just don't care about.

See, when I luck out YOU luck out.  You're excited right? I know you are.

Here's a sneak peek work style - 

 And home style -

Yeah, I know, I'm a natural with the instagramming. And the making-up-of-wordsing.

Also...yes, we eat like alcoholic five year olds. And yes, apparently Evelyn is very hard to spell.

Actual Conversations from Taylor

T: I think ill get my hair cut short after work today. If it looks stupid I'm blaming you.

E: ok, luckily it grows back

T: it does?

E Well on normal people it does, maybe not on you.

Actual Conversation

E - "Well maybe you should try the original color"
T - "I tried that and it didn't work"
E - "Well maybe you tried it wrong"
T - "Well maybe you should shut up"
E - "I'm just sayin..."
Five minutes of arguing later Taylor does what Evelyn says and everything works out.
Just sayin.