The Chronicles of Kat and Nico

2010-01-22T19:14:00.007-06:00

on wednesday night, nico & I dropped my vehicle off at the local ntb. we'd had the oil changed, and the tires rotated and balanced there on saturday evening & when I'd picked it up, it started making noises when I braked - clunkclunkclunk clunk clunk clunk clunk clunk

so, we called them sunday & were finally able to drop the car off wednesday on the way to lifehouse. nico got a horrible migraine at lifehouse, so we ended up going straight home in order for him to go to bed. the next morning, thursday, was his first day of school, so he got up early, all chipper from the relief of the migraine being gone, did his morning getting-ready-for-school stuff and left.

I was partially awake during all this - sort of hazy-in-between - and hearing him walk out the door, my fuzzy thought was "well, my car obviously isn't in the driveway, so he'll obviously know not to take both sets of keys: to his car & our extra". The tags, you see, on the extra, are expired, but I figured if nothing else, I could drive it to pick up my car & then leave it at ntb for us to pick up later.

upon getting out of bed an hour or so later, though (I have a late shift at work), I go to looking for the keys, any keys, to the extra, and they are nowhere to be found. I called and texted nico but didn't get a response, due to him being in class. we have a neighbor that has his own business, and when I looked out the window, his truck was in his driveway, so I thought that maybe I could have him run me over to the ntb, but I wanted to call them first to make sure it was ok that I drive the car - by the time I got off the phone, his truck had disappeared & when I called him to see if he might maybe be back anytime soon, he said it probably wouldn't be til that evening.

so I called my tl & let her know what was going on. sweetheart that she is, she said that she would drive to my house & pick me up to drop me off at ntb, but she lives over by me which means that we work approx. 35 miles away from work. one way. and I would have felt mad guilty for doing that. so instead I asked if I could just go into work late (which I still felt mad guilty about, but not as much as if she'd've driven 35x4 miles in 1 day). she said yes & I was able to stay home & do some laundry, change bedsheets, clean the kitchen and embroider a bib that I have been working on forEVER. {no, seriously. like whoa, forever.} and it was so refreshingly lovely to have an unexpected morning to myself in my home.

nico ended up getting my message on a break in between classes and was able to come home & take me to my vehicle. his first day school brain hadn't realized he had all the keys, and he felt really bad. but I ended up being kind of happy about the way it'd turned out.

but anyway, it cracked me up, comedy of errors that it was. I didn't realize it would be a book!

2010-01-20T21:52:00.003-06:00

so I just got out of the shower. I kept the door to the bathroom closed because Nico is in bed with a migraine & Unagi was eating - I didn't want him to push open the bathroom door and light up the bedroom when he finished & disturb the husband.

as I get out of the shower stall, I hear mhhhhhh-humpphhhhh {big sigh} underneath the bathroom door. I crack it open & there he is, looking up at me, all offended that I didn't leave it cracked so that he could pudh in when he was good & ready to. I opened the stall so that he could go in & lick the walls off & he was appeased. He cracks me up.

2010-01-15T14:05:00.010-06:00

I'm throwing a diaper shower for a dear friend next month & am figuring out the foods/desserts/drinks. I'm not sure exactly what protocol is & probably won't look it up, so I’m kind of flying by the seat of my pants and hoping that everything turns out well.

Here is what the menu looks like so far:

Drinks
Homemade Orange Julius
Grape, Pineapple, & Ginger Punch

And, of course, ice water - maybe flavoured with mint or rosemary, or something like that?

Food
some fresh fruit & vegetables
Yakitori
Baked Chicken Meatballs
Raspberry Brie Phyllo Cups
Phyllo Mushroom Bundles
Goat Cheese with Fres h Dil l & Paprika
Lemony Zucchini Goat Cheese Pizza
Edamame Dip
Baked Brie
Little Egg & Bacon Tarts

Dessert
My Gran's Pound Cake
New York Style Cheesecake (recipes to come for both)
Chocolate Truffles with Sea Salt
The Bar - Maribeth is part Filipino, so I'm hoping that she'll enjoy this
Poppyseed Lemon Cake

So there we go! Hopefully everyone will enjoy this & it won't be too little. That's always my biggest fear: not enough food...

2009-10-16T15:31:00.002-05:00

1. bar-b-que

2. nice verizon customer service men

3. that is it FRIDAY

4. payday

5. unexpected gifts from family

2009-10-13T17:18:00.001-05:00

1. shaving

2. tootsie roll pops

3. free bottled water at work

4. that netflix streams some movies over the internet

5. organization

2009-10-12T13:06:00.002-05:00

1. my 21 years young, old lady kitty cat still being alive & kicking & okay.

2. Emma

3. Chai tea

4. Two-stepping

5. my very cool phone that a girlfriend gave me for FREE. I love free.

2009-10-01T16:29:00.003-05:00

Gratitude is something that I feel I am lacking. I am {while not UNhappy} am not happy, either, as often as I ought to be. I am stressed, worry about things {money, mostly} and really just want to have a better frame of mind. I need to put more in God's hands and remember what I have to be grateful for.

1. An amazing, understanding, loving, hard-working husband.

2. A sweet, sweet, cuddly-bug boxer.

3. A job.

4. A dependable car to get me to & from said job.

5. Grandparents that have been the rocks of my life.

2009-09-18T12:02:00.004-05:00

From birthday 2008. LaGrave Field & my little bro {miss him!}

Work has been crazy busy lately with people calling in sick, new applications being implemented & not working correctly, and tool issues. But it is, thankfully, the end of the week, which I am very happy about.

My weekend will consist of Pop-sitting, kid-sitting, baking, cleaning, maybe two-stepping? {that would be oh-so-lovely}, church, dog-walking, and who knows what else? I'm very much looking forward to it.

Never forget

2009-09-11T12:16:00.002-05:00

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Please pray for our country.

Talihina, the departure

2009-09-10T17:52:00.003-05:00

On the way home, right outside of Talihina, there was a dam.  It was gorgeous & this is both sides of the road running in front of it.

Talihina, the view

2009-09-08T14:35:00.006-05:00

Talihina, the hike

2009-09-04T17:31:00.006-05:00

Lookit that tongue above!  Lookit that sweat below!

It was epic. By the end we were sweaty, exhausted, and in awe of God's beauty. {and very curious about the random fire hydrant}

Talihina, the arrival

2009-09-03T15:39:00.006-05:00

So green and vibrant and beautiful! Not at all what I was expecting from Oklahoma, let me tell you.

{Oh, and we had Badtz shaved when we got there. All of us appreciate her having less hair.}

Morning

2009-09-01T14:12:00.004-05:00

Yesterday morning, I was unexpectedly overwhelmed with happiness. My sweet husband was laying in bed snuggled up asleep with Badtz (the blonde one) at his feet & my loyal sidekick Unagi was following me around the house as I got ready for work.

It was simple, but the sunlight shining into our slightly messy bedroom onto my lovely little family just made me so thankful to be living my life.

Family

2009-08-28T18:51:00.005-05:00

Taken here.
{may or may not have been jipped off the company website} 
My Pop.  He's one of my heroes.  He has this.  I'm praying fervently for him and my Gran.

Hopefully, we can take another one of these next year sometime, with a great. {oh that the Lord would bless us}

Officially Unofficially Wed

2009-08-27T20:16:00.004-05:00

Just developed eight rolls of films.  Will be revisiting last year over the next little while! {yay}

Incarcerated

2009-08-25T19:07:00.006-05:00

Last year, when we got our informal declaration of marriage to add him onto my insurance.

It was the first day of the rest of his life! {bwahahaha}

Pre-Wedding

2009-08-21T16:26:00.001-05:00

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I was going to re-cap some of the activities leading up to the wedding, but looking at those pictures doesn't give me very much joy.

Isn't that a shame?

It's because I'm a procrastinator & really just wanted to go to the courthouse & then to lunch with my closest friends and family. Nico wanted the huge party with lots of food and everyone we possible knew, dancing and eating and drinking and being merry. Being at a point in our lives where we are trying to pay off debt, we compromised & had a small church wedding where we invited all of our friends and family, but just had a small reception with cake and punch afterwards. But I procrastinated.

And procrastinated.

And so the days leading up to the wedding were filled with anxiety and stress and worry and arguments instead of the joy and happiness and euphoria one would expect them to. So instead of re-caps, I’ve included a few photos of that do make me happy & can say that at least I have learned a lesson: don’t procrastinate! …well, here’s hoping anyway. haha

I'd like to move to a beach, please

2009-07-31T20:49:00.002-05:00

marisamiller.com

And have bebes that look like this ->
Except browner

And learn how to surf: