he said, she said

christi asked me to write a post to wave farewell to the blog.  she blames me exclusively for lack of writing.  it’s true, i haven’t been very diligent about writing in our blog, but i just haven’t been finding the motivation lately!  after getting a new job, i am just exhausted every day and just haven’t had the time to write.

it seems that people have been asking christi (not me =P) why we aren’t updating the blog.  so it seems that the reason is because i haven’t been writing.  =P  so to finish the blog off with a bang, let me catch you up with everything that’s been going on.

our year anniversary is rapidly approaching.  we are going to be going on our honeymoon.  christi keeps calling it our one year trip, but it’s really our honeymoon.  the destination?  italy.  i’m looking forward to it.  we’ve never been there, and i think it’s going to be a lot of fun.

we have been fostering puppies again.  we’ve had this litter since they were about a week old and they are soon off to their new homes.  we’re going to be keeping one from this litter!  it’s another week away and then the pups will all be away.  from what i understand, henry, a friend of ours, will be adopting one of the puppies from this litter!  this means that koda will always have a sister nearby that we will see regularly and that he can play with.

it’s been a year of many changes.  marriage, a house, a dog, a projector…i’m looking forward to seeing what the future holds for us.

i’m going to let you in on a little bit of a secret.  for our anniversary this year, i decided to try to make something for christi.  i have been trying to make this something forever now.  i even internet-researched it, watched you-tube videos describing step by step how to make the perfect thing.

the end result?

well, let’s just say that i better not quit my day job.  i think a 2nd grader could do better than i did.  =P

all in all, it’s been a great year.  i can’t wait to see what the following years will bring!

happy anniversary to us!
here’s the year in review…
sept ’07: got married and spent a week with our favorite people on the big island!
oct ’07: went scuba diving in the channel islands (brrr!)
nov ’07: attended sharks games, cal football games, and watched mythbusters live!
dec ’07: welcomed a 75lb rottweiler into our home (who promptly delivered 10 healthy puppies!). hosted both our families for christmas dinner.
jan ’08: lost my mom =( celebrated her life surrounded by supportive and loving family and friends
feb ’08: celebrated dad’s 60th bday!
mar ’08: celebrated grandma’s 80th bday!!
apr ’08: traveled to vegas for a vball tourney
may ’08: spent a relaxing weekend wine-tasting in sonoma
june ’08: paddled in a dragon boat race
july ’08: hosted the annual queen’s tourney and played lots of grass vball
aug ’08: mike started a new job far, far away. we also welcomed 1 week old koda (and his 3 sisters) into our home.
sep ’08: celebrated our first anniversary

we managed to do all that while i was traveling 50% time (some months), and fostering puppies. we’ve had… (lemme count em…) pepper (1), hockey litter (3), mountain litter (11), britney + lovebug (2), veggie litter (2), henessey littter (2), lion king litter (4)… that’s 25 dogs we’ve had in our house this year. haha. koda, however, is here to stay!

so, do you wanna hear how we celebrated our first anniversary? well, mike was sick. bummer. so we cancelled our dinner plans, and mike slept on the couch while i made him soup. romantic, huh?

we did, however, untie and read all the omikuji wishes that were written for us at our wedding! that’s was fun. there were some unsigned notes, but here are some thoughts about those that were signed!

most perfectly tied knot: mimi. of course.

most creatively tied knot: nelson. it wasn’t a knot, but it sure was creative =P

most prolific writer: li’l sis alice. i think she wrote 6 messages for us. haha!

nicest penmanship: angus and grace.

most inaccurate predictions: john h. and will. john drew a picture of us with 10 kids and 2 dogs. he should’ve drawn 10 dogs instead — that would have been closer =P will said to always pick cincy over whoever they’re playing. cincy is 0-3.

thanks to everyone who helped us celebrate our wedding day and for being a part of our life together for the past year =)

we’re starting off year 2 with a new puppy and a trip to italy!!! so, lots more adventure in store for us. i think this is going to be our last post. so, thanks for reading. it’s been fun!

*the end* -the doors