Category: Humor

Living with a girl

I think I’ll borrow from Brandy’s blog and start another category here at SSL – “Living with a Girl.” Laurie likes the idea too and may start her own, “Living with a Boy.” After all – as you can see over on the right hand side of my blog – you can never have enough categories.
To start off with, here’s a list of a few observations I’ve noticed over the last 8 days since I started Living with a Girl.

  1. Girls smell good. – Seriously. Girls smell much gooder than boys. And they’re not fans of bad smelling boys or sulfur water or anything thing else that smells “funky”. I think that’s why they like candles and good smelling stuff so much – to over power the bad smell of boys. They’re also not fan of bad smelling trucks.
  2. Girls like things clean. – Well maybe not all girls, but mine sure does and it makes me want to be a better guy and keep things clean too. And I’ll be sure to admit that all the “junk” on the coffee table is mine right now. Including the shaving cream and razor that I brought downstairs to shave with this morning to be sure and not wake said girl at 6 a.m.
  3. Girls are soft. – It doesn’t get much better than the touch of your girl or a brush of her cheek against yours. And I believe that because they’re so soft, they love stuff just as soft. That’s why a fine super soft resort robe will win her attention any day over yours.

Well that’s it for now. Some of these may be new to you – others not so new. Some of them are just reminders of growing up with two sisters. But hopefully we’ll have some fun and learn some new insight into “Living with a Girl” along the way.
Oh and speaking of categories – which are your favorites? Which could you care less about? I can tell from some of my stats which ones you read the most – but I’d love to hear from you which categories you like the most.

Back home again

Well… it’s Saturday night and we’re back home again. Well I say “we’re back home again” loosely because, well as of last night I’m living in a brand new home with my new life* Laurie.
It is a little different having girl stuff in my home. But granted its more like boy stuff has moved into her place since she’s been here a full month already.
I can’t believe we’ve been married a full week already – and yet it seems like we’ve been best friends for a lifetime already.
The Bride and Groom
After the wedding on Saturday we went and enjoyed a good meal at Outback Steakhouse before returning to our room at the Hyatt Regency. We had a great room and opted for the Park, Sleep and Fly package which made getting to our flight at 6:36 a.m. much easier. We simply paid a little more for our room and were able to keep my truck parked at the hotel and took a shuttle to our gate on Sunday morning.
Hyatt Regency DFW
We arrived in Pagosa Springs, via Denver and Durango later that afternoon after stopping for some Serious Texas BBQ in Durango.
Serious Texas BBQ
They offered up some great BBQ along a gorgeous river side patio.
After arriving in Pagosa Springs, it didn’t take long before we enjoying the 20 hot springs fed mineral baths outdoors.
It was also not long until we started hunting a few Geocaches the next day. We found five overall during the week, including our first Geocoin, Jeep Travel Bug and Multi-Cache.
First Multi-Cache found
We also spent a day traveling the Durango-Silverton Railroad (although it only traveled to Cascade Canyon due to their “winter schedule”).
Break in Cascade Canyon
We also enjoyed a visit to the Pagosa Brewing Company where my lovely life suggested I get a hat to commemorate our visit. She knows me too well.
Overall it was a great week of Geocaching, great food and great relaxation in the hot spring tubs.
Although I must say despite enjoying several local eateries I think Laurie’s favorite meals during the week were at Subway, Taco Bell and McDonalds – go figure ;-).
Well I should really get to work on a video for church tomorrow, but I wanted to be sure and update my blog before it got too late – we’ve spent most of the day running errands and buying new camping gear with our wedding gift cards and we also bought a brand new GPS unit so we can return the borrowed unit from Josh and Shalyn.

Jumping for Joy
Thanks to everyone for their prayers, support, gifts and encouragements – they’re all greatly appreciated!
And be sure to keep posted because I know we have a slide show coming as well as an updated version of CasaDeBlundell.com and more photos on Flickr.
And I’m sure my life will post her thoughts and comments before too long as well.

*Hat tip to Thomas for the proper example/wording for wife. 🙂 After all – anyone can have a wife. It takes a real man to make her his life.

Using one square of toilet paper

So I’m sure you’ve all heard the story of Sheryl Crow telling everyone to use just one square of toilet paper. Well here’s an actual video of the concert at SMU. Joke or not? Judge for yourself.

And for the record, I’ve heard many people tell me that Marines are actually trained to use only one square of toilet paper per bathroom visit. Take that for what it’s worth as well.

DNC poll

Received this from e-mail:

The Democratic National Committee is currently polling Americans through the internet to determine the electability of Sen. Hillary Clinton for the presidency of the United States in 2008.

To show your support for Hillary and encourage her to run for President of the United States in 2008, add your name to the bottom of the list below and send it on.
Please forward this note and don’t break the chain.

This poll has been circulating since 1/03/07.

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