One year ago today

You probably wouldn’t have guessed it from my blogging that day, but one year ago today I met my life, Laurie for the first time ever.
I admitted last night that I was getting a little nervous working that day knowing that we were going to meet and go out for the first time later that evening. I guess I did something right because we’re now married and really enjoying life.
We plan on visiting one or two of the stops we made on our first date later today.
Last year I picked her up and we had dinner at Blue Mesa, then road the trolley down McKinney Ave. and finished it up with coffee at Cafe Brazil.
It’s amazing to think that was just a year ago. It seems so much longer (in a good way). I still laugh to think that one of her roommates thought we had known each other most of our lives after we had dated a month or two.
I am a slacker though apparently – from what I can tell, I didn’t mention Laurie to the blogging world until July 21st. Sorry about that. By then we had plenty of dates under our belt and were “officially dating.”
Laurie I love you and no one thrills my heart like you do. You are all my dreams come true and more.

Why is Britain a target?

Two years after the London subway bombings people are still asking why Britain has become a target for terrorism.
Britain is typically seen as one of the most tolerant European country for extreme groups. Yet British authorities are now trying to break into tightly nit Islamic communities after the bombings two years ago.
NPR has the story.

Jonathan sets out the napkins


Jonathan sets out the napkins
Originally uploaded by Jonathan D. Blundell.

We just wrapped up our first monthly “dinner club” at Casa de Blundell. We had a great time 13 adults and one baby Gracelyn. Our last guests left just before 11 p.m. and we enjoyed some great Mexican food made by all. Aaron and I also partook in some good imported Mexican beer before it was all said and done.
Tonights menu:
Cheese poppers and bacon wrapped jalape̱os РShane and Sarah
Chips, queso and guacamole – Richard and Amber
Beef enchiladas – Blundells
Chicken enchiladas – Josh and Shalyn
Beef fajitas and guacamole – Smiley and Shari
(amazing) Apple cinnamon wraps with vanilla ice cream – Aaron and Keri
We were surprised we were able to get 13 people seated in our humble abode, but we did it and then played a game of Boxers or Briefs afterwards.
We also took two of our old digital cameras and set them out for everyone to snap random photos as they saw fit. One of them has a busted LCD screen on it – so it made for some fun interesting pics. You can see them all on my Flickr account.
A great time had by all I do believe. We’re ready to start planning our next monthly dinner club meeting for next month. Check your e-mail you might be invited. Spaces are limited – we’ll start drawing names from the hat again soon.