It's the most wonderful time of the year

Well it's been awhile since I updated the blogging world on our life. So I thought what better time than while at work. :) It's been a super crazy month! Daniel has been swamped the past couple of weeks getting ready for finals, which were last week, and I'm pretty sure he aced them all, because he's smart like that. I had to work late most every night last week, so I could take off this Wed. and Christmas Eve. Oh to have a Christmas break again. As always we've had a few humorous stories lately.

I came in late one night last week and was looking through my super junked-out purse when I discovered something that was unfamiliar to me. I looked at Daniel and said "Is this important?" To which he replied "That's my reference page to my final paper that was due yesterday, yes that's important!" What we couldn't figure out was how his reference page ended up in my purse. Then I remembered my rash visit to Hobby Lobby two nights before. I always have to print out the weekly Hobby Lobby coupon because it's just awesome (40% off you should check it out). On my mad dash out the door, I printed out the coupon grabbed it and left. What I didn't realize was, I didn't just grab the coupon, I grabbed some of his paper that was sitting in the printer as well. Whoops. So Daniel had to take his reference page to his professor the next day. He wasn't there neither was his secretary, so he had to leave a sticky note on it that said "This is Daniel Weaver's reference page to his final paper." I said you should have left him 8 sticky notes that explained the situation, which would probably sound like the worst dog ate my homework story ever. Needless to say, we're praying for a little mercy.

For now we are anticipating our first Christmas as a married couple, (precious). We go home tomorrow night and we stay until Sunday. We are looking forward to spending time with family. I will post pictures as soon as we return.

Fat Kid Love

In the beginning when Daniel and I first started talking and trying to get to know each other, I discovered that he used to be a fat kid. At that moment things clicked and I knew I wanted to spend the rest of my life with this former fat kid. Well not exactly but it definitely made me want to get to know him more, being a former fatty myself.

Now if you've ever been a fat kid you know that it's no fun to go to the pool wearing a t-shirt over your pale chubby body in the summer, to conceal all your jiggle. Well both Daniel and I have been there and we worked hard to lose all that lard on our own, years before we met. Little did we know that what we loathed then would actually play a positive role in our relationship down the road.

Before Daniel was in the picture I had created a list consisting of things I wanted in a guy. And on this list were several trivial things that really wouldn't make, or break a deal, but things that would be nice. Things like, watches ESPN (I ending up getting more than I bargained for) and a guy who works out, sort of to keep me accountable to work out. This because I never want slack and get back to being lazy, drinking super sized cokes and eating super size fries from McDonald's every single day (which I did at one point in my life.) What I didn't know was that I would soon start dating a guy who possessed every single quality on my list, plus so much more.

Now I didn't have former fat kid on the list (if I thought about it then maybe I would), but I'm so glad I married a guy who knows what it's like to wear the fat pants. We definitely can identify with each other. Daniel is so disciplined about running everyday which keeps me motivated to run as well.

Everybody knows that once you get married it's so easy to put on a few pounds but Daniel and I have a little extra motivation to keep it off, we graduated from fat camp years ago and we're doing everything in our power never to go back.

A break up letter to Diet Coke

Dear Diet Coke,

We have had an off again on again relationship for the past six years and it's time we said goodbye for good. Yes you've brought me through all-nighters, nail biting football games and more, but you've become a problem not worth fighting for. I blame my high school who first introduced me to you for such a cheap price. Mr. Dee the snack salesman tried to warn me, but the infatuation had already begun, and I soon found myself addicted.

Addition is a powerful thing it will leave you digging between couch cushions looking for change and emptying old purses in hopes of finding a quarter. Paying in pennies would be a low point and I have to stop before I find myself there. I've tried to refrain from swiping my debit card for the grand total of $1.50 but it's happened more than once adding up month by month.

We have had an unhealthy relationship and it needs to stop. It's not me it's you. Your no good for me, you rot my teeth, and empty my wallet. When I have tried to quit you in the past you've come back with vengeance and have given me headaches that just bring me right back to you, but this time it's different! I've figured out how much you've cost me and it's much more than your worth. So now I'm armed with coffee as I say farewell old friend, I'll see you in the gas station but never again in my hand.

Mexican Cornbread With a Side of Burnt Soup

Daniel and I, like most everyone, look forward to the weekends, probably more so now (at least for me) than when we were in college. This past weekend Daniels parents came to town and we ate really well. Now that we live in Memphis we have this thing about not eating at places that we can eat at in Alabama. We're out to find the "hole in the wall-out of this world-Memphis only restaurants".

This past weekend we experienced The Germantown Commissary their slogan is "So good yull slap yo mama" and we all pretty much agreed. They had great bbq and fantastic sweet tea. Daniel, was really excited because we got to keep the cups :). Saturday night I cooked, now I was cooking one of my favorite soups which I have fixed before except this time I burned it. I am really not that bad of a cook and you might ask how do you burn soup, you just can trust me. The Mexican cornbread was good though. I just wish I hadn't burned the soup on a night his parents were here. But I have the rest of our lives to redeem my cooking.

Sunday after church we went to Gus's fried Chicken. You order your chicken then they cook it fresh. It's amazingly fattening but oh so good and to top off all that fat, we consumed even more calories by eating the fried brownie bites over ice cream, yes I said fried. So good but needless to say Daniel and I were really sick, we usually don't eat fat with a side of more fat. And yes I just got back from a much needed run, if we are going to eat at all of Memphis finest hole in the wall's I'm going to have to hit my running shoes to the pavement on a regular basis, so far so good.

Life away from the Capstone.

When I was in school I thought that when you graduated you were free. And to an extent I was right, you're free from tests, free from all-nighters, writing papers, and so on. But now that I have entered the work force I have learned that college days are full of freedom and that working 9-5 is just not. Yes in college you do have to go to class and perhaps a job, but in college, everyday held something different. You possessed an amount of freedom that you really can't get back. Now if I oversleep I can't just hit the snooze one more time saying I'll be sure to catch the next class, I now have to answer to a boss, who isn't so lenient on tardies.

Daniel and I have have so far enjoyed Memphis, but we just can't get away from the fact that Tuscaloosa has a piece of our hearts. Maybe it's just this time of year when the campus colors change from green to gold, or when tailgaters arrive days early to cheer on the Tide. Whatever it is we can't escape that "Tuscaloosa-sick" feeling we experience most every time we have to watch the game on our living room couch instead of from the student section. We miss our friends, we miss seeing Bryant-Denny from almost anywhere in town and we miss the college routine that we had gotten so good at. For now we remind ourselves that we will visit whenever we get the chance, and we remember that we have a piece of Tuscaloosa with us always and that's each other.

The fruit is good, the process challenging.

The past month has been a really rough month work wise. The day Daniel and I moved our stuff up to Memphis I had a job interview with the place I am currently working. Needless to say I got the job. God has been good, and has really provided for us from day one.

I was super excited about this job because it's a graphic design job and what I really want to do. I thought I was walking into my dream job but what I didn't know was all the challenges I was about to face. It really has been a month of testing and learning, learning how to really practice patience every single day. Learning to be thankful for having a job when some don't have anything at all.

But after all these rough weeks where at times I wanted to quit, today I saw the fruits of my labor. All the countless, meticulous hours of design finally was finished, sent and returned from press. I may not agree with all the design aspects of the cards but whats really cool is to see something you worked so hard on be printed and sent all over the country. I think some bad days are worth going through, to get to walk through the good days. Those are my thoughts for today.

A little job interview creative writing.

I don't really understand why job interviewers ask the question "what are your weaknesses?" Strengths I understand, but weaknesses? Is it to see if you are an honest person? You could be lying through your teeth and they would never know. Or is it to see how strong your weaknesses are, since the latter is an oxymoron, it must just be to see what great weakness you can come up with, and how coached you can convey them. I had an interview today, and that common question was just funny to me. Since Daniel had to work tonight I thought I would spend this blog reliving that interview, when I started typing it all came out pretty silly and in rhyme but I thought I would post it any way.


"What are your weaknesses" I heard the interviewer say, in an early morning hour when every thing was gray. I collected my thoughts, then waited a minute to form the words, "I'm perfect," and then thought, "no I didn't." Luckily I knew he was smart enough to see past my lying eyes, but I myself wasn't convinced otherwise.

So I made up a few fitting weaknesses in hopes they were glamorous enough to win him over. I could hear him tell the board at the end of the day, " She's a procrastinator and unorganized too. Let's hire her because all the others could do, was run a little late and misspell a word or two, but this girl can misspell a lot of words and is as tough as wet glue!"

He was just about to offer me the job when a voice broke in and said, "We'll be in touch", and it was to my dread, that I realized I had been dreaming the whole entire time and had to wake up to find that the job wasn't just based on weakness alone, but strengths and character of which I do own.

So I emerged from the interview feeling a lot less blue. Perhaps, it went better than I thought, but who really knew? It's ultimately up to them to make the final decision, if it's me I'll jump for joy and give praise to God who deserves all the glory. If not that's fine too, because I know my time will come when it's due. For now I'll play the game of wait and see, who's most deserving? Maybe it's me.

15 things we've learned since we've been married

We'll it's been 50 days since we've said I do, and we've learned a a few things along the way.

1.) Gift cards are fantastic wedding presents

2.) Never open an unknown Facebook video on your wife's computer because it will get a virus and die.

3.) Aldi is possibly the best grocery store ever!

4.) Moving to a different state right after you get married is crazy.

5.) Hold on to your birth certificate for dear life.

6.) The Tennessee DMV is ridiculous and so is the Social Security office.

7.) Driving with an expired out of state license for a month isn't wise (Thank-you Tennessee DMV)

8.) Always check your apartment for nails before you run through it barefoot.

9.) Don't laugh at your wife when she gets a nail stuck in her foot, after running through the apartment barefoot.

10.) Red Diamond Tea isn't nearly as good as Milo's tea.

11.) Memphis traffic is terrible no matter what time of day it is.

12.) Watching Alabama football from the couch instead of in the stands is not as fun.

13.) No matter how crazy your wife is talking in her sleep, try to carry on a conversation with her even if she is making no sense at all

14.) There's no place like home.

15. ) God always provides.


Moving Day!
What they presented us as a move in gift.
Home sweet home apt. 104

Daniel declaring that my cooking is edible