1 down, 64 to go.

Happy anniversary, Mitch. I can't believe it's been a year already.

It was an amazing year, full of surprises and challenges, but mostly laughter and love.

The next 64 are going to be even better.

I love you!

(Obligatory wedding pics below. I'm a real blogger now!)

I love this picture.

For the win.

Mine, all mine, in 2-8 business days. What a nice husband I have!

I'm SO excited.

*Ebay for $230. Suck it, Sprint. Your non-helpful customer service can kiss my rear end.

Paging Sherlock Holmes

So last weekend, Mitch and I returned from a small road trip. On that trip, I started a book, a really interesting book that I was only about 20 pages into, but was already captivated.

When we got home, I grabbed the book from the trunk and walked into the house.

This is when the mystery began.

It disappeared. Like, black hole vortex disappeared. It went to that place that only unmatched socks and kid's retainers go. I've been looking for it for a week now and I still can't find it. We live in a 900-square foot duplex, for Pete's sake! Where could it be?

I seriously need a detective. I don't think I can wait until we move to find this book!

An open letter to Stillwater drivers

Dear Stillwater drivers,

Stop sucking please. Please review all traffic laws, including those that say you shouldn't weave in and out of traffic with only inches to spare. Also, please note that it is completely unnecessary to speed 30 mph above the speed limit in order to dart in front of me so you can turn when there is absolutely no traffic behind us.

And to the driver of the Explorer at Miller and Duck today, please review the section of traffic laws that says when the light turns green, the person going straight gets to go first. I know this is difficult, and a complete throwback to that one day of drivers ed you took years ago, but it would be so much easier than just flying through the intersection with me honking at you and everyone else flipping you off.

And to the man in the Honda behind me at the red light at Lakeview and Main today, please note that while it is convenient to turn right at a red light, if the person in front of you isn't turning, YOU CAN'T EITHER. Honking and flipping me off might make you feel better, but it still won't get me to run a red light so you can turn faster. Please change your behavior, because next time I'm definitely sitting at that light until it turns yellow while flipping you off, k?

Love,
The girl in the blue Jetta

Random Post of Nothingness

1. Someone was casing our house last night. Mitch and I went outside our house to go get frozen yogurt and saw two women and a baby sitting in an old green Mazda in front of our house. The car was running, lights off, and sitting in front of a fire hydrant. I pointed out that they probably weren't going to steal from us, because who brings a baby on a stakeout? When we got back, they were gone so they probably got all the intel they needed were just hanging out.

2. Somehow, I got sucked into watching this season of the Bachelorette, and now I've become that person I used to think had a screw loose. I watched the "After the Rose" tell-all special last night, which is especially sad since it really isn't even new content. And even worse? I was screaming at the screen during the scenes from next week portion where they revealed a big secret. I'm so ashamed.

3. Our first anniversary is just a few days away, which blows my mind. It seems like it was only a few weeks ago that we were at our wedding. Don't worry, I'll do the obligatory wedding photo anniversary post.

4. My eye twitch hasn't gone away. Even worse, it has started to twitch even when I'm not looking at a computer screen, which has convinced me that I'm probably going blind....or I need glasses.

Phew, glad I got all that out of my brain! What's the randomest thing that's happened to you recently?

Dancing with the Star Wars

Who knew that Disney World had Star Wars weekends during summers? And even better, who knew that they have a dance contest each year?

Absolute classic.

2007: '70s Disco theme


2008: '80s theme


2009: '90s theme

Twitch.

This week has been full of challenges, which is to say, things that make my eye twitch.

I'm serious. I can't get my eye to stop twitching. It's really weird to look at, and I think it scares Mitch a little.

What's stressing me out, you ask?

1. My bag got stolen at the gym.
Luckily, after freaking out, filing a report and being generally angry, some nice guys turned my bag in to the Colvin Center managers a few hours later. They noticed my bag just sitting in the corner of the gym they were in (NOT the one I had been) with the phone ringing uncontrollably, so they returned it to management. Nothing was missing, thank God!

As wonderful as it is to have my stuff back, I'm really curious what happened. When the cop had come originally, he checked the gym where my bag was found and said there was nothing in there. So it was either dumped after he checked, or he missed it the first time. And we still don't know why someone took it. Our best guesses are that it was a mistake (highly unlikely, my bag is very unique and girly), that it was a prank or that someone took it intending to steal but didn't like my meager belongings (crappy cell phone and old ipod with my name engraved in it). I'm glad to be done with the ordeal, but I think it shortened 3 years off my life.

2. My car is acting all freaky deaky.
After my dentist appointment yesterday, my car decided that it would freak out and the electrical panel on the dashboard went nutzo. The clock and odometer were flashing and going on and off, the gas gauge read empty and wouldn't work for a while and it made a horrible beeping sound for nearly 3 minutes. Also, my airbag light is on, which means I might be driving without airbags. Hooray! I managed to have a mechanic glance at it since we were in OKC and didn't want to drive a deathtrap back to Stillwater. He said "Volkswagens are weird. Sometimes warning lights just go on and off. There's really no rhyme or reason to it." Fantastic.

The car has recovered slightly, but the airbag light is still on. The mechanic said to give it a few weeks and see if it just goes off on its own, as VWs are prone to do. Sigh.

3. My freaking eye is twitching! Apparently it is caused by eye fatigue and stress (I'm looking at you, annual report and InDesign!). The irony? The twitching eye is increasing my stress.

Does anyone else get the twitches? How do you handle your stress?

Happy 5th of July!

I would have said Happy 4th yesterday, but I was too busy getting ready for our party. But I figure the poor 5th of July never gets any attention anyway, so it could use a shoutout.

We had a small handful of people over for a barbeque, and as usual, I went way overboard. I think we had 10 people total at our largest point, and I made something like 45 cupcakes with dyed icing. Really, Valerie? I'll be eating cupcakes until I die....probably from icing overload.

(By the way, why is it icing and not frosting? What's the difference? Is it a regional thing or are they really different?)

Mitch made hot dogs, hamburgers and chicken wings. Our neighbor Kathy made potato salad and a chocolate pie (soooo good.) and I contributed my first ever Deviled Eggs and some improvised whiskey beans. I feel like our Colonial ancestors would approve of using good ole' Jim Beam whiskey in our 4th of July celebration.

We also played croquet and Trivial Pursuit, which caps a pretty good day for me. We were correct in our guess that we would have an excellent view of the Stillwater fireworks from our back porch. The thunderstorms delayed things a bit, but we still got a great show.

Happy Belated 4th everyone. And 5th of July? We still love you!