Uncle George

I don't want to distract from Taki's great buys, but I've been meaning to post about Uncle George's funeral for a couple weeks now. I learned some cool stuff that I thought you all might be interested to know. Here are some fun facts:

-Uncle George swallowed a pencil when he was 5 and had to have it surgically removed
-He was an incredible gardener with a real green thumb
-He wasn't ticklish, but he did get seasick
-He loved baseball and was a serious bowling champion with lots of trophies
-He met Aunt Ruby on a bowling team. I guess he was quite the ladies man and everyone was after him!
-He really liked to hum
-He was a VERY picky eater and people would always say, "Oh George, you won't eat anything!" and he'd always reply, "Nonsense, I eat everything that I like!"
-He was a pretty quiet guy and when asked the secret to being quiet he responded, "You just don't talk!"
-His proposal was, "Let's go to Vegas!"
-He loved Vegas and won a pretty big jackpot there a while back, something crazy like $30,000. He got a super big check and everything!
-He loved to BBQ

I got to spend some time with the family, which was a lot of fun. I'm trying to gather information about our grandparents so that we can share stories with out kids someday. Anyhow, I think there's a little Uncle George in all of us!

My first Purchases for "US"

Hey everyone. So if you didn't know, last year when I moved in we had no furniture. My roomate John had a friend with a bunch of stuff in storage, and we worked out a deal for him to "store" it at our place. He lent us his dining room table n chairs, desk, tv, dvd player, vcr, and vacuum. Well, he moved away last week, so we've been scrappin it again eating on the floor and stuff. But, not anymore. So I've kinda been this spend-aholic lately but have been getting some really sweet deals. You know I've never bought furniture, so this is a whole new experience, and I loved it. I think the most exciting part about it is the fact that I'm buying them for Connie and I. Well, hopefully I suppose.

So we began moving everything out into the U-haul and John called to ask his buddy if he could buy the vacuum. His friend just gave it to him, and then asked John if anyone would want to buy the tv. We had just loaded it in the car and John told me his friend was selling it for $200. With only 10 minutes to decide, and completely exhausted from moving it all out, I made a compulsive purchase and offered him $175. You know that I'm not good at spending money without thinking heavily on it. He took it, so we went back out and moved it all back in. That was for the tv and stand, but his friend threw in the dvd and vcr too. It's a stinkin big tv, but I figure Connie (we) will enjoy watching her Survivor and The Amazing Race on it. That's the first deal.

Then last week I found this dining room table on Craig's list (kinda like an online garage sale) for $75 dollars. Went over today to look at it, and it's in sweet condition. My buddy with the truck fell through so I decided to make a couple trips in my car. Well, turns out with my master action jackson stacking skills I was able to get the table, extra leaf, and all six chairs in my car!! Pretty much amazing. And, the lady asked for only $65 cause I was such a poor sweet college kid. Rockin' good deal eh? Gotta love the charm too.

Our Pansies

As most of you know, before leaving Provo for Spring Break, I gave Connie a couple packets of Pansies as a gift. Not only is it her favorite flower, but I thought it'd be perfect to plant together and see grow when summer comes. The package said 70 days, which is right around the beginning of June. So, when we see each other again, we will hopefully have pansies to celebrate the growth in our relationship. Here's a little sneak peak of how well they've sprouted. Connie did an excellent job in caring for them in the first few weeks.