Lately Lovelies

This weekend Nonnie (Timothy’s grandmother) surprised us with an invitation to dinner at this delicious Afghanistan restaurant followed by a trip to the opera.  I mean seriously, what a way to rock out at surprises!  We adore ethnic food and the opera is one of our all-time favorite date spots.

Not too long ago we went to Winter Jam, an amazing concert full of Christian music artists for only $10 a ticket.  I kind of adore Kari Jobe and want to be her best friend.

We took my brother to the concert with us.  And he forced me to listen to some kind of Christian country stuff all.the.way.there.  Only for you David, only for you.  If my absurdly tall teenage brother can convince me to do anything, I feel sorry for myself when our children make their appearance.

I’ve been saving this healthy can of orange-glazed cinnamon rolls until I could make them when Timothy wasn’t home.  So I could eat them all myself.  Totally worth it.

Three words:  Dairy Queen blizzards.  Six words: buy one get one for $0.99.  Heaven in a cup.  And I’m now squishy around the waist.  Totally worth it.

Our young adult group at church has been playing Risk a lot.  Risk gives me heart palpitations, sweaty palms, and an uncontrollable mouth that won’t stop yelling at people for breaking alliances.  So I solved that problem by bringing my knitting.  It makes me look pretty cool.

The latest news in the home decorating front is that I’m having a hard time keeping out all the colors.  And all the patterns.  I’m really wanting to bring in some pink, but I don’t think that will fly.  Timothy’s already asked me to stop adding so many different patterns in our living room.  Since that time I bought material for a multi-colored paisley pillow, a floral pillow, and a pillow with Indian elephants on it.

I’m sorry, dear husband of mine.  But solids just have no place in my heart.

Hopefully I made up for ignoring his plea by sewing on one of his buttons that popped off.  We’ve been married over two years, and it was the first thing I had to mend for him!  It was pretty monumental.  It almost made me wish I could darn his socks.  And then I realized how ridiculous that would be.  He could darn his own socks.  Whatever that even means.

And lately?  I’ve fallen more and more in love with this handsome boy.

Lately has been lovely around here.  What have you been up to lately?

~Whitney