Two very different views...

On Sunday Zach got home from a 10 day business trip to Singapore... this was his view while he was there...

and this was mine at home.... (image courtesy Flickr) so to make me feel better I bought a couple of these...

I e-mailed him and told him the day before he came home so he could have that 20 hour plane ride home to calm down about it. (good advice from my mom & mother-in-law) I got this e-mail back...

What the heck did you buy? (Only it didn't say heck)

I thought I was in big trouble! I even thought about returning them. Then he called me and said he wasn't very mad at all. Only a little. Whew... and that's more of the reaction I was hoping for. I felt a little bit (okay alot) of guilt considering I didn't really talk it over with him first. This couch isn't as cute as the ones I blogged about earlier. Zach wasn't a fan of either of them though, so I had to think about compromise.

Now I'm enjoying my new furniture and we still love each other alot. So would I do it again? Most definitely! :)

7 years...

Today Zach & I are celebrating 7 years being married! We've done alot in these short 7 years! We have moved 11 times and lived in 3 different states! We have two kids. Zach graduated from school! We bought our first home. I can't wait to see what the future holds for us!!

*Mandy tagged me a while ago, but I thought I'd wait until today so I could brag about my honey! :) Thanks girl!

1. What is his name? Zach

2. Who eats more? Zach does for the most part. Although I have been known to eat a whole big judd hamburger 2x :)

3. Who said I love you first? I'm sure he did, but is this bad... I don't remember the first time! teehee.

4. Who is taller? Zach is but that's easy because I'm only 5'3"!

5. Who is smarter? Zach is he can tell you just about anything and he learns really quickly.

6. Who is more sensitive? Me for sure. Zach sees things a little more black and white then I do.

7.Who does the laundry? I do, and when Zach does we end up with pens and gum etc. in the laundry. We've ruined a few batches of laundry this way! haha.

8. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? He does. Don't most guys? It's usually closer to the door, so I feel safe.

9. Who pays the bills? I get them in the mail but Zach tells me how much to pay he's better at finances than me. I mostly just like to spend. :)

10. Who cooks more? I do, but he helps when I make certain dishes. He's a great cook.

11. What meals do you cook together? Dutch oven chicken, steak, Taco's and Fajittas are the main ones.

12. Who is more stubborn? Hmmm... it's a toss up!

13. Who is the first to admit they're wrong? Me, but after 7 years, he's getting better about that.

14. Who has more siblings? Zach does by 2

15. Who wears the pants in the relationship? I don't know we make a pretty great team. But I am more of a pushover with most things.

16. What do you like to do together? Go out to eat, vacation & travel, talk, okay almost Everything!

17. Who eats more sweets? Zach does, he's got a sweet tooth for sure! He bought $20 worth of tootie fruites a month ago! haha.

18. Guilty pleasures? Video games, hunting, fishing, anything outdoors really.

19. How did you meet? I went to Lake Powell with his family the summer after I graduated.

20. Who asked who out first? Hmmm... I'm going to say our real first date he asked me, but I invited him to a fireside the day after we got back from Lake Powell.

21. Who kissed who first? Zach, but if we are going to get technical I kissed him on the cheek.

22. Who proposed? Zach did!! He has a pretty good made up story about me proposing to him though, {that he loves to tell everyone! }

23. His best features? eyes and smile, and his arms. I love those big strong arms. Something that is hilarious though is the first time my sister met him, she said wow, he has the cleanest ears I've ever seen and he smells good, like cinnamon! I like that about him too! :) haha.

24. What is his greatest quality? I can't name just one.. Sense of humor, great daddy really he is awesome!, positive attitude, willingness to help, He's a keeper for sure!

25. Tagged? Anyone who wants to do a little man tag!

My Man Tag...

I was tagged by Nichelle... A-ATV of choice? Prob. a 4-wheeler, that's all he really ever uses. B-Born on? July 3 C-Cookies or Candy? Both... sour candies or snickerdoodle cookies D-Date of Choice when you go out? Anything outdoorsy E-Essential Item? Cell Phone or ipod F-Favorite Foods? Steak medium rare G-Gas or Diesel vehicle? Which one? one of each H-Hobbies? FIshing, hunting, camping, learning & trying anything new, riding horses, roping (he makes a pretty darn cute cowboy!) :) He's usually up for about anything! I-Ice Cream Flavor? Rocky Road and lately A&W rootbeer float. J-Job? Financial Planner and we recently started our own transport business (oh and we are hiring! E-mail me if you need a job) :) K-Kids? Brooklyn 2 1/2 Braxton 2 1/2 months L-Last Vacation as a couple? We went to Denver and Las Vegas last Fall M-Morning person or night owl? Not really either. He likes to go to bed early and sleep in! lol. He requires alot of sleep. :) N-Number of Siblings? 3 brothers 2 sistas O-OCD or sloppy? He's pretty clean for the most part, but he likes to let things go until they get pretty bad (like his car) and then clean it out. P-Pet Peeves? My indecisiveness and my OCD of a clean house... he often says it looks like no one even lives at our house. oops. I need to work on that don't I sweetie?! :) Q-Quiet or Loud? Loud, he's not shy at all. R-Restaurant? Sizzler, Texas Road House and Chinese S-Sports? Rodeo T-Tight wad or spender? It depends on what we are talking about. U-Unknown Fact about him? Zach likes to get into new hobbies ALL the time...he is ALWAYS finding something new to learn but once he has mastered it, he's on to the next thing. I often tease him about this... he gets bored extremely easily. V-Vegetables? He loves veggies I'm gonna say corn on the cob, sweet potatoes or carrots and anything steamed. W-Worst Habit? Forgetting to lock the door at night... but don't worry, I ALWAYS lock it. :) X-Xtra Curricular activities in high school? Rodeo Y-Your favorite things about him? His sense of humor and love for his family he would do anything for us! Z-Zodiac Sign? Not sure, and I'm being too lazy to look it up. lol. I LOVE YOU Zach!!! I tag- everyone that wants to do this!

Making me happy...

I've been working on a few random projects and have finished a couple! That ALWAYS makes me happy... does anyone else just LOVE checking things off your to do lists?! Here's the first one. I have LOVED these cute flour and sugar jars for a few while now, and I just got around to getting them done, it was SOO easy, it makes me wonder what took me so long to just get them done. I got the jars at Target, and I ordered the vinyl.

The second project, well it goes back to my New Years Resolution to LIVE this year, I thought I could use a mid-year reminder something that I could see daily to remind me of my goal. So this is what I decided to do: Oh, and I sort of debated about sharing this, I'm mostly putting this little Recipe Blog together for myself, because I want to send it to blurb.com and get it published into my own little recipe book, but I thought about how much I like to get new recipes, and maybe you might find one on there that you'll love too. Eventually I will be adding pictures once I make the dish... so check it out if you want to. :) Life Should Be Delicious. * And this part is just for me, I want to look back and remember the little things that mean so much to me. I don't often post about Zach and he's seriously the best! He ran to the grocery store the other day with a fairly big list from me, and came home with these beautiful roses for me, just because. He also took us out to get a hamburger for lunch last Saturday, we went to Scotty's and Zach always orders my favorite drink, for me, a Cherry Iron Port. Love it. It's just these little things that add up to the big things and make me fall in love with him over and over again. Thanks sweetie!