Sunday, September 6, 2009, 11:13 PM
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Above is a picture from our wedding in 2002, 7 years ago. We celebrated our anniversary in August. Now, here we are with two little boys, a few Bachelor's degrees under our belts, 9 moves and 5 states later ... it's crazy to think about.
When we got married, I think Daniel knew me pretty well and I don't think I knew him very well at all. But the more I unearth about him, the more endearing he has become to me and the more I realize I need him more than I ever thought and he feels more perfect for me in almost every way. On the flip side, the more Daniel unearths about me, the more I think he wants to bury it all and hope for the best.
We're really different, but we both seem to find it amusing, entertaining and endlessly adorable about the other and I like that about us.
Here is a current picture of us:
For a fun little "Anniversary Exercise" I've decided to do a variation on the "20 Random Facts About Me" thing. I'm going to write 20 random facts about Daniel, then he'll write 20 about me ... here goes my list about Daniel:
1. Physical Feautures - he loves my lips and my legs the most, but he also appreciates tan toes. He thinks his best feature is his eyes, but I know that his best feature is his bum.
2. He hates talking on the phone ... for any reason, or for any length of time. I'm pretty sure if there were an emergency and I were unconcious, he would rather drive me to the ER than to call 911 and talk to them on the phone. I guess you'd call talking on the phone his pet peeve. His actual pet peeve is when people driving, stop traffic to break the law and cross a double yellow line.
3. His two favorite things I do for him are: laundry and my impersonation of the dancing mortgage girls (ya know the ones on your sidebar whenever you're on the internet?? .. yeah, I can do a dead on impersonation that'll knock your socks off ... at least it knocks Daniel's off).
4. When Daniel is laughing, I mean really laughing, he always covers his mouth. I don't know why, but it's cute.
5. He is most afraid of not being able to provide for or protect his family.
6. He loves to eat applesauce with graham crackers broken up in it. I think it's sick. Then again, he likes bananas too and I don't like them at all. But he likes bananas the best when they are just a little green still.
7. He loves the outdoors and outdoor stores. He has an REI membership and gets dividends each year - which he uses, he picks up free outdoor magazines and reads them (we have a YAKIMA one in our room right now) and when we got married we had the choice of getting a bedroom set of furniture or spending $500 at REI ... guess which one we chose?
8. He is a VERY active sleeper. He sleep walks, rolls and flips around a lot and says stuff ALL THE TIME in his sleep.
9. He is very picky and expects the best out of things he owns. He will wait and save up to buy the best type of an item, instead of buying something for convenience sake.
10. He thinks my dad is hilarious. He thinks I am hilarious too.
11. Daniel loves to ride bikes. He recently spent a few months researching old school BMX bikes on ebay until he found the version he wanted and bought it for himself for Father's Day.
12. He blows off steam by riding his BMX bike, snowboarding, wailing on his electric guitar or by talking to me.
13. He is perfectly content to listen to me talk ... sometimes for hours.
14. The girl he feels most comfortable around (besides me) is my little sister, Christina.
15. He hates Thai food, but loves Chinese food - particularly the sweet Chinese entrees (mu shu pork and pork buns).
16. His dream job would be to own his own graphic design firm.
17. He never wears red because someone told him when he was 14 that it didn't look good on him.
18. If he had more time and money, he would love to do major home improvement projects all by himself.
19. He has to hem every piece of business clothing he gets .. in the length of the legs and the length of the arms and he hates that.
20. He is not competative - at all. (as a side note: Daniel read through all of these and said the only one that was false was this last one ... I think he's wrong).
Here's Daniel's list about me:
1. She is scared to death of spiders (or almost any other bug).
2. She loves date nights
3. She's the mover and shaker, always eager to get out of the house. I'm the homebody who would rather stay home and relax.
4. She has expensive taste, but so do I, really.
5. She could make a living as a stand-up comedian, although she doesn't think so.
6. Her dream job would be as a singer for the Metropolitan Opera Company.
7. She loves the beach.
8. Her favorite movie is "Strictly Ballroom", although we don't own it.
9. She is an amazing seamstress and sells handmade bags online (plug for
Teresamia )
10. She loves Halloween, although she hates anything remotely scary.
11. She's developed a love for shoes since we've been married.
12. She has an infinite number of nicknames for me and for the boys.
13. If she had infinite time and money, she would spend all her time giving away money to those less fortunate (after buying a house in Sausalito, CA, of course).
14. She loves to talk - on the phone, in person, via email, on the blog, whatever.
15. She talks to her sister Christina more than anyone.
16. People feel instantly comfortable around her and divulge all kinds of personal information within minutes of meeting her.
17. She loves her name - Francesca. And she loves that her dad has always called her that (never "Fran").
18. She still thinks that she's a hardcore camper / outdoorsman, but she's actually gotten soft - although she won't admit it.
19. She works her tail off for her boys (including me).
20. She's very competitive, and loves to talk trash (in a nice way), although she doesn't usually win.
This is MY blog, soooooooo, uh number 20 from Daniel about me .. is totally not true. I usually win :)
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