If you give an Owen a sticker

He's going to end up wearing it.

But only after naming all the Thomas characters he sees and declaring them to be tattoos and band-aids.

It was super cute.

Remember when I said

I was going to clean the whole house before you got home?  That it would be cleaner than you've ever seen it?

Well... I put so much of my energy into the good intentions with which I made those statements, that there just wasn't enough left to actually follow through.

You understand, right?  :)

Love,
Nora

P.S., I got your postcards today.  I love them.  Thank you.

We have been married

THIS many months.

Go team us!

Too Boring and Bossy

Dear Shane,

Terrible dreams last night, terrible!  I would be alone in a hotel room (this dream repeated many times with tiny variations), and find out you were in the same hotel.  I would spend so long trying to find you and when I did, you didn't want to see me.  You were distracted, busy, having too much fun hanging out with your brothers, whatever it was, you would decide it was best if you stayed in your room and I stayed in mine.  At some point your family told you that you had to spend time with me so you took me sight seeing, but you kept trying to lose me.  You thought I was "too boring and bossy".  So I stopped telling you to put pants on when you obviously didn't want to, and I tried to be fun like your family.  You took me through a train station that reminded me of both Harry Potter and Disneyland.  You took me to historic sites like Lincoln's grave.  We walked through a city where I discovered I had no shoes.  And finally you turned a corner into a Christmas tree grove and when I got there, you were gone and I didn't find you again.

And when I woke up this morning, I had bangs.

It's gonna be a hard day.

Love,
Nora

I chopped a lot of things today.

Oops.

Bet you didn't know

That the cat is a brilliant chess player!  Look!  She did this on her own.  She knew exactly which pieces to go for.  I'm very sorry for your loss.  (I assume the black side was yours because I never started a game with her.)  I suppose her genius will have to be measured by yours until I can find her another opponent.  I mean, she may be amazing, or maybe you're just not that good.   :)

Also, look at all the mail I have ready to send!  I signed your name to all of it, but don't worry, there's probably nothing illegal in any of them.

Love,
Nora

The Motherload

Dear Shane,


You are rich!  See!

And because you are rich, and we are married, I am rich too!








But just because I am the kind of wife who would open your mail while you are gone, doesn't mean I am the kind who would squander your wealth.  I'ma deposit this for you tomorrow and never touch it again.  This is yours when you get home, baby.  All yours.

So...

I found THIS on my pillow last night:

It made me smile.  For one thing, it's chocolate, and chocolate always makes me smile.  Also, you put it there for me.  That was so thoughtful and just like you to do.  But mostly it makes me smile that you put it on "my pillow" - as if I will be sticking to just "my side" of the bed while you are gone.  Wishful thinking, sir!  I slept on every possible part of the bed last night.  I took ALL the covers and used BOTH pillows at the SAME TIME.  I would say something about it being fabulous to have so much space to myself, but it wasn't.  It might be after we've been married for a ridiculous amount of time... like, 4 years or something, but I'm not tired of you yet and I woke up in the very middle of the bed, wishing I was just on "my side".

I haven't eaten it yet.  I plan to be sentimental for at least 2 more days.

People are crazy

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/oct/03/shots-fired-freeways-one-injured/
I'll be taking the back streets home.  Even if they catch this guy, lanes will be closed and the freeways will be ridiculous. 

Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall post a blog 'til it be morrow.