Couple dating

When you get married. You still go on dates...just with other couples:)

Here we are in Tahoe enjoing live music on the beach in August.
My sister Emma and her husband who we don't get to see too often.

My cousin Amy and her husband George who are always super fun to hang out with.

And on Friday night we went out with Chris and Becky to eat Vietnemese food and then go salsa dancing. Kind of an international night. Becky and I have been trying to hang out for 6 years. Her husband was roommates with my bro-in-law and I met her before they were married. Now, I'm married, back in the states and live just a few blocks away that it makes it easier:)

Yum look at all that food for just $5.

I like to ride my BICYCLE!!!!

Visa Versa

So, I went grocery shopping today.  I bought 6 bags of groceries...(I brought my own thank you very much.)  This is probably a months worth.  Why did I do it?  Because I CAN!  Just check out our GINORMOUS fridge.  Lately I've bene a bit overwhelmed by American grocery stores and have been feeling weird when I go a week without entering one.  Just the choices of the different varieties of mustards have just blown my mind, and the shopping carts are HUMUNGOUS! 

Anyhow, our fridge was so empty, and the cupboards were bare, I decided it was time to take the plunge.  I made a list and was just going to do 5 days worth.  I planned out the meals, well the first stop was Trader Joes.  I got carried away.  I just loaded up the cart until it was full.  I bought 4 containers of plain yogurt because Jared loves it and I know it won't go bad so fast.  (things in Europe don't have as many preservatives, thus they go bad pretty fast, I couldn't believe we got through an entire thing of lettuce before it went bad.)  Plus, the store isn't just down the street anymore. (well there is one but it's heavily overpriced) I decided, what the heck, I'll just take the plunge.

Next stop Safeway.  For basics like flour and baking powder (darn forgot to get butter.)   Well, I'm making spaghetti sauce, (double darn I forgot to get tomatoe sauce, ARGH!) and I wanted to get some saffron.  In Swiss Francs I could buy several strands for about 5 francs.  HERE IT WAS $15.  I shipped all my spices home because they were on average 1-2 Sfr (Sfr~ equal to USD)  Here spices are ~ $5-6 dollars for a teeny tiny jar.  Oh I wish our air shipment would get here sooner.  Why are spices so much here?  Because they have to travel far?  Or is there just not a high demand for them in Switzerland and that's why most of the food tasted so bland? 

I usually don't write this much in one post.

My shaving cream costs ~5 Sfr in Suisse.  Here it's $1.67 at Target.  Why not use soap you ask?  Would a man use soap to shave his face?  Well, I have the most sensitive skin on the planet and know what works for me.

On another note, the seatbelt signal kept beeping at me on the way home from the store because my groceries were in the front seat.  Do I need tot buckle them in?  Apparently.

The bed is made

I was probably the only child who's parents never had to tell to make their bed.  I had this weird obsession with making my bed.  I thought that if I died that day I wouldn't want people thinking I was a "non-bed-maker."  I thought I forgot to make my bed one day that would be the day I died.  Besides it only takes 2 seconds.  Whenever I move into a new place (which has been the case about 15 times in the past 8 years) I always make the bed first.  It just helps me feel more at home.

Make-shift Vase

Remember how in Switzerland Jared would get me flowers and I didn't have a vase.  Well before all our stuff that had been in storage for a year arrived Jared got me flowers after work...I resorted to using a nalgene bottle.

After storage arrived I found a better suited container.

Electric Car Rally

Jared and I went to an electric car rally yesterday. He posted about it here.

Donuts that make your stomach not so happy.

The other night after picking up some furniture we found of craigslist Jared and I decided to make a stop at Happy Donuts. It's opened 24 hours and contributes to America's obesity problem. Well, we joined in since I am now not against 24 hour markets because I really missed them while being in Switzerland. I love that I can go to the supermarket at 11pm on a Saturday night to shop for last minute items. However, I still am against 24 hr fast food joints.

Anyhow, we got some donuts and did the crossword puzzle.

OOooOOoooOoohhh I was so happy at "Happy Donuts."

I offered Jared a bite of my chocolate donut and he proceeded to eat the top off just like my nephew would when he was 3 yrs old.

About 30 mins after eating there I vowed not to have another donut again. My stomach was not so happyy. It could be due to the fact that Jared and I haven't been eating that much sugar lately and donuts= big time sugar overload.

Camping out at home

Jared and I have been sleeping in our new apartment with no furniture, lights or internet (I know, how did we survive without internet?) Anyhow, my mom loaned us an air mattress which turns into a water bed in the middle of the night due to the slow leak. How is it a water bed you ask? Well, since half the air leaks out every time someone moves, the other person goes up and down mimicking the effect of a water bed.

Are you wondering about the beach towels? I forgot to get blankets from my mom and it was chilly one night, we did with what we had:)