Things my husband finds funny

One of the first things that attracted me to my husband was his laugh. We both have this incredibly loud sharp laugh that we just can't control when we find something funny. When we worked together in the restaurant where we met, we often got in trouble for laughing so loud that customers in the dinning room could  here us.

The other night I was making myself sexy (a.k.a showering and shaving my legs) and when I stepped out of the shower I heard him in the other room laughing. I listened to him laughing for a minute and since I am a good wife I immediately thought, "I've got to get this on video or people won't believe how loud his laugh is". So that is exactly what I did.

Keep in mind that my husband is alone in the bedroom and he doesn't know  that I've got the video camera on until I walk into the room. I will caution you though, the video that my husband is watching contains foul language and an inappropriate conversation topic...hence the name of this post, Things my husband finds funny. Enjoy!

I could I not fall in love with him?

Thank you to Carl's friend Brian for making the little video that gave Carl such joy!

Santa Barbara

Although Carl and I were not able to make the trip home to North Carolina for the holidays, we were able to enjoy a few days in beautiful Santa Barbara between Christmas and New Years. 

Our plan had been to drive up the Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) but we were detoured onto the curviest, narrowest road we have ever been on because a rock slide closed a portion of the PCH. The drive, which should have taken less than 2 hours took almost 4! Thankfully we weren't in hurry and enjoyed the quiet drive and the view. 

We stayed in a cute hotel across from Sterns Wharf, the oldest working wharf in California. We took dozens of photo's over our 3 day vacation and here are some of our favorites. 

There is nothing like feeling warm sand between  your toes and the sun on your face in winter!

I couldn't get over how green this rock moss was, I don't think the photo does the color justice. 

We ate breakfast each morning at this cute cafe, it was delicious! Carl ordered the same thing each morning while I tired something different each day. 

My co-worker told me about this great place, so we took a short drive through the mountains to Solvang.

Yummy pastries and a cup of coffee helped warm us up since the wind was chilling in Solvang. Before heading back to Santa Barbara we stopped at Chumash Casino. It was the first time Carl and I have ever gone to a casino and although we didn't win anything, it was fun. 

Carl took this picture on our last day there and he loves it. I, on the other hand, can see the huge chunk of gray hair that has taken over the front portion of my hair and don't think it's flattering. I'll discuss my pre-mature graying another time though. 

We ate at some really amazing restaurants while there and enjoyed our time off together. We made it home in time to get off the roads and out of the Rose Bowl traffic that had begun to encroach upon the area. We hope that this will be one of many trips we get to take together and look forward to where and what our next California adventure brings us. 

Short blog title = I have internet again!

Can you believe it? Neither can I! I'm  trying to type as fast as I can just in case this Internet connection decides to crap out again.

I am literally sitting on the edge of my seat because I'm so excited!

I don't know what to do first...respond to all my e-mails, read the hundreds of blogs I'm backed up on, thank everyone for their incredible comments on my long blog titles, write a blog post with substance...

While the Internet was down I kept a notebook of all the idea's for what I wanted to write. Now I have the daunting task of trying to pick which one to write first. It's going to be hard to decide!

But before I write anything I need to say a HUGE thank you to a few people...

Thank you to Shannon from A Southern Belle with Northern Roots who was inspired by my long blog title posts and wrote "The Power of Words" and challenged her readers to tell her a story in 15 words or less!

Thank you to Maggie from From Monarchs to Ladybugs who passed on a Stylish Blogger Award to me!

And Thank you to everyone who left such awesome comments on my long blog titles. Your comments helped keep me motivated to write even with out Internet.

I'm going to go read some of my favorite blogs right now, but I'll be back in a few hours to share some of the hilarity that has been my life with out Internet!

I just wrote the best blog title and it disappeared when hit 'publish'! Go figure! If you haven't guessed, I still don't have internet. Public Library here I come!

This might be my last long title...My husbands friend is coming over tonight to help solve the no-internet mystery. I'll give you an update either via yet another long title or a brand new blog post with an actual body of text! Crossing my fingers!

The only thing I looked forward to today was to come home and watch The Biggest Looser so imagine my disappointment when I settled down with my pint of Ben & Jerry only to find out that The Biggest Looser was only an hour and I have to wait until next week to see them weigh in! That's like having sex without an orgasm!

Monday Morning Mystery: As I am getting dressed this morning I realized one of the following must be true...either #1-I must have shrunk my entire clothes collection is the dryer OR #2- I may have eaten to many Peanut Butter M&M's while waiting for my clothes to dry. I'm guessing it was #2.