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"Am I still beautiful to you?" she asked.
She is beautiful.
On the outside, yes, but anyone can see that. She turns heads, more than a few double takes, in Starbucks or the mall or the park. I can feel the envy in the stares of other men, even though she pretends not to notice ( Read more... ) -
Last weekend of "vacation"
Yesterday, Roman went for his first boat ride out in the Gulf. He slept through most of it, despite the rough and choppy waves. We went out to the island where our wedding will take place in September, scoping out the best possible place to bring 60 people, including Monica in her dress. We're having the ceremony a little before sunset, with the ( Read more... ) -
As Will Smith said, "Summer..summer..summertime."
So Roman and I, we survived two full days without air conditioning and internet. The internet was more a nuisance to me, of course.... but the 90 degree house rather annoyed us both. It's tough designing websites with no internet, no cool air, and a hot sweaty screaming baby in the floor next to you. Such matters tend to stifle creativity, even ( Read more... ) -
NY Giants Dad & NY Giants Brother vs. Dallas Cowboys
Yesterday, I realized that my brother's visit from California for the wedding coincides with NFL opening day! That means, we'll be watching our first Giants game together in over 10 years! And, as if the football gods were smiling on us from the start, the Giants open up against our most hated team, the Dallas Cowboys ( Read more... ) -
Wedding details, or "Do you want to pre-pay your gratuities?"
So last night, we finally sat down and forced ourselves to make a decision on the honeymoon. We booked a cruise to Nassau, with a day at Busch Gardens and a day at Animal Kingdom on either side. We'll spend 3 nights in hotels and 3 nights aboard the ship. Should be a lot of fun, and best of all, should make us fat with all the free food included ( Read more... ) -
One of those days that you never take for granted
I prefer my house to any other place. Not that I love my house [I hate my house] but no other place offers the relative safety and predictability that my house does. But, yesterday I left the house because I knew Monica wanted to spend the holiday with her sister, Shelby. I'm glad we did. The day turned out to be quite enjoyable, and very ( Read more... ) -
Plane tickets that make me happy
So, my fiancee (derelictxdreams) has decided to put herself on the low-carb diet from now until the wedding. She has a few more pounds of "baby weight" that she has to lose in order to fit into the $1000 custom-made wedding dress that we purchased a couple months before finding out that she was pregnant. She loves the dress, and frankly we can't afford to ( Read more... ) -
Thin mint ice cream, or "Where is the baby? Oh, he's just under the car."
I feel like this photo perfectly captures the dynamic of my relationship with Monica.
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Gay Day
So yesterday was an historic day. The Supreme Court finally ruled that denying civil rights to an entire group of Americans based on a religious principal is unconstitutional, and in doing so, opened the door for real change in this country. My children may still have to grow up in a country plagued by the senseless rants of angry Jesus freaks, ( Read more... ) -
Wired, or "Have you ever looked into the eyes of a baby who just tasted his first vanilla shake?"
"I have a sweet tooth, and if you really loved me, you would go buy me something sweet, and delicious, with zero calories," Monica said to me last night after dinner.
And, because I really love her, I went out in the monsoon rainstorm and brought back two sweet, delicious, zero calorie vanilla shakes from McDonald's ( Read more... )