something about us.

Since Amber posted this, I can't not do it! i adore her and her honesty and her writing!


What are your middle names?
elizabeth and he doesn't have one

How long have you been together?
Since october or november of 2005 - we don't really quite know.

How long did you know each other before you started dating?
We met in September of 2005.

Who asked whom out?
i think it was kinda a little of both.

How old are each of you?
i'm 29, he's 37.

Whose siblings do you see the most?
my younger sister and her husband and audrey. so cute!

Which situation is the hardest on you as a couple?
Figuring out the bet way to communicate, I'm deaf, he's hearing (and he has an accent, not so much noticeable anymore though). i have no problems talking, but i couldn't fully understand him all the time. and he doesn't know sign, but it doesn't bother me. as long as he knows finger spelling. however since i got the CI, our communication has skyrocketed. We're so much better for that.

Did you go to the same school?
No

Are you from the same home town?
No, i'm from walkersville, MD and he's from Jersey City, Jersey.

Who is smarter?
Probably me in terms of academic stuff, but he's got street smarts, and he is unbelievably knowledgeable about music.

Who is the most sensitive?
Me.

Where do you eat out most as a couple?
greek food.

Where is the furthest you two have traveled together as a couple?
Atlanta.

Who has the craziest exes?
Him but we never really had any trouble with exes.

Who has the worst temper?
me- i get mad easily. he broods.

Who does the cooking?
i pretty much cook all the time. he's cooked for me once - engagement night! he does do breakfast every now and then.

Who is the neat-freak?
we're both actually ocd, we like everything put away. I do most of the cleaning, but he does the dishes every night. and he cleans the bathroom.

Who is more stubborn?
him.

Who hogs the bed?
him.

Who wakes up earlier?
totally me. he's a grouch =)

Where was your first date?
some taco place in baltimore, and a couple of bars.


Who is more jealous?
totally me.

How long did it take to get serious?
a year at least!

Who eats more?
me! i eat way more regularly!

Who does the laundry?
we both do, but i hate it, so he does it more. he's an excellent folder!

Who’s better with the computer?
i think he knows more stuff than i do when it comes to the technical aspects, and all the crazy music programs. But i know all the graphics stuff.

Who drives when you are together?
usually me. otherwise i drive him nuts. But long trips, he drives more than i do. but lately at night time, I make him drive.

Goes to say, you never know!

Well a few interesting things have happened.

My niece doesn't care for me at the moment. To give her a bit of credit, she's been sick all week. she's probably trying to get as much mommy time as she can possibly get before the next kid comes in May. But it's awful when she screams if i try  to pick her up. and I'm hoping it's just an early form of the terrible two's. and it's over soon! Ummph. she is only 20 months. I should bear with her. At least the other 2 like me. haha!

Location stuff. First we scouted out ft. lauderdale.

We looked at a cafe/restaurant. Not a chance. they couldn't confirm a date until May. And they don't book anything on sundays, which is what i wanted. There was potential. but no.

then we went to a hotel that was nearby. Eh. it just looked like pretty much any other hotel. The food menu was reasonable. But the site fee was STEEP! it just seemed ridiculous! and the beach wasn't big. Plus they were undergoing so much renovations, so you solely had to "picture it"

Then we went to a couple places near where my parents live. One was a restaurant. i could see it being pretty. Another was a beach front restaurant - but it was disjointed from the beach view. So there wasn't much of a point. and the ocean side -- oh it'd be way too windy to have it there! so -- having it on the Atlantic Coast - totally out of the question.

Plus - there really isn't much to do there! no joke! it's one of those places where you just hang out and do nothing all day long, by the pool. it's a lounging vacation, but i want people to have FUN! i mean, if we have it there, might as well have it at my parents' house in MD.

Which is totally not what i want - I want an island wedding. So I showed fiancé the food menus of places i've been seeing in Fl. totally outrageous. Then i showed him one place in Jamaica. Completely reasonable, and it was GORGEOUS! I'm waiting to hear from 2 other sites in Puerto Rico.

I want a place where people can just go and hang out at a resort, and the resort have tons of things for people to do. not really finding that.

The ironic thing is I thought location would be easy. hah!

What is easy - wedding dress shopping. This ironically was the part i was dreading!!!! We tried to go on Wednesday, but one was closed for the week since they were moving. Another was closed that day (it didn't say so online!). So we returned on thursday. And just walked in, she told us to look then she'd help us. I gave her a bunch of pictures for her to reference on.

Really - it was a whole lot more fun than I ever expected! I must've tried on 15 dresses. Pretty much everything looked good on me. Shocked me. I swear the lady was just playing dress up with me cuz i was putting all sorts of dresses on. and when i was done, she wasn't. she always had a couple more dresses for me to try on. i think we were there for nearly 3 hours. and the interesting thing is - she totally knew we were buying that day, but she wanted me to see what worked for me. She gave me a bunch of ideas in terms of what will work for me. We all liked the first and last one, there was one in between that my mom and i liked but my Grandma Charlene called it clamshell. Hmmph. so more dress shopping is in store over christmas break when my older sister's here.

it seems like i'm basically gonna have to try to buy around then. Eek!

i'm so done on looking for locations. Blah.