As new bloggers I feel it is fitting to say a little something about ourselves. So without further adieu-dieu (a high-brow French word meaning, literally, "goodbye doodies") ... let us begin!
We have a dog. Coda is half German shepherd, half pit-bull, all scaredy cat, and yes, her breed dictates that she will disfigure your young ones should they cross her path. Actually, the reputation of her breed falsely precedes her. She is a sweet, medium-size, wonderful companion and we trust that she will be as gentle with children as we trust she will wake us up at 4:00 a.m. and again at 6:00 a.m. every morning to adieu-dieu.
Dan is the sweet, tall, dark, and handsome man in my life. He is a wonderful provider and husband. Yes, he talks a lot in his sleep, including whispering “66666666666” repeatedly in a snakelike hiss, but he really is quite pleasant other than that. He works incredibly hard as a sales manager, and when he is not working or being a great husband, you can find him tickling keys as he writes songs, or burying his face in a book.
I, too, have taken up nocturnal activities. When I am not sleeping or drooling I can be found hallucinating in my sleep. It’s become rather common for a person to climb across my ceiling in the middle of the night, for a hand-sized cockroach to crawl into our dresser drawers, or for Dan to be both in bed with me and standing next to the bed beside me. Not to worry, I am now at the point that I am usually aware I am hallucinating as I do it, and after screaming at Dan to “kill the cockroach!” I often follow up with, “it’s not really there, I know I’m just dreaming.” This can get complicated when I am not sure which Dan to talk to.
By day I work in administration in the entertainment industry, by evening I am my dog’s mom, my husband’s girlfriend, and by night I am apparently the next best thing to Linda Blair. I take writing classes for fun at UCLA and read in my free time, and I am considering applying to Grad School for Creative Writing.
Dan & I have lots of goals to improve our lives and the world around us! We place a great deal of value on health (all kinds), knowledge, responsibility and accountability, balance, security, truth, respect, and preparedness. We want to have a lot of resources so we can give a lot to others. We enjoy developing our talents. We love music. We love learning and growing.
That’s us! Adieu-dieu!
(Credit to Doug Fox for the funny take on adieu-dieu - a high-brow French word meaning, literally, "goodbye doodies")
6 comments:
I love to read what you write! That's SO FUNNY you have a dog named Coda!!!! Our dog's name was Koda!!! We called him Koda bear! He was half lab, half golden retriever, black with some gold around his ears, neck, and tail! I miss him SO MUCH! Well, I miss the idea of him! I don't miss cleaning up his poop or the way he would shed all over... When we moved into our house and had Kendra we just didn't give him the attention he deserved so we gave him away to some neighbors that wanted to train him to be a search and rescue dog! I've been told he's doing great!
What a beautiful writer you are! It is so nice to see and hear that you and your sweet little family are doing great! Miss ya tons!
Love Brittany
Aw, I miss you guys.
hey there!! i found your blog from leora's. sounds like you are doing great. i love this blogging thing!! so fun to keep in touch with people!
So I found your blog from Leora's too and I couldn't resist saying hi! I miss you, Steph! You really are such an amazing writer! It looks like you and Dan are doing so wonderful which makes me soooo happy!
Your wedding pic's are gorgeous! It was good to hear from you. Grant speaks very highly of both of you and enjoys working w/ your hubby as well. Hope all is going well. I think this will be a great way to keep in touch. Let us know next time you are coming to Utah. Grant and I would love to get together w/ you. Thanks for contacting us! I told Grant I really liked you and thought we would get along great!
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