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The wedding went smoothly. Everything was beautiful, and more or less what we had in mind. The food at the reception was delicious, and you really missed out by not being there. Pictures will be available when they are available. We don't have them yet, but rest assured that we will share them when we have them. Um...yeah, we should be getting around to Thank You notes ASAP.~~~2~~~
We went to Dallas, TX on our honeymoon. In general, the weather was nice, although it was cold (32) and drizzly on Monday. It was 85 and sunny by Friday. While in Dallas we went to: Dallas World Aquarium, Dealey Plaza, The Sixth Floor Museum, Dallas Museum of Art, Central Market, Dallas Arboretum, Fair Park, Dallas Heritage Village, and the Fort Worth Zoo. We also spent a couple hours in Grapevine, TX Saturday morning. We visited a glass-blowing studio and watched the artisans work for awhile. In retrospect, we would have spent less time in Dallas, more time in Fort Worth, and more time in some of the areas surrousding the Dallas-Fort Worth metro. Maybe next time. ~~~3~~~
One of our favorite stops from the early part of the week was Central Market. Basically, it is a huge grocery store with a lot of gourmet ingredients. We tried hard not to go too crazy. We ended up with some fingerling potatoes, which we just finished eating tonight, some blue potato & chioggia beet "potato" chips, some tomatoes, two different types of pears, a McIntosh apple, and Kangaroo Paw Extra Virgin Olive Oil with Lemon Myrtle Oil. Since Lemon Myrtle (Backhousia citriodora) plants are virtually impossible to come by here in the U.S., I jumped at this as our "splurge" item for the trip. We just opened it tonight, and it was awesome. We used it as part of the dressing for a purple potato salad. Mmm...~~~4~~~
So, we are back in Wichita and trying to get settled in. We finally got the living room mostly clean and set up last night. We bought another bookshelf to house the stereo and DVDs, whcih cleared up a lot of space on the floor. Unfortunately, there is virtually no space left in the second bedroom. I think it will be better after we get some more unpacking and organization done. We also have a few boxes/tubs of stuff that is going to Goodwill or otherwise disappearing. That will clear out space too.~~~5~~~
Both Steven and I have been in the habit of cooking two or three dishes on the weekend, and then eating the "leftovers" for meals all week. This was more efficient since Steven had evening classes and homework, and I was either busy with work or driving over to his place in the evenings. Since both of those situations are now cleared up (Steven is done with classes, and I live in the same apartment as him), we are going to try cooking throughout the week. I have to say that it is a little bit different for me...both in having dishes to be done more often and in juggling having meal prep to do during the week. Not that it's bad...just different. Cooking meals during the week allows us to reduce the foods we eat that have lots of carbs and increase the amounts of fresh fruits and vegetables. At least that's the theory...we'll see how it works out.~~~6~~~
This week I'm starting a new class at work. It's called the New Lawn-Owner Clinic. The first class is Thursday night. Hopefully there is a good group registered, although I don't mind having a smaller class for the guinea pig group. I'm also including some "hands-on" components that Master Gardeners are helping with. We'll see how all of that goes, too.~~~7~~~
The other exciting thing from this weekend is that we bought a washer and dryer! In honor of MLK Day and Obama's inauguration, we decided to buy the "diversity" set. Our washer is black with chrome accents and the dryer is white. Unfortunately, the salesman wouldn't give us a discount on the black dryer just because it was black. Ah well. (In all honesty, the white washer was out of stock, and the black was the same price. So it made no difference to us what color it was.) We have the very first load of laundry in right now. Yes, I know the excitement will wear off sooner rather than later.
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