I heart Monday presents

Last night, Danny surprised me with this fetching little bauble from Freshy Fig....a vintage ball and chain locket (Get it?? Ball and chain. HA!). I've been wanting a locket for a while, and this one is simply perfect. Now, I just have to find some teeny tiny pictures to hide inside.

v is for v-day

hope everyone had a lovely hearts and kisses day. danny surprised me with my first real biking jersey, & i got him a piece of art for his office.
the words are actually the words of our wedding ceremony put into a word cloud using wordle. i love it. so much, in fact, that i made one for myself. :) then, being the hardcore romantics that we are, danny and i spent the day spending all our money on hiking gear (we got new boots!) & ordered take-out for dinner.

the v-day events continued on into last night when we went to see the vagina monologues at vanderbilt med school in nashville. all of the performers were either med students or doctors. one woman was actually a dean.



the vagina monologues are amazing. every year around valentine's day, groups throughout the country put on performances of the monologues & raise money to help women. if you've never seen it, look for a production near you & definitely go see it. it shouldn't be missed.

but, this wasn't just some random production. this production was directed by my best friend, yamini! not only did she dream up the idea to do a med school production on her own, organize it from start to finish, cast it, and direct it, she also performed a monologue (all while being a 2nd year med student). she did such an amazing job! she couldn't see my face during the performance, but i was beaming the whole time. i am so proud of her and the work she did. yay, yamu!

dog not included

two days ago, a white box with black letters arrived on our doorstep...our first wedding gift! danny asked if we needed to wait until the wedding to open it, but i told him it was okay if we opened it now. :) what was inside this magical box that came from crate and barrel? a muffin pan, cake pan, and cast iron skillet. we've never had nice kitchenware before, so it's very exciting! danny's response was to, of course, ask when i would putting these new items to use...

here is scarlett hanging out with the new stuff. you can see the excitement on her face.


(thanks leah & dan!)

happy wedding

danny has always loved warwick basses. four years ago, he fell in love with one in knoxville - a fretless corvette. it was gorgeous with a solid wood body and the lack of frets meant the bass sounded like an upright. hours of our lives were spent visiting the bass at guitar center, but he never bought it because like all things we want, it was way too expensive.

fast foward to 2008. when we were in knoxville a couple weeks ago, danny and the warwick rekindled their love. danny came home obsessed with getting one. last week, he sent me a link to an ebay auction. he had a found a like-new fretless warwick corvette for a great price, but before he could buy it, it was gone. someone else snatched it up before he could. he was so upset about it. he talked about it for days. what he didn't know was that i was the one who bought it. :)

three days later, a large box appeared on our doorstep. i assured danny i had no idea what it was. maybe someone sent us a wedding gift? i told him to just open it up and see what it is. danny opened the box and discovered his perfect, dream warwick bass inside. i don't think it has left his side since then.

it really is a gorgeous instrument. the body is made from bubinga. when i first saw in college how much he loved it, i thought, "maybe one day when we get married, i'll get it for him as a wedding gift," and i managed to do it without his having any idea whatsoever. a perfect surprise and in his words, "the best wedding present ever." now, he just has to learn how to play bass without frets.


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