Desert meets the Island

Yogurl here!! I have to apologize about the lack of pictures. We were doing so well about photos, but this weekend we really fell off the horse. Not to worry, we’ll be better in the future.
Manburger and I had a fun weekend up in Lancaster at the folk’s. The main reason we went up was for our sister-in-law’s baby shower, but it just so happened that she and Ian were moving into their new apartment from the folk’s house too. So Manburger and Ian got to move a heavy and awkward refrigerator up a long flight of stairs with a killer turn. I was most impressed with their moving skills. I helped too, but the men did the hard work. They were both thoroughly pooped afterwards.
That afternoon we went to the big baby shower bash, and no kidding, it was the best baby shower ever!! Why? Well Ian’s wife is Palauan and all of her family (men and women) got together for a huge party with tons of fabulous Palauan food. I don’t thing I’ve ever had egg rolls so delicious. Manburger and I totally enjoyed eating all kinds of fun things like tapioca dumplings, California rolls, pit-roasted pig, purple yams, donuts from scratch, and homemade egg rolls. They did a money dance where the aunts and uncles all danced around and taped money to Ian and Audra. They made out like bandits from that event. And this wasn’t a one-hour party, it went on most of the day. So, like I said, it made other baby showers look pathetic and boring in comparison.
Friday evening we drove up to Lancaster a different way than we normally do and ended up on two detours and got lost once. Fortunately we got there safely in relatively good time, but not without Yogurl having to apologize for getting “frantic.” Manburger is such a patient husband!!
The only really fun thing I made last week was a winter squash soup and a yummy cabbage salad. See the photo above. The salad had apples, red cabbage, sunflower seeds, carrots, onion, dried cranberries, and orange vinaigrette. I brought the salad to the monthly military wives luncheon and we ate the leftovers with the soup for dinner.
Manburger and I are doing wonderfully. The weather is just starting to get nice and cool in the evening. Perfect for a light sweater! Last Thursday we watched one of Manburger’s coworkers play football. The game was pretty small, but it brought back fond memories of high school football games with the marching band and colorguard. No offense, but I think my fave part of the football game was the half-time show, that and hanging with my friends. Manburger warned me that it’s a family tradition to watch football on Thanksgiving at his house, so I guess I’ll learn to better understand the game. Fortunately, he told me that was about the only time he’ll ever watch football during the year. I figure that 3 hours of football a year is fine by me considering all the “football widows” out there. Love to all our family and friends, till next time. 

Crappy Crackers

We got some crackers as part of a big box of cheap food a couple weeks ago. Yogurl, ever vigilant to keep me from eating refined sugars or scads of other taste promoting ingredients, discovered a unique one. If the picture didn't turn out clear enough for you, I'll tell you what it says. Butt Flavor. My favorite.

That's it for last week. When I was riding home from work Friday I felt like I was dying and then had the flu all weekend. So no fun adventures to report from last week. We are doing some appartment shopping now, so we will report more on that soon. 

Well sorry that it has been a while since we posted, not that anybody looks at this site except for Biz. Anyway, a lot has happened since we last wrote. First of all Yogurl and I went back to Ohio to visit Yogurl's family. We had lots of fun, and lots of great venison. Yumm. We had a little open house schindig as a celebration of our marriage. Thanks to everybody for their kindness, especially Momma for all that she did. It really meant a lot to us.

While we were there, Mike decided to shave his head. How cool is that? So I kept harrassing Yogurl until she let me shave my head too. The breeze sure does feel nice. Plus, the money we save on my haircuts is enough that Yogurl can go get her haircut by people who claim they specialize in curly hair.
Isn't she the most beautiful? She was pretty upset with the people who cut her hair. Even though they were supposed to be curly hair experts they didn't know the rope method. Or something like that. I guess it is the best way to cut curly hair. You'll have to ask Yogurl if that didn't make any sense. It turned out just fine though.

The above picture of her was taken at Sea World. I'd never been there even though I've lived in Southern California almost my whole life. I guess I was just pretty busy. Now though, Anheuser-Busch, or however it is spelt, has a program to send active duty and their dependants to Sea World for free. Well, that sure seemed like the right price to me. It was a lot of fun. We went with our neighbor and her daughter (our only friends). We saw fun shows and got to touch bat rays and sea stars and other fun stuff. Good times.
Pretty crummy Sea Lion display they have at Sea World now-a-days huh? Just kidding. This was actually from a San Diego harbor cruise that we took a week or so ago. I got free tickets after donating blood. It was pretty cool. We learned a lot about the San Diego bay area. We also saw the place where the Navy trains dolphins to disarms underwater mines and stuff. We didn't get to see any of the dolphins though.

We were walking on the beach yesterday morning, and we saw this boat parked in an unusual spot. I know that the water level will rise, but I don't think it will make it all the way up there. Then again, I can't say that I know that much about it. After our walk on the beach, we went and got yummy Jamaican food. Yogurl really liked it, which was a surprise considering how much of it was fried. I guess it must be good PMS food.

That's it for now, we'll try to post more frequently!