October 31, 2009 Daniel and Cori Married

Daniel and I are hitched! He is a great husband, I know he would be. So forgiving, so non-judgmental, so helpful around the house, without losing the original Daniel that I fell in love with in the first place. Our wedding day was absolutely perfect. Everyone was sooo helpful. Lisa did an AWESOME job with the flowers. Patricia and my mom made sure every detail was perfect. Dad made sure all the quirky requests, i.e. bobbing for apples and the old fashioned wedding sign, were all in place. My vow came out smooth, although got a laugh for something i didn't mean to be funny, ah well. People came from all over, Chicago, Oregon, Utah, Texas, we are so lucky! Thank you thank you for all your help. My parents were especially touched by Amanda singing "Your Song" by Elton John, the song my mom walked down the aisle to.
I am so lucky, blessed. I am so grateful for all i have and all i have to look forward to.
This new quote as my blog title means alot to me. People can say something, but unless it's put into action, it don't mean a thing. And that is what love is, it's trying, it's doing, it's communication, it's the little things, it's the action. Sometimes the words are enough. I will try to show Daniel that he is the most special person to me, I will be the best wife I can be fore him.
I love you Daniel.

Bearhead

Tonight Daniel and I started researching Ten Bear's family history. Ten Bears is Daniel's malamute. We couldn't believe we found baby pictures of him on the internet! We were laughing so hard, he's so cute. We're going to bring him back for a visit so he can meet his mom and dad. You can look at his pix- http://www.bodegamals.com/achilles_x_kamikka/album0.html

Equal Rights for Every Tater

watermelon on it's way







This post is dedicated to my dad, who should have a garden right now, but doesn't for some reason. So I have two, his and mine, in my back yard. His is the one with the taters and the peas, mine with the pickles and 'maters.
little ol beet on the left.




6 of my 11 tomoto plants and Sugar Snap Peas














Potato plant and sugar snap peas.















strawberry patch in the middle of it all. zucchini on the left.


hopefully it all turns out. i plan on canning the tomatoes for sauce and maybe making strawberry jam if i get enough and i don't eat them all. I have a really good recipe for zucchini cake too.

Health Nut

It's been raining for 5 days straight. It has started to mess with my head. Thankfully, I have beautiful Daniel to pull me out of the wet funk.
Daniel and I independently decided that we want to start being healthy, but today coincidentally revealed it to each other. Dan said "ya know, I want to start eating celery." My vow is to stop having dessert, after every meal.
So we went to Target to get Daniel some board shorts to wear to yoga, which he's decided he wants to try. And he picked the most flashy attention getting red with huge white flowers pants. If you knew Dan, he wears two colors, brown and green.
So then we went grocery shopping for Daniel, he picked out those baseball pudding pies, some apples, two bags of jalapeno potatoe chips, bologna, and celery. I love him.

parents

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today i'd like to talk about mom and dad. i look just like my mom but she's tan. she's the best cook i know, the most optimistic i know, and would do anything for her family. She's the logical one, the cuttthroat (in a good way) the says what's on a her mind part of the family. She's a better fisher than my dad at times, which makes him proud. My mom's totally in love with my dad. She likes nice things and she is the typical italian-she'll stuff you full plate after plate. she gets clausterphobic in places with alot of people. she also is the only person afraid of ladybugs. She taught me to sew and make the crust cute on the edges. She finally included me in the "girls holiday shopping trip" this last year, thanks mom! She so good at her job that the office that she works at would explode if she left. But i truly hope she finds something soon to tear her away from work, she works too hard. She loves my dogs as much as I do, which is alot. Anyways, I love her and wish we found more time to spend together.

My dad, he's the more spiritual one, for lack of a better word. He is very independent, yet has friends that he keeps forever. One of his best friends is his wood shop teacher from high school! Dad has the most excellent garden, it would never be less than perfect. He is a perfectionist. He is also very expressive, mostly in writing. I have kept notes from him that he has written me, all the way from when I was in high school. He will see beauty in almost anything old, really old. He just recently found an old ringer on the side of the road and picked up and restored it. It's to wring out his shammy after he washes the cars he said. Ohhh-kay. Dad is really funny, alot of people don't get his sense of humor, but alot do. One of his favorite movies is message in a bottle, can you say "chick flick"? but that's my dad for you. Dad makes all kinds of projects, in record time. it's amazing. Like 4 months ago i came home and found a vet box, customed designed by me, on my dining room table with a flower on it. No sign of dad, that's just the way he is. That's just a glimpse obviously.

Daniel

I met Daniel in the dog park last year, it was his smile that i loved and the fact that he made me laugh like 20 times in a half an hour that made me want to know more about him. His dog is a Malamute, Ten Bears is his name.

More art

This one ain't quite done, Nasturtium, watercolor, 2007.





















These plants are everywhere in Arizona.
















Peregrine falcon, scratchboard, 1998.
























Peregrine, scratchboard, 1998.