Happy Anniversary!!

Well, we've made it through our first year of wedded bliss. We celebrated by walking to the nearby CiCi's Pizza Buffet and eating a lot of pizza. Maybe not the most romantic dinner ever, but it was perfect for us since we are on a tighter budget these days. Somehow I managed to get pizza toppings on both my shirt AND my pants! Anthony, on the other hand, cleanly made it through the evening. We were on the younger end of the age spectrum at CiCi's that night. At least we know we will be welcome at CiCi's for years to come.

We were up in the OP for the weekend so I could catch up with my old roommate and bff, Carrie Diggins. She lives in TX and was in town for the weekend for her parent's anniversary party. She and her husband Chris are moving to the KC area next month so it will be fun to be closer to them. Probably my favorite thing about living out here is being closer to old friends. My best friend from high school, Stephanie Zysk lives about 15 minutes away from us with her husband Pat and their two adorable daughters. She has been awesome about including us in their activities and especially helping me adjust to the area.

10 of my favorite things about Anthony:

10. He uses his "Tiger Strength 3000" daily to make life easier for me, whether he is carrying ALL of our groceries, my bag when I get a head ache, or putting together our furniture. And yes, the strength has been upped from 2000 to 3000.

9. He makes the best spaghetti. Since I am looking for a job right now, I make most of our meals. But spaghetti is his speciality. I always eat more than I need to when he makes it because it just tastes so good.

8. He is always telling me I need to buy more things for myself. Do I really need to? No. But it is nice knowing if I do decide to splurge he (probably) won't be too upset.

7. He is a "rule nazi." I never have to worry about knowing the rules to a game or if someone is cheating because I know Anthony will let everyone know if someone is breaking a rule. I think some of us can remember Anthony starting a chant of "Cutters" at the Marriott Center last Winter when two guys cut ahead our group.

6. He is very smart. He is doing awesome in his Master's Program! Everyday he comes home excited about what he learned or did that day. He has a great Assistantship that is giving him a lot of work experience.

5. He is outgoing. I don't know if Anthony has ever met a person he didn't really like, or that he didn't at least talk to. Social events are never quiet with Anthony around.

4. He uses lots of words. Anthony has quite the vocabulary and he often uses expressions that catch me off guard and make me laugh. I'm pretty sure our children will have a large, albeit strange, vocabulary.

3. Whenever we meet people and they find out he is from Boston and likes the Red Sox, almost inevitably they ask us if we have seen Fever Pitch. I don't really think Anthony is too much like the guy in the movie, but there are some similarities...I also think it is funny when people ask us about it, because it seems like they think they are the first person to ask us that question. Kind of like the people who thought they were the only one who thought to say "Your not in Kansas anymore" to me when I went to school. The Fever Pitch question is much more original and in both cases people are just being friendly, so anyways.

2. I have come to learn that every time I turn the TV on it will be on ESPN. It is the last channel watched at night and the first one turned on in the morning. I know more than I ever did about the NFL, NBA, MLB, and even the NHL than I have ever known in my life. Sometimes when I am home alone and bored I turn on ESPN for background noise.

1. It is hard to describe my favorite thing about Anthony because there really isn't one thing but so very many things combined that make him the amazing man he is today. I can't imagine my life without him. He is a great husband and I am SO THANKFUL to be married to him.