I went to restore some sanity with HBean. There’s lots to say about this weekend, but what stands out the most is the how much we laughed. It was an awesome rally to be a part of, and a great weekend.

We’ve gotten settled into the house, finally. The garage needs a weekend devoted to it, but doesn’t everyone’s? We’ve gone on dates, made chili, and SB built a doghouse that may deserve it’s only post. In wedding news, we got our save the dates, and found our counselor/officiant for the ceremony. I also found someone to make my dress! Knowing I will be fitted for it soon has motivated me to join Gold’s Gym down the road and finally see what all this “zumba” fuss is about. The jury’s still out on that one…

What’s next though: holidays! This time of year always flies by but it’s my favorite! Hopefully we can get our blog moving a bit quicker and post more often. Happy Thanksgiving!!

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]]> http://www.sniperbear.net/2010/11/22/catching-up/feed/ 0 http://www.sniperbear.net/2009/11/10/le-spooky-de-la-towne/ http://www.sniperbear.net/2009/11/10/le-spooky-de-la-towne/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:27:53 +0000 SniperBen http://www.sniperbear.net/?p=103 Continue reading »]]> So Halloween has come and gone and oh what a great one it was. It’s always been my favorite “holiday” and this year was no exception.

For the past few years I’ve been collecting pieces from Spooky Town. With the sale of the house I couldn’t really put them out for display, but now that I’m in an apartment, I can put anything out I want. So when Oct rolled around it was time to load up the car with all my stuff from my parents house and decorate my house to the gills…Halloween style!

It certainly was nice to finally be able to decorate and put all this stuff out. I really felt at home once everything was out and lit up. I had almost forgotten how fun it was and how much I enjoyed this part of the season. So that was that, Spooky Town and all my other decorations went up and and the Sniper’s first Halloween was all set. We meant to get more pics of the house, but we have many, many, many more years to take care of that. For now, these pics will have to do.

Up next is Thanksgiving. I’m really looking forward to some family time with Jess and Chase. I can’t wait to have them around for decorating my grandmother’s fence (family tradition) and all the other festivities that come with the holiday season. Stay tuned, more to come.

first. jojo knows hwo to press appleA. which mean he cna select all on the comoputer. he is the smartest cat on this planet. truth.

second. these fuckers on rockbandd have been clapping for like…decades. i know we rock. you can stop the applause now you stupid ass people@

also. this weekend was the shitznit! ben and i ran for 4 MILES! it was an really awesome run. the weather was perfect..the leaves were falling and the air was chilly. we found a new troute on the nike plus sitebut we thought we missed a road but how about i don tthink we did miss the road. we eneded up exactly where we wer e supposed to be and it was ssssssuch a good run! i think i miay have experience dhrunners high for the first time ever. ther ewas a time around mile 1.5 when i just felt like i could fly. we hadnt stopped to walk yet and somethign abut the music and the run and the waether and all of it  just gave me juice. i took off sprinting  and it was only for a few dozen feet or so but i felt awesomse. peeler rd. hill got me later in the run though. that hill kicked my ass. KICKED  my ASS. dude…it was bad. but i’m gonna dominate that hill soon. DOMINATE that mf hill. just wait

ok. so we also had a date night this wekened. we went to strip on friday night and it was soooooooooo good. best steak everah/! and we did some more stuff but i dont really remember what. oh! wiat…we went to j. christophers. for breakfast. it was deeeelish. except i really with i could eat eggs. dammit that make me mad! i had the saugage bisctuits though. and they were good. oh and we took pics of sppooky town tonight. i know halloween is over but we had to take asome pics of it before all the halloween decor is gone. so we’ll put that wawy tomorrow and get ready for thanksgiving and christmast!  we tried watching twilight too but we both passed out and woke p and it was over. boooo on that. it’s actually a really reallyb ad moive though\. and that kinda sucks. in case you didnt know i am pon day 14 of being smoke free. and also…jojo likes to eat my hair. wtf is up with that? really jojo? dont eat my hair…cmon.

i love you all. goodnight.

We’ve had an awesome October. We flew through Halloween 1-6 with ease (except 3) and stayed super busy. This past weekend was, as usual, amazing. We didn’t do anything particularly blog-worthy, but that’s what made it epic. We got things done around the apartment, hung some pictures up, organized dvds, unloaded boxes, cooked great food, napped, smiled. I What IS blog-worthy though, is I also met some more of SniperBen’s friends. They are all really great people who I hope to hang out with again soon. Kim and James are two of them and they hosted a really fun pumpkin carving party. Here are a few pics from that…stay tuned though! Halloween and trick or treating is right around the corner.

Jess isn’t the biggest fan of horror movies. In fact, she pretty much refuses to watch them. However, over the past year I have slowly warmed her up to the idea that they are where it’s at. They are my jam, and will be her’s one day as well. So with fall and October here, what better movie to get things started than with the original Halloween! She was rather apprehensive at first, but once it got going she really enjoyed herself and the movie. I mean, that movie is a classic and it’s just a lot of fun. So she was really excited after and actually wanted to see the second one. That will have to wait for this weekend…or sooner, depending on what all is going on.

On Saturday, we got up, had a stellar breakfast then pretty much just farted around the house. Jess slept most of the day on the couch, despite the UGA game (though it was a rather boring and disappointing game). That afternoon we grilled up some burgers and then set off to Fun Bowl!!! It was a hike to get there and Chase dozed off in the car, but once we got there, everyone perked up and we had a blast. We knocked out three games and it was a total blast. Jess did great for 1 of the games, I dominated one, and the other we kinda were on par wit one another. I reckon that’s how it usually goes with awesome families like ours. All equal parts.

Back home, we were all tired and I helped put Chase to bed, then Jess and I headed off to bed. Sunday was going to be a packed day. After breakfast, we set off to my folks house so Chase could meet my mom, Jess could see the house I grew up in, and we could get my Halloween decorations. We ate a quick lunch, then loaded up the decor and headed off to my apartment. Jess and I set up Spooky Town (pics coming soon) while chase helped and played on the couch. The house looks great and it finally feels like Halloween in here. I can’t wait to get all the candles lit and the lights going and have some people to enjoy fall here.

We headed home and by that time the rain had started to come down pretty hard. We were both exhausted from decorating and driving around all day so we called it an early night. I have to say, that her bed right by the windows that were open with the rain and the freshly cleaned sheets and the cool fall breeze, made for one of the best night sleeps I’ve had in a while. I didn’t want to get out of bed this morning, but I did. Dems the breaks.

So yeah, that was a pretty low key weekend, but damn if it didn’t turn out to be totally epic. I mean, it seems everything that she and I do, from washing dishes to making burgers turns out to be the most awesome thing on the planet. Maybe it’s the “new love” that all relationships get in the early stages, or maybe this really is that true love that most couples strive for. I’m gonna go with the latter because this feels like nothing I’ve ever felt before. This woman, this child, this family that I have in my life now, this is what I want, this is where I want to be, this is what makes me whole.