All about Rich

Okay, so Katie challenged me to post since I have been so bad about it lately. Here you go.

What's his name? Richard (Rich) Powers Harvey

How long have you been together? Hmmm, since 1999 or 2000....can't remember.

How long did you date? A little over one year before we got engaged and then it was almost another year before we got married.

How old is he? 31

Who eats more? He does

Who said 'I love you' first? You expect me to remember that?

Who is taller? He is, by two inches. ;)

Who sings better? We both feel sorry for whoever sits in front of us in church.

Who is smarter? I'd say I'm overall smarter, but he's better at the school thing. (he has a master's....I have two pottery and two photography classes under my belt)

Who does the laundry? Unfortunately it's me. I wish they had laundry fairies.

Who does the dishes? 50/50

Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Facing the bed he does, in the bed I do. Right now while he's in Iraq I just spread out over the entire bed. I don't know what I'm going to do when he gets back.

Who pays the bills? Me, if he was in charge we'd have horrible credit. I learned this the hard way when we were newlyweds and I figured we'd each pay our own bills (or the bills that were in each of our names)....and I get a notice one day in the mail that we don't have auto insurance because someone **cough cough Rich cough cough** didn't remember to pay the bill.

Who mows the lawn? Take (that's really his name). But I live with my mother in law. As soon as Rich is back and we have our own place I'm sure it will be me. I actually enjoy doing yardwork. I know, I'm a freak huh? Rich worries that our neighbors think he's a wuss because I'm always out there with the mower, the trimmer, the rake, etc.

Who cooks dinner? The fine folks that work at the cold cereal factory. I don't cook. When Rich wants to he can cook really well.

Who drives when you are together? Me....he makes me too nervous. He tailgates and doesn't slow down soon enough. I swear he actually speeds up when he sees brake lights in front of him.

Who is more stubborn? I'd say we are equally stubborn, he'd say I'm the stubborn one.

Who kissed who first? I had to chase him around before he'd let me plant one on him. He says I intimidated him....likely excuse eh?

Who asked who out first? I think we mutually agreed to go get something to eat and that was our first official date.

Who proposed? Rich

Who is more sensitive? I'm the bawl bag of the family. I catch myself crying at commercials.

Who has more friends? Definitely Rich. He's Mr. Social Butterfly.

Who has more siblings? I do, five older brothers. He has one twin brother and two sisters.

Who wears the pants in the family? Duh, do you really think I'd give him that kind of power? That would just be silly. ;P

Halloween for the Harveys

Halloween was great this year. Addison was a fairy princess (I made the costume and I swear I'll never volunteer myself to do that again....we're going for the store bought crap from now on) and I was a Ballerina (I guess I was....someone told me I looked like a gothic ballerina because the costume was black and gold). I also made the tutu for this costume without my sewing machine. It took about five hours to make and my fingertips were near ground beef stage from the needle by the time I was finished. So without further ado here are the getups from this year.

We made it (at least 2/3rds of us did)

We survived the journey back to California. We stopped in Arizona along the way so I could attend my 10 year high school reunion. I'm so happy I decided to go. I was a little on the fence about the whole thing....I wasn't exactly Miss Popular in high school. It was so great to see everyone that attended and I missed those that didn't make it. Everyone chatted with everyone....big change from what high school was like (or at least my perception of high school). I think I was one of the most changed as far as looks go. A lot of people in town did the double or triple take and made comments like, "Wow, you sure look different than you did in high school." I guess that's good???? Anywho, I'm wasting time at work blogging (I'm such a sneaky girl). Better get back to it before the bosser catches me. ;)

Go west young (wo)man!

So say the lyrics of a great Liz Phair song. After the longest year and a half of my life we are moving back to southern California from the not so great state of Maryland. Under normal circumstances I'd say something like, "It was great while it lasted", but alas, it has been anything but great. I do love my next door neighbors, but I could do without the murders about 100 yards behind my house, the gunshots, the police helicopter (we like to refer to it as the ghetto bird) flying over my house on a nightly basis, as well as the various fine establishments that line the highway behind my house **cough cough, bars, liquor stores, the hourly Royal Inn hotel, and the "non-family-friendly" video stores if you get my drift cough cough**. Addison and I will begin our adventure west tomorrow and Rich will follow with the U-Haul in a few weeks, then he'll fly back here to go overseas for work. Don't ask me where he's going because then I'd have to kill ya ;). Actually, I don't even know specifics and I will say that I don't really want to know specifics, otherwise I'm likely to pull the wife veto out of my back pocket if I know all the dangers associated with the job....eeck! So wish us luck and don't expect a post anytime soon as settling in seems to take me months rather than weeks. I'm so excited thinking about ocean air, manicured lawns and neighborhoods.....even the rush hour traffic! I know, I'm a sick person aren't I?

This whole blogging thing?

So I guess it's time I get with the 21st century. I'm so un-tech savvy it's not even funny. I'm the girl who didn't learn how to text message until about six months ago. Still can't work a video camera or a DVD player. So sad. :( Reading my friend Katie's blog...I've finally been convinced that this will, at the very least, be an outlet for me to talk....even if no one reads it. So here goes......