I had to share with you my anniversary gift from Funnel:

A whale tissue box! Isn’t it cute?
Funnel & I have always bought each other the traditional anniversary gifts (year one is paper, year two is cotton, year three is leather, etc – you can see the full list here) and Funnel did such a great [...]

I wish I had something profound to say about marriage today, on our fifth wedding anniversary, but I don’t.  I just feel really, really thankful to be Funnel’s wife.
A couple months back, I was in the middle of a really difficult month.  I was in bed, crying, sad, not feeling well.  Funnel knew just what [...]

Today, Funnel & I visited Young’s Dairy in Yellow Springs and Funnel took a picture of me with one of the goats I was feeding.  When I got home, I decided to look through all our old photos, because I was pretty sure that every time we’ve ever visited Young’s, Funnel has taken a picture [...]

Last night, Funnel & I went on a long over-due date.  We’ve been in a rut of going to the same places and doing the same things, so we’ve decided to take turns planning dates for one another.  Tonight, it was my turn, so I picked dinner at Piada and then going shopping at Market District.
Piada [...]

I had a good weekend.  Stayed up until 2 am on Friday night, reading Ree Drummond (aka The Pioneer Woman) ’s “Black Heels to Tractor Wheels”.  Made my birds’ nests.  Watched “Disney’s Beauty and The Beast” and “Dan in Real Life” (which is one of those movies that I can watch hundreds of times and [...]

Valentine’s Week has been great –  because of the weather (it was 62 degrees yesterday.  in OHIO.  in FEBRUARY.) and time spent with my Valentine.
On Valentine’s Day, Funnel had to work 2nd shift, so I made him some Nutella crepes when he got home (reminiscent of the ones we had in Paris), following these directions. Yum!
Then [...]

I love you not only for what you are,
but for what I am when I am with you.
I love you not only for what you have made of yourself,
but for what you are making of me.
I love you for putting your hand into my heaped-up heart
and passing over all the foolish, weak things
that you can’t help dimly seeing there,
and for drawing out into the light
all [...]

I don’t know if I’ve ever mentioned it, but I really like the site, I heart love.  It has stuff like this:

and this:

and this:

It puts me in a good mood and gives me that same feeling I get when I see old couples holding hands.

So, my sweet husband whisked me away on a top-secret anniversary getaway last weekend.  I knew for awhile he was planning something, I just wasn’t sure what.  But after we started driving on 70 west, I knew.  We were going to my very most favorite place in all of Ohio: Yellow Springs!
We stayed two nights [...]

Tomorrow, Funnel & I will be celebrating four years of marriage. I’ve sat at my computer desk a few times this week, trying to write something about what these four years of marriage and six years together have meant to me and what a wonderful friend Funnel has been.  But I’ve been having a hard time [...]