June 23rd, we celebrated our second wedding anniversary. I can't believe that it's been two years. In some ways, it feels like we've been married much longer. In others, it feels like we just married last week.
I'm so grateful for a good husband. Song Min is most definitely my best friend. He is my support...keeps me sane at the end of the most stressful days. He is the love of my life.
For our anniversary this year, I took a couple of days off. We played around with going out of town (Mackinac Island...where "Somewhere In Time" was filmed"). We thought about flying down to Florida for a long weekend. In the end, we just stayed at home and relaxed. It was just what I needed.
On the 22nd, we rented a pontoon boat for the day. We decided to invite Robert, since the boatyard was accessible. We spent the day on the water, under the bright sun, with a cool breeze. Song Min and Robert caught a bunch of fish, however, I opted for fake bait and didn't catch anything (which is exactly what I had hoped for...since I feel bad actually catching fish). 
On our anniversary, we decided to make dinner at home, instead of going out. We snacked on chorizo, cacciatore sausage, chevre cheese, crusty baguette, truffle oil, and salmon caviar, while we made our dinner. Song Min made lamb chops and monkfish (which sort of tastes like lobster). I made brussels spourts and pancetta fried in duck fat, as well as parmesan risotto with truffle oil. We also purchased some Kobe beef, but decided to save it for another day! Dinner was delicious and definitely memorable. 
We didn't exactly exchange gifts for our anniversary this year. However, we decided to instead add to our family by adopted Sally, a two year old beagle from the Humane Society. She's such a sweet and mellow little dog. We've had so much fun taking care of her (with the exception of the two and a half hours we spent on Sunday, chasing her throughout our neighborhood!). 
Year two...check. Looking forward to what year three brings!
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Anniversary
Friday, June 12, 2009
Land that I love...
Although I did not do anything special on Memorial Day this year, I was able to make it out to Fort Snelling National Cemetery over that weekend with my grandma. I have always liked going to the Ft. Snelling Cemetery. My Grandpa Daniels is buried there, so I don’t just go there aimlessly. However, I do actually really enjoy being there. There is a peaceful feeling there on that wide open piece of land. There are two airports located near the cemetery, as well as a very busy highway system. Even though there are airplanes that fly directly over the cemetery, the place is remarkably quiet…or perhaps it is the silent reverence of the thousands of veterans buried there.
Anyhow, during special holidays dedicated to the remembrance of the men and women who have served our country, American flags fly throughout the streets of the cemetery. It is the place I feel most patriotic. It is the place that I feel most grateful to be a citizen of the United States of America.
Saeng il chuk-ha hamnida (Happy Birthday)
Song Min’s 36th birthday was on May 10th. To celebrate, we had some friends over to our house. We did not have hundreds of people in and out all night…we had a small number of friends in and out all weekend.
Friday night, there were about fifteen people at our house, all guys (with the exception of my sister-in-law). By midnight, most everyone had left. However, there were four guys that partied all night. I write partied, because they did not sleep. At some point, the karaoke machine was switched to the X-Box 360 (Rock Band). 4:00 Saturday morning, I woke to the sound of 5 men singing falsetto and the top of their lungs. I just laid in bed and laughed uncontrollably. After they finished the song, I could hear them clapping and congratulating each other for playing so well. It was, perhaps, the funniest thing that I have ever heard.
Saturday, I went out to lunch and ran some errands with my grandma, while the boys caught some sleep at the house. By the time I got home, they had all left. However, it was just a break. Song Min knew that at least one of his friends would be back, so he “stayed up”, while I went to bed. At 1:00 in the morning, I heard Song Min’s cell phone ringing downstairs. Obviously, the birthday boy had fallen asleep on the couch and did not hear his phone ringing two feet away at the volume of a tornado siren. Soon, I heard it ringing again…no answer from Song Min. So, I got out of bed and made my way to the bedroom door, when I heard the doorbell ring (which freaked me out for a split second…because unlike Pavlov’s dogs, I don’t salivate at the sound of the bell, I hide). I looked from my bedroom door and could see a couple people at the front door - Song Min’s friends. Ugh.
Sunday morning, I heard an alarm going off downstairs. It was Song Min’s buddy’s phone, set bright and early in order to get to the airport for his flight back to NY (yes, Song Min had a friend fly in just for his birthday). Anyhow, Sunday afternoon, once again, we had an empty house…for a while. Sunday afternoon, another friend was over for dinner and stayed the night. I went to bed around 11:00 and woke up Monday morning for work. Both Song Min and his friend were asleep. Monday evening, after a normal 7-4:00 day at work, I returned to the house to find Song Min’s friend still there.
On Monday, May 11th, at 8:00 P.M., the party weekend was officially pronounced over and done, Song Min hung up his birthday party crown for the year, and I finally got a full night of sleep.
Happy birthday, Song Min…until next year!
Sup wit chu?
So, once again, I have fallen far behind on the blog updates. I don't know what else to say other than, life's humdrum beat has been steady and uneventful. So, I'm sorry to all of you who faithfully look to see if I have written about, well anything.
As stated previously, I'm one of those people who likes to curl up in the fetal position through most of the spring. February, March and April, are nasty months in regard to the weather here in Minnesota. It's a constant tease between below freezing and above freezing weather. The whole season makes my brain want to shut down.
Now that the sun is back out, my brain has thawed and I'm once again animated (perhaps there is some validity in cryogenics). So, I’m giving this whole blogging thing another try.
Thank you for your patience.
