Monday, June 23, 2008

Quirks and funny little differences

Peter
*Yes, he still has his string. It goes everywhere with him. It started as one piece of yarn, now it's a whole wad, you know in case he loses one. He used to throw it in a nylon sock and wash to get the kinks in them. Now he irons the kinks in.
*Could care less if his clothes are wrinkly or not.
*Has learned not to ever wake Mandy up again in the middle of the night by tickling to ask for the blankets back. Now he just grabs hold and pulls.
*Super light sleeper, the sound of the ceiling fan keeps him up.
*Breaks out into random songs. Is quite good at making up his own song based on whatever we're talking about.
*Can be totally cheap, or splurge on stuff...Would rather buy two model airplanes ($60 each) to get free shipping, than buy one airplane and pay $10 for shipping.
*Grocery shopping-doesn't need a list, will always come back with meat on sale. Two bags full of apples on sale is common too...they were only 49 cents a pound (yes we did eat all the apples.)
*Clothing shopping-Do I have to?
*Shoes-Own about 5 pairs, don't wear about 2.
*Wakes up at 7:30 on the dot no matter the day.
*Is frustrated when it's his hair that's found on the pillow.
*Will easily spend $2000 on a big HD Widescreen LCD Sony Bravia TV, but will switch cable companies to save $10 a month.
*Collects ferraris, airplanes, castles and video games. Looks at each often. Likes to own a complete video game series, though some are still in the plastic.
*Loves Costco on Saturdays-Free samples.
*PC person
*Loves watching movie trailers on the internet.
*Loves action/adventure movies.

Mandy
*Irons clothes, even jeans and t-shirts.
*Conveniently takes up the entire bed when Peter has gotten up. Even if it is just to use the bathroom, Peter comes back and often has to sleep on the other side of the bed.
*Has tendency to sleep with legs up, and then roll over, pulling all the covers off Peter.
*Likes having the ceiling fan, AC, and/or a smaller fan on all night long during the hot months.
*Can easily sleep without blankets on hot nights. Or sleep with feet out of cover.
*Grocery shopping-Buy what we need and get it done quickly. This is not an all day event.
*Clothes shopping-Want it, Love it, Bought it.
*Shoes-Own about 23 pairs, 5 rarely get used.
*Don't even think about waking me up early on the weekend.
*Likes taking naps.
*Doesn't worry about losing hair.
*Loves Winnie the Pooh-TV-Got it! Waffle iron-Got it! Shoes-Got it! Jewelry and Jewelry box-Got it! Lawn ornaments-Have three! Salt and Pepper shakers-Wedding gift from best friend...get the picture? :)
*Loves bears-scroll down to a previous post to see picture, then add three more bears to the collection.
*Hates Costco on Saturdays-It's impossible to get through with people blocking the aisles trying to get samples.
*Loves chick flicks.
*Mac person

Though it looks like we have many differences, we do, and we love our little quirks and differences. A few but not all the things we have in common:
*We love gardening!
*We love playing Guitar Hero (we have all four editions so far and don't plan on getting the Aerosmith one, but eagerly await Guitar Hero 4), and Burnout (Mandy's getting really good.)
*We like Disney movies and playing Disney Scene It-Peter would win if he didn't always roll low numbers.
*We like to travel. Mandy prefers airplanes, Peter likes car trips, but nonetheless we like traveling.
*We love pets. Mandy likes dogs best, Peter likes anything with four legs and furry.
*We love watching movies together.
*We love swimming. Peter takes awhile to get used to the water, while Mandy usually just jumps in and gets used to the water real fast.
*We like museums
*We hate doing the laundry, more importantly we hate putting the laundry away, but we grin and bear it and get the job done.
*We like going on fun day trips, amusement parks, Seaworld, etc.
*We like hanging out with friends.
*We love being with each other.

4 comments:

robert said...
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Lindsay said...

Peter sounds like the same old Peter, and it's fun to get to know you a little better, Mandy. I can't believe, though, that you iron your t-shirts and jeans. Now that's dedication!

Rick and Christie Farnsworth said...

Thanks for sharing. I am more like Mandy except I hate ironing and I love Costco on Saturday!

melissa @ 1lbr said...

When I was dating my future-husband, I thought we had sooo much in common. Turns out, we had a lot of differences too - many of them quirky! But, the most important thing is that we love to be with each other too! Fun post! (I especially enjoyed the image of Peter ironing his string while Mandy irons her jeans :)