Me and my nose

I am weird. There are times in my life, triggered by nothing when I get bloody noses. It happens in phases that will last a few months, then a year or so will go by with none, then out of the blue they will come again. So, every day I get 1-3 of them... and it is really annoying to say the least. And I have a "heavy" flow of them...not just a few drips but like scary amounts at times (i know... gross). Anyways, I have not gotten one in forever- since before we were married, which was strange because we live in a super dry climate.

Story 1: Key West, FL - our 1 year anniversary and one of the most humid places I have been in a while. I am laying out and sweating. I decide I need more sunscreen. I stand up and feel some beads of sweat come down my face (so I think). I am standing there rubbing sunscreen all over my face and i turn to get into the pool.... there is this lady sitting across from me that has this look of horror on her face. I don't think much of it and turn to Adam who looks up from his book. He freaks out because I have blood ALLLLLLL over my face. He says it looks like I took a baseball bat to myself. I grab a towel and sprint to the room where I look at myself in the mirror. It was kinda funny by this point because I had blood all over myself and face. I was just rubbing the sunscreen in and smearing it everywhere.... ha!

Story 2: So since Key West, I have contiuned to get a bloody nose most every day, if not two to three times per day. I know, sick. So this weekend. Adam and I are making out. I break away from him and look at his face. He has blood all on his face. I touch my nose and sure enough... blood is all over mine too. So annoying!!! Can I not even kiss my own husband without bleeding all over us both??? I mean, seriously. Does anyone have a solution for my nose issue?

Highly offensive but really funny

Disclaimer: this is not an appropriate post, but so entertaining I had to share. If you get offended, I am really sorry and just know that we don't really think or talk like this... ever.

Background: Adam works the front desk at a gym here in Denver part-time. They are always joking around with eachother if someone leaves their facebook open, or email, etc. So you always have to be careful..... well it was finally payback for Adam last week and here is how it went down.... There is a gay Yoga Instructor that always talks to Adam. He is really nice and openly, flaming gay. He got on Adam's email account and sent himself an email from Adam's account... and then replied to the email that "Adam" had sent to him... here are the emails:

Received: 01:27 AM MDT, 06/30/2010 From: "Adam Griffin" <adamjgriffin@gmail.com> To: <brianfun@usa.net> Subject: Adam from the Gym
Hey Bud,
It's Adam from the front desk at the gym. I know it's late but I can't sleep. You have got one rocking body!
This is kind of awkward because I had no idea you were gay. I wondered if you would like to hang sometime and maybe grab a beer or something. We can keep it on the DL. Don't know if you were joking with me when Julia was texting the other day - so just maybe......? If more comfortable for you we can start with a massage.....
Sorry if I seem like a geek. I'm just kind of new to all this man on man stuff.
See you on Friday.
Adam Griffin
cell: 303-949-1484

From: "Brian Fun" <brianfun@usa.net> Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2010 15:03:57 -0600 To: Adam Griffin<adamjgriffin@gmail.com> Subject: Hey Brian
Dude -
Thanks for the note and honestly this is too weird for me. You are a nice guy and funny and all - but I don't go around talking to all different boys. That would make me a cheap colfax whore. Thanks but no thanks - but appreciate the offer.
btw - does this mean that you have been staring at me when I don't have my shirt on after yoga? I'm going to make sure I put it on before I come down to talk to you guys. And don't worry, I won't make a big deal out of this or tell anyone.
Brian

Received: 03:06 PM MDT, 07/01/2010 From: adamjgriffin@gmail.com To: "Brian Fun" <brianfun@usa.net> Subject: Re: Hey Brian

What the heck is this crap?????? who got on my account??

From: "Brian Fun" <brianfun@usa.net> Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2010 15:18:49 -0600 To: <adamjgriffin@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Hey Brian
It's okay dude - U don't have to act weird. It's no big deal. Really. Let's just forget you sent me this email.

Received: 03:25 PM MDT, 07/01/2010 From: adamjgriffin@gmail.com To: "Brian Fun" <brianfun@usa.net> Subject: Re: Hey Brian
Stop fantasizing about fake email convos that u send to urself when I walk away from the desk

From: "Brian Fun" <brianfun@usa.net> Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2010 15:26:58 -0600 To: <adamjgriffin@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Hey Brian
HA PUNKED!!!

Received: 03:28 PM MDT, 07/01/2010 From: adamjgriffin@gmail.com To: "Brian Fun" <brianfun@usa.net> Subject: Re: Hey Brian

I'm going to poop on the floor in the yoga room 5 minutes before ur class starts tomorrow morning.

1/2 Cup of Crazy

Where do I start with this... Adam and I have officially moved into our new place but let me backtrack for a minute. When we told our landlord we were moving, he found a new renter- duh. As I heard, this lady was kinda strange, but whatever- she wanted the house. Well, about 2 weeks ago, Adam was home alone working during the day. someone start knocking on the door. He figures it is a salesperson and doesn't answer. This same person starts looking in all the windows and yelling into them "Hello??" "Anybody home??" etc. purely annoying to say the least. Adam goes to the door and low and behold, it is the future tenant of our house just asking Adam when we were going to move out and then continues to talk to him for the next 30 minutes about her life story. Afterwards, Adam calls Tim (landlord) and tells him what happend. Tim apologizes because that is not how this is supposed to work but Adam really doesn't care that much but comes to the conclusion that she is looney tunes.

Last week, our lives go something like this: I fly out on Monday after packing up the house all weekend. Adam is in charge of picking up the U Haul on Wednesday, loading it all up so we can move in. Adam and a few of our friends load up the house and unload the furniture into the new place all in one day. I fly in at 11:30pm this night. Adam picks me up- tells me we got to move in that day- so he didn't have time to clean the house yet and we head over there......
in a situation like this you always think it is going to go fast. Until we get over there, there are a few things left behind and he completely forgot about our front closet. No biggie... but after 3 car loads and cleaning like crazy we finally get out of there at 4am... yes, 4am people which means I have been up for 24 hours at this point in time. Awesome. New renter is supposed to move in at 7am.

We left 2 things behind 1) our grill.. woundn't fit into the UHaul 2) our friend Adam had stored a rug and a chair in our garage. Not a big deal (Tim is sooooo laid back) and we would get it in the morning.

We sleep until about 10am on Thursday and wake up to voicemails from Tim saying how crazy lady is putting our stuff in the alley (really Adam's stuff) and we should probably get over there. We immediately head over to the house. Luckily the lady isn't there at this point. So, we load up the grill and ummm... can't find Adam's stuff ($2000.00 rug and chair). I kinda freak out- go down to talk to Neil and Pauline who luckily saved everything from the lady and put in their storage area for us after psycho started threatening to put it in the dumpster. Thank the Lord. Adam and I both discuss how sorry we feel for Neil and Pauline since they have to live with a crazy, but don't think much of it and head home.

That afternoon, I am un packing the kitchen. I leave a drawer empty for silverwear and keep thinking the next box is going to have our silverwear. (wedding silverwear, steak knives, etc). I can't find it so finally I ask Adam where he put it. He immediately doesn't remember packing it and this means, we freaking left it at the house. Crap. Another possible encounter with the lady. I tell Adam just to go over there (she came over to our house a few weeks back) and just get it from her. He goes over there and sees the lady and Pauline in the house, Adam peaks his head in the screen door (still standing outside). She is on the phone with Tim the landlord, but looks up at Adam. He kindly says "hey, we left our silverwear and just want to grab it real quick". She FREAKS OUT. And starts yelling at Adam saying " GET OUT! THIS IS MY HOUSE NOW!! YOU DON"T LIVE HERE ANYMORE. YOU LEFT THIS PLACE A COMPLETE MESS AND I HAVE HAD TO SPEND A LOT OF MONEY- GET OUT NOW!!!!
Adam was in such shock, he just left immediately......

(this is really long so here is the end of the convoluted story) Tim the Landlord kicked her out. She was such a pain in the A, he made her leave and the only way she could get her money back was to give us the silverwear back.... yep... she moved out this weekend and we finally got our stuff back today!!! yay! hahahahaha..... longest post EVER.

Transistional Post

We are moving into our new place tomorrow- yeah! But.... I am in Florida, which means Adam is at home and left with the rest of the packing, picking up the Uhaul, loading everything up, cleaning, turning in the keys, etc. I feel horrible for him, because we have a lot of crap. I am flying in late tonight and will help him unload everything tomorrow. But still- I definitely wish I could be there to help out and supervise to make sure that he does scratch or break our beloved bedroom furniture (hint, hint if you are reading this, Adam).

Stay tuned for the outcome of my painting project I did last weekend- I am very proud. Not to pat my own back... but I can be really creative. haha... no really. And I have some great stories from last night in Tampa that involve: wine, a nice restaurant, a live lobster and a few soccer moms. I just need to get the pictures emailed to me so I can post.

Think of this post as a transitional post... a post to tell you I swear I am going to post soon.

LOGO

Here it is! Pretty cute, huh?! We like.....
http://lifeshouldbesimple.wordpress.com/

3 steps forward, 2 steps backward

So as the end of June quickly approaches, Adam and I have been scrambling to find a place to live since we are moving out at the end of June. Well, with our new target rent rate- we knew we were destined for an apartment. Long story short, we found one.... 2 bedroom, a parking place (which is like gold when looking at apartments in the area we live), a small shared grass area for Tyson and it is two stories. All for $725/mo and 1st month free, so averages out to $645/mo. Great right?! I know. We are going to be able to save.... a lot (hopefully). But I can't push away the feeling that 1) we are going from a cute house back to an apartment 2) I am nervous about the Tyson situation because we are the first tenants in the building to have a dog 3) The kitchen is TINY!!!! No cabinets, mini size stove and fridge, etc. The only reason why this is OK, is because I am never there... 4) the laundry is shared 5) I think a lot of college students live there and will assume Adam and I are freaks that got married while we were in college.

I literally feel like I am taking steps back, but I keep reminding myself this is GOOD! We are sacrificing to make a better future... blah, blah, blah. I have some major projects in my head to do over the next few weeks so I can make this place semi-cute. I will keep you updated as I get home a chance to put my creative juices to use!!

On a side note, we will have an ACTUAL guest room with a QUEEN SIZE bed... so COME VISIT US! We are about 1.5 miles from Washington Park in the University of Denver area (DU area). It is still a pretty great area with tons of bars and restaurants within walking distance.

What to do when.....

What to do when you leave town, Tyson's at home, and you forget to leave the house key in Denver so Larry and Becky can take care of Tyson?

Solution: you tell them to break into the house