Newlywed Funnies

Sadly, being married isn't all about the afternoon delight or quickies before work... sometimes it's stressful, sometimes you do stupid things, and sometimes you just drive each other crazy.
Married life can be fun.... if you find things to laugh about. Turn around the bad situations and make them fun
Here's an example:

John and I are making dinner together the other night. we're going to have pork blades and mushroom gravy with potatoes. My favorite meal! so we're just havin a good ol' time and after I poor the milk in with my mushroom gravy and my potatoes, I decide to smell the milk cause the side of the jug look funny, ya know, with the chunky milk stuck to the side? yeah... YUCK!
So i still need a little more milk for the potatoes... what do i do? grab the left over heavy whipping cream in the fridge I had used for pie a few weeks ago. "this'll work, right?" I pour it in and then decide to smell that too. oops.
all John says is... "I used that milk on my cereal this morning"
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah.... we laughed.
and then
We went shopping for milk after dinner.




Find reasons to laugh.

First week of work + wedding stuff

I started my new job this week. It's going really well! I have training for the first 8 weeks so it's just like going to school. I now remember why I used to ditch class so much, I get SUPER bored. I need to be challenged to stay entertained... but I'm just glad I'm catching on and not feeling lost. Everyone at work is super nice and I've made a couple of friends.
At first I was pretty upset that this job was ruining our wedding plans but now everything is working out and I'm really excited again. We have a new wedding date planned at the bismarck temple on August 6th. There will be 3 receptions. One is right after the wedding in Bismarck, then there will be one in Thief River on August 20th , and then one in St. George on November 26th. I was just looking at the plane tickets for November... and it looks like we're going to have to drive... :( I told John I would never drive to Utah again.... lame! but it'll be worth it :)

So my goals for this week are:
#1 Finish sewing my wedding dress. If I do it now and screw up, at least I'll have time to fix it. I really don't want to be stressed about it anymore.
#2 Finish invitations! Now that we have our date set again, I can finish them real quick and get them sent out.


I have a date in an hour. Trying REALLY hard to stay awake :)

Recent happenings...

John's Family became US citizens

I watched.

yes, I'm wearing a snuggie...

Then we celebrated with American cake!

The ceremony was in a nice little town in Minnesota called Pelican droppings... I mean, pelican rapids. For some reason, I thought it was called pelican droppings the entire time we were there.... so I was walking around saying "Pelican droppings is such a nice little town."

John and I bought a car! We said goodbye to daisy (a yellow mazda) and got Tifa/Oba-maniqua (a black toyota corolla). I'd post a picture but all ya'll could just google it.... or sumthin.



Also, I passed my drug test... phew... so I'm all set for work on Monday! w00t w00t.

Today is Ate Joan's birthday (my sister-in-law)

John and I made a cake!



It's an ipod... oh... and we thought she was 28... but she's only 27. whoops...

AND BEST OF AAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLL!!! WE NOW OWN A MICRO-FREAKIN-WAAAAVE!!!!! Thank you MOMMY!

I wonder what someone would think if they could see John and I right now.  We are pigging out on soda and potato chips, we've probably burped (really loud) like 20 times, and we're singing our lungs out on the karaoke thingy. Today's a good day. John keeps saying I'm scaring him... and every time I burp, I beg him to still love me.
Guess what we're supposed to be doing right now? Preparing our talks for church on Sunday. We're both speaking. I've never really done this before so I'm a little nervous, even though I'll only be speaking in front of about 10 people in our branch. I'm sure I'll figure something out and John is just pro. He's not nervous.

Last night I made lasagna for dinner. I really stink at cooking. I would really really really appreciate it if all ya'll sent me some easy cheap recipes (: cause i'm starting to feel really bad. I made John sick with my lasagna... he's lactose intolerant people!  He's mentioned it before but i didn't really think he was serious... I realized he was when he ran to the bathroom last night after eating my super cheesy lasagna. So let's include some lactose free meals in those recipes eh?

Some of you might be wondering what our new plan for the wedding will be. Well, we don't know yet. We will know on Sunday. Our best idea now is to go to the Bismarck temple. It's 6 hours from here so we could just do it over the weekend. There's a lot of disappointments that come with changing locations... like I've wanted to get married in the St. George temple since I was 10. Also, my grandparents won't be there and my parents will have to fly here. Kiiiind of a bummer. But at least I still get to be married to JOHN!!! yay! I can't wait :)
Oh, and we are NOT registering at bed bath and beyond like everybody else does. It's lame. we already tried but we look at the towels and say, "how do we know if they're soft?" or "who's gonna wanna spend 20 bucks on one towel?" I'd so much rather just have money to buy the cheap stuff at walmart. Just send money... What?!?!?! I didn't say that... :) Is it really that bad to ask for money instead of presents? what if we end up with two of the same thing? what if we just don't like what people give us and we won't use it anyway? what if we'd rather have money to pay off our debts instead of fancy stuff for our apartment. So please, if you are planning on buying us gifts, just save time and send us the money you would've spent on the gift :) makes more sense right?

Everyone comment on my blog :) thanks ya'll.

Some times it's good to procrastinate...

I just got back from Texas yesterday. We stopped in Kansas to see my amazing brother and sister in law. Chris and Rachel are the best. I love family. 

So it's good to be home.... I just found out I got a job at Digikey! yay! So I get to quit my lame job at Kmart. Double yay! But here's the thing... I start in two weeks and I can't take any days off for 8 weeks. If you do the math, that ruins our wedding date.... triple not yay... 

We have no idea what we're going to do now but the wedding date IS going to be changed. I wish I could let everyone know when it'll be... since everybody needs to be getting their days off from work and such. 

so the reason I say it's good to procrastinate is because.... we haven't finished our wedding announcements yet! but that's perfect! we would have wasted money! yay for not wasting money! :)

Despite all the frustrating things in our lives right now... We are still super duper in love! and very very happy!

oh life is so good!

My mom says people want to know I'm still here so I should update on my blog.
I walked to the library to use the internet... I got a blister. Now it's getting dark so I'm gonna make this quick and walk home barefoot. People keep driving by and waving at me. I feel cool.
I haven't showered in two days. I'm so broke that I can't even afford soap... so I use it very sparingly. I haven't worn makeup for a while and I am wearing my pajamas right now. I work at kmart. John still loves me even though I look terrible and don't clean my apartment. John cleans my apartment. He's amazing. It was 90 degrees here yesterday. wonderful. I'm getting married in 2 months. i never use my cell phone anymore. I rarely get on facebook. I still love everyone.... just don't have anything to talk to my old friends about. Being engaged is cool. my blister really hurts. I sure wish i could afford to buy new shoes. Moving here was the best decision I've ever made. I'd give everything up to be with John. so far, I haven't had to give much up. John is amazing. Filipinos are amazing. I have everything I need except.... a microwave. .... :)
The end.
good enough, mom?

John sings in the shower! it's so cute :)

So we survived the tornado! actually... I don't think it ever got close to us. But it was fun!

Today is going to be filled with a bunch of grown up stuff :) First we're going to get the electric in my apartment switched to my name. Then job hunting! THEN play mario. grown ups do that, right?

Also, John and I got our engagement pictures done on Sunday by our friend Sasha. It was sooo much fun! I can't wait to show everyone. The wedding announcements should be done soon!

I really can't wait to get married. I think it's 67 days now. That's SOON! I have SO much to do.

John also sings while he does the laundry... (: I didn't realize he likes to sing so much! I always said I wouldn't marry a guy who couldn't sing.

Tornado warnings and Funny Filipinos

There's a tornado headed our way so I'm at the in-law's house. Being in a tornado is my biggest fear... I was just chillin at my new apartment and heard about the tornado. I was freakin out pretty bad but my sister in-law called just in time to tell me they were coming to pick me up :) yay! Now we're all cuddlin, watchin the weather channel. Just a bunch of Filipinos... and a white girl. The lightning is FREAKING me out! AH! thunder... :( too bad John isn't here!!! he's stuck at work for another hour. Good thing I love my new family. Sure wish they'd speak some English though. lol... haha just kiddin :)

So I'm gonna distract myself now.... here are some recent happenings in my life
-I got my apartment on Friday! I can't wait til John can move in :)

That's our Feng Shui in the middle of the room. or as papa would call it (pung su-ee) lol

I cannot concentrate on this blog... I'll try again in the morning when the tornado is gone :)

Once upon a time...

once upon a time, at a young single adult, LDS conference, I fell in love with an asian.
John and i met in Fargo, North Dakota on April 9th, 2011. Wow, that was only like 6 weeks ago... crazy!
The first time i saw john, I thought he was 16 years old. Then I thought, No, this is an ADULT conference, he must be 18, fresh out of high school. I told myself, "Lora, you are not at this conference to meet guys, especially not younger guys, stay away from him!"... so i tried. I just hung out with my girlfriends and tried to forget about him. (John is 23 for all of you who don't know. He's just small and Asian) I just couldn't help but stare at John this whole day and then my friends and I were all having a pool party at our hotel. Of course we all wanted to invite the guys we thought were the cutest. I finally worked up the courage to go ask John.. (super enthusiastically) "HEY! do you want to come to our hotel to sit in the hot tub?!?!?!" John said (all super manly and sexy-like) "sure, let me get my stuff..." (wink!) and that's what did it! That's when I knew I WANTED him! I practically galloped to my friends. "HE SAID YES! HE SAID YES! HE SAID YEEEEEESSSSSSSSSS!" So John went to the store and bought a swimming suit.... haha... and then came to the hot tub, which wasn't hot at all... and it smelled kinda bad... so that's what started it all! That night, there was a dance and we were inseparable! After the dance we went to IHOP with everyone and he bought my food and gave me his jacket (:
2 days later he asked me to be his girlfriend over facebook, and a week later he asked me to marry him. a week after that he proposed officially. It's so crazy how fast everything happened. I know it shocked a lot of people... I kinda freaked out yesterday when I realized we've only known each other for 6 weeks and we're getting married in like 70 somethin days. This is by far the craziest, funnest, most spontaneous, most exciting, most overwhelming, and BEST decision I've ever made. I fall more in love with John everyday and it doesn't matter how long I've known him or how little I actually know him, as long as I know the important things. John loves me and he takes care of me. He will do anything and everything for me. He's patient, loving, understanding, forgiving, spiritual, responsible, smart and hilarious!
I couldn't have found a better person to be with forever. I'm so excited for this part of my life. It's a crazy adventure!

I have no idea why John and I are up so late. We are both on facebook, chatting with each other, and sitting right next to each other. Oh aren't we just the cutest? haha. I'm gonna make this quick cause I'm super tired.

Highlights of my amazing day:

1- breakfast in bed!
2- plucking John's unibrow!
3- John got sick and came home from work. k, John actually being sick is lame but having him home was awesome (: We cuddled and watched movies and then I sang him some love songs on karaoke.
I realized that John is a much better singer than I am.... I suck.
4- seeing John in footy pajamas... I thought i loved John... but I really REALLY fell in love with John tonight when I saw him in his footy pajamas.

I'm so in love! and so super happy!
p.s. I get so super irritated at night. anyone who knows me would agree. so writing my blog at night is not a good idea. especially since John's with me and his english seems to get less understandable when he's tired.... lol. I'm gonna go to bed now (:

Just another day full of exciting adventures!

John's family thinks I hate Asian food (which may or may not be true). Papa told John to buy me some American food so I could eat. so today John and I went grocery shopping for the first time together! Oh boy was it EXCITING! w00t w00t!

We had a really hard time deciding what to get so for the first 20 minutes we just walked around aimlessly.... i finally decided i wanted macaroni salad. It's pretty much the only thing I know how to make. Mom, I want you to give me a cookbook of all the yummy stuff you used to make. what a good idea for a wedding present!!
Anyway, when we got home i started making the macaroni salad and this is what happened...

john knocked it on the floor... :)

Oh yeah! We got the apartment we wanted! I can move in next week!! now i just need a job... haha

Everyday with John is full of hilarious things! here are a couple.
#1. when we were driving to walmart today, I turned on Taylor Swift and had it blasting. we were both singing and dancing and pretty soon John turned to me and said "I feel so manly...... I love it"
#2. Last night John and I were hanging out with our friends and he learned a new word. that word is weenus. your elbow! he laughed so hard about it so today he wanted to make the same joke. He totally screwed it up though. He grabbed my elbow and said "hey babe, I've got your wiener!" I laughed for like 10 minutes. He begged me not to put it on my blog (: love you babe!

Since i don't have much of a life, i just sit around while John is at work. Although today I did get out of the house and went shopping with my new family. Then I made cookies... which didn't turn out well. LouAnn, I need that recipe again! the ones you made last time? anyway, so right now I'm trying super hard to stay awake until john gets home from work. Does anyone have any awesome ideas of what I should do while I don't have a job? Wedding planning stresses me out... I just need a hobby. thanks!

I'm marrying a magical Asian in 78 days!

I don't have a lot of time today so instead of writing about our love story like I promised yesterday, I will just write about my awesome day today. Thank you everyone for reading my blog, especially you, Mom (:
I had assessment testing for a new job today. I think I did really well so hopefully I get this job (: I was pretty nervous this morning but John helped a lot. We made breakfast together, actually John ended up doing it... and we were rushing to eat so I wouldn't be late. John thought the sausage was done, I was skeptical so I told him to try it. He bit into it and it was CLEARLY not cooked all the way. John burst out laughing and I was freaking out cause he kept chewing it!! "John! Spit it out! you're gonna die!" I said. "I'm ASIAN!" said John. I wasn't nervous anymore. The whole time I was doing the scary, timed tests, I just kept thinking about the under cooked sausage. No matter what happens, I'll still have John. All you need is love (: who needs money?
Also, Asian's don't get burned. they don't breath either, but that's another story.  I was cooking lunch today (ya hear that? I cooked for once) and I poured boiling water on John's hands... completely on accident! and he barely flinched. He said "don't worry, I'm Asian, I don't get burned."

Besides learning so many magical things about Asians, I learned that John actually cares about the wedding plans. I don't think a lot of other guys are like that.... John told me he's been looking for wedding shoes for us to wear... that's so cute! He actually cares! probably more than me (: he even counted the days until we get married. 78! that's soon, people!
John and I are still hoping to get a call from the apartment today! I played Just Dance 2 for the first time today! Twas awesome! I beat John every time except for once... and then I gave up. Then we did karaoke! that was fun!! John can be the dancer, I'll be the singer!
Best part of my day? John painted my nails (:

quote of the day John-"I am magical"

The best day ever!

I took notes all day on a little piece of paper, writing down all the funny things John would say. Pretty soon, I noticed John was intentionally saying ridiculous things and looking down at my paper, waiting for me to write it down (:  so I put the paper in John's man purse. It's downstairs. I'm upstairs. So I'm gonna try real hard to remember everything.
Today was the best day ever! I started my first day of work at walmart. Then, I quit my job at walmart.
 i don't really wanna talk about that. sooooo moving on!
For breakfast, John warmed me up some left overs. We had spaghetti for breakfast. (it's an asian thing) I don't mind though, at least we didn't have rice again... (just kidding, I love eating rice for every single meal, every day...) anyway, i told john to put it in the same bowl and we would share it. I thought it'd be romantic. "hey john, lets eat out of the same bowl, like that one movie with the dogs...?" john says, "oh, aristocats?!" ha... no john. i see where you're confused though. In america we watch movies about dogs instead of eating them...

for those of you who don't know, John and I are getting married August 6th! We'll be married in the St. George temple and then have a reception that night at 6.  We'll also be having another reception the next week in Minnesota. That'll be the 13th. I'm very excited! Oh! and I bought my wedding dress the other day.
Since I've been engaged, and even more so since i moved here, i feel like my independence was just taken away from me. Don't get me wrong, i love living with john's family, and especially being so close to John... but i kinda miss my old life. I DO love change and adventure but leaving my friends and my sister and ZOEY!!! is really hard. I'm still trying to adjust. we MIGHT have an apartment. We will probably know tomorrow... i really really hope so. shhh don't tell, but i need my space! I'm not ready to be with john every day, all day. We never got the chance to date and get to know eachother. I still have moments occasionally where I look at john and say "I don't KNOW you!" haha. John is doing a great job of putting up with me though. He has taken me on a date everyday! He claims he doesn't know how to plan good dates but he totally does! like today, we got food (perfect date already) and we sat by the river and ate with our fingers (like Filipinos do) and we just had the best time ever! I love spending time with John and just falling even more in love everyday!

I think my brother Chris is really cool. He's the one that told me to start a blog. I want him to think I'm cool so that's why I'm doing this. Chris suggested that as John and I learn more about each other, I post about it. I guess it's interesting because John and i have only known each other for a month and a half or so and are getting married in 2 months or so. Tomorrow's blog will be about our little love story (: but from now on, every day I'm going to try to write something new that i learned about John.

yesterday and today, I learned that john doesn't get mad. well, he might get mad, but he certainly doesn't show it. The worst he'll do is walk out of the room without saying "I love you". I am a very lucky girl. I love my new life! and dating an Asian is the coolest thing I've ever done.

My first day of my new adventure!

It's day one of my new adventure... I moved to Minnesota yesterday and so far it's been a little overwhelming, but so exciting!
Every day for the last two weeks or so, I've had the urge to start a blog. I think of this awesome idea... something EVERYONE will surely want to read about, but then I think too much into it and by the end of the day, I decide no one cares about my love life... so I don't know if anyone will ever wanna read this besides my mom... but I think it'll be really good for me. I have a secret. I'll admit I've spent countless hours reading people's blogs. Sometimes they are even strangers... that's weird right?

Today, John (my sexy Asian fiance) came to my room to wake me up. We ended up talking and laughing for hours before I actually got out of bed. THEN my wonderful fiance (i love saying fiance) made me breakfast! I played the piano while he was cooking and then I sat down to a cute little heart pancake with strawberries all cute next to it (: Then I looked at his plate and there were huge ugly... manly looking pancakes... hahaha!

I'm starting to feel bad that I'm blogging instead of hanging out with John...but one more thing before I go. (heck, we have the rest of eternity together)

I love making fun of John's accent. good thing he doesn't mind.... he never gets offended.
When we were eating breakfast I asked John if he'd ever had danish pancakes and he said, "oh aren't those the really thin pancakes? what do you call those? craps?" ME: "baby... It's crepes, not craps" :)