And the award goes to...

One of the many things that are admirable about Wolfgang, is that he loves his job.  Ever since he did his apprenticeship training as a teenager, he knew he wanted to be in the Hospitality and Tourism industry, and has never looked back since.

On a regular basis, he is always getting compliments from guests in person and on hotel surveys of how helpful he was, etc, which he takes great pride in.  Sometimes his "going above and beyond" personality is, quite honestly, inconvenient or annoying (like him doing a guest's laundry, in our washer and dryer last night at around 11:00pm...that will NOT be happening ever again, by the way. )  but generally, his hard work and dedication is something to look up to.

With that said, he was awarded "Supervisor of the Quarter"  on Monday!  I'm very happy for him, and the nice little bonus is not too bad either.

I'm honored to be married to someone who is a hard worker that takes his work seriously.   

'Baby, just say Yes.'

I just remembered tonight that three years ago today, my romantic husband proposed to me on a beach in Hawaii.

What a great coincidence that this morning, I said to Wolfgang, "My ring looks really sparkley today."

I'm glad we found each other on that beautiful island.

Birthday Boy

Yesterday was my dear husband's birthday- he too now is officially old now and 25.

We both took the day off from work (preplanned, it wasn't one of those "call in sick" things...) and enjoyed the day.

I bought him some shoes he was eying on my birthday

He loves them, I'm still learning to like them

and he was also spoiled from other gifts and kind cards from family members.

When I asked him in advance what he wanted to do for his birthday, he told me he wanted to see two movies. So, that's what we did. Thank goodness for our continual stash of free movie tickets.

We saw:

50/50


I can't remember the last time I cried so much in a movie, but I definitely recommend it.


and Real Steel

both were good movies, but I have to say that I liked 50/50 more. Here's the trailer for 50/50 and the trailer for Real Steel.

For Wolfgang's cake, he requested anything chocolately, so I made just a dark chocolate out-of-the-box cake, then decided to spice things up a little and made a raspberry filling, and then topped it with chocolate frosting. It turned out pretty tasty (and extremely unhealthy?) if I say so myself.

The day ended with dinner at The Macaroni Grill, and sharing cake with friends. I think it turned out quite well.

Dinner: FAIL.

Husbands are great for:

Getting things from high places {if they are 6' 4" of course}, and

Opening things.

Well, my honey bee sugar Euro pie wasn't home tonight when I needed my Spaghetti sauce opened; I tried, and tried, and tried.

So for dinner, I had spaghetti noodles and broccoli.