A new place to gather
Like we didn't have enough to do this fall, we will be hosting Thanksgiving dinner at our house this year. We'll have the fam over, a total of 14 people and as many as 4 dogs... a full house to say the least. We're excited to have everyone over, but were concerned about where everyone was going to sit for dinner. We have a table that was generously given to us by The Danza's before they moved into the city, but it's not nearly big enough and also pretty wobbly with the leaves in place. What to do, what to do...
Enter our good friend Mike, who makes custom furniture and promised us a table as a wedding gift. We talked styles and he went out and got the materials for the job. The Boy and I generally let the experts drive a lot of the creative process in situations like this, because they're the experts and usually come up with way cooler ideas than we ever could. We basically showed him a picture in a magazine that we liked, told him we'd like to bring the outside in, and cut him loose.
We went to visit him and the shop this weekend to check out the process, and were amazed by what we saw... speechless, actually He went out and bought a single slab of wood, essentially a cross-section of a tree. His design was inspired by a designer named George Nakashima, who was an amazing furniture designer and a generally interesting guy. My favorite quote that I read by him:
A tree is perhaps our most intimate contact with nature. Each tree, each part of each tree, has its own particular destiny, its own special yearning to be filled.
But I digress... we saw the nearly finished tabletop, and it is badass. It'll be done for Thanksgiving (in truth, we were told to expect it "late Wednesday night"), and I can't think of a better way to break it in than having a meal with our family. Did I mention that it's about 9 feet long?
Check out the tabletop as it was on Saturday night. If you look closely, you can see Mike and even Bobo:
Thanks, Mike. You (of course)rock and we love you!!
Labels: happenings, randomness, the fam
Tagged!
Okay, Kat... you tagged me, so here goes!
1. Who eats more? The Boy
2. Who said “I love you” first? He did, although we had both been thinking it for a while.
3. Who is the morning person? The Boy. I could sleep until noon if I put my mind to it.
4. Who sings better? We're both pretty horrid.
5. Who's older? I'm two months older than him. We got married within that span of time, so our marriage license has me listed as a year older. He'll never let me live that down.
6. Who's smarter? We're both pretty damn smart, if I do say so myself.
7. Whose temper is worse? The Boy is the least patient man on earth and I'm probably a bit too passive.
8. Who does the laundry? We both do... depends on who runs out of underwear first.
9. Who does the dishes? Both of us... we try to do the one cooks, the other cleans thing, but with our schedules, sometimes one of us sometimes has to cover it all.
10. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? He does, although Logan and I hog the bed.
11. Whose feet are bigger? His are, but they are damn supple. Mine, not so much.
12. Whose hair is longer? Mine, although he's determined to have longer hair than me. Both or our hair is pretty long.
13. Who's better with the computer? Me, but he learns more stuff every day.
14. Do you have pets? We've got two dogs.
15. Who pays the bills? The Boy runs the finances and does a spectacular job of it. We do a good job keeping one another in the loop when it comes to finances.
16. Who cooks dinner? The Boy is the cook of the family, but I'm doing more and more!
17. Who drives when you are together? He does... he gets carsick riding shotgun in the MINI.
18. Who pays when you go out to dinner? Doesn't matter... the money all comes from the same place.
19. Who's the most stubborn? Hmmm... he's pretty stubborn, but so am I. But I think he's more stubborn than me... yeah, definitely him and not me.
20. Who is the first one to admit when they’re wrong? We're both surprisingly good at this.
21. Whose family do you see more? Mine... looong story.
22. Who named your pet? Logan came with me, and we both named Bobo together.
23. Who kissed who first? We kissed each other.
24. Who asked who out? Apparently he had been trying to get me to go out with him for three years, but I was oblivious. So, it was him.
25. What did you do on your first date? We walked Logan at the beach and went out for Thai. I, however, didn't realize it was a date until the next time we went out. I told you I was oblivious! Another thing that he'll never let me live down.
26. Who's more sensitive? Me... I'm a big baby.
27. Who's taller? He is.
28. Who has more friends? He's got a huge crew of friends that he's known since he was 14. It's pretty amazing, really.
29. Who has more siblings? I've got two brothers and he's got two half brothers... so I guess that makes it 2 to 1?
30. Who wears the pants in the relationship? We've each got a leg.
Okay, so I tag Krit and Christine!Labels: bobo, moose, randomness, the boy, the fam, the girl
