Smug Marrieds: Locked Out

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Saw Jeremy, my chiropractor, yesterday and he cleared me to run. Short, easy, flat miles but who cares? I get to run again! 

Blair was already up and out the door for his run by the time I left the house at 6 am. I ran an easy 3.5 and climbed the stairs to our front porch. When I twisted the doorknob on our front door... locked. It had been unlocked when we were both out for our runs because I tested it before I pulled it shut behind me, which meant Blair had locked me out. 

I rang the doorbell and waited. Finally, Blair opened the door, looking confused. 

"What are you doing out there?" he asked. 

"Why did you lock me out?" I countered, stepping inside. 

"I didn't know where you were. I thought you were in the bathroom."

I looked at my watch. "You thought I was in the bathroom for the last 28 minutes?"

He shrugged. "Sure, why not. Doesn't seem out of the ordinary."

I burst out laughing and he it took a second but then he got it and started laughing too. "No, no," he said. "I mean, I thought you were in there showering and doing your hair or something."

Whatever. God, that was classic.  

Cheers,

Dena

Saying "Hell, Yeah!" To Life

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I bought a pineapple last week and cut it up for Blair. (Betcha didn't think this post would start like this, did you? Ha! Keep reading.) This morning he mentioned something about the pineapple and I said, "Yeah, I took a bite of it. It's not bad."

"I think we need to watch how we phrase things," said Blair. "'It's not bad,' is not a very enthusiastic way of saying something is good."

He's right. And the Universe is sending me signals to watch my language. Just last night...

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Smug Marrieds: Poltergeist!

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Saturday morning. Blair was out on his first ever 18-mile run. (He ended up running 18.6 and did great.) I was inside with a pulled hamstring, cleaning the house and trying not to pout about being unable to run. Side note: In what universe does Blair run 18.6 and I stay inside and clean?!?

Anway, I was in the kitchen when I heard this horrid, huge, rumbling sound. It's a sound I imagine one might hear before the earth opens and swallows them whole. Yes, it was THAT loud. And it went on and on. There were also scraping, crashing, "uh-oh, whatever that is it cannot be good" sounds mixed in. 

Naturally, my first thought was, "That damn cat." Then I wondered what on earth I had stacked so precariously that it could make such a noise when it fell. I went searching for debris and found it in our guest bathroom.

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Fun Friday: A Day At Carowinds

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Waiting in line to ride The IntimidatorBlair has Fridays off this summer and we kicked the season off with a day at Carowinds Amusement Park. (For my Ohio peeps -- think a smaller version of King's Island.) 

It was the perfect day - sunny, 80's, light breeze, and since it was a Friday and the beginning of the season, the park was half empty. In our first two hours there, we breezed onto at least 7 rides, never waiting over 10-15 minutes for any one ride. That came back to bite us later when we waited for almost 2 hours to ride Nitehawk, a roller coaster that lies you on your back and...

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