Thursday, January 31, 2008

Stole this from Brooke...My husband



What is his name?
Timothy Richard Mohr. He goes by Tim, or I call him "Baby".

How long have you been together?
We will be married 5 years in June, and we were "together" about 9 months before we got married.

How long did you date?
Ummm... Well it is kind of tricky, but I a little under four months before we got engaged.

How old his he?
He is turning 28 in May

Who eats more?
He does. He eats hands full of things all every 10 minutes.

Who said I love you first?
I did. I'm not scared to tell the truth.

Who is taller?
He is taller, and even in heels I have to break my neck to look up at him, not b/c he is strangly tall, but b/c I'm horrifyingly short.

Who can sing better?
Tim sings very well. He sang to me when he proposed. I sing like a really bad audition on American Idol.

Who does the laundry?
Both of us pretty evenly. Although, I think Tim ends up doing most of the actual folding of the clothes.

Who pays the bills?
Tim, I haven't seen or opened a bill in 4 and a half years.

Who sleeps in the right side?
I do. Which started out so I could be closer to the bathroom in our old apartment. But in the house we live in now makes is so I have to walk around the bed and past a chair and a desk, which is super convenient since I get up every 3 hours to pee since I'm 36 weeks pregnant.

Who mows the lawn?
Tim. I really should get better at helping with the yard.

Who cooks dinner?
I do, but we both do dishes. It is one of my favorite times of day.

Who drives?
Tim does, especially on long trips, but since I've been pregnant, Tim has had a built in sober driver.

Who is more stubborn?
I would say we are equally obnoxious when it comes to who thinks they are right.

Who kissed who first?
He kissed me first, on the couch watching Moulin Rouge after we had been "dating" for almost two months.

Who asked who out first?
Tim asked me on our first official date. He took me to a few places, and had a card and a candle at to give me at each place. We had dinner at Murray’s. It was so good!

Who proposed?
He did- in front of all my friends and family at my college graduation party. Just how I like it, public displays of humility and self abandon in the name of love.

Who has more friends?
I probably due, b/c I hang on to friends from every stange of life, long distance, and local. I also due the whole Facebook and Myspace thing, that keeps me in touch with people from everywhere.

Who is more sensitive?
Tim is, especially in social situations. He is sensitive to the needs and thoughts of others, his surroundings and can put himself in other people's shoes who might be scared or uncomfortable. I'm usually looking for the food, and assume that everyone is as outgoing as I am.


Who has more siblings?
I do. I'm one of four, Tim is the baby of three.

Who wears the pants?
I hate this question. If I say him, I look weak, and if I say me, then that makes him look weak. So I would say we have a pretty good team going. I'm in charge of the things I'm good at, and he's in charge of the things he's good at. He almost always asks me my opinion and what I want to do or how I want to do things. I often have no problem stating my opinion or I give him a list of options and leave the decision up to him, b/c I like it when he takes charge. He is good at taking care of me, and I know that he always aims to make me happy and has my best interests at heart.
I love my man!

Wednesday, January 09, 2008

Pick of the Week: Orr Street Studios




While visiting our friends the Horn's this weekend, Jon and Liz took us to an amazing new feature of Columbia, MO. The Orr Street Studios. It is a warehouse that a group of people have turned into artists' studios, to work and display their work. One artist, was commissioned to make all the doors to the individual studios, pieces of art in themselves. They are phenomenal! Every type of art, from sculpture, to photography, paintings and poetry are displayed.

After our short visit there is one piece of art that has really stuck with me, almost haunting, but also hopeful in nature. Forgive me for not knowing the artist's name. The piece stood apart for me so greatly, I didn't even think to look at its creator. It is a, big, square canvas, painted white. In the bottom left corner there are a pile, maybe 5 or 6, actual teddy-bears glued to the canvas. They are distressed, torn, dirty. They look like someone ran them over with the lawn mower and then drug them threw the mud. The white paint has been splashed across them and then extends to fully cover the rest of the canvas. In the upper right corner, a simple, wooden, toy airplane, also white, placed in an acceding fashion away from the teddy-bears, the canvas, and even the viewer.

It was creepy at first seeing something so iconic as a teddy-bear destroyed and mangled that way, but over the days I've been reflecting on the painting/sculpture, it is truly redemptive. It shows a picture of Innocents lost, crushed, literally ripped to shreds. Then, a pure, cleansing comes over the thing, and freedom is found. A flight of new and amazing beginnings that are still innocent, or innocent again perhaps, but it is a blameless, guiltless, emerging that is completely free of evil. Although I physically have no where to hang such a piece of art, I mentally and emotionally have been captivated by it, and it will be displayed as an example of the things I know to be true about life.

Orr Street Studios is a truly inspiring space, with so much potential to be the next hot spot in Columbia. Jon told us people are already renting out the space for parties and that possible expansion for a restaurant or coffee shop/cafe are in the works. Other ideas for converting some of the other abandon warehouses around the Orr Street studios into something redemptive and beautiful is also being talked about.

To learn more about the Orr Street Studios, and see more pictures, go to:
http://www.orrstreetstudios.com/index.html
*all photos from the Orr Street Studios website.

Baby Shower Columbia



















This past weekend, Liz her mom, and my mom and sisters threw me a baby shower. Liz started off the weekend on Saturday afternoon, by surprising me with a massage and pedicure at Kalani. It was amazing. I've never had a professional massage before, and I can safely say, that if I were a millionaire, I would keep a masseuse on staff. We then went to Booche's for dinner and stopped by a new art gallery in Columbia. It was one of the coolest things I've ever seen. Liz and I then ruined our massages that night by playing a few... 3 hours of Wii with Tim and Jon. Another first for me, and I'm pretty much addicted. I kick tail at bowling. :) My Mii girl is pretty cute too.

The shower was perfect. Fun and competitive games, friends I rarely get to see, and Italian Wedding Cake from Upper Crust. Not to mention the high was 75 degrees on the 6th of January. It was amazing! Charlie woke up from her nap just in time to see all the presents Arie Alex received and stole the show with her adorableness.

It was a perfect weekend, with fond new memories. All the new baby stuff motivated Tim and I to come home and organize Airawen's room a little better. It is hard to believe my due date is less than two months away!

Baby Shower for Work
















Back in December, before all the Christmas craziness, my beautiful friends, April and Emmalee, threw me a baby shower for work. They made a fantasticl diaper cake, full of fun baby things for a center piece, and a baby rattle corsage that I wore proudly throughout the party. It was my first baby shower, and I decided at that point, that baby showers are more fun that wedding showers b/c cute little pink things for Arie Alex are better than crystal bowls and cookware.

Although, I'm getting more into this whole domestic side of life. Buying things are expensive. A lot of times making them is cheaper, and I like custom designing to fit my every whim. So.... I've decided I want a sewing machine. Yes, you can fall over from shock now, Tim almost did. He made me look him in the eye and say, "I really want a sewing machine" four times, before he would believe me. It is true, I really want one so I can make all these cute things that I see stores charging $60 for, that I could make for $10.

More baby shower pics to come. Thanks to all those who have given us cute and much needed things for our baby girl! We are so blessed to have you supporting us, and praying for us as we anticipate the arrival of our daughter.

Friday, January 04, 2008

Wild New Year's Eve 2007







This New Year's Eve wasn't the craziest, most extravagant event, but we laughed a lot. We celebrated the beginning of 2008 with our friends Patrick and Becky Allen, who are moving to Baltimore tomorrow, and Ed and Sonja Clower, who are super heros and always have good deserts at their house. We spent a hilarious evening Playing Settlers of Catan, amongst the packed boxes of the Allen house, until we popped some bubbly and counted down with Ryan and Dick on New Year's Rockin' Eve. Becky kicked all our butts at Settlers, despite her "only playing the game once before" and making comments about, "now what does this piece do" and "I'm not really sure what I'm doing." She had us fooled and we got slaughtered.

Hope everyone else had a great New Year and How about them Tigers? Arkansas didn't even show up to the Cotton Bowl, even though they decided to wear all red for the first time. And in the Spirit of the New Year and sharing, and blah, blah, congrats to the KU fans and their win last night. Keepin' it in the Big 12! Stupid Oklahoma.