Getting stood up... or so he thought.

Today, Fred redeemed his voucher to a meal + bringing a "date," as he called it.

Mr. Woo and Fred met up for accountability prior to our meal, but after a while I realized that his date was over 45 minutes late! After putting the dessert in the oven, the door bell rang. Though we wanted to play it off as if we already ate and were ready for the next course, we decided to be nice.

Who was this date, you may ask?
Bernard, or B as I like to call him, was stuck in traffic.

With a free-for-all menu setting, I thought the winner would have requested something like steak or ribs but our dear brother Fred asked me to make miyukgook (Korean seaweed soup)! This is traditionally eaten on birthdays and after giving birth (the seaweed is thought of as beneficial for the mom's health and breastfeeding). Neither was the case for Fred, but as promised his request came to fruition.

As Mr. Woo doesn't allow kimchi in his house, Fred decided to surprise him by bringing some banchan (Korean side dishes) - including kimchi. While this was enhancing our Korean meal, I was wide-eyed to hear Mr. Woo announce, "This kimchi's good!" o_O Note to Fred: You are more than welcome to come over for dinner whenever you would like. And feel free to bring any dishes you would like to convert Mr. Woo to eating *cough* mushrooms *cough*.


We also had minor kimchi spillage on the tablecloth, so we took out the Tide pen and saw it work its magic.

The Woo household encompasses a lot of eating, but we also like entertainment. Not too long after returning from our honeymoon, we had a bag of grapes (eating) and threw them in the air to catch them in our mouth (entertainment). When that wasn't hitting the "max factor" we threw grapes into the air to each other. This memory came to mind when Mr. Woo decided to reinact it with the kong banchan (seasoned black bean).

Let's play a little game. One round of the Spot the Differences game. Ready? Alright. Here are your two pictures. What/where are the differences?















.............. A .................................. B ....................


If you said:

Picture A is no good! You can see the kong next to his neck.
Picture B shows Mr. Woo's success with the chopsticks + kong.

then you are correct!

Congratulations, and thanks for playing! :)

The longest train ever!

Do I look like the gal who would post a picture of Thomas the Engine? I'm talking about the train of a wedding dress!

Back in the days, we common folk would use rings as a token to symbolize our love, but this guy is something else...

To express his love (or apply to the Guinness Book of Records?), he bought his now-wife this dress with a train that was more than 1.2 miles long! All trailing behind her! It took guests 3 hours to roll the fabric out. Her reaction? It's reported that she laughed and cried.

It doesn't even look like a train. When I first saw the picture I thought it was a close-up of some yarn... or some crazy sprinklers on a farm... o_O I wonder: Did the guests lay out the train while she was wearing the dress or did she come back later to put it on?

Would you be laughing or crying?

Tying the (cherry stem) knot

When we had planned to eat with my parents tonight, it was not for a particular reason that we were meeting. It only dawned on me recently that today would mark the day that exactly one year ago, Mr. Woo proposed to me at the beach.

Today, as I reflect on God's goodness in our lives, I'm thankful our very own paparazzi bigcowvegetable and gasoo. Because of their servant's hearts I am able to re-member this day with pictures!











Perhaps it seems a rather silly to celebrate something of this sort, but I'm realizing more that each day holds a list of its own miracles. For example, isn't is wonderful how God created legs for us to propel ourselves to and fro? And the air in our lungs for breath? And it fascinates me so the way that babies begin their life (little people!) with exactly the environment they need - in their mother's womb! With that, I rejoice in today's events and blessings.

How we celebrated our one-year-since-we-"officially"-committed-to-marriage:

• We were (sadly) late to corporate worship at Teachers' Service
  
• Mrs. Alina and I walked our TM toddlers through some "I'm sorry for ______. Will you forgive me?" action
• Mr. Woo preached to the CM kids on Matthew
  
• We heard the wonderful news that baby Annalise (sp TBD) Tan would soon make her appearance into the "real world"
  
• We met a visiting guest who will be starting his senior year at CAL and wants to marry early (hint hint, single ladies!)
  
• Mr. Woo, Nolie, and I drove down to San Jose for dinner with my parents
• We saw curry on sale at the market and literally bought 10 boxes of it
• We ate at Palace - the "get your money's worth" method (overstuffing with mainly meat) instead of the "sane consumer" method (eating lots of greens and a rational portion of meat)
• Mr. Woo fell asleep - in the same spot from where he had been devouring cows
• I woke him up to show him my very first cherry stem that I had tied with my tongue!
  
• Mr. Woo and I had a cherry stem knotting contest
• We had a rematch
• Then Nolie joined us for another round
• Mrs. Mom laughed
• As we said our good-bye, Mr. Daddy told me, "Your stomach is sticking out. Go use the restroom to empty it out." (It was funnier in Korean... Direct translations never convey the same meaning.)
• We came back with our clothes and hair reeking and our tummies very satisfied.
• Jonny staying/sleeping over (tentative)

What are you celebrating today?

Tag, you're it!

Or "Tag your wife" in Mr. Woo's case.

Today, his gift for me arrived! Several weeks ago, I was getting ready for school (the teaching side of it) when Mr. Woo informed me that he had slept really late because he was making something for me. When he said he made one for our future kids too (and that he couldn't finish because he didn't know all of these kids' names), I thought he was kidding.

Turns out he purchased the one for me and saved the other projects as drafts. Without further ado, the dogtag/necklace that he made for me...


One side is a picture of us from our wedding that says, "I love you, Boo." And the other side is a picture form our engagement session that says "God loves you more 1 John 4:19". *grin*


I wore it since the moment I opened it, but now I must take it off to hop in the shower.

Re: More teachers needed...

In regards to an earlier post about CSUs and the budget cuts...

The list is out, and it's actually a lot more inclusive than it sounded like it was going to be. (Surprise that math and science are on the list?)

Hoorah for the CSU Chancellor's Office! The education field (and our future generation) thanks you.

Still eating it...

Curry that is. Every day.

Leftovers from Poker Night. (That's another 4 days he's eaten it!)

But knowing how much Mr. Woo really likes curry, is that a surprise?

The man suggested Curry Woo as a future son's name.
(Poker friends, he's also suggested having curry for every PN).

With love, and every spoonful of the 18-servings of curry that I made in that huge pot, Happy 7 months, dear Husband! :)

Up-and-coming

You may have noticed a few minor changes around here...


1) Another contributor has been invited to blog.

You may have noticed over here to the right ............................................
that the Mr. Woo himself(!) is now officially able to write guest posts. With that said, look forward to his up-coming post. It's geared toward the men (not boys, but manly men), but you gals are definitely welcome to keep an eye out for it as well.

Here's a hint about the topic:












Other changes:

2) All readers/Gmail users are now able to comment.

Woo-hoo! Keep those comments rolling. Feel free to leave any suggestions and/or questions in that area too.


3) A search box has been added.

Now you can search the blog for words like "cake" and this post will appear as one of the several results.


4) I added a picture.

I call this Hubby & Me. :) I took it as we were strolling in the beautiful Butchart's Gardens in Victoria, BC during our Alaska cruise.


5) My profile and user name has been changed!

I am no longer a miss, but now a missus and (legally ... just in time for our 7-month anniversary) a Woo!