Being married with the stress of life and work, you sometimes forget that as a married couple, you need some time together alone also. And this time isn’t time together to go over bills and stress about the future, but rather time together to enjoy each others company, reconnect, and be lovey with each other. [...]
Stripes and Panther: A Continuing Update
I’ve been meaning to make more posts to update everyone on Stripes and Panther’s progress. The good news: they are getting along with each other more and more everyday. When we first brought Panther home, Stripes was not liking him at all. Over time, she started warming up to him and even on a few [...]
Our One and Half Year Anniversary
Today Andrea and I celebrates our one-and-a-half year anniversary since being married back in October. So much has happened since then. We’re still at the same jobs, the economy has tanked, Andrea has been furloughed, the nation has elected our first African-American President, we bought a house, and we got a kitten. Amazing how much [...]
Stripes and Panther: Sibling Rivalry
We’ve had Panther for 10 days now (picked him up on March 25, 2009) and we’ve had Stripes at our new place for over a month now. Stripes had been adjusting quite well to her new digs with very little complaint and has become quite acclimated with our new place now roaming the entire house [...]
A welcome addition to the Bui family: Panther
Richard and I adopted a beautiful 5 month old black male kitten. We named him Panther because he is all black. I’ve always been fascinated with black cats, and I’ve been looking for one for quite a while. The problem was, it was very difficult to find an ALL BLACK kitten. We went to the [...]
Happy 6th Birthday Stripes
Our little girl celebrated her 6th birthday with us at our new house. After more than 6 years at Andrea’s parent’s house, it was time for a new chapter, for Stripes to join us at her new home. Needless to say, she’s a bit scared, but adapting well. When Andrea first brought her over, she [...]
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger:
Gov. Schwarzenegger Current mood: disappointed I know I should be happy to have a job when so many others are being laid off – and I am. That however does not remove the fact that the your furlough and layoff plan was perhaps the worst possible approach for obtaining savings from the state payroll. It doesn’t [...]
Happy Valentines and Home Improvement Updates
Today is Valentines Day and I took the opportunity to remind Andrea that I love her (everyday and not just today) with roses (from Costco that was delivered on Thursday) and a Hallmark card. The Costco roses are very nice. We had a nice romantic dinner, feasting on Costco’s amazing $9.99 whole pizza (half combo [...]
Home Improvements
So Richard and I have been very busy working on our house everyday. The house is def not a fixer-upper, but we want to customize it to our taste. We are painting all the bedrooms…all 3, and one of the living room walls. We like the color coordination the previous owner did in the living [...]
IT’S OFFICIAL: WE ARE HOMEOWNERS TODAY!!!
Escrow closed a few hours ago and we pick up the keys tonight and start the celebrations. It’s been a long wait in saving for a home, finding the perfect home, etc. Richard and I have been looking to buy a house for almost a year, and became very serious shoppers in the last six [...]
