101 Things

I realized with a start today that Preston and I have been married for 101 days. Okay, it will be 102 when this actually gets posted, but who cares? In honor of that, we've come up with 101 things that we've done together since we met. Let's see how it goes. They aren't in any particular order.

1. Taken three major road trips since August, totaling in over 3,250 miles.
2. Everybody Loves Raymond. 4 seasons.
3. Visited the Newport Temple.
4. Slept though cleaning the church two cleaning rotations in a row (oops!).
5. Spent well over $1,000 in car repairs in one month.
6. Repaired Preston's car on our own after we couldn't handle another mechanic bill. (I just watched...)
7. Tried to put out the oven fire that I started three weeks into our marriage.
8. Couldn't put out the over fire that I started because we couldn't remember if it was baking powder or baking soda you put on a grease based fire.
9. Watched as the oven put the fire out itself.
10. Braved the Festival of Colors twice.
11. Wrote on a "chalk bus".
12. Received two callings each.
13. Gone swimming in Lake Tahoe.
14. Drove along side Lake Tahoe for nearly three hours trying to find parking for one of the popular beaches. 
15. Gave up and went back to our humble, not so popular beach near the campsite.
16. Spent over an hour building a sand castle that was under constant threat of destruction because of the dogs running wild around it. Leashes, people.
17. Watched a meteor shower on the beach.
18. Seen three shooting stars fly across the sky at once.
19. Ordered room service.
20. Performed in in a play together.
21. Built a HUGE window seat.
22. Bought brown paint for said window seat only to find out it was purple.
23. Used it anyway.
24. Got engaged over hot chocolate.
25. McGuyvered my temporary engagement ring to make it fit with hot glue and masking tape.
26. Partied at THE most excellent Halloween party of the year with friends.
27. Kissed while holding pythons.
28. Apartment hunted for two days straight in the depths of Provo. With no luck whatsoever.
29. Came across an apartment complex literally crawling with box elder bugs. We didn't even go inside.
30. Toured a great little apartment only to realize we had locked the keys in the car and couldn't leave.
31. We were too embarrassed to talk to the landlord, so we just walked to Preston's parent's house, two miles away.
32. Got pulled over on Christmas Eve because Preston was street racing my mom.
33. Drove the whole way from California to Pleasant Grove without getting pulled over. Two blocks away from my parent's house, a cop stopped us because of a broken tail light.
34. Worsened the deep fear I have of police men.
35. Eaten through a disgusting number of ice cream cartons.
36. Gone jogging once.
37. To get ice cream.
38. Got a gym membership.
39. Went to Ripples, a small burger joint in Provo for four date nights in a row. We only successfully got food once because the restaurant closes earlier than posted online.
40. Learned to make bread (Thanks, Auntie Paige!)
41. Developed a love for pepperjack cheese.
42. Got Costco memberships.
43. Played in the ocean. 
44. Saw a pod of dolphins leaping in and out of the water on the pier at Newport beach.
45. Made our own kites (Brazilian style).
46. Broke our kites. ... I broke the kites. On accident.
47. Purchased our kitchen table, four chairs, bench, two couches, five shelves and an end table for under $300. 
48. Rode a tandem bicycle.
49. Ate a chocolate covered twinkie. 
50. Rode a ferris wheel in the Spectrum mall.

51. 

    
    

    Had chocolate covered strawberries and a cheese plate delivered to us for free simply because we were on our honeymoon. Muah!
52. Had a campout with my siblings in the backyard.
53. Sprinted across Salt Lake in hopes that we wouldn't miss our train. We barely made it.
54. Then Preston watched as I had an asthma attack.
55. Ate dinner at The Bluebird Cafe in Logan and fell in love with their sodas.
56. Visited Salt Lake five times in one week for various reasons and spent way too much money on gas.
57. Went on a picnic to Liberty Park complete with mini champagne glasses and sparkling cider.
58. Told each other we loved each other while star gazing in my backyard.
59. Shared a milkshake at Denny's two Christmases in a row.
60. Spent two New Year's Eves together.
61. Downed more Martinelli's than should be allowed. I have a problem.
62. Found out our fire alarm goes off if the shower is on and the bathroom door is not closed.
63. Listened to two Harry Potter books on tape.

64. 

    
    

    Attended three of my closest friend's weddings before our own. We talked about getting married at each one.
65. Stayed up all night making lingerie-inspired cookies for a friend's bridal shower. Preston is pretty good making icing lace on sugar cookies.
66. Broke up.
67. Got back together.
68. Pulled two all-nighters so we could watch the sunrise.
69. Practiced archery and tomahawk throwing in my neighbor's backyard.
70. Went swimming with my siblings and Preston found out I am a much better swimmer than him.
71. Drove all around Orem and Lindon trying to find a Wendy's that would serve us frosties at 1:00am. We didn't find one.
72. Used to take drives frequently. Then we went on our road trips and we never want to drive again.
73. Got married in the Draper Temple.
74. Forgot our wedding rings at home before our wedding reception.
75. Forgot our apartment key as we were leaving our wedding reception.
76. Spent the majority of our honeymoon looking for sea shells.
77. Purchased a $7 hair clipper set at Harbor Freight.
78. Used clippers for Preston's hair twice before it gave up on us.
79. Attended the temple almost weekly since our marriage.
80. Had the missionaries over for dinner.
81. Enjoyed a ridiculous Terraria addiction that will soon be revived with an upcoming updated.
82. Drove through Reno and stopped for a fancy dinner.
83. Got caught in a massive rain storm as we were trying to leave Reno.
84. Realized that when I sleep my body turns into a furnace, so we have to sleep with the window open every night to keep from bursting into flames.
85. Have seen only a few movies together in the movie theater. We'd rather save the money, I guess.
86. Challenged each other to see who could shower the fastest and Preston was infuriated when I won.
87. Organized and attended two mission reunions for Preston's mission buds.
88. Altered the game "Ghost in the Graveyard" to be playable in my parent's basement and it is absolutely terrifying. 
89. Visited five different doctors.
90. Started a savings jar for our upcoming trip to Brazil. 
91. Watched classic horror films every nigh of the week leading up to Halloween. IT and Aliens are our two favorites.
92. Ventured to Petco, determined to purchase a turtle, but realized that A) they are expensive and B) I was afraid of the responsibility.
93. Eaten the same meal for lunch every Sunday. I go for ramen with an egg in it and he opts for a hot pocket. Nutritious, yeah?
94. Searched Provo and Orem for a mercado  (market, in Portuguese) in hopes of finding some Brazilian goodies. We were successful and picked up biscoitos and bolacha (cookies and crackers). My love had a field day.
95. Slow danced in the kitchen for no good reason.
96. Didn't pick out our wedding song until about two hours before the reception.
97. Woken up to each other over 100 times.
98. Suffered through hanging shelves on our walls.
99. Talked until three or four in the morning nearly every night during the summer.
100. Bought our wedding bands two weeks before our wedding. We thought we would have to get Preston a wedding band from Wal-Mart to stand in place of his actual wedding band in case it didn't get shipped back to us in time. 
101. Spent two hours making a 101 things list. And neary died of exhaustion. The end.