Video Games

Throughout my lifetime I have had moments where I was "into" video games. My best friend and I stayed up all night when we were in grade school trying to beat Super Mario World on Super Nintendo -- we beat it three times! Other than that short stint of being a gamer I have had a love affair with a few other games such as Paperboy, Pac-Man (who didn't love that game), Frogger, and my family definitely had an Atari back in the day; Centipede, Pong and Pitfall...all amazing games!

One of the added benefits of moving in with my husband was the amazing 50 inch flat screen and the PlayStation 3 that came along with him. As a gift for Christmas last year I bought him Rock Band. Over the past year I have started to think that the gift really should have been for me. I love Rock Band! Again, I am not a gamer, rarely do I enjoy video games, but there is just something addictive and exciting about this game. First of all, I love music. Second, although I know that playing the drums, guitar and singing along with this game have nothing to do with actually playing these instruments or singing in real life I still get a sense of satisfaction when my score comes back at 99%. I kind of feel like a rocker! Third, I love introducing new people to Rock Band, it is hillarious to see people try it out for the first time and so exciting to see them succeed! Finally, I love that it is something my husband and I can enjoy together. I have to add in that my all-time favorite commercial right now is the Rock Band 2 commercial with Kobe Bryant, Tony Hawk, Alex Rodriguez and Michael Phelps in the Tom Cruise / Risky Business moment rocking out. You have to watch it, hillarious.

So last night Jeff and I played Rock Band for two hours. He is amazing on both the drums and the guitar and I have my moments. But it seems to be one of those things that we can enjoy together and compete on somewhat of a level playing field (he kicks my butt at anything physical we try). We have a band on tour right now "Jefferson Sturpman" - yes a combination of our names and we are not very far but we will be! I love playing Rock Band with my husband, yet another fortunate thing I get to enjoy during my Life As A Wife.

Our First Thanksgiving

I recognize that Thanksgiving is next weekend but I decided, in light of the fact that this is my first turkey day as a wife, that I wanted to cook a full meal for my husband. We are going to Oregon to spend the holiday with my family next weekend so this was my only opportunity.

Using all of my mom's special recipes (no one cooks as good as mom) I made everything from scratch. Suprisingly, it all turned out really good! My absolute favorite part about the big Thanskgiving meal is the stuffing, and why do we only make this fabulous recipe one time a year? Ours is really simple -- bread crumbs, celery, onions and broth -- amazing! Having a husband was great too. He took on the traditional male roles; cleaning the turkey, cutting the turkey (moving it in and out of the oven --muscles!) mashing the potatoes. He was a great helper. Yet another added bonus of being married.

I also decided to make an apple pie from scratch. My best friend turned me onto this amazing recipe of her grandma's. It too is so simple and the pie was delish. We even whipped up some whipping cream from scratch for the pie.

As much fun as it all was, I must say that it was a whole heck of a lot of work for two people to eat dinner for one night. However, I think it is a tradition that we will continue for many years to come, maybe next year we will invite some friends to enjoy it with us. Just another wonderful thing I get to do during my Life As A Wife.

About My Life As A Wife

I married my best friend on March 8, 2008. We did the traditional big wedding in my hometown and invited all of our friends and family. In an extremely cliche statement I must say that it was the happiest day of my life...anyone that was there knows that you could not have pried the smile off of my face if you tried. Coming back from our amazing honeymoon in Fiji, my husband (it still feels strange to call him that) and I were faced with reality. The reality of living together for the first time and managing two entirely different peoples expectations about what married life should be like.

One of the first things we had to decide were the "roles" that we would take on as husband and wife. This blog will explore some of the new and exciting (and some not so exciting) things that come my way during my new Life As A Wife.