After our awkward computer lab encounter, you'd think that Jeff would be too embarrassed to ask me out. I wasn't exactly nice. In fact, I was as friendly as a cactus. So what would give Jeff the courage to suddenly ask me out on a date? My contacts. Or actually, my...
It's totally a guilty pleasure. And the best way to handle guilty pleasures? Own them. Jeff and I are huge fans of Glee - we've been watching every episode since it began and we've downloaded every single volume of music that's been released on iTunes. The acting...
I know it kind of faded off into a string of empty Sundays, but I have my reasons. Reason Number One: Recipe Sundays took over my life. Ok, so that's the only reason. But it's a darn good one. The death of Recipe Sunday went something like this: instead of making a...
If Jeff wakes up before I do in the mornings, I wake up to the sound of water boiling in our teakettle downstairs. It’s not for Jeff’s French press. It’s for my cup of tea, which will be waiting for me on the kitchen counter in my favorite mug from World Market. A...
Jeff has a thing for boat shoes. They're like clouds on his feet, he says. When he bought the green pair below, he was just beside himself that he found a pair of shoes that combined his two shoe loves - Sperrys and Vans. And when he saw this adorable yellow pair...
After Jeff swooned me with his not-so-perfect pick-up line in the dorms, he began stalking me for the next two months. Mr. Rabbit Man, as I called him, started showing up regularly at my early morning library shifts to check out the largest books he could find on...
Question: Should I be concerned that I've seen every episode of Friends like ten times? For me, Friends is one of those guilty pleasures that just never gets old. When I have the rare opportunity to embrace my inner-homebody, I'll pop in my favorite seasons, tuck...
Jeff's favorite breakfast dish to make me is mini-pancakes. He calls them Erin-sized pancakes, because I have this particular *thing* for mini pancakes... It's not anything weird, but I just think that mini-pancakes are way better than regular sized pancakes in...
There has been a lot of emotional work happening around here at Casa de Youngren. I've been telling friends that this is the time of year when we get to dig into the very heart of our business and turn it upside down, reconfigure it over and over again, and put it...
Based on Jeff's first pick-up line to me, it's pretty unbelievable that we ended up together. His friend Heather (and a picture of me) had finally convinced Jeff to meet me, so being the dutiful bible study leader that she was, Heather quickly fetched me from the...
I just realized that I never called you back. After eight years of friendship, I'm sure that you've realized that I'm not so good at the whole 'phone' thing. That I just plain don't call anyone back even when I say I will. I'm really good at the 'face to face'...
During his college career, Jeff had gone through a few not-so-fun relationships and was fed up with the dating game. He was a charming guy in college (admittedly a bit girl crazy), but he had been burned one too many times by the opposite sex. His heart was...
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