I woke up wanting to serve the kids more than just fruit and bagels this morning, so I whipped up some whole wheat pumpkin quinoa muffins. Probably not the best idea to use your super loud wheat grinder at 6am.
Poor Glenn. He was still in bed after a late night at the movies with friends. Then while he was still in bed at 7 I hopped on my stairmaster located 2 feet away from our bed and also extremely loud, to work out.
I am a morning person and Glenn's a night owl.
Glenn has a gazillion friends who text him all day long and my phone (our home phone) rings maybe a few times a month when Shauna calls to tell me how much she loves me. (Do telemarketers that I hang up on count as friends?)
Glenn likes to spend his leisurely time watching movies that have lots of explosions while I like to curl up in bed and watch roses being handed out.
I like frozen yogurt, Glenn likes double fat ice cream.
Glenn excels at all sports. I barely know what a home run is.
Everyone loves Glenn. I mean everyone. Me? I know on this blog I may come across as utterly delightful, but not everyone thinks cooking for hours and gushing about how adorable my children are is fun. I know, weird!
Glenn knows computers.
I know the importance of good scenery in a photo shoot. Isn't my laundry room lovely?
Enough about us. We're stuck with each other. Actually Glenn has it pretty good because every time he reads a book to the kids he falls asleep while I love to read to them for hours. And Glenn doesn't like to cook. If it's not served on a plate, there's nothing to eat.
So back to these delicious, healthy muffins. The kids ate em up. Not as fast as Glenn though. I think it took him two bites to finish his muffin.
Hey me too!!! We do have common ground.
If nothing else our shared love for my baked goods will keep us together.
That and the fact that he never tires of me going on about the funny/cute/sweet/crazy/so precious! things the kids did that day. I think he's the only one left that will listen.
Girl.
ReplyDeleteThis is fact: I would call you because you would make me laugh. I know it, but I might be tempted to hang up when too much kid talk flows. But when I have kids, totally.
Just make sure we're doing something else so you could just pretend you were listening. All any parent wants to hear at the end of their rant is "Your kids are the cutest and smartest. Can I please have yours cause I know I could never top them".
DeleteSuch a cute post! I just got home from an awesome Enrichment night at church. Kim Black is now officially a Clinical Psychologist and she was talking about marriage. She was saying that men's brains have lots of boxes and they don't touch. You know boxes for sports and a box for their wife and a box for their kids. But woman have a brain like a big ball of wires where everything is attached and we have so many things going on all at once.
ReplyDeleteThe point I'm getting at is that she said sometimes we need to point out to our husbands to open their wife box at least once a day (aka, think about us, do something for us, etc.)
So I just went through all of that to point at that you opened the Shauna box!! Thanks for mentioning me in your post and how much I love you. A mention on your post feels like fame! Hahahahahahahaha.
Marie I love you, love you and your kids and your husband and um, you know you can go on and on about your kids with me. That's what true friends are for. I'll let you know if your totally in left field with some of this gushy stuff, but for now you're not and kids are great and fantastic and the best.
Guess what? I left my camera at the kids' piano teachers house and I can't do a post tonight which you will love.
You'll have to wait until tomorrow.
Never too much love,
Shauna
Oh yeah, & I gush about Shauna. Honestly who could compete with you?
DeletePS. Great picture of you as always, and of Glenn that handsome man.
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Brandon and I are the same way. Brandon = night owl & Brittnie = early bird. Brandon will happily watch girly movies with me b/c he knows by 9:30 0r 10pm I will be passed out on the couch and he can watch (endless) explosive movies to his hearts delight.
ReplyDeleteI love how the shirt in the background of the laundry room photo makes it look like you have one of the Royal Wedding hats on! So cute!!
ReplyDeletetotally planned of course!
DeleteI kinda like the opposites. I think it would be boring if someone did exactly the same things I did. And talking about the kids is the best, best, best!
ReplyDeleteHaha, adorable! And heck, I'd love to listen to you ramble about cooking for hours on end--as long as I get to do the same in return :D I'm completely guilty of running blenders at freakishly early hours--but sometimes I need oat flour or a smoothie at 5am! Or to unload the dishwasher and clank dishes around, or to whip up some pancakes (which is surprisingly noisy), or to walk back and forth across the ridiculously squeaky wood floors in the hall. Mornings are just a good time to get (loud) things done!
ReplyDeleteExactly. Usually the kids eat a quick breakfast like bagels or oatmeal but sometimes I just feel like making waffles or muffins & smoothies and all the loud appliances come out.
Deletehehe! loved this poast. and those muffins look delish!
ReplyDeletebtw, thank you so much for the comments you leave on my blog...they so make my day. :) be blessed, my friend.
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You two seem like a very good fit. I'm not a night owl or a morning person, I'm a sleep person.
ReplyDeleteMy hubs are opposites too - my glass is half full, his is half empty. I love the spicy shit, he can't handle the heat. But it works! :D
ReplyDeleteand I once tried to make my husband red quinoa meatballs - um, that didn't go so well!
Oh my gosh I am laughing because I have made SO many dishes I thought were wonderful and Glenn barely took bite. He can only handle healthy to a point.
DeleteI bet the texture of the muffins was awesome. Cute post about you and Glenn! Sounds like you guys make a good team- it's good to have some differences huh? That cracks me up you hit up the stair master while he was still sleeping, ha ha.
ReplyDeleteIt is super loud too. Add to that I turn on the fan cause I am sweating and turn on the T.V. loud to hear over the fan and stairmaster. Good Morning Glenn!
DeleteSounds like you make a great team!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a cute post! Greg and I have a lot in common, but defintely have our differences! The main one is that I am emotional and always on the go, and he is extremely laid-back and mellow. Sometimes it's a problem, but usually it acts as a nice balance.
ReplyDeleteGlenn says he is dead inside, meaning he is emotionless. I think it's just a guy/girl thing.
DeleteGrinding wheat at 6:00 definitely qualifies you as a morning person. Oh my. And the stairmaster thereafter? Oh honey.
ReplyDeleteMy husbands phone rings all the time too. He talks on that thing like a teenage girl...
I like this :)
ReplyDeleteGrahm and are almost polar opposites. But we do have very similar senses of humor. So it works. :)
Baked goods are always great for keeping a family together. ;)
ReplyDeleteMy thoughts exactly.
DeleteHa! Q and I have so much in common that it is crazy weird! Except of course I LOVE sweets and he doesn't. We love mornings around here too! The littlest is sleeping BUT I still have to wake to feed her every couple of hours so I'm STILL getting used to that.
ReplyDeleteWe do have a lot in common too, mainly our beliefs and opinions. We are also both super laid back. But that doesn't make for a funny post.
DeleteCan we talk about selecting backgrounds for photos? Because I swear, every time I'm about to take a picture of anything, I have to do a scan for scary crumbs, receipts or things hanging behind me that may look like they're growing out of me given the chance and a bad angle.
ReplyDeleteIt's a constant battle, sister.
See also: My husband is the exact same. If it isn't served on a plate, there isn't anything to eat. Even if the cupboards and fridge are totally full. This is the life we have chosen.
Oh totally. That's why I could never be a food blogger. Usually my kitchen has dirty dishes, homework, toys, etc. etc. Now & again I try though.
DeleteYou make me smile.
ReplyDeletewhat a great mom you are! those muffins look so good!
ReplyDeleteOne word: yumm!
ReplyDeleteIsn't it funny how opposites attract? My husband is a morning person, I'm the night owl. Everyone loves him and he is so good with people. I'm more of an independent kind of person who isn't a huge people person.
ReplyDeleteP.S. Those muffins look absolutely scrumptious!
P.P.S Thanks for all the sweet comments you leave, I love them!
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Ben and I are opposites. :) I LOVE your cheekbones...they're so pretty!
ReplyDeleteYou've got such gorgeous eyes
ReplyDeleteAli and I have nothing in common except that we are total morning people. That's about it. It sounds like he and Glenn have a ton in common though! The whole computer thing for starters.
ReplyDeleteYou are a knockout...I know I say that every time I leave a comment but it bears repeating. I want your perfect skin!
Thank you, you do realize I post maybe one out of every 100 photos of me right? The others are horrible. Perfect skin? Not true but I'll take it!
DeleteI am sure Ali and Glenn would be fast friends.
I love this post, except it was missing the recipe for the quinoa muffins. I have quinoa at home and would so love to make these.
ReplyDeleteI like to go on and on about my kids so I can completely see where you are coming from. However, at least on here, I think you are a lovely person and I think your posts are up beat and diverse. It is important to tell the ones you love that you "love" them.
So keep up the good work, but get us the recipe (because they look delish!) :)
I feel a bit foolish...I see you linked to the recipe (shame on me). I was enjoying the post and completely skipped over the link.
ReplyDeleteMy apologies Marie :)
You're too cute, how could Glenn not love you even if you are opposites? And your kids! cooking! and baking! I know that's really poor sentence structure and punctuation, but I needed to put exclamation marks there. : ) Gush away.. it's wonderful to hear happy family stories. You haven't made me puke yet and I am not a sappy person, so it really isn't too much.
ReplyDeleteThank you, although of course my kids drive me up the wall as well. I can be sweet all day long but come 7:30 I tell them all to rush to bed because I turn into bad mommy at exactly that time. The spell gets broken.
DeleteTHose are the things that make the best couples work! My hubby and I would fall apart without each other and I am pretty sure it gets worse as we are together longer. I literally won't take out the trash, even if it is really full because that is what he does. And he will let laundry sit in the basket for days, but not put it away, because that is what I do. If he ever deploys again, we are going to be in trouble!
ReplyDeleteOh, for sure. Glenn and I actually are perfect for each other. He has skills I don't have and vice versa, so it works out very well.
Delete:) Cute! Complementary!
ReplyDeleteMy husband and I - we're like an old couple. We were opposites in many ways, but all these years together have made us almost the same. Haha! We're like an old couple and it's impossible to take us apart!
It's the way it was meant to be! We complement each other and that's what makes marriage such a great thing. And those muffins look divine!
ReplyDeleteHappy Friday!
ReplyDeleteWhat a delicious post! I think, having a partner like Glenn makes up for not having many friends. I feel the same when I look at my hubby.
ReplyDeleteThe muffins look so yummy. I am making muffins tomorrow. The sort that have hazelnut mean and cherry jam in it.
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ReplyDeleteI checked out the recipe - sounds yummy! I'm a morning person married to a night owl too:)
ReplyDeleteI, like you, would definitely be on the stairmaster at 7 AM... but the Spaniard, unlike Glenn, would shoot me if said stairmaster was 2 feet away from his sleeping head. :) Opposites DO attract!
ReplyDeleteThe muffins sound so good, do you have the recipe. Also my hubs and I are totally the movie explosions and the handing out roses.
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