FLIP + CHING

Thanks for Invading My Shower Space

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Ching under Confessions, Relationship.

A couple of minutes into my shower this evening, Brian comes up, taps on the door, and asks, “Can I rinse off?”

“Umm… Sure,” I say.

“Can I brush my teeth?” he asks as he steps into the shower.

“Uh, okay.” I think I gave him a look because he goes, “What?”

“If you wanted to shower with me you should have just asked. Thanks for invading my personal shower space.”

“Well, if you wanted to shower by yourself you should have said so.”

I couldn’t help but laugh at this preposterous statement, but he’s right. I’d almost forgotten how weird we are, and was reminded just then. We always shower together. And when I say always, I mean it. I don’t think Brian has showered by himself for over a year. (Brian just corrected me and said it has been several years.)

So showering together is the norm for us. Whereas the norm would be showering separately and asking to shower together on occasion for other couples. If he’s in the shower, I’m going to be in there showering with him pretty much 100% of the time. If I’m in the shower, he’s probably going to shower with me about 95% of the time. So he’s right. It’s pretty much assumed that we’re showering together unless I specify otherwise beforehand.

Anyway, I figured that I would have the shower by myself today because I wanted to shave my legs. It’s been a month since I’d done it. Don’t even start. I know it’s weird, but I really hate shaving (that’s why I had laser hair removal done on my underarms and get waxed everywhere else). I don’t even shave my legs in the winter unless I absolutely have to. Thankfully, it doesn’t bother Brian. He said that you can’t really tell. I think it starts to bother me before he even notices, but it usually doesn’t start to bug me for at least a couple of weeks. But I digress… I’ll remember to tell him ahead of time if I want the shower to myself next time.

Comment on This

Logan at the Movies

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Ching under Family, Movies.

I posted about taking Logan to the movies on Facebook the other day, but I wanted to share some of the photos we took with you guys.

Upon arriving at Warren Theater, the three of us — Brian, Logan and I — get out of the car and Logan proceeds to walk to the door. Here’s a picture that I took of him because he was way ahead of us.

ME: Wait up Logan!
LOGAN: Okay.

But instead of coming back towards us, he just stands there.

ME: Look, the sign says “No Loitering.”
LOGAN: I am not loitering!

Brian tries to explain to Logan what loitering means and argues that he is, in fact, at the moment, loitering.

LOGAN: I’m waiting for you guys! You’re making me loiter!

Children are so adorable. LOL. Here’s Brian and Logan in the auditorium.

And playing games in the game room after the movie.

I wanted to go bowling and ride go karts at the Alley afterwards too, but it was time to take Logan home. Maybe we can do it next time and then we can take Eli with us also.

BTW, we went to see The Dark Knight Rises. It’s really good. I was glued to the screen and loved the plot twists at the end. Logan seemed to enjoy the movie also. You all should go see it.

Comment on This

Brian and Logan at the Donut Whole

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Ching under Family, Videos.

Brian tries to convince Logan to stop drinking Mountain Dew. Logan won because we ended up buying him Mountain Dew when we went to Sonic later that day.

Yes, it was a terrible weekend in terms of nutrition. I had strawberry limeades two days in a row. I think I had more sugar than I’ve had in a month. My body is still in shock.

We had a lot of fun with Logan, though. Hope we can do it again before school starts. Minus all the bad eating, of course.

Comment on This

The Donut Whole

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Ching under Food and Drink, Reviews.

I’d eaten donuts from the Donut Whole before, but I had never been until yesterday. It’s actually a cool, little place. And they have free wifi, which is a bonus.

We had the triple chocolate, chocolate crunch, chocolate malt, and maple bacon. They were all delicious in their own way. The maple bacon flavor was a little weird, though. It’s not bad, but I doubt I would get it again.

I got a yummy hot chocolate with whipped cream to go with my donuts.

Logan got a small hot chocolate with no whipped cream.

He hardly drank any of it, though.

Brian had coffee. He liked it even though it was different than the coffee that he’s used to at Scooter’s.

Here’s a photo of me biting into the maple bacon donut.

Logan and Brian.

Logan and me.

I really like the Donut Whole. Not only are their donuts delicious, but they have good hot chocolate. And they have quirky decorations. And free wifi. And it’s just a fun place to hang out. I would totally go back and try some of the other donut flavors. What do you guys think I should try next? Leave suggestions in the comments down below.

Comment on This

Flip and Ching Need a Spare Bedroom

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Ching under Family.

We are using our spare bedroom as an office right now, so we don’t actually have a bedroom for guests to use. When we had Logan (one of our nephews) this weekend, we had to convert the nap couch into a makeshift bed for him. Lucky for us, he hasn’t outgrown the length of the couch yet. I’m looking forward to moving though, so we can have a real guest bedroom for our nephews to use when they spend the night.