i married an asshole

so as some of you may know we are traveling to south carolina this week for one of my best friend's wedding. while packing tonight i asked eddie a question about the toiletries and he shifted his attention from staring at the clothes hanging in his closet to give me a hug. in my head i thought ok random moment but maybe he is thanking me for packing all his meds and our toiletries. then i realized there was a funny smell in our closet. yes ladies and gentlemen my husband hugged me just so i could smell his fart. ah what wedded bliss my friend is entering too (lets hope her husband does not also have an obsession with flatulance).

Like uncle, like niece

So last Saturday we spent the day with our niece amanda. Our main activity for the day was to take her to play mini golf. We had a fun time and her and tio both got holes in one. Of course she had us keeping score and about half way through the course she started keeping track of how many strokes I took on one hole. At first we just laughed because a lot of things she does is funny but then the more closely we listened we realized she was heckling me in the exact same manner her uncle used to heckle me when we'd go bowling together. He used to act as if he was a sports announcer and give a play by play to make me mess up. Guess what amanda was doing. Yes, that's right, she also heckled me by trying to sound like an announcer giving the play by play of how many strokes I took to complete the hole. She has never gone bowling with us so she's never had her uncle's example to imitate. We came to the conclusion that it was all in the genes which led me to the conclusion that I'm in for it when we finally have kids of our own....

the lengths some will go through to have certain refreshments at the fair

Last Friday we went to the Miami Dade County Youth Fair to pig out on the food with the majority of the M-Clan. Eddie had planned to bring a flask filled with Zacapa to the fair for us to add to our soda. The nice flask Papo got him as a best man gift came with a funnel for filling purposes however he couldn't find it. I walked into the kitchen and found him filling the flask. Guess he really wanted zacapa that night....

Ahoy Matey

So yesterday while shopping at HomeGoods we saw this woman in the pillow aisle but somehow eddie missed her until we came up behind her in line. He looked at me and said "Seriously?!" I replied "Yep didnt you see her earlier when we were picking out pillows" as I take out my phone to snap a pic. He said "Nope didnt see her. What, does she have a pirate complex?? " As I'm taking the pic he says "Well if she says anything to us I'm gonna say ahoy matey!" I almost lost it laughing, thank goodness the register announcement came on for us to move to register one. SMH

The Nodals need a chef

Suprisingly, its been a long time since Eddie provided any blog material. So tonight I bring you a new post that involves both of us and will probably have you shaking your head at me more than him.

Tonight I was cooking pork chops for dinner. When I was done I removed the pan from the stove and placed it on my tempered glass cutting board. We turned our attention to the sink to drain the macaroni and mix in the ingrediants for the mac and cheese when we heard this loud noise as if something exploded. We turned around and there was glass all over the stove, countertop, and floor. I turned to Edward and asked "omg, what was that?!" He replied that he thinks someone just broke our sliding glass window. He walks all over the broken glass barefoot to leave the kitchen and tells me to go stay in our bedroom because he doesn't know if someone has entered our backyard. So I go to our room and he goes into our office and comes out with his 5 iron in hand. He is going to go investigate what happened while I call the cops. As the operator finishes saying to me "911 whats your emergency?" I hear him screaming, "nevermind, hang up, we dont need 911". So I left our room with 911 still on the line and asked him "why, why did you find". His reply, "what broke was the cutting board". I then tell 911 "nevermind, sorry to bother you."

Yes ladies and gentlemen, apparently the pan was so hot it shattered the cutting board. See exhibit A below. We are now accepting applications for a personal chef.

Video

Our good friend Erika sent me this video from our trip to Epcot's food and wine episode 2 years ago. She felt it was good material for the blog. As you can see his antics are not limited to the privacy of our home.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r2qZCQLavI&sns=em

telemarketing calls

The Nodals hate telemarketing calls as much as anyone else but we tend to handle them differently. I use my friend the caller ID to screen calls on our house phone since hardly anyone we know calls us on that line. If I don't recognize the name or number I just turn the ringer off and don't answer. If I do decide to answer (only because I've noticed the same number has called a few time) I let the person get one sentence in to say why they are calling and they say not interested and the call ends. Eddie normally will pick up the phone (he hates that I don't answer calls just because I don't recognize the number) and then hangs up on the person. Well tonight we received a call from Winter Park, Fl which eddie answers. This is the end of the conversation that I hear:

Hello....No, she's not here....I don't know when she's coming back,[pause], EVER.

Eddie: 1 Telemarketer: 0. Let's hope that telemarketer leaves us alone from now on.

90210

So today while catching up on 90210 (yes my macho husband watches 90210 voluntarily) this image comes up towards the end of one of the episodes which was about the character becoming an abs model. At the end of the episode my husband gets up from his recliner and says "I dont know what people see in that guy, I mean look at me." He then rubs the area where his abs would be and says " now this is man".

Shoes

I apologize for so many posts in one day but there were a few that happened over the past few weeks that I was saving to share until I finally sat down to start the blog.

My husband has the tendency to leave pair of shoes all over the house, the living room seems to be one of his favorite spots. Usually they are scattered about but a week or so before chritmas he had left about 3 pairs in the living room however this time they were neatly lined up next to one of our recliners so I refrained from nagging about the collection of shoes. Then one day he came home from gym and while we were sitting on the couch he took off his sneakers added that pair of shoe next to the neat line of other pairs of shoes and said " man I should really get a shoe rack for out here". I wish I had taken a picture of the shoes lol

Christmas shopping

This is the event that prompted the idea of the blog:

While out shopping for christmas gifts at dolphin mall a couple of teenage girls walked past us and we overheard one of them say "man did it just get really hot in here?". Eddie quickly replies "yes, because I just walked past you." All I could do was shake my head at first and then while in the next store the more we talked about it the more and more I laughed. I wish we knew whether they heard him or not.

Husband inspired blog

Before i start posting entries I though I'd explain what the blog is about. Those of you who know my husband know that from time to time some pretty funny and outrageous things come out of his mouth. This holiday season it happened quite a few times and he started throwing out the idea that we should start a blog about the things he says/does that still shock me after knowing him 10 years. At first I dismissed the idea but after posting a few of his clever antics on facebook and seeing that people actually "liked" the faceook posts and made comments I figured what the hell, lets give this blog a try. I hope you all enjoy reading about the adventures of living with my husband and perhaps this blog will bring a little bit of laughter to your life.