Ch-Ch-Changes

So, this blog is suppose to be about Tyler and I, yet this entry is about Kellie and Chris. Although that being said a lot of my "Tyler and Caresse" stories/adventures/memories include Kellie and Chris, so I think its fitting.

About 5 years ago, I met my dear friend Kellie. It was friendship at first sight! Really, I think it was destiny for Kellie and I to meet. We ran around Orange Co. without a care in the world!

Then Tyler came along (well actually he was around before Kellie, but he moved to the OC after Kellie......well, you get the point) But as you can see we quickly became the "Three Musketeers".

In the crazy world of Ford Relocation, Kellie and I both managed to be transferred to Nor Cal within 4 months of each other (see it's destiny). Moving to Nor Cal was the best thing that could have happened. Kellie went from being a great friend of mine to becoming one of my bestest friends in the whole wide world! 

Oh and then Chris showed up (technically he was in the picture before I was, but he plays baseball and travels a lot)! But as you can see it didn't take long for Chris and I to become friends. In fact, I kinda like the guy ;)

So "Three Musketeers" became the "Four Amigos". 

Tyler and I like these two so much, we decided to move in next door! No, really we can see their house from our deck. So, what does all of this have to do with the title "Ch-Ch-Changes"? 

Well, as you can tell by the pics and timeline, my friendship with Kellie has and is continuing to change.  Tomorrow our dear friends are officially moving away from Dublin, starting a new chapter in their lives. A chapter filled with Spring Training, followed by heading to Seattle and then hopefully finding their new home in Reno. And while selfishly I want them to stay here and never leave, I started thinking about all of the changes that have taken place in the past 5 years. Clearly, Kellie and I can handle change, in fact life's changes have strengthened our friendship. So, while we won't be able to have dinner together on a random Wednesday night, I am looking forward to our future visits to Reno for long weekends! Kel, please make sure that you have the guest room finished ASAP!

So Good Luck to the Gimenezs and remember don't forget about us Dubliners!

What's next?

This is where this whole "blog thing" gets tricky, you actually have to think of something creative to blog about. Maybe it doesn't have to be creative, but it needs to be somewhat entertaining. So here is what I came up with...."Tylerisms".

Tyler is quite entertaining and not everyone has the pleasure of seeing this side of him, and because of that I thought I would share one of my favorite Tylerisms from the past couple of weeks.

My New Year's Resolution was to help Tyler out in the mornings by making him breakfast and lunch every day. It sounds a bit like the 1950s, but the guy works really hard and I wanted to be able to help him out a bit. Tyler liked this idea, but honestly I don't think he expected it to last too long! Here is how the first few days went:

Tyler on Day One: "Thanks for making me breakfast and lunch, that was nice"
Tyler on Day Two: "Oh you're making me lunch again?"
Tyler on Day Three: "Wow, I'm getting used to this"
Tyler on Day Four: "You know Caresse, I think I'll have an English Muffin with Nutella for breakfast this morning!"

He was so matter of fact about the whole "request", it made me laugh. I was surprised that some smart-aleck comment didn't come out of my mouth, but I just went ahead and made the breakfast he requested. I mean he doesn't ask for much!

Now let's fast forward to Week 2 of my NY resolution. I hopped in Tyler's car on Friday night and sitting on the seat is his lunch! I was shocked to see that my "hard work" had gone uneaten. Tyler immediately tells me, that it was the first time he hadn't eaten his lunch, but then I remember him telling me the day before that he had gone out to lunch with his boss....hmmm??? Who knows how many lunches he has actually eaten, but I'm still going to continue to make them :)

Round Two

So about a year ago I had a great idea of starting a blog. I know how much I enjoy reading about the lives of my dear friends; Lynn, Kellie, and Bryn and I thought, "Hmmm maybe they would like to read about my life?". Well, after one blog entry I was done. Although looking back on it, I think I spent too much time writing my first post and exhausted my writing "skills" for the year. That was until I read (on Lynn's blog) about 50 free holiday cards from Shutterfly! The catch? I had to blog about their products. Being a sucker for a good deal, I went ahead and posted my second blog of the year! True, it was in November (8 months after my first post), but it took my blog from being an "annual blog" to a "bi-annual blog". What a milestone for www.tylerandcaresse.blogspot.com :)

All that being said, I have decided to give it another shot. Seeing that this year will be filled with many exciting milestones; Jess having a baby, Kellie moving to Seattle, Bryn's first year of wedded bliss, Lynn chasing a fully mobile toddler around, and oh the fact that Tyler and I are getting married, there should be MUCH to blog about!

Keep those fingers crossed and check back to see if I can update this bad boy once a week :)