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New glasses

Neither Andrew or I have had our eyes checked in YEARS.

So in February I finally got around to checking out some places on Yelp! to make us both eye appointments.

We ended up going to Santa Clarita Family Optometry with Dr. Mikhail

She was fantastic and her whole staff was awesome – nice [...]

Andrew’s new tattoo

Andrew works really hard.

Really really (really) hard. It is not uncommon for him to work 15 hours a day every day in a week. Or more.

So, this summer, he treated himself to a new tattoo!

Up until the actual appointment, Andrew wasn’t sure where he wanted the tattoo …. But he settled [...]

A visit to the emergency room (or ‘Andrew takes a day off’)

SCENE: Last Tuesday night. I was at work. Sitting in my cube, finishing up a project. 9:30p. The phone rang.

Anyone in the office could have answered it, but I happened to be the one to pick up

Me: “[Company name] Los Angeles, this is Amy.

Caller: “Hey Amy it’s Keith…”

Me: (frantically trying [...]

When the records take over

Everyone in our little blog world is getting into turn tables, and vinyl records, and cute little repurposed vintage shelving units for their budding collection.

Everyone in our little blog world has stylish little corner vignettes dedicated to this offbeat musical medium, emphasizing their vintage expertise.

Everyone in our little blog world has the [...]

Andrew-isms

You really have the best face.

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I always think you look internet-ready

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I’m only going to be there 5 or 6 nights a week. It’s not like I’m going to be there every night. _____

{watching HP7.1, Emma Watson’s scene}

I hope Miranda never has to obliviate her parents

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Andrew Schubert: Recording Engineer

I think I’ve mentioned this before…. But Andrew doesn’t sleep as much as normal people.

My default with no alarm is about 8.5 hours each night. Andrew’s is 5 or 6 hours each night.

Needless to say, he spends a lot of time awake, alone, watching movies in the living room.

But in the [...]

Andrew in NYC

{the following photos and journaling are all by Andrew}

This was my first trip to New York.

Every year Chris pays for the Mix LA staff to fly to the Audio Engineering Society Convention. The convention alternates cities – every other year it’s SF and NYC.

CLA took a separate flight from his staff, [...]

Andrew-isms

Ok, honestly, Andrew is the funniest person in my life …. Here are some real gems that came out of his mouth in the last few months….

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Kissing you is like kissing a rainbow!

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Time is hard!

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(While reading book [...]

Andrew’s 30th birthday present

Andrew got his first tattoo when he was just 18 or 19 …. and then got a several in a relatively short period of time….

He ran out of money, basically, but then got his anchor tattoo (in the photo below) for an engagement gift, and his wedding ring tattoo’d on later that year.

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Andrew’s garden this summer

On our vacation, we were able to visit Butchart Gardens in Victoria, British Colombia.

And Andrew and I spent the whole time dreaming about what we wanted to have in our one-day garden.

Top of Andrew’s list? Plain wooden coffins …. in the yard … acting as benches.

Yes, really. Ask him about it…

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Happy 30th Birthday, to my favorite person

Yes, Andrew is 30 years old today.

And my favorite person in the whole world.

Obviously.

I won’t bore you with all the reasons here, but make sure you check out Reasons my Husband is Awesome for the on-going list

For his birthday gift [...]

a slow Sunday off

days off with Andrew might be my favorite thing ever

they don’t really happen all that often. Pretty much once every other (or every 3rd) Sunday.

This past Sunday was full of crafts and cooking and reading and Menchies….

(Andrew started making me a pinhole camera)

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3 days without seeing Andrew

I think we can all agree by now that Andrew is a crazy workaholic.

I’m OK with it. I knew this before I married him.

Andrew’s off-the-charts work ethic is one of my favorite things about him.

This past week, his boss was out of town – which means free studio time for Andrew.

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Easter Sunday 2011

Last weekend was both Andrew’s dad’s birthday and Easter, so we trekked on up to Santa Clarita (in the new car) for Sunday afternoon …

 

Andrew and I looked adorable as usual …

 

Holga images: Andrew in Chicago

I made Andrew take a camera to Chicago with him …. so he took my Holga.

The white, plastic, kind of toy camera …. And unfortunately I haven’t really been thinking straight and the film he took was not so hot. I’m not sure the extreme blurriness of these images is Andrew’s fault.

Here [...]