She & Him

this is goodbye

2010-04-09T20:06:00.000-07:00

since I am now content to live life through my iphone, i am leaving blogger and moving to wordpress (which has an iphone app). please join me

Oh Wait- whats this?

2010-03-30T19:46:00.000-07:00

EXTRA! EXTRA!

2010-03-30T12:26:00.001-07:00

I've made my big debut in the news! See if you can find me

http://www.azcentral.com/community/scottsdale/articles/2010/03/29/20100329temple-wedding-richardson-family.html

FIRE WITH FIRE

2010-03-30T08:41:00.001-07:00

This post is for certain family members of mine. I offer no other explanation to those who have no idea what I am talking about.

Quote:

Lisa Taylor: I can feel your heart beating. Can you feel mine?

Joe Fisk: I can feel your heart. I can feel your hair. You're so incredible.

The BIG FINALE!!!

Will they make it?????

Thanks

2009-12-03T04:46:00.000-08:00

I just want to say thank you to everyone who helped make my birthday the best ever by coming to my birthday party. I know it was a trek for a lot of you. The only bad thing is now I have way too much cheesecake left at my house, so if the mood strikes for some, you know where to find it.

PARTY TIME!

2009-11-24T20:45:00.000-08:00

Hey all,

This is Nathan. This really isn't my blog but I have hi-jacked it to tell you all about the awesome birthday celebration I am throwing for the Woman of the House. It will be the post-Thanksgiving birthday party of the year! So here are all the details that you need to know.

1. Birthday Girl
2. Sunday November 29, 2009
3. 3 types of Cheesecake
4. 5-8pm
5. 5426 W. Grenadine Rd. Laveen, AZ 85339

So come help me wrap up Darcy's birthday month right with an awesome party. There may even be some blu-ray movies playing if I get my way Friday!

New Ward, New Habits, New Beginnings?

2009-09-21T11:28:00.000-07:00

Yesterday we to all three blocks (a big feat for me!) of our new ward. It is really hard for me to sit through all 3 blocks, but since we are homeowners now I really wanted to change that so I prepped myself all week about how excited I was to sit through three hours of church. And it worked! I don't know if it was my attitude or the fact that we are rooted homeowners now and not just another newly married couple "squatting" in a ward, but our reception at this ward was much different than any other ward we've been to. Already we have been introduced to more people than in the entire 6 months we were in our old ward. We even got treats brought to us by Mormon neighbors across the street. Relief society was great, too. I haven't been able to go for so long since we've been in primary. I am looking forward to becoming more of a permanent fixture in this ward!

A Home of Our Own

2009-09-08T09:10:00.000-07:00

Let me just start by saying that I highly recommend buying a house. They are great for putting your stuff in, protection from the natural elements, and hiding from wild beasts. I love having a house!

We are finally all moved in and with the exception of my sewing room, we are all unpacked. It feels so good just to plop down on my couch and just breath a sigh of relief that there is not a used car lot litterally outside of our door, or there aren't a billion cats living in our garbage can, or there isn't a guy honking a bicycle horn and pushing a shopping cart down the street selling cotton candy.

Laveen is great! We have a Walmart, a Fry's and a Target! Our neighborhood isn't bad either, it is filled with bike paths and parks. We went to our new ward on Sunday and it was very nice, or at least the nap I took at church was very nice! We hope all of you can come visit soon!

I want to give a shout out to Sweet Lo for all the cleaning she did in the apartment and in the new house. I don't think that apartment has ever shined so much! Whoever moves in after us is really lucky.

Pictures will come very soon!

WOOT WOOT!

2009-08-27T15:23:00.000-07:00

Yahoo Nathan was accepted into ASU! So proud of my sweetheart!

OK We'll Come Clean...

2009-08-23T22:04:00.001-07:00

For those of you who thought we were adding a little Nater Tot to the family, sorry to have duped you, but come on, do you really think I would announce that on a blog?

The real addition is sweet little Lola! She is an English Bulldog and a lot of fun!

Big News

2009-08-22T16:26:00.000-07:00

There's a new addition to the family! 7 weeks along!

What is Laveen?

2009-08-19T11:18:00.000-07:00

A beautiful agricultural community! Laveen is known for its dairies and farms. The town slogan "Laveen: Come smell our dairy air!".

Quaint Small Town! Think Queen Creek with freeways and ten minutes from downtoan Phoenix .

A haven for sportslovers! There are plans to build a Spring Training sports center in 2012.

Sports Tragedy! Miami Dolphins linebacker Larry Gordon died while jogging in Laveen. Philidelphia Eagles linebacker Byron Evons' house burnt down in Laveen. In 2006, Emmit Smith built a massive shopping center in Laveen, it is now completely abondoned! Sports stars- stay out of Laveen!

A burgeoning metropolis! Aside form Emmitt Smith's failed attempts, Laveen really is growing. ADOT is expanding the 202 and 101 freeways into Laveen, there are plans for a hospital and shopping centers (I hope a Target!).

Our New Home Town! Thats right, we're moving this Labor Day weekend. I hope that this bevy of information has swayed you to make the trip to come visit us in beautiful Laveen!

Follow the link to take a look at our first house. (Sorry I have trouble loading pictures)

http://www.flexmls.com/cgi-bin/mainmenu.cgi?cmd=url+other/run_public_link.html&public_link_tech_id=ou41n8o5s0g&s=12&id=1&cid=1

2009-07-04T11:38:00.000-07:00

R.I.P. , my friend

2009-06-29T11:10:00.001-07:00

Another Mini Break

2009-06-19T08:55:00.000-07:00

Last night we went to Tucson to see one our favorite bands, Wilco, play. Wow it was awesome! We sat way up in the balcony but its was still a great show. Here are some videos of some of their songs from a documentary about them:

Mini Breaks

2009-06-19T08:24:00.001-07:00

A couple of weeks ago Nathan and I went to Prescott for a little mini break. I wasn't expecting much, just a little time away from the heat and our apartment, but it was a great time! we stayed in Nathan's dad's rental cottage in the Downtown area. All of the homes in that neighborhood are little Victorians like this

So cute, right? There was a classic care show just a couple of blocks away. The weather was so beautiful, maybe 60 degrees.

Sorry I don't how to get rid of the underlining text! Alright I know the above picture is small, but look closely to see if you can see the Dodge Caravan in the back left of the picture. That car was in the classic car show!

For a laugh, put space boots on your dog!

new NEW clothes!

2009-05-05T21:18:00.000-07:00

Ok I'm finished with some 0f my projects and here they are!

Here's the first: I bought this one from forver21 for a couple dollars on the clearance rack.

Before: After:

I know its nothing too difficult, but hey its a new outfit for a couple of bucks!

This was one of my favorite dresses, but it was just too short.

Before: After:

I cut off the top and added a little bit of tulle to make it little poofy.

This one I think is my favorite. I got it at the Arizona Breast Cancer Thrift Store. (The old DAV)

It looks repulsive on me at first but I loved the fabric. I tried to do my most pitiful before picture

Before: After:

All I really did here was take the dress in on the sides.

If anyone has any good ideas about any other projects let me know!

New Clothes

2009-04-27T12:52:00.001-07:00

Hello dear and beloveds. For those of you who know me, I LOVE dresses! Before I had the privelige beingof becoming Mrs. Nathan Parrish, I had tons of them, many of them pretty dang short, too (how do you think I snagged my man?!). Well as you can imagine my dress wardrobe has slimmed down quite a bit in an effort to be more modest. This makes me sad! I don't want to be one of those girls who looks super gay because they are trying ever so hard to get away with inmodest clothes while adhereing to a self imposed dress code, but I also don't want to look like a sister missionary. Ya know what I mean? (No offense to either of these groups)

Well, being the daughter of my mother (a master at taking junk and turning it into treasures) I have determined to take all of my inmodest and outdated dresses I've been holding onto for the past year and make modest and modern modifications to them. I've had a lot of success in the past with this and wanted to chronicle my sewing journey. I've got a few projects underway and can't wait to share my progress, that is if I can get my sewing machine to work. Posts with pictures are soon to come!

Hello friends and happy Easter

2009-04-19T20:28:00.000-07:00

Hi I hope you all had a great Easter. Mine was the bomb.com. The Easter bunny came for a visit gave us some bomb gifts this year. For the past year, Nathan has been talking/hinting at getting

a Mini Mac and using our tv as a giant monitor for it.

So I went to the Apple store and told them I was getting my husband a new computer for Easter and the guys working there asked what I did for him for Christmas. I only get these big presents when when he begs for them for a year! Nate's face lit up like a Christmas tree when he got his Easter basket and his present for me was just as good.

Nathan gave me the coolest present, tickets to the M. Ward concert in Tucson! If you don't know who M. Ward is, he is an awesome rock and roller, and one half of the band She & Him with Zooey Deschanel (The girl from Elf), but this concert was just of him. It was a great concert all of the songs were perfect. It was well worth the two hour drive and battling all of the drunks that were there for the Campus Club Crawl. I highly suggest you check out some M. Ward!

Also, I wanted to share with you one of our current obsessions.

Speaking of Mac Awesomeness....

2009-03-16T17:44:00.001-07:00

Ok I don't know how to embed YouTube videos, but if you have the time and curiosity and love for Macs, then you'll want to check out this sweet video!

My Computer is a Light Saber.

2009-03-16T17:31:00.000-07:00

I just downloaded this awesome application for my computer that makes light saber sounds whenever my computer moves! I'm having a little trouble blogging about this Mac awesomeness because Nathan keeps trying to fight Ewoks with my laptop. The download is free from this website. I will try not to let my MacBook fall to the Dark Side.

Vacation

2009-02-23T08:08:00.000-08:00

I know what you're thinking, sheesh this lady loves blogging, but I need your ideas!!! Come summertime, we are completely burnt out and need a vacation!!! So i am soliciting your ideas for an awesome cost effective vacation for me and Nathan.

Hello Friends

2009-02-23T08:01:00.000-08:00

So after weeks of looking 24/7 I have a new job. I don't know why I was stressing, but that comes with having OCD. I applied for probably hundreds of jobs and have come up with a couple options that will be great for our little family. I want to say thanks to all my homies for the good words of encouragement and help and want to especially thank Nathan for giving me the option as working as his Love Slave if I didn't find a job.

Interviewing was a lot of fun and I am going to enjoy working with other grown humans who can respond with words when I talk to them, getting dressed up in fancy clothes and having a normal schedule. I am going to miss paid nap time, going to work in sweats, doing my homework at work and taking Nathan to work with me, but its all for the best.

Darcy. Out!

how has a crappy economy effected you?

2009-02-09T20:17:00.000-08:00

If you are like me two months ago, you probably thought the economy wasn't that bad. Ignorance is bliss! I have had to learn about our country's troubled times the good old fashioned way, by getting laid off! Not by one, but by two jobs! Storables is closing and my nanny job will continue only until I find a new job. I am just throwing this out there so if anyone knows of any place that is hiring I'd love to know.

Long Time No Blog...Again

2008-12-08T14:31:00.000-08:00

So I know a lot of you might have thought Nathan and I have left the blogosphere for good but alas we've been here all along and stalking your blogs. Here are some things that have happened lately.

I picked up a second job at a store called Storables, which specializes in home organization. It's not very glamorous, but the benefits of a huge discount and getting to work with other grownups (as opposed to babies) makes it all worthwhile.
My birthday was last week and it was fabulous. Nathan made me my favorite cheesecake from The Cheesecake Factory, White Chocolate Raspberry, and he totally kicked Cheesecake Factory's trash. The man's a genius in the kitchen.
We put an offer down on a house woot woot! Its the perfect little place and has lots of charm and is located in the ward we currently illegally attend. Hopefully the bank just wants to get rid of the thing and won't give us the runaround.
We're in charge of dessert at the Parrish Christmas dinner, so Matt and Christie let us know if you have any requests!

Movin' On Up!

2008-08-10T13:22:00.000-07:00

If you've watched the news lately, you know that the housing market i down. This makes great news for poor working students who live in crappy apartments like me and Nathan who want to take advantage of the poor economy. Thats right, we are getting out of our apartment and into a house. Nate's parent's house. At least until we can find our dream-first home. We've made offers on houses, but by the time we made our offers, other offers were already in play.

We haven't had much input from anyone but Porter and London, so help us out and let us know which one we should get!

Isn't this one a beauty? This was one of Nathan's favorite. Until we went inside. This house looked like a meth lab. The previous occupants obviously had to get out of this house fast, because they left their massive lime green bra behind. Gross.

I was looking forward to seeing this house, because the pictures of the kitchen looked awesome. When we went to see it, the doors were unlocked, the A.C. was on and there was a half-full bottle of wine on the counter top, so needless to say we didn't see much of the house.

This house is my favorite. Its an older house, so its got some winding rooms, and would be great for hide and seek! It also has a cloak room, and if you've ever seen Lady in White, you know why this is terrifying/awesome. If you look closely over the door, you can see a little cross, beneath which the previous owner had painted blood dripping down from it. Pretty!

This little gem boasts a great downtown neighborhood. When I went to go see it, there were shoes thrown up on the power lines. Enough said.

So let us know what you think!

P.S. This post is dedicated to Molly!

Hutton Halvert Dollander

2008-08-06T14:32:00.001-07:00

Some of you might have heard me talk about my job, which I love. Here are some facts about the little nugget of joy I watch all day:

Name: Hutton Halvert "Hal" Dollander
Age & weight: 8 months, a whopping 25 pounds!
Favorite Food: Toast, my cheek, bananas
Favorite Toy: A bottle full of pennies and Nathan

I've been nannying for a while now, but this job is by far my favorite! Me and Nathan are able to carpool to work, and go to lunch at least once a week with little Hal. When I work on the weekends and evenings, Nathan comes along and hangs out with us. He is always super cheerful and rarely ever cries. He's a pretty nice boy.

Do You Remember Me?

2008-07-17T14:37:00.001-07:00

While I am normally hugely anti-reminiscent, I'm following the new blogging trend and asking you all to do just that.

Leave a memory you have of either me, Darcy, or Nathan. I know we've all had some freaking good times, so you'll have plenty to write about.

When you're all done, make the same post so we can look back at all the good times we've had with you!

BABY DRAMA

2008-07-16T14:54:00.000-07:00

I feel that there is an issue I need to address, and it seems my blog is the best way to reach people, we are not expecting a baby. But when we do, you can rest assured that you will not be notified via text message, blog, and especially blog comment. Thanks to everyone for their congratulations though!

What We Have Been Up To

2008-07-01T20:45:00.001-07:00

Bye Bye Civic

Well, we sold the Civic. This car was very special to Nathan and I, but it was for it to time to leave.

ROCKBAND!!!!!!!!

Rockband finally came out for Wii, and it freaking RULES!!! We only hope to one day be as good as Jackson.

If you've haven't been to our house in a while....

We redecorated!

(Or at least rearranged the furniture.)

Stay tuned, exciting things happen to us all the time.

DONKEY KONG ANYONE?

2008-06-03T15:30:00.001-07:00

Last week Nathan and I watched the coolest documentary. "King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters" goes inside the world of competitive classic arcade gaming, while telling the story of two rivals, Steve Wiebe the underdog family man and Billy Mitchell the reigning champ of the arcade world. This documentary is filled with love, hate, drama, tragedy and alot of comedy. The things those gamers say are hilarious! Here's what one guy said about why he plays video games "I wanted the fame. I wanted the glory. I wanted all the pretty girls to come up and say 'Hi, I see you're really good at Centipede.'" This one is definitely worth watching.

2008-06-02T20:52:00.000-07:00

On Saturday I finally won my battle with the 98 Jetta. That's right, its gone. In its place, Nathan has placed a shiny new Scion XB. I never knew air conditioning and power steering could be so wonderful!

Nathan has been so sweet and driving the Jetta, without A.C or power steering, for over an hour a day in gridlock traffic.

That's why I thought he deserved this:

2008-05-22T13:21:00.001-07:00

Ok so we gave in to the blog phenomenon. I figured if all our married siblings have blogs, then we better do it too, for the good of our family. For those of you who already know Nathan and Darcy Parrish, you are very blessed. For those of you who don't know us, then you are about to have your mind blown.