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Newlyweds: Becky and Brayden Gruchow

My sweetie and I have been married for just over a year. I love it. I really and truly could not have found a better man! I will say though, that we are polar opposites. I am always early, he is always late. I have to clean up my pots and pans before I can enjoy my meal, he can let them sit in the sink for days. These things I learned during the dating process. We did date for over 4 years. In fact, I felt pretty confident that I knew just about everything about my husband before we tied the knot. Well, I was wrong. There are always those odds and ends that kind of “sneak in” after married life begins….

Socks. I know this is something that a lot of women can relate to. WHY IS IT SO HARD TO PUT YOUR SOCKS IN THE LAUNDRY BASKET? I knew he wasn’t a neat freak, but since living together, I have watched how, when he gets home from work, he walks through the house and takes off his suit as he goes, leaving a trail behind him. I have gone so far as to put extra laundry baskets at the foot of the stairs, and in the living room, to no avail. On the floor they fall.

The cell phone. You can call it a smart phone, a PDA, whatever, I call it “the other woman.” When we were dating, he wouldn’t answer the phone during dates, family events, or while we were watching a video. Now, I think my hubby has more personal contact with his phone than with me!  In the car, at the movies, while grocery shopping, you name it, he has done it. Ok, ok, it has come in quite handy at times, with its GPS, and full keypad, and internet, but please, please, just don’t be playing Golden Tee phone golf while you are driving down the expressway!!!

Honey-Do List. I don’t think it is wrong to want him to do a few things around the house on the weekends. You know, put up some shelves, clean out the garage, sort through old papers – in fact, we can do them together!  But for some reason, it hasn’t quite worked out that way, at least not yet. I don’t think that I have stumbled on quite the right way to ask him to do things. Just asking doesn’t work. He can forget. A note on the fridge doesn’t work- he doesn’t really notice it. Sometimes a note taped to the middle of the bathroom mirror will work, but I try to use that only for really important tasks!  So we keep trying- I know we will come up with a good system…eventually.

All in all, it is actually hard for me to think up too many things that drive me bonkers, because at the same time, he also:

·    Buys me flowers when I least expect it and for no reason.
·    Cooks me the most fabulous dinners I have ever eaten (thank goodness for our waterless, greaseless cookware!).
·    Always, ALWAYS wins me stuffed animals out of the claw machine.
·    Gives the best neck rubs I have ever had.
·    Lets me pick out the DVD’s that I want to watch, even though they wouldn’t be his first (or second or third) choice.
·    Compliments me all the time and actually notices when I get a new haircut.
·    Fills up my gas tank without me knowing.
·    Holds my hand and opens car doors for me
·    Most importantly, says I LOVE YOU about a million times a day. And I do too. I love him more than I could ever put into words!

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Thank You Simplicity Gourmet! My fiance and I bought some of the best cookware ever designed. Before our investment, Jamie used to be the only one that cooked in the house. We also were forced to eat fast food at least twice a week because of our hectic schedules. Now that we have our new Pots and Pans, I’m the one that does most of the cooking. I love how easy it is. A little water, chicken, veggies, wait for the whistle, and Voila! A meal that used to cost me $15.00 a plate now costs $6.85 for two. These pots are saving me time, money, and they look great after 8 months worth of cooking. My mom told me that “Pots and Pans don’t matter, it’s the cook that makes the meal.” I say, look OUT Mom, there’s a new cook in town. After watching me cook for my family, my mom noticed how great everything tasted and how quickly it cooked. It’s incredible! Overnight, I go from the guy that used to burn hotdogs to a gourmet chef. Cooking is fun because it really is so simple. My secret is to cook some of our favorite meals early in the week, then store them in our “vacuum seal” storage containers. Now, I only cook Mondays and Thursdays. The rest of the week, we just pick any of our already home cooked meal out of the fridge. Is sooo easy. Your cookbook has become my daily reader and is absolutely delicious. Anyway, I just wanted to thank you for making our life that much easier.
-Tim

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Kelly and I met through friends at church. Shortly after I met her, I attended her birthday party and there were all of these guys there who wanted to date her. I thought, “There must be something to this girl!”. I began training her at our gym, and our friendship turned into mutual affection for each other. We took it slow, and a year and 8 months after our first date, I proposed.

NATE’S PROPOSAL:

My wife Kelly is a portrait artist, and had won the Best of Show award, as well as other top honors at the Williamson County Fair Art Exhibit. She invited me to come to the awards reception on August 6^th. We had been ring shopping earlier that week, and I was looking for the perfect opportunity to surprise her with a proposal. The afternoon of the reception, I contacted the people in charge of the show and arranged for the mayor of Franklin to present Kelly with the ring box on stage in front of about 250 people. This was no easy task, as we arrived together. It involved a sneaky hand-off of the keys to the car, a performing group to give us 10 minutes of their stage time, and more. She went on stage to accept her award money, and the mayor asked her to open this other gift in front of everyone because he “wanted to see where his tax dollars were going.” As she opened the box and saw my note with the ring that said “You are my sunshine,” I came up on the stage and got down on my knee. I had completely surprised her, and for the first time since I’ve known her, she was speechless. She let out a breathy “YES” and we hugged and cried. The media was there, and they captured photos and video of the whole event. They interviewed us afterwards, and we were featured on the news and in two different newspapers in the following days. We celebrated that night at J. Alexanders and called all of our family and friends.

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