Who Are These People?!

Danni (aka Lamb)


I'm a 20 something girl who moved to Albuquerque from the Bay Area in 8th grade. I have a degree in Psychology from the University of New Mexico and work in the front office for a pediatric dentist (really putting my degree to use, right?) I keep a messy house and can't cook, can't keep a plant alive (not even my Chia Herb Garden!), and have been known to place shirts into the washing machine one color and have them come out another (unexpected bonus? Sexy Nerd never asks me to do his laundry.) But, I'm working on improving all these things, so read LambAround and let me know how I'm doing!


Derek (aka Sexy Nerd)


Derek grew up in a tiny town, Buena Vista, Colorado. Before moving there, he lived in an even tinier town - Johnson, Kansas! I love to poke fun at him and his small town ways (with love, of course!) He's a mechanical engineer with his masters degree and he's one smart cookie! He cooks, he cleans, he builds things for our house, and he even trims Pica's nails and brews beer. What more could a girl ask for? If only he weren't hopelessly addicted to all things racing!

Nascar sucks! ;)


The Happy Couple


We met on Match.com (really!) and had our first date on January 10th, 2004. Keeping our relationship together was tricky because I was living in Albuquerque, New Mexico and Derek was attending school in Flint, Michigan (such a dangerous place!) The first time Derek came back from school, I had my doubts about him, especially as he had invited himself to live in my apartment. Derek decided to take a trip up to Colorado to visit his family. While he was away, I continued to think that us being together was a bad idea (I really liked having my apartment all to myself!) As fate would have it, he returned from Colorado with his hands all cut up - he went so that he could use his dad's tools to build me a wire candleholder tree, just like one I'd pointed out in a store. Isn't he just the sweetest guy ever? (Side note: to this day, we joke that this action was just like when the goofy little boy made the wooden pickle in Bad Santa. LOL)

Derek's proposal after only a year of dating was a little soon for me - I had a panic attack, hysterically laughing while trying to decide what to tell him! It wasn't anything against him. It's just, come on, we'd only been together a year! I had bad high school relationships that lasted for more than a year! A long engagement later, we got married in Hawaii on our 4 year anniversary. The ceremony was performed by a man in a skirt, Captain Howie from Above Heaven's Gate Weddings, who was high as a kite and talked about "midget leprechauns" in front of all our friends and family. It was wonderful and unlike any other wedding...though I would not recommend Captain Howie under any circumstance!

Oh, and a chicken showed up unexpectedly during our vows.

What's The Deal With The Lamb?

Growing up, I loved this stuffed lamb. One day, my mom insisted on washing it. I was convinced that my lamb would drown and come out of the washing machine completely ruined, but she insisted everything would be fine and threw my lamb into the wash anyway.

My lamb came out missing an ear!!!

I'm sure that was one of those "oh crap" parenthood moments.

My original plan for this blog was to take a photo of my stuffed lamb in different locations, hence the name LambAround. However, it turns out that that is boring! So, I decided to just blog about whatever interests me. Really, what would be the point about writing a blog you don't like?

Why Is There A Pig In The Kitchen??

Why not have a pig in the kitchen? Kitchen Pig was purchased at a little shop inside the Coronado Mall in Albuquerque. I nearly didn't get him because he was more than I wanted to spend. Luckily, Sexy Nerd convinced me that $4 probably wasn't going to push us into bankruptcy.