Dating Dave- as easy as ABC.

Well, I suppose that it is high time I blog about a certain young man in my life. Below is a list of random tidbits, fun facts, and amusing anecdotes all about me and my favorite guy.

Alaska Airlines sent Dave a voucher for a free plane ticket after he kindly attended to a fellow passenger who passed out in the aisle mid-flight. She was perfectly fine but the flight attendants were overcome with gratitude when Dave agreed to check her pulse. We are thinking of staging similar incidents on our future plane trips.

Briar Avenue is where we first met when we lived next door to each other while attending BYU six years ago. Go Cougars!

Cassette tapes are Dave's preferred method of leisure listening. Looking for an original Ace of Base cassette? Dave could check one out to you.

Dentistry is Dave's chosen profession. He works at two rural clinics, giving him lots of time to listen to audiobooks and stare at the back of logging trucks on his long commutes.

Espanol comes easy for Dave who served an LDS mission in Honduras. I am now teaching him the celestial language of German so he can impress the couple in his ward from Munich.

Fife, Washington is a tiny town almost exactly half way between our houses so on a few occasions we have met there at Fife's finest restaurant- The Warthog Barbecue Pit.

Game night at the Loft (aka my apartment) is where Dave and I reconnected. Unbeknownst to me, my roommate had met Dave the month before and invited him to come. Because of this, she likes to take credit for our relationship.

A Hootenanny is Dave's idea of a good party. He plays the piano, guitar, drums and even took violin lessons for a few months last year. I may even be inspired to break out my ukulele again.

Interest. Dave played this word in our Scrabble game tonight for a whopping 66 points. When we first started dating, he used to let me win. Now I know how good he really is.

Just kidding.

Kristen and Dave are engaged. Please see letter J.

Loveland, Colorado is lucky enough to be Dave's hometown as well as the home of the Valentine's Re-mailing Program.

Mount Rainier is just down the road from Dave's (well, a long way down the road) and has been a fun place to go for some adventures. Here we are snowshoeing a few months ago on Inspiration Point.

Ninety minutes is how long it takes me to drive from my home in Seattle to Dave's in Tumwater. He claims it only takes an hour but oddly, he is always a half an hour late getting here.

One hundred and fourteen dollar is the amount of money Dave's speeding ticket would have been earlier this week but the kind officer told him that he should use the money to take his girlfriend out to dinner instead. Score!

Papa Murphy's. This is Dave's favorite pizza. He has a regular Papa Murphy's but because they were starting to recognize him too often, he also has a backup Papa Murphy's. I teased him about that until I realized that I have a regular Jimmy John's and a backup Jimmy John's.

Quarrels are rare between but we do disagree on a few things including the appropriateness of ketchup on breakfast food and at what point one can begin wearing sandals. In case you are wondering, he is pro-ketchup and a warm weather only flip-flop wearer.

Red, raw hands is what Dave had after the Passover Dinner that I was in charge of last month because he spent almost two hours washing dishes when it was over. Oy vey!

Six months is how long we have been dating. A good reminder that I am long overdue for my teeth cleaning which is a little ironic, given how often I see a dentist.

Triathlons and half marathons are among Dave's hobbies. I'm excited that we get to run the Seattle Rock n' Roll half marathon together next month with my sister Michelle. I use the term "together" loosely as Dave is much faster than I am.

United States Postal Service gets more business thanks to Dave who believes in the lost art of letter writing and snail mail. This may be in part due to the fact that he doesn't have internet access at his apartment.

eVen before Dave and I met, our families had already made connections. His sister roomed with my cousin at Ricks and later played on the champion intramural basketball team with my brother and sister.

White Pass is a ski resort near Mount Rainier where I skied for the first time in over 10 years. Dave has been skiing much more recently which put us at very different skill levels. Luckily, we found a trail that split halfway down. He got to go on his black diamonds and I got to snowplow down "Easy Street." Win-win!

Xtreme Couponing has nothing on Dave. While we were at Office Depot yesterday, Dave found some pens he liked on clearance. When the cashier rang him up, his total was $.01. I think there was a glitch in the system somewhere but they gave it to him anyway. He is one lucky guy!

Yikes! Are you still reading this? Thanks for enduring to the end.

Zodiac signs are one of many things we have in common. Our December birthdays are only eight days apart. Well, eight days and three years.

Well, there you have it. Stay tuned for my next post where I will use the Croatian alphabet to describe life in graduate school.