It's Been A While....

I'm I'm So it's been a while since I've posted anything....here are some gems for ya! 

Speaking about marital things: 

"We need to consume the marriage." 

"You mean consummate?" 

Speaking of fitness classes: 

"Tai Chi is that Artial Marts?"

"You mean martial arts?"

People watching: 

"Man, that guys was flaming!"

"You mean....oh flamboyant??"

Talking about sex (calm down, we're married!): 

"Wife, how bout we monkey the punch?" 

"Monkey the punch?? You mean punch the monkey."  

Speaking of churches: 

"Have you been to a monastarey?" 

"Monastarey? Monastarey? (I say it 7 more times before I go...) Monistary??" 

Food talk: 

"I'm going for breakfast at good egg at speedway and kolb with Mom...want to go?"

"No...can u just get me stuff in a box?"

"I thought I could get you Maya's Market...from Bread..." 

"Gonna finish that thought?" 

Things he's looked up on the Internet: 

"Why are you looking at that?"

"So I don't insult anyone" 

Things he does to the dog:

"Why?"

"He loves it!"

"Why??"

"He loves it!"

"Why do you always stack pillows?"

"He loves it!"

I think they both love it!

Fun Chop

On a whim my Hubs and I stopped in at our local sushi restaurant. He explained that in the past he had only been to happy hour in Berlin where One would pay 8€ (euros), which is about $11, for all you could eat sushi. He only used his fingers, "Those damn sticks weren't for me! And because you only need your fingers for rolls."

Our waitress was lovely, but also had a very thick accent so the two had a hard time communicating. Trying to figure out the network password was difficult! She brought out the edamame and Hubs popped the whole thing in his mouth. After a few chews he spit it out stating, "Oh! Babe, don't eat the whole thing just eat the beans." I looked up from the phone, which I was still fighting with, and found a green mosh. It was disgusting, but I still laughed. He later explained that he thought they were like the snap peas I get at Costco, but man was a he sorely mistaken! 

Next came the miso soup....it was too hot for his delicate mouth so I blew on it till it cooled. He started to sip it up and then came the "Ah, man!" (Again, I wish you could hear him say this!) He said, "I could just drink this you know." Apparently he was angry about the size of the spoon. "It's so big, it takes up the whole inside of my mouth! Why do people make things like this?"   

(This is him upset about the soup...literally, I didn't stage this picture at all!)

When the sushi came I tried to teach him how to use the chop sticks. It was impossible! He couldn't get what I was saying to him, I didn't really know how to explain it because I just do it till it works and then our patients starting running thin. After about 20 minutes of him getting frustrated, I asked our lovely waitress for help and she brought us some "Fun Chops." You know, what they give kids to use to eat with chop sticks. He then became an expert. 

(Again, this picture is not staged! He's saying, "YEAAAA!")

As you can see he was very excited to get them right! He claims "Fun Chop" to be the second best invention in the world, the first was toilet paper. He ate a total of 6 rolls 3 of which I helped him with. All in all he liked the experience and would "Do sushi again, but only with those 'Fun Chops.' It's no Berlin, though!" 

"'Fun Chop', don't leave home without them!"

Can't forget my Gums!

December 17, 2013

When I get home from work in the evenings the Hubs likes to take little shopping/errand trips out. They are usually pretty short and sweet. Last night, we were getting him ready for an interview. We bought a belt, tie and one of those small packs of 5 gum, only the essentials. As we were waiting for our pizza, this was the conversation we had.....

Me: "Are you nervous about the interview?"

Hubs: "Nope. I'm going to make that lady feel like I'm running the interview. I'm going to ask her all kinds of questions."

Me: "Oh yea, like what?"

Hubs: "how heavy is a polar bear?"

Me: **confused look** "Uh, not sure? Pretty heavy, though and strong enough to open Coke bottles."

Hubs: "What?!?.......Heavy enough to break the ice."

Me: "Oh, cute." 

Hubs: "Don't let me forget my gums."

Me: "What are you talking about?"

Hubs: "My gums you know, the gums you gave me, don't let me forget them in the car."

Me: "What gums did I give you?"

Hubs: "The chewing gums you gave me, at the store!"

Me: "Oh, gum! The gum I gave you, I put it in your pocket you won't forget it. Also, just a side note....it's just called gum, not gums. Gums refer to the pink tissue inside your mouth that surrounds the necks of your teeth."

Hubs: "Yea, but wouldn't it be plural because there is more than one piece?"
Me: "Again, the plural is just gum."

How Hubs sees Polar Bears:

How I see Polar Bears:

Insulated Bagel

My mother is a teacher. She has been my whole life and was my teacher in 6th grade. It was amazing, but awful all at the same time....parent teacher conferences every night! I couldn't get away with anything. Back to the point...Hubs and I went to her school one day to visit. Her teacher friend asked for us to pick up some lunch....here's the convo: 

Teacher Friend: "Can you please get me 2 salted bagels?" 

Me: "Of course!!"

**Hubs and I walk out of the classroom**

Hubs: "Babe, what does she want? Insulated bagels?" 

Me: "Yes. After we get two plain bagels we need to just insulate them!" 

Hubs: "Really?!?"

Me: "Yes, we say things like, 'You are the ugliest bagel I've ever seen!' And 'I can't believe                they call you a bagel!'"

**Hubs looking confused**
Hubs: "Really??"

Me: "No, not really."

Hubs: "So what is it that she wants??"
Me: "Two salted bagels"
Hubs: "Dammit maaaaan!" (I wish I could write it the way he says it, it would really just be                 the icing on the cake!)

Chipses

I love chips and salsa! It's my favorite snack time past time! If I could get away with it, I'd probably eat chips and salsa at every meal! Turns out my Hubby also loves chips and salsa minus the chips.....

Me: "Babe, that's not how you are suppose to eat salsa."
Hubs: "What am I suppose to eat it with chipses?!? I don't like chipses, they are loud, crunchy, hard and hurt everything inside my mouth."
Me: "Uh......I'm sorry what are 'chipses'??"
Hubs: "Well chips is the singular so chipses is the plural."
Me: "Uh......"
Hubs: "If you have 1 bag of chips it's singular and several bag of chipses is plural."
Me: "Uh....what! No, this (holding up a single chip) is a chip, singular. These (holding up the bag of chips) are a bag of chips, plural, because there are several chips."



Side Note:
*Everyone who has already heard this story now calls them chipses, I hope you do too!

My Work Is Done Here

October 24, 2013

We are a one car family, which hasn't made life too difficult...yet. One day my Hubs needed the car so he drove me to work in the morning. Later in the day, he sent a text stating that he was upset. This is the conversation we had:


Hubs: "I'm so pissed!! The damn computer froze AGAIN!" 
Me: "I'm sorry lover!! Have tried turning it off and turning it on again?"
Hubs: "It's ok, it's not your fault. I wish I could, but I can't find the hammer!" 
Me: "Ok?...sorry babe! :("
      "Breathe....in & out"
      "in & out"
      "in & out"
      "in & out"
      "in & out"
      "LOL"
      "in & out"
      "in & out"
      "in & out"
      "in & out"
Hubs: "I can't because I'm reading your texts..."
Me: "But your smiling right???" 
Hubs: "Right :D"
Me: "My work is done here! ;)"
Hubs: "Should I come pick you up?"
Me: "When? Today after work, Yes."
Hubs: "Didn't you just say you were done?"
Me: "LOL foreigner! I'm saying I got you to smile so now my work is done..."
      "I'm not done with actual work!! Hahahaha"

Introduction

My name is Sarah Mincheva, but most people know me as Sarah Budak (my maiden name). I just recently got married to my best friend and favorite person in the whole world! He's such an amazing man, friend, support and lover. I could have never asked for a better husband. We have only been married a few months, but have been together for a little over a year and have been living together about the same...yes we moved VERY fast, but that's just how I roll. Our journey has been very interesting and adventurous. I have learned more from this one man than I ever learned in school! I love being a wife!

My husband's name is Valentin and yes he's foreign! He was born and raised in Varna, Bulgaria right on the Black Sea. As you can see it's just north of Greece and south of Romania. 

He has a very thick accent that makes it hard for most people to understand. Since I have been around him every day for the past year, I understand every word and have to translate a lot of what he says. I equate it to having a child who is just learning to speak, usually only the parents or siblings can understand them.

Because he is so foreign, I have collected several hi-larious stories over the year and have been talking about starting a blog to share all these amazing stories with the world! Please enjoy and share them with your friends. He loves bringing laughter to everyone especially his wifey! Please feel free to laugh out loud and enjoy!!