Happy Birthday, Paul!

Happy happy birthday, my love! I don't have anything witty or charming or love-filled to say to you, but I do hope you have a most wonderful day!!!

For his b-day, Paul got a binary clock ... and even better, a case of Henry Weinhardt's root beer from his pal Scotty (who brought Paul a gift even though it was his own b-day!). Anyway, Paul LOVES stuff and has been happy every night since. :)

Anyway, I recently came across a list of questions about Paul. Hilary asked him a bunch of questions for my bridal shower (back in y2k), and then she asked me the questions to see how many I would get right.

I thought it would be interesting to see how I did now, just a few months after our 8th anniversary. Turns out that although I know him better now, I apparently know him less. :)

Here are our answers ... then and now ...

Favorite color:
Paul (y2k): Green
Denise (y2k): Green

Paul ('09): Green today ... I change all the time
Denise ('09): Green

Favorite breakfast cereal:
Paul (y2k): Crunch berries
Denise (y2k): Grapenuts

Paul ('09): Frosted Shredded Mini Wheat
Denise ('09): Frosted Shredded Mini Wheat

Favorite pet:
Paul (y2k): Oreo, who had a brother named Butterscotch
Denise (y2k): Oreo

Paul ('09): None
Denise ('09): Oreo

Favorite boys' name:
Paul (y2k): Cyan
Denise (y2k): Tyler

Paul ('09): Tyler AND Zachary (so I don't leave one kid out)
Denise ('09): Paul (for the same reason :)

Favorite hobby:
Paul (y2k): Biking
Denise (y2k): Computer stuff

Paul ('09): Computer games
Denise ('09): Computer games, specifically Civilization IV

Favorite hymn:
Paul (y2k): #2 - The Spirit of God
Denise (y2k): The Spirit of God

Paul ('09): #2
Denise ('09): #2

Favorite computer part:
Paul (y2k): Motherboard
Denise (y2k): Pointing device

Paul ('09): CPU
Denise ('09): Memory

Favorite girl's name:
Paul (y2k): Shayla
Denise (y2k): Theresa

Paul ('09): Shayla
Denise ('09): Shayla

Favorite day of the year:
Paul (y2k): St. Patrick's Day - my birthday
Denise (y2k): Christmas

Paul ('09): My birthday
Denise ('09): Thanksgiving

Favorite scripture:
Paul (y2k): Ether - "weak things made strong"
Denise (y2k): Same

Paul ('09): Ammon defending the flocks
Denise ('09): Nephi ... "I will go and do ..."

Favorite Christmas song:
Paul (y2k): Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
Denise (y2k): 12 Days of Christmas

Paul ('09): Rudolph
Denise ('09): Chipmunk song

Favorite vacation spot:
Paul (y2k): Walla Walla or Key West
Denise (y2k): Florida

Paul ('09): Disneyland
Denise ('09): Cruise anywhere

Favorite item to buy at the grocery store:
Paul (y2k): Root beer
Denise (y2k): Root beer

Paul ('09): Henry Weinhardt's root beer
Denise ('09): Root beer

Favorite number:
Paul (y2k): 4 or 11 (4 is favorite of the two)
Denise (y2k): 4 or 11

Paul ('09): 256 or 2 to the 8th power (the largest number represented with an 8-digit binary number)
Denise ('09): 17 (date of b-day)

Favorite board/card game:
Paul (y2k): Monopoly
Denise (y2k): Monopoly

Paul ('09): Train game (Ticket to Ride) or bean game (Bonanza!)
Denise ('09): Train game (Ticket to Ride - Europe version)

Favorite food:
Paul (y2k): Biscuits and gravy with sausage cooked the Southern way
Denise (y2k): Pizza

Paul ('09): Denise's homemade egg rolls or sweet and sour meatballs
Denise ('09): Biscuits and gravy. But of food he actually gets? Cowboy burritos or Salisbury steak deluxe.

Favorite season:
Paul (y2k): Fall
Denise (y2k): Summer

Paul ('09): Fall
Denise ('09): Fall

Biggest pet peeve:
Paul (y2k): "When people point to the monitor and call it the computer"
Denise (y2k): ???

Paul ('09): People saying Windows ME was the best OS ever (ie, people pretending to know more about computers than they do)
Denise ('09): Whining kids

Favorite kitchen appliance:
Paul (y2k): Toaster - "because I know how to operate it well"
Denise (y2k): Quizinart

Paul ('09): Toaster
Denise ('09): Griddle

Where want to live:
Paul (y2k): With Denise
Denise (y2k): In this area (Northwest)

Paul ('09): I like the Northwest
Denise ('09): Spanish Fork, baby!

Favorite possession:
Paul (y2k): Jetta
Denise (y2k): Jetta

Paul ('09): Mountain bike
Denise ('09): Nintendo DS