To be a little sentimental, eight years ago today Tom asked me to be his girlfriend.

And today, we will be closing on our very first house to call our very own. We are going to be HOMEOWNERS!

So much has changed in the past eight years.

We have lived in three apartments together, but have never moved in at the same time.

We have traveled all over the country and made residence in three different states.

We both graduated college, and each have had several jobs in the eight year stretch.

We dated for four years, and have been married for four years.

We have two crazy dogs.

And one wonderfully perfect baby boy.

Today, eight years later, we get the keys to the place George will grow up in. We can finally settle down after years of moving.

So I thought it would be fun to interview Tom and see his thoughts on a few things. I saw a few other bloggers do this, and I thought today was the perfect opportunity to see his responses. I pulled some questions from Chelsea and Melissa, and created some of my own. (Tom also insisted I ask some serious questions after some of the fluff.)

My responses/thoughts are italicized.

What’s the name of my blog?

• Finding My Yellow? Are you just making sure I knew it? Blog, that’s the name of your blog.

What do I normally blog about?

• Your life? What are these questions?

What was my first car?

• Red Chevy blazer.
• Nope. It’s was a Jimmy.
• That’s the same thing. They were made on the same production line. You can’t dig me for that one because remember how many times I fixed that thing.
• You would think for the amount of times you fixed it you would remember it.

What’s your proudest moment of our marriage?

• Either George or the day you graduated Clemson.
• We weren’t married yet when I graduated.
• Hell I consider the last 8 years our marriage. Did you feel any different the day before we got married then the day after?
• No.
• There you go. I am also proud that you can deal with this (as he puts on his duty gear for work). A lot of people don’t watch their husbands put on a bullet proof vest as they go to work and deal with it as well as you do. That’s not normal or something a husband does every day.
• Then we went off script and talked about the different dangers of law enforcement and the Army.

What jewelry do I wear on a normal day?

• Earrings, wedding ring, Clemson ring.
• Correct, but I also wear a watch.
• That’s not jewelry. You use it to tell time, not to be pretty.
• False. Am I right ladies? 

What items are in my purse?

• I don’t know. (The rest of his answer was wildly inappropriate.)
• Wait you never use your purse. You always use your work bag or the diaper bag.
• Life of a working mom, yep.

What is my favorite food?

• It’s a daily thing for you. Beef mac? Cheese rolls at red lobster…Rueben.
• He is right about it being a daily choice, but my go to will always be Mac and Cheese.

What is my favorite T.V. show?

• Anything with teenagers and vampires.
• I don’t watch anything with vampires.
• Riiiight…You are addicted to the Bachelorette, Boy Meets World, lots of trashy TV.
• The correct answer would have been Castle, but in his defense I do watch a lot of bad TV.

What’s an acceptable amount to pay for a dress?

• What’s the dress for? Depends on what the occasion is?
• Wedding dress there wouldn’t be a limit. On a normal day, a hundred bucks? (I laughed because I hardly spend over 30 bucks on a dress) Oh I shouldn’t have said that should I?
• I just spent 12 dollars on a dress.
• Ok well I want you to know that now if you do spend that much on a dress, I can spend that much on tools.

What are some of my favorite activities?

• He said something dirty first-typical Tom answer.
• Running, photography, watching trashy tv, blogging, you like live events like concerts and stuff.
• Pretty spot on.

If I could travel anywhere, where would it be?

• You would go on a cruise, probably somewhere like the Bahamas.
• True.

Where did we go on our second date?

• The zoo, duh.
• It’s still probably one of my favorite dates.

What is your favorite quality of mine?

• You are hopeful. (Then he went into a monologue about how he would view the world if we weren’t together, which I will spare you all from that.)

What am I looking forward to in our new house?

• Comparatively, storage space. An air conditioner that works. A dish washer that works. A laundry room that isn’t an abyss for baby socks. And a kitchen that isn’t the size of a closet. A yard of any kind. Not wasting 750 a month on rent.
• Yep to all that. And to be able to decorate our own space for real.

How did you know that I was the one?

• I think if I could answer that question, then it probably wouldn’t mean very much. You just kind of know.

Is there anything you would like to share with my readers?

• (Goofy grin.) You are not a good apologizer.
• Sadly this is true.

Tom was really upset there weren’t more serious questions. Haha I think people (myself included) forget that Tom has a serious side because he is always goofing around. He surprises me all the time when he finally lets down his guard. But once you get past that facade, he is pretty sentimental and has some pretty serious and awesomely profound things to say.

Tom, I am so happy we decided to do life together. Now carry me over that threshold, and let’s make this place our home!