About Us

by Danny and Stephanie

About Us
Danny and Stephanie live in Pleasanton, CA with their two “unique” cats, Harley and Zoe. Stephanie is currently trying not to kill/maim/destroy her brand new garden, while Danny is currently trying to hurry up and finish the brick wall for the garden before it starts to down pour every day…it may be too late for the wall, considering the fact that it is raining right now…

About Danny
Danny graduated from the University of Oregon in 2008, with a BA in History. He is currently going through the process to become a substitute teacher…which takes forever! He will be entering a teaching credential program in the summer of 2009, to become a high school history teacher.

About Stephanie
Stephanie graduated from Lewis and Clark College in Portland, OR in 2007 with a BA in Chemistry. She then received her Masters in Chemistry from the University of Oregon. She is currently attending The Professional Culinary Institute in Campbell, CA to further her love and understanding of food and feeding people. She will be entering the same teaching credential program as Danny, in the summer of 2009. She hopes to eventually become a high school chemistry and general science teacher.

How We Met
Danny and Stephanie met in September 2007 in Eugene, OR. Danny was starting his senior year at the University of Oregon, and Stephanie was just starting graduate school at the University of Oregon. Stephanie took some summer courses with Morgan, a friend of Danny’s. Morgan decided that Stephanie needed some friends in Eugene so she might as well just adopt his friends! So one day, Stephanie invited Morgan over to a Sunday dinner she was making and told him to bring some of his friends. Morgan invited Ryan, Julie…and Danny. Little did Stephanie or Danny know that Morgan and Julie had secretly decided that Danny and Stephanie would be perfect for each other. Danny coming over to dinner was a secret set up!

With the grace and sleekness of a pigeon in an avalanche Morgan set about placing Stephanie and Danny in alone time situations. Subtlety is not one of Morgan’s strong suits, by the way.

Danny first realized that he liked Stephanie when they went to see their very first, very romantic movie together…”Shoot ‘em Up.” Stephanie laughed during the ridiculous movie and Danny loved that a girl could laugh at such a stereotypical guy movie. Stephanie realized that she first liked Danny when she had more fun sitting on the couch playing Yahoo’s “Text Twist” game with him, than she did hanging out with everyone else at the party.

Over the next couple weeks, Danny and Stephanie started hanging out more and more, including conversations going on well into six in the morning…or just a couple of minutes in “Stephanie Time.” It was after one of these conversation during the movie “Mission Impossible” that the two found themselves in front of the “guy’s house” at two in the morning. It was the end of the night but neither wanted to leave each other’s presence. Danny felt an urge to kiss the beautiful girl before him but was unsure about what would happen…he was worried about leaving later with a red cheek from a well placed slap! After an eternity of gazing into the beautiful girl’s eyes he went in for the kill. He smooched her…and she kissed him back!!! It was this gleeful moment the adventure began.

Things We Like to Do Together

• Camping
• Cooking dinner
• Walking around the neighborhood, the park, the grocery store, etc.
• Going on aimless drives around the country side
• Fixing up our garden
• Playing with the crazy kitties
• Playing board games
• Hanging out in Ryan and Halsey’s front yard while barbecuing and eating dinner
• Traveling and having “adventures” while doing so
• Sitting outside in the hammock watching the vultures crash into the nearby tree
• Playing computer games
• Playing Frisbee
• Spending as much time in each other’s company as possible

Firsts
First day they met: September 15th, 2007
First Sunday Dinner: September 15th, 2007
First movie: “Shoot ‘em Up”
First kiss: In Morgan-Ryan-Halsey’s front yard September 18th, 2007
First date: Papa Anitolli’s Restaurant in Eugene, OR. followed by “Seusical the Musical”
First camping trip: Del Valle, CA

And they lived happily ever after…