That fabulous fresh perfect crust peach pie

It turned into the fabulous fresh patchwork crust pie. I started the crust and Goodlooking was on the filing and I was sooo frustrated and eventually started over on the crust!!! Then on the second batch Goodlooking had to push me aside* and do it because I wanted to just give up and take my awesome Peach Goodness. He figured it out and I was glad that I am married to such a patient man.
*he did it because he wanted PIE!

First Day at Work In A Long Time

So, I just got home from my first day at work!  It is hard work to memorize these things BUT I have done it before and I am doing it now.  

I still wish that a few people would be calling me soon!!!!

Very vague and if you want details you will have to wait till some people call me back.  

Employment and Last Weekend

It never felt so good as it felt today when I was in an interview and he said "oreientation starts Tuesday at 4"
Also, I had a remembering thought last night and I wrote it in my journal as follows
(not a direct quote) A long time ago, I used to think, I want to be poor for the first few years of marriage so that when we get good and RICH, we can appreciate the money that we have.
Well, I think we are going to be SUPER rich because I already appreciate any money!!!

And now to post about the weekend that happened a while ago

Freshman 40 came over and we made cookies that she could take to FHE and that we could take to Mapleton. It was fun and the double batch (of the recipe in the book my mother in law gave me) made A LOT of cookies. We went to watch the BYU game in Mapleton which was A LOT of fun and there was REALLY good food involved. After the game, we played games then we decided to go see UP in the Dollar Theater that cost like 1.25 (it needs a new name). We all piled up and convinced one of the cousins to come and he could spend the night at our house and we would give him a ride to his meetings the following morning. We got the the theater 30 or so minutes early to go to the 930 show and the girl says that they sold out at 8 pm. REDICULOUS!!! so we went to our house and watched a differen movie and he still spent the night. It still was a lot of fun to have everyone over but sad that we didn't get to watch UP (which is GREAT. Go see it).

On Sunday when I finally got up, I found out that the cousin didn't get any breakfast (which I feel very bad about and hope that there are no hard feelings). Church was at 1230 (which is the worst time for church unless you have it later than that. If you do, I pitty you and never wish anything bad on you). It stinks because by the time church is over, it's like the day is over (it's really not but I like spending time in sunday clothes and playing games with Goodlooking).

:::BY THE WAY:::

Starting last Monday, I gave up obvious sugar for a week (like desserts and such). It has been somewhat hard and will get harder as I think we are going to Mapleton again for the game and I want to make my fabulous fresh peach perfect crust pie. We will see how it goes. I would like to do this longer than a week but this is a test period for a longer amount of time in the future.

A Great Weekend

(I wrote this post a long time ago then I couldn't get on the internet to post it)

Looking back, I realize I did not mention that Goodlooking started his last year in school.  Yippie!!

I, on the other hand, did not start school and am still looking for the next best job I have ever had.  That was the plan when we got here and I thought, “Oh, it will be easy to get a new job CAUSE I AM SO AMAZING!!!”.  However, now, I am just desperate to relieve my boredom and make any money (not the kind you get doing dishonest or illegal things so do not contact me about such deals).  I fill my time looking on craigslist every 20 minutes or so and trying to be the first person to reply to a job opportunity, thinking about what to scrapbook, house work, working out and the other day, I went driving from business to business putting on a pretty smile begging for applications and for them to hire just one more person (that person, obviously, is me because I would be the BEST addition to any team).

On Saturday, Goodlooking, Freshman 40, and I went to SLC to pick up Small Parcel from the airport then up to Idaho for some FUN!

That night, we watched the football game and shot off some AWESOME fireworks.  We brought the last of our poppers (which turned out to be duds probably because they were old and had been to the sauna of the south) and half of the supply we had bought on our way to the sauna.  My favorite was the pyramid one that spun really fast and went up higher than the rockets. 

On Sunday, we went to church and had a fabulous Thanksgiving(esque) dinner after which we all sat around and talked for a long time and Goodlooking convinced the ARM to change his major to what he is doing (Because it is the BEST).  Then we went over to the other house and played NERTS (someone says that you don’t really get to know me till you play NERTS with me… that is KIND OF a quote and is pretty true) till late and talked for 2 hours later (laughed more than talked).

On Monday, we took Small Parcel to BYUI.  She waited in line to get her key while Goodlooking broke in and we got her and her roommate moved in.  We drove back to grandma’s house and roasted wieners (which apparently is a very Mormon thing to do, according to someone that Small Parcel met on the plane (Berry*)).  And we were sent home with a smorgasbord of vegetables and a raspberry plant (which I am VERY excited about).

Which brings me to SPUD.  Spud was a very good plant.  He lasted through the cold winter but just couldn’t make it through the summer with someone else living here, so goodbye SPUD.  The new plant doesn’t have a name yet but if anyone has any good ideas, I think I am open to anything good.

*Name not changed to protect privacy

 

:::BYTHEWAY:::

The new fish are getting names and the old ones finally have one too.   They all have their own little personalities and work hard to be the best little swimmer.

 Frog = Frogie

red neon=Lightning  (kacha)

two green neon= Calvin and Hobbes

orange neon=little”O”

colorful goldfish= Pepperidge

big goldfish= Nabisco

Algae eater= Creepy

Why Can't I Just Be Dreaming

How is it possible that I am STILL unemployed!!! SERIOUSLY, come on!!!

Stories of a Gym Member

Today, I worked out at the gym here in Provo for the second time.  I have had a membership to Curves before and a gym in Mississippi before but this is a real Gym that has a commercial and thousands of locations worldwide.  The first time I went, I hopped on an elliptical and that worked out well except that 20 minutes into it, the darned thing started to scream every time I lifted my left foot up to go around.  

This time I got in the pool to do laps.  On Sunday, I got a blister on my ankle from walking to church in my newer black heals so on the way home, the only thing I could do was go barefoot.  By the time I got home, my feet we the nastiest shade of black they have ever been and I had HUGE blisters on the balls of my feet too and it is only two blocks, hence the need to swim and not run.

I got into it and was going real good for the fist 30 minutes.  I had my own lane then a lady comes in and says that she needs the first two lanes (one of which I was in) for her class so I moved over and it was me and some guy.  He was faster than me and I felt sort of bad for him cause he was doing breaststroke and I was just floating and kicking my feet cause I didn’t have any goggles. 

Back to the lady.  I asked her how much of the pool she would need and she said the rule is, if there are 10 or more people, she gets the whole thing and that she probably wouldn’t have that many.  I kept swimming and 10 minutes later I had to get out.

Over all, it was a good workout.