Freezing

This is what I saw when I walked out into the living room this morning. You will notice the leggings underneath his shorts, as well as the blanket wrapped around his feet. Think it's time to turn up the heat?

We had to call our landlord to come turn it on finally after like two weeks of freezing to death because he "forgot" it was cold outside. And like the champion that he is, he turned it to like 60 degrees. He also someow set it so that it doesn't come on until like seven in the morning, runs for an hour, and then shuts off until like eleven at night for another hour. So if you are in the house and awake anytime not duirng those two hours of heat, you are out of luck.

Needless to say, we will be giving him a call this weekend.

*The reason our landlord comes to turn on our heat is because there is only one gas meter for all three levels, so he controls it. This does mean we don't pay for it, so I guess there is your silver lining.

FHE

Now Chris and I only hold Family Home Evening about once every quarter (don't judge us...we are trying) but last night was one the lucky Monday nights when we actually had a planned out FHE. Cory can attest to that, as we were "babysitting" him while Karissa was at work and thus made him give the lesson.

After the fantastic lesson ( which was the home teaching message), we proceeded to my favorite part of the evening...pumpkin carving!

Might I say, I was very impressed with the way our pumpkin turned out.

Home Sick

What are the odds that you will wake up sick with the flu on Monday morning, four hours before your scheduled flu shot?

If you are me, pretty good.

Kind of Corny

But, oh so cute. This is how the corn from our garden turned out. I guess this is what happes when you have no sunlight in your garden. Everything is mini. Although this corn represents hours of wasted time, I still couldn't help but smile becuase it was so cute.

Happy Birthday

It is kind of belated, since his birthday was on Sunday. But here is a tribute to my wonderful "old"* husband, two days after his 25th birthday. I am not doing the "top 25" list of things I love about him because that makes me want to barf...no offense to anyone.

Two things most people don't know about him, and he will probably kill me for sharing:

1) He always reads comics when he is on the can. Helps to get things flowing apparently.

2) He currently owns six transportation vehicles, only three of which work. He's a tinkerer.

Five awesome things he has done in his 25 years:

1) Marry me--duh.

2) Serve a mssion in Sweden, and attempt to teach me Swedish. It's not sticking so well.

3) Teach at-risk high schoolers for two years. Major props from one teacher to another for this one.

4) Driven a Volkswagen bus across country (almost) twice.

5) Develop an aesome laugh and a permanent smile for everyone around him.

*Chris thinks he is old now. He reckons his life is about halfway over at this point because I will probably drive him to his grave in the next 25 years, so he makes it a point to dress in as much polyester as possible so he can get his fill.

Dirty Laundry

When you wear a white shirt to work and then spill orange juice all down your front at eight-thirty in the morning, your day is pretty much ruined, right?

Not if your boss has a washer/dryer in his private bathroom. Booyah!

One hour later...cleaner shirt than i showed up to work in.

I heart carbs

Yesterday we had an executive committee meeting--I am the offical caterer for this meeting. I dutifully went and got breakfast from Einstein's, however, only one person partook of said breakfast. Thus, one dozen bagels at my disposal.

Now, i love, love, love bagels. So you can imagine my sheer joy at this prospect.

I have subsequently eaten two bagels a day (breakfast and lunch...would probably eat one for dinner if Chris would let me). Mix this with a desk job. Not good. So, those of you who thought I was chubby before--you ain't seen nothing yet.

Lunch

Sometimes when I don't have enough time to go home for lunch, I like to walk around Costco and eat the free samples.

I'm white trash, and I like it.

It's Hammock Time

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We recently acquired a new hammock, thanks to Brent, Nicole, and the lovely people of El Salvador. We have enjoyed Sunday afternoon naps and such on it. Notice also the lush natural foliage of our backyard. What else could you ask for?

You know you're an adult when..

...seven a.m is sleeping in
...your free time consists of visiting teaching and cleaning your house
...if you don't get to bed by ten thirty, you have a mental breakdown
...going to the gym is a treat
...your boss is on speed dial
...you spend hours a day on the computer writing emails to people about policies and procedures you really have no idea about

When did I become an adult? lame.