Since my last post a lot has gone on here. I'm continuing with classes and getting ready for a change, but I guess I have a while to wait until next semester.
Two weeks ago turkey was on sale at Kroger, we decided to buy one and have our own thanksgiving since I will be in PA and Tyler will stay home for real Thanksgiving. I did all my research, looked up recipes for traditional dishes, watched videos on how to cook a turkey, and even made homemade gravy. Everything turned out wonderfully, except, when I went to carve the turkey (something I did not look up how to do, I re-murdered it) I realized that although I had gotten the neck out, I left the heart and liver in. Who decided they should be in a completely different spot? That's silly. But our Thanksgiving was delicious, and we are still enjoying the leftovers.
We have been working around the house gradually to keep making things more homey. This past week I went at our couch with a knife to fluff it back up. It looks 10x better, except for the scars... but I figure one I get a cover on it, that wont matter.
This weekend was exciting for us. We went on a date night last night to Hibachi, a nearby Japanese Buffet. Picture an oriental Ryan's with way better food and that is what it was. And today, I went to a signing lunch in which people from the Deaf community and the ASL students had lunch together and signed. Pretty self explanatory, but that was really interesting and fun for me. I love watching the 3rd and 4th year students knowing that if they can learn the language, I can too.
Well sorry there are no pictures. I have been finishing the editing of our wedding pictures and cannot work up enough energy to look through more.
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Our Jaundiced View
My mom recently "got on my case" about not posting the definitions to the words in my post titles. So here it is.
Jaundiced 1. exhibiting prejudice 2. yellowed
As you know, we have had quite the time finding jobs. At first, my ideal job was being a nanny and cleaning some homes on the side. Applying for a job at college was the last thing I wanted to do, but I gave in and did it. It turned out that I got an amazing job, working for great people who will go out of their way to do things for me. My boss frequently asks me how Tyler and I are doing, if we are having any problems with the house, if we need anything etc. For Tyler, he didn't get the jobs we were excited about, and as more exciting jobs come along, we try to curb our enthusiasm and not get our hopes up. But I was reminded yesterday as I scrubbed out some very nasty sinks, that God does has a plan for us, we just are too narrow minded to see it. If we would open our eyes a little, we would see that every job that turns us down, is one step closer to the one that will be the best fit.
Just a thought.
On another note, we got our delivery of flowers on Saturday. It was too late in the evening to go and plant, but we got a chance on Sunday. Here are the pictures!
Here is the right side of our flower bed under our living room window, before we worked. As you can see, no one did anything before we got there. So we got out shovels and broke up the soil, and then went through and pulled out all the grass and roots. 
Here is the after, its a little sparse, but Vicki is going to give us more and we can fill it in. I also have a lot of seeds that I plan to plant in the spring and that will fill it in also.
Here is the left side of the bed, below our bedroom window.
Before
After
And this is the pile of stuff we got out of the beds. Yes, when we moved here there was a bale of straw. We plan on using it to protect some mums that my supervisor is going dumpster diving for in November at a nearby retirement village. 
We did this today. There was a pile of bricks in our backyard, and a little landing off the back porch. We thought it would look nice to put a little border around the flowerbeds. Also, that should give a clue to the grounds people that we will take care of our own flowerbeds. At some point we need to dig down a little and set the bricks in. 
And, for the right side, there are some landscaping bricks down in the ground around the edge that we are going to dig up and make look nice...and by we I mean Tyler =)
The next thing on the list is to make curtains and couch covers so we can have a nicer living room.
Jaundiced 1. exhibiting prejudice 2. yellowed
As you know, we have had quite the time finding jobs. At first, my ideal job was being a nanny and cleaning some homes on the side. Applying for a job at college was the last thing I wanted to do, but I gave in and did it. It turned out that I got an amazing job, working for great people who will go out of their way to do things for me. My boss frequently asks me how Tyler and I are doing, if we are having any problems with the house, if we need anything etc. For Tyler, he didn't get the jobs we were excited about, and as more exciting jobs come along, we try to curb our enthusiasm and not get our hopes up. But I was reminded yesterday as I scrubbed out some very nasty sinks, that God does has a plan for us, we just are too narrow minded to see it. If we would open our eyes a little, we would see that every job that turns us down, is one step closer to the one that will be the best fit.
Just a thought.
On another note, we got our delivery of flowers on Saturday. It was too late in the evening to go and plant, but we got a chance on Sunday. Here are the pictures!
Here is the right side of our flower bed under our living room window, before we worked. As you can see, no one did anything before we got there. So we got out shovels and broke up the soil, and then went through and pulled out all the grass and roots. 
Here is the after, its a little sparse, but Vicki is going to give us more and we can fill it in. I also have a lot of seeds that I plan to plant in the spring and that will fill it in also. 
Here is the left side of the bed, below our bedroom window.
Before
After
Here is the side bed
And this is the pile of stuff we got out of the beds. Yes, when we moved here there was a bale of straw. We plan on using it to protect some mums that my supervisor is going dumpster diving for in November at a nearby retirement village. 
We did this today. There was a pile of bricks in our backyard, and a little landing off the back porch. We thought it would look nice to put a little border around the flowerbeds. Also, that should give a clue to the grounds people that we will take care of our own flowerbeds. At some point we need to dig down a little and set the bricks in. 
And, for the right side, there are some landscaping bricks down in the ground around the edge that we are going to dig up and make look nice...and by we I mean Tyler =)The next thing on the list is to make curtains and couch covers so we can have a nicer living room.
Friday, October 7, 2011
Vesuvian... something'erother
Well, it has been quite awhile since I have posted, sorry about that.
We did end up getting to stay in the guest house, it was really nice to have walls that weren't white and trim that was not painted. So we enjoyed our little vacation especially because while we were in the house we had an unlimited meal plan at the school. We made a couple unnecessary trips to the campus restaurant to stock up on fruit, sandwiches, chips, and the only pop we'll have for a long time. Every night we checked in on the house and watched the progress.
When we got back to our own house, we were delighted with the non-mildewy bathroom. My allergies are still not doing well, but they are a lot better than they were. We examined the house a little and noticed some stains that the maintenance men had left. I talked to the landlord and he told me to talk to the head of housekeeping, lucky me, I work for housekeeping. My boss was so helpful, and that night we got our entire carpet shampooed. Praise Jesus!
Tyler and I have both been adjusting to our jobs. I have been getting a steady 20 hours a week and everything is becoming second nature to me. My boss has been giving me jobs everywhere so that I can learn all the different things on campus, along with jobs where I lead and train other students. I was talking to my boss the other day and it sounds like I may have a student supervisor job for the summer which is 40 hours a week and I think a higher pay. Tyler's job is going well, but he would like to find another. A Salvation Army community center is opening up in the area, and Bethel is having a job fair hosted by the center so he is going to try and get a job there.
My current excitement is all about plants. My boss and supervisors tend to adopt us students, and I have worked with one woman named Vicki the most. We have had a lot of conversations and after learning that I liked gardening she got very excited. She said that she will be thinning out her garden and would love to bring me flowers, so tomorrow she is bringing us daisies, lilies, black eyed susans, marigolds, mums, resurrection lilies, ground cover, and some other stuff. She has been saving clay pots that the school is throwing out and giving them to me, and likes to give me starts of plants that are all around campus. And, in the spring, she has promised to take me dumpster diving. =)
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| Woops! One of the stains we found |
When we got back to our own house, we were delighted with the non-mildewy bathroom. My allergies are still not doing well, but they are a lot better than they were. We examined the house a little and noticed some stains that the maintenance men had left. I talked to the landlord and he told me to talk to the head of housekeeping, lucky me, I work for housekeeping. My boss was so helpful, and that night we got our entire carpet shampooed. Praise Jesus!
Tyler and I have both been adjusting to our jobs. I have been getting a steady 20 hours a week and everything is becoming second nature to me. My boss has been giving me jobs everywhere so that I can learn all the different things on campus, along with jobs where I lead and train other students. I was talking to my boss the other day and it sounds like I may have a student supervisor job for the summer which is 40 hours a week and I think a higher pay. Tyler's job is going well, but he would like to find another. A Salvation Army community center is opening up in the area, and Bethel is having a job fair hosted by the center so he is going to try and get a job there.
My current excitement is all about plants. My boss and supervisors tend to adopt us students, and I have worked with one woman named Vicki the most. We have had a lot of conversations and after learning that I liked gardening she got very excited. She said that she will be thinning out her garden and would love to bring me flowers, so tomorrow she is bringing us daisies, lilies, black eyed susans, marigolds, mums, resurrection lilies, ground cover, and some other stuff. She has been saving clay pots that the school is throwing out and giving them to me, and likes to give me starts of plants that are all around campus. And, in the spring, she has promised to take me dumpster diving. =)
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| My cooking day last weekend. On the left is peanut butt and chocolate squares, and failed homemade potato chips. On the right is delicious chocolate chip bread and homemade tortillas (delicious and cheap). |
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| The chocolate chip bread, we got two loaves out of the recipe! |
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