Blessed

Last week Jen and I went to tithing settlement and wrote out a check for the balance of our tithing for the year. I was richly blessed this week as I always am when I pay my tithing. I ran into a girl I dated a long time ago. She introduced me to her husband. He is a short bald guy. Malachi 3:10.

ESPN College Game Day

Who would miss ESPN College Game Day when they come to the town you are living in. Not me!

C's get degrees

This is what I tell myself when I get a 74% on a test. C's get degrees (today I'm including C-'s)Good thing there was an extra credit question on the test.

"I don't want that spider in my house!"

I HATE spiders!!! I have often been quoted as saying, "I don't want THAT spider in my house." After which Joseph usually says, "what spider do you want in your house?" Today as I sat in my living room, happily working on my computer I glance over my shoulder out the window only to see this:

I immediately jumped up and ran to Joseph begging him to take care of the problem clinging to my window. He said he would take care of it in a while so I sat back down at my table and tried to work. Have you ever tried to work next to a black widow spider? Now granted the spider was on the outside of the window and I was on the inside, but "I don't want THAT spider in my house!" After about 30 seconds this wild beast's long black legs started to move and I began to pester Joseph again to take care of the problem. After about 10 minutes of me following him around the house ranting and raving that no work could be done until such problem was dead and shriveled upon it's ugly black and red self he took this:

outside to spray down our window wells until they were bug free. I pulled up the blinds and coached him on where to spray and how much to spray, while being protected behind the single pane of glass separating me from THAT spider. Once the spider was deceased I motioned through the window that Joseph could return inside.

Ahhhhhh, problem solved, work is now getting done. (Special sorry to Joseph for having to brave the wild beast alone. Next time I'll try to help you.)

What to Blog

I read my friend's blogs on almost a daily basis and laugh my guts out at their funny adventures. And then I sit quietly and think. . . ."I wish I had something exciting that I could blog about." And then I think over the last few months of my life and realize that if I just would sit down everyday and think about what I'd done I could come up with some pretty funny things:

Spilling stain in the back of my in-law's Tahoe and then spending 3 hours cleaning it out and 4 weeks trying to air out the smell.

In-laws cat pooping in the house and burying it with shoes (it's what cats do, they bury their doo)

Fist fight breaking out at work (intramural flag football - I was supposed to call campus police but I just stood there with my mouth open and drool dripping from my chin. . . oops!)

Leaning out the car windows on I-15 trying to get the attention of Bobby Bowden (FSU's football coach) with no success and then calling everyone we know to tell them that we saw Bobby Bowden.

The list could go on and on. I guess what I'm trying to say is my new resolve is to blog at least once a week. It's kinda like flossing. . . it hurts the first time you do it, it might even bleed a little, but over time it gets better and better and soon you actually start liking it.

Pead Out!!

This year our garden has exploded!! We planted 2 small rows of peas and they took over everything. Today we decided to pick all of the peas that remained and tear out the plants so that our poor tomato plants could have some room to breath. We picked so many peas we didn't know what to do with them all, and we are so sick of eating peas that we decided we be good homemakers and freeze what remained of the peas. Here is a photo shoot of my peas.

Peas!!

Blanching the peas!

Almost done blanching!

Bagged and ready to freeze!

And a lovely red cabbage we grew!

Silicone. . . yes please!

Tonight I made some banana bread, using some silicone bakeware I got for my wedding 2 years ago. Sadly it was the first time I've used it. . . but not the last! It is amazing.