Work Today

So for fun today...I helped a guy with beer tasting at work....my official job was to card people. Now you'd think that people would understand. Corporate Wegmans policy being what it is, I will lose my job if I don't card everyone. But still most people were surprised...I got some who were flattered that I carded them....some said I made their day, but others were absolutely disgusted that I had to card them. Oh well....all in a days work. ;)
Now to enjoy dominoes for dinner

Our Love Story

So I decided that it was time to put on the story how Derek and I met onto my blog.
This story actually starts about a month before I officially met Derek. I was a brand new freshman at Baptist Bible College. I was just settling in, just getting to know my roommate, and making several new friends. There were guys all over campus that were attractive to me, several that I had crushes on, but to be completely honest, Derek was not one of those guys. In fact I did see him hanging around campus, but he was to me, just this big guy with a beard who was loud. Which hit two of the things that I swore would never be traits of the man I married. I swore he would never have a beard cause they're so scratchy, and he wasn't going to be loud or ever embarrass me, which were obviously traits of this guy.
I had decided before going to BBC, that finding a husband was not going to be my first priority there. I was going to concentrate on school, and if God decided to bring that lucky guy my way, then so be it, but I wasn't going to go looking. My plan worked very well the first month of school. I didn't go looking, although I did see several attractive guys. But then I started noticing how everybody seemed to be dating or with somebody else, and I spent several nights praying that I would be able to concentrate on school, and that God would take away my desire for love and a boyfriend away until he was going to give me my desires.
Shortly after that, me and a new friend were hanging out at the Underground when this guy came up and started chatting with us. I had my laptop with me, I think I was doing homework or facebook or something, cause I wasn't a huge part of the conversation. The only things I remember was hearing him talk about his ex-girlfriend whom according to him he treated like an angel. Then as my friend and I left the underground I remember talking to her about how if he was our boyfriend, we would've never let him go.
So like every new relationship with anyone, boy or girl at BBC, we facebook friended him and after that we hung out with him, my friend and I did almost every night. As a freshman I was a smart student...did all my homework in the afternoon and therefore had my evenings free. So my friend and I hung out with Derek every night. Most of the time together.
However it shortly became a routine for Derek and I to talk for an hour or so every night on facebook. Then because facebook chat is horrible, we eventually moved to Aim.  But as all things go, my friend and I both started to like Derek. And as two girls liking one guy goes....my friend got jealous. She started to accuse me of butting into conversations with her and him when I never did it intentionally. One night we finally rose to a climax with us girls arguing, her saying that she felt like I was hurting her chances with Derek, and I was saying, I had no idea I was doing anything wrong. So I told her, fine, if this is the way you feel, I'm backing off. Then I went to my room, and instead of chatting with Derek, I went to bed. And as I lay in bed waiting for sleep to come, I asked God to remove the feelings that I had for Derek, and for me to be able to just treat him as a friend.
The next morning I didn't see my friend until right before chapel. She came into my room as I was cleaning it up for chapel checks. She then proceeded to tell me that she had talked with Derek the night before after I had left her room. She said that he told her that he liked me and that he was praying about a relationship with me. I could almost not contain myself.
Things after that kinda blur together, but I know Derek and I had a conversation mid September about starting a relationship and we decided that we wanted to get to know eachother better first before we started dating. Then on October 14th we met with my parents, and officially started dating. That is when it became tradition to sit on the back patio of Jackson Hall at night...talking. I actually miss that.
TO BE CONTINUED.........

Time to Catch Up!

Gosh it's been so long since I've written in this blog. Lots of things have happened since then. I know I swore to write in this blog every day, but life gets busy, and sometimes I get lazy and don't take the time to type. Lol.
So lets see...where shall I begin? Well, I guess I could begin with the cat and her two kittens that we rescued from underneath our apartment. The cat seemed to be malnourished, which turned out to be true. She has eaten so much food since we moved them into our bathroom. And she has also gone to the bathroom several times which smells up our bathroom so bad! The kittens are so adorable, and so curious. They are trying to explore the entire apartment when we let them out of the bathroom. Sometimes we have to rescue them from some scary situations.
We have both been praying and trying to figure out what God wants us to do within the next couple of weeks. There are several different things that could happen. Derek has been applying for several different jobs, one of which he didn't get, but he has another interview this Monday. I think, no matter how stressful and painful this has been for us to endure, that God has some lessons He is trying to teach us. The past 8 months that we have been married have been full of fun, stress and some hard lessons. Financially we have just barely made it every month. Somehow, without my knowing how it happens, we always end up having enough money to eat, pay rent, and pay for all of our other bills. Some months we didn't know how we were going to make it, and then something would happen that would allow us to. Over Christmastime there was a church that God brought into our life that blessed us beyond anything we could've imagined.
Within the next couple of weeks we have several exciting events, and some scary ones. Sunday is Easter.....and I am so excited. Not only do I have a new outfit to wear, we also invited my inlaws to come for dinner. She is bringing the ham, and I am making everything else. I am making a blueberry and an apple pie, applesauce jello, green bean casserole, and Derek is making his baked potatoes wrapped in bacon. Such a wonderful feast. I will be sure to include pictures.
The next exciting event happening in my life is graduation. I can't believe that I am actually graduating from college. I have no idea what I will do with all of my spare time. I suppose I will think of something. But at least graduating will be exciting.  But I guess the bigger thing that is taking up all of our prayers recently has been whether or not we will be moving out of this apartment up to NY at the end of this month. Well, actually whether or not we give our 30 days notice at the end of this month. Which is the end of next week. Slightly scary to think about. Needing to make a pretty serious decision in a little over a week. Ah!!!!

Tuesday

Sigh......I find myself bored, so that's why I'm writing in my blog. I can't seem to shake this boredom. Trying to find something that will fill my time that I enjoy. Not that there aren't things around this house that I don't enjoy. I just can't stop this bored feeling. I still have my books to read, and I could crotchet, or something. Maybe I'm just feeling senioritis....perhaps I'm just looking for the job that I love, or I don't want to have all the emptiness of time in my life that removing school will bring. Maybe that's it.
The past couple of days, I don't really have much to report. Just the fact that I have an exam tomorrow that I'm not entirely prepared for.......been getting closer to some of the people at work...hopefully that'll continue and we can become closer friends. Who knows. Kinda have a slight headache tonight....that might be part of my problem, can't really concentrate...one of those headaches. Oh well. I'll just relax tonight and enjoy our shows.

Final Fantasy XIII

Have you ever had one of those days when you woke up and just couldn't shake the sleepiness? Today I couldn't seem to. When my alarm went off this morning I groaned cause I was warm and I didn't want to pull myself out of bed. But it was nice for an hour before I went to work to cuddle on the couch with my hubby <3. I was watching our pal Hicks play Final Fantasy XIII. It is actually interesting. I like watching my guy friends play video games. As I've said before, I think I'm pretty good at understanding video game speak by now. Ok, maybe not. Dara's and Agas still confuse me. LOL.
So today wasn't the best day at work. To start it off, it was so busy. Saturdays are always busy but today seemed to be extremely so. I don't think I had a moment to myself from the time I walked to my register. But the worst of it started when I got back after my break. The first customer I had I dropped their gallon of milk on the floor, and it split down the side and started leaking all over the floor. So they had to shut down my line so that maintenance could come and mop up my mess. After that I just kept throwing things and dropping things all the time. I didn't notice one guys coupon and it got sucked under the belt. Plus I screwed up on a couple orders and needed outside help. But, the highlight of my day was my one customer who came into my line because she said she saw that I was smiling. =)
Then I got home, and my hubby was sweet and we went out and got subs. Plus, we got this awesome movie...."Backup Plan" with Jennifer Lopez. We are going to watch it after the boys leave. Yes, I am going to subject my husband to a chick flick, but it's ok, I usually watch guy action movies. I mostly watch them playing video games.
So I discovered that I love grocery shopping. Maybe it's because I just love food. But I love to spend my money in Wegmans, buying food that we can eat. Plus, especially at a certain time of the month, I tend to enjoy sweet things a little more than usual. And I have just discovered that my new sinful passion is Peanut Butter Snickers Bars. They are so good. I can barely keep myself from buying one every time I'm in the store.
So I think I am trying to find something to do, like a hobby or something. A lot of afternoons I get bored. I just want something to occupy myself. Something to spend my time doing, something that will challenge my mind. Oh well.....crocheting didn't seem to occupy me for that long.

Recipes!!!!!!!

So I would love to have a blog that is like the movie, Julie and Julia. I would love to spend every day cooking, and then blogging about it. It would be so much fun. However I don't have enough time to spend doing that right now, so I will just blog about my life when I have the chance, and a few recipes that I enjoy making.

Homemade Meatballs
1 cup Panko Bread Crumbs                       2 TBsp parsley
2 Large Eggs                                             1 tsp Italian Seasoning
1/2 Cup Water                                          1 tsp Salt
1/3 Cup Romano Cheese                           1/2 tsp Pepper
2 tsp Minced Garlic                                   1 lb Ground Beef
Add panko, eggs, water, cheese, garlic, parsley, seasoning, salt and pepper to large bowl; stir to combine. Add beef, mix until just combined. Form 3 Tbsp balls. Bake at 450 for 15-17 minutes.

So I haven't exactly made this recipe, but I have made one similar and the meatballs were extremely delicious. Plus I used a mixture of beef and sausage, which made the meatballs even more delicious. I love to cook, so making delicious things is relaxing to me. =)

So here is another recipe I tried, I didn't really like. Which was surprising to me because I love seafood generally, but this one was too rich for me.

Seafood and Cream Cheese Stuffed Shells
1 Pkg (12 oz) Jumbo Pasta Shells                      1/8 tsp  Pepper
2 Pkg (16 oz) Cream Cheese                             1/8 tsp cayenne pepper
1/3 Cup Mayonnaise                                          3 cans (18 oz) lump crabmeat
2 tsp Sugar                                                        1/2 lb frozen cooked salad shrimp
1 1/2 tsp Lemon juice                                       12 Green onions finely chopped
Cook pasta according to package directions; drain and rinse in cold water. Cool to room temperature. In a large bowl, combine the cream cheese, mayo, sugar, lemon juice, pepper and cayenne. Gently stir in the crab, shrimp and onions. Stuff shells about 2 tbsp in each. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour. (Better if much longer.)
The guys said it tasted much better today, so maybe if it's refrigerated a little longer, like overnight, LOL.

So I don't mind cooking, but I really love to bake, and at some point I will share some recipes for that. Unfortunately I don't have the time to bake like I would like. And all the recipes I have, boring. At least I think so.

TGIF!!!!!!

Well, today was a good day. I actually remembered to something that needed to be done this morning. This is a good step for me, I wasn't lazy, I actually made myself get up and put the roast in the crockpot before I forgot this morning. Then I managed to get my homework done before class time, even though I didn't do that great with it. =P
I was also able to enjoy watching my favorite shows this morning with my hubby. Friday mornings are one of the few mornings that we are both able to sleep in a little later and watch "Let's Make a Deal" and "The Price is Right".
Then I went to class, which was interesting today. We have been working on resumes and everything that has to do with getting a job. The fake interviews in class were hilarious! But today we critiqued eachothers resumes and got tips from our professor as to how to make them better.
Then I went to work, and that was good. I do enjoy working, and talking to people. It is always interesting because I never talk to the same person for more than 10 minutes. I love talking to people, and my job gives me the chance to do that on a daily basis. I also was happy at work because I talked to my boss about giving him my resume and he sounded like it would be a good thing and that I'm doing a good job with it so far. That made me smile. =)
When I walked into our apartment, I was immediately in deliciousness heaven. The smell of the roast was overwhelming our small apartment, and it was just amazing! Then when I took it out it was crumbling and falling apart it was so tender. I made gravy to go along with it, and it just melted in my mouth. Derek was cramming it into his mouth so fast it tasted so good to him.
I mentioned that I love people, and I love to host people in our apartment. One of my biggest frustrations with our apartment is the fact that it is small, and I don't have that much room to host. Our dining room table is on the porch, piled with our junk that there isn't room for in our apartment. Anyways, I just love having our friends from school over to hang out, and to feed them on a regular basis. Last semester there was an even amount of girls and guys over at our apartment, but this semester there are just guys. They are so lucky....I will boast in myself in the fact that my cooking is better than campus food, and especially one friend of ours is over here almost every day. He has eaten more meals here, than he has at school. Good for him.
I guess the point of me mentioning all of that previous paragraph was just to say that I was sitting here on my couch watching the boys play Final Fantasy. I actually give myself props, I think I'm doing a really good job of trying to learn the different kinds of video games, and actually being able to keep up with them when they talk about their games. Most of the time anyway. =) But now we are watching CSI NY. I enjoy tv shows, and for christmas we got a 42" TV and a rabbit ear antennae, so we can actually pick up a few channels now. Which is amazing for us cause we get some of our favorite tv shows.