In reviewing my grocery bills the last month, I made a non-startling discovery: we paid almost $30 in cheese alone the past month. Now, I suppose this should come as no surprise, considering that I also made the recent discovery that I eat cheese at every meal, including breakfast, almost every day of the week. …
Bountiful Baskets
Before galloping off to get my hair cut, I went with my good friend Petrice to this awesome thing Logan does every Saturday called The Bountiful Basket. Basically what it is is a parking lot where all this fresh produce (all the surplus that local farmers couldn’t sell to stores) is gathered up into white …
Change It Up Challenge: Grown-Up Hair Salons
It was the above picture at my former roommate’s wedding that finally did it–it was the last straw on the camel’s back, the last calorie to make me gain the pound, the last little shopping cart race that gets you kicked out of Walmart…basically, it was what made me say, “This hair’s history. Whether you …
Success!
Well folks, after over a month of diligent searching and countless rejections, I finally found full-time employment working at Robertson Manufacturing as their bookkeeper/receptionist. Even though it looks like the learning curve will be steep for the first several weeks, I’m so grateful to have finally found a job. How grateful I am for answered …
Here’s What’s Cooking…Frozen Strawberry Pie
If the stream of wet, gray days has got you longing for the heat of summer, this recipe is for you—this frozen strawberry pie is the embodiment of all that a delicious summer dessert should be: light, fluffy, and refreshingly cold. And since those sweet summer days with the sun shining through the kitchen windows …
Chastening
Matt’s picture of the rainbow right outside the condo in St. George You know how sometimes you go to church and one of the talks just hits you like a spiritual clothesline in your face? Well, it’s been quite awhile since that happened to me. But judging by what the topic was today, I needed …
Honeymoon Pics
Seeing as though we still have no jobs and seeing as though I can’t look at cleaning supplies or moving boxes for another second, I’m going to post some more pics of the honeymoon. Can I just first say that our honeymoon was amazing? After a very long engagement and an even more stressful semester, …
All Moved In…Now Where To Put It All?
Less than a week ago, we returned from a week of bliss, relaxation, and no responsibilities…to this: The only saving grace from the massive chaotic disturbance known as our apartment was the fact that Matt’s awesome sisters-in-law had broken in while we were gone and left us lots of surprises–balloons, streamers, rose petals, chocolates, candles…and …