Lasaugna, also a great chip dip!

I decided that I should post something considering that I haven't posted anything in way over a fortnight, whatever amount of days are a fortnight. And therefore Mindy has been the sole contributor to this blog since the first, inaugural post. Anyway, as to add my two bits, I am writing this now. Two bits.

When the sky is dark, and there is no sun, and the clouds taunt with the possibility of snow, but never snow. One finds that they must look deep within themselves, and also scrounge the surroundings for any possible signs of hope. I have done such, as the conditions listed above continued for an almost unbearable five days and nights. I have often thought on the true and inspirational lyrics to "A few of my Favorite things." sung by Julie Andrews in the "Sound of Music." Though I'm rarely bitten by dogs, or stung by bees, I feel comfort in those words and believe they still fit my situation. So I decided to list some hopeful things, and other favorite ideas in a list of ten articles. I hope that whoever reads this may find hope and joy in them also.

first an honorable mention. 80's rocker guy goes to USU.
10. Christmas music is good always. Especially when it's cold and dark. Mindy and I have been faithful listeners since before Halloween.
9. Hot Cocoa, enough said.
8. Lasaugna. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner. MMMMMM!!!
7. Life is always better when you can tuck your underwear in your socks, A mission reference to this time of year and thermal garments.
6. December 22nd through January 1st. In this time period, i have my anniversary, christmas, my birthday, and new years. and the best part is, No school during any of them.
5. I don't work at western watts anymore. FREEEEEE!!!!!
4. Chips are amazing, they can go with any meal, or food group. Even desert. (fried Ice cream!)
3. Hockey is fun to watch. it's a combination of soccer, ice, and the WWF all rolled into one.
2. Big furry hats, they are incredibly warm, and really fun to look at. :)
1. "Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat." Yipee, i love christmas, it is the best holiday. period.

Don't forget to read your warning lables

No one ever warned us that the sun never shines in Logan! For the past week clouds filled the sky and it was very cold, there was no snow and there was no sun! After living in St. George for quite sometime it seemed like death to go so long with out the sun! Logan needs a warning sign on it when you drive into the valley that says, "Warning: the sun does not shine here for five months of the year, and it gets so cold that your nose may fall off. If you still want to live here, come on in." Ok, so it's not that bad yet, but i've heard stories.
When the sun finally came out today at about 3:00 pm i was so excited that I couldn't help but tell everyone I knew! Yeah for the sun!

Spider of Death!

While James and I were setting up our fake spider webs for Halloween we saw this ferocious spider near our apartment. My heart stopped and I did not know what to do with such a huge thing. We were affraid to squish him just in case there were babies on his back. My idea was for James to get a glass bottle so we could take it far far far far away from our home.

James, my hero, concluded that it must be dead because it was in the middle of no where, and it had not moved in a long time. He grabed a piece of paper and poked it. The spider's leggs moved a little, but thank goodness it was dead!




James placed the spider on the paper and we took it to the street just in case it came back to life.

Last Sunday Evening

The following pictures are of what James and I love to do on Sunday evenings when there is no one to visit, and nothing really to do. James built a horse drawn space ship using every single piece of lego that he currently has. I built a tower out of domioes, and then we both built a domino train. We love our sunday evenings together :)

our cute apartment in Logan!

Picture #1: The front of our apartment. We live downstairs, and there are 3 college girls upstairs.

Picture #2: Our beautiful backyard!

Picture #3: The front/living room, and our 46 inch big screen t.v. that we bought at DI for only $45! It works great! The only down side is that it takes about 5-10 min. to warm up :)

Picture #4: This is our bathroom vanity.

Picture #5: Now on to my favorite part of the apt. The kitchen! It is very big, has a lot of cupboard space, very nice counter tops, and a large pantry that can not be seen from this picture.

Our lives

It's been a long time since we have updated our blog! We just wanted to let you know what we are doing. James recently got a job at western watts. Which he doesn't love, but it helps pay the bills. He is going to school at Bridgerland applied technology college on Tues, wed, and Thurs in the evenings from 6-9pm. He also goes to school at USU on Mon, wed, and Fri mornings. James is a very busy man!
I, on the other hand, do not find myself as busy. I work at Edith Bowen Laboratory Elementary School on campus in a first grade class, and I absolutely love it! I get to work with the children a lot and i have so much fun doing it. Of course it is not all fun and games; those kids can get out of hand easily if the right actions are not taken, and sometimes that takes a lot of energy! I get paid $11 an hour, but i am only allowed to work 15 hours a week. If i work anymore than that I simply do not get paid for those hours. This is both inconvenient for me and the teacher i work for. But i can't complain too much, because I really enjoy every moment that I'm there. As for school, I am taking 14 credits at USU and I'm working my hardest. I got 90% on my most recent midterm! Yeah!
That's us for now.

Yeah! I finally got it to work

It has been a very long time since we could get into our blog becuase we couldn't remember which email address we used. Either way, it's good to be back :)