DinnerTime

It's that time again! It's dinner time! We were planning on having curry, but I am just not feeling it all too much. And who wants to eat something that doesn't sound yummy. I usually LOVE curry, so this is new to me. I have been looking at the shelves, fridge, freezer trying to think of something to cook! It's like having a writer's block, except with cooking. What to do, what to do... I have been feeling like this for quite some time--no desire to cook dinner. We had burritos the other night, the Bessey's invited us to eat dinner at their house last night, and tonight I stare at the fridge.

30 minutes later... homemade macaroni and cheese. :)

Fall Pictures

 It was freezing outside with the wind blowing!

 I love these pictures because you see more of the beautiful leaves.

Thanks to our wonderful photographer, Summer! We took pictures of each other, and she makes me feel like Steven and I need to do some reading on photography! :)

Abby and I took pictures this weekend. We went with our friends (the Bessey's) and we took each others pictures. They turned out wonderfully! The leaves are just right on the trees to give a vibrant yellow and deep red. I don't think that we'll do it again for winter... it'll be too cold! Look for Abby's post to see the pictures.

Don't you love it

Don't you love it when:

You clean for a good 6 hours and you still feel like you haven't made a dent? (We have been making some pretty big adjustments in our house: moving in winter clothes, packing summer away, putting up decorations (which means finding room for them and taking others down for the season), putting our newly bought food storage away where it can still be conveniently accessed, reorganizing our bookshelf that we bought about two months ago to replace the one I moved to the kitchen for more food/dishes space (I was so happy for the replacement that I just semi organized it), selling textbooks to get rid of that pile on our floor, making DI and selling tubs, and figuring where to put the sewing machine and supplies because Steven has recently taken over my desk for his DAT studying...).

You figure if you would have called the internet company a little sooner, you would indeed have the internet in time for midterms, but now it will be coming the day after you need it the most?

You feel like homework is going to swamp you this week, but you can't help but write a blog post?

You feel like you did the lousiest job in your calling at church because you may have put cleaning above reading the lesson before Sunday morning and terribly regretting it?



You have been anxiously waiting to get to decorating your cake for 3 days making baby steps each day, but not getting to the fun part? (P.S. Saturday I finally decided the supplies I wanted and bought them, Sunday I made the cakes but didn't have time after the marriage fireside to decorate, and now I have to wait until after school and homework (I will be disciplined, I will be disciplined, I will be disciplined....) to do the fun part)
P.S.S. You should check out my blog www.creationsbyabigail.blospot.com to see how all that turns out)

Basically, nothing goes as planned?

But seriously, don't you love when:

You make a baby smile?

You feel like you truly have shown your spouse how much you love them and you feel so loved by him/her?

You help a toddler learn about Jesus Christ and all of the great gospel principles, as simple as "I can say, 'I'm sorry.'"

You can feel uplifted by a church meeting?

You brighten a friend's day by doing something for them?

You realize that it doesn't matter all too much if the sink has dishes, the bed is not made, the clothes aren't put away, you didn't get the grade you wanted, you didn't quite get everything you wanted to done, as long as you know you've shown those around you that you love them  and you show faith in Christ by progressing as best as you can?

...It just kind of makes it all melt away.

Food Storage

For those of you who aren't aware, Steven and I are big time frugal people! We have gone through our different phases (i.e. couponing, sale watching, DI lookers, freezing our booties off in the winter, etc.). Well, since we have come to the conclusion that I don't have enough time to try to find good deals with coupons for food, we were very anxious waiting for the case lot sale. We did price comparisons, contemplated, and waited. Finally this is what we got!

It may just look like a lot of cans, but it is actually just a lot of money. The idea behind the "Morning Moo" was to substitute Steven's excessive milk drinking habits with a cheaper alternative. Hopefully, it works. We'll see.

Alexander turns his frown upside down!

Today has been unusually better than most and especially in comparison to yesterday. I think I am being reminded from a higher source that my life is much more blessed than I was willing to give credit where it was due. Anywho, I decided to have our lesson for FHE on uplifting lives, including our own, spouses', friends, and all those around us. I think that helped a lot. We made a trip to Wal-Mart for our pumpkin craft (I decided that we needed some more oomph for Halloween). We saw David and Hannah from the ward, and they were getting stuff for pumpkins, too! I hope all turned our well. We got some black spray paint, googly eyes, and toothpicks (which didn't have anything to do with the craft, but we needed them anyway P.S. They are in the kitchen isle with the disposable pans). During my four hour break between classes we decided to get on it! And I put in my contacts in, and so far so good! (It is currently about 4 hours after I put them in!)

Our before picture:

 Getting Ready:

Working on it:

 Final Project:

Creepy? We will have to see! We also started some bats! I didn't have time to finish it, and I didn't get any pictures of me gluing the eyes on because we were listening to devotional. So, we will have another post with our bats later. Enjoy!

Happy Halloween!

Alexander

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Have any of you been able to feel for Alexander?




I have this huge post ready to post, but I just can't do it. I went to the orthodontist today, and I did not find the greatest news. Instead, I will post that I found some great deals at Old Navy this weekend, but then I have to laugh at that because it brought some other disappointing news to the table that did not make me happy--yes, I will admit that I am still working at not being acted upon but it still happens. I didn't get all my homework, housework, or working done this weekend to be piled upon this news I received this morning.

So all in all, I am having a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.