Um...

So, has anyone noticed that there are words through out your previous blog posts that are underlined (of which you did NOT underline)??? When you hover over them with an arrow an advertisement shows up. I definitely didn't approve these ads and it really bothers me. Mostly because I don't ENDORSE these dumb products. If I could choose what they were it would be one thing but um, yeah. LAME!

Hmmm.

Not a fan.

Makes me want to not use the blog anymore...

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!

Here's to ONE YEAR with the smartest, greatest, funniest, most handsome man in the world. Am I slightly biased...why yes, I may be. But, I believe it to be true none the less.

This last year has been amazing. I can only call it an "adventure".

Here's to many many MANY more adventures with the man that I love.

I love you Jas!

Happy One Year!

I've Got a Smarty on My Hands...

Well, a little update on the GRE. Basically, when you take the GRE there are three parts. The "Verbal Part", the "Quantitative Part", and the "Essays". The first two parts are multiple choice and the third is...um, an essay, well, two essays. At the end of the test you find out immediately how you did on the first two parts. The essay score you have to wait a week on...or so.

Anyways, I'm here to tell you that Jason did pretty good on the "Quantitative". It's kind of like the math section. What he was really wanting to do well on though is the "Verbal" which is like the language part (which is what his schools will be looking at). And...He rocked! He did well above average...well above! We did some research and found out that his verbal score is higher than the scores that they are wanting at Harvard and almost all Ivy Leagues in the U.S. (not that we are going for any of those, haha). What a smarty though. I'm sure that he did great on his essays and it looks like his GRE score will in no way inhibit him from getting into any colleges. Maybe USC will be knocking on his door after all (it's a school in the running for us)! hehe. We'll see. It's in the Lord's hands.

For studying for ONE MONTH though he did a GREAT job and I'm quite proud! :)

There is WaAaAAy too much...

HAPPENING!

So, first, do you ever read people's blog posts and then feel really stupid about what you were originally planning on writing after you caught up on everyone else's. You realize that wow, some people are going through a lot...and well, I'm not really. And now I just feel stupid blogging about something so frivolous. hmmm. That's what I just experienced.

I guess that being said...I just feel really busy...and there are a lot of things that are happening this week. I'm working full time, Jason has his GRE tomorrow, a friend from out of town is coming and I'm hanging out with her tonight, it's also my dad's birthday tomorrow, we need to move, it's our ONE YEAR anniversary on Sunday, and Jason could quite possibly be starting HIS job on Thur. Phew. A lot is happening and I'm not entirely sure how it's all going to fall into place.

So, I guess one thing at a time...

If you DO think about it...as mentioned, Jason will be taking the GRE for grad school tomorrow morning at 8am. He has studied A LOT! We're talking there are a lot of days where he put in 8 hours (so driven!). Anyways, feel free to shoot up a prayer for him! We/He would greatly appreciate it!!! Gracias! :)

Failure!

Ok, so I definitely didn't cook.

Had a headache...for like the last 3 days.

Today I kicked it by taking an Advil and having a cup of coffee...together. Like, I washed the Advil down with the coffee.

It worked.

Quite well.

I'm now feeling better and am looking forward to the fact that I start work tomorrow at 9am instead of 8. Yay! An extra hour to sleep. ahhh. Love it.

I Just May Use that New Dutch Oven...

Trying to think of what to cook this weekend. Since working takes up just about my whole day...and we will be moving so that I have a 20 min. commute, it looks like there is little to no chance I will be doing "elaborate" homemade meals each day. I was never drawn to books like "Rachel Ray's 30 minute Meals" because I LIKE to cook...so getting it done in 30 minutes wasn't what I wanted. (Granted...there IS a limit. I'm not a fan of ALL day meals and obviously by what I just said I DON'T have kids, haha.) But, a couple of hours on a meal is okay to me usually. It's probably the same as those who like to create projects like, say a quilt. I just get to eat mine in the end! BUT...it looks like this will have to be a weekend "craft". Oh well, that's ok. So...looks like 30 minute meals will be right up my alley! :)

So, this weekend I'm thinking....

Julia Child's Beef Bourguignon (my dad cooked with her back in the day when he was head chef at Old Port Inn..."Save the liver".)

Anyways, my...um, "Aunt-In-Law"...she's Jason's aunt, recently made this recipe and said that it was sooooo incredibly good. So...since meat freaks me out...I'm ready to conquer my fear (meat itself doesn't freak me out, but cooking with it does! It's expensive so when you ruin beef...you've wasted a bit of money. I usually get anxiety when I have to cook it...haha)

Haven't decided what else. Maybe make some homemade bread???? Yeah. I'm thinking some rolls. We'll see what happens.

Anyways, as I mentioned...we're moving. To Morro Bay. Good-bye SLO Town. Hello Beach Town....where I can surf, run on the beach, and sit in my jacuzzi bath tub (yes, it has jets) with our beautiful view of Morro Rock. Oh...and we have a garage with a washer and dryer. Man, this week was GOOD. :) We are feeling a TON unworthy of all this incredible blessing.

*Ok, so a note on the apt. Basically we looked at it when we first moved back from Chile. It's not a normal apt. It was a big house that they split up into two units. The apt/studio doesn't share any walls...or anything. We are upstairs over our garage even. The entrances to each house are actually on different streets so it feels like a regular house. Anyways, it was all inclusive and sounded nice so we went and looked at it. When we got there it took all that I had not to GUSH over it. Basically, they offered it dirt cheap because she wanted to get a wide variety of people. She really wanted to give it to someone who would love it and take care of it. It's fully furnished (quite tastefully), has a flat screen TV mounted on the wall, cable, Internet, a jacuzzi tub, huge closets, a dishwasher, garage, it's own fenced yard, deck, w&d....the list goes on. It's also less than a mile from Jason's school with a nice little path along the beach that takes him there.

I figured though that we wouldn't get it. We weren't really ready for it. We needed two incomes and we just had mine. We turned in the application anyways and waited a couple of weeks. Didn't hear anything so kinda forgot about it. Then, two days before Jason's interview she basically called and said that if he gets the job...we can have it! Well, he got the job and that day we called her. We can move in on Mon! Yay! Thank you Jesus! We really didn't NEED something that nice but...it's a perfect location and we are really, really, REALLY thankful for it! And that was a REALLY big side note! :)

tHaNk thE LoRD!!!!

Well, I am here to tell you that after a looooooooong drawn out process (like about a month) my fabulously awesome husband just got offered a job at Morro Bay High School! He excepted of course! :)

Basically a couple of weeks after we returned from Chile we saw a job post for an ESL (English as a Second Language) Instructor Aid at Morro Bay High. Basically, he would be aiding and helping teach the Spanish speaking kids at the high school. The original job post was pretty minimal. Decent pay but about 15-20 hours a week. Since it's right in line with Jason's field of work he decided to go for it and supplement it with something else. Well....an extensive application, a Spanish fluency test, and two interviews later Jason was offered the job about an hour after his interview by the principal at the school. The best part is that it looks like it may be more like 32 hours/week with some bennys! Meaning, with the pay being decent, he doesn't need to get another job! We'll be just fine.

I think we just feel a little overwhelmed at such a blessing. God is so so SO good. We both got good jobs "relatively" fast! We were definitely nervous coming back with everyone talking about how bad the California economy was. But...we just tried to trust the Lord and waited to see what happened.

Praise the Lord. What great news and I am SOOO proud of that handsome man I call my husband! Yay Jason! Congrats!