And the Holidays Begin.

Congrats to our good friends who had their baby boy yesterday! He is super cute! Welcome to the world Little Link!

Also, New Moon is stupid. We had hopes. It was better than Twilight, but still really stupid. What a waste of $13.25.

We are going to Houston for Thanksgiving to spend it with Mike's brother and his family. We are so excited! Plus its a small getaway from school and work.

Happy Thanksgiving!

New Wheels and the Grossest Hot Chocolate Ever

With me finally having a job, and how demanding of my time my job is becoming, Mike and I decided that we probably needed to get him a car to get to and from school. He started looking for something super cheap, that was functional, and he test drove a few.

We ended up with this little beauty:Haha, the two toned leather really makes me laugh. But in the end we paid $2900 and it is a 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee and it only has 98000 miles!! Mike is just happy to have control over when he goes to school and leaves school.

On another note, Mike and I went to breakfast this morning at McDonald's. With all the wonderful advertisements for their Hot Chocolate, of course I had to try some. Yeah......ew. It must come out of the same machine of the coffee. It pretty much was coffee. So Mike, being the generous guy that he is, took it back up and got a new one. The stupid lady behind the counter didn't say a word and just glared at him and got him a new one. And then guess what, he brought it back to me and we tasted it again. Worse this time. Not even close to Hot Chocolate. So Mike took it back up and just asked if we could get a soft drink instead. The stupid lady, who also happened to be the manager, just glared at him and handed him a cup for a soft drink. Anyway, moral of the story, don't drink McDonalds Hot Chocolate unless you really like the taste of coffee.

A Party for Two

On Sunday night, Mike and I threw a Christmas Decorating Party for ourselves. It was my childish idea, but we had a good time. We put up our Christmas Tree, we watched Elf, we had Hot Chocolate in our fun Christmas Mugs.....and the most fun of all, we hung the mistletoe. Christmas is the best time of year!

See Buddy the Elf on the TV?

Lucky for us, this picture took a couple of tries to get right...

And It Begins

Today was a great day for very simple reasons. One of these simple reasons was that Mike and I went to Michaels and bought this years Christmas candle. There is a specific Christmas smell that I love, and it is very particular. Finally last year, I came across the perfect candle that captured what I think Christmas smells like. And to make it even better, the candles are super cheap. 2 for $8 was what I got them for. So this year of course, I bought 2. Simple pleasures.

And for the update, the job is going well. It is stressful and the commute is a nightmare, but it will come together when I get more settled. The boss gave me $1000 to decorate my office! So I had a good time walking through Hobby Lobby and picking everything out. My position is actually a brand new position so as of right now, my desk and computer are being ordered so when its all put together I will take a picture and post it.

Skateboard Genius

Happy Official Halloween to everyone yesterday. Mike and I celebrated by going to the OU vs. Kansas State game. We had a great time. Pretty much half of the crowd left during halftime to go and get ready for their drunken Halloween Parties that we could overhear all of them talking about. There is of course, something that always makes me laugh when surrounded by people like this. Anybody ever heard of a pocket shot? Well I have now. And the girl in front of me had a special thing for the rum pocket shots. It really is just a shot of alcohol in a plastic bag thing that you can just buy at the store. So she spiked her beer with rum......twice. Wow, pocket shots must be an alcoholic's dream come true. But she did make it through the entire game though....without falling over.

Something yesterday that made me smile: Mike and I are driving to Walmart and we see two little girls that had put cardboard boxes on top of skateboards, found some nice thick sticks, put on their helmets, climbed into the cardboard boxes and proceeded to row themselves down the sidewalk. So adorable.

Only in Norman

Happy Halloween Everyone! Yes, I do realize that according to the official October 31st holiday, I am a day too early. But only here in Norman would they change Halloween to accommodate the OU football game. In watching the news this morning, I received confirmation that Norman residents are to go trick-or-treating tonight, because the game is tomorrow night. Wow. Really, what else can you say? Except for I thought I was going to be able to get out of buying candy because I am going to the game tomorrow but apparently I was wrong because Halloween this year is October 30th.

Something today that made me smile: I was driving today with my windows up and my music on when I realize that I hear some really loud music coming from somewhere outside my car. This is not so abnormal, considering that there are punks all over this great nation that like to listen to their rap or rock way too loud. But this situation was abnormal, because it was classical music. So I turn my music off and roll my window down, and realize that the music was coming from the truck next to me. Some older man was blasting his classical music. His windows were even rolled up but it was still so loud. I couldn't help but smile.

Finally...!

I did it! I finally got a job. It is the job at the manufacturing company that I was talking about before! I am the official Accountant/HR/Inventory Manager/Do Practically Everything! They are even giving me the pay I asked for! I start next Wednesday. This is a good thing, but also very bittersweet. I really am going to miss the Food Network and my institute class. But thats okay, paying for things with money that we actually have is way better. I thinks this calls for a celebration.....Chili's 3 courses for $20......here I come.

Oklahoma Mixture

Last week I had a job interview with a manufacturing company (the gas industry is huge here). I am working through a recruiting company so they are working on my offer for me. But I talked to the lady yesterday and she said that I am their "top candidate". Wahoo....I almost have a job. The commute is awful....40 minutes each way, but the pay is good and I can't just keep turning down jobs. I just have to face the fact that there is nothing here in Norman.

We got our tickets booked for come home for Christmas! We are really excited to come home and spend time with our families and see some friends. We fly in late December 19 and then we will be in Utah until December 30. We can't wait to see everyone! Less than two months away.

I am in the process of painting my beautiful free piano. The color remains to be revealed but I promise it will not disappoint!

I went to the Goodwill today and bought two lamps and a lamp shade for a total of $6.50! I love finding good things for cheap!

This past weekend Mike and I were finally able to make it out to the temple for the first time. The temple is super small.....the LDS chapel next to it was actually taller! Definitely different than the Jordan River Temple that we are used to. This picture that we took of us in front of the temple is not really attractive of us because it was bright and windy but I thought it was interesting that we could take a picture of ourselves in front of the temple, and actually get pretty much the whole temple in the shot.

Mac and Cheese

Random: For dinner tonight, Mike and I had brats and mac and cheese (don't mock, I really do actually make real meals sometimes). But not just any mac and cheese.......mac and cheese shapes!! They were shaped like pumpkins and cats and bats. I LOVE mac and cheese shapes so much! They were so conveniently placed on the end of one of the aisles at Walmart, which means they were completely impossible not to buy. Every time I took a bite at dinner, I went "Mmmmmmmm" super annoyingly loud. That is just how much I love mac and cheese shapes.


I officially started my calling today at church. I teach the 9 year olds in primary. And there are like a million of them! I didn't have to teach today, but I sat with them during sharing time and man is this going to be a tough calling. A lot different than Miamaids thats for sure. But it will be good, always good to have a new calling and try something new. Mike has a calling too. He will be teaching the 14 to 16 year old Sunday school class. But he is an amazing teacher, so I am sure that he will be fantastic.


I met a guy at church today who happens to be the "Undergraduate Professional Development and External Relations Director" for the Business School at OU. He asked if I was working and I told him that I needed a job and he told me to email my resume and he would help me out. Talk about being in the right place at the right time. And to think that I was complaining to Mike because we were too early for church....!

Job Update

Just to keep everyone posted, the lady called yesterday and offered me the job. I turned it down. I just decided that it wasn't worth taking it to pass up other opportunities that I am still crossing my fingers for. A better job will come along.