Oh How I Love Tuesdays

Why you might ask.......

1. Monday is officially over

2. The Biggest Loser is on

Seriously, I love that show. During the eliminations I tear up. Sometimes, I'll admit, I sob. Evening during the show when these people talk about their lives and what they've gone through. It's a tear jerker. I usually like all the contestants. There's some that even though they truly play it like a game, cause it is, I still like them.

(this is Heba. We really don't care for Heba.)

But this season there are a few that I cannot stand. Heba, Vicky, and Brady. I just want Heba to get kicked off. She's horrible. She's like a girl stuck in high school the way she's so catty sometimes. Todd even said, last night, that she should get kicked off and stay fat! Now he was joking, but seriously she has issues and thinks the world revolves around her. I just hope she doesn't win, or even is in the finale. Same with Vicky. I think she straight up lied to Bob last night. She told him that her and her husband, Brady, didn't cheat last week by throwing the weigh in. My rear end they didn't. But whatever, it's just a show. I just hope someone from the black team wins. I like them, and though they are probably in it for the money too, they care more about losing weight than anything.

Due to our countries presidental elections, we get to wait 2 long weeks till The Biggest Loser returns. And man will I be excited! But, next week go out and vote if you can!

Car Trouble and FHE

We're in the wonderful world of do it yourself to save money! A few weeks ago Todd noticed that our reverse lights weren't working. He checked the bulbs, but they both looked fine. So he got out a car manual (thanks to my Uncle Jim) and found where a switch thingy was that probably went out. So Friday he went to find this switch thing, but in the process lost some transmission fluid. He called his dad, my Uncle Jim, and we had some of the people I work with help us and tell us what we needed to do. So we went to Auto Zone to get some more transmission fluid to replace the fluid that was lost. Todd had to end up ordering the new part, so we had to wait for that. Yesterday Todd got a message from Auto Zone letting him know the part came in. After picking it up he let the car cool down a little before he got under the hood. After a little bit of working he comes back in the apartment, the switch is in, but we've lost even more transmission fluid. So we thought we'd just see if the lights work and then go from there.

Start the car...It wont even go into reverse. It was like there was a huge brick. By this time it's getting darker, and our neighbors came down and we all stood around the car wondering what the problem was. After a little more of trying different things to get it to work, another neighbor came out and told us we probably need more transmission fluid and that could be our problem.

So Todd heads back over to Auto Zone to pick up some more fluid. In the mean time, I thought I'd be a dutiful wife and clean up the mess a little. I throw some stuff away, clean up the bucket that the fluid leaked in. Todd gets back and asks:

"Did you throw anything away."
Me: "yes"
Todd: "where?"
Me: "umm... the dumpster"

Turns out some of the stuff I threw away had a piece he needed to put back in. So we head to the dumpster. In the dumpster there's a pile right next to the opening and we're looking through that. I recall that it was in a target bag. Right as I say that we notice the bag. I couldn't just have layed the trash in there so it would of been ontop of all the other trash. I threw it in there so it was on the very bottom....in the back. Todd, being the brave man he is, jumped in. There was a car driving by and probably thought we were a bunch of bums, but whatever. Todd was very calm for just having to jump in a dumpster for something I threw away. Lucky for me:)

We get back, and our neighbor Trent came out and to help Todd. So I go in a chat with everyone else. They ended up getting the car to go in reverse again but ..... the lights still don't work. So who knows what's really wrong with it. The lights aren't burnt out, there's brand new switch thingy (sorry for my term, I honestly can't remember what it's called), and all brand new transmission oil. So we'll see what happens. Through all of this we cleaned out the transmission oil, which is probably a good thing and was needed, and learned some new things about the car. It was still a good experience, despite the original problem not being fixed. Todd's becoming a pretty good handy man.

During this whole eventful evening, we were suppose to be going to Trent and Kim's to have Family Home Evening with all our neighbors. We were a little late, but made it in time to play games. We ended up playing Would You Rather.... Todd and I got this as a wedding gift. The first time we played it was in the car driving to Kentucky with his parents and Tara. We didn't think it was a rather entertaining game, but last night was so fun. You learn some interesting things about each other. There were some pretty interesting discussion like would your rather itch constantly, or feel like you have to always pee? Would you rather be known for your accomplishments, or your kindness, but not both? We were still discussing that one even when the round was over. It was quite humorous. We were also able to witness Trent dancing to his own humming for 30 seconds! Yeah we had some good times.

We've truly been blessed with where we live. We have awesome neighbors, who have also been great friends. It's gonna be sad when someday we're all done with school and moved away. But now we're just enjoying the time we have! So despite the rocky beginning to the evening, it turned out pretty good. We got the car to work again, and had some fun with friends!

Green Kitchen

So I've gotten to where I like going and looking at random pictures of kitchens. Just to you know get ideas. Anyway, I want green on my walls some how. So in google I typed in green kitchen. Well, this came up:



I love green, but I don't think I could handle bright green counter tops! I've never seen that before, and thought it was kinda funny.

Shoe Crazy?!

About a month or so ago I saw this girl at church wearing some really cute shoes. I just kept staring at them. If she saw me she probably thought I was a freak. But whatever. Anyway, I kept thinking to myself those look like Steve Maddens. I could just tell (probably cause I have two pairs of his shoes that if I put them together they'd look like these). I like to get on DSW and look at their shoes so I've been trying to hunt these ones down, or even something similar. Well, this morning I was on Dillards' website and found the shoes, and guess what?!? They're Steve Maddens! I'm so good. I love his shoes. Seriously love them. If our budget ever gets to the point were it can accomadate my love for his shoes I would have a whole closet full of them. They'd be in rubbermaid boxes (so they don't get dusty) with a picture of the shoe on the front so I could easily pick them out. Oh that'll be the day. I'll have that closet in my ranch house, with the varanda, somewhere in Texas. Oh someday.....

Anyway, love the shoes. So I was thinking I could save up for them now! Except they're $80,which isn't bad for Steve Maddens. But unforunately our budget,and my husband, doesn't care how much I love shoes. So hopefully they'll go on sale somewhat soon cause then maybe I can jusitfy buying them at that point. Except I do need a new pair of brown flats....

Zucchini... Lots of Zucchini

There's a little house, next to our apartments, that had a box of free zucchini this past week. I decided I might as well take advantage of their generosity. The zucchini was huge!! I ended up taking two home. So this weekend I made Zucchini Casserole, per Todd's request. It was his mom's recipe. I was a little leery, but it was pretty good. Then on Sunday I made some Zucchini Bread and Muffins. For some reason I had a really hard time with the bread. Most likely because I grew impatient, but for some reason it was taking a lot longer to bake and didn't rise real well. But the muffins were amazing. I decided to do them in my little muffin tin. I love that thing! They make the perfect bite size snacks.


Today I decided to add some cream cheese frosting to them. I added some cinnamon to the frosting cause I can never get enough of cinnamon. Mmmm.... They were so good. Love em. At least the muffins turned out and my baking experiment this weekend didn't completely fail:)

Hooded Dancer

So this was done on a Sunday afternoon. Todd likes to dance, especially when there is a good tune on. Some may think he's weird, but he says "maybe I'm normal, and everyone else is weird." I'll let you all be the judge of that. I would say that Todd is high on L-I-F-E. Enjoy, I hope this brings some laughter into your life's.

My parents bought their plane tickets!! They're coming for Thanksgiving!!! Oh man! So excited!

Conference Weekend

Well, once again our conference weekend has come and gone. Todd and I enjoyed ourselves. Friday night we went to the temple. Amazing as always. It just felt so good to go. The temple is pretty much in our backyard, which is a constant reminder of what we need to do. After, the weather had cooled down so we went home and had some hot chocolate. Yum! Saturday we watched the first two sessions of Conference. Todd went to the Priesthood Session, while I went with our neighbor, Kim, to another neighbors, where we watch The Last Holiday and just chatted. When the guys got home, Todd and I went to Trent and Kim's to play some cards. We had quite a few laughs. It's always fun to hang out with them. Especially to hear the stories that Trent comes up with. He has some pretty good ones.

Today we finished watching conference. It seems like it goes by so fast. The one talk that has kinda stuck with me, throughout, is Elder Wirthlin's. The one thing I keep remembering is that he talked about how his mother told him "Come what may, and love it". His talked was based around overcoming sorrow and anger and to just laugh a little more. I need to live that motto more. Sometimes I feel like things come, but I just don't care for them, but I know that as I do find the good and humor in things life will be more enjoyable and memorable. I'm so grateful for conference and for the opportunity we have to listen to the leaders of our church. I know that they each have received inspiration from Heavenly Father on what we need to be counseled on.

For dinner we enjoyed some Baked Potato Soup with some delicious rolls. We had a nice rainy day, and the soup was perfect for the weather. Sorry Bernie, had to post a picture of the rolls. Seriously I love this rolls. I've been making them forever! Each time I feel like they come out better and better. I was surprised how flaky they were this time. Mmmm... so good.


Now we're just enjoying the rest of day. As you can tell, Todd sure is excited!

This is exactly how I feel.....Exhausted!

I passed out, last night, at 9. Woke up at 6:45. I think I over slept. Plus today I had the opportunity to work in the back and package some twice baked potatoes for like 3 hours. Manual labor=hard work. I think I work hard on the things I do, but what I did today was TIRING!! It reminded me of when I worked in a kitchen. Kinda miss it. But since then all I've wanted to do is sleep. I'm ready for a break.

Isn't that such a cute cat?! It makes me miss Tootsie and Kitty.