Dear San Antonio,
If you actually had some drains in the streets there wouldn't be so much standing water on the roads. You could learn a thing or two from Seattle. You don't rain all the time, but when it rains it rains and people freak out. Just sayin'.
Love,
Marci
9.18.2010
9.17.2010
Trash
I love love love our apartment, but the one thing I HATE about it is the trash situation. Rather than having dumpsters near all the buildings and having tenants take their trash out whenever it is needed, WCV plays a different game. Every MWF between 6-9am we can take our trash out to the curb in front of our apartment and a maintenance guy comes around with a little cart and picks up all the trash.
Sometimes Chris takes the trash out when he leaves for work, but that only happens when we pull the trash out to the front door the night before. Also, part of the problem is that sometimes the guys come around at like 7:30 to pick the trash up. I hate that because once they come pick it up that's it.
And that is my thought right now. We have boxes, kitchen and bathroom trash that will just have to wait in our apartment until Monday... You can bet the trash will be goin out with Chris Monday morning
Sometimes Chris takes the trash out when he leaves for work, but that only happens when we pull the trash out to the front door the night before. Also, part of the problem is that sometimes the guys come around at like 7:30 to pick the trash up. I hate that because once they come pick it up that's it.
And that is my thought right now. We have boxes, kitchen and bathroom trash that will just have to wait in our apartment until Monday... You can bet the trash will be goin out with Chris Monday morning
UPS
We have gotten a few packages lately from the UPS man. Both of the ones we've received this week were things that we were anticipating so we were checking the tracking information constantly. The other day, Chris was at work and he texted me and told me to check the tracking info for our package. My thought was "well, the package is already here, sitting on the table, so why should I track it?" but I did anyway. This was what I saw:
Rather than putting my name, UPS man just put "left with woman". He did that both times he's been at our place this week. That almost makes up for the crappy experience we had with UPS when we first moved in.
Rather than putting my name, UPS man just put "left with woman". He did that both times he's been at our place this week. That almost makes up for the crappy experience we had with UPS when we first moved in.
9.16.2010
Betty Crocker
Dear Betty Crocker,
I love your cookbook. I love that I am taking a class right now that makes it so I have to cook things from your cookbook. I love that my textbook is your cookbook. I really enjoyed your fettuccine alfredo, your banana muffins (especially when I added chocolate chips) and your banana bread is pretty good too. The stuffed bell peppers that are baking right now smell pretty good too, they better taste good; you made me chop onions and they always make me cry. I can't wait for the rest of the recipes that I get to make in the next few weeks, don't let me down!
Love,
Marci
I love your cookbook. I love that I am taking a class right now that makes it so I have to cook things from your cookbook. I love that my textbook is your cookbook. I really enjoyed your fettuccine alfredo, your banana muffins (especially when I added chocolate chips) and your banana bread is pretty good too. The stuffed bell peppers that are baking right now smell pretty good too, they better taste good; you made me chop onions and they always make me cry. I can't wait for the rest of the recipes that I get to make in the next few weeks, don't let me down!
Love,
Marci
9.13.2010
New Title
The quote that is now the title of my blog is some of our favorite advice we received when we got married. The wife of a member of our bishopric members shared it with us our last week in our Provo ward. We loved this couple and were sad to say goodbye to them but so excited to move on with our life.
Chris laughed as he saw me working on the new layout for the blog. He asked if the quote was supposed to say something about him since it's written on a picture that has him in it. I laughed too when he pointed that out and was going to change it, but we decided we like the quote and that picture too much to change either.
Just wanted to clear that up.
Chris laughed as he saw me working on the new layout for the blog. He asked if the quote was supposed to say something about him since it's written on a picture that has him in it. I laughed too when he pointed that out and was going to change it, but we decided we like the quote and that picture too much to change either.
Just wanted to clear that up.
Pictures
Here are some pictures of our apartment. I tried putting them up last week but for some reason blogger wouldn't let me upload any pictures. Hopefully this works!
9.03.2010
What's a Girl To Do?
This week Chris started his new job. So far he's survived New Employee Orientation, and today is his first day with his new team. I don't really know what he does, heck at this point I don't think he's really sure what he'll be doing.
My big question for you... is this. While he's at work I have a lot of time on my hands. I'm currently waiting for Independent Study to send me the course materials for the class I ordered last weekend, then I'll have school to work on, but even that won't take all day.
I'm planning on getting a library card, maybe even tomorrow. But with that comes the need for book recommendations. I'll place a hold on all of The Hunger Game series, as people keep saying it's a must, and I'll finally read Fablehaven 5, but what else should I read?
Also... any other suggestions for someone stuck at their apartment with no transportation and currently no local friends? We've got a Wii, Netflix, and AT&T U-verse cable, the U-Fam package. It's about 90 outside and a little more humid than I'm used to.
If I could find our camera (I swear it was in Chris's backpack, but now it isn't) I would take the pictures of our apartment that I have promised some people, but the ones from my phone just don't cut it.
Any good ideas would be appreciated :) Also, any good recipes/cooking websites would be appreciated too! I'm hoping to add some more great recipes to our favorites so we don't just have Hawaiian Haystacks, Chicken & Rice, Manicotti and Stroganoff all the time. (that's a slight exaggeration, we don't eat those four meals all the time, it just feels that way)
My big question for you... is this. While he's at work I have a lot of time on my hands. I'm currently waiting for Independent Study to send me the course materials for the class I ordered last weekend, then I'll have school to work on, but even that won't take all day.
I'm planning on getting a library card, maybe even tomorrow. But with that comes the need for book recommendations. I'll place a hold on all of The Hunger Game series, as people keep saying it's a must, and I'll finally read Fablehaven 5, but what else should I read?
Also... any other suggestions for someone stuck at their apartment with no transportation and currently no local friends? We've got a Wii, Netflix, and AT&T U-verse cable, the U-Fam package. It's about 90 outside and a little more humid than I'm used to.
If I could find our camera (I swear it was in Chris's backpack, but now it isn't) I would take the pictures of our apartment that I have promised some people, but the ones from my phone just don't cut it.
Any good ideas would be appreciated :) Also, any good recipes/cooking websites would be appreciated too! I'm hoping to add some more great recipes to our favorites so we don't just have Hawaiian Haystacks, Chicken & Rice, Manicotti and Stroganoff all the time. (that's a slight exaggeration, we don't eat those four meals all the time, it just feels that way)
8.14.2010
We Made It!
Long story short. Chris and I got married two weeks ago, and quickly began our fun adventure down to San Antonio. With stops from Redmond in Couer d'Alene, Mapleton, St. George, and Roswell we finally made it down to San Antonio on Friday, August 6th. Saturday morning we went into the office at our new complex, signed all the papers that needed to be signed, got our keys, and came to inspect our unit. We love it! After a week living here it finally feels like we're all moved in. Most of our things are unpacked and our boxes are gone.
I don't have pictures because I don't remember where we packed our camera, but when I do find it I'll throw some pictures up here. I also don't have pictures from the wedding/reception because we didn't have our camera out for that and nobody else has sent me any of their pictures... I'll work on that too. We don't have couches yet (we're waiting for them to be delivered) but we're surviving sitting on the floor to watch tv/movies.
I am absolutely LOVING not sharing a kitchen with other people. Sure, I share it with Chris, but we share food and aren't cooking three different dishes every meal. Having our own fridge is fantastic, it is so nice opening the fridge/freezer and knowing that all of the food is ours. None of the food randomly disappears because someone else thinks it is theirs. It's also nice that there aren't 3 sets of everything... not 3 sets of dishes, silverware, etc. That was definitely a pain back in Provo... so much silverware that if it was all clean it didn't fit in the only drawer we had in the kitchen.
I can't think of anything else... but we made it here safely, finally have internet again, and are enjoying life!
I don't have pictures because I don't remember where we packed our camera, but when I do find it I'll throw some pictures up here. I also don't have pictures from the wedding/reception because we didn't have our camera out for that and nobody else has sent me any of their pictures... I'll work on that too. We don't have couches yet (we're waiting for them to be delivered) but we're surviving sitting on the floor to watch tv/movies.
I am absolutely LOVING not sharing a kitchen with other people. Sure, I share it with Chris, but we share food and aren't cooking three different dishes every meal. Having our own fridge is fantastic, it is so nice opening the fridge/freezer and knowing that all of the food is ours. None of the food randomly disappears because someone else thinks it is theirs. It's also nice that there aren't 3 sets of everything... not 3 sets of dishes, silverware, etc. That was definitely a pain back in Provo... so much silverware that if it was all clean it didn't fit in the only drawer we had in the kitchen.
I can't think of anything else... but we made it here safely, finally have internet again, and are enjoying life!
7.05.2010
Contrary to Popular Belief...
...I am still alive! I may have dropped off the face of the blog world, but let me assure you that if I know of your blog I have kept up to date on your life. I may also not be answering my phone or making as many calls... but part of that is because I joined Chris's family plan that is shared with his mom, dad, sister, him, and now me. I try to limit my calls to nights (which begin at 9 my time) and weekends so as to not eat up the minutes that are shared with four other people. The good news (well, maybe for some of you) is that Chris recently got a new computer and I just inherited his "old" computer and it has a webcam so I will be getting Skype, and then not only do I not need to worry about minutes, but you can see me and know that I really am alive!
The wedding is in 26 days. I think it is safe to say that life has been consistently busy since we got engaged. School, more school, and now it isn't school... but instead it's both of us working full time, trying to sort through everything we own, donate as much as we can either to our roommates or to DI, and start packing up all of our stuff. We leave for WA in a little less than three weeks, and there is a lot of packing and cleaning to be doing between now and then. My to-do list, conveniently organized by the "to-do" app (man I love my new phone) keeps me in check... reminding me that finally reading Fablehaven 5 is at the bottom of the priorities list, not at the top where I wish it was. The top involves making phone calls and sending emails, packing, and keeping my apartment clean.
I'm quickly realizing that I'm done living with the roommates that I have... and I don't care if they read this (Lesley, you know it's not so much you as the other). The latest ridiculous story involves Hani, Chris's 8x8 glass pan, and a sharpie. We got home from church last week and noticed that Chris's glass pan was in the sink with Hani's name written on it. When I asked her about it she laughed and said that she knew it wasn't her pan but that since she had to take food to church she needed to put her name on it. Apparently it never crossed her mind that we might not like her name in permanent marker on our pan, or that she could've put a piece of tape on the pan and written her name on the tape... but it's kinda cool, because she's giving us money to buy a new one and we're going to wait til we're in Texas... so one less thing to pack!
That's life right now... I wish there was more exciting things to report, but that's life... I've realized that the way things work around here is that Chris gets something new, I get his "old" version and then we figure out something to do with what I had before... as has recently happened with our phones, laptops, and I'm sure other stuff too...
Anyway, much love to you all. I'm excited to see all you family members in just a few weeks!!!
The wedding is in 26 days. I think it is safe to say that life has been consistently busy since we got engaged. School, more school, and now it isn't school... but instead it's both of us working full time, trying to sort through everything we own, donate as much as we can either to our roommates or to DI, and start packing up all of our stuff. We leave for WA in a little less than three weeks, and there is a lot of packing and cleaning to be doing between now and then. My to-do list, conveniently organized by the "to-do" app (man I love my new phone) keeps me in check... reminding me that finally reading Fablehaven 5 is at the bottom of the priorities list, not at the top where I wish it was. The top involves making phone calls and sending emails, packing, and keeping my apartment clean.
I'm quickly realizing that I'm done living with the roommates that I have... and I don't care if they read this (Lesley, you know it's not so much you as the other). The latest ridiculous story involves Hani, Chris's 8x8 glass pan, and a sharpie. We got home from church last week and noticed that Chris's glass pan was in the sink with Hani's name written on it. When I asked her about it she laughed and said that she knew it wasn't her pan but that since she had to take food to church she needed to put her name on it. Apparently it never crossed her mind that we might not like her name in permanent marker on our pan, or that she could've put a piece of tape on the pan and written her name on the tape... but it's kinda cool, because she's giving us money to buy a new one and we're going to wait til we're in Texas... so one less thing to pack!
That's life right now... I wish there was more exciting things to report, but that's life... I've realized that the way things work around here is that Chris gets something new, I get his "old" version and then we figure out something to do with what I had before... as has recently happened with our phones, laptops, and I'm sure other stuff too...
Anyway, much love to you all. I'm excited to see all you family members in just a few weeks!!!
6.03.2010
Engagements
On Monday, Chris and I got our engagement pictures done. Abby, our photographer, was in Chris's ward a few years ago and is in the photography program here at BYU. We absolutely loved working with Abby and it was a blast to go meet her on campus today to pick up our cd of pictures. Here is the link to her photo blog where she put a few pictures up.
http://abbyalgerphotography.blogspot.com/2010/06/chris-marci.html
You can also go to her website to view all of our pictures
abbyalgerphotography.instaproofs.com
and... sorry I'm an idiot and can't figure out how to get the links to actually work... I used to be able to do that... you'll have to just copy/paste. sorry!
http://abbyalgerphotography.blogspot.com/2010/06/chris-marci.html
You can also go to her website to view all of our pictures
abbyalgerphotography.instaproofs.com
and... sorry I'm an idiot and can't figure out how to get the links to actually work... I used to be able to do that... you'll have to just copy/paste. sorry!
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