Rite of Passage

Today I attempted to achieve a rite of passage...and failed.  You see, my great-grandma Nena made this amazing Chili.  She passed it down to my parents, who then gave it to me.  I've never made it by myself before, and there's not really an exact recipe, so this was kind-of a big deal.  Last night, I put the beans in the pan to soak.  (Please excuse blogger--it's insisting this picture is supposed to be vertical even though I upload it horizontal.)

This morning I got up early to turn the stove on to cook the beans (which are supposed to take a couple hours).  About an hour later, we woke up to an awful burning smell.  Apparently beans need A LOT of water when they cook because they absorb it all.  Needless to say, I'm not ready to pass this rite of passage.  Hopefully my next try will go better--the ward chili cook-off is only weeks away and I don't think this recipe has ever met defeat!

On another note, this week is rivalry week in our house.

Friday is the USU vs. BYU game.  I'm not gonna lie, I'm a little scared for the Aggies.  But...I'll still cheer for them.  Scott and I have a date night planned--I can't wait!  Go Aggies!

My Big Girl Job

I officially become a grown-up and started working full-time on Thursday.  In my whole 16 hours of work experience, I have learned that working is pretty much just like school, except not as fun (sorry to burst anyone's bubble who is excited to graduate).  You still have to be on time, do assignments, you could still "get in trouble," and you still have to eat lunch really fast because your lunch break is so short.  But, yes, there is one big difference.  Instead of paying to do work, you actually get paid!  That's right.  Everyday, I will drive a half hour to a building and actually get paid for what I do!  And who can complain about that?

So far, these are my favorite things about my job:

1- I have a very official looking badge with my name and picture.  I wear it everyday and it makes me feel very important when I walk around with it on.  It even has a little string that pulls out and then sucks back in when I'm done scanning it.  It's legit.

2- When people email me with an event, I can "accept" or "decline" it and it automatically goes on my calendar.  It's like magic!  I thoroughly enjoy looking through my calendar and feeling special that so many people want me at their meetings.

3- Someone left a space heater in my office.  I spend my days blasting it at my feet.  Then I get in my car and blast the AC.  Apparently I just like extreme temperatures of air blowing on me.

4- I get to wear high heels everyday.

I know, my job sounds pretty glamorous. I'll include some pictures of my office as soon as I get it decorated.  Right now it's pretty white and boring.  For now, you'll just have to enjoy my "first day of work" picture Scott insisted on taking.

Football and Apple Pie

What says fall more than football and apple pie?  I'm feeling fall-ish today because we woke up to really cool weather and I had to wear jeans and a sweatshirt.  It got me so excited that I almost got my fall clothes out of storage!

Scott got an awesome opportunity to help a photographer with his equipment on the field at the Utah vs. USC football game (which I'll maybe get him to blog about!), so he took the car to LA.  I decided I needed a project, and since we just bought a bunch of apples at the farmer's market I made apple pie!  I don't think I've ever made it by myself, so I was a little nervous about the way it would turn out.  I also wanted to experiment with a streusel topping instead of crust.  It doesn't look perfect, but fortunately it tastes pretty good (husband approval pending).

Three Month-iversary

Today is our three month-iversary!  Yesterday Scott came home from school with these GORGEOUS flowers.  Yay for being married!

Twilight

Last night Scott passed the ultimate husband test: he watched Twilight with me.  First we grilled bratwurst for dinner so he could at least start the evening feeling manly.  Then we headed to the video store, where we debated which section it would be under.  He suggested "romance," while I said "action."  I got laughed at, which then necessitated my pointing out every instance of action throughout the show.  I'm not sure he was convinced.

Flies

A couple nights ago there were a couple flies near our sliding door.  I killed them both with my notebook and thought nothing else about it...until two days later when I looked over to see this:

They were all over the place!  I'm not typically very grossed out by bugs, but this made me a little sick.  The problem was I didn't want to just start whacking and make them fly all over my apartment.  I tried a soap trap, which did nothing.  (PS I just took a break because I saw another fly to kill.)  Later that night they began to fly around the apartment.  Needless to say, while Scott was in the bedroom studying for his test, I was running around swatting flies with my notebook.  I got pretty accurate, I must say.  Then I decided to look at the window where they all were and I found what I'm pretty sure were fly larvae.  Ewww!  I sprayed the entire sliding door track with Lysol and let it sit to kill any more of those gross wormy things.  Can you imagine how many flies we would have had if they all hatched?!

PS As you can tell, I'm still slightly bored because I haven't started work yet.  My drug test, "employee health assessment," and appointment with HR are all next week.  I gotta go, though, because Rachel Ray just started at the gym.  It's a hard life.

Help

This appeared on Scott's Facebook wall while he was at school yesterday.  I'm glad to know dental school is going well for him.