Here are a few things that Kyle and I have done to make it through grad school on on meager salary.
1. Live in a tiny 600 sq ft $400 apt close to campus.
2. Bike to work and school every day year round. (saves at least $120 a month in gas)
3. Plan out meals and get groceries weekly
4. Every once in a while don't get groceries so you can clean out your cupboards.
5. Entertain yourself with bunny ears on your TV, Red Box, and Netflix. Forget about going out to the movies for a while. (unless of course its the midnight showing of Harry Potter)
6. Find free furniture. But try to be minimal because not much fits in your apartment.
a. When you move its going to be a lot cheaper not to have things to move.
7. Don't go out to eat. Just don't.
8. Google creative cheap recipes so you don't get sick of spaghetti and tuna and noodles.
9. If you didn't sweat or spill, the clothes aren't dirty. Save some money by keeping the laundry load light.
10. Find babysitting jobs, they are awesome for an extra couple of bucks.
11. Turn off any appliances if they aren't being used, and unplug them.
12. Charge anything you can when you aren't at home to save on electricity costs.
13. Adjust your water heater to a tolerable level.
14. Give gifts of time/work. (aka photo shoots and designing) instead of spending money you don't have on Christmas, Birthday, and going away gifts.
15. For trips visit friends. Never stay in a hotel. If you can't find a friend to stay with, contact a friend who has a friend or relative living there. Its always great to meet new people!
16. Never buy on credit. Save up for everything. (That way you don't have another payment to add onto everything else.)
17. Budget your money so you can save and you don't spend money on unnecessaries like gum and magazines.
18. Borrow books from friends/ share books with classmates.
19. Don't go on walks at night, this isn't frugal really, just safe. As you chose an apartment in a neighborhood where walking at night isn't recommended. (you went with the cheapest you could find, so thats what you get)
20. Document this time of your life! It may not be super exciting now, but you will want to remember it for when friends and your kids go through the same thing.
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Christmas Plans
Alright... So ... Well first I will give you a picture of our travel plans:
OK, so we are doing a lot of driving. We are leaving at 5pm on the 22nd and driving 9-10 hours to Ron and Janelle's (aunt and uncle's) house in Kansas. Then we will leave the next morning for KC to pick up Heidi and Elliott. We will drive with them plus Kyle, me and Coach (yes coach is going!) the 5 hour trip to Iowa. We will be there from the evening of the 23rd through some time on the 27th. Then we will drive the 4.5 hours to Minneapolis and stay with Dustin and Sarah (cousins). Kyle will be visiting the University of Minnesota that day to meet the Head Strength coach. Then on the 29th we are driving 8 hours to Sutton Nebraska. We will be there until the morning of the 2nd. Then the last leg is about 10-12 hours.
YAY!
Pray for safe travels and good weather! Love you all!
-Jenni
Hospitalized for Exhaustion
I wonder how all of those movie stars get hospitalized for exhaustion. I need an in on their secrets because that sounds awesome right about now. This is me at my day job:
I don't know if you can tell exactly what is going on... so I shall explain.
I started the path to a new website for Jenni O Photography in September. I hired an awesome web designer (Frankie O'Rourke) and he has had to put up with my indecisiveness and designing a website around me, an artist, as opposed to a contractor or something. So my website had to be awesome. (and it is, just you wait!) I had to write the content, make my favorite pictures as sharp as possible, and help Frankie understand who I am.
I also got injured in October at work. When people ask what happened to my hand because of my ginormous velcrowey brace I usually tell them that I box. As in fight people. But I don't. What actually happened is I punched holes in cardboard with a hand hole puncher for two days straight and I damaged some nerves in my thumb and forefinger.
This thing is a pain. It snagged my favorite purple tights and it catches on everything. I have to wear it 24/7 and take some crazy anti-inflamatory pills. It sucks. BUT I can still take pictures. So thats good.
I have had a lot of photo shoots this fall which is great! But I can't wait till someday (not now) when my only job is my photography. I work all day at my day job and work all evening and weekends on pictures, my website, and designing. So this is partially why I am exhausted to the point of nausea.
The other reason is Kyle finished with classes two weeks ago and his internship is no longer at 530 am, so he no longer gets up at 430 am. This means that he goes to bed late, which means that I go to bed late. (he was the only reason that I was going to bed at 10pm before) So I am ready to pass out at my desk at work and I don't even want to eat food I am so tired.
Now Kyle has had a great semester. I would ask him to write a little bit about his recent days and he would say:
I intern at the ATC for the Olympic Strength and Conditioning Staff over 40 hours a week. I teach a class two days a week. I take classes and do homework and help with research. I play with Coach and spend time with Jenni.
His life is much more interesting than that. (Not that that isn't interesting already) For instance, he has been invited to be on the Texas Elite team for the Rugby International 7's Tournament at Vegas in February. Yeah my husband is a BAMF. The team is named "Lone Star United". I'm pretty proud of him.
Well this post has gotten pretty long :S Sorry. I will cut myself off here and write more very soon. Keep checking my website www.jenniophotography.com! Its launch is coming soon!
Love
-Jenni
I don't know if you can tell exactly what is going on... so I shall explain.
I started the path to a new website for Jenni O Photography in September. I hired an awesome web designer (Frankie O'Rourke) and he has had to put up with my indecisiveness and designing a website around me, an artist, as opposed to a contractor or something. So my website had to be awesome. (and it is, just you wait!) I had to write the content, make my favorite pictures as sharp as possible, and help Frankie understand who I am.
I also got injured in October at work. When people ask what happened to my hand because of my ginormous velcrowey brace I usually tell them that I box. As in fight people. But I don't. What actually happened is I punched holes in cardboard with a hand hole puncher for two days straight and I damaged some nerves in my thumb and forefinger.
This thing is a pain. It snagged my favorite purple tights and it catches on everything. I have to wear it 24/7 and take some crazy anti-inflamatory pills. It sucks. BUT I can still take pictures. So thats good.
I have had a lot of photo shoots this fall which is great! But I can't wait till someday (not now) when my only job is my photography. I work all day at my day job and work all evening and weekends on pictures, my website, and designing. So this is partially why I am exhausted to the point of nausea.
The other reason is Kyle finished with classes two weeks ago and his internship is no longer at 530 am, so he no longer gets up at 430 am. This means that he goes to bed late, which means that I go to bed late. (he was the only reason that I was going to bed at 10pm before) So I am ready to pass out at my desk at work and I don't even want to eat food I am so tired.
Now Kyle has had a great semester. I would ask him to write a little bit about his recent days and he would say:
I intern at the ATC for the Olympic Strength and Conditioning Staff over 40 hours a week. I teach a class two days a week. I take classes and do homework and help with research. I play with Coach and spend time with Jenni.
His life is much more interesting than that. (Not that that isn't interesting already) For instance, he has been invited to be on the Texas Elite team for the Rugby International 7's Tournament at Vegas in February. Yeah my husband is a BAMF. The team is named "Lone Star United". I'm pretty proud of him.
Well this post has gotten pretty long :S Sorry. I will cut myself off here and write more very soon. Keep checking my website www.jenniophotography.com! Its launch is coming soon!
Love
-Jenni
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Eventfull Day
Event number 1.
I got a phone call today from a number I didn't recognize so of course I answered. If it would have said "Unknown Number" I would not have answered, but as it was a phone number I decided they must have a valid request.
When I answered the phone there was a man with an accent on the other line. He wanted to give me a gift card for $200 which was the same amount of gift card that I may have randomly been picked for due to a survey that I recently filled out. Again, I thought it was valid. The man with an accent quickly repeated to me my exact address, e-mail, name, and phone number. I still had no qualms, the accent did make me nervous but I kept repeating to myself "Don't judge, don't be racist, its just probably some company who outsourced their phone servicing to India and this poor man is just trying to feed his family by taking the job."
I had been having a very stressful week or so with work and other what nots, I was tired, and this is my excuse for being stupid. He then continued to ask me my debit card number saying he just needed it for the shipping. I didn't think much about it, pulled out my card, and gave it too him. Did I mention I was also late for work? After I did so I thought crap, wait a second. I asked the man with an accent what his name was. He said "John Wilson." RED FLAG! I asked what company he worked for and he said American Auto Bennefits. SCAM!
Oh crap! What did I just do? Oh no! I am such an idiot! I told him I no longer wanted the gift card and I wanted him to delete my information. However futile asking that would be it was worth a try. He started arguing with me, asking me why I am turning it down, interrupting me and yelling. I told him "Please do not ever contact me again or I will call the police and report you." I know, again, unreasonable.
I hung up, and immediately called my bank. I apologized to them for being such an Idiot, and I got my card canceled along with a new one shipped to me. Nothing happened to my bank account and my identity still belongs to me. However, I still feel ridiculously stupid. Just fyi, they tried to call me 4 more times after that. I blocked their number via Verizon.
Event number 2.
I had to walk home from work today as my call at lunch made me too late to bike back to work and Kyle dropped me off. As I was rounding the Ranching Heritage Museum I could see a fire truck at the corner of my apartment building and it appeared as if traffic was backed up. I also saw a lot of people standing around and an ambulance on its way.
Kyle and I both cross the street at that intersection of Flint and 4th and crossing means passing 6 lanes of traffic (more if you count the turning lanes.) Kyle told me as he was dropping me off that he would be home by 5. I was freaking out.
Kyle has been hit by a car, O.K. don't exaggerate, don't freak out what are the chances that the ambulance you see is meant for your husband, oh God please don't let that be Kyle. Oh my gosh they are pulling out a stretcher. Oh please whoever it is let them be O.K.! What do I do if it's Kyle?!? Do I run up to them saying "that is my husband let me through" as I rip through the yellow tape and push my way past the officers. Oh thank God there are boobs, its a she. Kyle is O.K.! I hope she is O.K.!
By this time I was across the street. I got the story from Brittany who was standing right there. The girl is fine. Some dumb dude ran a red light, (not surprising) turning left and causing her to crash into the light pole. The only thing that seemed wrong with her physically (according to those who witnessed) was her arm.
I then saw Kyle and I guess when he heard the crash he ran outside thinking it might be me, realized it wasn't me, and went back inside our apartment. Then came back outside again a couple minutes later after he locked the door. We both realized that if either of us had been any earlier than what we were, that would have been us. If I had ridden my bike I would have been crossing at that time and possibly stuck between the two vehicles. If Kyle wouldn't have missed soccer practice (strength training) due to Coach's vet appointment going late, he would have been right there as well.
Thank you God for your serendipitous series of events, and please pray for that woman with a hurt arm and all the idiots out there that think its O.K. to run a red light.
I got a phone call today from a number I didn't recognize so of course I answered. If it would have said "Unknown Number" I would not have answered, but as it was a phone number I decided they must have a valid request.
When I answered the phone there was a man with an accent on the other line. He wanted to give me a gift card for $200 which was the same amount of gift card that I may have randomly been picked for due to a survey that I recently filled out. Again, I thought it was valid. The man with an accent quickly repeated to me my exact address, e-mail, name, and phone number. I still had no qualms, the accent did make me nervous but I kept repeating to myself "Don't judge, don't be racist, its just probably some company who outsourced their phone servicing to India and this poor man is just trying to feed his family by taking the job."
I had been having a very stressful week or so with work and other what nots, I was tired, and this is my excuse for being stupid. He then continued to ask me my debit card number saying he just needed it for the shipping. I didn't think much about it, pulled out my card, and gave it too him. Did I mention I was also late for work? After I did so I thought crap, wait a second. I asked the man with an accent what his name was. He said "John Wilson." RED FLAG! I asked what company he worked for and he said American Auto Bennefits. SCAM!
Oh crap! What did I just do? Oh no! I am such an idiot! I told him I no longer wanted the gift card and I wanted him to delete my information. However futile asking that would be it was worth a try. He started arguing with me, asking me why I am turning it down, interrupting me and yelling. I told him "Please do not ever contact me again or I will call the police and report you." I know, again, unreasonable.
I hung up, and immediately called my bank. I apologized to them for being such an Idiot, and I got my card canceled along with a new one shipped to me. Nothing happened to my bank account and my identity still belongs to me. However, I still feel ridiculously stupid. Just fyi, they tried to call me 4 more times after that. I blocked their number via Verizon.
Event number 2.
I had to walk home from work today as my call at lunch made me too late to bike back to work and Kyle dropped me off. As I was rounding the Ranching Heritage Museum I could see a fire truck at the corner of my apartment building and it appeared as if traffic was backed up. I also saw a lot of people standing around and an ambulance on its way.
Kyle and I both cross the street at that intersection of Flint and 4th and crossing means passing 6 lanes of traffic (more if you count the turning lanes.) Kyle told me as he was dropping me off that he would be home by 5. I was freaking out.
Kyle has been hit by a car, O.K. don't exaggerate, don't freak out what are the chances that the ambulance you see is meant for your husband, oh God please don't let that be Kyle. Oh my gosh they are pulling out a stretcher. Oh please whoever it is let them be O.K.! What do I do if it's Kyle?!? Do I run up to them saying "that is my husband let me through" as I rip through the yellow tape and push my way past the officers. Oh thank God there are boobs, its a she. Kyle is O.K.! I hope she is O.K.!
By this time I was across the street. I got the story from Brittany who was standing right there. The girl is fine. Some dumb dude ran a red light, (not surprising) turning left and causing her to crash into the light pole. The only thing that seemed wrong with her physically (according to those who witnessed) was her arm.
I then saw Kyle and I guess when he heard the crash he ran outside thinking it might be me, realized it wasn't me, and went back inside our apartment. Then came back outside again a couple minutes later after he locked the door. We both realized that if either of us had been any earlier than what we were, that would have been us. If I had ridden my bike I would have been crossing at that time and possibly stuck between the two vehicles. If Kyle wouldn't have missed soccer practice (strength training) due to Coach's vet appointment going late, he would have been right there as well.
Thank you God for your serendipitous series of events, and please pray for that woman with a hurt arm and all the idiots out there that think its O.K. to run a red light.
Friday, October 1, 2010
Short Conversation
I was packing for a wedding this weekend. I am wearing my yellow and orange dress. I asked Kyle:
"What should I wear, my brown wedges or my white heels?"
Kyle - "One of each"
Jenni - "uuuurg I neeed to live with a giiiirl!"
Kyle - "Guess you should have been a lesbian"
Jenni - "I know, right?"
Just to clarify, I am very happily straight. But I wish I had someone there every morning to help me with what to wear! I don't want to wait 20 years for a daughter thats old enough to help me. My clothing judgement will be far down the drain by then...
"What should I wear, my brown wedges or my white heels?"
Kyle - "One of each"
Jenni - "uuuurg I neeed to live with a giiiirl!"
Kyle - "Guess you should have been a lesbian"
Jenni - "I know, right?"
Just to clarify, I am very happily straight. But I wish I had someone there every morning to help me with what to wear! I don't want to wait 20 years for a daughter thats old enough to help me. My clothing judgement will be far down the drain by then...
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Who does Coach Love the Most?
Kyle or Jenni?
This is a tough one. I will give you the things that are done for coach, and the things coach does, and you can vote in the comments section K? And I'm serious. I really want people to vote so Kyle and I can finally settle this...
You will? K Good.
1. Most often Kyle lets the dog out. (mainly because I don't like going outside of our apartment at night) (and also because Kyle has forgotten that we used to do Rock Paper Scissors for it)
2. Coach cuddles up with Jenni at night. This could be because Jenni doesn't work out that much and Kyle is like a cement statue.
3. When Jenni is in the bathroom, getting ready, showering, and other stuff. . . instead of staying with Kyle on the couch Coach lays down on the carpet right outside of the bathroom and stares at Jenni.
4. When Coach eats he lays down. This may not sound like it means anything, but if Jenni could lay down while she eats she would.
5. Coach poses for pictures for Jenni and she gets awesome pictures every time she tries. Kyle can almost never get a good picture of Coach. However, Kyle has gotten the best picture in the history of Coach pictures.
6. When Coach wants to play like a crazy person, I mean dog, he always goes to Kyle.
7. When Coach wants someone to throw something so he can go get it he most often goes to Jenni.
8. Jenni has taught him how to sit, shake, "up top" (high five), and "say please" (speak).
9. Kyle has taught coach "Up" which means to have Coach jump up in your arms while your standing. It sounds really cool, except for the fact that he used to not jump up on people when excited, but now he does it all the time.
10. Jenni is pretty sure that one of these days when she tells Coach to "stop shedding" he will. Just because she told him to.
11. Whenever you are about to put Coach's leash on he stretches, which moves him out of your reach so you can't put his leash on, even though he was the one asking you to take him outside. I don't know what this has to do with the competition though.
12. Every night, without fail, right after Kyle brushes his teeth Coach bolts to the door and expects for Kyle to take him out to go potty.
O.K.
This was a short and sweet post, but please vote! I appreciate your comments on my blog!
P.S.
Coach just accidentally put his toy in the trash can...
This is a tough one. I will give you the things that are done for coach, and the things coach does, and you can vote in the comments section K? And I'm serious. I really want people to vote so Kyle and I can finally settle this...
You will? K Good.
1. Most often Kyle lets the dog out. (mainly because I don't like going outside of our apartment at night) (and also because Kyle has forgotten that we used to do Rock Paper Scissors for it)
2. Coach cuddles up with Jenni at night. This could be because Jenni doesn't work out that much and Kyle is like a cement statue.
3. When Jenni is in the bathroom, getting ready, showering, and other stuff. . . instead of staying with Kyle on the couch Coach lays down on the carpet right outside of the bathroom and stares at Jenni.
4. When Coach eats he lays down. This may not sound like it means anything, but if Jenni could lay down while she eats she would.
5. Coach poses for pictures for Jenni and she gets awesome pictures every time she tries. Kyle can almost never get a good picture of Coach. However, Kyle has gotten the best picture in the history of Coach pictures.
This is how he sits...
6. When Coach wants to play like a crazy person, I mean dog, he always goes to Kyle.
7. When Coach wants someone to throw something so he can go get it he most often goes to Jenni.
8. Jenni has taught him how to sit, shake, "up top" (high five), and "say please" (speak).
9. Kyle has taught coach "Up" which means to have Coach jump up in your arms while your standing. It sounds really cool, except for the fact that he used to not jump up on people when excited, but now he does it all the time.
10. Jenni is pretty sure that one of these days when she tells Coach to "stop shedding" he will. Just because she told him to.
11. Whenever you are about to put Coach's leash on he stretches, which moves him out of your reach so you can't put his leash on, even though he was the one asking you to take him outside. I don't know what this has to do with the competition though.
12. Every night, without fail, right after Kyle brushes his teeth Coach bolts to the door and expects for Kyle to take him out to go potty.
O.K.
This was a short and sweet post, but please vote! I appreciate your comments on my blog!
P.S.
Coach just accidentally put his toy in the trash can...
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Jenni and Kyle's Taco Tuesday Supper Conversation
Kyle "If there was an Olympics for eating tacos, I would win that"
Later on in our discussion of daily events..
Kyle "Stop yelling at me!"
Me "I'm not yelling! I'm just making my point clear!" (as my voice gets louder)
Soon after that Kyle (if you know this man you will not be surprised) farts.
Me "I don't mind you farting now, but when we have kids you may not fart in front of them, I don't want them learning bad manners"
Kyle "I know (in a downcast tone), but can we fart during guy time?"
Me "Sure, what else will you be doing during guy time besides farting?"
Kyle "Drinking?"
Me "..."
Kyle "If someone tried to beat me at eating tacos, I would roll them in a tortilla and eat them"
Kyle "I need to stop buying this salsa, I don't even like it that much!"
Me "You've bought this salsa before, and after realizing you didn't like it the first time you bought it again?"
Kyle "Yeah I forgot I didn't like it"
Kyle "I officially ate a whole can of olives by myself"
Kyle "Wanna know a fact? I could eat the rest of those taco shells" (there were 12 of them, Jenni had 3)
Jenni "Thats not that impressive"
Kyle "you forgot that I also ate a whole avocado, and two whole tomatoes"
....
Putting this conversation up was approved by Kyle. Although he doesn't remember suggesting taking our children drinking, but he is blaming that on his current taco coma... most comments in this conversation are sarcastic... and this is a typical supper conversation between my husband and I
Later on in our discussion of daily events..
Kyle "Stop yelling at me!"
Me "I'm not yelling! I'm just making my point clear!" (as my voice gets louder)
Soon after that Kyle (if you know this man you will not be surprised) farts.
Me "I don't mind you farting now, but when we have kids you may not fart in front of them, I don't want them learning bad manners"
Kyle "I know (in a downcast tone), but can we fart during guy time?"
Me "Sure, what else will you be doing during guy time besides farting?"
Kyle "Drinking?"
Me "..."
Kyle "If someone tried to beat me at eating tacos, I would roll them in a tortilla and eat them"
Kyle "I need to stop buying this salsa, I don't even like it that much!"
Me "You've bought this salsa before, and after realizing you didn't like it the first time you bought it again?"
Kyle "Yeah I forgot I didn't like it"
Kyle "I officially ate a whole can of olives by myself"
Kyle "Wanna know a fact? I could eat the rest of those taco shells" (there were 12 of them, Jenni had 3)
Jenni "Thats not that impressive"
Kyle "you forgot that I also ate a whole avocado, and two whole tomatoes"
....
Putting this conversation up was approved by Kyle. Although he doesn't remember suggesting taking our children drinking, but he is blaming that on his current taco coma... most comments in this conversation are sarcastic... and this is a typical supper conversation between my husband and I
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Stupid Emoticons
I don't know why something this little can bother me this much. I suppose people are just try to be different from the crowd. But when someone writes me a note on my facebook wall saying,
"I am so glad your back from your trip! (:" Instead of :) or...
"I really like you (;" Instead of ;)
I get really confused. I see this...
I know its probably my eyes are used to seeing one thing, and then someone does something different and my eyes feel like they've been assaulted. I get confused or it takes me some time to realize that when they said that they really like me, they meant it instead of sarcastically saying it to make me think they really hate me.
So to all of you out there in emoticon land, please do not confuse or upset me with your abstract emoticons. It isn't very nice.
"I am so glad your back from your trip! (:" Instead of :) or...
"I really like you (;" Instead of ;)
I get really confused. I see this...
I know its probably my eyes are used to seeing one thing, and then someone does something different and my eyes feel like they've been assaulted. I get confused or it takes me some time to realize that when they said that they really like me, they meant it instead of sarcastically saying it to make me think they really hate me.
So to all of you out there in emoticon land, please do not confuse or upset me with your abstract emoticons. It isn't very nice.
Friday, August 20, 2010
Why I shouldn't wear hats
So, as I may sometimes be the clutsiest person on the planet, baseball hats are not a good idea for me. I have drawn a simple picture to illustrate why...
I decided to wear a hat tonight. It doesn't happen very often, I have to wear one of my husbands hats, but as I didn't feel like doing my hair tonight I grabbed one of his baseball hats that matched my outfit. I hadn't planned on going anywhere this evening as I have a lot of work to do at home. We went over to some friends house for a minute and I brought my camera to shoot a couple pictures of us with them, (these will be added later).
Last minute we decided to go to Las Brisas and have free chips and salsa and listen to a band for a tiny bit. I took my camera with me but by the time we got there I decided I should hide her in the trunk. When it was time to go I asked my friend to pop the trunk. When I leaned in to pick up my camera the trunk lid smashed down onto the top of my head. But as it wasn't in my line of vision due to my hat wearing it is possible that I just slammed my head straight into the trunk lid. (These kind of things also happen with open cupboard doors, low hanging lights, and other things just out of my hat-wearing sight.)
It hurt really bad, but as I was super embarrassed and no one saw me, I just bit my lip, let my eyes swell with water and swallowed really hard before going back to the car. (I don't know if they noticed my stupidity.) I went home right after that and changed into my comfy clothing.
I was sitting on my bed here, with my computer, working on organizing my photography portfolio when hubby asks "why is your shirt in the trash?"
I'm pretty sure I have a concussion.
...
Its possible I shouldn't have written this blog at all tonight as I don't know if I will remember it. I don't remember throwing my shirt I was wearing in the trash. If there are a lot of errors I blame it on my concussed head, as well as the possibility that this blog may not have been as entertaining as I hoped.
well... I am going to turn in for the night so I don't do anything else that I'm going to forget... hopefully its O.K. that I'm going to bed with a possible concussion :S
I decided to wear a hat tonight. It doesn't happen very often, I have to wear one of my husbands hats, but as I didn't feel like doing my hair tonight I grabbed one of his baseball hats that matched my outfit. I hadn't planned on going anywhere this evening as I have a lot of work to do at home. We went over to some friends house for a minute and I brought my camera to shoot a couple pictures of us with them, (these will be added later).
Last minute we decided to go to Las Brisas and have free chips and salsa and listen to a band for a tiny bit. I took my camera with me but by the time we got there I decided I should hide her in the trunk. When it was time to go I asked my friend to pop the trunk. When I leaned in to pick up my camera the trunk lid smashed down onto the top of my head. But as it wasn't in my line of vision due to my hat wearing it is possible that I just slammed my head straight into the trunk lid. (These kind of things also happen with open cupboard doors, low hanging lights, and other things just out of my hat-wearing sight.)
It hurt really bad, but as I was super embarrassed and no one saw me, I just bit my lip, let my eyes swell with water and swallowed really hard before going back to the car. (I don't know if they noticed my stupidity.) I went home right after that and changed into my comfy clothing.
I was sitting on my bed here, with my computer, working on organizing my photography portfolio when hubby asks "why is your shirt in the trash?"
...
Its possible I shouldn't have written this blog at all tonight as I don't know if I will remember it. I don't remember throwing my shirt I was wearing in the trash. If there are a lot of errors I blame it on my concussed head, as well as the possibility that this blog may not have been as entertaining as I hoped.
well... I am going to turn in for the night so I don't do anything else that I'm going to forget... hopefully its O.K. that I'm going to bed with a possible concussion :S
Sunday, August 15, 2010
I made a very bad choice... and it wasn't milk
A. I was crying a lot and am very sad because something very horrible happened...
B. I was chopping onions, or Kyle chopped onions (I have very severe reactions to that)
C. I just ate something spicy, which also means I just ate something that had a little too much pepper on it
D. I decided to make Banana Bread
Well?
... Yes it was the Banana Bread ...
I am allergic to bananas. But sadly, this isn't why my eyes look like this. My allergy only has to do with ingesting bananas, and it isn't even severe enough to cause any harm. I just get a little sick.
Today I wanted to make cookie dough. This isn't out of the ordinary. I make cookie dough every week. I put it in the fridge after I'm done making it. Then, whenever I have a craving, I put one cookie in the oven and eat it. But usually I just take a spoonful of dough and eat that. This has become a problem for Kyle because if its there, he will eat it. I go through a whole batch of cookie dough weekly.
So when I threw a stick of butter in the mixer today he looked at me and said, "what are you doing?" in the most disapproving tone he could muster up. To cover my tracks I said "making banana bread!" He had been talking about me making that for weeks and I knew he was really excited about it. However, banana bread doesn't require an entire stick of butter.
He walked back into the living-room and I finished making my cookie dough. I cleaned out the mixing bowl and then pulled out the banana bread recipe. If I said I was making banana bread and he didn't get any banana bread treats he might get kind of curious to what I was actually doing. After I was halfway through putting this mix together I realized that we didn't have enough flour. I climbed onto the countertop so I could reach the top shelf of our cupboards looking for more when I found our wheat flour. "This will work, and Kyle loves being healthy so he will love that I used this because I was thinking of him!"
So I hopped back down and threw that in the mix along with the cup of regular flour I had left. After I put it together I followed the directions and put it in the oven at 350 and put the timer on for 60 minutes. As I was waiting I watched some HGTV and got myself all revved up for being an adult and buying a house someday.... someday... I worked on my computer, edited some pictures, worked on my album, and facebook'd simultaneously when something crept up on me.
I had no idea that anything was going on until my eyes started doing this...
I'm allergic to smoke and it makes my eyes do that. I had to put my head under the faucet for a little bit to wash my eyes out enough for me to be able to open them.
I pulled the banana bread out of the oven and took the tinfoil off. It looked absolutely fine... it was just breathing smoke. We opened the window and then the smoke alarm went off. I took the box fan and held it above my head towards the smoke alarm to make it stop.
I made a very bad choice, I will never try and make Banana Bread with wheat flour ever again.
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
The Beard
Ew
Well Kyle had a nice scruff going for a couple of days. But all too quickly it grew bushy.
At first it was like this...
Now I liked this. It was that rugged, sexy, mountain man look. That arrow with no words by my legs is my knees possibly going week... But I knew all too well how fast this leads into a very negative place. A beard does not suit Kyle. It looks sexy for about a day and a half. After that he starts looking like he is still living in his parents basement, then after 3 more days it already looks like he has lived in a cave with Bin Ladin for a year. (worse than that I'm afraid) I also know of something he finds funny...
Now... No... Kyle this looks like you want to be a molester/bad porn star/stalker of Pamela Anderson. Mustaches do not work on you. Please do not do this. I am begging you.
I am also warning you...
p.s.
The BAMF Dream Couch is now in extreme danger of being sold out! Overstock say it isn't so!
Well Kyle had a nice scruff going for a couple of days. But all too quickly it grew bushy.
At first it was like this...
Now I liked this. It was that rugged, sexy, mountain man look. That arrow with no words by my legs is my knees possibly going week... But I knew all too well how fast this leads into a very negative place. A beard does not suit Kyle. It looks sexy for about a day and a half. After that he starts looking like he is still living in his parents basement, then after 3 more days it already looks like he has lived in a cave with Bin Ladin for a year. (worse than that I'm afraid) I also know of something he finds funny...
Now... No... Kyle this looks like you want to be a molester/bad porn star/stalker of Pamela Anderson. Mustaches do not work on you. Please do not do this. I am begging you.
I am also warning you...
p.s.
The BAMF Dream Couch is now in extreme danger of being sold out! Overstock say it isn't so!
Thursday, July 29, 2010
More important things to blog about..
Yes
I have plenty of things that are way more important to blog about than this. However, you will have to sit through this blog today if you have come here, and I apologize.
A year ago we were couch shopping as we had no good furniture in our apartment to sit on with more than one person, just a hodge podge of chairs that didn't belong in the same room together. I found a couch I LOVED at a furniture store. It was contemporary, awesome, and oh yeah, full of awesomeness!!! Here is a picture of that couch.
It cost $1300, and that was only for the couch. If you wanted the ottoman it would be $400 more. That made the couch and ottoman $1700.
My parents got me a WONDERFUL Christmas present. That was a couch. Of course it was not this almost 2k couch of my dreams. Even so, it is a pretty great and comfortable couch. We do love it. Thanks mom and dad, you rock! In the back of my head though I still hear my brain crying, "Jenni! You should have gotten the green couch with the cool attached side tables! You will always have dreams and nightmares about this couch for the rest of your life! It is such a shame that you decided not to put yourself through a financial crisis over a couch."
Well, 2 months ago or so the dream couch decided to be discontinued. I was heart broken and devastated. They had one left in the store, but it was still too much for our budget as I was switching jobs and we were living off of love. I love you husband.
Well, now we are getting to the purpose of this blog. I was down in the dumps a little tonight so what did I do? I went online window shopping. First it was things I need for my photography business, which gets depressing fast because it is all so expensive and so far out of my reach. Then I went to shopping for clothing that I could wear while photographing weddings. After that it was cool hair things. Then, I had a whim, I thought "what if that couch is still out there somewhere? What if someone else is selling that couch and I'm missing out?" So, I first went to the furniture stores in town, online. After that disappointment I decided to go to Overstock.com and what did I find?
That's right. My dream couch. IN RED! Its not only $400 cheaper than the couch of my dreams in green, it comes with the ottoman. Which makes it $800 cheaper. What a steal! This is me, looking at Kyle, right now:
No we probably wont get it as it is still out of our price range.
Someday dream couch, you will be mine, and we will sit happily together blogging, designing, and editing photos. Someday...
I have plenty of things that are way more important to blog about than this. However, you will have to sit through this blog today if you have come here, and I apologize.
A year ago we were couch shopping as we had no good furniture in our apartment to sit on with more than one person, just a hodge podge of chairs that didn't belong in the same room together. I found a couch I LOVED at a furniture store. It was contemporary, awesome, and oh yeah, full of awesomeness!!! Here is a picture of that couch.
It cost $1300, and that was only for the couch. If you wanted the ottoman it would be $400 more. That made the couch and ottoman $1700.
My parents got me a WONDERFUL Christmas present. That was a couch. Of course it was not this almost 2k couch of my dreams. Even so, it is a pretty great and comfortable couch. We do love it. Thanks mom and dad, you rock! In the back of my head though I still hear my brain crying, "Jenni! You should have gotten the green couch with the cool attached side tables! You will always have dreams and nightmares about this couch for the rest of your life! It is such a shame that you decided not to put yourself through a financial crisis over a couch."
Well, 2 months ago or so the dream couch decided to be discontinued. I was heart broken and devastated. They had one left in the store, but it was still too much for our budget as I was switching jobs and we were living off of love. I love you husband.
Well, now we are getting to the purpose of this blog. I was down in the dumps a little tonight so what did I do? I went online window shopping. First it was things I need for my photography business, which gets depressing fast because it is all so expensive and so far out of my reach. Then I went to shopping for clothing that I could wear while photographing weddings. After that it was cool hair things. Then, I had a whim, I thought "what if that couch is still out there somewhere? What if someone else is selling that couch and I'm missing out?" So, I first went to the furniture stores in town, online. After that disappointment I decided to go to Overstock.com and what did I find?
That's right. My dream couch. IN RED! Its not only $400 cheaper than the couch of my dreams in green, it comes with the ottoman. Which makes it $800 cheaper. What a steal! This is me, looking at Kyle, right now:
No we probably wont get it as it is still out of our price range.
Someday dream couch, you will be mine, and we will sit happily together blogging, designing, and editing photos. Someday...
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Life Groups!
This was an evening where we all decided to try and get together and eat food/watch a Will Ferrell movie. We had steak, crab dip, taco dip, salsa, some other kind of dip, jalapeno poppers, corn on the cob, baked potatoes, and cookies! We also watched Starsky and Hutch, which by the way had some awesome music. For instance; "Afternoon Delight". They don't make songs like that anymore. Now its all Discosticks and Martians.
Any who, here are some pictures from the night.
Yummy food
The boys grillin. Shane, Dustin, Alex, and Kyle.
Coach showing off his tongue.
The enjoyment of a new puppy! Sweet Marie.
Zoe Chillin.
A little more of Zoe.
Jalapeno Poppers! No I would not eat them, but they sure looked tasty for those who like spicy!
Zoe, Tyler, and Coach playing.
Megan, Marie and I. I don't have any pictures with Meagan or Dijon! We need to do that next time, and a picture with all of us together!
This corn is what I like to call: Hill-billy teeth corn...
Meagan, Alex and Megan enjoying the new puppy.
Dijon and Shane
Dustin sitting in his couch the way its meant to be sat in.
Aw puppy!
Yes, I know I'm cute.
Very cute.
Meagan and her baby Tyler. This little chica is named after where Meagan and Dustin got engaged!
"Goodbye y'all! I hope you had a fun time!" -Tyler
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