Oh and here's us on our wedding day, the (you guessed it) happiest day of my life :) The End.
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Mushy stuff
I'm working right now and Ben is gone for a meeting and then an alarm install and I thought to myself...I wish he was home. I can honestly say that hanging out with him NEVER gets old. Which is one of the reasons I think we both wanted to marry each other. I also realized that today we've been married for 6 months! Woohoo! All eternity to go! Haha. Although, I did meet him...2 years and 15 days ago (it's normal for girls to calculate that stuff right?) Now obviously there are times when I get frustrated with him, but duh, it's gonna happen. However, he is one heck of a man and I'm so jealous of how talented and smart he is. I love you Benjamin :) Hurry up and get home so I don't have to miss you...I'm so cheesy I know.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
A little Rant and then a Recipe :)
How have I worked at SUCH a boring job for 3 years?! It obviously has it's benefits, with me being able to work from home now and it's not stressful which is great, but it's such a drag. I want more than ANYTHING for Ben to get one of the jobs he's interviewed for in California and for us to be moving there as soon as this semester is over (8 days and counting). I want to quit my job SO BAD but I obviously cannot if I'm the only one working right now. I am so ready for a change. I love Utah but I'm ready to leave this cold dreary place for sunny weather and living by family...I keep hoping this is going to happen very soon. The worst part is that we've been SO CLOSE to this actually happening! Ben has been told twice that he basically has a job at a company in California and both times they've told us their projects are now on hold and we'll have to just wait and see if a position becomes available in the future. SO LAME! So now Ben is trying to set up an interview with a company that does custom homes in La Jolla. They have showed a lot of interests in him and he's just waiting to have a phone interview and then go from there. Please PLEASE let this be the one!
On a brighter note...
Ben and I saw a recipe on Rachael Ray the other day for a Chicken Chili Verde that looked so good and would work for the diet we're on. I love making dinner with Ben. I just love that he is actually a huge help! He can whip up some deeelicious dinners when he actually cooks. Any who, I tried to find the recipe on the Rachael Ray website so that I had exact measurements to post but I couldn't find it. Here's the recipe and directions according to what I wrote down and remember from Rachael Ray :) It tuned out SO good! Make it! This should feed about 3-4 people.
10-14 tomatillos (depending on size)
1 seeded jalapeno diced
2 cloves of garlic (i used a spoonful of crushed garlic)
1 onion chopped
Tablespoon of Cumin
Salt/pepper
2 Tablespoons of Olive oil
1-2 cups of chicken broth (depending on how thick you want your chili)
2 Poblano peppers
Cilantro (about half of a small bunch)
1 lime
3-4 Chicken breast
Direction:
1. Grill chicken breast
2. Broil poblano peppers for about 5 min on each side then place in a ziplock bag until cool enough to peel the skin off.
3.Saute chopped onion, jalapeno, garlic, and salt and pepper in Olive oil.
3. Peel skin off of poblano peppers, dice them and set aside
3. Blend tomatillos in a food processor to a chunky salsa consistency
4. Add tomatillos, chicken broth, and cumin to the saute pan and let simmer until tomatillos turn from bright green to a darker olive green color (about 10 min)
5. Cut grilled chicken into cubes and add to the chili
6. Remove from heat and add Add Cilantro, diced poblano, and lime juice
Muy delicioso! Haha.
I thought it would also taste good with a dollop of sour cream (fat free for us dieters) on top, but we didn't have any.
On a brighter note...
Ben and I saw a recipe on Rachael Ray the other day for a Chicken Chili Verde that looked so good and would work for the diet we're on. I love making dinner with Ben. I just love that he is actually a huge help! He can whip up some deeelicious dinners when he actually cooks. Any who, I tried to find the recipe on the Rachael Ray website so that I had exact measurements to post but I couldn't find it. Here's the recipe and directions according to what I wrote down and remember from Rachael Ray :) It tuned out SO good! Make it! This should feed about 3-4 people.
10-14 tomatillos (depending on size)
1 seeded jalapeno diced
2 cloves of garlic (i used a spoonful of crushed garlic)
1 onion chopped
Tablespoon of Cumin
Salt/pepper
2 Tablespoons of Olive oil
1-2 cups of chicken broth (depending on how thick you want your chili)
2 Poblano peppers
Cilantro (about half of a small bunch)
1 lime
3-4 Chicken breast
Direction:
1. Grill chicken breast
2. Broil poblano peppers for about 5 min on each side then place in a ziplock bag until cool enough to peel the skin off.
3.Saute chopped onion, jalapeno, garlic, and salt and pepper in Olive oil.
3. Peel skin off of poblano peppers, dice them and set aside
3. Blend tomatillos in a food processor to a chunky salsa consistency
4. Add tomatillos, chicken broth, and cumin to the saute pan and let simmer until tomatillos turn from bright green to a darker olive green color (about 10 min)
5. Cut grilled chicken into cubes and add to the chili
6. Remove from heat and add Add Cilantro, diced poblano, and lime juice
Muy delicioso! Haha.
I thought it would also taste good with a dollop of sour cream (fat free for us dieters) on top, but we didn't have any.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Back to the drawing board
Ben found out yesterday from the company in San Diego that the contract for the construction job in Canada may take up to a year to go through and that they don't have a position for him. How do you just tell someone they are hired and then take it away from them a month later. I really dislike them. So we're sticking around Utah for a little longer. I must say Ben and I were pretty disappointed about the for sure NO on the Job. Hopefully there will be another opportunity for Ben soon.
On a more positive note, I'll be done with this semester in 15 days! I'm going to fly home the last day of the semester so I can have a quick visit with the fam before I start school up again on May 9th. My little sister Rachel is going to a Prom that the church is putting on and I really want to help her get ready for it. She told me yesterday that I better be there to do her hair and make-up and it didn't take much persuasion for me to agree! Unfortunately Ben can't come because he'll be starting up alarm installs here pretty soon and he'll have to work. Hopefully we can both go to California later in the summer for a visit and HOPEFULLY he can get a job in San Diego somehow so we can just live there! Haha.
I registered for my last two classes this summer for my associates. After that I'll have to see what our circumstances are and go from there with school decisions, but it feels SO GOOD to have my general ed classes all out of the way!
Well we're off for a visit to Boise with Jeff and Courtney this weekend which will be fun, but I wish I didn't have to work two of the days we're there. Oh well! Guess I should be grateful I can actually work from another state! Our diet will be really hard to stick by when we're on vacation, we LOVE eating out too much! I think we agreed on one meal out but Ben seemed to only halfway agree on that haha...he said he just can't go home and not eat good food! I'll have to keep a close eye on him ;)
On a more positive note, I'll be done with this semester in 15 days! I'm going to fly home the last day of the semester so I can have a quick visit with the fam before I start school up again on May 9th. My little sister Rachel is going to a Prom that the church is putting on and I really want to help her get ready for it. She told me yesterday that I better be there to do her hair and make-up and it didn't take much persuasion for me to agree! Unfortunately Ben can't come because he'll be starting up alarm installs here pretty soon and he'll have to work. Hopefully we can both go to California later in the summer for a visit and HOPEFULLY he can get a job in San Diego somehow so we can just live there! Haha.
I registered for my last two classes this summer for my associates. After that I'll have to see what our circumstances are and go from there with school decisions, but it feels SO GOOD to have my general ed classes all out of the way!
Well we're off for a visit to Boise with Jeff and Courtney this weekend which will be fun, but I wish I didn't have to work two of the days we're there. Oh well! Guess I should be grateful I can actually work from another state! Our diet will be really hard to stick by when we're on vacation, we LOVE eating out too much! I think we agreed on one meal out but Ben seemed to only halfway agree on that haha...he said he just can't go home and not eat good food! I'll have to keep a close eye on him ;)
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Hi (Couldn't think of a creative title)
Every time I looked at my blog it seemed so boring so I decided to spruce it up a bit with some spring-time bright colors. Now if only the weather could do the same!! PLEASE!
Ben and I along with a lot of his family are doing a biggest loser competition for three months. The diet of choice for everyone is the 17 day diet which consists of three phases. I'm trying to get back to my pre-wedding body and Ben is trying to get back to his pre-....ummm I guess when he was 18? Haha! All I know is he says he wants to lose 40 pounds. That's a lot! We will be weighing ourselves tomorrow morning with the results of our first week. It's been tough but it'll be worth it! It's really nice having the whole family in on it...nice little support team :)
I have two tests this week for my art history classes and they are the longest tests in the world! I'm cramming for one right now that I take tomorrow morning and then my second one I will have to study for tomorrow and take on Wednesday if I want to go to Boise this weekend with Ben. Wish me luck!
Ben and I along with a lot of his family are doing a biggest loser competition for three months. The diet of choice for everyone is the 17 day diet which consists of three phases. I'm trying to get back to my pre-wedding body and Ben is trying to get back to his pre-....ummm I guess when he was 18? Haha! All I know is he says he wants to lose 40 pounds. That's a lot! We will be weighing ourselves tomorrow morning with the results of our first week. It's been tough but it'll be worth it! It's really nice having the whole family in on it...nice little support team :)
I have two tests this week for my art history classes and they are the longest tests in the world! I'm cramming for one right now that I take tomorrow morning and then my second one I will have to study for tomorrow and take on Wednesday if I want to go to Boise this weekend with Ben. Wish me luck!
Sunday, April 3, 2011
My Brother
I just wrote my Brother Tyler who's on a mission and I just was thinking how proud I am of him. He's such an example to me. Every letter I read of his I just can't believe it's my brother. He is such a good missionary and always has a positive attitude about everything. Just look at his face...you can just tell he's doing the greatest work you can do :)
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