Well, it's 2010! I think that 2009 was a great year! It was a very important year in my life. The main highlight was that I got married to my soul mate and best friend. We had a beautiful wedding and a wonderful honeymoon.
In our seven months of marriage we have made some wonderful memories. Married life has been great!
I look forward to having a great 2010 with Jon. We hope to go on at least one fun trip this year.
As for new years resolutions, I have one. I am going to exercise more and lose some weight. I have been good about establishing a little bit of an exercise routine, but I know that I can do so much better. So here's to 2010 to help me reach my goal! We shall see!
Happy New Year all!
Showing posts with label holidays. Show all posts
Showing posts with label holidays. Show all posts
Friday, January 1, 2010
Friday, December 25, 2009
Merry Christmas!
Jon and I had a great first Christmas Eve and Christmas Day as a married couple. We spent it here in Baton Rouge. Just us and the cats.
Jon had to play for his church service yesterday, so we celebrated our first Christmas together in Baton Rouge.
I have been planning the perfect meal for sometime. I planned on having it for Christmas, but we were invited to my Uncle Ben and Aunt Marsha's in Gonzales for Christmas Day. Since we accepted the invitation, I decided to make my dinner on Christmas Eve.
I cooked a turkey breast, oyster dressing, spinach Madeline, and mashed potatoes. We had tea and lemon meringue pie for dessert.
When I got off from work Wednesday night, I cleaned the Christmas china and got the kitchen cleaned and organized. I wanted everything to be ready in the morning, so things would move smoothly.
I can appreciate the effort that it takes to make a nice Christmas dinner. It takes a lot of work. It was my first time doing the cooking, but everything came out perfectly!
We got up this morning and opened up our Christmas gifts. I am not going to list each gift that Jon have to me. I got a set of bamboo knitting needles and a knitting book. I also got a bracelet, a knit hat with cat ears on it, and a Janis Joplin bio. I got Jon some books, a hoodie, Stephen King's Under the Dome on audio, among other things.
Then I made waffles for breakfast. They were great!
Jon and I had a wonderful first Christmas as a married couple. Full of fun memories!
We look forward to our trip to Virginia for our Christmas visit with Jon's family. We will be there for the new year. We leave next week on Wednesday.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Jon had to play for his church service yesterday, so we celebrated our first Christmas together in Baton Rouge.
I have been planning the perfect meal for sometime. I planned on having it for Christmas, but we were invited to my Uncle Ben and Aunt Marsha's in Gonzales for Christmas Day. Since we accepted the invitation, I decided to make my dinner on Christmas Eve.
I cooked a turkey breast, oyster dressing, spinach Madeline, and mashed potatoes. We had tea and lemon meringue pie for dessert.
When I got off from work Wednesday night, I cleaned the Christmas china and got the kitchen cleaned and organized. I wanted everything to be ready in the morning, so things would move smoothly.
I can appreciate the effort that it takes to make a nice Christmas dinner. It takes a lot of work. It was my first time doing the cooking, but everything came out perfectly!
We got up this morning and opened up our Christmas gifts. I am not going to list each gift that Jon have to me. I got a set of bamboo knitting needles and a knitting book. I also got a bracelet, a knit hat with cat ears on it, and a Janis Joplin bio. I got Jon some books, a hoodie, Stephen King's Under the Dome on audio, among other things.
Then I made waffles for breakfast. They were great!
Jon and I had a wonderful first Christmas as a married couple. Full of fun memories!
We look forward to our trip to Virginia for our Christmas visit with Jon's family. We will be there for the new year. We leave next week on Wednesday.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Our First Christmas Tree
Last night, Jon and I put up our first Christmas tree! It was so much fun! We got a nice big one this year. The cats have not started to climb the tree, so I am happy.
We decided to put our wedding gifts under the tree, so we can keep them all in one place. This will allow us organize the other areas, such as closets to make room to store what we are not going to use for a while. I do not want to unpack all that stuff, since we are not staying in the apartment forever.
Our tree does not have a particular theme. It is a tree of our memories together. Most of our ornaments have some special meaning or stories behind them. I had some of our leftover wedding favors and hung some of those in our tree.
Our tree does not have a particular theme. It is a tree of our memories together. Most of our ornaments have some special meaning or stories behind them. I had some of our leftover wedding favors and hung some of those in our tree.
Our First Christmas ornament
Wedding favor
Wedding Favor
Bought on our honeymoon!
2009 was a great year!
So that's a few pictures from our first tree. I will also get to cook our first Christmas dinner, since Jon is playing for church on Christmas eve. Stay tuned...
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Long Time, No Blog
It's been a long time, since I've posted. I have been busy with work and just living life (or trying). Yesterday, I finally finished a scarf that I had been working on for some time. I just didn't really dedicate much time to it, and it got left untouched for several months. I'm glad it is finished, so I can move on to something else.
Work is the same. Never better, always the same. I put my foot down and got an extra day off, so I could spend more time in Virginia. Now we get to stay for two days, instead of one.
I'm really getting screwed this year, since I have to work the weekends after the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. Just when we had our holiday schedules arranged, they have to go and change things. Luckily, no airfare has been purchased. No more taking our holiday time the week before or after. We have to take it that week, and it can't be on our night scheduled to work. Well, hell! Tell me what I should wear and cook for dinner, why don't you! So I have no idea what it all means, I'm sure it will all be sorted out tomorrow.
Well, I must go and do my 4-mile walk as part of my training for my upcoming half-marathon.
Work is the same. Never better, always the same. I put my foot down and got an extra day off, so I could spend more time in Virginia. Now we get to stay for two days, instead of one.
I'm really getting screwed this year, since I have to work the weekends after the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. Just when we had our holiday schedules arranged, they have to go and change things. Luckily, no airfare has been purchased. No more taking our holiday time the week before or after. We have to take it that week, and it can't be on our night scheduled to work. Well, hell! Tell me what I should wear and cook for dinner, why don't you! So I have no idea what it all means, I'm sure it will all be sorted out tomorrow.
Well, I must go and do my 4-mile walk as part of my training for my upcoming half-marathon.
Friday, November 6, 2009
TGIF
I have Saturday and Sunday off! I will be so glad to not have to be at work.
I think that I will move on to organizing the bathroom this weekend. It will be nice to have two rooms organized. I will have the bedrooms, the living area, dining area, and closets left.
We get Veteran's Day off, so I will take advantage of the day off by getting something accomplished.
I am going to see my grandparents in a week. We are going to drive up on Friday and just visit. It is so much easier on all of us to do that than try staying over night.
We are meeting with our photographer to talk about the finalization of our wedding album this evening. We will hopefully also get our wedding images on DVD.
We are going to Virginia for Thanksgiving. We just decided to go this a few weeks ago. I was not allowed Tuesday or Saturday off, so we are going to drive to VA on Wedneday after Jon's class. We will spend Thanksgiving (Thursday), then drive back on Friday. Thanks a lot, job!
When Jon gets his Ph.D. and we move, I will be so glad. Then I can focus more on what is important; family and home life. I think I was meant to be a full-time homemaker.
We shall see...
I think that I will move on to organizing the bathroom this weekend. It will be nice to have two rooms organized. I will have the bedrooms, the living area, dining area, and closets left.
We get Veteran's Day off, so I will take advantage of the day off by getting something accomplished.
I am going to see my grandparents in a week. We are going to drive up on Friday and just visit. It is so much easier on all of us to do that than try staying over night.
We are meeting with our photographer to talk about the finalization of our wedding album this evening. We will hopefully also get our wedding images on DVD.
We are going to Virginia for Thanksgiving. We just decided to go this a few weeks ago. I was not allowed Tuesday or Saturday off, so we are going to drive to VA on Wedneday after Jon's class. We will spend Thanksgiving (Thursday), then drive back on Friday. Thanks a lot, job!
When Jon gets his Ph.D. and we move, I will be so glad. Then I can focus more on what is important; family and home life. I think I was meant to be a full-time homemaker.
We shall see...
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Happy Halloween!
We carved pumpkins last night! I carved a witch/moon. Jon carved a ghost. He acidentally cut the wrong thing and ended up having to find another pumpkin. After going to 3 places, he found another pumpkin.
I roasted the seeds from the pumpkin, and they are so good!
Jon read Scary, Scary Halloween by Eve Bunting aloud. Then we watched some of the movie, Teen Wolf.
I am working today. I am wearing my tiger ears and my LSU hoodie. That's my "costume". I'm an LSU Tiger!
Jon and I had lunch at Rotollo's. It was so good!
I roasted the seeds from the pumpkin, and they are so good!
Jon read Scary, Scary Halloween by Eve Bunting aloud. Then we watched some of the movie, Teen Wolf.
I am working today. I am wearing my tiger ears and my LSU hoodie. That's my "costume". I'm an LSU Tiger!
Jon and I had lunch at Rotollo's. It was so good!
Monday, July 6, 2009
4th of July Weekend
Jon and I had a very quiet 4th of July weekend. I worked Friday, but was lucky to have both Saturday and Sunday off.
Friday night, we went out for sushi. Very yummy! We went to Derek Chang's, one of our favorite places in town. They are now in their new location and it is wonderful.
Saturday we were invited to a birthday celebration. Jon is working for an Anglican church (as a pianist), and the pastor and his wife invited us to join them for her birthday. Her parents were in town, and were very charming. The company was great and the food was delicious.
We were planning on going to the Louisiana State Museum to see the Pride of Place exhibit, but were a bit tired. Maybe we will go on Friday. My library is in the area that the exhibit is about.
Sunday I sang at Jon's church service. We had dinner with some of the members after the service.
We watched a few movies. The Reader was great! I had started listening to the book, but didn't finish. I plan on finishing it, but I have had other books distracting me. I'll get back to that one one day. Maybe we will listen to it on the way to Virginia.
Friday night, we went out for sushi. Very yummy! We went to Derek Chang's, one of our favorite places in town. They are now in their new location and it is wonderful.
Saturday we were invited to a birthday celebration. Jon is working for an Anglican church (as a pianist), and the pastor and his wife invited us to join them for her birthday. Her parents were in town, and were very charming. The company was great and the food was delicious.
We were planning on going to the Louisiana State Museum to see the Pride of Place exhibit, but were a bit tired. Maybe we will go on Friday. My library is in the area that the exhibit is about.
Sunday I sang at Jon's church service. We had dinner with some of the members after the service.
We watched a few movies. The Reader was great! I had started listening to the book, but didn't finish. I plan on finishing it, but I have had other books distracting me. I'll get back to that one one day. Maybe we will listen to it on the way to Virginia.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
So much to do... So little time...
I finally had a two day weekend, since getting back from our honeymoon. It was pretty rough having to work for so many days, after being off for over a week.
I was hoping to take my 4th of July holiday on my birthday, which is July 15th. This did not work out, so I will get to take tomorrow off. What a pleasant surprise! I will get two days off again! This makes me so happy, because I still have a lot to do.
Instead of having to cram it all in on Friday, I can do some things tomorrow. We still have to go to the banks. I need to change my name. I need to decided what to do about merging accounts, etc. We need to get new checks, both with my new name and Jon's new address. It will be good to get these things done.
We got the majority of our "thank you" notes done, so that feels really good. We still have more to write. We are still having things trickle in after the wedding, so it is good to stay on top of things.
Jon's parents want to have a post-wedding picnic for us at their home. I have requested leave from work to go. I have asked to be off from Thursday, July 30th until Monday, August 3rd. Let's hope this gets approved!
I was hoping to take my 4th of July holiday on my birthday, which is July 15th. This did not work out, so I will get to take tomorrow off. What a pleasant surprise! I will get two days off again! This makes me so happy, because I still have a lot to do.
Instead of having to cram it all in on Friday, I can do some things tomorrow. We still have to go to the banks. I need to change my name. I need to decided what to do about merging accounts, etc. We need to get new checks, both with my new name and Jon's new address. It will be good to get these things done.
We got the majority of our "thank you" notes done, so that feels really good. We still have more to write. We are still having things trickle in after the wedding, so it is good to stay on top of things.
Jon's parents want to have a post-wedding picnic for us at their home. I have requested leave from work to go. I have asked to be off from Thursday, July 30th until Monday, August 3rd. Let's hope this gets approved!
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