Out my window: The leaves of the tree outside our apartment definitely turned brown in just a matter of days this past week, it seems like.
Clothing myself in: jeans, brown hooded long sleeve shirt
Around the apartment: Still enjoying the couch...still staying within a few feat of the oscillating space heater...
The hubby: We both happened to have three day weekends, and we were lazy. It was great. It's nice to have a few laid-back weekends before the holidays have us traveling more often.
In the kitchen: Last week was kind of a blah week on food...I burned the crushed potatoes, the steak wasn't fantastic, I didn't care for the taste of the pretzel chicken, and the sliders were a pain because the dough was too thin. With the sliders, I used off-brand biscuits instead of Pillsbury, because off-brand. I'm on a budget, people! There are very few things I buy name brand...Matt's juice and toilet paper are about the only ones that come to mind. For real, I think building up the culture of life, being on NFP and wiping about twice as much as anybody else calls for nice toilet paper.
Anywho...sorry about that...I'm still trying to narrow down meals for this next week. At the moment I'm considering crockpost chicken teriyaki, oven tacos for when we hopefully have some friends over for dinner, and tuscan pasta with tomato basil cream (I love how they can make ravioli sound so posh).
Crafting: I'm thinking the first couple of crafts from this blogpost for the youth group room. I'm pretty sure I have Popsicle sticks from previous crafts on hand, so I wouldn't have to buy too much to make this happen.
Learning: Have I mentioned how happy I am that I just have this week, next week, and then finals for this semester? I'm sorry Aquinas, it's not you, it's me.
Week 13 for school is:
One and Triune God: The persons in relation to the essence, the persons as compared to the relations or properties, and the persons in reference to the notional acts
Christology: Christ's subjection to the Father, Christ's prayer, and the priesthood of Christ
Reading: One and Triune God is making my head swim
Watching: old episodes of Lost and Phineas and Ferb...An Affair to Remember, as I've always wanted to understand the references in Sleepless in Seattle
Bringing me joy: Since we moved the futon into the office, I can hang out on that while Matt unwinds after work on his computer. I have a desk, but I'm not much of a desk person at this point in my life. I usually use one when I'm working on genealogy stuff, but that hasn't happened in forever and a day. After graduation...
Thinking about: Hand, Foot, and Mouth have affected my 1yr old room (even an adult), along with staff infection. When we found out about the latter, we cloroxed everything down in there, and played in the 2yr old room instead. I really don't feel like getting sick, thank you...Winter is upon us. Winter is my favorite season, but admittedly for all the more romantic aspects of it (my birthday, my mom's birthday, Christmas, snow, hot chocolate, fire place, snow angels, music). The cold...meh. At least 'tis the season for layering!
Pictures to share:I'll get back to you...
Monday, November 17, 2014
Friday, November 14, 2014
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
New sofa!
Out my window: Deceptively sunny. It turned off cold last night with the early "winter vortex" moving in.
Clothing myself in: skinny jeans, BCCHS hoodie
Around the apartment: We got a new couch! It's sooooo nice. I like just looking at it. And it's pretty cool in here because we're newly-marrieds wanting to save money, so we're trying to run the fireplace instead of turning on our heat. I did break down today and turn on my little space heater that I used in college. It's helping a bit :-)
The hubby: We went back to Wichita this weekend for his new niece's baptism. Such a lovely time with his side of the family.
In the kitchen: This week will be simple sliders, honey mustard pretzel chicken, and steaks with crushed potatoes. Last night I made some cappuccino cookies, as it had been a while since we had a homemade dessert on hand. In my excitement to make them, I didn't soften the butter quite enough, so they didn't hold together quite as they should have, but they are still yummy!
Crafting: Nothing this week. I need to think up what to make next for putting in my youth group room, and what to have the youth group make with kiddos for tree-selling. Apparently that's a big fundraiser for the parish, every year they sell evergreens and pretty much everyone in the area gets their real tree from the parish. The youth group will help entertain the kids while parents pick out their trees.
Learning: Week 11 for school is:
One and Triune God: The person of the Holy Ghost, the name of the Holy Ghost (Love), and the name of the Holy Ghost (Gift)
Christology: Christ's unity of being, Christ's unity of will, and the unity of Christ's operation
Reading: Oh school...
Watching: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (which was nice and light-hearted) and Jane Eyre (which was not so nice and light-hearted...it was creepier and more suspenseful than I anticipated).
Bringing me joy: baptized niece...one-year olds playing nicely with each other...
Thinking about: always the balancing time thing...hoping to have our priest over for supper soon to bless our apartment
Pictures to share:
| Le new couch. |
Sunday, November 2, 2014
My husband is back!
I'm feeling like I'm needing a little structure to my random-thoughts posts, so I'm going to borrow this format from Every Day is a Gift and see how it goes!
Out my window: Sunny, mild, and clear skies. After a cool day yesterday, today feels a lot more fall-ish.
Clothing myself in: Mass clothes still...black pants (I usually wear skirts since I wear pants throughout the week and I get super tired of pants, so Sunday is my day to switch things up, but today it's just what I opted for), blue shirt with grey sweater
Around the apartment: I made a bit of a mess while Matt was gone on business, so I cleaned up before he got back, so hopefully it stays that way through this week...homework is always easier to handle when my mind isn't on how much of a destruction zone the living room/dining room have become.
The hubby: just got back yesterday from a business trip to Grand Rapids. He had the night shift, so his sleep schedule has to be readjusted. I went to GP for a wedding of a childhood friend, and when I got back at 9pm last night he had been asleep since 4pm, and still slept through the night. Hopefully today he'll be able to relax and recover!
In the kitchen: I would've gone shopping on Wednesday, as it had been a week since my last shopping trip, but since Matt was gone and I had plenty of leftovers, I decided to stretch out our grocery budget through the end of the month so that I can start fresh this month. Last week I made some chicken tetrazini and cheese-filled burgers with bbq ranch sauce, this week is still in the planning stage, but possibly a crockpot chicken with stuffing and three envelope crockpot roast beef...things are always subject to change, based on what I see in the store for sale/what I know I can make from it.
Crafting: I was going to wear a poodle skirt from 7th grade (that still fits...) for Halloween, but since I knew (a) I wouldn't be with the kiddos during their party (I worked in the afternoon after their nap) and (b) I'd be running errands after work, I opted for comfort and put together a last minute Rosie the Riveter outfit. Does that count? Oh, I did have my youth group help me make some easy fall crafts, and I had pictures on my phone, but then my phone went kaput and the pictures are no more, or at least I have no idea how I would recover them.
Learning: Week 11 for school is:
One and Triune God: The person of the Father, the person of the Son, and "the Image"
Christology: "Things which are applicable to Christ in His being and becoming" and the Nativity.
Reading: This list is pretty short usually since I do so much for school, but I did just start Sense and Sensibility, which I skimmed through in high school. I'll also be doing a lit review for volunteering at the CPB on conflict of interest and public/private partnerships in the bioethics field.
Watching: This week with Matt gone I watched a bit more than usual...the last games of the World Series (major bummer, but still proud of them), Fox and the Hound, Sense and Sensibility to go along with my reading, and Grease, along with a couple episodes of the Twilight Zone.
Bringing me joy: Having Matt back, seeing a childhood friend get married, getting asked to be a bridesmaid for another lovely friend, good conversation with my parents who graciously picked me up and brought me back to GP for the wedding
Thinking about: how I can possibly stir interest in my youth group/get them to actually respond to communications so I can effectively plan events, how to balance time, grocery shopping trip looming
Pictures to share: ugh, I never take pictures, so maybe this will spur me to take more pictures, but for now you get nada.
Out my window: Sunny, mild, and clear skies. After a cool day yesterday, today feels a lot more fall-ish.
Clothing myself in: Mass clothes still...black pants (I usually wear skirts since I wear pants throughout the week and I get super tired of pants, so Sunday is my day to switch things up, but today it's just what I opted for), blue shirt with grey sweater
Around the apartment: I made a bit of a mess while Matt was gone on business, so I cleaned up before he got back, so hopefully it stays that way through this week...homework is always easier to handle when my mind isn't on how much of a destruction zone the living room/dining room have become.
The hubby: just got back yesterday from a business trip to Grand Rapids. He had the night shift, so his sleep schedule has to be readjusted. I went to GP for a wedding of a childhood friend, and when I got back at 9pm last night he had been asleep since 4pm, and still slept through the night. Hopefully today he'll be able to relax and recover!
In the kitchen: I would've gone shopping on Wednesday, as it had been a week since my last shopping trip, but since Matt was gone and I had plenty of leftovers, I decided to stretch out our grocery budget through the end of the month so that I can start fresh this month. Last week I made some chicken tetrazini and cheese-filled burgers with bbq ranch sauce, this week is still in the planning stage, but possibly a crockpot chicken with stuffing and three envelope crockpot roast beef...things are always subject to change, based on what I see in the store for sale/what I know I can make from it.
Crafting: I was going to wear a poodle skirt from 7th grade (that still fits...) for Halloween, but since I knew (a) I wouldn't be with the kiddos during their party (I worked in the afternoon after their nap) and (b) I'd be running errands after work, I opted for comfort and put together a last minute Rosie the Riveter outfit. Does that count? Oh, I did have my youth group help me make some easy fall crafts, and I had pictures on my phone, but then my phone went kaput and the pictures are no more, or at least I have no idea how I would recover them.
Learning: Week 11 for school is:
One and Triune God: The person of the Father, the person of the Son, and "the Image"
Christology: "Things which are applicable to Christ in His being and becoming" and the Nativity.
Reading: This list is pretty short usually since I do so much for school, but I did just start Sense and Sensibility, which I skimmed through in high school. I'll also be doing a lit review for volunteering at the CPB on conflict of interest and public/private partnerships in the bioethics field.
Watching: This week with Matt gone I watched a bit more than usual...the last games of the World Series (major bummer, but still proud of them), Fox and the Hound, Sense and Sensibility to go along with my reading, and Grease, along with a couple episodes of the Twilight Zone.
Bringing me joy: Having Matt back, seeing a childhood friend get married, getting asked to be a bridesmaid for another lovely friend, good conversation with my parents who graciously picked me up and brought me back to GP for the wedding
Thinking about: how I can possibly stir interest in my youth group/get them to actually respond to communications so I can effectively plan events, how to balance time, grocery shopping trip looming
Pictures to share: ugh, I never take pictures, so maybe this will spur me to take more pictures, but for now you get nada.
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