February 1, 2010

I prefer to shower and dry my hair at night before bed.  I just sleep better that way.  Plus, since I prefer to work out after work rather than in the morning, it just works best for me to shower at night.

And now it's bedtime.

January 31, 2010

ONE MONTH!  Alright! 

Today was great but also incredibly frustrating.  After being told at work on Friday night that I was going to need to work this weekend, I was all prepared to not have free time.  But I was also told that I should be able to work around other plans I might have.  Which is why it was no big deal to go to the farmers market yesterday.  Or to church this morning.  In fact, I finished most of the work for this project Saturday night around 7:30 p.m.  So this afternoon Paul and I went for a drive to Henry Coe State Park, which was beautiful and made me feel very connected to the Land. This 86,000 acrea area all used to be ranchland, and there are tons of trails we want to go hike.

This was my favorite shot of the day. Paul took it but I am titling it "Lightning" because that's what it looks like to me:

We had dinner plans with Paige and Mike (friends from our new ward), so we got home and started putting together shish-kabobs.  And then, just twenty minutes before Paige and Mike were coming over I get six emails from work with projects that needed to be done, ASAP.  It wasn't so bad in the end - Paige and Mike are super cool and really didn't seem to mind that I kept walking in and out on "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs", and at least I was able to sit down for dinner (which Paul pretty much prepared on his own - he is my hero) but still.  I win the award for worst hostess in the world. 

C'est la vie.

January 30, 2010

Today we went to the Saratoga Farmers Market. It was super fun to see all the different fruits, vegetables, breads, desserts, meats, seafood, and flowers being sold. We ended up getting some fresh strawberries and some flowers.

January 29, 2010

My office.

January 28, 2010

On my mission people always said that they were going food shopping.  It always bothered me.  I say grocery shopping.

January 27, 2010

I snapped this photo of Amy while she was watching the State of the Union address by Obama. She was taking a short break from work.

January 26, 2010

So, no picture of the completed project yet.  Instead Paul and I walked over to the Campbell library which is right downtown.  Since my eyes are burning my brains out every day by the time I am done with work I haven't really felt like reading.  So I wanted to check out books on CD to listen to while I am driving to and from work.  I've only tried this once before and wasn't super happy with the experience so I'm going out on a limb here and giving books on CD another try.  Nathaniel and Dorothy say it's awesome, so here's hoping.  I checked out The Scarlet Pimpernel, The Monster of Templeton, Water for Elephants, and The Scarlet Letter.  I haven't decided yet which I am going to listen to first but I am leaning toward Pimpernel which I have always wanted to read but never have surprisingly enough.

On our way to the library we walk past the Calvary Temple of Campbell.  I'm thinking this sermon is one that we may just have to attend.  Somebody look up Jeremiah 13 and tell me what its about. 

Oh, and at the library Paul picked up a guide to local food and we are getting really excited about going to some of the local farmer's markets (the one in Campbell is on Sunday so we haven't been, but Saratoga's farmer's market is on Saturdays apparently so we're going to go to that one) and trying out some of the produce grown nearby.