A single month

I really have had things happen this month. I just didn't get around to posting them. I have some cute pictures of Elise eating lasagna and getting it EVERYWHERE! I'll have to take some time this weekend and finally download my pics. Yay, 2 more minutes left at work. I feel like this is a facebook entry. Short and sweet.

Baking Bread

I'm totally lost when it comes to yeast breads, but I just found a website dedicated to bread making. It's www.breadnet.net. I think I'm going to try my hand at making bread again. The first time was a total disaster. I'm not so sure about the yeast and how it works (guess I should have paid more attention in chemistry class). I would love to try a new recipe out every weekend, but I'd better not set myself up for failure. I'll just take a look at the list and see what sounds good. I always have my bread machine as a back up :) Wish me luck!

Recipe Request

At work we have a monthly meeting with breakfast type foods. This next month is my turn and I'm tired of the same old bagels and fruit. I want to make a great casserole. So I'm putting it out there for each of you to send me your best recipes for a great breakfast casserole.

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Happy St. Patrick's Day to all of you! I have no idea who this guy is but he loooked pretty festive so I thought I'd use him as my way of wish you a very happy day!

It's finally over (well mostly)

I'm so proud of myself. I just finished paying off all of the debt we owe (well besides student loans). I can't believe it has taken me 10 years to pay it all, but it's done. Now all we have to do is start saving, saving, saving!! I will never get into credit card debt again. We don't have any car payments, no credit cards, only those student loans (and mine should be paid off by the end of next year, Jared's on the other hand will be around for a very long time). Now if only we had money for a down payment on a house. Guess we'll just have to start plugging away doing that. Yay for me :)

Blogging for a year

It was about this time last year that I started my blog. I remember because I added pictures from the Rose Parade and I have a few more this year too. It was a cloudy day but the flowers looked spectacular. There are some more pics of Erik on his way to D.C. and of course of Elise. Enjoy and don't forget to stop and smell the roses!! :)

Arizona

I have posted in a while. I was waiting to download some pictures, but work has been so busy that I haven't had time. So I will just write instead. This past weekend I went to Arizona for Michelle's baby shower. It was so fun and great to see her. She is ready to pop any day now and I couldn't be more excited for them. I drove with some co-workers and we had a great time and Elise actually did pretty good most of the time.

While I was there I did some house hunting. Jared was surprised I didn't put an offer in but we talked about it last night and he told me to get the ball rolling. So I'm going to do my homework on this home buying stuff. There seems to be quite a lot of teaching jobs there and I really love the Queen Creek area. I'm so excited to start all of this. Jared hasn't wanted to do it, but I think he's finally breaking down and realizing that LA is just not the place for us and our family. He's scared to move because it's the only place he's ever lived, but I keep trying to tell him lots of people don't live in LA and love their lives. I'm sure he'll enjoy it :)