Good news!

Since the last time I blogged, my husband blogged FOUR times! That's insane! I've been slacking on the blog front but on the Liz front I have been busy.

I quit working at the library. I was having a hard time managing my time and working so much it was affecting my grades. My previous two Bio test grades were both 79. After I quit my next test grade was a 96. Talk about a difference!

At the end of September I turned in an application for Co-Editor of the school newspaper. Since I was a regular writer I applied. I didn't hear back about it so I shrugged it off until last week when I was called for an interview for today.

No more than a half hour later I received a call with an offer. I guess it also helped that I was the only student to actually show up for the interview but I'd like to think I wowed them too :P

Well I have to sleep now. Tomorrow is another study day for me. I have an exam on Monday for my online class. Tuesday is my history Exam. And then the following Monday is my Biology exam which is good because it gives me plenty of time to study for that.

To continue with the good news, Dan got accepted to Penn State! We are super stoked! I will transfer in the Fall whereas he will start Summer Semester. I looked up the foreign languages offered by Penn State and they offer Korean! I am super stoked!!! I haven't even applied to Penn State yet but if I get in, I can learn how to speak Korean! That would be one more thing crossed off the list.

Going back to school has been a lifesaver for me and I am so thankful I came to this decision on my own. I'm in school because I want to be and therefore getting the most out of my education. Okay, I am babbling now, this is why I haven't blogged in forever.. lack of quality material to blog about :P

Turkey Day Thanks

I'm thankful for my husband. He is really thoughtful and sweet in the most quiet of ways.

He noticed my to do list on my desk and printed out a LES* for me without me asking for him to. When I brought it up, a mischievous smile grew on his face. Like I said, thoughtful in the most quiet of ways.

*LES stands for Leave and Earnings Statement. It's like a pay stub.

Hopefully everyone had a wonderful holiday weekend. Although we would've enjoyed the company of our families, we made the most of our weekend. I cooked a full traditional Thanksgiving Meal and it turned out pretty well for the most part.

What I found most perplexing was that the vegetable that I do no like to eat, but Dan does, turned out to be the best dish. Yup, Sweet potato casserole. I remember being horrified when my mom would scoop huge helpings of sweet potato casserole on my plate growing up. I could NOT stand it. Not even with the gooey marshmallow goodness. I tried it again on Thursday and I still don't like it. I tried it after I added additional brown sugar and it still tastes horrible to me. Perplexing enough, Dan likes it. Dan is one of the most pickiest eaters I've met and he likes something that I don't?! This one will forever puzzle me.

This year I have also discovered that there is no such thing as homemade. I phoned home to get the recipes for Green Bean Casserole and Grandma Carol's Stuffing only to find out they are just generic recipes you find on the bag/can. I was only slightly disappointed though. My green bean casserole turned out as terrific as my mom's since the recipe was easy to follow. The stuffing however was not so tasty. My timing was off so I was rushing to get the stuffing done (I hate eating stuffing from the bird so I stuffed my bird with an apple, cinnamon stick, herbs and an onion to keep it moist). Because of my rushing I didn't chop my onion and celery fine enough plus the bag stuffing was too crumbly. I am sticking to the box type from hereon out. Heh heh, I am way too lazy to tear up pieces of bread for my stuffing.

Other than my timing, Thanksgiving was a hit. There was no one to please but me and Dan so it was completely stress free.

It's been almost two years of marriage and four years that we have been together. I still feel like newlyweds and it still feels like we just met. I'm so thankful for a kind loving husband. He treats me so well and I can't believe how lucky I got. Meanwhile Dan is on the couch rubbing his big belly trying to figure out how he got so lucky. Heh heh.