Another day, another dollar

Well, it's Friday again. Boy am I glad! This has been a busy week. Last Saturday, Zak and I got up early and went to Taylor's football game in Morgan. That's about twenty minutes east of Layton. Or west. I forget which. Anyway, Tay played a great game, got three touchdowns (even though two were called back for penalties) and had an awesome interception (that led to one of the called-back touchdowns). It was a fun game to watch, and the team won, 28 to 6!!
After the game, we went to Britt and Kurt's for a barbecue (v.g.) and then several of us went rock climbing. I should clarify what I mean when I say "went" rock climbing. I "went" and watched everyone else climb...I decided to forgo the pleasure of actually doing it myself. Zak and I then took off for Provo so that we could be at Carolyn and Jake's open house. Let me tell you, it was junk food HEAVEN. (Translation: MY heaven) The selection of food was so varied and enormous, it was wonderful. There was pizza, Taco Bell tacos/chalupas/etc., Junior Bacon Cheeseburgers from Wendy's, another kind of burger from Wendy's, and loads of chips and cookies and soda. The only sad part is that I have some self-restraint, and limited myself to one burger and a handful of chips.
After we enjoyed the hospitality of Chez Wall... or Kiwanis Park... we met up with my old roommate Jamie and her husband Jeff. We played some games with them for a few hours, and that was rather fun. I learned how to play dominoes for real, keeping points and everything. I rather enjoyed it, and I think Zak did, too. It was also nice to visit with Jamie and Jeff.
Sunday we spent mostly at home, except for going to church, and it was so nice to relax and not do a whole lot. We did go to our ward's Linger Longer after the block of meetings (that was a momentous occasion, as it was the first time we have ever attended a ward activity...baby steps, right?). I had the day off on Monday because I am working Saturday this week. I got so much done! I cleaned my house, and did the laundry, went grocery shopping, and finished some projects I've been working on. I was quite pleased with myself.
That's about all there is to report for the weekend. I did attend the Taste of Home Cooking School on Tuesday night with lots of the girls from Zak's side of the family, and that was really fun. Lots of new recipes to try! It has been a good week, despite being busy. I am looking forward to going home tonight and putting my feet up.
Tomorrow is Taylor's last game of the season (Go, Mountain Crest!) and his birthday. I think it will be a fun-filled day! Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

A little under the weather

I'm feeling a little bit sick today. Cold season approaches quickly... I had an IRA training yesterday in SLC and that was good, I guess. Work has been plenty busy today, which has been good, especially as it keeps my mind off of how yucky I am feeling. To all you moms who still get sick and still have to take care of your kids, no matter what, my hat's off to you! I can barely take care of myself when I'm ill, let alone several small kids who are full of energy. Zak just has to fend for himself, poor thing.
I have been eating lots of chicken soup and saltines. Yum. It does make me feel better, though. Well...as fascinating as it must be to read about my illness, I think I'll stop now.
I was going to share something else very important and interesting, I'm sure, but it's left me now. I should probably go help get things closed down. It's about time for that today.
Oh! I know what I was going to write. No one ever comments on my blogs anymore, and that's okay, but I'm wondering if it's because I started getting spam...so I put a secure thing on there so that comment spammers can't just throw all kinds of junk on my blogs. So not very important after all. Ah well.

I'm noticing a trend...

It seems I have the most time to write these blogs on Thursdays. Interesting.
I have had a really slow week at work. I don't know if it's just because school is now in session, or what.
Well, here's the update for the past week:
I can't remember what Zak and I did Friday after I got off work, but Saturday morning, we went to Taylor's football game and enjoyed that. As usual, Tay played well. Saturday afternoon was spent doing laundry. Nothing unusual there.
Sunday we went to church and went over to the folks' for dinner, which was very good.
I am really blanking out. I can't remember what we did on Monday night. I know that Tuesday morning, my parents drove up to Logan from Lehi, where they were staying with my brother Scott and his family. They spent several hours with Zak and me, just talking and enjoying being together. The only not-so-good thing about the visit was that they got a parking ticket! This was really my fault for not knowing that you need a permit to park on the street between 7:30am and 2:30pm. I should've had them pull into my driveway... Darn. Dad is appealing the ticket, so hopefully the Logan Parking Authority will let it slide. We will see.

And now I'm continuing this blog a day later... Kind of ruins my whole "trend" theory, but that's okay. Let me just finish up with a note about our plans for the weekend. Tomorrow morning Taylor has a game in Morgan, Utah, which is close to Ogden--so Zak and I are going to go spend the night at the Lewis house and ride down in the morning with them. Should be fun! I think we'll take our laundry tonight and get it done. That will be quite fabulous! I hope that everyone has a great weekend!

The Weekly Update

Today didn't start off really well. I put on a white shirt this morning, preparing to walk out the door to an early work meeting, and promptly spilled my Carnation instant breakfast down the front of it. If it had been the vanilla flavor, maybe I could've gotten away with wearing the shirt still, but alas, it was the rich milk chocolate flavor and very brown. Then I put on another shirt--this one was too small and I couldn't get it buttoned (time to clean out the old closet). The third shirt I put on was far too wrinkled to wear to work, Zak told me. So then I just gave up and pulled on a t-shirt so that I could get to my early meeting. While I was gone, Zak kindly ironed my shirt so that when I got back I could change quickly and get to work.
The past week has been rather quiet, but I have a few fun things to share from the weekend. Saturday night Zak and I went to the house of a couple in our ward, had a backyard BBQ (v.g. - very good, for those Bridget Jones's Diary afficianadoes out there), and went miniature golfing. This was my first experience with mini-golf, and I quite liked it. We had a good time with James and Juli, and Zak was almost par for the course! It was a par 49 course, and he got 50 (v.g.). I, of course, was more like 62.... (n.v.g.)
Sunday night Zak decided that we needed a little fresh air, so we went for a "walk" around Hyrum Dam in the south end of the valley. Apparently (and unbeknownst to us) the water had been so high earlier in the summer that the pathway around the lake was washed out. We exited the path before we got to that point, however, because anytime we are near a somewhat large body of water, rocks must be skipped. I stink at this, but Zak is very good at skipping rocks. We couldn't find the path again, so we continued our walk along the rocky shore - it has so many rocks that it can't be called a beach. It's just shore. We walked quite a ways around the water to a jutting piece of land called Big Toe. (Looks just like its name.) At this point, it was beginning to get dark, and thunder had been threatening ominously from the other side of the lake for about 20 minutes. We found a way up the back of Big Toe to the road. It was just about straight up, so that was fun and athletic. Good thing Zak has me keep a pair of running shoes in the trunk of the car for occasions just like these - I am almost always to be found in flip flops during warm weather.
We finally got to the road by walking through someone's back yard. Luckily it was pretty big, so no one noticed. As we began the trudge back to the car, it began to rain. We were next to a church building when lightning struck PRETTY close to us. I couldn't begin to estimate how close, but I could smell a burned smell in the air, so that's PRETTY close. We didn't realize the storm was moving so fast! We ran into the building and waited the storm out for a few minutes. Luckily, it was unlocked and we could use the restroom and get some water. Then we finished walking back to the car just as the rain let up. All in all, while not being something I care to repeat, it makes a fun memory.
On Monday Zak and I slept in very late. I love sleeping in, and get to very rarely these days. We went over to Zak's parents' house and did laundry. We also went back into town with Burke and Rhett for a few hours while the laundry was going. We test-rode some beach cruiser bikes (that's the kind I learned on - I'm sure many of my siblings will remember the green bike with the cushy white seat --or denim covered seat-- and pedal brakes) and enjoyed that.
That night, we all watched in amazement as Burke fit 5 (yes, FIVE) McDonald's double cheeseburgers into his mouth at one time. It was without a doubt, the grossest thing I have witnessed in person to this point in my life. But quite amazing, all the same.
Work has been very, very quiet this week. I didn't even close a loan until this morning. I just discovered that an old co-worker from a prior job has been hired at the CU, so I am excited to see her around.
That's about all the news...except that we got cable yesterday!! It's just the basic, ten-dollar-a-month variety, but I am pretty stoked. We haven't had tv at all this first year of marriage. So it will be fun to have that once more.
I hope all of you are doing well and that things are great! Love to hear from you when you have the time.

Gas prices

Gas prices jumped to $2.89 by the time I went home yesterday. I hear they will go above $3.00 a gallon this weekend. That is just too bad.
Work is really busy today! Lots to do, no time to do it all. I work tomorrow also, my first Saturday. I hope it won't be too terribly busy. Have a good weekend everyone!

Another exciting Thursday

Hello again, everyone. I hope all of you are well. It's Thursday and it's been pretty quiet at work. I have to find things to do to amuse myself. I'm not having a lot of success in that department.
It's September! I can't believe how fast the year is flying by. Next thing I know it'll be Christmas! Also, gas prices are making me positively sick. Maverik, the cheapest in the valley, is now up to $2.77 for regular unleaded. It's just not right.
Zak started school again on Monday, and we are both a little overwhelmed at the sheer amount of reading and homework that he has. Regardless, I know he will do just fine. He's such a smart kid! He has two psychology classes (then he's done with his psych minor) and two English classes, and also a general science class. I may have already shared this, I don't remember. The classes sound pretty interesting to me, but I guess that's because I don't have to take them.
It's time for lunch and I am going to have an egg-salad sandwich, courtesy of Zak. What a good husband he is!