Basically I've turned Scott into me when I was younger. And what's stranger, I've become a 45yr old man!
I hated sitting at the table in anticipation when I was younger- wanting to know if we were having "normal" food, or my dad's latest experiment. I always felt like we were his test subjects in the kitchen lab. I wanted the everyday spaghetti or chicken and rice dinners that my friends seemed to get- or more- fast food! That was a rarity in our house.
Now, I seem to have become "the scientist". I quite like trying new things. I've yet to make something non-edible, but still I can't get over the fact that no matter how hard I try... I just can't follow a recipe.
I also don't like the fact that this saying is true- "The apple never falls far from the tree". I always pictured my family tree on a vast hill where I could tumble as far away as necessary. I'm not saying that I think it's a bad thing my dad concocted every dinner we ever ate, but now I've got the bad habit of mixing what I think tastes good together, and I never writing it down. I don't feel like Scott gets mad a lot, but I think he's frustrated when I can never duplicate a meal. Oh well.....
Tonight we're having homemade tortillas (because I forgot to buy them at the store) and chicken enchiladas. I already can't remember how I made the Spanish rice.... oh me!
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Monday, July 20, 2009
54 days...
Until we're back in Ohio and moving into a new apartment! I have been looking online and calling every apt complex in the Montgomery area for the last month to find a place when we return. Today I finally got a steal for a 925 sq ft apt. AND... it's in the Montgomery ward, AND a mile away from Grandpa and Grandma Martin! We will live in Loveland (I must be like you Deet, even if it's 6 states away).... yay! It's a little bit of an older complex, but they did some recent renovations and it'll be so nice to be close to family that we don't really care how it looks. (Anything would be better than the teensy basement apt we had in Provo!) We're only in a 3 month lease so we're still crossing our fingers for the Schlensker's house in December!
In other news, Scott has been doing AMAZING in sales these last few weeks. He's on his way to 50 sales- his goal for the summer being 75. It's completely reachable (esp. now that the reps have 3 days they sell for 12 hours! yikes- his poor feet!) in the 6 weeks we have left here. I get more hours in the office too, which works out to our advantage as well. And I learned that the other girl working in the office will be leaving in August, so I'll be working 70hrs/week for the last few weeks we're in Oklahoma. Everything seems to be coming together.
In other news, Scott has been doing AMAZING in sales these last few weeks. He's on his way to 50 sales- his goal for the summer being 75. It's completely reachable (esp. now that the reps have 3 days they sell for 12 hours! yikes- his poor feet!) in the 6 weeks we have left here. I get more hours in the office too, which works out to our advantage as well. And I learned that the other girl working in the office will be leaving in August, so I'll be working 70hrs/week for the last few weeks we're in Oklahoma. Everything seems to be coming together.
Friday, July 10, 2009
Growing
We have some exciting news- our family is getting bigger!
No, we're not expecting..... Scott and I finally purchased another car! After what seems like months of looking and bargaining, we are thrilled with our find!
We decided to get another car for fall when we move back to Cinci- it'd be impossible for us to both have jobs and go to 2 separate campus locations with one vehicle. I can already feel a headche coming on as I type about the situation....
It's a silver '01 Honda Accord with 103,000 miles. I think we made the dealer a little peeved when we told him the price we were willing to pay. I did some homework on kbb.com and read some reviews so we could go in with some idea of what was a fair price. We offered about $1800 less than the sticker price and the dealer basically laughed and told us he wouldn't go less than $800 from said sticker. We asked to see another car and when we came back he was willing to go down another $200. We told him that wasn't in our budget and he dropped the price again- $1200 off. We looked at each other- the kind of look you give when you know you're so close to getting what you want it's all you can do to control your drool- but we said no. (I think somewhere in my family line is the same "I want a bargain" gene that consumes Scott's buying power...) He said, "What's the most you are willing to pay for the car???" We told him, and his face was in pure amazement in the fact that we would still offer so low since he'd come down quite a bit. He counter offered $100 more than our desired price, and what happened next was priceless. Scott looked at him, sat up in the chair and said, "We'll take a card and think about it". The dealer put his elbows on his desk, dropped in head in his hands and said, "ok". And that was all it took. He gave it to us for what we were willing to spend- about $400 more than the KBB private party value. AWESOME.
So 2 things I've learned today (before 11am!):
A. Never give up until you find what you're looking for.
2. Scott's doing more than getting a ridiculously good farmer's tan this summer- he's learning a lot about sales tactics and consumerism. Is that a word?
No, we're not expecting..... Scott and I finally purchased another car! After what seems like months of looking and bargaining, we are thrilled with our find!
We decided to get another car for fall when we move back to Cinci- it'd be impossible for us to both have jobs and go to 2 separate campus locations with one vehicle. I can already feel a headche coming on as I type about the situation....
It's a silver '01 Honda Accord with 103,000 miles. I think we made the dealer a little peeved when we told him the price we were willing to pay. I did some homework on kbb.com and read some reviews so we could go in with some idea of what was a fair price. We offered about $1800 less than the sticker price and the dealer basically laughed and told us he wouldn't go less than $800 from said sticker. We asked to see another car and when we came back he was willing to go down another $200. We told him that wasn't in our budget and he dropped the price again- $1200 off. We looked at each other- the kind of look you give when you know you're so close to getting what you want it's all you can do to control your drool- but we said no. (I think somewhere in my family line is the same "I want a bargain" gene that consumes Scott's buying power...) He said, "What's the most you are willing to pay for the car???" We told him, and his face was in pure amazement in the fact that we would still offer so low since he'd come down quite a bit. He counter offered $100 more than our desired price, and what happened next was priceless. Scott looked at him, sat up in the chair and said, "We'll take a card and think about it". The dealer put his elbows on his desk, dropped in head in his hands and said, "ok". And that was all it took. He gave it to us for what we were willing to spend- about $400 more than the KBB private party value. AWESOME.
So 2 things I've learned today (before 11am!):
A. Never give up until you find what you're looking for.
2. Scott's doing more than getting a ridiculously good farmer's tan this summer- he's learning a lot about sales tactics and consumerism. Is that a word?
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Consider it cultivated!
So I might not be able to make bread.... who cares when you can bake an apple pie like this? We all know desserts are better than bread! (Unless you make a dessert bread, then that's just an unfair advantage)
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Productivity...well, kinda
In order to prohibit myself from aimlessly facebooking hours on end each day while waiting for phone calls that last under 45 secs, I decided to get a library card. It took me 20 min to find a piece of mail with our address on it, and I was off! Since "borrowing" the June Ensign and reading it multiple times, I've been a little more than impressed at the caliber of articles in it. Maybe it's just because I'm getting older, maybe I'm coming to understand the necessity of living apostles and prophets, or maybe I'm feel a little guilty- whatever the reason may be, the magazine seems to hit me hard whenever I read it. One article from this last month's issue has really stuck to me and I've heard the call to repentance- Elder Callister's "Our Refined Heavenly Home". WOW! (Kinda wish I could keep him in my pocket and ask him the mysteries of the kingdom....) His ideas on language really made me stop and think about how I express myself and what I can do to improve. I felt like he was looking into my life and seeing all the areas that could use a good spring cleaning. I didn't need any more motivation for going to the library.
It smelled bad. The Library that is. Like wet, mossy, mildewy stone. Yuck. But there is free entertainment, so I continued. I picked up a few books that were recommend by friends (mainly my bookworm cohort in San Diego- an 11 yr old girl! sad.. I know.) and had to get out of there because I was getting a headache from the stench. 6 books later, I find myself attached to the computer again just to blog about my trip. Geesh, better get to reading.
It smelled bad. The Library that is. Like wet, mossy, mildewy stone. Yuck. But there is free entertainment, so I continued. I picked up a few books that were recommend by friends (mainly my bookworm cohort in San Diego- an 11 yr old girl! sad.. I know.) and had to get out of there because I was getting a headache from the stench. 6 books later, I find myself attached to the computer again just to blog about my trip. Geesh, better get to reading.
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