Things I (David) am thankful for

It's a few days before Thanksgiving and since we are not going to have internet access over Thanksgiving I thought I'd schedule a post to go out.

I'm thankful for Jamie. She is so good to me. She keeps me organized and on top of things. Many days she is the reason that I put up with the projects and papers and drama at work. She makes me believe in myself. She helps me to laugh and let loose. I love her, I could write a whole book about that, but I'm going to move on.

I'm grateful for parents and in-laws. My parents are so fantastic. I love hearing from them. I'm excited that soon I will see them again. They support us in so many ways; it is great. I also am grateful for Jamie's family. It has been really nice to have family close while I'm at school. We have fun together. Don teaches me all sorts of things that I'd never know (like how to thread a fishhook and how to drive a boat). Karen makes me think about the community that I live in. She inspires me to be more involved.

I'm grateful for siblings.

I'm grateful for a good job where Jamie and I can work together.

I'm grateful for school, even though right now I am probably more grateful that it is almost over.

I'm grateful that I know where I'm going. I may not know the details specifically, but I'm grateful that I constantly receive confirmation that I'm going into a fascinating, increasingly important field.

I'm grateful for goldfish.

I'm grateful for friends who we have fun with, who we can talk to about troubles that we, as newly married BYU students, face on a daily basis. It's great to know that someone else feels the same way.

I'm grateful for my mission and all of the friends I made there. I miss you guys.

I'm grateful for warm beds on cold nights.

I'm grateful for life.

Pies 2: the aftermath

This is our kitchen this morning. Last night we made 2 pumpkin, 2 apple, and pudding for banana and peanut butter. This morning we baked two pie shells, made a cherry pie, and filling for chocolate cream. We still have a lot of assembly to do, but that can (and should) wait until closer to eating time. 

Crust central. (Yes, we cheated on a couple pies and bought crust) And that is the smoke detector that was having fits during the baking of the cherry and apple pies. 

That bag is full of tubs of cool whip. The sticky notes are on pie fillings.

Break.

Thanksgiving break started today.

The munchkin came over tonight. We made a few pies. We're making a few more tomorrow.

By the way, here were the winners of the poll.

Pumpkin, Peanut Butter, Banana Cream, Chocolate Cream, Apple, Cherry, and a possible Chocolate chip cookie and Lemon Fluff. We have everything for those, but probably no way to transport them... we'll see.

Anyway, it's break. My break is going to be consumed with three things: food, football and term papers... I'm excited for two of the three. Take a guess.

It's been a long day. I think we're going to bed soon.

Tuesday Misc.

So, I got a haircut today. I don't have my camera with me, but I will post a picture later tonight. We are off to the Lights On! celebration in a couple minutes. I had a really good sandwich today. It was with cookies, chips, and a peppermint patty. Tasty. I turned in the shirt today. Yay! And I  cut out the dress for my next project. Clothes for 3 year olds are a lot smaller than David's shirt. The pieces are SO tiny and SO cute!

As Promised, my hair.

Pies, pies, and more pies.

So, Jamie's making a bunch of pies for Thanksgiving. We can't decide which ones to make. Please vote and spare us the decision. You can vote for as many pies as you want so vote away! Please?

What pies should Jamie make for Thanksgiving? (Choose all that sound good)
	Apple
	Pumpkin
	Lemon Fluff (Lemon Cream)
	Chocolate Chip Cookie
	Chocolate Cream
	Peanut Butter Cream
	Cherry
	Mixed Berry
	Strawberry
	Banana Cream
	Pear Custard
	Apple Cider
	Key Lime
	Other (Leave a comment to tell us what you like)

Saturday Favorites

Some of my favorite things lately:

Draw A Stickman
Cinnamon Roll pie crust
This song.
Pinterest. Follow me! I am Irishchick, so search and follow me!
This video from work. We are starting to post every week so be sure to check our  youtube channel out!

I have been really busy trying to finish the shirt I am making for David in my sewing class, so I haven't done much else.

A week in passing

Today's blog will be short. We almost forgot! Yeep!

Here are some highlights from this week.

David took a Film Theory test, he thinks he did well.

After a very frustrating night in the sewing lab Jamie is almost done making a yellow dress shirt for David. He's excited because the sleeves on this shirt will fit... unlike all of the other long sleeve shirts he has.

Jamie went to HOLY COW (or the Pious Bovine as David calls it).

David started 3 of his final papers. One on Facebook, one on the Wii, and one on Firefly. It's going to be great!

We went five days without sweets! Yay!

Hiccup (our fish) is healed! He previously had a small red sore on his back fin.

Oh, did I mention that it's Thanksgiving next week? In honor of that I'll pose a question,

What's your favorite kind of pie?