I went to pick it up yesterday. There were 110 links of sausage and 50 something pounds of pan sausage. I packed it all into the freezer when I got home!
I think we'll be set for meat for awhile!!
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Sausage
A whole lotta sausage! The weekend before Christmas Josh shot a couple deer and took the meat to a place in Schulenburg to get it processed. We got the call on Monday that it was ready. The question is were we ready for all the meat?
I went to pick it up yesterday. There were 110 links of sausage and 50 something pounds of pan sausage. I packed it all into the freezer when I got home!
I think we'll be set for meat for awhile!!
I went to pick it up yesterday. There were 110 links of sausage and 50 something pounds of pan sausage. I packed it all into the freezer when I got home!
I think we'll be set for meat for awhile!!
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Cold.
When I got up at 7 this morning, it was 16 degrees outside! 16 degrees! Brrr.
This is what Rylie thinks about the cold. I couldn't agree more!
This is what Rylie thinks about the cold. I couldn't agree more!
Thursday, January 7, 2010
65 Years
On December 27, my grandparents, my dad's parents, celebrated their 65th Wedding Anniversary!
They are both still with us at 91 years old, but they are starting to slow down some and are now in the nursing home. So, my dad and I made a lunch of ham and sweet potatoes and took it up there for the whole family to celebrate.
5 of their 6 kids - Monica, dad, Ralph, Doreen, & Annette
Kids and spouses
6 of 14 grandkids - Joel, Summer, Sarah, Ross, me, Ryan
Grandkids & spouses
Grandma's brother and his wife
2 of 12 or so [with one on the way (not me!)] great-grandkidsThere is also one great-great-grandchild!
Sarah & Cindy
Monica and her husband Don also celebrate their anniversary on the 27th. They are a little behind though, only 6 years! :)
My dad stuck his hand right into the side of the cake!
Cutting the cake
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Things are looking up!
2010 is slowly starting out very, very well!
On Monday, we paid off my truck and found out that Josh was getting 5% of his salary back!!
On Tuesday, Josh found out that he was getting the remaining 5% of his salary back!!!!
Today, I got a call from UTSA about one of my applications that I had submitted. They want to interview me tomorrow!!! Yeah!!!
Now, I hope that I didn't just jinx us!
On Monday, we paid off my truck and found out that Josh was getting 5% of his salary back!!
On Tuesday, Josh found out that he was getting the remaining 5% of his salary back!!!!
Today, I got a call from UTSA about one of my applications that I had submitted. They want to interview me tomorrow!!! Yeah!!!
Now, I hope that I didn't just jinx us!
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Now back to our regularly scheduled Christmas 2009 recap...
I'm a horrible procrastinator. I know this. I embrace it. But it's over a week after Christmas and I'm still posting about it. Yeah, that's a little sad. But this Christmas was pretty good. And I took a ton of pictures.
This is going to be all about the tons of food we ate during the Christmas weekend. It's a little sickening. You've been warned! :)
My dad's sister from Vegas was down and she was in a food/candy making mood! Most of this stuff is courtesy of her ideas!
Of course, I made red velvet cake balls!
And I made cinnamon sugar pecans which are always a huge hit!
These pralines were courtesy of my aunt!
Kneading the dough
You wouldn't believe how many kolaches come out of a ball of dough this size!
Almost ready to go in the oven
Fresh out of the oven!
All of our baked goods ready to go!
Christmas Eve buffet!
Pretty cake balls!
My dad also decided he wanted to make a Lemon Meringue Pie with fresh lemons. It turned out really good!!
And this is just the dessert table for Christmas Day. I completely forgot to take a picture of the rest of the food!
This is going to be all about the tons of food we ate during the Christmas weekend. It's a little sickening. You've been warned! :)
My dad's sister from Vegas was down and she was in a food/candy making mood! Most of this stuff is courtesy of her ideas!
Of course, I made red velvet cake balls!
And I made cinnamon sugar pecans which are always a huge hit!
These pralines were courtesy of my aunt!My dad decided that he wanted to make homemade poppyseed kolaches for the weekend. It was a huge undertaking, but they were soooo good! My grandpa even said they were really good!
Kneading the dough
You wouldn't believe how many kolaches come out of a ball of dough this size!
Almost ready to go in the oven
Fresh out of the oven!
All of our baked goods ready to go!
Christmas Eve buffet!
Pretty cake balls!
My dad also decided he wanted to make a Lemon Meringue Pie with fresh lemons. It turned out really good!!
And this is just the dessert table for Christmas Day. I completely forgot to take a picture of the rest of the food!We were all so full every day! It took me a few days to get my system back on track and to even get hunger pains again! And I also have a few extra pounds to get rid of!! :)
Monday, January 4, 2010
I own my truck!!
Today at lunch, Josh and I went to the bank to pay off my truck!!!!! So, technically, WE own my truck now!
We have been doing the Dave Ramsey plan for almost a year now and this was one debt we were both really striving to get paid off. We were on track to have it paid off in October or November, but that pesky little lay off in October completely derailed those plans. So, we got it paid off about 15 months ahead of time! Oh yeah!!
2010 is slowly starting out really well!!
The 2009 Christmas recap will resume shortly. Yes, I am a slacker!
We have been doing the Dave Ramsey plan for almost a year now and this was one debt we were both really striving to get paid off. We were on track to have it paid off in October or November, but that pesky little lay off in October completely derailed those plans. So, we got it paid off about 15 months ahead of time! Oh yeah!!
2010 is slowly starting out really well!!
The 2009 Christmas recap will resume shortly. Yes, I am a slacker!
Saturday, January 2, 2010
2010
Happy New Year!!!
I can't believe that the new year is here already! It just doesn't seem possible! I am seriously hoping that 2010 will be much kinder to us than 2009 was. I don't know if I can handle another year like that!
We really didn't do anything special for New Year's Eve. Josh had to work til noon and then we went out and ran errands. We rented some movies, watched those, and stayed up for midnight at the Tower in San Antonio, then went to bed. We are old. Very old. At least we made it to midnight! I don't think I can say the same for last year.
On New Year's Eve, I spent some time thinking about where I had spent past NYEs:
1999: I was dating Matt, my ex, at the time and he and his sister had a party at their house which was out in the country. A few friends came out and we had a lot of fun! I can remember it like it was yesterday! This was also when everyone was freaking out about Y2K and the world or something blowing up at the stroke of midnight. My mom made me come home before midnight just in case something happened. Of course, nothing did. I really didn't like her that much for making leave early for nothing!
2000: I'm pretty sure it was with Matt again and some friends of ours. We were in the truck on the way (late) to a party when midnight came and went.
2001: I had started dating a guy named Josh earlier that year, who lived in Ft. Worth. My mom and I went to Ft. Worth for New Year's and his brother, he, and I went to Billy Bob's where we rang in the new year.
2002: Same Josh as above and I, along with my friend Laura, and her boyfriend (now husband) Jason went to New Orleans for New Year's Eve. What the heck my parents were thinking letting me go, I have NO idea! I wasn't even 21 at the time! We had a blast that trip! Lots of time on Bourbon St. and plenty of beads generously given to us, not earned! If Bourbon St. was as crazy as it was that night, I would NOT want to be there for Mardi Gras. I can only imagine the insanity then! We decided to leave Bourbon St. before midnight and make our way back to the hotel which was quite a distance from Bourbon St. We had had to take a bus down there and one back. But you are talking about kids who don't normally use public transportation and had consumed some drinks! We could not figure out which bus to get us back to where we needed to be!! Finally we got on one that dropped us off near (I say that sarcastically) our hotel. We had to walk quite a ways in the dark, along I-10 in New Orleans to get to the hotel. Midnight came as we were walking. I am still amazed we lived through that!
2003: I had started dating Jacob by this time, but I can't remember if I celebrated New Year's with him that year. I have blocked out a lot of my time with him, so details are a little fuzzy.
2004: See 2003. Same story.
2005: I had broken up with Jacob by this time, but I don't remember if I did anything. Probably sat at home at my parent's. Not sure. The fogginess from Jacob carried over I guess!
2006: Josh (the husband) and I were dating at this time and we spent it at his family's ranch with some of his friends. We had a good time being in the middle of nowhere!
2007: We were engaged earlier in the month!! One of Josh's friends and his wife came to SA for a little vacation and we spent the evening with them on the Riverwalk. I had been diagnosed with mono at the beginning of the month and was exhausted by midnight, so Josh and I left early and made it to my apartment by midnight, but I made it!
2008: We had spent Christmas in Ft. Stockton last year, so we were in Schulenburg for New Year's and Christmas with my family. My dad started a little fire out in the woods and we roasted marshmallows and hung out. No big deal, but lots of fun.
2009: Sitting on the couch watching movies. Nothing wrong with it, but realizing how old we have become!!
Going back over the last decade, it is so interesting to see where I was, where I went, and now, where I am. I graduated high school. Graduated from college. Went through a lot of boyfriends. Finished coursework for my masters (damn thesis). Had two grandparents pass away. Had two real world jobs. Bought a house. Got married.
Lots of stuff has happened in the last decade and it makes me excited to see where I will be in another 10 years!!
I can't believe that the new year is here already! It just doesn't seem possible! I am seriously hoping that 2010 will be much kinder to us than 2009 was. I don't know if I can handle another year like that!
We really didn't do anything special for New Year's Eve. Josh had to work til noon and then we went out and ran errands. We rented some movies, watched those, and stayed up for midnight at the Tower in San Antonio, then went to bed. We are old. Very old. At least we made it to midnight! I don't think I can say the same for last year.
On New Year's Eve, I spent some time thinking about where I had spent past NYEs:
1999: I was dating Matt, my ex, at the time and he and his sister had a party at their house which was out in the country. A few friends came out and we had a lot of fun! I can remember it like it was yesterday! This was also when everyone was freaking out about Y2K and the world or something blowing up at the stroke of midnight. My mom made me come home before midnight just in case something happened. Of course, nothing did. I really didn't like her that much for making leave early for nothing!
2000: I'm pretty sure it was with Matt again and some friends of ours. We were in the truck on the way (late) to a party when midnight came and went.
2001: I had started dating a guy named Josh earlier that year, who lived in Ft. Worth. My mom and I went to Ft. Worth for New Year's and his brother, he, and I went to Billy Bob's where we rang in the new year.
2002: Same Josh as above and I, along with my friend Laura, and her boyfriend (now husband) Jason went to New Orleans for New Year's Eve. What the heck my parents were thinking letting me go, I have NO idea! I wasn't even 21 at the time! We had a blast that trip! Lots of time on Bourbon St. and plenty of beads generously given to us, not earned! If Bourbon St. was as crazy as it was that night, I would NOT want to be there for Mardi Gras. I can only imagine the insanity then! We decided to leave Bourbon St. before midnight and make our way back to the hotel which was quite a distance from Bourbon St. We had had to take a bus down there and one back. But you are talking about kids who don't normally use public transportation and had consumed some drinks! We could not figure out which bus to get us back to where we needed to be!! Finally we got on one that dropped us off near (I say that sarcastically) our hotel. We had to walk quite a ways in the dark, along I-10 in New Orleans to get to the hotel. Midnight came as we were walking. I am still amazed we lived through that!
2003: I had started dating Jacob by this time, but I can't remember if I celebrated New Year's with him that year. I have blocked out a lot of my time with him, so details are a little fuzzy.
2004: See 2003. Same story.
2005: I had broken up with Jacob by this time, but I don't remember if I did anything. Probably sat at home at my parent's. Not sure. The fogginess from Jacob carried over I guess!
2006: Josh (the husband) and I were dating at this time and we spent it at his family's ranch with some of his friends. We had a good time being in the middle of nowhere!
2007: We were engaged earlier in the month!! One of Josh's friends and his wife came to SA for a little vacation and we spent the evening with them on the Riverwalk. I had been diagnosed with mono at the beginning of the month and was exhausted by midnight, so Josh and I left early and made it to my apartment by midnight, but I made it!
2008: We had spent Christmas in Ft. Stockton last year, so we were in Schulenburg for New Year's and Christmas with my family. My dad started a little fire out in the woods and we roasted marshmallows and hung out. No big deal, but lots of fun.
2009: Sitting on the couch watching movies. Nothing wrong with it, but realizing how old we have become!!
Going back over the last decade, it is so interesting to see where I was, where I went, and now, where I am. I graduated high school. Graduated from college. Went through a lot of boyfriends. Finished coursework for my masters (damn thesis). Had two grandparents pass away. Had two real world jobs. Bought a house. Got married.
Lots of stuff has happened in the last decade and it makes me excited to see where I will be in another 10 years!!
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