More Pictures!

Okey dokey, here's some pics from our kayaking trip! It was perfect weather- nice and HOT!!! Great for splashing each other :).The water level was quite low on the river and we ended up getting out and towing our kayaks quite a bit. In this pic, I got stuck in the shallow water and the ground was just this huge rock and it was really slippery. When I got out to pull my kayak, I was being very careful not to fall on it, and the next thing I knew, I was sitting on my behind!!! I started laughing so hard (it REALLY surprised me!) that I kinda just flopped down on my back and laid there in the water laughing my head off!! :)
This look really makes you wonder what he's up to, doesn't it?
And just in case anyone out there is worried, we did finally get the hang of all the kissing stuff :). Heh heh, I took this pic myself!

Air conditioning is a WONDERFUL invention!

Well, the reason it got so hot in the apartment on Monday was because the AC was broken! So late Tuesday afternoon some guys came out and fixed it, MUCH to my relief! :) It was a tad bit warm in here!

Ladies and Gentlemen (and Andrew) I am pleased to announce that I've been through my very first tropical storm. Or something like that. I guess it was a hurricane and then they changed it to a tropical storm. Anyways, basically that just means it rained all night Wednesday and all day Thursday. The good part of it was that Alex's boss sometimes gets pizza for everybody if its raining during the day, so Alex came and got me and I had pizza with him and his crazy coworkers! And they are DEFINITELY crazy.

The centerpiece at the pizza party was, of course, Alex's famous pizza. Before we were married, but after he got his new stove (i.e. RECENTLY!) he put a frozen pizza in the oven for supper. Well, anyone who knows Alex knows that he can fall asleep in no time at all, so when he woke up in the morning he remembered his poor pizza. It didn't set off the fire alarm or burn down the apartment, but it is completely black. You can see the black outlines of his pepperoni and peppers and stuff. So he was very proud of his carbon pizza and brought it in to work with him. Gerald (his boss) asked if he could keep it, so Alex generously gave him his precious pizza. Fortunately Gerald forgot to bring it to the wedding (he was planning to set it next to the cake!), but when we walked into the office for lunch on Thursday Alex couldn't resist grabbing it and putting it out with all the other pizzas, much to everyone's amusement ;).

Today I went over to the church and worked with Miss Kay again. I made the bulletin for this Sunday! And it looks rather spiffy, if I do say so myself :). I even got to put a little cartoon in it! It was fun looking on the website for something to put in that space. So now starting on Monday I'm on my own over there! And believe me, I have the keys to prove it. A huge ring with about 345,809 keys on it, and I have to remember which ones that I'm supposed to use :). I also got to answer the phone a few times today and I got to use the intercom and hit a button to let people in too!

The intercom and lock thing is pretty fun, but Miss Kay says to be careful, and if I don't know the person then maybe I shouldn't let them in. The only problem is that... I don't know ANYONE! And its hard to understand the Southern accents over the intercom. AND most people know Miss Kay and when she answers through the intercom they goof off and tell her all sorts of crazy stuff because they know that she knows who they are. So I had the air conditioning man today being all goofy and saying he was George and stuff (he was a little embarrassed when he got in and saw me in there!!). So hopefully I can remember who everybody is really quickly and I won't have to worry about all that stuff :).

Well, I'm going to go now. I just noticed the carpet could use a good vacuuming! So I'm back off to my slaving duties. Hahahahahaha, that was a good one, Uncle Phil!

I'm still alive!

Well, after the honeymoon I dropped off the face of the earth, right? WRONG! :) I'm still alive and kicking (not Alex, of course!). We've been getting organized and settled in the apartment. With twice as many people here as there was before, it's been taking a bit of work!

After our first trip to the laundrymat we went out and bought a stackable washer/dryer set at Sears. The only problem was that when they came to deliver it, it was damaged! So they took it back and said they would get a new one. They called with a new delivery time, but never showed up. So Alex called them and they said that the new one came in, but was also damaged. So finally on the 3rd attempt we missed Sunday School yesterday and got our shiny new washer and dryer :). And after spending most of his afternoon working on it (and 2 trips to various stores later...) Alex finally got it working! So today I have been doing laundry non stop, and it is somehow heating up the apartment :(. So the thermometer says its 93.9 degrees outside and it feels like AC to me! The inside thermometer says its 98 degrees. I'm on my last load of laundry for today and I hope it cools down in here before Alex comes home again! :)

Today I spent most of my afternoon trying to plan a weeks worth of menus. Why can't I think of anything just off the top of my head? It seems like when I NEED to think of something, my mind goes blank! So I have 3 cookbooks and 2 instruction books from some of our gadgets (they have recipes in them too!). And I also looked all over the place at tasteofhome.com's bulletin board. That is one of the best recipe websites I've ever seen! It's so great. So if you don't know what to make, just search the bulletin board for "weekly menu" and there's a huge thread where everybody posted their week's menu. I found that to be very inspiring, even though I didn't really choose anything that they were serving :).

In about a week, Miss Kay (from church) is going to have surgery, and then I will be filling in for her as the church secretary for about 4 weeks. So that will be fun! The church is right across the street, so I can just walk over (very handy when I don't have a car!), and I will have all kinds of keys so I will be able to run over and pound on the piano if I ever feel like it! I don't mind going awhile without playing sometimes, but I'm really starting to get desperate for one. :) Hmmmm... maybe I should practice my flute occasionally instead. The trouble with that is I left ALL my music in MI :(. For piano AND flute.

So that's what I'm up to, in a nutshell. I will post more pics someday when I figure out how to get them off the camara :P. I keep forgetting to ask Alex! Anyways, if you're ever bored, drop me an email!!!!!! I have lots of time for emailing right now :). Adioodles!

Honeymoon

Ok, I'm an old married woman now!! Here's a few pics from our honeymoon. We went to the Buffalo River area in Arkansas and stayed in a cabin in the mountains :).

This is me. Driving a stick shift vehicle!!! I didn't stall it that time, but I turned some heads in the gas station with my major tire squealing. :) It was very exciting!

Check it out!! Alex shaved :). Doesn't he look cute without his facial hair?