It's Always Something, Right?

For the past seven months of newlyweddedness, there seems to arise from out of nowhere a huge expense that hinders us from our savings goal... I have mentioned this in my blog before. Last week I was thinking how nice it was that we had made it through so many crazy large expenses and haven't incurred any debt from it and how nice it would be this month to be free of a large expense. But wait, it's only mid-month...what's it going to be this time? Well, Adam's truck was making weird noises and a light went on that shouldn't have been lit. Adam did the right thing and took the truck in to the shop first thing Monday morning. Rats had gotten in the bottom of the truck and chewed up the wires. There is our big expense - almost $1000. When will it end? The holidays are approaching, we really want to get a place of our own, and who knows if my job will last past March.

On the positive side of things, we are really happy. My classes are getting to be very overwhelming, but I'm happy to be learning and I am looking forward to the possibilities it could bring. Adam is excited to start reffing and he loves his day job too. We got to attend a beautiful wedding reception for our friends Kate & Tucker who we are so happy for! Also provided us time to catch up with other friends we haven't seen in way too long. We have a change in our church callings coming up that are very exciting. Darci & Joanna visited me as we baked homemade pumpkin oatmeal chocolate chip cookies! I really have missed those wonderful women and the cookies turned out really well. Adam and I spent time with great friends carving pumpkins and playing with their kids. Well, I gutted our pumpkin, but Erin carved it because Adam and I didn't want to and Chris ended up carving Erin's - thank you, Erin!! It looks really good! I'll try to get the pics from Christina & Josh who hosted the fun night. I literally tried to walk out the door with Scarlett but Adam made me give her back, haha. But I really did have a good time observing the kids play and I was able to apply what I've been learning in class as I played with them. Adam and Hunter were a fun sight to see play fighting. Adam was sweating pretty good there at the end and Hunter has a really cute giggle. We also got to see Adam's brother Mike briefly as the Packers defeated the Vikings and finally, we made it to see my mom and dad briefly as well. Thanks for the shredder, Mom! Adam has already cleared up a good amount of papers!

When I got home last night, I tried a new quinoa recipe...meh. Not that great. Too lemony and after I made the dressing that is supposed to be mixed in, I decided by taste that the quinoa would be better without it, so I felt very wasteful. However, I am so thrilled that Adam's mom sent me the polenta recipe that she made for us last time we visited Santa Barbara! It was delicious and I hope I can make it as successfully as she did!