Yay for the Weekend!

This morning I woke up to hear millions of drops of rain pattering away on our ceiling and windows:) Even at six o'clock in the morning, this was a nice way to wake up:) I enjoyed a warm shower and the sound of the rain, made breakfast, and insisted that Kyle bring a jacket to school as I saw him out the door. When I left for work soon after, it was still sprinkling, and overcast:) Rain and Christmas music made for a nice drive to work, not to mention that traffic was pretty light:) Work was slow, but throughout most of the day I actually felt pretty much normal, rather than sick!:) Needless to say, rain, Christmas music, and feeling better made for a good day over all:) My tummy is hurting right now, but I'm not feeling nearly as bad as yesterday, so this is still an improvement;) I'll take any improvement, lol. I'm glad the work day is over and I can finally relax and enjoy the weekend:) We are going up to Lancaster:) Kyle's brother, Cory, is home on leave after finishing his first deployment in the U.S. Navy, so we will finally get to see him!:) We haven't seen Cory in about 6 months! It should be a nice weekend:) Well, Kyle's home, so time for dinner:)

Ugh, Is It Over Yet?

So after about 12 days of feeling a bit blah and queasy, I was beginning to get used to it...at least enough to act like I was feeling fine. I guess that meant it was about time to start feeling worse! *sigh* This morning I woke up feeling a little more queasy than before, and stayed in bed until Kyle left for school. He was sweet and brought me my crackers and made me relax while he made his own breakfast. After he left I got dressed, brushed my hair back into a ponytail, set my alarm for 8:20, and snoozed until then. When the alarm woke me up, I grabbed my lunch (let's see if I can eat it:-p), slipped into my shoes and trudged out the door. By this point I felt like the few crackers I'd eaten were having a boxing match in my stomach and just might decide to find the nearest exit before long. Thank goodness they didn't. By the time I got to work though, I was ready to go back home :( However, I think I've got an okay system down for surviving the day. When people aren't around, I lay my head down on my desk (I can do so in such a way that I can't be seen from where people come in) and I keep an ear out for elevator dings and footsteps. So far it's worked pretty good. My boss knows I'm not feeling well, so he doesn't seem to mind as long as I'm up and alert when people come in. Hopefully I'll feel better as the day goes on, but I will definitely be glad when the day is over. I can't wait to get home...

It's Christmas Time in the City

My wreath!!!

What should I add to it?

Thanksgiving Weekend

Well, I was feeling better enough on Thanksgiving that I was able to eat a reasonable amount:) That was good:) Thanksgiving was fun:) We spent the weekend in Lancaster, at my parents' house, but did Thanksgiving at Kyle's parents' house, along with my parents, my brother, and Kyle's family's friends, the Tomaks:) It was a pretty big group compared to a usual Glazner style Thanksgiving! It was great:) We watched the game while the turkey was in the oven, and then had dinner, pie, etc which was all great!:) Then we played Balderdash, which if you haven't played before, you definitely should try:) It's a lot of fun, and funny!:)
I think feeling better on Thanksgiving was a little blessing from God to make the holiday as great as it always is. Now, however, Thanksgiving is over, and I guess He decided I can deal with feeling yucky for awhile longer *sigh*...I've been eating more than just crackers lately, but this morning, toast and three peanuts was beyond my stomach's tolerance:( Goldfish and milk are basically what I've been living off of, so I'm trying to encorporate some sort of vitamins and proteins into my limited diet, but seeing as 3 peanuts wasn't tolerable, it's not easy. Fortunately the pint of milk that I've almost finished today has about 40% of the protein I need, 70% of the calcium I need, and 50% of the vitamin D that I need. So if I keep drinking lots of milk, and have a good healthy dinner (let's hope I can), I should be good...*sigh* I hope I get better soon...

I Don't Like Being Sick :(

*sigh* Well, I'm still feeling lousy:-\ Really though, I don't actually feel awful so much as...uncomfortable and tired. My tummy still doesn't like much of anything put in it, but it accepted salad last night. That's an improvement:) It's been a bit of a challenge, figuring out how to get protein and vitamins and such into me when all I want is chips and crackers. Even croutons were a bit much as far as flavor goes:-p Lame, cause I love croutons:-\ I brought some chicken salad with me to work though, so hopefully that will do me some good, and not bad. Here's hoping... My primary concern is that I get better in time for Thanksgiving! How terrible would it be to feel anti-food on Thanksgiving?? Hopefully if I can get enough good-for-me stuff into my system I'll be able to get over whatever's troubling my tummy.

Yucky Saturday, Yummy Potato Chips

So yesterday I woke up feeling really yucky:( My head hurt (again) and my tummy didn't even like the thought of food, except potato chips. I made Kyle run to the grocery store for some chips for me. My mom will think this is a bit peculiar, as potato chips were the only thing her stomach could handle during the early stages of her pregnancies. Don't worry, I'm 99% sure it's just a tummy ache;) Anyway, I think I wanted potato chips because I couldn't handle anything 'heavier' than that. So Kyle got me my chips (yay for sweet hubbies:), and even fixed lunch and got dinner for us:) He has gotten a bit of kitchen experience lately, haha. I didn't make him cook dinner though. He went and got us take-out, which I wasn't able to finish but I did enjoy a little bit of it:) It was a weird day. I probably slept through about half of it with my various naps and short snoozes, so it sometimes felt like a very long day, and then other times it felt like a bunch of really short lazy days, lol. I don't think I really had a clue what day or time it was for the better part of the day. Honestly, I can't say I minded having to loaf around for a whole Saturday. The part that I really didn't enjoy was that I couldn't sit up or stand up long enough to take a drink without feeling sick again:-\ But Kyle took good care of me, like always, and I am feeling a bit better today. Hopefully I just caught a short-term bug. I definitely can't afford to call in sick tomorrow...:-p

Feeling a Bit Fallish:)

I love this time of year, so I figured I would hunt down a few pictures of fallish sorts of things to celebrate the fallness of Fall:) I can't wait until we can live somewhere where the seasons actually change, and the leaves really do fall:) When we can afford it, you bet I'm gonna go decoration-happy around Thanksgiving time!

I liked this sort of twist on the classic cornucopia, filling it with flowers instead of fruits and such:) Pretty!:-D

I wanna make something like this for our dining room table, when I have a table that's big enough that a centerpiece wouldn't take over;) haha

Yay for Fall creeping its way into our flower shops! I hadn't seen many fallish bouquets before, but now they're getting really cute and creative!:)

YAY for Fall!!!:)

Dinner:)

Yesterday I was eager to get home from work and get started on dinner! I was planning on making what I hoped would turn out to be a very yummy meal: chicken parmesean, caesar salad, garlic bread, and a sort of alfredo noodles side dish. I rushed home and pulled up to the gate into our parking garage only to find...I didn't have the clicker to open the gate:( The previous evening I'd clipped the clicker to my purse so that I could open the gate to go the short way to our apartment. It had still been on my purse that morning, and had been there when I tossed my purse under my desk at work...oohhhh shoot...
It just so happens that Kyle had gotten home at the same time as me. As I sat there in front of the gate, I explained the predicament. He pointed out that even if someone opened the gate for me, I wouldn't be able to get out in the morning. He said, "Well, you could run back to the office if it's still open." It was still open, for sure, but...what about dinner! A bit frustrated I said, "Okay, do you want to drive to my office, or start dinner." I'm sure it's no wonder he looked a bit put-on-the-spot. "I'm not gonna waltz into your office. Nobody there knows who I am!" (didn't occur to me that they ALL know what he looks like, but oh well, lol). I said, "Okay, well can you start dinner?" He seemed to think this was a bad idea for some reason. I grabbed a napkin from between the seats and my keychain-sharpie and wrote "tomato sauce, tbsp cream, parmesean...on chicken" on it, and told him, "Thaw out the chicken, stick it in the small casserole dish, stir the cream into the tomato sauce, pour it on the chicken, and top it with parmesean. Then bake it." He looked at the napkin like he thought it would be more edible than dinner if he cooked (Silly boy:). He said, "What if I ruin it?" "You won't ruin it. I'll be back long before it's done, so don't worry. 350* for about 40-45 minutes. I'll be right back." I rushed back to the office, convinced the parking attendant that she should let me park for free, rushed in, grabbed the clicker, and rushed home. When I came home Kyle was sitting at his computer and the apartment smelled like...chicken parmesean, of course! I'm not sure what he was worried about;) I tossed together the side dishes, pulled the chicken out of the oven, heated up the garlic bread, and...voila! Kyle cooked a very yummy dinner:) I told him he could cook;)

My Weekend

Well, Friday evening was a great date night:) We drove to Valencia and went shopping:) I'd been given a $50 gift card for Macy's, so we decided to spend it. I couldn't find anything at Macy's that I wanted, for $50 or less. All I found was some $x,000 Christmas china, so I told Kyle to find something he wanted. I guess I'm just not a Macy's girl. Not stylish enough for them, lol. Anyway, so we headed to the mens section and found the Clearance section, lol. They actually had some pretty good deals, for "name brand clothes" and Kyle was able to find a couple of nice shirts. The mens clothes aren't nearly as weird as womens clothes can get. After a fairly successful shopping trip, we went to T.G.I.Fridays (We saw it before Souplantation and couldn't resist, lol). We got an appetizer called something like 'sesame chicken strips w/ Jack Daniels sauce'...that was probably the best thing on their menu. They were amazing. They should make a meal of it, not an appetizer. Dinner was great too, but they definitely need to turn that appetizer into a meal! After dinner we drove to Lancaster. We got in around 11:45pm, lol, and promptly fell asleep!
Saturday morning we watched Ratatouille with Kyle's mom:) It was a really cute, funny movie:) I'd definitely recommend it to anyone. It offers plenty of laughs, and a cute story:) Then we went to Dennys for lunch with Alex and Kathy!:) It was great to see them! We must've hung around talking for at least an hour after lunch:) It was really neat to get to hang out with them:) It'll definitely have to become a bit more of a regular thing;)
Saturday night I got to babysit for my friend Apryl so that she and her husband could get out a bit:) Their boys are so cute, and were really well-behaved:) (*whew!* I am still not great at asserting myself even to children, and honestly think Tyler is learning to do so quicker than I am). They were a lot of fun:)
Sunday morning we visited Living Way and Kyle got to drum for the worship team:) We don't exactly have room for his drums in our little apartment, so when he gets to play it's a real treat:) After church we went out to lunch with my parents, reception-site hunted, and shopped for wedding decorations (lunch was the only successful activity). Sunday evening we came back to my parents' house and had dinner with them and my brother. Then the guys got the bright idea to watch 'The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy' which brought on a quick shopping itch in my mom and I...funny how that works. So we went shopping while the guys watched their movie. It was fun:) My mom finally bought herself some things, and I managed to not spend a bunch of money, lol. Two successful shopping trips in one weekend;) When we got home from shopping, around 9:30pm, the guys were still watching their movie, lol. Kyle and I didn't end up heading back down to LA until around 10:30pm. I feel like I've missed about one whole nights sleep, but it was a fun weekend:) I wish we could make trips to Lancaster more often..:)

Yay!

Kyle's on a sweetness kick!:) First he suggested pumpkin pie, which I feared may have been ruled as a 'Thanksgiving Only' treat, and then this morning he said the magic words: "Let's go out for dinner tonight";) Needless to say, being a new cook with a small menu, I love going out to eat! As much as I like cooking, I do get very sick of my own cooking since it's so limited. Trying new recipes is always fun, but can get expensive when you have to buy all the ingredients, and may or may not use them ever again. So I have to experiment wisely;-p Going out for dinner is a huge treat for me now:) So on the way to Lancaster, we're going to stop in Valencia for dinner. Our friend Alex recommended 'Souplantation,' which I've never been to, but their menu looks yummy!:) Maybe we'll go there:) I'm up for trying something new:)
Speaking of trying something new, today I figured out that Kyle's henley shirts look better on me than my own henley shirts do. How does that work? :-? I think it may be because my henleys are too snug to be worn by themselves. Looser fits my look better. I've seen "the boyfriend shirt" in catalogs and such - it's just a guys size shirt, sold in the girls' section, lol. I thought they looked cute and comfy (but are probably much cheaper in the guys' section). Maybe that's why I like Kyle's shirts better, lol. Anyway, so today I look like I'm wearing a 'boyfriend shirt'...except I guess it would be a 'husband shirt':)

Aww :)

Y'know what Kyle said last night?

"We should make pumpkin pie:)"

:-D 'Course we need to get a few more ingredients, but hopefully soon we'll have our first pumpkin pie of the season:-D

My Favorite Things

I wrote this nearly a year ago, but seeing as the holidays are drawing near, and I'm wearing a red sweater and drinking hot chocolate and wishing I had a warm fire to warm my feet by...it just seemed like a good "repost":)

hehe, I needed to cheer myself up somehow, as I'm quite lonely without Kyle, so I rewrote the "Favorite Things" song, lol. (Footnotes at the bottom, as some stuff is like, "huh?" or "are you serious?")

(1) Books marked with roses and soft homemade mittens
(2) New knitting needles and notes neatly written
(3) Kyle's bright smile, the joy that he brings
These are a few of my favorite things

(4) Warm tasty coffees and fresh pasta noodles
(5) Playful young puppies and baby toy poodles
(6) Knowing it's Kyle when my cell phone rings
These are a few of my favorite things

(7) When the car dies
(8) When the alarm rings
(9) When I'm feeling sad
I simply remember my favorite thingsand then I don't feel so bad

(10) Cold puppy noses and soft cozy kittens
(11) Staring at Kyle and feeling quite smitten
(12) Cold rainy winters instead of just spring
These are a few of my favorite things

(13) Baking fresh cookies and home-making candy
(14) Finding for once that the scissors are handy
(15) Waking to find that Kyle isn't a dream
These are a few of my favorite things

(16) When the dog barks
(17) When the car's dinged
When I'm feeling sad
I simply remember my favorite thingsand then I don't feel so bad

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(1) From "You've Got Mail" / I like mittens:)
(2) New knitting needles are somehow refreshing / I am very picky about writing letters neatly
(3) Self explainitory :D
(4) Yummy
(5) An elderly couple I know just got two toy poodle puppies and they're SO cute a playful and just adorable:)
(6) Yay!:)
(7) ...or rather, won't start
(8) Either the fire alarm in Horton, or my alarm clock
(9) Like when I can't talk to Kyle
(10) They're funny / Kittens can be very good snugglers
(11) Hehe, it's a favorite pastime
(12) I love winter, especially rain
(13) I love baking:) especially making cookies for Kyle:)
(14) Whenever I need them, they are somewhere else, so when for once they are handy, it is a huge thing, lol
(15) I've wondered occasionally when I've woken up, and had to check my cell phone for his number and my neck for the locket he gave me, to convince myself it's all real (needless to say, I get to wake up and check for HIM, rather than his picture now;)
(16) He barks TOO MUCH
(17) ...from me backing into things, haha

Geese!

No, not real geese. Just a couple of silly gooses. Me and Kyle, that is... I tend to save my silly self for at home, as most of my silly moments are simply embarassing moments that Kyle knows how to respond to so that I feel silly, rather than stupid;) I'm sure it is at least a daily thing that he gently laughs at me and says, "You're a silly goose" with a smile of entertainment on his face. This is usually followed by me saying, in a silly childish voice, "I no goose," to which he responds, "You're my goose:)" Lately we've been using the "You're my goose" phrase even without silly moments or any reason at all, really. Just random hugs, a kiss on the cheek and "You my goose"...We'd always wondered what terms of endearment we would use, since Honey is a dog to us, and neither of our names can really be turned into "pet names" (names of endearment, not names for pets). But I don't think we ever imagined Goose becoming one, haha;)

Palm Springs

So this is why they call it "Palm Springs." There are plenty of palm trees!

Kyle had a math conference in Palm Springs, for one of his classes, and I got to come along:) I didn't go to the math conference of course, but I got to see Palm Springs, and have a lunch date with Kyle during their break for lunch:) The weekend was quite an adventure, as I'd left my cell phone at home and didn't realize it until I'd dropped Kyle off at the convention center and told him, "Just let me know when to pick you up!" After dropping him off, I went back to the hotel to do some laundry. At some point I thought, "Hm, I wonder what time it is..." and proceeded to look for my phone. I quickly realized that I had not brought it along at all, and almost simultaneously realized that Kyle still had one of our hotel room keys, which I needed to return during check out before he would be done at the conference. Eek! I rushed over to the convention center and went into the lobby. There was an information booth, and a "Student Volunteers" booth. Kyle was one of the student volunteers, so I asked the guy at the booth if there was a way to find one of the volunteers. I gave him Kyle's name and he said, "Well, he's probably in a session right now. His volunteer time ended about an hour ago." I asked, "Is there a way to find out where he might be?" The guy kind of laughed and said, "Well there's only about 5,000 people here, so I suppose there's a chance, but I'm guessing that calling him would be easiest." lol. I told him why I was looking for Kyle, and he let me borrow his cell phone to leave Kyle a message. There was a Coffee Bean a few blocks away, so I left Kyle a message on his phone telling him I would be at the Coffee Bean, and to meet me there when he got out. Poor Kyle had to trek all over in the heat of the day, in slacks and a dress shirt, to find me because I'd forgotten my phone:-\ I got the hotel key from him and was able to check out with no problems, but it was quite an adventure not really knowing how or when I was going to find him, haha. At least we were able to enjoy a yummy lunch at the California Pizza Kitchen:) After the conference though, Kyle was ready to go home. We drove back to LA and enjoyed a nice evening with no unexpected adventures;) And this morning, we woke up to.....FOG!!!:) This picture was taken from our front door. It was so neat to see this, as fog isn't all that common here (smog =/= fog;). We thought it was pretty:) It's burning off now, but it was neat while it lasted:)

In Sickness and In Health

Well, Halloween was slightly scary for the first time in my life. Okay, not really scary...but it would have been scary if my head really did explode like I thought it had. Yesterday evening I developed my usual weekly migrane. Usually they're very small migranes and I only call them migranes because they aren't any other type of headache, not because of their severity. But yesterday evening it was bad enough that we turned off the movie we were watching and I went to bed. Then around 2:30am, I woke up feeling like someone had failed to kill me by shooting me in the head with a weak shotgun. I haven't had a headache bad enough to make me cry since I was about 11 years old, but last night I was well beyond a little sniveling. I was full out bawling my eyes out. The only part of my head that didn't hurt was my chin. My brain felt like it was pulsating, expanding to twice it's natural size with each throb. My sinuses were suddenly stuffed up beyond their capacity, and blowing my nose was like blowing up a water balloon - difficult, and painful for the 'balloon' (my brain). My ears were throbbing, my eyes were surely halfway out of my head...even my teeth hurt. But my chin was okay. Poor Kyle probably wasn't sure what to make of me at first, being woken up in the middle of the night and all. But he immediately got up and got a cool washcloth for my head, and brought me some water and ibuprofin (who names these drugs?). He almost took me to the emergency room, but after physiologically rejecting the ibuprofin, and requiring a lot of snuggling, I felt 'better' enough to fall asleep, waking up every so often to flip the cool side of the cloth to my head. I woke up this morning with just a mini-migrane which is a whole lot better than I expected, and was able to drag myself in to work today. I'm not sure what exactly brought on such an awful headache (too much candy? lol) but I sure am glad Kyle was there with me. I felt bad for waking/keeping him up, but I don't know what I would've done without him. He takes such good care of me:')