Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Nothing new or exciting.

When I first started blogging, I was committed to blog once a week. Now I have lowered my standards to once a month. Here are a few random happenings from the past month.

#1 EASTER WEEKEND.
It is strange to be away from family over the holidays. Ryan and I got a hotel room downtown for Easter, just a few blocks away from our apartment. We went to a flower exhibit at Macy's (my idea), and a Timberwolves game (Ryan's idea). It was fun to get away (even if it was only a few blocks away), it really felt like we were on a vacation.


#2 RYAN FOUND HIS WEDDING RING!
As many of you know, my husband rarely wears his wedding ring. He only wears it on special occasions and to church. When he does wear his ring, he has a habit of taking it off and playing with it. (i.e. spinning it on the table) Last October it suddenly disappeared. I searched high and low, but there was no trace of it. I had finally accepted the fact that it was really gone. For Christmas, I bought Ryan three replacement wedding rings.

A few weeks ago, we were getting ready for church and he found it! It was in the pocket of a pair of chuch pants that he rarely wears. I am sure that he will lose it again, but now at least we have three replacement rings. (The orginal wedding ring is on the right.)
#3 I GOT A NEW PHONE.
My pink motorola razor finally stopped working. I had that phone for almost three years. I didn't want a blackberry. I had one for a month and I was annoyed by the amount of e-mail and notifications that I was getting. My new phone is great! It has a touch screen and a great camera. (old phone on right, new phone on left)





#4 I MADE COOKIES!
I am definately not Betty Crocker, but I can follow a recipe. I made snicker doodles for Ryan and they turned out good. (even though I left out the cream of tarter) He said they were not as good as his Mom's, but they were a close second.
Then I took it to an even bigger scale. I made 85 oatmeal chocolate chip cookies for a primary activity. It was a 4 hour project, but they turned out delicious! We took them to the primary presidency and the bishop of our ward. Next I am going to try to make Apple Pie!
#5 RYANS WATCH COLLECTION.
Ryan has a shoe fetish. He has multiple pairs of similar looking athletic shoes. He can't get enough of them. But lately he has a new hobby, collecting watches. He bought two new watches this month. I wish he would collect something cheaper, like baseball cards.

8 comments:

Fritzsche's said...

That looks like a lot of cookies. I'm so glad you are becoming so domestic. Good for you!

Trisha said...

I loved the new update!! Ü
I think your cookies look fabulous!!
As for Ryan's collections....I am not sure that baseball cards would be any cheaper than watches. He would probably want the rare ones like the Mickey Mantle rookie card not just the $.75 pack you buy at walmart with a stick of bubble gum. Maybe he could collect ketcup packets or plastic straws (they do come in all sorts of sizes and fun colors). Just a thought??

Natalie said...

Deb...I am so impressed...the cookies look amazing! You are becoming quite the little cook :) You'll have to make some for me to try sometime. Miss you and hope you are doing good.

Unknown said...

Fun update! I love your new phone. I also think those cookies look super! Is it Mom's oatmeal chocolate chip recipe? I have to get it from you! Glad you found Ryan's wedding ring. I am glad that you and Ryan could get away on a mini vacation for Easter. Easter was a hard day for me - I was missing family even more than usual! See you soon. Good job on the blog! Love, Ang

Treo Sanders said...

I love the post. You guys always have fun dont you. Im impressed w the cookies. Nice job betty crocker. Cant wait to see you in a month + .. Its gonna be a well needed vacation. Love you and miss you.

Brynnly and Alan said...

I am crackin up about Ryan's rings! Sounds just like Alan! He does the exact same thing. That is why we spent $30 on his wedding ring. We knew he'd lose. I haven't searched for it but I'm pretty sure it is lost. I will have to buy 3 like you did just to be safe.
glad you are doing well! Nice job on the cookies! You look great! Thanks for the update!!

Topher and Carma said...

Hey! I was super happy to find your blog. How are you? I hope things are going good, it looks like they are. Why are you in Minnesota? You look so great. TAlk to you soon!
-Carma

Taylor's said...

I love the update. You guys crack me up - shoes and watches - who knew!

The phone is awesome; I love it! And the cookies I wish I could just eat them. They look so good.