Errors in the Bible

This was a challenging reminder to me as I approach God's Word. I thought others might want to read it as well :-)

By the way...

I just wanted to mention without hurting anyone's feelings if they have already messed this up... but our new address is NOT Beaver, it's Bever (minus the "a"). Don't worry, we won't tell anyone if you added the "a." ;-)

Early weekend?

Isn't it funny to notice the differences between my posts and Happy's? Just thought I'd mention that....

For those of you who are interested, I changed my email address. I think I emailed everyone that might be interested (and probably some who aren't interested), but if you didn't get an email from me about my email address change, please let me know!

Right now at work there is pretty much no one here and the ones that are here seem to all be in meetings. Let's just say it's very quiet. Maybe I'll get to leave a little early and beat the traffic :-D

Saturday my former roommate Heather is moving and we are going to help her (Heather, I can't wait to see you!), so we'll be up in Santa Clarita for at least a portion of the day. Before we head up there Happy's planning to play basketball at 7 am at his school. CRAZY! Speaking of the school, for those of you who have asked, Happy is not teaching at the same school as Tim and Leah. I'm not totally sure where Tim and Leah's school is, but I haven't seen them yet. I think they are closer to LA than we are... Do any readers of this blog know more that might help?

Well, I've almost finished The Promise. Actually, I have 20 pages left and am anticipating finishing today. Up to this point the book has gotten better than I had thought at first. Still, I'm looking forward to getting back to the Thoene Series that Happy got me for my birthday last year. I finished the second book before I picked up The Promise. Next is Munich Signature. It should be good! Oh, and I'm sure you'll hear how/if the phone thing works out. It'd be nice to have a phone and internet at our home :-)

AT & T and cynicism

AT & T is doing its best to turn me into a cynical 22-year old.

You guessed it, the phone is still not working. I called customer service again and they are sending out a technician today . . . again.

Other than that today is going well so far. My parents stopped in after picking my Aunt Dorothy up from LAX and spending the night in Orange County and taking her to John Wayne Airport (doesn't that name just make you want to fly from that airport!) this morning.

Lots of things going on in international news, mainly Scotland Yard's superb job in foiling an elaborate terror plot (here and here).

Oh yeah, and I can now vote in Orange County! Yippee!

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Some things

John Piper recently returned from a five month sabbatical in Cambridge, England. He did a whole bunch of stuff, and I found his recap very interesting. Read it here.

I know Todd Bolen's link is just to the right of this entry, but I thought I'd put some extra emphasis on his message by putting a link here about the current war in Israel and Lebanon.

Today the phone is supposed to start working, even though it was supposed to July 28. Here's hoping it finally will work!

Sloppy chef

It only took me about 40-45 minutes to get home yesterday!!!! I didn't take the side streets I had planned because apparently word has gotten around the office that my commute was ridiculous so I had several people tell me alternate routes that they use. Last night I took the 55 north to the 5 north and got off at Chapman, which I took all the way home. I think tonight I'll try taking the 5 north to the 22 east and see if that is better or worse. Still, I'm VERY glad to have cut down my commute :-)

My lasagna turned out pretty good, but I think I should have drained the meat before adding the tomato sauce because when I scooped out the pieces there was a sort of puddle in the bottom. It didn't change much of the flavor, which Happy said was good, but I'd still like to work on the consistency. I figure I've got time to improve. Raphaelle, I'm looking forward to the recipes to make enchilades. If I remember correctly, Happy really likes those. Tonight is chili and corn bread so all I really have to do is heat up the soup and make corn muffins. It'll be an easy night compared to last night (but it WAS fun making lasagna)!

I think my mom will have something to say to this as she remembers me "cooking" at home. I've learned that whenever I cook or bake anything, I generally make a rather large mess. When I made pizza, I got it in the oven and looked around to dough and flour smeared into the counter, sauce splatters on the stove, grated cheese on the floor... seriously, you'd think someone that is pretty organized and neat could cook in such a manner as well, right? Maybe I just need to get more used to what I'm doing? Eh, oh well. It's kinda fun making the mess. Cleaning up isn't so fun, but it is necessary, especially in my kitchen!

Well, as extremely exciting as this post is, I'm going to get back to work. By the way, for those of you who are wondering why Happy has only posted twice, the reason is because we still do not have a phone line or internet in our apartment. Supposedly it will work tomorrow at some point, but that'll be at least the 3rd date they've said it'll be working. Once we do have internet at the apartment, you can be SURE there will be many many pictures on our blog!

Monday Monday Monday

I shaved 20 minutes off my commute home on Friday. I figure that is better, but I'd really like to make it MUCH shorter. Today I'm going to test out some random side streets and hopefully those will be better. We'll see!

Our refrigerator came yesterday and guess what? IT WORKS!!! Happy and I went grocery shopping after it was delivered and now we have real food. I made pizza for dinner and it was pretty good. I made a "menu" for the week too, which is weird because I've never had to make meals before. Tonight I'm making lasagne (or lasagna) but I have yet to figure out how to actually do it. Should be interesting :-)

On a less interesting note, we've only got a few boxes left to unpack! Plus, I organized our mess of a closet yesterday and things feel much neater now. I like it :-) With so many less boxes, I was going to vacuum too, but Happy did it for me. What a wonderful husband! It's starting to feel more like home. Now I just need to get used to the "city noises" at night. Seriously, the other night it sounded like someone was dragging buckets of gravel around and then picking them up and dropping them right outside our window at like 12:30 am. Who does that? Maybe I'll invest in some earplugs...

Alright, back to work for me. Does anyone have any easy/tasty recipes for two that they want to suggest? Raphaelle, I KNOW you'll have something to say to this and please do!

Traffic

This will be a quick post simply because I've got other things to do today! Yay! I did want to mention that my first day of work went well and my second day is also going well. I'm enjoying meeting my co-workers and learning (slowly) who everyone is, but the commute home is a little rough. Yesterday it took me an hour and twenty minutes. After spending a half hour crawling 4 miles on the 405 I decided to get off the freeway and try my luck with the streets. At the third "road construction" place I came to, I began getting frustrated. Needless to say, I need to figure out a way to keep my patience on the ride home and even use the time productively. Although I have a few ideas, I'm open to suggestions :-)

Other than that, coming back to reality after the honeymoon and two weeks of moving in is hard! I guess I'm just getting a small taste of what life after college is like. I will say that I'm thoroughly enjoying having no homework and reading whatever I want to read... with no deadlines of when I have to finish a book! Yep... it's pretty cool. So, back to work for me!

Thank you for calling...

Hello from work! Yes, I'm at work. Yes, I'm allowed to do pretty much anything (reading, checking email, posting on my blog...) to help pass the time, particularly while I'm training and just waiting for the phone to ring. My first day is going by rather quickly especially considering I'm not doing much except answering the phones. I've been reading my book too. I'm reading The Promise by Chaim Potok. It's sort of a sequel to The Chosen which Happy gave me for Christmas two years ago. As of right now (150 pages into the book) I'm enjoying it, but I like The Chosen better. Oh well, it's not bad and still has another 200+ pages to get really good!

Yep, so there's not a ton for me to do here yet, but I'm told I'll get more, which I'm ok with. I'm becoming proficient at using the phones, which is not too hard since this phone system is probably the simplest, most user-friendly I've ever operated. Everyone is very friendly and the ladies treated me to lunch at The Olive Garden :-) Lovely!

Update on the fridge situation: Happy called Sears and they are bringing us an entirely new refrigerator on Sunday. We're thankful for the exchange and very much hoping this one will work from the start!

Happy's birthday was yesterday, as he mentioned, and I made cheesecake and lobster and we went to the baseball game. We even got shrimp and fruit like he said. Let me tell you, the lobster thing was QUITE the event! First of all, Happy didn't know that you buy the lobsters live and stick them (alive) straight into the boiling water. Second, I didn't know that it really does help to "hypnotize" the lobsters before putting them in the water. I didn't hypnotize the first one and as soon as it's claw touched the water, it stuck all its legs out so I had a really hard time getting it in the pot. Smart little guy. Anyway, I won. Happy ate him and we both enjoyed our lobsters (using Raphaelle's bridal shower gift!). It was a fun day AND the A's won, which made Happy's birthday significantly better than it would have been if they lost. Well, that's a lot to read, so I'll get back to "work" (reading my book)! God bless!

Knott's Berry Farm

Yep, we went to Knott's Berry Farm today. It was a lot of fun! Amy had never been there and I hadn't for several years. We got there right when it opened at 10am and the Ghost Town section of the park was just that - a ghost town! We went on a bunch of rides once, and twice on the Xcelerator, which happens to be Amy's favorite. The ride only lasts about 20-30 seconds, but you zoom out of the station and quickly reach 80 mph. Of course, I screamed and yelled on every ride, so my throat is scratchy and my voice is on the verge of hoarse. Also of course, it was worth it.

Tomorrow is my birthday and Amy is taking me to the third game of the Angels-A's series tomorrow at 12:35pm. Actually, we're going to get there early, hopefully in time for batting practice. She's also going to make lobster and we're going to have shrimp and fruit and of course . . . CHEESECAKE! I always have cheesecake for my birthday dessert.

Amy goes to her first day on the new job on Thursday. I have a meeting on Friday with two ladies who work at Biola with their youth department. Specifically, they're going to help me get ideas and plan for the coming school year.

Our phone still doesn't work, meaning we still don't have internet, so pictures will be coming, it's just a matter of when.