A Bout of Bad Luck!

So i think someone is out to get me and Brandon lately! First, Brandon got hurt at work, landing him in the ER for 3 stitches in his lip, then to three different teeth and mouth doctors. But, now two root canals and waiting on 3 crowns later....he is doing better.
Then today, while cleaning up the kitchen, i cut my finger on my right hand super deep on my new little personal blender. I accidentally hit the button to make it go, while my finger was still over it......dumb i know, but it shouldn't have turned on!!! So anyway here i am typing with only 9 fingers instead of 10 cause my poor pointer is all bandaged up and in a splint so i don't bend it.....i cut it right on the crease....whats the luck!
I guess when it rains it pours!!! : )
Hope no one else is having a bad luck streak!! : )

Yummy Dinner

Ok so i made this for dinner tonight and we loved it! Good for those cold days or days when you just want yummy comfort food like chili! : )
Here it is....
Crock pot Chili
2 lb ground beef ( i only used 1.5lb and it was plenty!)
2 15oz cans Kidney Beans
2 14.5 Whole Tomatoes drained (I used the diced Italian spiced kind, and they worked yummier)
1 Tablespoon Italian Seasoning
4 Tablespoons Chili Powder (This seemed like a lot, i think 3 is plenty)
1 Garlic Clove Diced small
1 1/2 teaspoon Cumin
2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon Tabasco
1 Tablespoon Olive Oil
1 Onion chopped
6 oz olives (different i know, but so so good!)
1/2 cup water (I added a little more--i like a little more liquid in mine)

Brown the Hamburger, then add all ingredients and cook on low for 8 hours---I cooked it on high for 2 hours and on low for 4 and it seemed just fine, just depends on your time i guess.

Good luck!

Our New Place

Well I can finally say that we are getting closer to being all unpacked, or i should say i am done unpacking until i have to pack again! :) We are loving our new place, and it is so nice to have real couches and to have a kitchen, living room, bedroom and bathroom---all separate, not all in one huge space!
Here are some new pictures


We feel like we live in a green house! we are plant sitting for 8 months......makes our place seem very colorful!!!
Yes More Plants!
My New Bedspread. It is a soft leather like feeling, and so poofy. Its nice to look at and fun to feel. Thanks to Brandons Christmas Bonus I could justify buying it! ; )

Funny Clip

Ok here is a video i found to use for my class on Temper Tantrums in October. It has taken a while to get it on here, but here it is, it makes me laugh every time!!
Dont we all just love munchins!!

Happy New Year!!

Hey friends!!
So i still cannot believe that it is a new year already! Actually today is mine and Brandon's One Year of Meeting anniversary.....otherwise meaning that today, a year ago, me and Brandon met in our technology class. I am still so surprised how lucky i am to have him. I will never ever ever regret sitting by him that day in class. Really it was the best decision i could have ever made.
As for life now, one year later. We are still in love. We are learning about real life. I am learning how to be a better wife, and how to make a better nurse. Brandon got hurt last week at work, and i am learning that all my mother knew about injuries was learned, and now it is my turn. I have also realized that it is not as much fun being the nurse, i liked it better when it was my mommy! : ) Its hard work being a nurse! : ) Brandon is doing much better now though, so i must have done an OK job as his home health nurse! : )
I am still working at the daycare center. It is busy, but I love being with the kids. It is hard not to get breaks to go to class, now that i am graduated. I miss being able to get things done, this 8-5 job, plus prep is enough to wear a girl out! But at the end of the day it is worth all i am learning and all the fun i have with my 15 little monkeys!
Brandon is still going to school, for his last semester. He is taking 21 credits, he is following in my footsteps, not always a great idea! : ) He is already busy with homework and it was only the first week. He is also excited to be in the office part for work. He is doing his internship there, so he gets to learn more of the business stuff, and not so much labor stuff.
Well i think this is plenty long enough for now! Bye!!
P.S. Sorry no pictures. I have very SERIOUS regrets, even enough to bring me some tears.... we didn't take any pictures of us this whole Christmas Season!! I really have no idea what in the world i was thinking. I think i took the break way to easy, and didn't take any. So sorry!! But not as sorry as i am i am sure! : (

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hey Hello everybody!
I am just thinking that i have things i could write on here to fill up my blog and am excited to do so.
For Thanksiving this year we went ot Brandon's family. My mom in soakin up the sun in Mexico, but it worked out good because his grandma is going on her mission and we spent the whole week at her house, playing and talking with all his cousins and aunts and uncles who spent the week there too. Dinner was so yummy, and i have to say that i have never in my life thus far, 24 years, have i ever eaten to much pie. There was so many different kinds and not too many people, so we were eating pie all week long. Not that i am complaining, but that is a lot of calories!
Then on Saturday we got to cut down our first Christmas Tree!! I have never cut down my own, and have to say it was so much fun! He is a cute little tree, and smells so so so good!!
Last week we also got to visit with some natives to New Zealand. This is where Brandon went on his mission, so him and the 2 men had a many pow wows about it. We got to have them for the holiday becasue one of Bradon's aunts married someone from New Zealand and his brother and his best friend came over to set up a business here. They were funny guys and were fun to have for the holiday.
The other pictures are of us on ice......thin ice--it was only like 2 inches thick, but we had a blast testing fate to see how far we dared to walk out on the cracking ice--i loved it, Brandon wasnt such a big fan, it took a lot of begging to get him out with me to take a picture.
Well thats all for today!

picture

here is just one picture. I had lots last night, but it decided not to post them and give me stress, sometimes this computer and me just dont get along.
This picture is from when i went with Brandon and his dad and sister to move cows down off the mountian. I was so excited! i felt like a real cowgirl--except when the horse went through the trees and i got stupid scrub oak leaves and sticks down my shirt--this happened multiple times, and that just dosent happen to real cowgirls. I think my horse had it out for me cause i took him away from his food too early that morining.

Here i go....

Ok so here i am to write a real comment on my own blog. I really should be doing homework, but who wants to do that when there is only 3 weeks before they graduate, and technacally it is Thanksgiving Break!
So as for my life right now, i am just wishing it was Dec 15 so i could say i am offically graduated and done with this long chapter of my life. I have to admit that i will seriously miss school, i am an expert at attending, and now, at the end of it all, i am realizing that i know nothing. Who knew, after thousands of dollars, i am just learning that i really know nothing.......WHATS UP WITH THAT!
I taught my first parenting class the other day on temper tantrums. It was a great expreince, it was one of those moments that i realized i need to learn a whole lot more about life. So many questions, and i just wish i had more in-depth answers to provide back. I only know the "basics" there is so much to learn out there.
As for me and my good looking man....we are doing great. We are getting ready to move seems how there is something wrong with our apt, cause we have been sick since we moved in....In MAY! We are moving into a basement apt, our upstairs neighbor is a cute little grandma. I am excited to get out of my sickly apartment.
Thats about it for now, but here are some pictures to gaze at! : )