Katie & Mo

So, as of today, Grant and I have been married for 10 months. (Woohoo!) And as of today, I have been living in Baton Rouge for just under 10 months. Baton Rouge is actually a cool city and we have met wonderful people here. I have to say though, I still get homesick and I miss my Texas alot. (How could you NOT miss Texas??). However, the Lord's most recent blessing in mine and Grant's life came in the form of a wonderful couple: Mo & Katie.

Mo & Katie go to our church, and they are in our Newlywed Sunday School class. They were married in February of 2006, and they are wonderful! They met while they were both living in St. Croix with their families back in highschool. (How cute is that!?) Mo's real name is Morris but he is Morris III and everyone calls him Mo. Sometimes I call him Moses. :)

Katie and I became super close over Gmail, believe it or not. Since we are in the same Sunday school class, we are on the same email list. For those of you who have gmail, you know that when someone in your address list is online, it tells you. There is a Gmail chat feature that is sorta like instant messaging, and basically, while we are both at work, we talk on gmail. the. whole. day. long. After weeks and weeks of talking on gmail and seeing each other at church, we decided we should get our hubbies together and we should all be b.f.f.

This is why we like Mo & Katie: They watch The Office as religiously as we do. They don't mind driving all the way out to the far far end of Baton Rouge to hang out with us. They make us laugh. One time I was at work, talking to Katie on gmail, and she typed: "Jen, I have a really really personal question to ask you. And if you don't feel comfortable answering it, I understand." I took a deep breath and typed: "It's okay, you can ask me anything".... There was a long pause and then she finally typed: "Did you like Hanson? And if you did, do you still?" I was rolling. She is so funny and we enjoy them so much! Also, Mo & Grant agree that rather than spending money on drapes and window treatments, we should put sheets of aluminum foil in our windows. Katie and I adamently disagree.

They have been a huge huge blessing in our lives and I just wanted to give the official blog shout out to our new friends!!

Here is Katie & Mo in the massage chairs at Brookstone in the mall.

Here is when I kicked Mo out of the massage chair.

We love you guys!!
Oh, by the way! I convinced Katie to get a blog!! Go say hi!!

Ode to Healthy Eating

Oh, health food
How conflicted I am
How confused

You are better for me
Yet, you taste so awful


Shocking
how reduced fat nilla wafers
taste like cardboard
they are not sweet


Shocking
how real nilla wafers
taste like a box of sunshine


Macaroni and Cheese
is comfort
so yummy
so perfectly cheesy
and yet
the skinny people
tell me you are evil
I do not believe it
I will never leave your side
I've got the blue box blues


Popcorn with no butter
Who wants you?
You are dry
You have no flavor
You are incomplete

Last night
I had a turkey sandwich
on whole wheat bread
with a cup of fat free yogurt
I finished it
And I was still starving


Why healthy food? Why?

If your are so good for me

Why don't you taste good?

Popcorn!

What a cozy little weekend it has been! Last night we went to dinner and a movie with Mo & Katie. We ate at Logan's Roadhouse (ya'll, it is impossible to go there without scarfing down about 6 of those yummy rolls) and then we went to see "Dan in Real Life". We LOVED this movie!! I highly recommend it. It is funny and heartwarming and it is just good altogether! However, if you are a mega fan of "The Office", it is kinda hard to watch Steve Carell without thinking of him as Michael Scott. Other than that, it is a great movie!

This morning we slept in (Praise Jesus!) and then we met Mo & Katie at Chick-fil-A. Grant and Mo went to the gun range to shoot things. Katie and I went to Target. Katie and I had a MUCH better time, I promise you! And it was Katie's 2nd Target trip of the day! I bought oodles and oodles of make-up. Perhaps I should put my oodles of make-up in a caboodle! :) Haha, remember caboodles, girls?

This afternoon, after my trip to the happy place, Grant went to play golf and I came home, walked the dog in this GORGEOUS fall weather, and then I watched movies on the Hallmark channel, while my Moxie was sleeping right next to me. It was wonderful!! AND my dad sent us a package! I got this big tin of popcorn from the Popcorn Factory, full of popcorn (obviously) candy corn, chocolate cookies, and all that fun stuff! And the label said "This is for Jen, Grant can not have any. Love, Dad". :) Daddy is funny like that. I have been munching on the cheesy popcorn all evening.

When Grant came home he cooked us some dinner. He made steaks, corn on the cob, and green beans. Now, all of my besties know that Jen never eats anything green. BUT, I am trying to be more health conscious and I realize that I can plug my nose and get through a side item of vegetables. I ate the green beans! I just pretended it was cheesecake. A really, really, disgusting cheesecake.

Annnnnd Grant just beat me in a game of Scrabble. Even though I got 38 points with the word "Oxygen", he still beat me. HOW DO YOU BEAT OXYGEN!? That's okay though. Because he was the winner, he is now playing Halo 3 on the Xbox. I really wanted to come do a little blogging! So he can play that Xbox all he wants!

Anyhoo, I am just feeling really happy and thankful for this very relaxing weekend that the Lord has given to us! This morning, Grant and I were awake but still in bed (at 9:00!!) and we were cuddling and I said "I think this is why God made Saturdays". He just laughed at me!! :)

Thank you Lord, for the simplest of blessings! Oh, and I hope ya'll like the new layout :)

A Little of This, A Little of That...

Hi dear friends! It has been beautiful, gorgeous, perfect weather these past few days. It is not too cold, yet I can wear my new jacket. PERFECT!! God has been very generous with His beautiful weather!

Speaking of a new jacket, has anyone else been to that store Steve & Barry's? Over the weekend I was in Houston and went to see the Sarah Jessica Parker line. Bless that woman. She made an entire line of clothing that is not over $20.00! NOTHING! There was this fabulous black and white coat for $18! I got this precious black quilted jacket for $14.98. I am so thankful for Sarah Jessica Parker. I recently found out that there is a Steve & Barry's here in Baton Rouge as well. I think I will do alot of Christmas shopping there.

Okay, so my goal is to buy atleast 5 Christmas presents this weekend. I learned from my sister Jaclyn that it is much better to spend alot of money on Christmas presents over the course of several months than wait until December 10 and spend $1000 all at once!! Spread it out over several paychecks!!

So I had a wonderful time in Texas. You can go to my sister, Jaclyn's blog, and see some precious pictures of us with her Grace Parker at the punkin patch! I love being Aunt Jenny! Now if I can only see my twins sometime soon I will be in Aunt heaven!

So tonight we are going to our couples Bible study, and I think this weekend I want to go see that new Steve Carell movie "Dan in Real Life". It looks cute. Has anyone heard anything about it?

Last night me and Grant took the dog out for a walk. It was crisp and I put on my Texas A&M sweatshirt, and Grant was wearing a beanie. I think he was going a little far. We are not skiing! :) It was beautiful, we walked around the pond and the moon was full. I love walks with my husband. We have the best conversations. The Lord has blessed me beyond belief!


Alrighty ladies, have a wonderful wonderful Thursday!