Deutschland!!!

I have made the decision that for Christmas 2011 Brody and I will be going to Germany. I will have graduated that May, and Brody will be in school and will have a 3 week break between semesters. This way we and start to plan our excursion and save the much needed funds for such a trip. I have started to come up with a list of things that we should do... Oi! There is so much! But there are some things that are a MUST:

Berlin~ Das Mauermuseum (The Berlin Wall Museum)

Schloss Neuschanstein ~ The Sleeping Beauty Castle!

Ski die Alpen ~ The German Alps

Schwarzwald ~ The Black Forest

Also while we are there I would like to return with or have sent to me (in the states of course!):

Ein Kuckucksuhr

Ein Weihnachtspyramiden

The Center of the Universe

My mother always told me that the world did not revolve around me. Well she was only partially wrong....

Well, as you can see Brody and I are the center of the universe! ;)

School

Brody and I are fully involved in school. I am taking 14 credits, ceramics, composites, circuits, fundamentals of election microscopy, and an online class history of western women. I enjoy ceramics and composites but the other three not so much. I am done at noon every day which make school more bearable. My online class was not what I was expecting. It is not a history class it is a social analysis class of why women of minority groups over history are and have been "oppressed" and still are, and how to change our opinions on that. In other words, feminism should have existed in its complete all encompassing form in the 1800's. Does anyone see the a fault in that other than me?

Brody is enjoying going back to school. He is taking an honors class and an intro to soil science. He really enjoys his soils class. His teacher even was taught by were he works company's president! He does not really enjoy his honors class very much. A lot of what they discuss and read is about the disconnect between science and religion. We both strongly believe that there is one. Just as Henry Eyring (father of Henry B. Eyring) said, "Here is the spirit of true religion, an honest seeking after knowledge of all things of heaven and earth."

A long pause, and a lot of news!

Well I am not to sure where to begin. Plus I do not think very many people I know even follow Brody and I here yet. While those that more than likely would already know most of this... I guess I should start in December, after school got out...

After finals we got a cat. She is all black, loud and a complete nuance. He adores her, I can not stand her. She is funny though. She darts around the house sometimes for no reason, or will just flop onto the floor to nap. And of course, a picture of her, Ms. Kiki.

We went to my parents for Christmas. It was good. Brody was able to meet some more of my dad's side of the family. We also were able to get a microwave. Ours died a few months before and I just did not want to get one. Thanks to some great relatives we got a nice one.

School has start up for both of us and life is busy busy busy. I will try to update about more things soon!

Congrats are needed for Brody!

As mention earlier Brody has been accepted to WSU starting this Spring. Which we are quite excited about! Well yesterday in the mail we received notification that Brody has also been accepted into the Honors College here at WSU! Not only that but yesterday he also won third prize with his White Chicken Chili yesterday at his work's Chili Cook-off! What a week for for him!

Christmas!

So after much tribulations of when Christmas music can be played, it is time. Brody can play all the Christmas music he wished and there will be no complaints from me until Jan 1st.

So today, we went out to find our FIRST Christmas Tree. I have always wanted a Charlie Brown like one, and as you can see we found the perfect one. We went to the nursery near Moscow and looked around and saw this little guy with no tag. All the other potted trees were $40-60 out side. So we went inside to ask and the lady sold it to us for $10! So we went to the Dollar Store and got a few decorations and I had the ribbon from something. Now we have our Christmas tree and another plant to decorate our home! We have decided to keep it for as long as we can, and when it gets too big, plant it!

Pies and Blueberries...

I am a little stressed out from school and have gone into a baking frenzy. Although, I honestly think it started on Halloween when I went to bake a pumpkin pie for my sister-in-law. Making a pumpkin pie is not a simple ordeal. I make it from a real pumpkin, so I, also being a little rushed was doing multiple things at a time. The filling was just fine, but the crust, what I pride the most in my pies, was not. So since then I have been wanting to make another pie to "rebuild" my confidence. Which brings me to the blueberries...

For the last 4 times, which is now 6 weeks, Brody and I have gone grocery shopping I have had blueberries (frozen, mind you) on list. But every time we go Winco and Safeway were COMPLETELY SOLD OUT! So finally today I asked costumer service what the deal was. So the lady looks in the inventory and they of course don't have any, so she says she is sorry and says they will order some canned blueberries. When I told her I meant frozen, she looked again, and tells me that they get ordered EVERY NIGHT. So therefore restocked everyday. So why can I not purchase frozen blueberries? And why are people buying the grocery store out daily? Plus it is not even their season!!!