Life with the T's

Hello, friends. I almost said "peeps". Interesting. Not too much is new with us, but it's been a lil bit so I wanted to write a lil sumpin sumpin. I can't believe it's almost Thanksgiving already! I love the holidays, but I AM MISSING SUMMER! It's gotten cold -- I don't have to wear a coat quite every day yet, but that is still plenty cold for me. This morning, my windsheild had frost/ice on it :( I say "frost/ice" because it was more than measley frost, but it wasn't icy enough that I had to get out and scrape it. Ten or fifteen swooshes of the wipers and about a quart of wiper fluid (yes, I am actually that lazy) and I was good to go. Joe is loving the cold and has been praying for snow. I wouldn't be surprised if his "praying" is literal: "Dear God, SNOWPLEASEILOVESNOW!!!" That's my silly husband.
Tomorrow, we are having the missionaries over for dinner for the first time as a family... I feel like I am like capital "O" capital "M" Officially Married now :) It will be a crazy day as I am for once going to homemaking as well. I am not one who really delights in the cooking and crafts, but maybe I will change. I think I would enjoy cooking more if I didn't work full time. That's a lie - I still probably wouldn't, but I would have more energy! :) I invited my mom to come along because the stuff they are doing is up her alley, so it should be good. JoeJoe kindly agreed to make his special spaghetti for dinner tomorrow to help ease the craziness of my night. What a guy, huh? I'm lucky in that I married a helpful guy :)
That's about all that's new in our daily grind. Hope all is well with you! We sure miss our far away friends and family. Be sure and leave us love notes as you read! We love them!!

Adventures in Cooking...

Yeah, so... those of you that know me well know I'm not the chef type. I definitely enjoy eating, but for whatever reason, I don't especially like cooking. I thought I would catch the Betty Crocker bug once I got married, but that hasn't quite happened. I mean, I do my wifely duties and make good, balanced dinners for my husband (while half the time I eat a couple of bowls of cereal instead) and he is a sweetheart and cooks dinner some of the time, too. The dinners I make aren't that dometic though. I put the self-steaming frozen or canned veggies in the microwave and pat myself on the back for being a good wife. No stir-fried or special herbs here... unless the special herbs are included. What I'm saying is I technically do the job, but I feel like I should be doing more than heating up pasta sauce to dump on spaghetti noodles for my husband. In hopes of curing my cooking non-love, I asked my mom who lives close to us if on Saturday mornings I can come over and pratice cooking a dish. I just completed the second dish today: chicken enchiladas. Last week, I made lasagne. Joe and I had a thing of chicken (whole in pieces) in our freezer, so we thawed it and brought it over and my mom supplied the rest. I have always been repulse by raw poultry much less its gizzards (Joe likes the HEART?!)  much less ripping the skin off much less pulling and cutting it apart. I almost puked all over the chicken so I bowed out and let my mom finish that part. I told Joe when we were dating a year ago that I don't do raw poultry especially the whole ones that you have to yank apart and he said he was okay with that because he'd do it. He claims to have no memory of that conversation. Anyway, just wanted to let my peeps know about my little goal to progress to Good Cook Status (GCS). Keep ya posted!