They decided the car really is under warranty, and there is an engine on they way. When Matt bought the car at Legacy Mazda 2.5 years ago, they didn't do whatever was necessary to transfer the warranty to his name. We stopped by the dealership the other night,but the guy to do that wasn't there. Yesterday, Matt got to the dealership and got it put in his name so they can do the work. Hopefully that engine gets here soon!
The last post was #100 - and I totally didn't acknowledge that milestone! So here's to 101 posts! Woot! lol
Car dead.
Later in the afternoon, Matt called, and they were just getting around to looking at it. Matt thinks it's probably because he called, which is probably true. So now we wait to hear what's going on. Crappy thing is they stopped offering the rental cars for warranty work. So we are a one car family for who knows how long. :p If this were summer, it wouldn't be a big deal, but Matt can't really ride his motorcycle in the snow :( Anyway, I'll keep y'all posted.
Due to the weather (stupid rain and cold), we didn't do the couple activities I had for outside. And the one thing I had for indoors didn't get finished because I had to go into work on Saturday. Thanks to that fact and that I still had to stop at some stores to pick things up, I was running late! I got to Caleen's about 4:30 probably. Fortunately, our family has a tendency to run late too :)
So once I got to Caleen's and hauled all of my stuff in, I got started on the soup. Now I'd just like to note that I do NOT cook. Matt is the cook in our house. I bake if anything - and I've done limited easy things from scratch, and I can do things in boxes. I have generally felt I could probably follow a recipe, but never took the time and effort to prepare and follow through. Being a picky eater my whole life didn't really help the cause, either. However! I was in search of festive foods for a main dish and a punch - thank you Taste of Home.
I made this delicious pumpkin soup. A lot of people were like, "I've never had pumpkin soup before," and I'd reply, "Neither have I!" However, it turned out really well. Lots of compliments. Even my littler cousins enjoyed it. Since I was busy making soup, Grandma made the punch for me. It's supposed to be slushy, but we didn't have time to freeze it. It was yummy all the same.
So we had dinner - my cousins made adorable festive desserts. The BYU game was on in the other room. Gestures was played in the kitchen. And I was not the only one to dress up :) I was beginning to wonder at first, but the beardalls were nicely decked out :) In all the hustle and bustle, I didn't grab my camera. Then when I tried to take pictures with my cell phone, I didn't have enough memory. Weird, cuz I swear I recently cleared it... Oh well. We had fun - and names got drawn for Christmas :) Next time I plan a party, I'm doing it with more than a week in advance.
After what, I feel, was a pretty good sprint of blog posts, I've been feeling like I have nothing blog-worthy. However, that's not too fair to anyone who checks this with any consistency. I've started work on another scarf. Double crochet this time. (I need to learn the basics before I can even think of following patterns for anything!)
Also on the agenda - this Saturday, we're having a Halloween party with my mom's side of the family! Koreen and I were thinking how we really needed to get together. If we don't do something now, we'll have to wait until Thanksgiving to draw names for Christmas! I want more time than that, thank you. So I've kind of thrown something together. It won't be maybe the most well-planned as it could have been, but I still think it will be fun :) I also designed the invitations. :D Here it is - with the pertinent info purposely blurred.
I made them 4x6 and just printed them at Wal-mart - where they were printed much darker. They still look cool, though, just more red and blue than orange and cream. Aw well.
In other news, Jason and Camile should have closed on their house this week. I went over to help them paint the trim (FHA loans . . sigh) it was fun, and they got it done. I'm thinking I really need to call them and check the status of things now. Oh! and if either of you read this - or mom can pass it on if I forget - I have boxes you can totally use to move! (Then they will be out of my kitchen! wahoo!) I've been saving our Exfuze boxes since they are a decent size for packing. But now we're not moving for a few years. Still, I don't want them to go to waste!
So there are my not-too-exciting updates. Happy haunting :)
Matt and I are SO blessed. :) Yesterday, Matt ends up with no oil in his car and a slight knocking noise - we're looking probably at $1-2,000 to fix the poor car. Thank goodness for family discounts (thanks Dusty!) Also yesterday, Matt was too lazy to put his ankle brace on before playing basketball and dislocated his ankle. Oh, and we still have no money - even less so this month between not selling anything and lack of work on my end. This is going to be a tight month.
On the plus side, Matt did finally sell something today - 2 generators. Yay for some money! Sigh.
I've known Google had a calendar, and I've used other computer/web calendars before, but I decided to give Google Calendar a try. I love monthly calendars - I apparently visuallize my week best. I've been printing monthly calendars for awhile now. (Visualizing really helped with due dates and planning how long I could procrastinate any given assignment :) ) However, with having to set appointments and collect addresses and the like, I was thinking rescheduling would be easier in an electronic format. So I've played with Google Calendar a bit, and now that I'm understanding it a little better, I think I'm going to thoroughly enjoy it. I just discovered how to color-code things. :) The appeal also lies in the fact that if I can get used to it, I won't have to carry my little folder around with my calendars since I have internet access at work, too!
My November
