I have given up most of my blogging, reading, and play time to vacuum the pine needles off our carpet 10 times a day, visit sisters in our ward, and clean the kitchen for the 100th time that week. I enjoy getting the laundry pile down to ZERO as often as possible. I get excited when I think (emphasis on the word THINK) about blending something, decorating our house, making dinner using our new crockpot, or sewing curtains for our kitchen! It's funny how much domesticity has taken over my life and reminded me of the fact that I am OCD. (I think that Evan has realized that fact more than I have!)
Here are a few of my latest and greatest adventures:
I used my crockpot for the first time last week after drooling over recipes in my Fix It and Forget It cookbook. I made my own variation of enchilada casserole, which turned out WONDERFUL! We almost made it again last night for some guests we had over, but realized that we didn't have sour cream.
For Halloween, I dressed up wearing the Bavarian dirndl I got last summer in Germany. The dirndl cost me a pretty penny, but it is worth it! My students thought my costume was hilarious and we had a lot of fun at our Halloween aloud party, where my students read aloud the scary short stories that had written. We cleared out all of the tables and chairs, turned off the lights, and gathered in the middle of the room as students volunteered to share their stories using on the "flashlight of death" (AKA a normal flashlight given a pseudonym to sound Halloween-y) to aid in their reading. It was awesome.
On Halloween morning, my SWEET mother-in-law helped me to sew curtains for my kitchen. I'm embarrassed to say that before then we had an ugly, old, tattered, red towel up in our window using chip clips. This is definitely an improvement! My sisters helped me to decorate the rest of my apartment. I'll post a tour soon.
6 insightful comments:
Domesticized huh? Sounds great! Having your own place, deciding what you're having for dinner, having things YOUR WAY. Must be nice :)
there's no shame in enjoying it :)
Oh, Sarah! Isn't it exciting to place your touch on everything...because it's YOURS? No more roommates, no more compromises...well, I'm sure Evan is totally into your taste, yeah? :) AND you are SUCH a cute teacher! I think maybe I need to pull a Billy Madison so you can teach me...minus the drunken penguin and teacher romance :) You look super happy, and you DESERVE it!
Lovely costume, beautiful curtains, and yummy looking casserole! Must send me the recipe!! :) Thought of you yesterday - went to an authentic Austrian restaurant for a business lunch and had the most delicious food! I knew you would have loved it, and wished you were there with me. :)
Super cute costume. Funny you had a towel and chip clips for curtains. When we first moved in out house we had a sheet over our sliding glass door held by none other than clothes pins of course. Improvisation - can't live life without it.
What a cute little wife you are! I am so happy for you! I like your costume! I am glad the domestic life is fitting you.
Sarah, so hows married life?? hehe just kidding I just read your last post! I love all that you guys do together! Your awesome, but you can still go to the temple each week with kids!! My kids LLOOVEE going, I think even more then me some weeks! But Erik and I go and just switch off doing an hr of work in side. Almost every week!
Oh Im glad your doing good! Love the sewing project, so cute!
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