Friendly intruders!

I walked outside of our condo to throw something away, and I was surprised to see 3 deer in the driveway! I have seen deer around every now and then, but never in OUR yard. They were so cute! I got a picture of them as they were headed across the street. I just LOVE animals! (Sorry the picture is bad but it was dark outside) The first picture is on a different day when we were driving down the street.

My first Spanish Test!

I just realized that I don't have any posts about school! I have been in my spanish class now for over three weeks. It is going great! I REALLY enjoy it! We had our first test yesterday. There were three different parts, Listening Comprehension, Reading Comprehension, and Speaking. We got our results back today and I got all A's and one B+!! I was so excited! I feel great because I do not want to fall behind. There is just way too much info to know. I was shocked on my first day of school when they gave us all of our books for the class....ALL 23 OF THEM! I didn't realize there was sooooo much!!

Anyway, I love my class and am grateful for the opportunity I have to go to school here and learn the language I have always wanted to learn! (And it's for FREE too! Since Jon is in the military). I feel so blessed!

Missing Home.....

I love the new life Jon and I have started, but I can't help but miss my family and friends back home. This past weekend I have really missed everyone. And I really miss all of my animals at my parents house!! :( I found this picture of my sister Alayna and I. It was shortly before I moved to California. My mom took us to Mimi's Cafe for our last girls night out. Miss you sis!!

Feeding the ducks

Today was a holiday so no school! I suggested going to feed the ducks. We always pass by this beautiful park and I see ducks and geese walking around all over. I love animals so much! We had some hamburger buns that were kind of old, so we took those and went to the park. It was such a nice day out, warm! (I hear its freezing in Utah, and snowing up north!) The geese were big and I thought they were going to attack us! We were surrounded by birds! I was the camera man so I got some pictures of Jon feeding them. I wish I could have held the ducks! Not likely. LOL. It was a fun activity. It was cute to see them waddle their way over. Next time though, we are going to Costco to get bread in bulk because they ate it within 5 minutes!! I was sad to leave so early. After that, Jon and I went to Carmel and walked around the shops (and looked at everything that we CANT afford) It is soooo expensive in Carmel. But a beautiful little city!

Dude, Where's My Car??

It would be wrong if I DIDN'T feel embarrassed after admitting this, but I thought I would give you a laugh. To make a LONG story short(er)..... I park in the same spot everyday at school. I'm not the type to drive in circles hoping a closer one will open up. So I just head to the one I know will be open everyday even though it is not the closest to my class. (and I have to walk uphill to get to class. Ouch! I must be out of shape). Well, the other day I was headed to "my spot" when I happened to see one closer available, so I parked there instead. When lunch time came, I started walking to my car, forgetting I had parked somewhere else. When I reached the spot, I was in complete shock to see that the car was GONE! This could not be possible! The only other person with a key is Jon. I immediately called him while he was in class, in a panic I asked if he had taken the car for some reason (he rides his motorcycle to school). He said No. I thought he was teasing me. There was just no way possible it could just disappear! My next thought is that maybe it had gotten towed for some reason. I didn't believe it would have been possible for someone to steal it because Hello! It is a military base!! I kept asking Jon over and over "Are you kidding me Jon?" He definitely was not. I even asked him "Where would it have gone??"(I made it sound like it just got up and left!) He told me to re think about where I parked in the morning, was it possible I could have parked somewhere else? I said "No! I ALWAYS park here!" (At this point, it STILL had not hit me! I am such an idiot!!) After a few more minutes, and feeling like the biggest loser in the world, I realized I HAD parked somewhere else! I cannot believe that after 15 minutes and Jon asking if I had parked somewhere else, it did not register in my head! I felt so stupid. Of course Jon told his whole class too..... The moral of the story.. Just park in the same spot everyday even if there is one closer!! (Or your car might mysteriously disappear!)

What's gotten into me??

I have no idea!! The other day Jon had to attend something on base after school, I knew he would not be home for several hours so I came home and thought I would attempt to make dinner. I ended up making chicken enchiladas and they turned out GREAT!! They were very easy to make. Needless to say, Jon was very surprised to see me cooking when he got home. He had the idea that he would be coming home from a long day to be the one to make dinner. It doesn't end here.... The same night I ended up making brownies and chocolate chip cookies. How original huh. I actually made them because one of the students in my class had a birthday. I am the only married women in the class, and I had to act like I was the homemaker in the class. Ha Ha! So I spent the evening over the stove cooking. It was actually fun! I think I like cooking....as long as I feel like I know how. Anyway, I brought a whole container of my goodies to school and everyone seemed to like them. Well, so they say. A few of my instructors even had a taste! I think next time I will try and make something a little more creative though. I just made what I had ingredients for. I think I'm on a roll!!!

I have OCD!

I have learned that I am a compulsive cleaner as I cook. I am constantly wiping drips and spills. For some reason I just cant seem to wait until the end to clean everything up at once. So, because of my compulsiveness, I end up cleaning the kitchen 15 times while making dinner.