Another Late Post!

Last Thursday we found out that we had a colony of fire ants that had decided to take over our kitchen. (Okay, we didn't realized they were fire ants right away.)By Friday morning, I was afraid to go into the kitchen to cook because whenever I did there seemed to be more ants everywhere. (And, I had learned that they made me itchy!) I also realized in the morning that there were ants in my laundry basket of folded clothes! (That would bring very literally meaning to having "ants in your pants!" ) So I spent the next half hour shaking out every item (then refolding and putting away) to make sure the ants wouldn't get on me when I put on my clothes.

Fortunately for us, our apartment complex has a pest control company stop by every Friday in case someone has a problem. We managed to get on the list Friday morning. I am also really grateful for the bug man stopping by, after hours, and doing everything he could to make sure that our kitchen would stay ant free! (Our regular bug guy had a family emergency, so they had a call someone else in to get our complex bug free) We now have gel on the inside wall of our counters, white power all over our floor and and idea where all the ants were coming from. He did a great job and took the time to make sure we were comfortable in our own apartment.

We also learned a lot of respect for the little ants. They will walk as far as a mile to find food for their colony. We were a little sad that the remedies were going to kill all the ants in the colony that lived outside, but now that they know our apartment has food and water (and was much closer than a mile away) they would just keep coming back for more.

So, Friday, we decided that would eat out somewhere so that I wouldn't have to go into the kitchen with all the of the ants and chemicals. We went to the County Line (which is a place we go every few months). Little did we know that we were seated right below the talking cow head! (We didn't even know they had a talking cow!) The cow told some cheesy cow jokes for the kids. ( e.g. Why can't a bull drive a car? His horns down work and he can't steer! :P) We ended up having a really great time there though. Their food is always delicious!

Sunday, I got to go to Priesthood opening exercises (which was a different experience :P.) because Daniel got set apart as Elder's quorum secretary. He is nervous, but I know he'll do a great job!

Finally, We have been busy this week making our final plans for our upcoming vacation! We have a list that is probably a full page (or more) long of items to bring and things to do! That is a lot of stuff. Fortunately, most of the items are things to pack!

Volleyball Season Begins

It's been a good week.  Probably one of the more exciting bits of news is that we played our first game of Volleyball on my work team this week.  I was really out of practice, and our team as a whole really stunk, but we only lost by a little bit.  I think we'll get better as we improve our communication and get some more practice.  In any case the reason we're doing this is for fun and exercise, which are both accomplished even if our team does stink.

Also, my Elders' Quorum president talked to me on Sunday about a calling that will remain secret until next blog post.  (I know, you're all waiting with baited breath for the announcement).  I'm not sure if we'll be keeping the 12-13 yr Sunday school calling so we'll just have to wait and see.

On Saturday we went to a home buyer seminar thing.  It was supposed to be 6 hours but it was only about 3 because there was only one other guy there for the course.  It felt kind of remedial after all the research Elissa has been doing to make sure that we are informed and make a good financial choice when we get a house.

I'm not sure there's much else new for this week.  Look to next week for another riveting post.

A Very Texas Birthday

This week has probably been the most humid we've had. It isn't unusual to hear the weather man say "well, today is going to be a muggy  day," "oh, dear... it is about 80% humidity," or " well, the 'real feel' is 5 degrees higher than the actual temperature." Suffice it to say, I'm glad that it isn't so dry or so hot as last summer yet (knock on wood!), but that it is really humid. That hasn't stopped Daniel and I from going on our morning walks. It really is the only time of day that feels like a reasonable time to go walking together since the evening is the warmest part of the day!

This week was also my birthday! We ended up going to a crawfish boil party with people from Daniel's work. Now, before you all go and boo him (or write mean things on his facebook wall), I told him that that having us go was perfectly acceptable, and he even woke up extra early to make me surprise, morning breakfast cake! (Which he chose because I really don't love frosting, and I really enjoy breakfast cake!) Anyway, I thought it was super cute and thoughtful. I did have a lovely birthday! (Thanks to everyone for their thoughtful birthday wishes!)

I did get to try crawfish at the crawfish boil, which I admit, was kind of a weird experience. Way out of my comfort zone because I really don't like to see a creature's head before I eat something. (Let along snap the poor thing in half!) I was a little nervous to start, but I did get the hang of it, I think. I did enjoy them more than I do shrimp. I really don't like shrimp, and I was worried that crawfish would be just like shrimp, and they weren't thank goodness.

My birthday presents from Daniel ended up coming in the mail a little later from my birthday, but we ended up getting more crossword puzzles to do together, among other things, because we just finished up our last book of them. Little did we know that this book would be the size of a phone book! That is okay because that means we have lots of puzzles left to do! We enjoy doing them together occasionally.

Along with my birthday presents in the mail, Daniel finally got to order the new Legend of Zelda game. (He has been diligently saving up his spending money for months and months. Now he finally saved up enough to buy this new game.) I don't know much about it, but apparently it takes advantage of the new Wii motion plus technology. Now I'll just have to find a project to do while he is playing the game. So he can play, and I can be productive.