Here ya go Kels!! It was hard to choose only 10 things...I love lots and lots of things! :)
1- I love how David takes care of me: he works to put me through school (and helps me study); he gets breakfast ready for me and makes me lunches; he does cleaning chores he knows I hate to do; he tickles my back/rubs my neck everyday; he always tells me and shows me how he feels about me...I seriously could write for days about how he takes care of me. I love my David!
2- I love the feelings and warmth I get from going to church, from going to the temple, from doing service. I love the gospel!
3- I love nieces and nephews. I can love'em up, play with them, and get them all wound up. It's great! There's nothing like hearing my lit'l niece call me "Aunt Kabree" in her sweet little voice.
4- I love having such a close family. We're a very physical and loving family. I grew up knowing I was loved, and now that we're all grown up, we're just as close. Don't know what I'd do without them.
5- I love music. I've been so blessed to be able to create music. When my fingers get to dance on piano keys, something comes alive in me. I love it.
6- I love sports. I'd play something everyday if my body would allow it...I don't like getting older and having my body actually feel like it! Yuck!
7- I love Easter candy. Of all the holidays, I think I love Easter candy the most. Yes, we hoard it every April. But it's so worth it. I definitely have an Easter candy tooth!
8- I love a good rain storm. Something about it excites me, and there's nothing like the smell of rain.
9- I love hot chocolate. The way it can immediately warm me right up is so enticing! Some people are addicted to coffee...I'm addicted to hot chocolate. (don't tell my Bishop)
10- I love to cook. I like having a break every now and then, but I really prefer to cook for my David every night. (This probably stems from my love of eating. Really, I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE to eat!)
Oh I'm soooo blessed! I have so many wonderful things in my life. It's always nice to stop and reflect on things every now and again. Thanks for the chance to do so, Kels!
Sterz It Up
Monday, April 13, 2009
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Sad day at the Sterzer's
I'm depressed. Today is my last day of spring break. It feels like I dreamed my spring break. I can't believe it's already over, but I've LOVED having a week free of clinicals and school. We'd planned on going to Dallas to visit David's sis and her familia, but things didn't work out for us and we were unable to go. So other than a quick trip to Sweetwater, TX, we were home the whole week. I was busy, but busy with things I chose to do. And I actually saw David quite a bit, so oh baby I loved that!! I'll even admit it, I slept in, MORE THAN ONCE! HA! :) It was amazing.
The last month was a blur. I was a robot goin through the motions. School, clinicals, home for a few hours, more clinicals, volleyball, clinicals, sleepy time, school, clinicals, eat, clinicals, more volleyball, clinicals, etc. CRAZY!! I'm so glad I'll be done with my phlebotomy clinicals in 2 weeks. Poor David has had to suffer through the last month of getting a cooked dinner here and there from me and not having a wife home very often. (I used to cook him dinner every night when I was home and loved it!) So I'm sure he'll be glad when I'm done with phlebot as well. Here's a few high/low points for us last month:
*We hit the 1 year mark! We've officially been in Amarillo for a year. Craziness!
*The weather has been gorgeous! 70's, 80's GORGEOUS! I've had my sliding doors open.
*Between nuc med and phlebot, I was at clinicals 30-40 hrs a week. (poopy)
*David got our lit'l "garden" plowed up and ready for planting.
*I got food poisoning and was sick for a week. NO BUENO. I could only miss 1 day of clinicals, so I was miserable. Again, I say, NO BUENO!
*We got SNOW in Amarillo! It was hiney-flexing cold, but it was great to see some beautiful fluff falling.
*We trekked down to Sweetwater, TX for the famous Rattlesnake Roundup. I still can't believe I went. I hate snakes. Really hate them. But we went, and it was quite entertaining. They gather up truck loads of rattlers for population control, and have this big festival. They show the snakes, milk'em for venom, then butcher, skin them, and cook 'em up. It was insane (and stinky). Here's some picts for your enjoyment. And yes, a guy wrapped one around my shoulders. My armpits got soaked from nervous sweat in like 0.01 seconds.
*I'm in the primary now for church. Change is good, and I really do love kids.
*We're addicted to March Madness. It makes me laugh that we get so uptight and stressed out over our brackets. My family's doing a pool, so we're highly invested in the games. I hate that I'm doing horrible, but Dave's holding his own. :)
That's the wrap, other than spring break coming to a close (tear falling down my cheek). We hope March found everyone healthy and happy. Gotta love it when springtime is in the air!
The last month was a blur. I was a robot goin through the motions. School, clinicals, home for a few hours, more clinicals, volleyball, clinicals, sleepy time, school, clinicals, eat, clinicals, more volleyball, clinicals, etc. CRAZY!! I'm so glad I'll be done with my phlebotomy clinicals in 2 weeks. Poor David has had to suffer through the last month of getting a cooked dinner here and there from me and not having a wife home very often. (I used to cook him dinner every night when I was home and loved it!) So I'm sure he'll be glad when I'm done with phlebot as well. Here's a few high/low points for us last month:
*We hit the 1 year mark! We've officially been in Amarillo for a year. Craziness!
*The weather has been gorgeous! 70's, 80's GORGEOUS! I've had my sliding doors open.
*Between nuc med and phlebot, I was at clinicals 30-40 hrs a week. (poopy)
*David got our lit'l "garden" plowed up and ready for planting.
*I got food poisoning and was sick for a week. NO BUENO. I could only miss 1 day of clinicals, so I was miserable. Again, I say, NO BUENO!
*We got SNOW in Amarillo! It was hiney-flexing cold, but it was great to see some beautiful fluff falling.
*We trekked down to Sweetwater, TX for the famous Rattlesnake Roundup. I still can't believe I went. I hate snakes. Really hate them. But we went, and it was quite entertaining. They gather up truck loads of rattlers for population control, and have this big festival. They show the snakes, milk'em for venom, then butcher, skin them, and cook 'em up. It was insane (and stinky). Here's some picts for your enjoyment. And yes, a guy wrapped one around my shoulders. My armpits got soaked from nervous sweat in like 0.01 seconds.
*I'm in the primary now for church. Change is good, and I really do love kids.
*We're addicted to March Madness. It makes me laugh that we get so uptight and stressed out over our brackets. My family's doing a pool, so we're highly invested in the games. I hate that I'm doing horrible, but Dave's holding his own. :)
That's the wrap, other than spring break coming to a close (tear falling down my cheek). We hope March found everyone healthy and happy. Gotta love it when springtime is in the air!
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Gotta Love Him!
For those of you who don't know, David's currently working for Micro Dairy Logic. He's a tech guy who goes around to dairies settin' up computer systems, makin' sure that certain techy stuff at the dairies are working properly. (I really have no idea how to explain what he does.) So anyhow, I've gotten used to him coming home splattered with cow patooey quite regularly, and smelling as such. He has about 20 air fresheners in his Micro van to try to help the cause. Well I thought I'd gotten used to the smell, and it didn't really bother me anymore. It was just normal. Last week, he got home and didn't jump right into the shower after he got home. I love when we finally both get home for the day. We usually sit and just kind of cuddle as we talk about our days. So I was snuggling up to the side of his head, and I was gettin' some odd wiffs of something. No big deal. Kept snuggling, and felt my nose run across something hard. Again, no big deal. Kept snuggling. I felt the hard stuff again and something fell off the side of his head. I finally looked and low and behold, it was poop! I have no idea how his HEAD got splattered with a nice slice of cow pie without him knowing, but apparently it did. We had a fun time after that picking the other remnants off the side of his head, and out of his hair. Needless to say, I made him go shower after that, and I'm definitely a more cautious snuggler. I LOVE MY POOPY DAVID! :)
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Pay It Forward!
This is how it works..... The first 3 people to leave a comment on this post will receive a hand made gift from me during this year. When and what will be a surprise. BUT, in order for you to leave a comment on my blog, you have to post this on your blog first. (That means that sometime during this year you will send a gift to 3 people as well.) Get it? So, the first 3 people to comment on this post will be the lucky ones! Good Luck!
Monday, January 26, 2009
We've Seen It All
Yep! David and I can truly rest easily tonight. We have truly seen it all, missionary style anyway. Missionaries always seem to be on their best behavior around people. Being kind, courteous, always serving others...polite. Well, I'm here to tell you that missionaries are very human, and it's not just David and I that slip up every now and then. :) I'm inserting a key at the bottom, so as not to offend anyone by this post. If you think you might be offended, please do not refer to the key at the bottom. I would now like to share with you why we have seen it all. At some point or another, as of this very night:
1-One or both of the missionaries have ****a**** their nose in front of us.
2-One or both of the missionaries have ****b**** food out accidentally on the table, in front of us.
3-One or both of the missionaries have ****c****/****d**** themselves in front of us (it's a guy thing I think).
4-One or both of the missionaries have ****e**** in front of us.
5-One or both of the missionaries have ****f**** while eating (without acknowleding it) in front of us.
6-One or both of the missionaries have fallen ****g**** in front of us.
7-One or both of the missionaries have ****h**** ****i**** ****j**** in front of us, first with their left hand, then finished up with their right.
Honorable Mentions:
-One or both of the missionaries have totally missed their plates and served their food onto the floor. (still haven't figured out how this one happened)
-One or both of the missionaries have taken a bite and had to spit their food into their hand because of laughing.
Yep. We've seen it all...that is, until we see something else to add to this great list! Try keeping a straight face when this stuff happens. Very difficult. They definitely keep us entertained, to say the least.
KEY:
a= Picked
b= Spit
c= Readjusted
d= Itched
e= Farted
f= Burped
g= Asleep
h= Picked
i= Their
j= Buttocks
1-One or both of the missionaries have ****a**** their nose in front of us.
2-One or both of the missionaries have ****b**** food out accidentally on the table, in front of us.
3-One or both of the missionaries have ****c****/****d**** themselves in front of us (it's a guy thing I think).
4-One or both of the missionaries have ****e**** in front of us.
5-One or both of the missionaries have ****f**** while eating (without acknowleding it) in front of us.
6-One or both of the missionaries have fallen ****g**** in front of us.
7-One or both of the missionaries have ****h**** ****i**** ****j**** in front of us, first with their left hand, then finished up with their right.
Honorable Mentions:
-One or both of the missionaries have totally missed their plates and served their food onto the floor. (still haven't figured out how this one happened)
-One or both of the missionaries have taken a bite and had to spit their food into their hand because of laughing.
Yep. We've seen it all...that is, until we see something else to add to this great list! Try keeping a straight face when this stuff happens. Very difficult. They definitely keep us entertained, to say the least.
KEY:
a= Picked
b= Spit
c= Readjusted
d= Itched
e= Farted
f= Burped
g= Asleep
h= Picked
i= Their
j= Buttocks
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Catch-Up Time
Where in the heck did the last month and a half go? WHOA! I thought having 5 weeks off from school would be so relaxing. Well, not real sure where they went, but I'm on my last 6 days of freedom. Relaxing...sort of some days. Busy...YES! But I loved every minute of it! I could write for weeks about the last 6, but I'll just give the short run-down instead. Hope the holidays were wonderful for all of you!
-Had an amazing Thanksgiving break with David's sis Marnie and her cute family
-Ate a DELICIOUS homecooked Thanksgiving dinner
-Went to Fossil Rim with the Parker's and saw some awesome safari-style animals (no we did not get eaten)
-Went shopping with Marnie at a trendy part of Dallas...good thing I didn't have money to spend. I really could have gotten myself into trouble :)
-Went to the Dorsey's ugly Christmas sweater party= yummy food, great friends, lots of laughs (has anyone seen that picture of Marcus lately?)
-Got 2 migraines the week of finals
-Passed all my finals and got good grades :D YAY!
-Spent an entire week finishing Christmas projects with Lynsey and Zannah
-Took a road trip with Lynsey and Zannah to head for Idaho (I don't care how excited I was to go home to Idaho, I REALLY missed David!)
-Got a migraine while trying to drive straight thru. :(
-Made it to Idaho and surprised my grandma, aunt, and sister with my coming
-Spent the week before Christmas with my familia in good 'ole Paul. There's definitely NO PLACE LIKE HOME! Mom and Dad made the house absolutely beautiful.
-Got another migraine the day before David flew in. (notice a pattern?? NOT FUN)
-Got to see Becky's baby Tyson for the 1st time.
-DAVID MADE IT TO IDAHO! YEE-HAW! (Thanks Dorsey's)
-Christmas with the Dayton's was a very memorable one with ALL the family together...nothing like a Dayton family get-together!
-Went to a Jazz game with the entire family and saw them whip the Mavs. It was great fun!
-Made it to Rigby! We got to see Dave's bro Jared who was home from Massachusetts and we hadn't seen him in a year. :) YAY! It was great to see all the fam!
-Got to play with our cute nephews and did lots and lots of gaming.
-Sang at church in Rigby. (yeah I know. David and I don't sing. Good thing the rest of the Sterzer's have great voices!)
-Got to go with Kylee as she went through the temple for the 1st time :) What a wonderful day!
-Got to see Krista's baby Evie for the 1st time.
-Had a yummy New Year's Eve dinner
-Played the traditional farming game late into the night with the Dayton's (Dave won)(Again)
-Watched both of my grandma's play the Wii. It was hysterical!
-Went paintballing in Paul in the snow
-Got our camera stolen while we were paintballing in the snow :( It was a terrible way to end our vacation. I'm still crying, and yes, we lost all our picts from the last 2 months so please don't ask. Seriously, who gets their camera stolen in Paul, ID? Oh wait, that would be someone who has a tendency to have bad luck. Oh wait, thas David and me! Gotta love it.
-Brought Kylee along on our road trip back to Texas. Terrible roads= Got home @ 5:30 AM.
-My little brother Barrett got set apart as a missionary and he started his 2 year service mission this week...again, what a wonderful time/blessing for our family! We're so proud of him!
-How we spent last week: shopped, ate & ate, watched every season of "The Office", went to the Lubbock temple, ate some Texas BBQ, watched "Australia", got recertified in CPR, made taffy, made cards, made a triple batch of pumpkin seeds, attempted to make onesies, went to happy hour at Sonic, and we've drank hot cocoa from our new Cocomotion EVERY DAY since we've been home.
Yes, that still seemed like it took weeks for me to give the run-down, but there you have it. The play-by-play of the Sterzer's great adventures in TX and ID. My break is officially almost over. My sis goes home this weekend, and it's back to the books I go. Time definitely marches on! We have so much to be thankful for. We're especially grateful for all of our wonderful family and for our Saviour, Jesus Christ! What a special time to be able to celebrate His birth, the true reason for the season. I hope all of you had a great holiday season as well. LIFE IS GOOD! :) Happy 2009!
-Had an amazing Thanksgiving break with David's sis Marnie and her cute family
-Ate a DELICIOUS homecooked Thanksgiving dinner
-Went to Fossil Rim with the Parker's and saw some awesome safari-style animals (no we did not get eaten)
-Went shopping with Marnie at a trendy part of Dallas...good thing I didn't have money to spend. I really could have gotten myself into trouble :)
-Went to the Dorsey's ugly Christmas sweater party= yummy food, great friends, lots of laughs (has anyone seen that picture of Marcus lately?)
-Got 2 migraines the week of finals
-Passed all my finals and got good grades :D YAY!
-Spent an entire week finishing Christmas projects with Lynsey and Zannah
-Took a road trip with Lynsey and Zannah to head for Idaho (I don't care how excited I was to go home to Idaho, I REALLY missed David!)
-Got a migraine while trying to drive straight thru. :(
-Made it to Idaho and surprised my grandma, aunt, and sister with my coming
-Spent the week before Christmas with my familia in good 'ole Paul. There's definitely NO PLACE LIKE HOME! Mom and Dad made the house absolutely beautiful.
-Got another migraine the day before David flew in. (notice a pattern?? NOT FUN)
-Got to see Becky's baby Tyson for the 1st time.
-DAVID MADE IT TO IDAHO! YEE-HAW! (Thanks Dorsey's)
-Christmas with the Dayton's was a very memorable one with ALL the family together...nothing like a Dayton family get-together!
-Went to a Jazz game with the entire family and saw them whip the Mavs. It was great fun!
-Made it to Rigby! We got to see Dave's bro Jared who was home from Massachusetts and we hadn't seen him in a year. :) YAY! It was great to see all the fam!
-Got to play with our cute nephews and did lots and lots of gaming.
-Sang at church in Rigby. (yeah I know. David and I don't sing. Good thing the rest of the Sterzer's have great voices!)
-Got to go with Kylee as she went through the temple for the 1st time :) What a wonderful day!
-Got to see Krista's baby Evie for the 1st time.
-Had a yummy New Year's Eve dinner
-Played the traditional farming game late into the night with the Dayton's (Dave won)(Again)
-Watched both of my grandma's play the Wii. It was hysterical!
-Went paintballing in Paul in the snow
-Got our camera stolen while we were paintballing in the snow :( It was a terrible way to end our vacation. I'm still crying, and yes, we lost all our picts from the last 2 months so please don't ask. Seriously, who gets their camera stolen in Paul, ID? Oh wait, that would be someone who has a tendency to have bad luck. Oh wait, thas David and me! Gotta love it.
-Brought Kylee along on our road trip back to Texas. Terrible roads= Got home @ 5:30 AM.
-My little brother Barrett got set apart as a missionary and he started his 2 year service mission this week...again, what a wonderful time/blessing for our family! We're so proud of him!
-How we spent last week: shopped, ate & ate, watched every season of "The Office", went to the Lubbock temple, ate some Texas BBQ, watched "Australia", got recertified in CPR, made taffy, made cards, made a triple batch of pumpkin seeds, attempted to make onesies, went to happy hour at Sonic, and we've drank hot cocoa from our new Cocomotion EVERY DAY since we've been home.
Yes, that still seemed like it took weeks for me to give the run-down, but there you have it. The play-by-play of the Sterzer's great adventures in TX and ID. My break is officially almost over. My sis goes home this weekend, and it's back to the books I go. Time definitely marches on! We have so much to be thankful for. We're especially grateful for all of our wonderful family and for our Saviour, Jesus Christ! What a special time to be able to celebrate His birth, the true reason for the season. I hope all of you had a great holiday season as well. LIFE IS GOOD! :) Happy 2009!
Monday, November 17, 2008
Holy Stromboli!
The following contains information that may cause people to be wide-eyed, open-mouthed and produce a slight "hughh!" out of your mouth while thinking "Really? Seriously?" (humor me)
What in the heck? Thanksgiving is next week? What?! November's half over? What??!! I'm still stuck on Halloween. I think I might have been in a comatose state for the past 2 weeks, as they're all a blur. But no complaints! The faster Thanksgiving comes, the sooner we get to see all our family! YAY! But anyhew, it's blogging time today!
David got a vacation at the first of November. He got to go to Idaho! I was so jealous! He went on business during the week and got to spend the weekend with all our familia. We love our Idaho! But I was soooo glad when he got back. That was the longest I've ever been away from him, and I'll admit it. I was a wanny. I missed him like crazy! I wanted to throw a temper tantrum at the airlines for making him get home an hour late. (wide-eyed yet?)
Before Dave left for ID, we participated in some sneaky late night pumpkin hunting. All's I hafta say is you do what ya gotta do to get pumpkin seeds in our family! The hunt was successful as we came home with 6 trophy fatties and after Turkey Day, they'll be gutted to make the most delicious treat! If you're up for an addicting snack, try this: (you'll love it)
Boil 2 cups washed pumpkin seeds for a while in salt water. Drain seeds. Melt 3 Tbsp butter/margarine & mix with 1 tsp salt & 1 tsp Worcestershire. Completely coat the pumpkin seeds with this mixture and spread out on cookie sheet. Cook @ 300-350 until the seeds turn brown and crispy. Stir the seeds around every 10 mins. until they're done.
Finally, the purpose of my "holy stromboli!" We're having a ward Thanksgiving dinner this weekend, and it's a faker! I know I'm overreacting about this, but pretty close to everything we'll be eating is either going to be fake, store bought, or out of a can. I'm so sad! :( When I think of Thanksgiving dinners, I think of yummy, fluffy, real mashed taters, homemade stuffing, yummy veggies and homemade rolls, etc. Even with past ward Turkey dinners, they'd send around signups and people would VoLuNtEeR to bring all these things from home. Yeah, the good stuff. Welp, to make things easier here in Amarillo, we do everything fake. There's even a big budget for it! (I'm almost crying just typing this) I'm all for easy, but when it comes to Thanksgiving, I guess my family spoiled me cuz all's I know is homemade deliciousness. For those of you who've not tasted the sweetness of a homemade Thanksgiving dinner, your taste buds are being sooo shafted. (I was so befuddled by this that I even offered to make massive batches of mashed spuds and homemade rolls. Desperate? Yes. Did it work? No.) So my wide eyes and open mouth will stay with me until after the dinner is over Friday night, after I've painstakingly choked down the fakers. So anyhow HOLY STROMBOLI! I hope everyone out there has a happy Thanksgiving, and I hope you all get to partake at least partly, of a yummy home cooked meal. Parker's, I can't wait to come for Thanksgiving! :)
What in the heck? Thanksgiving is next week? What?! November's half over? What??!! I'm still stuck on Halloween. I think I might have been in a comatose state for the past 2 weeks, as they're all a blur. But no complaints! The faster Thanksgiving comes, the sooner we get to see all our family! YAY! But anyhew, it's blogging time today!
David got a vacation at the first of November. He got to go to Idaho! I was so jealous! He went on business during the week and got to spend the weekend with all our familia. We love our Idaho! But I was soooo glad when he got back. That was the longest I've ever been away from him, and I'll admit it. I was a wanny. I missed him like crazy! I wanted to throw a temper tantrum at the airlines for making him get home an hour late. (wide-eyed yet?)
Before Dave left for ID, we participated in some sneaky late night pumpkin hunting. All's I hafta say is you do what ya gotta do to get pumpkin seeds in our family! The hunt was successful as we came home with 6 trophy fatties and after Turkey Day, they'll be gutted to make the most delicious treat! If you're up for an addicting snack, try this: (you'll love it)
Boil 2 cups washed pumpkin seeds for a while in salt water. Drain seeds. Melt 3 Tbsp butter/margarine & mix with 1 tsp salt & 1 tsp Worcestershire. Completely coat the pumpkin seeds with this mixture and spread out on cookie sheet. Cook @ 300-350 until the seeds turn brown and crispy. Stir the seeds around every 10 mins. until they're done.
Finally, the purpose of my "holy stromboli!" We're having a ward Thanksgiving dinner this weekend, and it's a faker! I know I'm overreacting about this, but pretty close to everything we'll be eating is either going to be fake, store bought, or out of a can. I'm so sad! :( When I think of Thanksgiving dinners, I think of yummy, fluffy, real mashed taters, homemade stuffing, yummy veggies and homemade rolls, etc. Even with past ward Turkey dinners, they'd send around signups and people would VoLuNtEeR to bring all these things from home. Yeah, the good stuff. Welp, to make things easier here in Amarillo, we do everything fake. There's even a big budget for it! (I'm almost crying just typing this) I'm all for easy, but when it comes to Thanksgiving, I guess my family spoiled me cuz all's I know is homemade deliciousness. For those of you who've not tasted the sweetness of a homemade Thanksgiving dinner, your taste buds are being sooo shafted. (I was so befuddled by this that I even offered to make massive batches of mashed spuds and homemade rolls. Desperate? Yes. Did it work? No.) So my wide eyes and open mouth will stay with me until after the dinner is over Friday night, after I've painstakingly choked down the fakers. So anyhow HOLY STROMBOLI! I hope everyone out there has a happy Thanksgiving, and I hope you all get to partake at least partly, of a yummy home cooked meal. Parker's, I can't wait to come for Thanksgiving! :)
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