What Now?

Ever since Joel finished his EDD, we've been asked a lot of questions. First of all, everyone wants to know what he plans on doing with his doctorate. THEN, everyone asks the big family planning question. "Are you going to have a baby soon?" I think this is such a funny inquiry.. I mean, what if I were already pregnant? How would I answer that? If I said "yes" it would take all the fun out of announcing it later. If I replied "no" I'd be lying (No, I'm really not pregnant right now..this is a what-if scenario I'm trying to work through) I think it's even weirder when people ask us if "we are trying or planning on trying soon" Next time I'm asked this, I'm going to play dumb and say "Trying what?" :)

Anyway, since this blog post is titled "What Now" I'm gonna give you a few highlights of the past couple months.

1. We stayed at Joels parents house while he passed his dissertation.
2. We stayed at the Tides Inn....AMAZING!
3. We traveled to SkyLand Drive.
4. I found an amazing sweater at Anne Taylor Loft for $8.
5. I ate the most amazing blueberry cobbler.
6. I learned what a springform pan is.
7. Norfolk Christian won state in Football. Go Ambassadors!
8. We bought an i-Pad. LOOOOOVE it!

Baking

There's something about baking that makes a gal realize how much she still needs her mom. I've preformed CPR, called medical response teams and faced the scariest of neurosurgeons, but throw a pumpkin cheesecake recipe at me....and I call my mom. Springform cake pans and crunchy apples (see earlier blog) can really throw a 20 something year old gal for a loop.

My mom warned me as a teenager that I'd wish I knew how to cook when I was older, but I rolled my eyes and said "I'll marry a man who will do that for me." Fortunately, we were both right. Joel does do all the cooking, but usually the baking is considered my area of expertise. I'm so lucky to have a mom that will pick up her phone and answer obscure questions about the latest food I've tried to bake. Who else would put up with three phone calls about cheesecake?
I love you and miss you VERY much, mom!!! Thanks for answering all my crazy, frantic calls about the latest concoction I've been cooking up. I hope I can be as patient of a mother as you are someday!!

Yawn......

Before Joel defended his dissertation, I came up with a list of hobbies Joel and I were going to start post-doctorate. I somehow thought we would be bored after the big defense. Well, I was wrong. We're both exhausted. Hence, my lack of blogging. Maybe someday I'll be like my sister-in-law, Liz, and blog everyday....but it will probably be awhile!

Just Call Him Doctor

As many of you know, my really smart hubby just passed his dissertation this weekend! He has a few minor revisions to make and then he will be done with school forever! I'm so proud of him.

I Miss The Internet!

I haven't posted for a while because our computer died:(  I have read half of Anna Karenina, though.  Maybe not having the Internet is a good thing!  We're hoping to get a new iPad soon.  I will post more then!  We have lots to share with you all!

Denial

You know you are in denial about gaining weight when...

1.  You attribute your jean tightness to the fact that you "just washed and dried them"

2.  You believe those extra pounds on the scale are from "all that muscle your building."

3. You think your scale is suddenly inaccurate.

4.  The doctors office scale "always weighs heavy anyway."

Computer CRASH!

Computer crash.  That pretty much sums up why I have not been on facebook, blog or e-mail.