The adventures of E and J in the new chevrolet

Well...I was finally fortunate enough to get me a new truck this week. My previous one was 14 years and 310,000 miles old and I knew that any day that the transmission was going to go out on it and the front end was going to just fall apart. I drive a lot of miles both ways to work and home so I am very blessed to have found the truck that I did with more reliability and less headaches. It is a 2004 Chevrolet crew cab, with leather interior and a lot of other luxuries that I don't know if I will ever use. Today Emily and I went and got her car inspected and registered here in Texas and after we were done we came home and the got in the truck and went cruising around. I have been telling her that here in Canton, all the water is spring fed, and a purified water company called Ozarka had been trying to come in a take this water from us, but I think the county fought them for several years and they finally stopped trying. Anyway I wanted to take her down to the place were you can go and fill your containers up with spring fed water. We got to the place but I really didn't recognize it (it had been several years since I had been there) and there was a fence up all around it and looked like it had been shut down. I went past it and told her, "I am not sure if that is it or not, lets drive down this road to see if its down here." Well we did and the road got narrower by the second until finally only one car could fit and if someone was coming the other way you had to find a place to pull over or back up. We finally got to the end of this road and there was a gate on the right side of the road that was locked up tight, dead end in front of us and then an open field to the left, and of all things there was a down and out couple backed up in that field, not but 10 feet from us, and they were eating some pic stics and probably doing something illegal. They never in a million years thought they would see anyone else drive down this dead end road....they looked surprise like I was the law or something. Well we got turned around and was heading down the one lane road and heck if someone else wasn't driving down this same small road coming right at me!! I found a place to basically get over (if that's what you call it) and as they passed me I could see it was a little old man and lady in a big ole buick....what were they doing down there??? Oh well all I know is that I wanted to get out of this scene from deliverance pretty quick so we zoomed on out of there and down the road we went, but this time we stayed on two lane roads and just cruised the county side...it was a beautiful fall day. I took Emily too some places that she hadn't seen before, we both enjoyed it as it was better then just sitting at home doing nothing. I have been off work this week, but I do have to go back tomorrow, although I am excited to show off my ride to my buddies at work. I had to go wash it again one last time, so it will be ready to go tomorrow!
I think both Emily and I are going to enjoy this truck for years to come. We will take trips in it (I even told her that I think it may actually make a run out to California one day) go out with other couples from time to time, and it has room for car seats for when the kiddo's come into our lives. It will be an all around great family vehicle.

DARN GOOD....

I couldn't resist to share this recipe for those who love chocolate! One of the girls at work made this on Tuesday for our November birthday luncheon. It was the best chocolate cake I have ever eaten honestly, so here it is. ( Enjoy Genevieve Ana)

DARN GOOD CHOCOLATE CAKE

1 PKG Devils food or dark chocolate cake mix
1 PKG ( 3.9 oz) chocolate instant pudding mix
4 large eggs
1 cup sour cream
1/2 cup warm water
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 1/2 cups semi- chocolate chips

* Preheat Oven to 350

* Place cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, sour cream, water, and oil in a large mixing bowl. Blend with mixer on medium. Mix until all is blended.

* Stir in chocolate chips

* Pour batter into a bundt pan, that has been sprayed slightly and floured lightly.

* Bake the cake until it springs back when lightly pressed with your finger and justs starts to pull away from the side of pan ( 45-50 minutes)

*Let cool 20 minutes. Should slide right out of pan.

* Frost cake with extra chocolate frosting... the sweeter the better.

This is definitely a keeper!

Thanks Darla... it's YUMMO!

Becoming a little more TEXAN

One year ago today I moved to Texas to be with Justin. So in honor of my one year annivesary I decided to become a little more texan. I went and registered my vehicle and attempted to get my license changed over.







Justin and I do both have to admit it took a little longer to get me switched over but we both had the day off so we decided to make it a day outing.

Perks of driving with an OUT-OF-STATE vechicle:
The cops don't pay attention to you as much, because they are probably thinking " oh, their from california, they won't be here long, so we will let it slide". ( Justins thoughts not mine! I promise Dad, Justin obeys the laws of the road)

Perks of driving with the Texas plates:
People don't drive by you and cut you off, look at you and try to run you off the road as much... they feel as though we are equal now, we are both TEXAN!

I said "attempted" to get my licence, but they have a new rule that you have to have your birth certificate to get a new license for the first time in the state of Texas. So... that step will have to wait a bit longer. Maybe on my 2 year mark!

Happy Halloween!

My first Halloween in Texas. It was a blast!!

I had the day off, so I was busy decorating for our trick or treaters. The night before we started our festivities and carved our pumpkins. Justin remembered carving pumpkins when he was like 13, so he wasn't all excited about it this year. He told me he "grew out of that stage"... well I got news for everyone. We stayed up until 11:30 carving and creating our masterpieces. And guess who loved it---- JUSTIN!! He was a kid again with his pumpkins and they turned out adorable.



STARS!!!Representing Texas(or the Dallas cowboys, even though they aren't doing very well this season, we still have to show spirit)



The Classic Jolly pumpkin!! Because we are "jolly" people!



Justins favorite!!! Dale Earnhart JR #. Isn't it creative!

One thing that I love and my parents have instilled in me is Traditions, starting your own and keeping them going. I have my favorite Halloween memories and I am trying my hardest to start traditions with Justin. We rented a scary movie and had taco soup for dinner and our Halloween doughnuts for dessert. A good start of traditions so far.



I was anxiously waiting for trick or treaters. I did not know if we were going to get any this year. Last year Justin kept all the lights off, but not this year. Our house was lit up with pumpkins and scary eye ball lights and the scary music.( A little to scary for me.. dollar store find).



We did get trick or treaters...



Justins Mom and Dad were our trick or treaters. We did get two other little kids, but these two were our favorites.



ELVIS



Sweet Clown



Justin wore his blonde wig for a short whileand missing tooth . The funny part of the night was watching him play with it ank keep pushing it back from his shoulders. It was hilarious!




We had a very fun evening. I was sad to take it down so fast... but I just can't wait for the next holiday and new traditions that come with those!

Skinny or Fat

Mental note... DON'T keep it simple. A conversation I had this week with the girls at work. ( g= girls at work, e= me)


g-Hey Emily you like a cold drink?

e- A cold what?

g-A cold drink?

e- OK sure?

g- giggle giggle.. do you know what a cold drink is?

e-Well it's drink thats cold.

g-Do you want a cold drink?

e-Sure... a coke please,

g- skinny or fat one?

e-Oh my goodness, Darla you draw it out to much,

just ask me if I want a diet coke or a regular coke to drink.

g-Na... Emily around here in the south we like to draw things out.


No simple conversations here.