Mid November

This week was a weird one in Rexburg, at least when it comes to winter...we had some "warm" days where it was about 40 degrees, and on Saturday it was cold and rainy for a while before it suddenly started hailing HARD, and then it mutated into about an hour of snowfall. Gotta love the weather here in Idaho!

For a lot of reasons, this week was wonderful. I haven't posted on here about Jake's work situation because I didn't want to get people excited if nothing came of it, but things have turned out even better than we'd hoped so now I can share the good news! A few months ago Jake was offered full time work at Pizza Pie Cafe where he was currently working part-time, starting in late November. We were hesitant about it at first because our income would decrease a pretty good amount, but only for a few months before Jake could get a raise. However, Jake really loves working there, and we decided that we'd rather have a little less money but be happier overall so Jake accepted the offer. He put in his two week notice at Odell's Furniture a few weeks after that, and this past Monday Jake officially started working full time at Pizza Pie Cafe. He's loving it so so much, and I'm happy that he's happy!

Also it's pretty obvious (based on my Facebook posts) that these past few weeks have been very successful ones for me, in terms of my kitchen skills. Since the beginning of September I've been working on putting together a cookbook for myself using recipes from family, friends, and ones I've found online. I've been testing out a few new ones every week, and I make note of whether or not they were yummy and what I might do to improve them next time around in the margins of the book. Jake's really been loving all my experimenting, since I haven't made anything that he's hated yet!

Earlier this week I had to teach a lesson in my Fundamentals of Teaching Writing class, and I was really nervous about it. However the lesson went well with my classmates giving lots of input and cooperating with my high school level activities, and after I finished I found out that I got a 94%! Another little boost of confidence and passion towards becoming a teacher :)

On Friday night, I was suddenly DESPERATE for a s'more. But we have an electric stove here in our apartment, and I only had mini marshmallows. However, I was determined to have my s'more! So I got out a tea light candle to roast my mini marshmallows over, and a fork to stick the marshmallows on. It actually worked, but Jake just sat there laughing at me because he apparently thought it was hysterical. But I got my s'more, so I was happy!