Scratch Week Complete
Scratch week was a lot of fun, but also very tiring. Debra did a lot more than usual which was hard on her kidney and back. I helped as much as I could but there was still a lot on her plate. On Tuesday we made tacos with our own torillas and recorded the event! [...]
Read onOne Year Old!
January 20th – Our site is now one year old! It’s been fun documenting our journey and sharing it with friends and family. Check out January 2005, the first month of blogging here, or check out the hall of fame in the side bar. Looking forward to another year :o) Share this:Share
Read onBeautiful Winter Day!
Here are a couple of pictures I took this afternoon of campus! Its been so beautiful, I thought I should share it with you all! Have a good day! ~Deb Share this:Share
Read onFreezing rain and no indoor plumbing!
Hello all! Today we are having freezing rain. For you Californians who don’t know what freezing rain is all about it is…. Rain that comes down and coats every surface and freezes. Freezing rain makes walking outside close to impossible (especially for a pregnant lady with no balance). Well, to get to our bathroom we [...]
Read onInterview
Finally! A letter from immigration. Debra got it from our mailbox this afternoon, she said it was a little nerve racking opening it. To sum it up, they have scheduled an interview for next Tuesday afternoon. We forgot about the interview, but it’s part of the normal process. We definitely weren’t consulted about the interview [...]
Read onScratch Week – Day 1
The week of scratch cooking has commenced. It kind of started on Saturday when Debra prepared by baking stuff for the coming week. On Saturday she baked bagels for the first time ever! They turned out amazing! Bagels are weird, after making the dough and shaping them you boil them. She also made english muffins, [...]
Read onBack at it
Though school has started, things definitely aren’t back to normal (whatever that is). This week we have all day work detail and one hour of strach cooking class in the morning. We also aren’t living at our place on campus. For the next two weeks we’ll be house sitting for Debra’s Uncle Peter and Aunt [...]
Read onCozy on the toesies
As most of you know, we moved just before Christmas break to a bigger apartment! We love it so much. The only thing that we really missed was having carpet. Our whole apartment has linoleum flooring. Over the break a staff couple was doing some renovations on their place and gave us some of the [...]
Read onBig Praise!
Hello all! Last semester we were able to pay off our entire first semester tuition at the beginning of the semester. But this semester we have no idea where the funds for our tuition will come from! We know that the Lord will provide and we are excited to see how he will do this. [...]
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