Our wedding was the greatest day of our lives. Everything was beautiful and the love was amazing. It has been exactly a month today, and each day just continues to get better and better. I know life won't always be this peachy, but I am confident that if we keep loving the Lord and each other it will be pretty dang close. It has been forever since I blogged, but life hasn't slowed down!
We bought a house and are all settled in! I love it! It is the perfect starter home and has been so fun decorating and all that jazzzzz! Now we just need money to do some extra things we want! We have met some really great friends in our short time here in Kyle, Tx. I am especially thankful for Jenny. She has got Ryan and I started in this awesome company! Since I am taking a pretty significant pay cut coming here, we need something to supplement our income and help to get us out of debt a whole lot faster! She introduced us to Fortune Hi Tech Marketing and we are excited to get the ball rolling! And if you would like to know more just ask!
Our dogs are kids for now! And that is plenty of work! I have realized being home these few weeks that being a wife is a full time job...lol. Maybe it is just because of the new place but I am pretty sure I am constantly cooking and cleaning and taking care of the "kids". One day we will have our own kids, but for all of you that have these crazy bets it will be further down the road than you think, unless of course there is a defect with the birth control. Yikes! Haha! Anyways, for now that is an update. We are married, happy, loving our home and new city! Having fun everyday and enjoying friends!
Life is good today!
Monday, July 13, 2009
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Fried Green Tomatoes
Highway 77 doesn't have much on it other than cows, pastures, and wire fences. The growl in my stomach continued to grow each mile that passed. We (Ryan and I) were 18 miles from Bastrop, the town where I knew there would be food, when Ryan tapped me and said, "what about there?" The dirt in my contacts had me blinded so I had no idea what "there" meant. I asked Ryan what in the world he was talking about. He told me there was a little cafe on the side of the road that was actually open. After a few seconds of discussing the fact that if a cafe in the middle of nowhere is open, it had to be good! We whipped a u'e and pulled in with the cowboy trucks. Elm Creek Cafe...
This had to be good I thought. We entered into a fairly good sized room with an old bar and cash register. We were greeted by some lovely country folks (our kind of people) and promptly lead to our seats. We sat down with menus in hand and smiles from cheek to cheek. As I opened the menu my I was caught by FRIED GREEN TOMATOES. I love the movie, surely I'll love the food the title came from! I asked Ryan if he had ever had any, when he told me No but I have always wanted too, I knew we had to try them. We ordered them with some sweet tea and continued to look at all the fried food. Grease, grease, and more grease kept running through my head. I settled for the chicken strips and Ryan ordered the small chicken fried steak.
As we waited for our fried green tomatoes we looked at all the antiques for sale in the restaurant. Every picture, figurine, and piece of furniture was for sale. Of course I wanted a lot of it! How often do you see things like that in a restaurant? It was quite an experience. We sat back down when we saw the tomatoes and ranch dancing towards us. I put one in my mouth covered with homemade ranch and closed my eyes to savor that moment. They were fabulous! Not much longer our food was delivered. My plate looked normal, Ryans however, not so much. The small cfs was as big a a large oval plate. He told the waitress, "I think there has been a mistake." "No sir, that's the small, you should see the large!" she replied. We sat there jaw to the table! I can't explain how big it was! Enough for a family of four with leftovers for the dog.
We stuffed ourselves!
There was a couple across the table who could hear our conversations, just as we could hear theirs. The annoyance of a drunk lady in the background united us in conversation with them. For two youngsters like ourselves, it was delightful discussing life with the elderly couple. She was a retired Kindergarten teacher. We discussed the changes of education and how she got out when the TAKS test became so ridiculous. (I completely understood that feeling!) The man was a musician. We talked about all of his experience playing in bars and the bigtimers he knew and played with. It was right up our alley, we love country music and plan on going to all the old honky tonks one day.
We learned a lot about the couple and area around us. It was a wonderful experience at Elm Creek Cafe. If you ever get the chance take the time to stop at the old cafes on the side of the road. You might learn and experience something new and memorable.
This had to be good I thought. We entered into a fairly good sized room with an old bar and cash register. We were greeted by some lovely country folks (our kind of people) and promptly lead to our seats. We sat down with menus in hand and smiles from cheek to cheek. As I opened the menu my I was caught by FRIED GREEN TOMATOES. I love the movie, surely I'll love the food the title came from! I asked Ryan if he had ever had any, when he told me No but I have always wanted too, I knew we had to try them. We ordered them with some sweet tea and continued to look at all the fried food. Grease, grease, and more grease kept running through my head. I settled for the chicken strips and Ryan ordered the small chicken fried steak.
As we waited for our fried green tomatoes we looked at all the antiques for sale in the restaurant. Every picture, figurine, and piece of furniture was for sale. Of course I wanted a lot of it! How often do you see things like that in a restaurant? It was quite an experience. We sat back down when we saw the tomatoes and ranch dancing towards us. I put one in my mouth covered with homemade ranch and closed my eyes to savor that moment. They were fabulous! Not much longer our food was delivered. My plate looked normal, Ryans however, not so much. The small cfs was as big a a large oval plate. He told the waitress, "I think there has been a mistake." "No sir, that's the small, you should see the large!" she replied. We sat there jaw to the table! I can't explain how big it was! Enough for a family of four with leftovers for the dog.
We stuffed ourselves!
There was a couple across the table who could hear our conversations, just as we could hear theirs. The annoyance of a drunk lady in the background united us in conversation with them. For two youngsters like ourselves, it was delightful discussing life with the elderly couple. She was a retired Kindergarten teacher. We discussed the changes of education and how she got out when the TAKS test became so ridiculous. (I completely understood that feeling!) The man was a musician. We talked about all of his experience playing in bars and the bigtimers he knew and played with. It was right up our alley, we love country music and plan on going to all the old honky tonks one day.
We learned a lot about the couple and area around us. It was a wonderful experience at Elm Creek Cafe. If you ever get the chance take the time to stop at the old cafes on the side of the road. You might learn and experience something new and memorable.
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