Goodbye beans

Last night for dinner I had plain white rice with kidney beans. I couldn't even finish all of it. Not because I was full (I wasn't) but because I just couldn't take any more rice and beans. I'm not a big fan of beans (besides the occasional plate of baked beans) and as for rice, unless it's fried rice covered with chinese orange chicken, it's not really my thing. I went to bed hungry and feeling like I never wanted to see a bowl of rice again. I knew Andrew was feeling the same way. He kept saying, "Are we really going to do this?"
This morning I woke up, thought about a breakfast of rice and beans, and felt sick. I looked at Andrew and laughed because I knew my face looked just as disgusted as his. I said, "Maybe we should go buy some baked beans." He said, "Screw the beans. I'm eating a bagel."
Well, if he wasn't going to stick with it, I sure as heck wasn't going to. A blueberry bagel with cream cheese never tasted so good. And my glass of orange juice was like heaven.
I know, I know. I couldn't even make it longer than one measly day. It's pathetic, but you might as well know up front how bad I am at sticking with things I don't like. (See why I've never finished writing a book yet? And why it's so imperative for me to finish one this year? I will do it!) As I pulled my bagel out of the bag though, I bumped the bag of beans right next to it and red Equadorian beans flew all over the kitchen. Last revenge of the beans!
Maybe I'm just trying to make myself feel better, but I really do think that I got the point of the challenge after just one day. I am soooo blessed in my life. Even the simple act of getting to eat something besides rice and beans felt miraculous to me today. Everytime I ate anything I was SO thankful. (And it all tasted so good!) I'm serious. I'm actually surprised at how much of an impact that one lousy day of rice and beans has made on me. Tonight for dinner I made breaded chicken, baked potatoes and vegetable stir-fry and I can't even tell you how happy I was eating it. I've been complaining a lot lately (to myself and sometimes out loud) that I can't find the perfect job, but I haven't really been thinking about how lucky (more like, blessed) I am to be living here in my apartment that I love with an education and the ability to go out and look for different jobs, surrounded by amazing food...I know it's nothing you (or I) haven't heard before, but sometimes it really is good to be reminded to count your blessings.
Ok, well I'm going to go now and eat a big bowl of chocolate moose track icecream. I'm getting really excited just thinking about it. Bye for now! :)

Post 2, look at me go

So I have some goals for myself this year.

1. Be a good wife. (I have a lot to learn in this area, but I just asked Andrew and he said I've been doing good so far.)

2.Complete ALL the P90x workouts this year. (As of today, I've only done about 3 1/2. I'm working on getting more motivated.)

3. Find a job I LOVE. (This one is proving most difficult. But I have faith! There's gotta be something out there I like doing...and I will find it!!)

4. Finish writing a book. (I always start them and never finish them..but this year I will finish a book, even if it ends up being something I'd never let anyone read. Gotta start somewhere.)

I have a feeling this is going to be a very eye-opening year.

To change the subject, today Andrew and I ran errands and I decided I would drive so that I can better learn my way around this crazy place. (Look at me, taking initiative.) I can now say that I can confidently get myself to the grocery store, bank, post office and computer store (Andrew's current place of employment.) I'm feeling proud.
I'm also feeling hungry. This week our church gave us the challenge to eat ONLY rice and beans for five days, Monday through Friday. If you weren't aware, rice and beans is what a huge percentage of the world eats everyday, all the time, because it's all they have. This week is to give us an idea of what that would be like. So far all I've eaten today is a bowl of Creamy Four Cheese Rice A Roni, which I'm pretty sure is actually cheating because I don't think most of the population gets cheese to put in their rice. It's only the first day and I'm already craving my dried fruit trail mix, which I hid on the highest shelf of the cupboard, along with all the other most tempting foods in the house. We didn't want anything to go bad so we put all our fruit in the freezer and ate most of our leftovers yesterday. We also had a lot of milk that we didnt want to spoil, so last night we did what any logical person would do. We made a whole ton of chocolate chip cookies, invited a friend over and had a cookies and milk binge. I didn't even worry about all the calories I was throwing into my body because I knew this week it was just gonna be rice and beans, rice and beans, rice and beans. Then next Sunday, any money we saved on food this week we're donating to Haiti. It's a good challenge, but man, this could be a loooong week.

I Have A Blog!

I just created my blog, finally convinced to start one after watching Julie & Julia. I can't promise how long I'll stick with it (especially if no one reads it!) but for now, here I am.

For anyone who doesn't know, I just got married in December (to my best friend Andrew!) and moved from Indiana to Harrisburg, PA. It's been almost 4 months, but I still kinda feel like the new girl in town. I have a horrible sense of direction, so I still don't completely know my way around and am trying to figure out where everything is. I've been lazy and just letting Andrew drive me everywhere except work, which is part of the problem. I guess it's time to man up (woman up?) and start going places by myself. Eeek...

I'm also finally starting to make some friends here, but I don't know any of them all that well yet. I miss my close friends, both from home (Chambersburg) and Indiana.

AND I'm trying to find a job..except that I don't really know what I'm looking for. I don't know what I want to do with my life. Well, ok, that's a lie, I do know. I want to be a housewife and stay home and clean and decorated my apartment, and finally become a really good cook, and take care of my babies (when I have them, which won't be for a very long time yet) and do volunteer work, and write books, and paint and read and only work part-time if I feel like it. But that can't happen for a while because Andrew has to get through law school. So I've gotta find something to do in the meantime.

If you know of anything I'd be good at, or have any suggestions, please let me know.
Happy searching to me!