I want to learn to crochet

Yes, I know that may make me sound like an old lady, but I don't care. I genuinely want to become fantastic at crocheting. My nephew and his wife have a little girl, and my niece Ashley is pregnant, and I feel like this is the perfect opportunity for me to learn how to make super cute things for the babies to wear!

I have another week before school starts, and I'm working on getting this stinkin' apartment cleaner. I'm going to schedule a time for a carpet shampooing... which is really desperately needed... and I feel like I need to scrub EVERYTHING... like really... I have this urge to scrub the walls for some reason? I just want this place to be perfect and clean... even if it is for just a short amount of time. :)

ALSO, I really need to hang up all of our paintings and pictures and what not. I got the okay from the landlord to put nails in the walls, but I'm afraid I'll put something somewhere and decide that I don't like it there after all.

We've been married for a little over a month now, and I'm loving every minute of it. I do find that I'm getting lonely while Ryan is at work though. I'm used to having at least my dog around for company, but no such luck here at the apartment. I think if Misty (my dog) wasn't so old, we'd move her over here with us, but my parents' house is her home... she'd freak if we put her in a new environment. Alas, I want a puppy. I think I'll try convincing Ryan of this in December when I graduate. :)

Ooh, wonderful news, by the way! We found out that I received nearly $3,000 in grant money for this semester, and that on top of my $1500 scholarship means that I'll get a REFUND of something like $939! Such a huge blessing! I jokingly said that "maybe we should have gotten married sooner!"... but I still think we waited just the perfect amount of time. Still pretty amazed that I will be getting PAID to go to school... what a crazy thought! Ryan received the same amount of grant money, but he doesn't have the scholarship that I do, so he'll still owe a little, but my refund will cover it. SO glad that we won't need to take out another loan for him. I'm not sure how far in debt he is, but I'm honestly not too worried about it. I mean, ASU is a fairly affordable school, considering our other options, and our God is in control!

I'm getting a little nervous about the idea of graduation and getting a big girl job... but I think I'm probably more excited than anything!

Is there a coupon for that?

I have the next 2 weeks off of work before school starts. When I first found out, I felt kind of worthless, because that's just 2 more weeks without me providing any financial income to our marriage. HOWEVER, I've been cleaning this mess of an apartment and grocery shopping and cooking like a good little housewife! :)

Last night I made us some delicious cheesesteak sandwiches. Tender steak, mushrooms, onions, sherry wine, worchestershire sauce, and cheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeese! Ryan rated them better than anything I've previously made EXCEPT for the mind-blowing meatballs. Haha! I asked him at lunch today if he wanted me to get stuff for more meatballs when I go grocery shopping tonight and he was like, "um of COURSE!" Silly boy.

I've been meaning to ask my wonderful mother in law for some of his favorite recipes that she makes. I might give her a holler soon. :)

I really do enjoy grocery shopping and cooking and all that jazz, but what makes it all even more fun is COUPONS! No, I'm not an "extreme couponer"... I don't have enough time to invest in that. However, I DO clip coupons out of the Sunday paper and that little insert they send you in the mail once a week. We rarely shop at Albertsons (even though it's across the street from our apartment complex) because it's usually REALLY overpriced compared to Wal Mart or HEB. This being said, last week I clipped some Albertsons store coupons, and got about $16 worth of groceries for something like $6.78. I was really impressed with myself. Granted, it was only 2 bags of groceries and not a big trip, I saved some money and got us some name brand food items for cheaper than the bargain prices! :)