My parents came to visit for the Fourth; it was fun. We shopped, ate and drove (a trip down memory lane to Sterling, where my brother David and Nick went to college). We found that downtown Salina has a lot to offer in the way of culture including many great food joints, an independent movie theatre, another theatre that shows classic movies, and a paint-your-own pottery shop called "On the Pot."
Currently, Nick is at the college working on playbook revisions, video editting and practice schedules. He assures me that putting in all of this time now will save time later. Either way is fine. I am taking a break from the online job hunt to type this blog.
SIDEBAR: I abhor the job hunt. It is the worst. Although I do have a few options.
One of Nick's former coaches asked Nick what he liked best about being married, and Nick said the food. That was a good answer, considering the thing I have like best about being married is the cooking. I have made the following dishes thus far:
- applesauce pork tenderloin
- currant glazed pork chops
- ground beef oriental
- spaghetti (x2)
- ground beef and rice
- taco salad
- peach pork chops with stuffing
- baked fried chicken (with Cheezits)
- brats (regular and a pineapple bacon kind we found at Sam's)
- burgers
- brown butter, sun -dried tomato ravioli (I also put the same sauce on chicken)
- seven-layer bars
- cookies (o.k. they were from the freezer section...whatever)
- german chocolate cake
- chocolate pudding cake
- muffins (a variety)
- cherry chicken
- Outback Steakhouse macaroni and cheese
- corn pudding (Nanci Dettra's recipe)
That is all I can remember, although I am sure there were others. After about two weeks here, I made Nick rank order them. It has been fun to try new things. Nick is easy to please in the food arena.
Other than that we have seen a couple of good movies, watched the entire season of "Playmakers," two seasons of "Friday Night Lights," and several random episodes of "Dawson's Creek."
That is all for now. I will post photos of Lindsborg and our home soon.
Until then, here is the most recent entry from our wedding website (www.nickandtrace.com); it chronicles the honeymoon and move...
since 05-31-08 from www.nickandtrace.com
first of all, we have to thank all of you for your blessings, prayers and support. God has truly blessed us with this new journey, with all of the moments --big and small-- that brought us to this place, and with such faithful and generous friends. thank you! as for the update we are now, officially, the Taylors. it is still so strange to me; when i introduce myself to people, i stumble and pause before i can get the word "taylor" out of my mouth.
our time together since the wedding has been a whirlwind. saturday afternoon, we
checked into the beautiful (and historic) Port D'Hiver bed and breakfast on Melbourne Beach. after opening generous gifts and reading through cards, we headed back down to the Saturn Condominums for a cookout and to watch the shuttle launch. good times.sunday morning we enjoyed a lovely breakfast on the veranda before checking out and going to my house to repack for our cruise. around noon we headed for the port and took off for our four-day Carnival (tm) cruise to the Bahamas (Freeport and Nassau). it was fun. i slept a lot, which Nick was none to happy about, as he wanted to take advantage of every possible acitivity the ship had to offer. not me, i was tired. it was fun though in Nassau we swam with stingrays--Nick was all about the adventure and I was scared to DEATH!!! but it was worth it...after an incredibly long debarkation process, we headed back to cocoa, picked up a truck and trailer, and got to it. I had to go to work, so I called a couple of kids and coach scott to help Nick put all of my (and our ... wedding gifts) into the truck. by that night around 8 p.m. it was all done except one load of laundry and what we needed for the road...oh, that and the cats.
so friday morning about 10 a.m., we got into the 16-foot Penske truck with the Breeze safely loaded onto the trailer, prayed and were off on our three-day journey home. we could not even conquer Florida on day one. we, and by we i mean Nick, drove until it was dark, but after dark it was just too hard, so we stopped.
saturday was a treat (sarcasm). i decided i was brave enough to drive the monster just before we had to cross the Mississippi River Bridge somewhere in Louisiana. WHATEVER. it was really scary, but i did it without vomitting or wetting my pants. YAY, me!! we had hoped to make it to Dallas, but stopped just short of it because it was too dark for us to continue safely. sunday morning we started all over again. we did stop for a nice lunch with the Jensens in Oklahoma City, but I swore Lindsborg, Kan., did not exist. it felt like the finish line would never be met. THANK GOD, however, by about 8 p.m. sunday night we were home. we unloaded heavy stuff first because we had help.
monday, we cleaned and unpacked. which we are still in the process of little by little every day. there are still a few things we need, and each of us is purging a little bit...but we will get there.
currently, nick is at work and i should be doing resumes and cover letters as i type, but updating you all sounded much more fun. so pray that we can make it through this transition gracefully and that i will find the perfect job at the perfect time.
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