Blah Duty

Jury duty was SO boring!!! For some reason I thought I would get there and they would already tell me that they didn't need me, so I didn't bring anything to do while I was there. Yeah, two and a half hours of people watching, playing brick breaker on my phone and facebooking until they called my name to see if I would be picked to be on a jury. We were then questioned as a group if any of us had ourselves, known anyone, or been involved in any crime, alcohol problems - DUI etc. If anyone answered yes, they had to stand up and tell their story! And man! Some people just seemed so dumb, but they were the ones that got to leave first and not be on the jury. The case was for an aggravated DUI. One man stands up and is like, "My son was in a car accident". Pause. Judge, "I don't see how that is relevant. pause. no response. okay, when did it happen?" Man, "40 years ago" Judge,"okay...and will this effect you in being an impartial juror?" Man, "Yes".
Oh my gosh I thought you gotta be kidding me! So stuff like that went on for an hour and a half until we stopped for a 1 and 1/2 hour lunch!!!! That was super unnecessary and a definite waste of time I thought, I basically ate a sandwich and wandered around downtown Phoenix. After lunch there was more questioning and I made friends with this girl I was sitting next to. When the questioning was done we had to go outside and they would pick the jurors and then let us know. We go back in and they start calling out the juror numbers in numerical order to go sit in the juror box. My number was 32 and my friend was 31. 31 was the last number called! I felt bad for her but happy because I didn't have to stay or come back at all! Woohooo! I now won't have to perform jury duty for like 2 years!! P.S. I got a check for like 9 dollars to pay for the gas I used to get there! Ha
Anyway, it was dumb and sorry if this bore you to death!!!

Jury Duty

I've got jury duty 8 am monday morning.
I'll let you know how it goes :)

My Car

So, a few weeks ago the AC in my car completey stopped working and when I would try and use it the engine would start revving and kinda leaping. Anyway, really bad timing on my cars part. It was oh, probably about 108 degrees and I'm not even kidding. I drove all the way home from Phoenix without AC, this girl was not a happy camper. The next day I drove it out to the mechanic we go to in hopes that it wouldn't be anything too major. Later that afternoon he called me and said that it would cost about $3500. Still not kidding. I almost started crying-such a whimp I know! I told him he had to think I was crazy to pay that much! (Not really, but I wish I had) I told him I would just pick it up in the morning. Upon hearing that crazy estimate my father-in-law started calling around to places that fix lexus' (lexi?) and found a place that does lexus work half price....in Apache Junction - not the classiest of places. So the next afternoon I went with my mother-in-law and picked up my car at the first mechanic and drove again almost a half hour without AC to AJ. Side note-at one point we got stopped at a train, me just sitting in my 120 degree car with no wind or anything, just waiting. It was awesome - not. We got there, the guy checked it out and let us know that he could fix it at a much better price. We waited a few days to get a part to come in and now it is fixed and blowing ice cold air!!! Another side note, while my car was getting fixed I got to drive my dad-in-laws big truck and it was so much fun!!! It made me feel little and I was above all the other cars! Well, since my car sat out in the sun for a week without being driven...a green crayon that was in my cup holder totally melted. I opened it and found the little paper still perfectly round, but no wax inside, it was all over everthing else!

Emma Smith: A Mormon Woman of Faith

This is a really neat video and really puts into perspective the life of the early saints.

Holiday Weekend

Happy INDEPENDENCE Day!

We had such a fun weekend together! We were going to go to the Mogollon Rim to camp but we didn't make 'reservations' 3 days in advance...so that plan was out. So Saturday we ran errands, visited the grandparents and went out to lunch. Then that night we saw fireworks from our street, which was fun! Sunday, I made green tomatillo salsa for a yummy snack to eat while we watched fireworks in Tempe. Monday morning we got up and drove to Strawberry to hike to Fossil Springs. Our legs are just now finally starting to feel normal! It was all downhill to the springs, which were beautiful and so fun to play in! George is already ready to go back even thought the hike back out almost killed us! It really wasn't that bad...or maybe it was. Either way we weren't in our best shape to hike uphill for two hours after hiking down, swimming, and climbing and jumping off the cliffs. George jumped from the waterfall, I wasn't quite brave enough! By the time we made it back to the top and to our car we were exhausted! We got home, cleaned up and fell FAST asleep! We had a lot of fun! Let us know if you wanna join in for the next trip!

Oh, and the pictures are super out of order...I don't understand how to put them on in the right way :(

George Jumping off in front of the cave

Another jumping pic

The beautiful rocks and water

George climbing behind the waterfall

Aqua socks courtesy of Walmart!

George getting up to the waterfall to jump!

Waterfall

Swimming around

From the top!

It's hard to tell but there was this whirlpool thing on the left. The water was too strong to get in it but we heard that when there is more water you and jump into it and swim out the bottom into the river. The water was so clear you could see in the river the swirling water from the whirlpool!

Stream

After we made it down and changed into our bathing suits and AQUA SOCKS!

This is what we saw when we first got the bottom. Icky water that was like 5in. deep. We were so hot and I was ready to freak out if we didn't get to actually swim.
Thank goodness we kept on a hikin'

About half way to the springs and still doin good!

The beginning!

Highly Recommended

Salad. I don't like lettuce so for me its gotta be a really really yummy salad or its got to have spinach. I was looking for good salad recipes the other day and found a WINNER! So here it is:
Courtesy of Rachael Ray
Buffalo Chicken Salad
2 hearts of romaine lettuce (I used half lettuce half spinach)
1 cup of shredded carrots
2 ribs of celery with greens chopped
1/2 cup ranch dressing
1/2 cup blue cheese crumbles (I think the low fat ones don't taste very good, so go for the gold!)
1 package chicken tenders cut into bite size (about 1 lb. or less)
1 TBS vegetable oil (enough to cover your pan to cook the chicken)
2 TBS butter
Salt & Pepper for more seasoning
1/4 cup hot sauce (I like more!)
Preheat a skillet over medium-high heat and add oil and butter and chicken.
Sear chicken for 2-3 minutes (I do this until all the pieces are white)
Then add the hot sauce, reduce heat and cook about 7 more minutes.
For the hot sauce I use a sorta home made sauce that my grandpa uses to make hot wings.
It makes about a full cup, and I use maybe 1/2 of it on the chicken.
Hot Sauce:
Melt 1 cube of butter in a cup
Add 1 TBS of vinegar
Add 1 TBS Lawry's seasoning salt
Add 1/2 TBS Tabasco
And then taste it and add more of what you want to your taste
So after the chicken is done cooking I put it on a paper towel over a plate so it can soak up some of the oil. Then combine all the vegetables, dressing and chicken and ENJOY!
I've made this like 3 times in the past couple of weeks. George can't get enough of it!
I'm no calorie counter or anything but I think this salad isn't too bad.

A shout out to my George

Here are a few reasons why I am grateful for and love George:

1. He loves me

2. He works really hard so we can have fun

3. He might be psychic. He always knows what's going on inside my head

4. He likes to take walks with me

5. He can always make me laugh

6. He remembers the funny things

7. He'll get me medicine in the middle of the night when I'm sick

8. He lets me talk his ear off when he gets home from work

9. He'll come help control my primary class ;)

10. He knows how to calm me down when I get stressed out or really anxious.

George is the BEST!!!

We are in love.

We are happy.

We are together forever!