New Memories and Old Memories!

Today I realized... "I haven't posted on my blog in a REALLY long time!"  I mean, the last time I posted was while we were still engaged, which was at least more than 6 weeks ago.  How could I let that much time pass and not post on my blog?  Didn't I say that I was going to keep up better on this one than I did on my last one?  Well, so far I have actually done better, but I enjoy writing, so I'm not exactly certain why I don't do it more often...  Maybe it's because I've been working tirelessly to get my 3 bedroom house in order.  Or maybe it's because I'm a newlywed (if you know what I mean) ;) ...  Or maybe it's because it took me forever to recover from our honeymoon to the Caribbean (which was AWESOME!!!)  Whatever the reason for my inattentive behavior towards our blog... I apologize! 

Lately, I've really been trying to cook every night, and make lunches for my sweet husband every day, but the other night I realized I had run out of recipes I wanted to try, and I didn't have a lot of ingredients.  Have you ever had one of those nights when you know your husband/family is starving, but you don't know what to make?  Well, I had one of those.  I looked through recipe books, or thought of some of Ryan's favorite meals, but I just didn't have all of the ingredients for those until I finally stumbled across a recipe in one of my cheap little cookbooks ("101 Things to do with Chicken, $3.99 at Seagull Book and I love it!).  The recipe was salsa chicken, and it was delicious.  It only had 4 ingredients, all of which I actually had on hand (which was kind of a miracle, lol), and it didn't take me long to cook at all!  This occurrence got me thinking, "I should get recipes from people on facebook."  Well, nobody actually sent me a specific recipe, they just sent me to different websites that they liked, and I've followed those websites and blogs to other blogs and websites, and I am so excited to try out some of these new recipes!  This also got me to thinking, that I should post some of these recipes on here for everyone else to see too!

Anyway, enough about cooking, and more about us!  We both love being married!!!  It's so nice to be able to have our own place, and not have to leave at night!  We are almost all settled into our new place, and Ryan found a good job working for BlueHost.  Right now I am basically a housewife, trying to keep our home clean and cooking dinners every night.

My brother, Bill, is in town from Washington, so we all went up the canyon last night and made a fire and had smores.  It reminded me of those really fun times down in Mona at the Bassetts' house.  I really loved those nights when we would all get together and play some softball in their pasture.  Afterwards, we would all gather round the firepit and roast hot dogs and talk and laugh!  Doug was always so good to me!  Really, he was good to everyone.  He made me feel at home, and I always enjoyed spending time with him.  The effort that he and Arlene always put into those nights was evident, yet neither of them made it seem like a big deal.  We even watched a couple of movies on their barn a few of those nights.  I think about Doug often.  I find myself wishing that I had gone to visit him more after I moved.  Doug really was an incredible man, and I miss him a lot!  Luckily, Blaine, his son, is so similar to him that I always know I have a good friend just a call away!  (Even if we are old and married!  Lol.)  To be honest, I think I owe the fact that Blaine and I grew to be so close to those nights and fun times!  Maybe not, I can't fully remember. 

Well, this is quite a long post!  I will hopefully post again soon, and I will try to post the recipes that I end up loving, so that everyone can try them too!  Hope all is well with all of you!

-Cindi