Finally, More Pictures to Come

I finally finished my roll of film. I will be taking it to be developed today. Then I will post pictures! I have decided that I will spread them out. Post a few every couple of days. That way it won't be over kill in one posting and it will last longer.

Keriann's List of Allergies

Some have suggested that I put up a list of all my allergies, so I decided to put it as a post. If anyone would like it to be a more permanent thing on the side or something let me know.

Here is the most up to date list:

Food

Ginger (Spice), smelling it is as bad as eating.

Celery

Avocado

Kiwi

Most Nuts (except Cashews and Peanuts)

Coconut

Other

Hay Fever

Latex

Most stretchy fabric

Nylon

Elastic

Penicillin

Sulfa Drugs

Flomax

Codeine

Hydrocodone

Morphine

General Anesthetic (MH)

Local Anesthetic (it doesn't work)

Erythromycin

COX2 drugs (such as Celebrex, Vioxx, etc.)

Eucalyptus, the smell coming from all those flower arrangements with this in it

Echinacea

Vanilla scent

Flowery scents

Those in red are the worst.

Ohio Residents

On Friday, Jon and I got our Ohio Driver's Licenses. It only took around 45 minutes. Not too bad. The test was so easy it was almost a joke. Then even though the line was long and they were having problems with the computers crashing, it didn't take long to change over to Ohio. I'm a little sad because I have been holding on to my Idaho residency as long as I could and now it is gone. Looking to the future, I don't know that I will ever be a resident of Idaho again. It's sad. Jon was really sad to give up his Washington residency too, but there is a chance we will end up in Washington again. We just have to remember that our move here is just temporary and we will only have to renew our licenses once while we are here.

We do love Ohio. It is beautiful and we are enjoying going to school here. We just aren't ready to make a permanent home anywhere.

Toledo-Lucas County Public Library

Jon and I have really enjoyed the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library. There is a branch of the library just 2.2 miles from where we live. They have great movies to check out, and Jon has enjoyed many of their books. I am also looking for a book that I would enjoy.

Last night we decided to walk to the library to return a book and check out some movies and another book. 2.2 miles isn't too far. It was really fun. It reminded me of the days in Provo when we would go for walks. It was good exercise and great time spent together, just the two of us.

For those of you who might think this was a little extreme, it only took us a half hour to walk to and 45 minutes to walk home. That was nothing. There was a time when we walked to "Macey's" (the grocery store) and "Cougar Video" from our duplex in Provo. We grossly underestimated that distance. It took us about 1.5 hours to get there and then we had to walk home. It was an insane walk, but we lived to tell the tale.

The Hunt For A Cross-Stitch Is Over

Jon has been wanting a new cross-stitching project for a while now. It doesn't help that I have been enjoying my slowly developing cross-stitching abilities. We have been looking all over Toledo for a good pattern. Last night Jon decided he had to have a cross-stitch to do. We journeyed out to "Hobby Lobby" and bought an amazing pattern. It is of a winter/Christmas scene, with ice-skaters, lit trees, and snow covered houses. Jon said he was going to do it for me to hang on our wall, but it might take months. He was so excited.

After we had found this cross-stitch, we decided to stop at "Toys 'R' Us" and look around. Jon was walking so fast through the store I wondered what he was looking for exactly. Then his eyes got big, and a smile spread across his face. We had found the Lego's. He was so excited and kept asking me if I was going to get him some Lego's for Christmas this year. He also kept pointing out the ones that were the best so I would know which ones to get him. He was pleased to see that they are going back to more the original designs and less preformed piece, which took out all of the fun.

Fondue

Jon and I have been enjoying fondue this week. Jon suggested I should blog about it since this is the second and third times we have had it here in Toledo. We have a wonderful nonalcoholic recipe so we don't have to worry about cooking that out. It has been so good, but I'm sure all that cheese is not too healthy.Oh, well. Here is the recipe if anyone is interested. Enjoy!

Cheese Fondue (from the Betty Crocker's Cookbook, but altered by the Felt Family)

Ingredients:
4 ounces natural Swiss cheese, shredded
4 ounces Gruyere cheese, shredded
1 Tablespoon flour
1 clove garlic, cut in half
1 small can (5.5 ounces) tomato juice
1/2 Tablespoon lemon juice
1 loaf of sour dough bread, cut into 1-inch cubes

Place cheese and flour in a resealable plastic bag. Shake until cheese is coated with flour.

Rub garlic on the bottom and sides of a small sauce pan (we use the stove top, but if you have a fondue pot that can be used instead). Mince leftover garlic and put in the bottom of the pan. Add tomato juice. Heat over medium to low heat (simmer setting) just until bubbles rise to the surface. DO NOT BOIL! Stir in lemon juice.

Gradually add cheese mixture, one handful at a time, stirring constantly over low heat, until melted.

Reduce heat a little. It must be served over heat to maintain smooth, creamy texture. We eat it around the stove.

Spear bread with forks; dip and swirl in fondue with stirring motion. Make sure you keep stirring it until it is gone.

Makes 2-3 servings

What happened to Fall?

So, when Keriann and I woke up this morning, we noticed that the weather report for the day has us hitting almost 90 degrees, again.

Neither one of us is a fan of hot weather, so we're rather disgusted. Curious, we glanced at the weather for Idaho Falls and Salt Lake City, and to our great surprise, saw that it is snowing!

It must be global warming!;P But wait... Is there such a thing as selective global warming?

Someone better call Al Gore, I smell another Oscar!

Applesauce

Since we got so many apples from picking apples at MacQueen's, I decided to make some applesauce. It turned out really well. It is a little chuncky since I used an electric mixer, but it taste really good. I think I will have to make another batch since I still have so many. It was a successful venture!

Apple Picking

For Family Home Evening last night, Jon and I went with others in our ward to pick apples at MacQueen Orchard. It was really fun. I will post a few pictures from it when I finish this roll of film and get it developed.

MacQueen's is really a neat place. It has around 200 acres. There is also a Farmers' Market and a gift shop. They make all sorts of neat things, like apple cider doughnuts. Definitely a place to visit in the Toledo Area.

Cleaning Project

Saturday, I made a major accomplishment in getting settled in Toledo. I organized our storage unit and added some more things to it from our spare bedroom. The floor is now visible! I did have to stack boxes clear to the ceiling. It was amazing how much I was able to get in there. I just hope they don't fall.


Now we are a huge step closer to having a room for anyone who wants to com visit us. It looks a lot better. Tomorrow, I am going to hang pictures on the wall and go through the last few boxes. Maybe some day I can get Jon to finish his last mission box. It was the box that did not survive the move. Everything inside seems to be okay, but the box was flat. I just need Jon to put it all in a new box and it can go in the storage until. I believe there is enough room for one more box.

College Football Pick'em

I realized I hadn't blogged much recently. I have been sick with a sinus infection. It has really done me in, but I am slowly getting better.

So a bunch of guys from the ward decided to put together a group in the College Football Pick'em with Yahoo. They invited Jon to join and since I like to watch college football as much as Jon does (which is a lot), he invited me to join too. It has been really fun. This last week, Jon and I had the number one and number two picks for the week and it moved me in the lead over all.

The wives keep talking about how they should go out to the new mall when it opens while their husbands watch football, but I would much rather watch football then go shopping.

Tuesday night, we were able to get our data off our hard drive and we found out Jon did really well on his second exam, so we decided to celebrate. Jon want to see if there was a German restaurant in Toledo. We loved "Seigfried's" in Salt Lake City, and wanted to see if there was anything like that in our new home. We found a German/Mexican restaurant, "Arturo's Fritz & Alfredo's". Talk about a weird mix, but after seeing it we decided we had to check it out. It is a Mexican restaurant. They served us chips and salsa, but there was German food on the menu. The German food was not too bad. We had Jaeger Schitzel with Spaetzle. "Seigfried's" is way better, but it is nice to know that there is something out here. Click on the yellow picture to see "Arturo's Fritz & Alfredo's" web page, which has there menu and a history of how it came about.

It's a miracle!

Jon was able to retrieve all our data off our broken hard drive. We have all our pictures, music, and files! Thanks to Brian, Jon's brother, for talking him through the process. I was praying very hard the hole time for it to work and it did. Now we are saying many prays of thanksgiving. No one thought it would be possible to get that data back. I knew that it would be possible through the help of Heavenly Father. Anything is possible for him. Sorry Doug and Deana, but there is no denying the help of our Father in Heaven in this.

Does any one remember "Perfect Strangers" with Balki Bartokomous? Well, when it worked I asked Jon if we needed to do the happy dance that Balki always did. Jon laughed.

This picture is being past around the blogs in the ward. I am in it so I thought I should post it on my blog too. Twice a week we have a walking group in the ward as an Enrichment Activity. The other days of the week some of us from the ward will go to as an unofficial walking group. This is one of the official walking groups. I'm the only adult with out a stroller.