Husband + Kitchen

A couple Sundays ago I was making lasagna and breadsticks for dinner.

I had a primary meeting that afternoon so I got all the prep work done right after church.

We then proceeded to skype with our friends and I had to leave early for my meeting.

As the meeting was wrapping up I realized I wouldn't have time to make it home in time to have the lasagna ready for our guests.

No worries,

Ryan was home and could put the lasagna in.

I sent him a text and proceeded with cleaning up after the meeting and then headed home.

When I drove down our street I noticed all the windows were open in our apartment.

Now this was weird for 2 reasons.

1. I am usually the one that likes all the windows open.

2. It was a pretty chilly day.

As I parked the car I realized why the windows were open.

I forgot to tell Ryan that I had breadstick dough raising in the oven (in a plastic bowl).

Now he did see me put the dough in the oven but lets be honest I can't expect him to remember that.

When I entered the apartment I knew I was correct by the awful smell of melted plastic.

The rack, floor, and heating coil of the oven were covered in melted (now cooled) plastic.

Thankfully we were able to put the lasagna in a neighbors oven so we could still have our guests over and I had garlic bread in the freezer so dinner was saved.

On the down side we spent a good couple hours cleaning our oven and it took a couple of days to get rid of the awful smell.

Apparently Ryan turned the oven on and then came back when it was pre-heated and opened the oven to FLAMES! 

He put our the fire and then made sure to get a good picture.

For your viewing pleasure, our delicious breadsticks (post fire)

UW vs. USU Football Game

Ever since we found out USU was coming to play UW we knew we needed to get tickets.

Turns out it is a lot harder to get tickets to a UW game than to a USU game.

In August we found out that UW had sold out of tickets.

We were crushed!

Then a miracle happened..

We got an email from the USU alumni association stating they had tickets for anyone interested in attending.

So we purchased tickets having no idea where they were in the stadium, but at least we were going!

Then the time came for game day.

We headed to campus, picked up our tickets at will call, and wandered around the stadium looking for our gate enterance.

We we arrived at our section we were stunned to see we were in the second row near the end zone.  

We couldn't have gotten seats this good through UW if we tried. (I guess giving up our firstborn child might have given us that opportunity)

The game was incredible!

USU was winning by quite a bit at the half. (14 to 3)

UW hadn't done anything right and started almost every possession with a false start.

Camp Randall Stadium was very subdued.

The Badgers came back in the second half to take the lead (16 to 14)

USU got the ball back with about 2 minutes left,

Moved the ball down the field,

And with 15 seconds left sent the kicker out for a 30 yard field goal for the win.

....

........

USU's kicker missed allowing the Badgers to win.

It was a heartbreaking game.

USU out played UW for the entire game and even the stats think USU should have won.

 In my book the Aggies won and I left the game so proud to be an Aggie!

End of Summer

So the Autumn Equinox (Sept. 22) has gotten me thinking that I never posted about the end of our Summer.

This is usually a happy time for me.

I love the crisp fall air.

Pumpkin treats!

Beautiful Leaves.

And let's be honest I was a nerd and actually looked forward to the first day of school.

This year is no exception.

I was so ready to be living in one place.

Start a routine again.

In my mind things were finally going to settle down (Haha boy was I wrong!)

So the weekend after our big vacation we headed to Chicago to visit the family I used to nanny for.

It was so good to see them again and their new home is beautiful!

We enjoy delicious Girodano's pizza and the Lincoln Park/Zoo downtown.

I loved being with those cute kids again and I'm so sad I can't be there nanny anymore!

Then it was back to Milwaukee.

Ryan had one week left of his internship.

We needed to move out of our "summer cottage."

And, I started my new job that Wednesday.

After a whirlwind of a week we headed down Indiana for Labor Day.

Apple and Raspberry picking in Anderson Orchard.

Apple Cider Slushes... yum!

P. F. Chang's

Shopping (our traditional activity)

Nature Walks

And of course SLEEP!

Now we are back in Madison.

Ryan has started school again.

Thankfully only one class this semester but he is plenty busy with his research and the class he T.A.'s for.

I am nannying full time for a new family and teaching dance one night a week.

So we are back on a schedule drudging through our routine and just as busy as ever!

BRING ON FALL!