The past few weeks have been busy.  I am taking a research methods class that has been occupying a lot of my time, but it is interesting and fun, so I can’t really complain.  Unfortunately that means posting on the blog has taken the back burner.

Anyhow, last week, we decided to make some Mexican food.  The chiles have been really good lately, and really hot.  I made salsa, and Brandon made enchiladas because he is awesome and truly the best husband in the world.  And we made a big pot of pinto beans.  Since we were working with dried beans, we planned ahead and sprouted them for a day or two.  Before we began cooking, I pulled out a few and decided to try to get them to grow.

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Hi everyone!  I know it has been quite a while since I last posted.  So much has happened.  Brandon and I went on a road trip, drove through Oregon, Utah, Nevada, Colorado, and Kansas to get to Oklahoma where we spent a few days with my grandmother, got to visit with my cousins, and had an all around wonderful time!  We then continued on the road, back through Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming, and Idaho until we made it back to Oregon where we spent a few more days with Brandon’s parents, made a quick visit to see my sister and brother-in-law, and somehow managed to get ourselves packed up and ready for another year in Cairo.

And while this was definitely a summer to remember… great times with family and friends, a memorable road trip, my first camping experience, discovering my profound fear of bears, and about 1,500 photos of mostly the road… the semester begins in a few days and I am already looking forward to the year ahead.

Over the next few days however, I’ll be posting some of the photos from the last month.  And, as you have probably already noticed, the blog got a full makeover.  I hope it worked!

P.S. You’ll have to bear with me… most of the photos from the past didn’t seem to take the transition too well and are pretty stretched and skewed.  I’ll fix them sometime soon.