zucchini bread anyone?

This last month has flown by! Next thing I know we will be in Florida for our pictures, back to pack and then moving...

My parents came to Indianapolis this weekend to visit. (AWW) Jesse and I took them around the Carmel area and to the apartment complex we will be living at. I think they liked it, and I am sure it made them feel better knowing where we will be. My mom and I went shopping while dad and Jesse went to Champs. Apparently they did not realize we were going to shop till be dropped because two hours into shopping they called to ask where we were. We had only been to two stores and hadn't even made it to the Fashion Mall to shop for my engagement picture outfits. After mom and I were tired shopping, around 5:30, the boys came to get us and take us to dinner. We ended up at Mitchell's, which is a nice seafood place at Clay Terrace.

Anyways...back to the subject of the post. My parents came this weekend, and they brought me fresh produce from the garden. Zucchini and fresh green beans. Well, last night (Sunday) Jesse pan fried some organic chicken breasts and made fresh green beans with bacon, onions, and tomatoes for dinner. It was yummy. I decided to make zucchini bread, but realized that I had gotten rid of my loaf pan in the move. Then I tried to find my cupcake tins. Luckily, I did find them, they were in the garage in probably the last Rubbermaid I went through. After that hassle, I went home and peeled and seeded the zucchini, then shredded them by hand. When I was done I made the mix to put in the tins. I had originally planned to make a bunch and give to Dave, take to work, and eat. But of course, after the first batch of 12, I ran out of flour, sugar and eggs. Soooo off to the store I went. When I got back I made one more batch before calling it a night. Luckily the effort paid off because the muffins are so yummy and moist! I also liked the addition of using freshly grated nutmeg by me! I will no doubt make many more batches in the weeks to come.

Take-n--Make

So, I went to this Take-n-Make party at Jesse's boss's house (Melanie). Basically, you bring the meat so you can be picky and do whatvever cut you like or the quality and so forth. Then you take it in plastic bags. When you get to the place, they have stations set up. You make one meal per station, for a total of five meals. It was $30 for 5 meals plus the cost of meat. The meals sound yummy and all we have to do is take them out of the freezer to thaw and then bake them or grill or what not. (Assuming our freezer doesn't go out again). I will keep you updated on the results. We have stuff for hot chicken subs, Italian chicken foil packets, Western Casserole, Asian Pork, and Cilantro Citrus chicken. Mmm...I am making myself hungry.


I also bought some mixes for some dessert type cheese balls, salad dressings, and this amazing dip. SO, I guess you will all have to come over to visit me and Jesse, huh??

Moving on up to the Northside....

I feel like singing the Three's Company song.

Today was the last straw for us at the Gardens of Canal Court. I mean... you would think the 5 refridgerator/freezer outages would have been enough, but today they told us that we were looking at October before we would get a two bedroom. (We have been on the waitlist since March) October as in months after we told them we wanted to move, and October as in 2 months after they told me two weeks ago. Basically they strung us along because they knew they could. Well, I guess it wasn't in their favor because we had enough of their crap. Air conditioner breaking on top of the fridge/freezer outages, and not getting us in into a two bedroom---all added up finally got to us.

We went apartment hunting last week, but ultimately the kitchen was a deal breaker for me. It was like a galley kitchen---something I refer to as a hallway kitchen. Not enough room for me and Jesse, and I know that I would be telling him to "move" all the time. Also, there was a shortage of cabinet space. If you have seen our kitchen, we have a lot of dishes and serving plates and gadgets so we need lots of cabinets!

So today, after being told by the apartment people they can't get us in until October (maybe October at that), we went apartment hunting again and found Providence at Old Meridian. Providence is located in Carmel, Indiana, and I'm not excited about it because now I will be able to drop what people in this state refer to as the "Carmel bomb", no I am excited because it is somewhere with a working fridge! How strange that something like that would excite me. I am also excited about it being closer to shopping, the grocery store, hospitals, and doctors, not to mention far away from street shootings.

This place seems top of the line; we will have to keep ya'll updated on how it turns out after we live there for a while. It has an outdoor pool and hot tub. A workout facility, tanning beds, an onsite postal office, dry cleaning drop off and pick up, a movie theatre, virtual golf, and a bunch of other things that seem nice but we will probably not use often. The kitchen in the "Georgetown" (the apartment floorplan we selected) is open and spacious. We can even put our kitchen table in there. There is also an area that can be used as a desk in the kitchen. The bedrooms are good sized and the closets in the bedrooms are huge!!!!! I just can't wait. I believe a quote from me to Jesse tonight was: "If we ever get in a fight, I can just go into my closet and sit." That is how nice and huge they are. They even have the double racks to fit even more stuff! We have a balcony and an outdoor storage closet outside just off the balcony. We have a graden tub!! --and the great thing about that is that it has a shower hookup too, so it's not JUST a bath tub. I am just too excited about this place.

The downside for me is that it is further from school and my job. But in all fairness Jesse has that commute everyday to work in summers. Also, there is a charter bus that picks up in Carmel (6-8am) for $2 and drops you off downtown. It also picks up at night (4-6pm)downtown and drops you off at Carmel for an additional $2. So that is an option. I will keep you updated after we move in on the place. Everyone will have to come visit us because now we will have a spare bedroom. Also, we are pretty close to the Fashion Mall! Watch your wallets men.