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Celebrate!

I have a few reasons to be extra happy this weekend!

1. My husband is feeling better and knows what has been causing him pain and worry. And has a way to ease his pain! Praise God!

2. Our new dining room set came today! We got a really good deal. We bought the table and chairs for $599 and it came with a queen sized mattress and box spring set! It's not the best quality mattress but it sure does beat sleeping on the couch and chair and half. And, we plan on moving my parents old bedroom set up this summer for our guest bedroom. So when that happens we can move the free mattress on to it and buy ourselves a nicer mattress.

3. I've been writing pretty steadily for the local paper and started my training at the grocery store last week.

4. Yesterday was sunny and warm enough that I was able to sit outside and read my FREE subscription to Better Homes and Gardens!

5. I've knocked a few things of of my 101/1001 list lately. The latest item was not as hard as I thought it would be. "Cook 15 new non-dessert recipes." And I did it! Suprisingly, before the similar goal to cook 15 new dessert recipes! You can check out my Kitchen Adventures page to check out the recipes I've tried and liked enough to blog about. A few more should be coming this week! Knocking that goal off my list means I've completed 32 of the goals on the list!

What good things happend to you this week?

Saturday Smiles

Happy Saturday Everyone!



I hope you had a fabulous week full of funny, charming, delightful, joyous, grateful unusual, hilarious moments that made you pause for a minute and smile. I'd love it if you'd take a moment to share that list with me.

Here are the things that made me smile:

1. My little sister sent me pictures of her new dormroom. I can't believe she's all grown up!

2. We'd took our coins to the bank and had almost $40!

3. I had the best sandwich in Korea.

4. My little sister told me she would come home the weekend after I'm back in the states so we can hang out. I'm planning on making her banana chocolate chip cookies for a late birthday gift.

5. Mr. Groom's gotten me addicted to crossword puzzles and I finally completed an entire puzzle on my own!

Sunday Smiles

Saturday Smiles will be back next week, its been a busy weekend for us, and having one laptop means limited posting time. So I'm writing my weekly happy list today instead. What things made you smile this week?

1. My mom asked me what foods I want to eat when I get home, and I gave her a  long long list
2. Mr. Groom has 6 more working days left.
3. We went to a yummy buffet Friday night with out friend Aerie and I had the most amazing bread sticks. I want to try to make them. They were honey garlic and absoultely delectable
4. PIZZA SUNDAY!
5. Someone may want to buy our couch!

Saturday Smiles

Happy Weekend! I hope everyone had a fabulous week, full of witty, charming, delightful, exciting, joyous, and humorous things that made them smile! Write up your list of smiles and link on up!


1. Mr. Groom was on vacation for the first part of the week. We got to spend a lot of quality time together.
2. We were able to buy zucchinni this week, and at a decent price. It makes a good midday snack raw, and a nice dinner sauteed.
3.I got a letter in the mail this week from "Lyric" that included pictures of the shoes she bought for my wedding
4. We finally got a good bit of our premarital counseling book worked out.
5. We'll be back in the states in 16 days! Woo-hoo!
6. We have plans tonight with several people to go eat at the Meat Home- a meat buffet with everything from sausage to squid. And fried veggies. My body needs veggies so badly it won't even care that they are fried.
7. I discovered that on weekdays, once I'm fully awake, its oh 9pm in the states and I can watch all my favorite shows like Cupcake Wars, Chopped, Cake Boss, Good Eats, Craig Fergusson, and the Golden Girls.
8. Mr. Groom found a crossword puzzle book that he's barely touched, so now I have a new thing to keep me busy during the week.
9. I got to talk to my little sister  on her birthday!
10. I can't remember what he did, but the other day Mr. Groom had me laughing so hard I couldn't walk and I spilled my cup of water all over the couch. And then he got mad, and I had to laugh even more.
11. I won a blog giveaway!

What things made you smile this week? Don't forget to link up!

Saturday Smiles

Welcome to the first ever Saturday Smiles! I hope you've had a lot of things to make you smile this week. I have! So write up a list of things that have made you smile- whether it was out of joy, happiness, gratitude or humorous delight and link up!.

1. Mr. Groom is on vacation for 5 days, so we're getting to spend a lot of time together
2. We had a great dinner Friday night with another couple.
3. We ran into the fruit and veg lady this week and were able to buy fresh apples and peaches at a good price.
4. We got the package my mom sent this week and were able to enjoy peanut butter sandwiches.
5. I got to read two issues of Real Simple
6. I developed a new workout plan that I really enjoy!
7. I was able to get all of my textbooks for less than $200.
8. Journey to the Center of the Earth came on TV day and Mr. Groom went out and got us lunch so I could stay in and watch it.
9. We had yummy chicken wings last night!
10. The Slingbox is back up and running so now we can watch our favorite American TV shows.

What things made you smile  this week?

On My Own

Today is the last Thursday Five you'll see from me because Mannland has stopped hosting them. This one I'm doing on my own because I'd been looking forward to it. After this week's, I'm going to start posting a list of things that made me happy/grateful/excited/joyful/estatic/bouncy or that simply brought a smile to my face. I'll be posting them as Saturday Smiles and including a Linky for anyone who wants to link up. You can write a post specifially for the Saturday Smiles linkup or you can link a post you'd written earlier in the week-as long as its relevant. So check back July 31st for the first edition of Saturday Smiles.

Here's my last five:

1. I won two food  related giveaways this week!
2. I got a letter in the mail today.

3. I was able to borrow two new books to read- The Host and Life of Pi


   

4.  I ate heavenly rich chocolate gelato (twice...sssh!). And it cost around $2.

5. Mr. Groom's sister called and told him about a job opening for a principal at a private school. The deadline to apply isn't until after we get back from S. Korea. Keep your fingers crossed! If he gets the job, I'll be moving to PA. Anyone from there?

PS: Don't forget to visit this weeks ABC Post: J is for Journaler