The mystery food is....

An orange off of our orange tree. It grew long, skinny and straight. We came home one evening to find Clara Belle eating the other half in our backyard. So considering we have an orange tree in our backyard and Clara Belle couldn't go anywhere it must be an orange. Weird!

Job News

My interview on Friday, I thought, went really well but I know I could have answered better on one particular question. I knew I would be waiting for my response to come in the mail this week and it came today which I unfortunately did not get the position. I ranked number four which means I can still qualify for future openings in that position. I was a little disappointed because I thought that I would really like the job but really I am fine with it. It just prepped me for future interviews and jobs. I have still been searching and will keep you updated on any new prospects.

P.S. there are two new posts below this one.

Can you guess what this is?

I will give you all a hint- it is a food item. I will post the answer by Friday night so stay tuned and give another guess if you want. Some of you have guessed well but none have guessed right. I know what this is but do you?

pumpkins, pumpkins everywhere

This last weekend Jake and I went to the pumpkin patch to get our pumpkins. There were sooo many to choose from and poor Jake had to wait while I searched for the perfect one while he carried his around following me. I felt bad -but- if you are going to go to a pumpkin patch you have to get the exact perfect one for yourself...he just found his a lot faster than I did. Anyway it was a lot of fun and here is what we got.

My pumpkin (left) weighed in at 20lbs and Jake's (right) weighed in at 23lbs. Pretty good size pumpkins. However, I took some pictures of our pumpkins next to the really big ones and for some reason the picture won't upload but they were the pumpkins from the previous pumpkin post and I can only imagine that those pumpkins most certainly were all 50lbs and bigger. All in all it was cheap, good fun entertainment, and a fun outing together. I will have to post the third and final installment of the pumpkin post after Halloween.

Job Perhaps?!

In the "random" post I mentioned that I took a test for the administrative specialist position for the Ventura school district and was waiting for a letter in the mail letting me know if I passed to the interview round. When we got back from Reno I indeed had a letter waiting and I have an interview this Friday. I am totally excited for it. I just hope I don't completely bomb this interview. Anyway, keep your fingers crossed because I sure do!

music

My mom's post on her blog about rediscovering Jack Johnson reminded me that I LOVE finding music that I haven't listened to in a long time too. Recently I discovered this with many of my cds possibly due to the fact that my car CD player has been broken for close to five months now and I have been forced to listen to radio EVERYDAY (CC I know you get this). Unfortunately what I do is listen to whatever music I like at that moment and play it and play it and play it to the point of exhaustion. I get sick of it to the point that I don't want to listen to it for months, then it gets lost in the cd case but then I have that rediscovery moment and the whole cycle just repeats itself.

a ton of randoms

I didn't feel like making a post for every thing I thought about so here it is.

Whitney random update:
I went to my rheumatologist two weeks ago and was happy to hear that my arthritis is under control thanks to both of my medications. YAY! She said that everything was looking great and I don't have to go back and see her for three whole months. This is the first time in a year that I have not had to go to a doctor every single month. Unfortunately I still have to do blood work every two months but I guess I can handle that instead of hurting everyday. I still have to give myself a shot every week (actually Jake is quite fond of doing it for me) and it still sucks but again, I can handle a shot that hurts for 30 seconds as opposed to hurting all of the time. All in all, health wise I am doing good.

As for the job hunt.. I took a test for an admin. position for the Ventura school district. I really hope I did well because I think I would really like this job. I should hear from them in a week or two. I also talked to the LDS employment woman that I have been working with on and off and she might have some opportunities for me to check out. Jake and I talked awhile ago that it wasn't necessary for me to get a job just for the sake of getting a job. He said that he is fortunate enough to have a job that he enjoys and likes going to everyday and he wants the same for me. So in essence that is why it is taking me some time to find a job. Things are coming along.

October is officially here and I have to admit that I am such a nerd for Halloween. It is one of my favorite holidays. I love decorating for it, I love smelling the candy when it is in one big bowl, I love watching the corny Halloween specials etc., etc.- I know I am a nerd! I got out our Halloween stuff on Wednesday and already decorated our house. All I have left to do is get our pumpkins. It's not much but it's still fun. I think I just like fall.

Jake random update:
Jake is busy, busy, busy at work. I don't know who knows but he is the California area engineer which means he oversees the engineers and their projects for all of the Baker Tools shops in California, 5 total, and it is a lot of work. He is so good at what he does and everyone has nothing but great things to say about him. However, the guy is worn out. Luckily he is getting some what of a break this week because we get to go to Reno. He has a geothermal conference to go to for three days but we are coming up two days early so he can have some relaxing time and some fun! Other than work, he is enjoying working on his motorcycle again and just got a new tool from craigslist- a mill and lathe in one- and he plays with it everyday and is so excited about it. We are boring but we have fun together.