Bass Lake!

Yesterday I took Rodney on a surprise trip! He swore up and down that we were going to Yosemite and it was really funny on his reasons why that could be the only place we are headed! =P

Not knowing what to expect we brought blankets, card games, subway, flashlight and a good time! We just hung out and played "Would you Rather", "Speed" and other games.

And at 9pm we enjoyed the firework show over the lake! =) It was such a great Fourth of July!! Sorry Evan we could not make it for your Birthday but we were thinking about you!!! =)


Camera Batteries died before fireworks, maybe Rodney will put some from his phone on here on Facebook!!

--JB♥

"Oh... No..."

I quote just how Phoebe Buffay from Friends says it!

Yesterday I get to work (AE) and there is a note on the board

"There was a change in the schedule, double check to see if you were written in for any shifts"

Im thinking oh great now what, so i take a look and ok next week i was written in to work Thursday, and then the next Monday i was also written in and i accept this fact. Then a few seconds pass... wait! MONDAY? JUNE 28th? ... Oh NO! that is my birthday.

I proceeded to explain to my supervisor that the only reason i asked for Mondays and Tuesdays off during this schedule is so I may have June 28th off. I told her that she could have written in me in any other day that week and to please let me have it off. It is not a morning shift, if it was i would work it because then i will be off and get to go to dinner and such to celebrate, but no the shift starts at 6pm and ends at 1030pm. =(

I then frantically text and left notes for people to see if they can cover my shift for me so i can celebrate. I love my birthday, and i am really hoping that i do not have to work!! GRR!!!

Just thought i would share my frustration with you all!!

until next time....


--JB

Gone Banana's!

A few weeks agoI made the BEST banana bread! My mother wanted the recipe so here it is!



Banana Walnut Bread!

2c flour
1tsp baking soda
1/4tsp salt
1 egg
1 1/2c sugar
1/2c vegetable oil
2Tbsp Buttermilk (any milk)
1/2tsp Vanilla extract
3 ripe mashed Bananas
1/2c &1/3c Chopped Walnuts

Pre-heat the oven to 325 degrees. Grease a 9x5x3 loaf pan and dust with flour. Blend together the flour, baking soda and salt and set aside. Mix together the egg, sugar and vegetable oil until combined. Add the flour mixture and when blended add the milk, vanilla and mashed bananas and mix until combined. Fold in 1/2c chopped walnuts and pour batter into prepared loaf pan. Top the batter with remaining 1/3c walnuts. Bake for 45 to 60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10minutes on a wire rack before removing from pan.


starbucks banana walnut bread recipe!

I'm Online

Hello All!

We have the internet back, and what you ask have the Butlers been up to?

Well.... lets see, in March we flew down to surprise my sister for her Birthday! Some time inbetween then and now, I started working inside at the Airport, working at the ticket counter and at the Gate, letting people on and off the plane. It has been an interesting change, interesting to see how clueless some people are when they are traveling just one question... how do you not know what airline you are flying on?



April... just work and more work.

May... my mother flew up to visit for a few days and we went to Yosemite and had a blast!

Somewhere between Yosemite and Memorial day Rodney and I rented Greys Anatomy Season One with Netflix and we have been pretty much addicted to that show ever since, we are now on Season 4, we just love when netflix hits the mail box so we can see what happens in the next episode!


Rodney and I went home for Memorial day! My little nephew is getting so so big!! All of us "adult" children entertained ourselves by playing with my year old nephews water toys. Looking back it seems so silly.




Now June.. not sure what we will do this month, hopfully my sister can come up for my birthday... what? YES! MY BIRTHDAY is at the end of this month, so June is going to be really exciting! I Love my birthday, i have the day off and i am just going to enjoy it! =)



Now that we have the internet back, i will try to update more often!

thats all for now! =)

--JB

Christmas in June!!

Rodney and I have just received our Christmas present from Evan in the mail today! He gave us Amazon gift cards and we finally cashed them out for Everwood Season 3!



Everwood was a show on TV back when I was in high school. It was canceled because there was only room for one show the following year they had to choose between 7th Heaven's 20th season and Everwood. Lets just say they chose the wrong show.



They are now very slowly releasing them on DVD! And we will now probably sit for the next however many days just watching it, bad thing about TV on DVD, you don't have to wait until next week for the next episode! =)

Thanks EVAN!

Where have you been?!

ME? well i have been all over the place!

To start we canceled out cable/internet because we just can not afford the high price, Now i must borrow internet from either starbucks or the bench outside. Now if i use the bench outside, it can not be raining, and it has been rainy therefore no internet!

My parents bought us a digital converter so i can watch apollo ohno speed skate! That was very generous of them and i love them VERY much for everything they do!

ok So... nothing new here, we did our taxes and with our return we will finally go wedding gift shopping!! we have done a tiny bit at target and already our apt feels more like home!

I am working my butt off at the airport and starbucks which is nothing new

Rod is sticking with his new job but may be looking around for more options sooner rather than later!

Today i went with a friend to look at some cosmo schools in the area and i am super excited and want to get back into school, my next step is to fill out the FASFA to see if the state will allow me to go to school and further my knowledge so i can do what i want to do in life instead of what i have to do!

We are enjoying Our married life very much! We just hit our 3 month mark! WOW it goes by so fast!! My parents came up for Valentines day and took us out for dinner! Rodney has been the greatest person ever, being supportive of me wanting to go back to school, him working his butt off to provide for me! he is so cute when he is so passionate on making our life less stressful! He is the best husband, i couldnt of asked for a better man!

I believe that this all for now! i am outside on the bench and my fingers are starting to freeze a bit!

so until next time.....

Jill

Moms 900th Post Give Away!

GO Check out my mothers Blog!!!

She is coming up on her 900th post! WOW! and she is doing a give away!! really cute zipper bags from Etsy! =) really cute!!!!