the ken show

so, i just worte this whole blog about jeopardy and dumbass sphincter blog deleted it. grrrrrrrrr..........
anyways, ken's last show was tonight. perhaps in the states it happened earlier, but in korea it happened tonight. he was stumped on final jeopardy and lost. it was a little sad, but i could see the secret relief in his eyes. could you imagine..... 75 days on the show, months of taping, 2.5 million dollars! crazy! i bet he'll be glad to go back to his normal life.
i think elan shold go on jeopardy and beat ken's streak! wouldn't that be outrageous! so insane!
so, thanks for not telling me about ken's fall. i'm glad i got to see it myself!
(i'm a cornball!)
love you guys!

thanksgiving successes

we did it! we survived our first thanksgiving without burning anything or breaking anything! we made the pies last night... i made the pumpkin pie and luke made the raspberry and blackberry pie. and he made the pie crusts too! then, this morning, after a couple of early morning phone calls (much appreciated though! love you, liane and kel!) we started on cooking "the big stuff".
the turkey was fantastic (we didn't do the salt-thing, we did the beer can inside the bird thing) the rice was almost as good as mom's, the mashed potatoes were fluffy and good, made with our cute orange kitchenaid, the pies were outstanding, yummy corn and green beans, crescent rolls, such good food!!! and all in all, it was a wonderful day. i am sooooooo stuffed though! i haven't been this full in a long time. i was in some serious food-coma after eating! :) and we even did the dishes after eating! we are so grown-up..... hahahaha!
we took pictures of our table. i set it very nicely with our dishes and wine glasses and serving trays and bowls. it looked really great. the funniest part was that after we had finally gotten everything done and on the table and had the pictures taken, we realized that neither of us knew how to carve a turkey. :) but we figured it out. so silly!
we both missed our families, though! we hope all of you have just as wonderful a turkey day! and we'll be thinking of you! :) love you all!

hmmmmmm........

sorry for the lame title, it really is the hardest part. especially since this blog is just a smorgasbord of crazy info! enjoy! :)
its getting pretty cold here, but, as luke pointed out, we spend much more time outside than we used to since we ride the bus and walk a lot, so maybe its not really that much colder than we're used to, but before we were guarded from it better. and the wind...... it is strong! friday it woke me up several times through the night howling outside and rattling the windows. seriously, it dropped about 15 degrees from thursday to friday. but as the people here say, "that's korea weather for you."
we saw the movie "ray" and i HIGHLY recommend it to everyone! it was amazing and so inspiring! its 2 1/2 hours long, and it didn't drag and it kept me interested the entire time. fabulous music, wonderful storyline, all around remarkable! go see it! too bad you won't get it free like us! haha. but your money will be well spent, so do it! :)
the countdown is still running! only 34 more days until hawaii! warm air, nice waves, relaxation! we're so excited!
oh, and we're getting excited for our first thanksgiving too! we already bought our cute little 9 pound turkey and the potatoes to mash and we have a list of all the other good stuff too! rice pilaf (no stuffing for us), green beans, corn, rolls, salad, cranberry sauce, berry pie, and pumpkin pie! yummy! we'll have lots of leftovers, but thats okay. it'll be so fun!
it'll definitely be sad without our families around though.
i hope luke's pumpkin pie is as good as uncle bill's! and our turkey is going to be this crazy rock salt thing that luke has some recipe for. it sounds interesting...and good! :) all his food is always fantastic so i seriously won't go hungry! and i'm hoping to make the rice pilaf as good as mom's... no one can quite match her fantastic taste! i'm sure it'll all be great! :)

speeding

i got a speeding ticket. lame. the whole thing is written in korean, so i don't really know where, but they sent a picture ticket of me driving down the road. woohoo.
here's the deal........
it says the 23rd of october, which is the day we went surfing. but the picture on the ticket shows no surfboards on top of the car. weird #1.
also, when i asked the other music teacher to help decipher it since he speaks korean, i asked why it says "BMW545i" on one part of it. apparently that shows what make of car i have. rad! i got a new car i guess! :) weird #2.
clearly the picture shows the mimba-mobile. its all very strange. and funny at the same time, except that now i have to pay. yucky. seriously, i've driven like 5 total times since we've been here.... and i get a freakin' ticket! what is up!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
yeah, that's the story. enjoy! :)

burnin' down the house

i almost burned the house down. i have that tendency (mom, remember the popcorn incident with sommer buhecker!).
here's the story......
halloween night, i carved the cutest pumpkin. luke helped me figure out how to make the idea i wanted and i carved it out. it was a very happy pumpkin. and i gutted it and kept all the seeds so i could soak them in my garlic solution and roast them the next day. yay!
soooooooo, the next night, i lay them all ou and start up the oven and i'm ready! i put the timer on 15 minutes, and when it buzzes i go check them out and stir them. they look great! but they aren't quite done, so i put them in for 10 minutes. yeah, bad idea. i go check them and there is smoke billowing out the oven and they are BLACK! grrrrrrr...... all my wonderful seeds are burned to a crisp! it was so sad! so, alas, no pumpkin seeds for me. so luke and i went back to the store to get another one yesterday, but there were no more. it just wasn't meant to be. :)
at least i have a cute pumpkin! :)