It's a Google life

I think everyone can agree that Google has transformed life in some form or another and now that Jason works for Google I feel like Google has become a way of life. We have lots of Google water bottles, notebooks, frisbee, back pack, and shirts. Jason lives and breathes Google every day working there of course and then even after work we go our mini golfing, to dinner, to movies, etc, with a lot of his colleagues. Of Jason's immediate colleagues he's the oldest one and the only one married so we're getting a somewhat college social life in a way that we never felt with Harvard. It's a good thing he has me and the church to keep him from completely being sucked into Google land, which is pretty awesome. :) It's been fun and luckily his colleagues have been so good to me and it's been so fun to get to know them. Anyway, here's what the last month has been like with Google...

 About a week and a half ago Google sent Jason to a conference at Harvard of all places which left me here for 5 days knowing hardly anybody and with nothing to do. So naturally I did a 2000 piece puzzle of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. It's amazing how much time that ate up! And it took all 5 days, I finished 5pm the day I went to pick him up. I'm puzzled out for the moment but I know this section of the ceiling unbelievable well. 

 This is from going golfing with his colleagues. It was also very educational as I found out Blackbeard was here in Charleston, how cool is that? 

And lastly Google had a company day at the beach last Friday which was great. Very fun to be able to spend his work day with him.

Oh also, it's finally out in the news what Jason and his team are doing in Google. Check it out here

Modern Day Princess

So I'm not one to idolize and go crazy over celebrities, however did you see the pictures of the royal family after they had their baby? So adorable. In my opinion it's such a nice image to have a happy family that we just don't get in popular media. 

Also can I clone all of her clothes?

The Beauty of Food

Is it July already? What a whirlwind month June was. July's challenge will be settling in which sometimes is the hardest part of change for me. So the 4th of July was, well fairly quiet. Since we're new to the area and still putting the house together we didn't do much but we did go grocery shopping so the weekend definitely included good food which is what really matters anyway, if only we had people to share it with ~ we're getting there. Jason got both Thursday and Friday off so hello 4 day weekend. Thursday we put a grill together that was given to Jason as a graduation/birthday present by our wonderful friends the Heaths. We've used it every day since we set it up and oh man it's so good!  

Friday we made it to the beach and swam in the ocean. I definitely can get used to that. 

Saturday was date night to Trader Joes, we sure miss being within walking distance of that place but parking spaces are readily available here so it's a trade off. 

Then Sunday included flourless chocolate cake with homemade ice cream which I'd say was a success. I've already had a piece today and I'm waiting for Jason to get home so I can have another one but on second thought I think waiting might be overrated. 

The rest of the weekend in between was spent putting our lives together here, balancing the budget, taking things to goodwill, and watching movies with popcorn. Jason's loving his job and just got called as a stake technology clerk because he works for Google so of course he has mad IT skills. We now know to say that he's working in EDUCATION first before we mention Google. As for me, well....here comes my quarter life crisis that has been staved the last couple of years. I've been looking so forward not having to work which has been wonderful you know taking naps whenever I wanted, watching the Next Food Network Star, listening all day to NPR, finding recipes on pinterest, etc. I know it sounds awesome and it totally was but sometimes it's nice to have a sense of purpose and do something that is fulfilling. This week has started out MUCH better mostly because I had a car. Today's accomplishments: working out, playing piano, actually getting ready for the day, going to Costco and only coming out with 4 items (cheapest run yet!), and making these things below - sweet corn tamale cakes with salsa and southwest sauce accompanied by fish tacos for dinner. I was so excited that I pulled out my new serving dishes that I got for my wedding. And then I waited and waited....and waited....and waited for Jason but unfortunately Jason got detained with his church calling already so I just enjoyed them to myself, he's lucky there's still some waiting for him ;). Anyone want to come to Charleston? I promise we'll eat well and go to the ocean, what more do you want for summer really?