So you know that breakfast we had planned? Well, it happened...at 1 pm. We may have stayed up til 3 and gotten up and noon. Maybe. The omelettes were indeed awesome, as were the cinnamon rolls. The rolls didn't rise (as I was expecting- I had suspicions about the yeast) but they still tasted good! All 40+ of them. That's right, half of the recipe made over 3 dozen rolls! We have a rather large container of them in the fridge yet. Come over and help us eat them please! The frosting I made is quite delicious as well. I didn't make maple icing and the recipe called for but I did concoct my own cinnamon cream cheese frosting. YUM.
After recovering from breakfast we started making dinner. I had us all sign up for things to make. Ben made the ham and the sweet potato-marshmallow bake. Bill made the red-wine mushrooms (these were incredibly delicious and the recipe came right from the mushroom package, who knew!?) and the cheesy potatoes. I made the pie (with homemade crust too!), salad, and baked rolls. I also was going to make a cucumber salad, but we all decided against it after we saw how many armies we were prepared to feed.
In all, everything was quite delicious! It was a little weird not being with a big family group, but it ended up going well. Talking to family members over the phone and skype was really nice, though. As it turns out we are all not so bad at cooking. What we are bad at is cooking for the correct number of people. Ben and I were just barely starting to get the hang of cooking for 2 people. Bill and I are used to cooking for our big family. Cooking for 3 is a bigger adjustment than we would have expected! Ah well, the leftovers are all delicious! Eating ham sandwiches for the next month may get a little old, though!
Today was finally Ben's first payday! There was much rejoicing! Well, after all of the confusion, anyway. Apparently something was wrong with the address on the check so we ended up making phone calls and then going to the fedex building to pick it up in person. Otherwise we would have had to wait until Monday. Once we picked up the check, we went to the bank to open an account. Not having a bank account is an odd situation to be in. I don't recommend it. It took a while to do all the paperwork, but everyone at the bank was very nice and it was overall a pleasant experience. Now we have a checking account, savings account, and a credit card too! We've never had a credit card before, so this will be somewhat of a new experience for us. (Meanwhile, the rest of America is wondering how it was possible for us to not have one and moving on to bigger and better things.)
Once the account was opened and we lined our pockets a bit, we headed home. Ben's pocket soon started on fire. As in, that 30 minutes was too long to have the money burning a hole in his pocket and we had to go shopping for a new video game. While I am a bit worried about having funds for bills and Christmas shopping, I can't get annoyed about the purchase, really. He did earn all of that money himself (and knows that after this all the rest of the check is going towards bills!). It was our first purchase made with our own money that has happened in a while. It felt a bit odd.
Our money errands took up most of the day, so we didn't get much else done. Hopefully tomorrow we can go shopping, out to dinner, or at least do some more exploring.
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