Spangle Hood

Just some stuff.

2011-05-26T06:59:00.000-07:00

I know you guys missed me and my posts, so I'll update you all.

I started my new job as an Executive Assistant in December at INOVA Federal Credit Union, and I absolutely LOVE it! It's amazing how you can go from thinking you have to keep working a job you don't really care for, to actually enjoy going to work (most days)! I have been given a lot of responsibility with preparing for the opening of the Lerner Theater in Elkhart. Check it out at www.lernertheater.org . My boss is the greatest guy ever - and he actually appreciates me!

Kyle has been working full time third shift (midnight to 8am) at the South Bend Airport Weather Office. It's been so nice for both of us to have full time jobs. Unfortunately, he may lose his job this fall. We're hoping for the best since things are going really well for us here.

On a lighter note, Kyle's sister, Monica, had her first baby on Tuesday night. We went and saw him yesterday and he is just the cutest little guy ever with a ton of hair on his head! Baby fever, here I come!!

Last weekend we rode in the ADEC Bike-a-thon on behalf of Kyle's uncle, Bob Jean, who passed away earlier this year. He lived at ADEC and had an awesome life because of them. It was so fun to see everyone and see how much Bob meant to them. Plus, at the end, there were the most adorable handicapped adults cheering us on with thank-you posters. :)

Anddddd, we're opening our pool this weekend. Wahoo!

I did it!!

2010-12-02T14:40:00.000-08:00

After all of my hard work, I finally got the job I wanted! On Monday I start as an executive administrative assistant for the CEO of INOVA Federal Credit Union! I couldn't be more excited!!

Fighting Irish

2010-07-29T18:43:00.001-07:00

So tomorrow my journey at Lake City Bank will come to an end. I have decided to move on with my career (hopefully) and get out of the banking world. I have applied at a few colleges for administrative positions and one has finally gotten back to me. Notre Dame! I had a phone interview on Thursday afternoon and by the time I got home from work, I had an email saying that they would like to meet with me in person for a second interview on campus! I go in on Monday and can't wait to see what comes out of it! I'm ready to feel important again. I think I deserve it!

SEE ADDLE

2010-06-21T21:29:00.000-07:00

Kyle and I have been in Seattle since Thurs, the 17th and are now in Portland until Wed. We've had so much fun on our vacation, relaxing, exploring, and eating delicious food! We flew out of WI and were planning on catching our connecting flight in TN. When we got to the airport they asked us if we'd be willing to change our plans and fly to Minnesota instead. We would get there an hour earlier, fly first class, and get $600 in Delta vouchers. We thought about it for about .0001 seconds and finally agreed. It was pretty much an amazing birthday gift!

On Thursday we went to the Seattle Aquarium which was super cool then ate seafood for lunch. We also got to go to the famous local market where Travis' brother got sniffed by a homeless man telling him that he smelled like a millionaire. And we laughed. Since Travis and my birthday are on the same day, we went to a delicious wood-fired pizza place for dinner to celebrate where I had the best and only blood orange crush martini.

On Friday we went on top of a really tall building that overlooked the city and the water. In the evening we went to see Cirque du Soleil. It was soooo much fun!

Saturday was the Fremont Solstice parade which is famous for tons of people painting their naked bodies and riding their bikes down the street. Needless to say it was hilarious. I'm pretty sure I've never seen so many naked bodies and pretty sure I'll never see so many ever again.

On Sunday Travis and Danielle made us a delicious fresh seafood feast and we had a great time talking and hanging out.

It was great to be able to see Seattle, but our time is through and now we've started our adventure in Portland. Yayyy!!! And thank goodness we still have a whole week of vacation!!

Little People, Big World

2010-04-19T20:59:00.000-07:00

Kyle and I bought our plane tickets for June, so our vacation is OFFICIAL!!!!! Wahoo!!! No beach, though. :( :( :( We are flying to Seattle on June 16th and spending time with Kyle's brother Travis and his wife Danielle. We were wanting to drive to Oregon and go camping for a few days, but we are kind of undecided. There are definitely a lot of things we could do for the whole week in Seattle, I'm sure. We really wanted to go to the Roloff farm, but unfortunately they are only open for pumpkin season. boooo.

I had visions of a long interesting post, but I guess our lives are pretty lame!!

Hey, remember us?!

2010-01-09T11:01:00.000-08:00

Kyle and I are really enjoying marriage. We still feel like newlyweds, which is fabulous. In other words, we are not planning on having children anytime soon.

We are trying to plan a vacation in June to travel to San Diego, CA and Seattle, WA!!!! We're so excited and hope to be able to even save up enough money to go. Otherwise, we'll sit on our couch all week with the curtains closed watching tv. If you'd like to make a donation, I'll give you our bank account number. jk jk jk jk jk jk jk jk.

Nashville

2009-05-31T18:23:00.000-07:00

We recently took a few days to visit Dan and Lisa in Tennessee. We had a lot of fun, ate some great food, basked in the shine of the moon, and had some great conversations.

Taylor Swift may or may not have spied on us at the Old Spaghetti Factory.

Downtown Nashville is really cool, lots of live music and fake Elvis's, what could be better?

Yes, I took a picture of a picture:

Dan's chiropractic clinic / health food store is doing really good in downtown Dickson, they've had a lot of business. We're excited to visit them again some time.

May flowers

2009-05-17T07:29:00.000-07:00

I am trying my hardest to start a garden. Kyle and I planted seeds in a mini greenhouse and they were doing great until the huge storm came during the middle of the night the other week and ripped the top off and killed the leaves to my plants. I have yet to till the garden and have no clue if we'll even get it done. But, I am excited just at the thought of having our own garden with vegetables in it. :)

Our best friends from Purdue got married last week and we had a blast in Greenfield, IN with everyone there.

While we were gone for their wedding, Malcolm spend the weekend with his dog cousins, Spike and Demitri in Leesburg. He had a blast and was so worn out when we picked him up.

Not that his current 2 jobs are good enough for him, but Kyle recently applied for a position at the National Weather service in North Webster. Please pray that the application process goes smoothly and that they might consider him for the position.

Sorry the posts are getting moldy...

2009-04-18T22:57:00.001-07:00

Liz got a haircut:

I start training for the US Census Bureau this week:

More to come.

2009-02-10T14:22:00.000-08:00

Tonight I made a copy of Applebees white peach sangria and it's delicious!

We used
3 parts White Zinfindale
1 part Peachtree
1 part pineapple juice
1 part cranberry/raspberry juice
splash of sprite

It's sooo delicious.

ALSO:

Ikea!!

2008-12-15T12:05:00.000-08:00

Kyle and I went to IKEA instead of buying Christmas presents for each other. We got tons of awesome stuff to fill our house. Check it out, dudes.

We finally got our Christmas shopping done today, too. The ice storm was crazy, I'm glad I didn't have to work today.

2008-11-25T12:32:00.001-08:00

Its time for another picture update (click to enlarge):

The trees in our backyard looked lovely…its was about 72 degrees this day.

...1 week later

Malcolm enjoyed carrying the pumpkin around the house …until he broke the stem off.

We babysat for Trent and Trina for a couple days…Malcolm was in heaven.

The picture to the left is of Iris and Elijah using Liz's Ped Egg on their feet. Its basically a cheese grater for your feet.

Liz, Anna, Kylie, and Iris went to a piano concert in Toledo...

That's all for now, more to come.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Our Great Options

2008-10-30T12:10:00.000-07:00

Synchronized Presidential Debating

In case you thought the presidential race was a joke... you were right.

picture update

2008-10-28T19:27:00.001-07:00

a cute picture of Trent that Kyle got while working for him this summer.

Malcolm the great

trying out his new cage

my favorite men!

cuties kylie and iris

Just stuff

2008-10-27T11:06:00.000-07:00

Just an update for those of you who don't know:

Kyle's sister Monica got into a pretty bad car accident and has to be at home for 6 weeks. Pray for her if you think about it.

Kyle works the 12am to 8am shift at the airport EVERY weekend in November!! I hate it, but I'm so thankful that we both have jobs that we enjoy.

My mom and I went and saw The Secret Life of Bees. It was such a good movie!! If you've read the book, I'd highly suggest going to see it. Even if you haven't read the book, it's still amazing.

Malcolm has been really itchy lately so I bought him some flea and tick treatment and used it on him last night. Well, it seems to have been a horrible idea because last night while I was trying to go to bed, he kept crawling around trying to itch unreacheable places on his back. On top of that he was trying to puke something up for a few hours. I called Kyle in a frantic asking what I should do. Neither of us had a solution, so at 1:30am I gave him a bath to try to get the flea goop off of him. It didn't really help so I made him sleep on the floor. This morning when Kyle got off of work, he gave him a benedryl and he slept most of today, thank goodness.

It's kind of sad that the longest paragraph is about our dog. I'll post pictures of stuff later!!

Sushi, New Job, & Josh Garrels

2008-09-30T13:52:00.000-07:00

Last weekend Liz and I went to the Juanny Appleseed festival in Fort Wayne. While we were there we went to World Market and bought stuff to make sushi...that night, we made sushi.

This past weekend I finally started my job at the airport. It was awesome, I really enjoy it so far. I'll be working there about 2-3 days a week and right now I've been working for Liz's bro-in-law Trent, TMI during the week. I've been learning more than I've ever wanted to know about lawn irrigation...but I appreciate the work. Also, I am on the sub list at Middlebury Schools, though I've yet to be called.

In other news...Josh Garrels drove up from the Carolinas to do a cd release show in Muncie. He's not too well known yet but he is one of the most talented musicians in my opinion. To hear his music and learn more visit my music blog post.

We love you.

Tienes cuenta aqui?

2008-09-03T16:34:00.000-07:00

Malcolm has been a bundle of joy, really. He's so funny....and naughty. I just got transferred at work to a bi-lingual customer service representative at the Goshen South branch of LCB. I'm nervous to start using my Spanish speaking skills again (what I have left), but I know it will be an awesome opportunity for me to learn more.

Also, I made corn beef and cabbage tonight and it was delicious. I am so proud of myself!

New Pup

2008-08-25T13:15:00.000-07:00

Well, yesterday we drove by a guy who sells rescued puppies near the Burger King in Dunlap and decided to take a look. They had an awesome black, Scottie that we had to take with us.

He is 11 weeks old and is extremely well behaved (so far). His name is Malcolm. We first called him Rossby, after the Meteorology Pioneer- Carl Rossby but people were too confused by that so we renamed him Malcolm. He is very popular among other black dogs and we think he may someday be a great leader.

Observance of the Weather

2008-08-16T05:41:00.001-07:00

HE PASSED! HE PASSED! With a 90%!!

Plus it's finally the weekend. We are so ready to relax.

Wet Paint

2008-08-12T15:24:00.000-07:00

We are turning into a boring couple already and there was nothing to post about, but now there is! We painted (with the help of my mom) our kitchen, living room, and computer room! It looks like a totally different house and finally feels like ours!

If you look closely, you may see how messy our house is.

If you look closely, you might spy a few fish.

If you look closely, you can see pancakes, bacon, and coffee.

If you look closely, you can see me.

Kyle takes the test on Thursday certifying him to become a weather observer. Pray for him if you think about it so he doesn't have to take it a second time!

Happy birthday, Philip Daniel, Polly Etta Grandma, Monica Elizabeth, Jodi Darlene and soon to Francis Xavier and Daniel Martin.

One month ago...

2008-07-28T13:33:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures from our honeymoon in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico...

Our room was awesome.

Room service was ill

There was a swim-up bar in the pool (located behind kyle)

We spent a couple days doing tours of the city and the rainforest.

The beach
Liz got a massage in that white tent (those are her feet)

A perfect mango washed up on the beach

And it was the best mango I've ever had.

A video from downtown

And here are some more...

We got back on Monday and opened all our gifts, it was exciting but by the end we were exhausted.

Newlyweds

2008-07-22T06:52:00.000-07:00

Marriage is great! Kyle and I are having so much fun with each other. (so far!!) I'm having an interesting time trying to figure out how to cook and most of the success comes when I bake and Kyle cooks. So actually, it's worked out pretty well.

Kyle just got a part time job yesterday at the South Bend airport as an official weather observer! We are so excited! So this fall he will most likely be working 3 part time jobs- airport, substitute teaching, and tutoring at the Sylvan Learning Center. Wow, he is a hard worker while I will still be at my relaxing job with Lake City Bank!

Now we can't wait to have kids......

not.