Exciting News and Crazy Snow Storms

Yesterday was a very exciting day in the Kuhns' residence. As I have mentioned in previous posts, Tom is currently in the process of applying to become a police officer. It will be a year in April since he started going through all of the different steps and yesterday found out that he is one of two final candidates for a town a few miles away from where we live. He has never gotten this far in the process yet and is so close, we are both very excited! He received a call from the town yesterday telling him that he had passed his polygraph and that out of him and the other candidate, the detective feels that Tom is more qualified. Hooray! They are now moving on to his background check which includes stopping by our home very soon to talk to me about Tom. It's a little intimadating knowing that a detective will be sitting on our couch asking me all sorts of questions about my husband, but I am very excited for the opportunity to brag about Tom and explain why he will make such a great police officer :)

The other exciting news we received yesterday is that we are receiving more for our tax return than we originally thought (which was basically nothing) so yay for more money! It's not as exciting as the police news but when you have several student loan payments money is good news too ;) So that is our life right now. We have sat and waited for ten months now, our entire life on hold it seemed, just waiting for some sort of good news. Tom had several doors shut in his face throughout the process and we were both beginning to feel very defeated and unsure of everything, so this huge glimmer of hope is reassuring and has given Tom extra motivation. If hired he will be going to the police academy April 5th for 5.5 months where he has to live on campus and only come home Friday night through Sunday. I'm not looking forward to those long months, but we will finally be able to start planning our future (babies!), so it will all be worth it :)

In dinner news, two nights ago I tried out this new recipe I had found on Pinterest for spicy Thai noodles. If you cannot handle a little bit of spice, I do not recommend trying these. I am a big fan of spicy food but Tom has a weak mouth and was dying throughout dinner (but he apparently loved the noodles enough to eat two helpings so he survived). The recipe was incredibly easy to make and I had everything already in my pantry which is always nice. It is vegetarian but I added chicken, which I might omit next time I make it.

Also, a snow storm is heading our way, set to hit Friday and bring possibly 12 inches. 12 INCHES. I know, we live in Connecticut so it should be expected, but last winter we maybe got a total of 12 inches all season and this winter the biggest storm was 6 inches, 12 inches in one storm is crazy! Especially when it's a work day and we don't get snow days so I have to attempt to get home in a foot of snow! And this is the reason I got an AWD Jeep Grand Cherokee...

Spicy Thai Noodles

Ingredients:
1 box angel hair pasta
1 TBS crushed red pepper flakes
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup sesame oil
6 TBS honey
6 TBS soy sauce
Green onions, cilantro, shredded carrots, peanuts (all optional)

Directions:
1. Boil noodles and drain
2. Heat both oils with red pepper flakes in pan over medium heat for two minutes
3. Strain out the pepper flakes and reserve the oil
4. Mix oil with honey and soy sauce and whisk together
5. Toss noodles with oil sauce
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