Daily Grind

Well, I think I am back into the full swing of things... finally! I still am not 100% but I am darn close. Yesterday I was able to go to work and talk all day with minimal coughing and then I was able to go to the gym and work out!! Woo hoo!!

I am still loving the weather down here... I still haven't had to pull out my winter jackets. It has been averaging a high of around 60 degrees lately... not too shabby! I have heard that there will be a couple months that I may want my jacket... not looking forward to that but then I guess it will still make me appreciate summer!

Where's the Turkey???

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

Well, last night I went to make the pumpkin pies for our Thanksgiving dinner today. I made the pies, put them in the oven, waited the 50 minutes like the directions said but they were no where near being done. So, I waited another 15 minutes... then another 15 minutes, and another 15 minutes... still the pies are not done... hmm. We finally figured out that the oven, although it was warm, really wasn't the required 350 degrees to cook the pies. The day before the big Thanksgiving dinner, where we have a huge turkey, the oven decides that it no longer wants to work! We use the oven about once a month... and this is the month it decides to die!! So, the Thanksgiving day plans changed... last night at 11:30pm... when we finally established that we wouldn't be fixing the oven anytime soon we went out to Kroger and picked up some new pies and some ingredients to cook the turkey in the slow cooker. It isn't quite dinner time yet so the turkey isn't ready... but it sure smells good! By the way... the pies that I made didn't go to waste... I went into the kitchen last night and found one of them eaten and a note from the "Thanksgiving Day Fairy" thanking me for the pie... although I do suspect 2 of my roommates...

This morning I woke up and watched the Macy's Thanksgiving parade!! And then I decided that I needed to do something while I watched the show so, in my normal Thanksgiving weekend tradition, I put the Christmas tree up! It is so pretty!!! As soon as I take some pictures I will post them with the rest of my pictures.

I am finally feeling better!! For the first day I can talk with out coughing... although I still am coughing! I am taking the medicine from the doctor still and it is really helping!!

Long time... no blog!

Sorry I have been away so long. This week I only worked 3 days... and those 3 days were extremely busy. I did about as much work in those 3 days as I normally do in a week. On Wednesday I started to feel sick (I was really hoping that it was allergies).

On Thursday I finally got my license changed. I took the day off in order to get that done and it only took a couple of hours. Down here they have offices that just do licenses. I got there a little before 9 (they open at 9) and I was at least 60th in line. I figured I would be there all day but I was lucky... by about 10:30 or 11:00am I was done. After that I went to get my plates for my car but was unable to do so because my dad has co-signed the car for me and he has to sign a letter stating that it is alright for me to have the car changed to Georgia. So, I will probably have to take more time off work to go there again because they are only open 8-5 Monday thru Friday... which is when I work.

I wasn't feeling very good on Thursday either and I Friday I really knew I had a cold. I spent all weekend at home... I went out once with some roommates to eat and to get groceries. We went to Wal-Mart so I looked at fake Christmas trees also... found one that I like so next weekend I can put it up!! Yesterday I woke up with no voice... hoping that it would come back by this morning but it didn't. I am going to figure out where the closest med center is and go there later today.

So, that really gets you back up to date. Sorry I have been away so long!!

Added Link

I just recieved an email from my friend Monique. Her and I worked together at the Northwood help desk. She sent me the link to her blog so I have added it here. Take a look!

I am slowly getting back into my gym routine. I went last night and was able to run without pain for the first time in a while! Woo hoo!! I am still seeing the chiropractor but will be slowing seeing him less... which means I am getting stronger (very good thing!)!

Monday... again!

Welcome back to Monday...

I had a very fun weekend but really didn't do a whole lot. The only time I left the house was to get my oil changed in my vehicle but for the most part my roomates and I played games.

This is the week that I am going to transfer all my vehicle/identification to Georgia... I have taken Thursday off (since that is the only day that I can do that in my county) and hopefully will be able to get that taken care of all on one day... wish me luck!!

Pappadeaux

I was able to visit with Grandma and Grandpa E last night. It was really nice to see them again although it had only been a few days since I last saw them. We went out to Pappadeaux to eat. We actually got there at the perfect time because it wasn't too busy yet. We all had fish... yum... and there was so much for me that I could only eat half of it so I will have dinner for tonight too!! By the time we left there were people waiting to be seated... I have been there a few times before and it is quite big but this was the first time that I saw people waiting to be seated.

Christmas Vacation

I had so much fun seeing everyone on my Mom's side of the family!! It was nice because the whole family was able to get together for the Christmas celebration. We opened presents in the morning... I got some really nice gifts!! We ate dinner in a diner in the town... it was actually like a Thanksgiving dinner (turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, corn...). We then played cards for the rest of the night. The girls all played one game that they related to the card game Golf (although we only called it crap) it was basically a game of luck... I lost every game but it was fun. We then played euchre and I lost them all again!! We had so much fun though. My Grandma just sent me some family pictures so I will try to post them up to the picture site in just a minute.

Picture...

Here is Derek, Cliff and I from the hike... 

I was playing with a tool to add pictures to my journal... just testing with one of the pictures from the hike...


I also have gotten my boarding pass for my flight this afternoon. The flight number is 258... from Atl to Flint (just in case you are curious). I should be arriving in Flint at 5:55pm. I have my seat already too... I was able to pick it online... I will be by a window... woo hoo!! I like to be able to look outside while flying, it is always so beautiful!

Um... Merry Christmas??

This weekend I am going up to Michigan to have Christmas with my Mom's side family. We have been doing Christmas around this time of year for the past few years because it seems to work out as the best time to have everyone get together. I am very excited to see everyone!! Tonight will consist of packing so I decided to see what the weather is going to be like so I can pack accordingly. I went to weather.com and here is what it told me:

Fri Nov 05 Partly Cloudy 48°/38°
Sat Nov 06 Partly Cloudy 55°/43°
Sun Nov 07 Few Showers 54°/33°

I thought ouch... but then those of you living there year round this year probably think that isn't too bad... but it has been so warm here that I am going to have to bring a couple of layers!! But... I am still excited to be visiting!!

Changed again...

Sorry I was so busy yesterday at work that I was unable to update this blog. Luckly with the election today the phones are quiter this morning so I am able to play around a little bit.

Yesterday lunch though was really fun... I was able to see Uncle Mike and Uncle Ed. They were driving from Florida to Michigan and they came thru Atlanta right at my lunch break so I took them out to Folks (a southern restaurant). It was a lot of fun to see them!! They did take some pictures so they should be on Uncle Mike's blog once he has time to add them(linked on the side). They also gave me an I Love NY tee shirt!! Very cool!! I wore it last night once I got home!!