I got my ride back!!

As I write this I am getting the pictures uploaded to the blog... hopefully I will get them all uploaded tonight.

Well, I do now have my car back!!! I called on the registration and they stated since my car is a 2002 and it is now 3 years old I need to get an emissions test done. I let them know my situation and they stated that if I pay for the taxes I can get the paper that will allow me to get the car out of impound.

So, on my lunch on Thursday I was able to get the paper registration and after work Sean drove me back down to the towing company and we were able to get my car back!! Then we went back to his house and his parents made dinner for everyone, which was very good as always. After dinner Sean’s parents went home, Lisa (Sean's sister) went to sleep, and Sean and I watched a few episodes of Will & Grace!! Actually, we probably watched 1, maybe 2 episodes, before we each passed out on the couch.

Yesterday evening my friend Chris and I went to a couple of bars in Buckhead for drinks and dancing. We started at Hole in the Wall and danced on their platform until they stopped the music and then walked downstairs to another bar and danced some more there until they closed up.

Today I did all of the car things I needed to in order to get my tags for my car... I got my oil changed and passed the emissions test. I did the oil change at Sears so I could walk around the mall while I waited. I did find a few cute pairs of earring that I bought!

I now have a list of things that I want to accomplish tonight that I need to get to... wish me luck!!

Save a horse, Ride a COWBOY!!

Right now I am on my way to CHICAGO!!! One of my uncles on my Dad's side of the family is getting married this weekend so I am on my way there. My brother, cousins, and I are planning on going out tonight around the town and then the wedding will be on Saturday.

My past week has pretty much been me getting ready for this trip!

On Monday I hung out with my friend Sean and his family. His parents went to his and his sister, Lisa's house and cooked dinner which, as always, was very good!!

On Tuesday Sean let me do laundry at his house so I could have some clean clothes for the trip! I have a hookup for a washer and dryer in my apartment but I haven't bought them yet. Lisa and their mom visited their grandfather (or father, respectively) in the hospital and then Lisa, Sean and I watched hours of Will & Grace!! We LOVE that show!! It is so funny!!

Wednesday was packing night and I got most of everything packed up and got it all to fit in 1 suitcase!! I was so proud of myself!! I did bring two suitcases figuring I will probably be bringing home more than I am taking with me. That some how always seems to happen!

Yesterday I visited with my friend Victor. He cooked dinner (I love having friends who know how to cook!!) and we watched the very last episode of Six Feet Under!! How I have got so hooked on that show after only watching a few episodes but it was so good!! I am now going to start from the beginning and watch all the episodes!! He will be going to Miami with a whole bunch of friends the day after I get back from my vacation and has invited me to meet him down there and hang out at the beach... I just have to see if I can get Friday off from work and see if I can still afford it after this weekend. It would be so much fun as long as I can get it to work!!!





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I am now on the flight back from Flint to Atlanta... vacations are never long enough!!

Here is the recap of the extended weekend:

I arrived without a problem in Chicago's Midway Airport. My mom came in to get me while my Dad and Dan drove around the airport and waited for us. It only took a few minutes for the bags to arrive and mine was one of the first out!!

We went to Uncle Kevin and Donna's new place. I met Donna's children, Kelly and Kevin (aka Buddy). On the way to their house we passed a Harley shop so you know when we left their house we went right there. My mom found some new pants and my Dad and Dan found some Harley shirts.

On Friday night the 'kids' went to downtown Chicago. Dan, my cousin's Adam and Marie, their friends Josh and Melissa, and I all rode in Uncle Rogor and Aunt Sherry's van and it took a little over an hour to drive down there and find some parking. Marie and Melissa had been told about a club downtown that was good so we got directions from the bartender at the bar in our hotel. We didn't find it while driving but knew we were close so we decided to walk around to find it, that way we could ask for directions.

While walking one of the bouncers at another club said we all could get in without paying cover so we decided to go for it. There were quite a few people already there, I was surprised since we got there around 10:30 pm but there were not many people on the dance floor, so of course we took it over!! The 6 of us had a great time dancing to the music and within a few songs the dance floor was packed!! After about an hour or so the music selection that the DJ was playing started to go downhill so we decided to go on a hunt for the club we had originally came for.

After asking around we found out we were only about 2 blocks from the club, called Bar Chicago. When we got there the music was going and there were a lot of people on the dance floor. We got a couple of drinks and then decided to start dancing. We saw there were a few people dancing on the elevated DJ booth and Marie and I wanted to join. So after a few songs we asked the DJ if we could dance there too and he was more than happy to let us dance up there!! It was a ton of fun since we were now dancing well above everyone else!!

After a few songs Marie and I decided to go back to dancing with the rest of our party. But the DJ stated that they needed to have girls dancing on the bar... Marie and I were more than happy to oblige. We spent quite a while dancing on the bar… and when we looked down we had a circle of guys around us watching. Quickly Dan, Adam, and Josh stepped into action and became our body guards and stood between us and the rest of the boys but there were a ton of pictures being taken!! We felt like celebrities!!

Saturday was the wedding party!! I have a ton of pictures from the reception on my camera that will soon be added. After the beautiful wedding was the dinner and reception. We heard a lot about how wild Donna's family is and how we had competition but by the end of the night we were being called CRAZY by her family!! You will see why from some of the pictures! After the usual rituals and the 'salutes' the hunting boys did their normal hunting ritual... bringing out the Butter Shots. We then danced and danced and danced some more.

After the reception we went back to the hotel. In our hotel was a bar that a few people had talked about going to so we took the party back to the hotel bar. We didn't have high expectations to begin with but the bar was 2 stories and had a pretty good dance floor and had an elevated stage that Marie and I quickly found and decided we would soon take it over. But there was 1 problem... there was no one dancing!! This problem was quickly and easily rectified by the same 6 as the last night and my parents. We started dancing away and quickly Marie and I were on the stage and getting free drinks from the DJ. We spent the rest of the night rocking away.

The next day my family and I drove to Grand Rapids and saw my Grandpa in the Vets facility. Aunt Linda was there and took our picture with Grandpa... if I get the picture I will add it to the blog. Uncle Rogor drove his new motorcycle over so we could see it as well. Grandpa was doing pretty good but he was very sleepy since he had not had his nap yet that day. Grandma was also there giving him a recap from the wedding.

That night I went out with my friend Angie and her husband Kevin (whose wedding I just went to in Jamaica). Angie showed me around her new house and then we went out to Buffalo Wild Wings (aka BW's) and had a few drinks. Kevin is a manager there so we met him there after his shift. The place brand new and really nice. There are like 40 or 50 TVs all over the restaurant and bar... there is even TVs in the restrooms! We played some games and caught up a little bit.

Angie then drove me home and we got pulled over by the police!! We had no clue why either since she was driving the speed limit and we had been chatting. After he asked for her license, proof of insurance and registration he had to take a few minutes to get all the information right because her name and address had just changed and the names and addresses on all of her documentation were different on each piece of identification. He then stated that the reason he had pulled her over is that she had her brights on and when he flashed his lights at her she didn't turn hers off. On her dashboard she had a wedding picture in front of her symbol showing that her brights were on so she didn't even know they were on. He didn't give her a ticket but told her not to drive in the city with her brights on anymore.

Later that night my friend Sean called from Atlanta to inform me that he wasn't able to pick up my car on Friday night and when he went on Sunday to pick it up it was no longer there!! Luckily later I found out it had been towed and not stolen but it make for a fun few days as my Mom had been quite curious to find out what had actually happened to my car. He and I will be picking up my car this afternoon when I get back in to Atlanta. Also speaking of Atlanta I picked the perfect time to be gone with Hurricane Katrina plowing thru... I have been very lucky that with every big hurricane I have been up in Michigan and have not had to be around for the high winds and lots of rain!!

On Monday Dad, Dan and I went up to Sebewaing and had Rosties at Sportys Bar. It was the first time I was allowed to go with the guys and get a Rostie... I was a little nervous at first because I was told it was a combination of a hot dog and a bratwurst (and I like neither) but they are really good!! After my Rostie we all went and checked out the hunting blinds that Dan and Dad have set up. I went up into a blind too!! We then visited Grandma at their house and picked up Aunt Dawn and Uncle Scott's camper for my parent to take up to Mackinaw this weekend.

At night Grandma, Grandpa, and Dawn came over to my parents house and we had Butt-Pan Chicken for dinner... YUMMMM!!! My dad takes full chickens and seasons them and then uses a can of beer and cooks them on the grill. We all chatted and caught up on all the current events. It was a lot of fun to have a night to be with my family.

On Tuesday my Mom, Dad, and I went shopping around Bay City and at at Jimmy John's... I so wish there was one in Atlanta!! We went to Mill Ends, which is having a going out of business sale at the Bay City location and I got 2 belts... at a penny each!! Can't get any cheaper without them being free!! We also went around the Bay City Mall and MEIJERS!! If I could bring any shopping center back with me to Altanta it would be Meijers... there is nothing like it any where around me. I got a black set of salt and pepper shakers while we were there.

At night we picked up Angie and had dinner at Tommy V's... the best pizza in the world!! After dinner we went to Double J's... Angie's parents bar and had a few drinks. There was a Texas Hold'em Tournament going on so her mother did not have much time to sit but we had a lot of fun seeing her keep busy!!

Today my parents and I went shopping at Birch Run... there is a Pottery Barn outlet there and I found the exact couch that I want in the price range that I was looking!! Unfortunately I have no way of getting it back to my house so I will have to keep my eyes open down by my house to see if I can find a Pottery Barn outlet close and see if they have the couch there as well. I did however find a ton of cute cloths at the Banana Republic store!!

After I got off the plane Sean picked me up and took me to get my car from the towing company. I had to get my registration out of the car and when I took the registration in the lady behind the counter says to me 'I need your CURRENT registration.' I couldn't believe it... to add insult to injury my registration expired on August 9. So, now I have been dropped off at home and I am getting the information together to get my registration renewed tomorrow and Sean will take me back to get my car tomorrow. Wish me luck!!

Not too much new has been going on for me... but I thought I would update anyway.

I have been reading the book Le Divorce and which is what the movie is based on. I am very curious now as to what is better... the book or the movie. So, when I am done with the book I will watch the movie.

Yesterday I spent the evening with one of my friends. He lives by the Braves stadium and there was a game going on so it was a little busy around his house but I found parking alright. We took his dog for a walk, ate dinner, and then I helped him get together some information for a paper he is writing for one of his classes while watching this weeks episode of Six Feet Under. Somehow I got hooked on that show when there were only about 5 episodes left and Sunday is the last episode. Now I will have to go back to the beginning and watch the episodes from the start.

The week in review

So, the latest update from the ATL...

My job has been CRAZY busy lately that we have decided that we need to make a t-shirt named after the NOC and call it CHAOTIC!!! I generally go in early, don't take a lunch, and then leave a few hours late and I am still buried!! They (or at least I have heard it said before) 'work hard, play hard' so on Friday a few friends and I decided to have another night on the town.

We started out at my house. It was all people from work so we spent quite a while talking about work... not much fun on a Friday night so we went out went to a bar called The Mark. There was a big event going on that they called The Pharmacy and it was supposed to be a big event. One of my friends has gone to this bar a couple of times before and said that generally when there is an even like this the place is packed but there were surprisingly few people there. But, we still had a ton of fun and spent the night dancing away!!

On Saturday I really wanted to lay out by the pool and when I woke up it was sunny... I was so excited. I really wanted to read a book while lying out so I went to the library and picked one out, came home, and got changed. As I was walking to the pool the sky clouded over and started to sprinkle!! I thought "well, I will try to wait it out" but by the time I got to the mailboxes to pick up my mail it was pouring. I walked back home and it rained the rest of the night!! So, I spent the afternoon watching my new TV. I then went to a friend's house and a few of us played Monopoly. I hadn't played that game in so long; it was a lot of fun.

Yesterday a couple of friends were supposed to stop by my house and work on a school project for one of my friends, so on Sunday morning after church I went to the supermarket and got some food to make us for dinner. When I got home it was (finally) sunny out so I went to the pool and laid out (yeah!!) for a few hours! It felt so good to be out by the pool in the sun! After I had gotten enough sun (I was starting to burn) I went home and started getting food together. One of my friends showed up but the friend that we were doing the project for didn't.

So, instead of doing work we watched TV... not just any TV either... we watched the HDTV channels on my TV. And what was playing on my HDTV you ask... GOLF. HEHEHE!! It was crazy how clear it was since the cameras were high-definition as well as my TV and the channel. After watching golf we went to his house and his family all stopped by and we ate a huge dinner that was so good!! Yummm! After dinner we watched the new Phantom of the Opera movie and played Monopoly again! It was a lot of fun!

Since I had food that I had planned on making last night a friend came over this evening and we ate dinner of chicken and corn on the cob. I made chicken with a recipe that one of my cousins had given me and it was so good!!

The Day After

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!

The original plans changed... but I still had so much fun the entire night!! We had planned on a group of us going out to eat at a restaurant in the city but changed plans for the evening to drinks, but we were not quite sure where to go. So, we all met up at my apartment to finalize the evening plans and we came up with a new bar next to my apartment called PieBar which was built in an old building of a bank. The bar has only been opened for about two weeks and it was packed. But it was very open and it was different because it had a lot of windows so we could see out... and since there was a storm going thru the area it was cool to see outside.

We drank a few bottles of wine there before heading off to one.midtown kitchen. The style of each bar was completely different but both places are restaurant/bars owned by same people, and the people that I went out with know them! We had a lot of fun drinking and talking there before a few of us went back to my apartment and listened to music and danced!!

I had a GREAT birthday night!!

August 3, 2005

I wrote the following on August 3, 2005 but was unable to post because I couldn't keep Internet access long enough... so here it is now...


I now have a TV!!! Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeet!! I ordered the TV online about a month ago and it seemed to take forever to get here but it was well worth the wait!! I get cable hooked up on Friday!

Since they delivered the TV yesterday I took the day off work and it was a beautiful day to have off!! I spent the morning by the pool getting some sun. After the TV was delivered I spent the afternoon shopping for the stuff to go with the TV. I got a DVD player as well. I now need something to put the TV on... but that can wait until I find the exact one I want.

Today I had to go back to work and then after work I went with a friend to Sam’s Club and got myself a set of pots and pans. It is a really nice set and it is actually the same one that my friend had and it came highly recommended. Now to learn how to cook with them… hehe!!

I HAVE ACCESS!!

I now have Internet access and cable television!! Woo Hoo!!

I got my cable installed on Friday... they were supposed to be at my apartment sometime between 5pm and 8pm to install the cable but at 8pm no one had shown up so I gave Comcast a call. They said that there was a technician still scheduled to be at my location but they were running behind (obviously) and someone would be here by 8:45pm. At 9pm I called again... this time they said that there was someone still on their way but they didn't know when they would show up. I was so happy at 10:30pm when the cable guy finally showed up!! It didn't take him too long and I had cable!!

I didn't have them install my Internet access at the same time because it would have cost $100... and me installing it myself... free (I love free)!! So, this morning I got up and drove to Comcast and picked up the cable modem.

After I picked up the modem a friend and I went all over Atlanta looking for furniture for my apartment. In particular, we were looking for a computer desk, a couch, and a stand for my television. After a couple hours of searching and being no closer to actually finding any of the above we decided to give up the search and visit another friend for dinner.

We ate dinner and then washed our vehicles... then they had homework to do so I went to Ikea and there I did find a computer desk!! It is the perfect size (small) for my apartment. The only problem with Ikea is that I had to put the desk together myself and it gave me a challenge for about two hours!! It is now set up and I have my computer on it and it looks fabulous!!

Once I got the table set up I worked on the Internet access. It took a little bit of troubleshooting on my end and a phone call to Comcast to get the service working but I now have Internet!! Once I got the cable modem working I put together my wireless network so I can get my laptop online anywhere in my apartment!! I was so proud when I got it all set up!!

Now it is time for me to go to bed!! I am so sleepy!! Have a great night!!

Hey Hey Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey :)

I am so sorry it has been so long since my last update!! So, since it has been a while I will have to make this post extra long!! Hehe!!

I am pretty much moved into my new place now... and I am paying my second months rent so I guess it is no longer my new place... but close enough!! My TV is scheduled to arrive at my house on Tuesday and I am so excited!! I never realized how much I watch TV until I didn't have one anymore. I tried to schedule the cable company to come out on the same day but they were not able to make it so will be getting cable and Internet access on Friday.

What I have been doing to keep myself busy in the meantime...

On Sunday I went to brunch with a friend of mine at a place called Highland Tap. What is different about Atlanta (and what people make fun of me for) is that everyone here calls breakfast 'Brunch.' They tease me when I call it breakfast.

In the evening I went to another friend's house so I could do my laundry. There were a few people over so one person cooked us dinner... yummy!! This friend has both a TV and cable (LUCKY!!!) so we were able to watch cable television!!

On Monday I got most of my pictures hung up around my apartment. I still have a LOT of things that I need to get yet... a couch, vacuum, some more pictures to hang up on my walls (they are so bare) and some patio furniture but nothing that is too urgent (well, maybe the vacuum).

On Wednesday I went to watch the move 'Sahara' outside downtown. Georgia Tech put on, what they called, Flicks on the 5th where they played free movies outdoors on a big screen. I didn't realize that they have been doing this all summer... and this one was the last one!! They had some chairs that people could sit on but I brought a blanket and sat on that.

I was a little nervous because when I got home from work it started to thunderstorm so I checked online (my Mom would have been proud!) and saw that there was really only one cell coming thru so I decided to make a go of the movie. When I first got there it sprinkled and it stayed that way for about 10 or 15 minutes... but when it was over 90 degrees outside the rain really didn't feel too bad. In fact, it felt pretty good!! It only rained 1 other time during the movie and that was right at the end. The movie was so cute and it was a ton of fun to watch it outdoors!! I know there are a few other places around Atlanta that does outdoor movies like that but most have finished already for the season... I am looking online now to see if there is anywhere else in Atlanta that is still putting them on.

On Thursday I went to a friend's house after work and ate dinner and watched TV with him and his sister. We watched DVD's of a TV show called 'Moonlighting.' We have been watching a lot of that show lately because they do not have cable so they have been getting movies and TV shows from Netflicks.com that we have been watching. During one of the shows his friend called up and informed us that he was stranded because his car battery had died so we helped him get a new battery... which ended up as a good adventure for the evening!!

Yesterday a friend and I went to a birthday party for a friend of a friend. We went out to eat at a restaurant called D|B, which was downtown, and then went out dancing at a few different clubs. There was a group of about 10 to 15 of us at the to begin with but by the end there was only 3 of us left dancing! It was so fun to go but I have been so tired all day today!!

After we left the last spot we were at we ended up driving around down town a little bit and wound up at the grave of Martin Luther King, Jr. I had not been to there before but it was amazing... they have the grave outside surrounded by a pool of water. It’s hard to imagine, now a day, all that was going on in this town and in towns all across America when he was alive. There are a lot of museums close by there that I eventually want to go see.

I guess this brings you up to date on my social happenings down here... hehe!! Hope all is going well for anyone reading this!! Hope you are keeping busy and having fun!!

If you could take a prayer request for me... a friend of mine's grandfather is in the hospital. I guess he has been sick for quite a while now and they think there are problems with his heart and he is refusing surgery or a pace maker at this time. Please keep his family in your prayers.

The Weekend!

Hope you had a great week!!

A friend of mine visited my new place toda ay...nd after the 2 and 1/2 minute tour (it's a small place) we decided to spend the rest of the afternoon at the pool, but the weather had different plans. After about an hour it started to rain, so we packed everything up and went downtown for a few minutes and then to their house so I could do some laundry and they cooked us dinner. We checked the weather channel and it looked like a ton of rain coming so I didn’t stay to long in fear of bad driving conditions... I don’t like to drive in the rain at night.

After about an hour of being at home it pretty much cleared up so I went to Krogers and did some grocery shopping and I came home and made a strawberry pie!! Yumm!!

Tomorrow I am hoping to go to see West Side Story playing at the theater downtown. Should be fun!!

My mom sent me down a package that I received today… it had some towels and drinking glasses which is very helpful in my quest to fill up this apartment. My next big purchase will be a tv... it is very quiet in my apartment without one!

FIREWORKS!

Yesterday a group of people all outside Atlanta to celebrate the fourth of July... we went to my friend's Dad's house and took a trunk load of fireworks. His Dad grilled outside and some of the neighbors brought over some food as well
(yummmmmmmmmm)!! The food was excellent!!

When we first got there it was sprinkling and it ended up pouring for a while. They set up a tent outside that everyone could stand under but luckily the rain didn't last very long and by the time we were ready to set off fireworks it was beautiful and a star filled night. There were so many different fireworks as well... a lot that were shot into the sky… very beautiful! It was a ton of fun!!


Today after work I went to my apartment after work and there was no power!! It was crazy! I live about 15 - 20 minutes away from where I work and all but like 1 mile is expressway. Well, I got off at my exit today and realized that the stop sign is not working... hmmm... so of course everyone is doing there own thing and people are almost getting into accidents... in order for me to get to my apartment from the way i went home today I basically have to circle around the complex. The circle around the complex seriously can not be more than 2 miles... but it took me almost a half
hour to do the circle!! Crazy!

Nothing left for me to do but DANCE!

I got most of my stuff moved over to the new place on Thursday… the rest will be moved tomorrow am. It is so funny how little I actually own!! It still looks like no one lives in my apartment. But, it gives me a wonderful excuse to go shopping!! Love it!

I went out dancing last night and had the most fabulous time. I went with my friend I have been staying with and we met a friend of his out there!! We had so much fun dancing and they played a couple of Napoleon Dynamite songs so that made it even more fun!

Your Mom Goes to College

No new updates in one month... I am such a slacker!! I will definitely work on updating more often!

Well, the big news for me is that I just got a new apartment yesterday and I will be able to move into it sometime this week. The people that I had been living with and I decided that we need to separate… so on Friday night I stayed with a friend of mine and then Saturday I got the new apartment. My friend is letting me stay with them until my place is available. I sent out an email with my new address on it… if I was terrible and forgot to include you please let me know and I will give you my new address.

So, now I get to go shopping!!! Oh so terrible, right. LOL. Ikea opens up here in Atlanta on the June 29 so I am very excited about that. Also, there are Pottery Barns and other really nice furniture stores downtown so I am sure I will have a ton of fun picking out new things.

Finally Updated

Oh my... it has been so long since I have updated this blog!! Well, a lot of things have happened in the past few weeks...

Two weeks ago I went downtown to Piedmont Park and spent the afternoon enjoying the beautiful weather. The park is beautiful as well. It is about 2 miles outside of downtown Atlanta so it has the city as the back drop, which I love!! There is a pond in the center of the park and when I was there, there was a man singing and playing guitar on one end with a microphone so you could hear the music through out the park. It was very relaxing and a lot of fun.

Then, the Thursday after that, one of my roommates and I went to Fox Theater and watched Disney's "On the Record"... which was fabulous!! The show is a compilation of Disney songs. It was a lot of fun to hear a different mix of the Disney songs that I already knew. My favorite was when they sang the song "Be Our Guest" from Beauty and the Beast but they sang it in many different languages!! It was amazing to hear the song that you know but with a twist!

This weekend I went with a friend from work to Six Flags here in Atlanta. We may have picked the wrong weekend (Memorial Weekend) because it was packed but we had a lot of fun! We were there about 6 hours and were only able to ride 5 rides but we bought season passes since we live so close so we can go back and ride other rides (or if there are other people who want to go with me they can). My favorite ride was called Deja vu. Instead of starting by going forward over a hill it pulled you backwards and completely vertical so that you are facing the ground and then shoots you thru the ride. You go thru the ride and then end vertical again before it shoots you backwards thru the entire ride. We sat in the last car so when the car was vertical we were the highest in the air!!

Today I am planning on going back to Piedmont Park with one of my roommates for the Jazz Festival. Sounds like fun to me!!

Pictures

Ok, so... getting the pictures up is taking sooo much longer than I thought... for some reason webshots isn't allowing me to put many pictures on at one time so I have some pictures up but I am hoping soon they will all be up there! Sorry for the delay!!

I have added the link for the pictures next to the other picture links.

Come Back, Back to JAMAICA!!

Oh, what a fun vacation!! By now I should have all my pictures uploaded so now I am just waiting for the rest of the pictures to be emailed to me and then they will be added as well. So... please check out the link!!

It was so beautiful the whole trip!! We got into Jamaica on Wednesday and were at the resort by 1:00pm (Jamaica time). It didn't take long and we found everyone in the dining room getting some lunch. Right after lunch we all went on the Booze Cruise, out into the ocean. There was water splashing up everywhere so no pictures were taken during the cruise, but we went out quite a ways and the water was so blue and clear it was amazing!! It was so pretty to see the island from the ocean as well. Then on the way back they anchored the boat and we were all able to jump off and go swimming!!

Later that night four of us went to Ocho Rios to go to Margaritaville. It was the best bar I have ever been to because there was a waterslide in the middle of the bar! Of course us girls had to warm up the slide... we were the first in the bar that night to go down the slide and then we went down quite a few more times!! There was also a swim-up bar that we went to!! So FUN! I am waiting on the pictures from this part of the trip yet... I saw them still on the camera and they looked good!!

The next day was the wedding... CONGRATULATIONS ANGIE & KEVIN. A lot of pictures were taken and quite a few of them are already posted.

In the morning we all ate breakfast together and then after breakfast I went snorkeling for the first time... and I really didn't enjoy it too much because I was having a hard time with the snorkel... I couldn't breathe out of it very well and kept getting salt water in my mouth (not too tasty)! But we did not leave the shallow water (I could stand at any point without a problem) and there was a lot of coral and fish to look at it was still quite fun!

Mid-afternoon was the wedding which was on the beautiful, sandy beach!! It was very pretty!! Check out the pictures, they explain it much better than I can! Then at night we all went to the Italian restaurant for dinner, it was very good!!

There was another resort that was affiliated with the resort that we stayed at that was quite close so Thursday night we took a taxi ride over to that resort. Lets just say it was a little more... risque... than the resort we stayed at and it was considered to be a "couples" resort. I liked the fact that this one had a water slide in it (which ours didn't have) but it was turned off by the time we got there. It also had a pool table inside the pool... which I found quite cool!

When we got back to our hotel there was a piano bar that was still open and there was another wedding party singing karaoke to the piano music so we sat there for quite a while and listened to the music. It was so much fun to sing along and listen to all the singers!! There were some people who did a really good job!

On Friday morning, after breakfast, we went snorkeling again and this time I had a lot more fun! I was starting to get a handle on the snorkel so we were able to go out a little further and see some more fish! It was so pretty and so relaxing to be out there with all the schools of fish swimming around the mounds of coral!

In the afternoon, Stucky, the taxi driver, took us to Ocho Rios to see the shops and Angie got her hair braded. It is much different shopping there than in the States. First, the small shops are all in a gated area with guards at the entrance. All the workers are willing to bargain with you and everyone is going to give you "the best deal." By the end of the shopping trip we got tired of people following us around... but we did get some good deals on Jamaican merchandise!! There was one really funny story from the shopping trip though...

While shopping I really needed to use the restroom, so I found the ladies room and went in. I was first I was impressed with the cleanliness of the restroom itself. I then picked a stall and went in but when trying to lock the door I was having a hard time. So, I thought I would just leave it unlocked, but that didn't work because it would swing wide open. I finally was able to move the door so that I could get the lock in.

After I was done and I went to flush the toilet with my foot but it would not flush. There was a sign on the back of the stall saying "Please Flush Toilet" so I assumed the problem was it was a hard toilet to flush so I pushed a little harder. At that point the entire back of the toilet, where the handle was, broke and water started flying everywhere!! It took me a second to realize what was going on and then turn around. Remember how much work I put into locking the bathroom stall door... well, it was just as difficult to get it unlocked!!! By the time I was able to get the stall door unlocked and out of the bathroom the entire back side of me was soaked!!

I ran out of the bathroom and I was laughing so hard!! Cliff was standing outside the door waiting for me and he actually had the camera out and took my picture as I was laughing. He asked me what I was doing and as I started to tell the story water came pouring out from under the bathroom door!!! We quickly left and went to the first shop to tell them what had occurred. Luckily the manager of all the shops was standing right there and she went to stop the flood! Needless to say I smelled awful but was able to find a new (much better smelling) skirt to buy and wore that for the rest of the shopping trip!!

After we got back from shopping I needed to take a shower so I did that then took an afternoon nap. I forgot how wonderful an afternoon nap can be!! We all met up again for dinner that evening at the buffet. After dinner four of us played pool for quite a while and then the people who had to leave the next morning went to bed. The rest of us went to the beach, sat on the chairs, looked at the stars, and listened to the waves until we fell asleep. It was an amazing way to fall asleep!!

Saturday we all ate breakfast again together and then most people had to take off to the airport. The 2 of us that were left went snorkeling again!!! This time we went out quite a ways, to where there was approximately a 40 foot drop, mountains of coral, and beautiful, brightly-colored fish everywhere!! It was the most amazing sight!! Being in the water like that was so calming but seeing all that beauty was exhilarating. I think I could get used to eating my breakfast by the ocean and going snorkeling every morning!! We were out there for about an hour before we started getting tired. We made our way back to the beach to relax but only stayed there for a short time before deciding we needed to go back out again! We did the same stretch of coral but being that it was later and there had been a few boats that had gone by it stirred up the sand and it wasn't nearly as clear... but it was still beautiful!!

After all that snorkeling we were so exhausted that a relaxing nap in the hammock was required. I have decided that I want to get a hammock for at home!! It was a nice nap to take. The hammock was in the shade and I wanted to get some more sun so we went back to the beach and enjoyed the rest of the afternoon either relaxing in the water or relaxing on a chair. It was the perfect way to spend the last day in Jamaica! Yeah mon!

At night we got dressed up and watched the sun set on the beach (I took quite a few pictures of this and they turned out beautiful) and then went back to the Italian restaurant for dinner. I thought the food there was very good! After dinner we changed and went back to the beach and spent the rest of the night looking at the stars and listening to the water again. We fell asleep out there again!!

On Sunday morning we had to have our bags outside the room by 8am and we had to be on the bus by 9am so we got up at 7am. After getting packed up we had breakfast and then went on the beach until it was time to go. The bus ride took quite a while because we stopped at a couple other resorts on the way to pick up additional passengers, still we got to the airport and got checked in with a couple hours to wait but there were a lot of little duty-free shops to look around in so we had fun doing that!!

The flight back was very uneventful but the same can not be said about the time in the Atlanta airport. We got off the plane and had to go thru customs and show our passport. Then we had to go to the international luggage claim to pick up our bags. Everyone had to get their bags at the international luggage claim even if they had a connecting flight. So we waited, and waited, and waited for over an hour before the bags started to arrive. Once we got our bags we had to go thru customs again to have them checked and then drop them back off to go thru the metal detectors.

Once we got thru all of that we got on the airport shuttle to go to the second baggage claim but when we got on an announcement came across stating that the train was broken but would be fixed shortly. We sat there for a few minutes, then debated walking the mile or so to the terminal but during the debate the train started working again. We finally got to the luggage carousel but our luggage wasn't there yet. We waited, and waited, and waited some more. By the time we got the luggage, got to the bus, and got to the car we had waited longer in the airport then it took us to fly! But, I guess you can't feel too sorry for us, I mean, it's a small price to pay for an excellent vacation in Jamaica!!

IRIE!!

Are you guys having a killer time?

I am so excited... next Wednesday is JAMAICA!! We leave early in the AM on Wednesday and should arrive to the hotel around 1 (hopefully). I am so excited to go and also I am standing in my friends wedding. All last weekend I shopped and shopped for a dress but it was so hard to pick out 1 when I am not sure exactly what the wedding dress looks like so I decided to pack a couple of dresses and let her pick which one would go best.

Last weekend my roommate's parents were in town so we took them around the town a little bit. One place they really liked is called Harry’s Market... it's got a ton of fresh food and foods from around the world, a lot that you wouldn't find in a regular supermarket. It was a lot of fun to see them again.

We have another new roommate! Another former co-worker from Michigan has decided to move down to the ATL. He had been looking around Michigan for a while trying to find a job there but the market up there is so terrible that he wasn't finding anything (I can relate, it took me 6 months and a huge stack of resumes before I found the job I had up there – and in a month here had 2 offers) so he moved down here and is looking for something and he is hoping it will be quick... his wife and children are excited to be moving down here once he gets his job.

I don't feel very good...

The pollen count today is 5000+. If you ever have seen a pollen meter... what is considered extremely high is... 150. Which is totally ridiculous!! For those who are ever so lucky to not have allergies, what a 5000+ allergy count means is that I am feeling like crap. I took a shower just a minute ago to get some of the pollen off me and my headache has gone down some. What also stinks is that this is the perfect open window weather but with all of us having allergies none of us can really have the windows open.

Onto a much brighter note, the weekend trip to Florida was very nice. We left Friday night after I got out of work (around 7:30pm). We were going to take my car but one of the roommates just got a new jeep that he really wanted to take on the trip so we took that instead. He drove it out of Atlanta and then I got into the drivers seat and drove until about 1:30am. We stopped for the night at a Howard Johnson and the next morning we found out why you should never have the HoJo Breakfast! But, Saturday morning we drove the rest of the way to Cocoa Beach and spent a couple hours relaxing on the beach and jumping in the waves. The weather was fabulous!! It was probably about 85 degrees and the ocean was quite wavy which made for the perfect beach combination. And, we were not the only ones who thought the same thing... the beach was packed!

I talked to my mom when we got down there and found out that where we were was only about 1 mile from where my great-grandparents used to winter. I had been to their apartment once when I was 9 and remember loving the fact that their apartment was right on the ocean! After the beach we walked to the Ron Jon's and did a little shopping. It is such a cute store!!

After shopping we got back into the Jeep and headed to Orlando. We met a guy we used to work with back in Michigan, his wife, and their 2 year old daughter. We had a lot of fun seeing them all again. Saturday night we went out for dinner then to an outlet mall. But, this was unlike any outlet mall I had ever been to before... since it had company stores for such name brands as Burberry and Fendi. I had a lot of fun looking at those stores but shopping in some other stores that I actually could afford and managed to pick myself up some new skirts.

On Sunday we all went to Gatorland and saw a TON of gators! We were even able to feed some of them!! When we fed them there was a guide who showed us where to stand and we threw smelly, rotten chicken to the gators. But, when we were feeding them there were probably 20-30 gators wanting some chicken so it was really cool to see them all so close up.

After Gatorland we went back to the hotel and spend the rest of the afternoon at the pool. This pool was unlike most hotel pools that I have been in because it had a waterfall! I had a lot of fun swimming under the waterfall!

I there are a few pictures that we took that I will eventually get posted on the picture link but not tonight… its about time for me to go relax for the evening!

I caught you a delicious bass.

Hello again! So, this past week has been gone by quite quickly.

I started out the week needing to get my drivers side window fixed. I don't remember if I said anything in the blog about it before but for about the past month or so it would not go up or down. I was telling one of the guys that I work with about my car and he said he knew a little bit about fixing them and he would help me out. So he narrowed down all the possibilities that it could be to the switch itself and thought we could find a new piece in the junk yard. We (well, mostly he… but I did call a couple places too) called around to different junk yards close to here without much luck.

He did find a dealership that had the part but it was more than he thought I should pay and if it didn't work they have a policy of no returns on parts so I would be stuck with an extra part. After talking to the dealership they said to just bring the car in and they would let us know if it is really was that piece and if so I would buy it from them. After taking it to the dealership the salesman also thought it was that part but took my car to the body shop to test the motor before replacing the part. When he came back he had gotten it fixed!!! I guess the whole time the motor was just stuck… they tapped the inside of my car door and it started working again!! I was so excited that it's working I have been putting my window up and down every day ever since! Another plus, it was fixed for FREE! I love that price!!

We will be taking my car down to Florida for the weekend getaway so that make the fact that the window is working that much better. I am excited to see some friends that I haven’t seen in a while and to get down to palm trees, a little warmer weather, and beaches!!

Also going on this week I have a couple doctors appointments. One of the appointments was to get my allergies tested again. So, to get them tested I couldn't take my medicine for the past week. Needless to say, I haven’t been feeling the greatest because of that. Well, the allergy appointment was on Wednesday. On Monday afternoon, while I am at work, they leave a message on my answering machine stating that the doctors hours have changed and he wouldn't be in on Wednesdays anymore and they would need to change my appointment. She also noted that they could have me come in Tuesday. But, by the time I got out of work they were already closed. And, with not being on medicine, I really didn’t want to go thru another week of feeling sick without medicine. Another side note, I need to go in at 8am so I don't miss work because it is a 2 hours procedure from getting tested to talking to the doctor.

So, on Tuesday morning I decided to take my chances and go at 8am just in case they still had an opening. I got there and they don't open until 9am!! I was soooo frustrated. So at 9 I called them (I also tried before that but they don’t have an answering machine, I could have paged the doctor but didn't find this to be that kind of emergency) to talk to them about my frustrations and luckly they ended up letting me keep my Wednesday appointment. I got all my allergies tested and found out that, yes, I am allergic to that. Basically the nurse told me that I am allergic to just about everything I was tested for. For being pollen season down here and because the pollen is all over everything I think I should be feeling a LOT more sick that what I am for all the allergies that I have but I will talk to the doctor about that next week when I see him.

So, that has been the drama of my life for this week. I am sure next week will bring more... hehe.

"Your Mom goes to college."

So, since my last update I have been keeping fairly busy. It was cool enough and rained enough in the last week that I was only able to go running outside one day. The rest of the week I did weight training, pilates, and some other aerobics.

This weekend I haven't been feeling too good. Not really sick... but coughing a little and my nose and throat have been feeling funny. Luckily this week I (finally) have my allergy appointment! But, for now, I have been trying to lay low and relax. Watched a few movies... Napoleon Dynamite, The Whole Nine Yards, and Punch Drunk Love. I love Napoleon and the Whole Nine Yards... can watch them over and over! I hadn't seen Punch Drunk Love before but fell asleep half way thru so I don't remember too much of it. Will have to watch it again sometime.

Next weekend the roommates and I go to Florida!! We are meeting a people we all used to work with back in Michigan so it will be nice to see them again! It will also be fun to spend some time at the beach again!! We are going to Orlando but we are planning on going to the ocean since one of my roommates has never been there. Hopefully we will take some pictures and I will add them here.

Well, I am getting hungry... time for some lunch!!

Weekly Update!

It has been so long that I am calling this one the weekly update!!

I have been crazy busy lately trying to get all my normal things done... I had been putting off so much stuff since I knew my schedule would be changing at work and wanted to do it when I had time in the morning. So... since that started last week I have been running around doing taxes, getting doctor appointments, cleaning up this and that, running miscellaneous errands... it has been busy!

Last weekend we went hiking on a mountain close to where we live, it was pretty cool!
We have been doing some hiking since I have been down here so we got hiking boots... we each tried to break them in on this past hike so we didn't go very far as compared to previous trips because our feet hurt! We are planning on going back next weekend to try to break them in again. We live somewhat close to the end of the Appalachian Trail so by the fall we want to be able to hike for maybe a weekend up there. Also, the good pictures come from the Application Trail area... it is beautiful. Three of us went there last fall and it was so beautiful we took a ton of pictures. We are trying to get to the point where we can hike 15 miles or more in a day (although last weekend we went like 5). It’s nice down here already so that makes the hiking trips very nice.

I found out in the last week that people at my work are in a basketball league so last night I went to the game. There are both guys and girls on the team so I was able to play too. I had so much fun! Since I haven't played basketball in so long I forgot how much fun it is to play. Its nice too because I have been doing a lot of running lately just to get into shape so that helped when I played basketball but I was still really winded. Also, I found that I need to practice my shooting! Will have to find a park close to here and get a basketball and shoot away!

The weather report… it was beautiful most of the week last week and on Saturday which made for a beautiful hike. Then it rained all day Sunday and got pretty chilly yesterday (well, at least chilly for us – mid-50’s). Today it is sunny and supposed to be back in the 70’s and stay that way for most of the week! I am very excited about that!!

Quick Add

I have added my last day of pictures to my Florida section. I did however, get more pictures from Joe and my parents of the rest of their trip which I will also try to add soon!

No one posting??

Well, after looking at everyone elses blog I don't feel so bad about not posting for the past week. It must be a really, really busy time of year! Anyway, I have been busy with the new job and all.

But... this week I did watch a new movie... recommended to me by none other than Dan and Joe... Napoleon Dynamite!!! I laughed SO hard at that movie. It is so dumb but so funny and so easy to quote!! Yesss!

Long time... no post!

So, I have been quite busy in the last week... again.

To cap up the Florida vacation... it was sunny, it was warm, I was on the beach, and it was nice to spend some time with the family!! If you haven't checked out the pictures yet they are cute! Also, I don't have all the pictures yet... we did take some pictures around the town of Venice (which is where my grandparents are) but didn't have time to get them off the camera and Joe did take some with a regular camera so he will need to get them developed... but I should eventually get all the pictures up on here.

This last week I have been learning a ton at work. It is crazy all the things I need to learn!! But it is nice having the opportunity to learn and to grow so I am having fun with that. Still it makes a lot less time for blogging!

Today is beautiful here and a roomate and I did go for a quick hike but didn't take a camera so no pictures of that. It was funny that there were no leaves on the trees yet but I bet they will be in the next month!

More Pictures...

Another quick update (I know a lot of them in a row)...

but, after church today we went to Snook Haven then the beach... I have some more pictures uploaded... check um' out!

Florida Pictures!!

I am so tired and ready for bed but just wanted to let you know that I have added a link to the pictures from today in FLORIDA! Enjoy :)

Quick Hi

Just wanted to throw in a quick "hello." I have been very busy lately... no time at work with all the training to jump onto the blog and do any real updates. And, after work, one of the guys we all used to work with from Michigan is down here this week for training so we have been having a lot of fun with him around.

But, the job is going really well so far and I am excited to be going to FLORIDA in 1 more day!!

Holy S#$*

What is going on... I woke up this morning and there was this white stuff all over the ground outside. It is cold and I know I don't like it! My roommates tell me it is called SNOW! Ugh!!

julie & brittany

AHHH - I found out last night that I missed Julie and Brittany in town this weekend!! I need to get better at checking my voicemail messages! I guess they decided on Friday to come to Atlanta to check out some colleges for Brittany. I had my phone by me all weekend but had it on vibrate so I never heard it ring. I am so disappointed that I missed them!!

I watched the Academy Awards (Oscars) last night. I love watching the award shows to see all pretty dresses! I was crazy and stayed up to watch the very end. I am now sleepy this morning... oh well, its Monday so I would be sleepy anyway!

Fabulous!

So yesterday I wanted to go downtown to a place called Fatburger that a friend of mine from work told me about. She told me it is the best burger in the ATL. So, I looked up the address and drove my 2 roommates down with me. We drove down the whole street and didn't find the restaurant. So, since we were on the other side of ATL we decided to go to Manual's Tavern. It is a political pub that one of my roommates used to go to when he lived down here before. I ended up eating a burger and it was very good! Afterward we went to a fast food restaurant and got a vanilla ice cream cone... they have the best ice cream cones ever!! Don't remember the name of the place though. On the drive back home we went down the same street and on the way back we did see the Fatburger restaurant... it was really on another street and from the direction that we first came from there was absolutely no way to see it. Oh well, we will know for next time now.

It looks like a friend that we all used to work with is coming down today... they have work training and it will be right by where I work so it will be cool to see them. Since they will be in town for the week I have decided to get myself started packing this weekend for my Florida trip... so right now I am doing laundry (how exciting, right).

I am also watching MTV Cribs... and the last place they just showed was a guy's island. It was very cool!! Everything so tropical... Fabulous!

updated

Ok... so only 2 more days until I transfer to the new job. I am getting excited although I am a little nervous! But... in a week I will be in FLORIDA!! I am so ready to see family, lay on the beach, and enjoy some time off!!

I went to the allergist on Wednesday expecting to have all the routine pokes and whatnot that help determine exactly what my allergies are but nope... it was a preliminary visit... it would have made me very upset but the weather on Wednesday was sunny, beautiful, and over 70 degrees so it was a perfect day to have a half day off!

Also on Wednesday I applied for my passport. I have been asking around and some people were saying that I need it... others were saying that I just need my birth certificate and a drivers license. I decided to play it safe and get the passport. It is so easy to get... just grabbed the forms from online, filled them out, went to the post office, got my picture taken there and the passport will be sent to me within 6 weeks.

Crazy Weather!!

Oh my, oh my. The weather down here has been crazy!! Yesterday it was in the 70's (loving that)... during the day it was very foggy and rainy. Then, as I was getting out of work the sun came out, the clouds were gone and it was beautiful... so I went for a run! Shortly after my run my roommates and I went to Barnes & Noble and as we were leaving the bookstore the tornado sirens starting going off!! The sky got very black and all over the Atl there was thunderstorms and hail. At that point I got really nervous... we were outside as all this was happening. Luckily though nothing too terrible happened and looking outside right now it is absolutely gorgeous again!! It is supposed to get up to 70 degrees again today!!

I found out what my new work hours are going to be for my new job... once I have been trained I will be working 10am - 7pm. Not as great at my 8am - 5pm shift but I am now the new person again so I will work my way back to the better hours! With the new locations opening (we are opening in Chicago right now and soon somewhere in California) I am thinking there will be more positions opening and then I can get a better shift.

I think tonight I may be going out for sushi again tonight... I am looking forward to trying it again. I had a lot of fun last time!! I will have to try to get back onto the blog again sometime this week to update (much harder when I am training someone and they have control of the computer... but oh well).

Looking forward to seeing my family in FLORIDA soon!!!

f-r-i-d-a-y

Gotta love Friday!! Nice to have a few days away from work!! Big plans?? Not really, may go watch a movie tomorrow but nothing definite yet. Just relax for a few days.

The count down is beginning to the new job. I am getting excited for the change but I know I will miss everyone that I have been working with at my current job. Hopefully there will be a similar friendly group down there because it make the work day so much more enjoyable!

A new update to the blog, Mikey and Amy have started a new blog and I have put a link on the side. Love the blogging… it is an excellent way to keep up with all that is going on!! I love seeing all the pictures too (I know, I haven’t updated my pictures in a while either... need to get some new ones). As far as pictures go, I am hoping that soon we will be able to go hiking again. It is so much fun and it should be warm enough very soon.

I just found out recently that my best friend from high school is getting married in Jamaica in May so I may be going to her wedding!! I have started getting all my information together to get a passport but I don’t know if I really need one to go to Jamaica... I have been told that I do and that I don’t. Better to be safe than sorry I guess. I have never been any place outside of the eastern section of North America so I am so looking forward to going… it will all depend on if I can get the time off from my new job... I am so hoping so though!

Also, I just got tickets to Theater of the Stars!! I am so excited!!!! What is it?? Well, it is tickets for 6 different shows that will be playing at the Fox Theater. Take a look at the link for all the shows... I am excited for all shows but the one I am most excited for is the last show… the Radio City Christmas Spectacular!!!! I didn’t get to go last year and I was a little sad but I am so excited I will get to see it again this year (although, most of the last times I get to see my cousin in the production I don’t think she will be in the one in Atlanta this year).

Have a great weekend!!

hello!

Hope everyone has been having a great Valentines week!! I got some beautiful Tulips for Valentines Day. I was very excited!! They were delivered to me at work on Monday and I have left them at work so I can stare at them all day long.

Also at work I have been training someone to take over my position so I have been quite busy (and have been unable to update my blog). To go along with the changes they have decided to move people around here in tier 1 tech support so my desk moved (the guy I am training will be taking over so the move essentially was for him) so I spent about half the afternoon today taking apart, moving, and setting up my worksstation.

It has been foggy here this past week but very warm... I was able to go for a run outside yesterday and I am planning on doing the same thing today! I love this weather!

happy valentines day

Funnies

Uncle Mike sent me some emails and I found some of the quotes in them to be funny... instead of forwarding on the emails I thought I would just put some of them in here:

Smith climbs to the top of Mt. Sinai to get close enough to talk to God. Looking up, he asks the Lord. . . "God, what does a million years mean to you?" The Lord replies, "A minute." Smith asks, "And what does a million dollars mean to you?" The Lord replies, "A penny." Smith asks," Can I have a penny?" The Lord replies, "In a minute".

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.


Check this out... very cute video!


Enjoy!

busy, busy, busy...

and its only going to get busier! The next month is going to be so much fun!! Looking at my calendar Paul will be visiting us in 2 weeks and then Davis will be down here right after him and then I will be going to Florida. All of us in the house used to work with both Paul and Davis at Northwood and I am so excited to be seeing them again!

I (finally) got myself an allergy appointment for February 23! I waited too long because my allergy medication will be gone before then... I have already cut back in the amount of medication that I take and I am already feeling sick but I know it is just allergies. And, since it will be a new doctor they want me to do the initial testing (which I haven't done in a few years so it will be good to know again what all I am allergic to) so I will have to have my back pricked and poked at.

what a difference a week makes

The weather here this weekend is fabulous!! We actually have the window open and I am not cold! Crazy how we can go from last weekend's ice storm to such beautiful weather this weekend but I am not complaining!

Last night a group of us went out to a restaurant called Fuji Hana which is famous for its sushi. It was my first experience with sushi and I have to admit that amazingly I really did like it. People were warning me before hand that it is an acquired taste and I was really expecting to hate it... but the taste and the texture really wasn't bad. Granted there were people there who have grown up on sushi so they were able to help me pick out the types of sushi that is good for beginners but it is something that I will defiantly do again.

Hilarious

Check out this site... a coworker sent it to me and I laughed so hard!!

VW Commercial

Ok... I found this on Justin's blog (is linked under the 'Friends' section) and I laughed... I don't have speakers on my computer at work so I don't know if there is any sound clip with the commercial but it still was funny.

Gym

So, I think I have gotten back into a gym routine. I am generally going about 3 times a week to the gym provided by my company. It is small and I had been thinking about getting a membership to a bigger gym but I changed my mind. The gym I wanted to go to had a swimming pool and basketball court but it is a tad out of my way (i.e. not between work and home) but the guys found a gym really close to the house that they like (it doesn't have a pool or court) that they are going to. It has a lot of good things for them with the heavier weights but everything I need and everything that I would use if I went to that gym is already at the free gym. So, why pay? And, if I want a change I can always run outside (well, not today - cold and raining) and we do have some dumbbells at home that are perfect for me. But it is nice that we are all going to a gym... and then all very tired in the evening!

Weekend Update?

Can you believe I am posting on the weekend... well, something so drastic, so unbelievable came up that just couldn't wait until Monday. I have to say the weather has gone way past cold to absolutely ridiculous!! I had to take some pictures of the ice that has formed all over everything outside! Check it out when you get a chance!

Friday Update

One thing I failed to mention yesterday is that I spoke with my new manager regarding the Florida trip in March... and he stated "have fun" so my trip is still on!! I am very excited to be going to Florida and enjoying a weekend on the beach!!

I got it!

So they offered me the job this morning and I accepted it. My starting date right now is going to be March 1 but they are hoping to move that up. I will probably be shadowing some before then so I can get a better feel for what they do down there. I am very excited but very nervous... a big step for me but I thought you all would want to know!

gorgeous

This weather here today is gorgeous!! I had packed my bags this morning to go to the gym after work but if it stays like this I am going to be able to run outside. Will be nice to get some beautiful fresh air!!

Now, onto the job interview… I interviewed with one of the guys who had interviewed me previously and his manager. It was quite informal and I think that the manager was just trying to get a feel for both of the candidates. The interview last about an hour and as far as I can tell it went well. I, for some crazy reason, just couldn’t stop feeling nervous and I think that may have shown in the interview a little bit but overall it went well. I also think that the other candidate for the job was equally as qualified so only time will tell who got it.

But, after the interview the hiring manager in HR (actually he is the same guy who called me at first for the job I currently have) stated that they are going to have a job opening in HR to handle the updates and configurations of the HR computer program. He stated that it is just in the beginning stages of this position but wanted to know that if the job I am interviewing for doesn’t work if I would be interested more in hearing about this new job. So, when they have more concrete information regarding the new position he will let me know. I would probably be the face for Cbeyond employees when they have questions regarding the program, I would do all the updates and configurations, and I would speak with the reps from the software company. At least that is what I took from what he said.

So I guess I have a few perspective new jobs. Who knows what will happen!

2nd Interview Update

So, I just found out that my next interview is going to be on Wednesday at 9:00am... wish me luck!!

Other than that it has been extrememly busy here at work today so no real time to update... will try tomorrow :)~

2nd Interview

Quick note... I just got an email from the manager of tier 2... I have a second interview comming up! It will be next week but I don't have a date yet. Will let you know when I know! I do know that I am 1 of 2 finalists.

Yeah me!! (and wish me luck).

Interview Update

So... I haven't heard yet about a second interview... I am expecting to hear something either today or tomorrow BUT...

Last night, like 5 minutes before I had to leave I got a call from a customer who had a really hard time with his sale rep and was about to cancel his service... I was able to calm the man down and found out that the only technical problem he had was he couldn't send email using his Outlook (which is a really easy fix). Afterwards he sent an email into my company stating how I help him and how he was about to cancel his service and he changed his mind after talking to me. It was very nice to hear because most customers who reach one of us in support are really crabby but also it was set to my manager and the guys who interviewed me. They all sent me an email after that. I got the emails this morning... it made my morning!

Nothing like tooting your own horn right (wink, wink)!

the gym

So, yesterday for the first time I went to the 'company' gym. It is actually for all employees in the offices that are owned by the same management company. It is nice for a free gym. I really like to go there for the treadmills and eliptical machines... they have a couple... the only problem is that they aren't many and at least yesterday when I went there was a small line up to get on them. I used the stair master until one opened up. Basically I will use the gym while the 'cold front' is here... once it gets warmer again I will run outside.

Interview

Well, after my Interview on Friday I got really busy at work and then didn't think about going back online over the weekend to update my blog, but here is how the Interview went...

I was there early, actually before any of the interviewers (which they actually seemed impressed with). They were also impressed with the amount of information that I knew at the tier 1 level. I was in the interview for about an hour and there were 3 interviewers. I knew them all by name but didn't know any really by face. There are 7 people being interviewed for the job that I interviewed for. They are doing more interviews today and tomorrow and then they will let us know after that. They also gave me some pointers on things to do to learn more and stated that 'if' I don't get this job don't let it discourage me against applying in the future. I took that as a good thing... I am relatively young, only been with this company 7 months, and not a lot of background in analog phone troubleshooting. So, I am not discouraged... if nothing else, good interview practice and gave me some face time with the managers of the tier 2 departments. Also, I sent thank you notes to the guys who interviewed me and the main manager emailed me back stating that I had done really well in the interview. Either way, what is supposed to happen... will.

I had a good weekend... very relaxing. On Sunday I made cheesy potatoes to take to the pot luck. It was cool getting to meet some new people. The people that hosted the event have a very nice house about 20 minutes from where I am living and it is further outside of the city.

I should now have access to the gym provided by my company... it isn't a very big gym but it has the things I need so I am planning on trying that out after lunch.

Side note... I spelled Shana's name wrong (oops)... it should be updated every where... sorry about that!

Welcome Shana!

It looks like another Poll decided to jump on the blog bandwagon... and I have added Shana to my list of links.

Other big news... I hear that Grandpa is doing better so that is good!! Other than that... hmm... its Friday, I have my interview today at 1:00pm, and I can sleep in tomorrow! Not too much going on besides that for me... oh, actaully I am going to a pot luck dinner on Friday with one of my roomates... that should be fun. I am looking forward to that!

Good Day!

So, today has been a very good day so far. I found out earlier from my boss that I am getting my yearly pay raise. Also found out that we are getting the bonuses from last year at the end of this month!! Nice!

Also, the job that I had applied for on Monday... I recieved an email today for an interview on Friday!! Wish me luck!!

Table

Hello, hello!! So it is almost the middle of the week and this is my first post... I have gotten busy again!

So, here are the last few days in a quick overview... Saturday night my roommates and I went out to a birthday dinner. A friend of ours turned 26 so a big group of people went out to celebrate at Copeland, a New Orleans style restaurant. It was very good but they put a LOT of butter on everything (and that I didn’t like). But I didn’t let the butter ruin my evening!

We also haven’t had a table in the house, not that we ever eat at a table anyway but I still wanted to have one up. The one that I have that was my great Grandma's table was missing some pieces. The guys went back to the old house on Sunday to pick up the mail and while they were there they actually found the missing pieces (woo hoo!!). Also, a friend of mine at work had a table that when he moved he no longer needed. A friend of his had been holding the table for me since we have been moving, so we also picked up that table on Sunday! So, now we have 2 tables to be using!

Also, on Friday my boss told me that there is a tier 2 position available (I am currently tier 1) that he thought I should apply for... so this weekend I updated my resume and I handed it in yesterday. I know of a few other people who have been here longer and are very smart that are also applying for the same job but I am hoping that if I don’t get the job I applied for that I will get to move up to web tickets and replace the person who I think may get it. Either way I am hoping to get to a position where I am not on the phone all day. Wish me luck!!

Its Friday!!!

Both of my roommates are out of town and have been for a couple of days so I decided to go shopping last night downtown... there was a store downtown that one of my co-workers told me about I decided to check out. It is a discount store... designer brands discounted. So I drove down to check it out. I was so excited... it only took me about 15 to 20 minutes to get there… and I went a little bit out of my way (of course, right, I must get lost)!! So, I shopped at the store, found a lot to try on, but only 1 thing to buy. When I was walking out of the store I checked my watch and it was only 6:30pm… way too early to try to leave downtown… too much traffic. The Lenox mall is right next to the store that I was in so I decided to go. I spent about an hour walking around there… all the trying on made me really feel the effects of not working out for the past couple of months… ugg! At about 7:30 I decided it was time for me to drive home… it only took me about 15 minutes to get back home. It is so wonderful... I am so close to such a nice mall!!

Once I got home I decided I need to get started again on a workout routine and since I was motivated I went for a run last night. I need to drive my car around my house so I know how far I really am running. But, I sure was tired out last night!!

Oh, by the way, I purchased 2 pants and 1 shirt while I was out… just in case you wanted to know!!

Another addition!

Jill has joined the blogging family... she is now one of the links on the side!! Welcome Jill!!

Weather Channel

So, I found another good little bit of information to add to the website... I have decided to add a comment for the weather channel. I now have something for my parents house, here, and my grandparents house... thought that would be cute!! Also, what would a webpage that has NYC in the name be without a listing of their weather. Now we will know if it is a good time to visit... what am i saying... is there a bad time?!?! Of course not!

Enjoy!

Changed it again

Soooo.... I decided I wanted to change this thing up... again. I took the idea from the last template that I had... changed it up a bit... and vola... a new one. This is pretty much been all custom made by me... it was a lot of fun but a lot of work trying to put this all together. Hope you enjoy it!

Welcome to 2005!

Well, people are making up for not calling in last week by calling in this week!! Work has been ridiculously busy!!!! Today is the first day that I haven't gotten back to back calls!

And, since this is such a fun topic… it is supposed to be 72 degrees here today!! Loving it!! I have been able to wear sandals the last couple of days and today I am wearing a skirt and tee shirt. Hehe!! I need to find a way to attach the weather channel to my blog. That would be funny!

Maybe a little late...

But I finally found a background for Christmas that I thought was cute... and today not many business are open so the phones have been very quiet today so I basically took a couple templates, merged them together, made a few updates and changes, and here is the template that I put together. It was fun working on putting it together... and although it isn't exactly perfect I like it!! Will leave this one up for a little while and then find something else. Anyway... MERRY CHIRSTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

60 Degrees

I went for a run yesterday after work... outside... and I didn't even need a jacket!! Just a long sleeve shirt and pants... in December!! Woo Hoo!! I was so happy. And it is supposed to be in the mid 60's again today. I may try to go running again today.

I was invited to go to a Hawks game for today but found out that it was at 2:00pm... don't have any more vacation days :( Oh well, will have to try again some other time.

Happy New Years Eve Eve!!

Joke

Uncle Mike and Uncle Ed both sent me this as an email... thought it was so funny I had to add it here... enjoy! :)

Leroy


A woman walks into the downtown Tennessee welfare office, trailed by

15 kids... WOW," the social worker exclaims, "Are they ALL YOURS???"

"Yep they are all mine," the flustered momma sighs, having heard
that question a thousand times before.

She says, "Sit down Leroy." All the children rush to find seats.

"Well," says the social worker, "then you must be here to sign up.
I'll need all your children's names."

"This one's my oldest-he is Leroy."

"OK, and who's next?"

"Well, this one he is Leroy, also."

The social worker raises an eyebrow but continues. One by one, through
the
oldest four, all boys, all named Leroy. Then she is introduced to the
eldest
girl, named Leighroy!

"All right...," says the caseworker, "I'm seeing a pattern here...Are
they ALL named Leroy?"

Their Momma replied, "Well, yes-it makes it easier. When it is time
to get them out of bed and ready for school, I yell, 'Leroy!'

An' when it's time for dinner, I just yell 'Leroy!' an' they all
comes arunnin.' An 'if I need to stop the kid who's running into the
street, I just yell 'Leroy' and all of them stop. It's the smartest
idea I ever had, namin' them all Leroy."

The social worker thinks this over for a bit, then wrinkles her
forehead and says tentatively, "But what if you just want ONE kid to
come, and not the whole bunch?"

"I call them by their last names."

Christmas Eve

And she brought forth her first born son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.

And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone around about them; and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them,

"Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger."


May God bless you... Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!!

... if only in my dreams.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Well, maybe a few days early but I don't know if I will post again before Saturday. I am staying in Georgia (where it is 'warm') for Christmas but will be seeing my family again in March when we go to Florida (much better weather!! I am looking for the beach and relaxation!! In the meantime I need to find a good place to run on a treadmill and a good place to get a tan.

I hear that all of you in the north are getting a good amount of snow?? That is what they are reporting on the news... but the have mostly focused around Indiana so I guess I don't know how far north the storm has gotten. We are getting the most southern tip of the storm but it has all been rain.

Another update to the blog... my parents have gotten into the blogging craze and now have their own blog... I have linked their blog in my link section!! If anyone else decided to start a blog let me know... I will link their as well. It is a pretty quick and painless process... create a user name and password... pick a template, and you can start typing away. If you want to add links there is a little more to it and I can help you with that. Pictures there is a little more too as well... not hard just if you need help I am here to do that! Just sending out an FYI. I was reading online that email is now of the past... that everyone is now doing instant messaging and blogging... lol.

Snow??

Merry week of Christmas!! All month I tried to find a cute Christmas background for this journal but didn't find anything that I liked… oh well I guess!

So… yesterday I was sitting at home… trying to stay warm when the guys from Best Buy stop by to deliver the washer and dryer the guys got over the weekend… when I step outside what to I see but snow… SNOW! Ugg! It was very light and there is nothing left over this morning to prove that it had snowed last night but I didn’t like it at all! And it is so cold this morning… I had to pull out my winter jacket and gloves for the first time this winter but it is supposed to warm up for the rest of the week!

Back to the house updates... I was in the kitchen making breakfast yesterday when something happened to catch my eye outside. I saw an animal that looked like a very large chipmunk running around so I thought I would look out at it… I then noticed it was too large to be a chipmunk and the tail was way too skinny to be a squirl… I am thinking it was a rat… yuck!! I screamed and pointed and made a huge scene until it was out of sight… and I thought about getting an outdoor cat to take care of that kind of problem… don’t think that will happen it was just a thought. Still… yuck! //Shiver//

I know things get lost in a move but I can’t find my power supply for my laptop now… I know that I moved it from the old house to the new one… I remember having it in my hand and I have searched high and low for the power supply but haven’t found it yet… I will keep looking and will find it somewhere I am sure but… sigh. Another thing that happened in the move… I broke 2 of my ornaments… and one I had gotten when I worked at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island. Luckily it broke in the back so I am still using it for now but I don’t know how much longer it will hold up.

PICTURES!!

I am uploading pictures right now to my link... it generally takes about an hour for the pictures to be viewable... but there will be its own section (New House - Dec. 2004). They were taken on Friday so there are a lot of boxes all over the place... but then there still are.

It has been quite an adventure-some couple of days... I got out of work yesterday at noon and went to TJ Max for the curtains. I found some I liked but they were all still a little more than I wanted to pay... so I went to the clearance section. I didn't find any curtains but I did find some nice bed sheets. So I put the curtains down and picked up the bed sheets (twin size Tommy Hillfiger) for $4 each. So I got 3 of those for the game room (2 in off-white and one in navy blue) and then I found a king size navy blue sheet for $7. I have the sewing machine so now all I have to do is sew them up. We got one of my roommates a bed and we got us each a desk for our computers.

Today we went out to another part of Atlanta where there is a lot of discounted furniture... it was so crazy. We went in one section that was named the "Furniture Mall." I have never been in anything like it and it is very hard to describe... just that there was a ton of stuff in it and you could get anything from authentic Oriental rugs or furniture to your hair cut. It was like a huge barn had been converted into this huge maze of things and places to go! I also for the first time saw the gay yellowpages... I laughed so hard but the guys wouldn't let me take one home... LOL!!

After that the guys went to get the washer and dryer (which was picked up from Best Buy) and I went to Target and Publics (for groceries). I found out why most people don't do move during Christmas time... I got to Target and all of the carts were taken!! The experience was a little worse since I don't know the stores very well yet and they were all packed with people!! Eventually I will find my way around.

On another note... I know a few of you have asked what actually happened at TJ Max... well, I never found out. If I ever do I will post it here.

Done with the drive!!!

Well, last night was the first night in the new place!! It only took 2 trips last night for us to have everything moved... now its time to put everything away. It was nice this morning... I was able to get to work in about 10 minutes!! I love that drive!

I wasn't able to go to the house at lunch yesterday... actually... I never was even able to take a lunch yesterday. Ten minutes before my lunch break was to begin all of the phone lines for all of our customers in Dallas went down. So we were bombarded with calls. Then our phones here in the office went down… yeah… customers didn’t appreciate that and they let us know thru emails and web based tickets… between the 2 we had over 1,000 within about 10 minutes. So, I was able to get off the phone for the afternoon and help our web group take and inventory all of the tickets. The phone lines were fixed within 20 minutes but we got done inventorying everything just before 5:00 so I was able to leave on time.

I already took some pictures of the house with all the boxes. I took them this morning and we don't have Internet access there yet so I am waiting to get that before I can upload those... also, I will take some more pictures this weekend as everything gets put away.

I wish I would have had my camera on my drive home last night just to remind myself what I have been driving in. I was sitting on the top of a hill… looking at a speed limit sign – “Speed Limit 30 MPH during School times” and thinking I wish I was going 30. And then I look ahead of me and I see nothing but red break lights for miles… and then looking in my rear view mirror and seeing nothing but white lights for as far as I could see. I will not miss that drive!

With any luck and (knock on wood) no mass outages I will be out of here at noon… going to TJ Max (will test my luck again) to see if they have curtains or anything else we may need and then going home and clean, put away, and wait for the cable guy to come…

Last Day??

This could be the last day of the move... last night the guys made 3 trips back and forth between the old and new house. They moved a lot of the big stuff while I started at the new house... unpacked my car... arranged things in the new house... went to the old house and repacked again.

I got the kitchen packed up!!! I was dreading that the most because it has been a mix of everyone’s stuff. So I had to go thru every cupboard to make sure everything or ours had been packed while making sure not to pack anything that wasn’t ours. But like 5 boxes later all the kitchen stuff had been packed away.

I now have the Christmas tree back up in the new house... the tree is up but not decorated. That will probably done tomorrow afternoon.

I was thinking about going to the new house at lunch (to keep myself from shopping) and unpacking so I can go back to the old house to make the ‘final’ (hopefully ) trip to make sure we got everything. But that may not work because lunch is being provided today at work to celebrate Christmas. That isn’t bad though because I wasn’t looking forward to the rush hour traffic if I left here at 5:00pm tonight… but if I hurry and go to the new house, unpack and run it won’t be much better… I’ll see how the lunch thing goes… it may work out that I can eat while I work and still make it to the house for my lunch break.

Hopefully we will be spending the night in the new house (and I will be sleeping in an extra hour)!

On another note… yesterday I went shopping for silverware… I decided to start at TJ Max to see what they had. I left work around noon and I noticed there were about 5 or 6 helicopters just hovering in the air and thought that was odd. I then got to the complex with TJ Max in it and there were police cars and fire engines all over the parking lot and there was some yellow caution tape covering a lot of the parking lot. Still there were a lot of people walking around so I thought the store may still be open. I got out of my car and started walking towards the store when a police officer told me that the stores were closed and to get back into my car and leave the area. Hmm. Now I am curious but I left anyway and went to Target. I ended up getting my silverware at target but still haven’t found out what happened in the parking lot of TJ Max yesterday. I looked thru the Internet at the news stations and I listened to the news last night and this morning but no mention of what occurred. Still curious.

Unpack Car, Repack Car, Repeat... Day 3

So, my car has been filled again. After work I will unpack it at the new place, put stuff away, go back to the old place and fill it again. Last night I packed up the Christmas tree. It is now in one of my roommate’s truck to be moved to the new place. I will be putting that up Friday afternoon... I am going to be taking a half day off work so we can have cable installed so I will have time to put that up. It may be funny for the installers to see just that up in the house... no furniture... just a tree. But my 2 roommates may be dropping their car loads off at the new house tonight, reloading with furniture and going back to the new house tonight to drop it off (they get out of work before me)... so there may be some furniture in the house. I am planning on taking some pictures on Friday night after I get the tree up and Saturday morning so I will try to get them up on the website on Saturday as well.

On a different note, I guess Georgia has been jealous of all the snow that Michigan has been having because in the forecast this weekend is... SNOW!!! Ugg!!! I don't know what is happening... people have been telling me how rare snow is here but I don't believe them anymore... I haven't even been here a year and we are already having snow in the forecast!!

Day 2

I was so happy last night when I got to the new place and it had already been cleaned out... so we did a little minor dusting and moved the first load in. We went out to eat after that (to wait for the rush hour traffic to die down) and it was so nice that there are a ton of places so close to go to. We ate at Mellow Mushroom and when we walked out I could see all the building on the outside of the city all light up. It was so cool! I love the new place, close to a huge city, hardwood floors, and in a place where it is warm more than half the year... I am a happy girl!!

Speaking of temperature though… today it is only supposed to get to 40 degrees!! Ugg!! But the funniest part is I was listening to the radio this morning and they act like it is the end of the world. They are getting information from the national weather channel on how to bundle up. It made me laugh and think of you all in the north that have been dealing with this weather for months already!! Thought you would get a kick out of that!!

Anyway… after dinner we went and packed up some more… my car is full so I am ready to unload and repack again today. I think that we will be able to have most everything moved in by Friday. It will be down to the big items then that we will have to move. At lunch I am going to go to Target to pick up some things that none of us have (like silverware).

Moving!!

So, I am moving again!! This time I am only moving an hour away from where I am currently living... and much closer to where I work. Two of my roommates and I have been complaining about the drive that we have to do everyday… we all work within 3 miles of each other and we all have different schedules so we each drive the hour to hour and a half to work and back everyday. After some though we decided to start looking at some of the options to move closer… one of my roommates started looking at houses to rent and we found one that will be about 3 miles away from where each of us work (very centrally located) and we will be paying very close to the same amount that we are where we currently live. So, we filled out the application and found out on Saturday that we will be able to start moving in today. So, we filled up each of our vehicles and will go there after work to clean and start moving. We thought about renting a U-Haul but we decided to move a little bit every night this week and see how that goes. If we still have a lot on Friday we may decided to get one… but one of the roommates has a truck so we should be alright.

I do have a picture of the outside of the house from the ad…


The new place!! 

and once we get moved in I will take some pictures of the house and add them to the links.


One addition to the pictures link is I put a picture of the Christmas tree in the ATL section… I took it yesterday since I will have to take it down this week. I am planning on putting it back up in the new house but we shall see how I feel after the week of moving!

If anyone didn’t get my new address and they would like it just send me an email and I will get that to you.

Sunny and 70's

Today is the first day of actual sun that we have had here in a while... but I am not complaining... nope. It has been mid 60's all week and today it is supposed to hit 70!! I love it... but it does make it a little harder to get into the Christmas spirit when I am not wearing a jacket (hehe).

It has been busy for me at work... we have a new person in our department and my boss is having me train him on the ways of tier 1 phone technical support. It isn't too difficult to train someone but it takes some thinking into what I actually do... it has started to get so routine that it is funny sometimes when he askes a question.. makes me think!

It's raining, its pouring...

It has been raining all weekend long. This morning as I was eating breakfast the news was on and they were talking about flooding on some of the main roadways. They were not kidding. I had to go thro a few spots were there was a lot of standing water... and I heard a lot of sirens on the way to work. Luckily there were no accidents on my way in! But I really can't complain too much... it isn't snow... and it is supposed to get up to 60 degrees today!!

The weekend for me was nice and relaxing!! My roommates and I stayed around home (which I prefer to do when I drive so much during the week) and played some games. We went out once to have dinner on Sunday. We went to a nice Mexican restaurant that we hadn't been to before... it was really nice. I turned the lights on the Christmas tree since it was dark with the rain. I love having the Christmas lights on! I also slept a lot. I am actually somewhat awake this morning!!

Comments galore!

Wow... I checked out my blog today and I had so many comments yesterday... seems I get the most comments when I mention the weather... hmm. I guess I know now that weather is a touchy subject... hehe!! It is getting chilly here... but then I guess chilly is subjective!! Don't y'all get buried in the snow!!!

To Uncle Mike and Aunt Linda... just give me a call when you get around here!

Tonight is another gym night... going to go work out and get in shape. I am tired just thinking about it!!