Last post of the year
That's right..today is December 31st, Two Thousand and Six. Tomorrow will be the first day of Two Thousand and Seven! I am predicting the year will be a good one...
First thing is first, let me recap the holidays. Justin and I were in Houston..we did a lot of baking, cooking, eating, driving to and from my sisters house to my dad's house. We exchanged gifts, visited with various family members and watched a few movies, too. If you were thinking about seeing "Night at the Museum," Don't!!! It was awful!!! I finally saw "Little Miss Sunshine" and I thought it was pretty good. I think my expectations were high because I've wanted to see this movie for 4 or 5 months and I kept hearing great things about it. So now that I've finally watched it, I can say it was a good movie, too. We celebrated my dad's 60th birthday the night before last. My sisters, along with myself and his girlfriend have been planning the party for over a month now. I think he was surprised, and if he wasn't, he did a good job of faking it. He doesn't actually turn 60 until January 9th, but we wanted to have the party while everyone was going to be around for it(Daphne). So now the holidays are coming to an end...tonight we are going out with a bunch of friends to a bar to ring in the new year. I'm happy that I'm able to hang out with my friends, but I'm not that excited about dealing with the crowds and all that other fun stuff you have to deal with when going out, being social. Do I sound old? Next year I want to have a party. That way, we can be in our own home and not have to worry about driving anywhere, paying cover charges or ridiculous amounts of money for drinks. Lara and Brett are coming to town and will be staying with us tonight. Raquel and Miguel are here in town, too, staying with another friend, Karie. Julia, Ashley and Troy are also in town and will be meeting us out tonight, too. Shannon, Quinn, Alan, Jenna, Lynn, and possibly Matt and Reagan are also in tonight's group. And I'm sure there will be some others joining in on the fun that I don't know about yet. Tomorrow, everyone wants to watch football. I just want to eat and hang out since Tuesday will be the start of my workout and eating better routine. I lost a little bit of weight when we were in Virginia, but nothing too significant. My plan is to lose the little bit of weight that I lost and have since gained back and then some. After a few months of that, I have to maintain my working out and eating right, which is always the hard part. I have eaten so much chocolate in the last month or so... my body might freak out!
Right now we are set to close on the house on February 28th, but I've been out to the house a few times in the last few weeks and there hasn't been any progress. So, I'm not sure if they are still on schedule..meaning, I don't know if these last few weeks are part of the plan or if they are now behind. Whatever the case is, I want to see some results soon! All of this affects everything tremendously. First of all, our apartment lease ends on March 15th now. We don't get any money back if we get out early, but we don't want to extend our stay here and pay more if we can't be in the house by March 15th. We also have not locked in our mortgage rate. We will be penalized if we lock next week and the closing date is pushed back because it doesn't fall into the 60 days window that we need for locking in the rate. Soooo, knowing what is going on over there would be good information to us.
I'm also going to start working soon. I don't have a job yet, but the plan is to start temping while I still look for something more permanent. I need benefits and a paycheck! I am going to set up some appointments with a few agencies this week, so hopefully that I will have some temp work lined up shortly after getting set up. I've already applied for A LOT of administrative positions...this area seems to be particularly competitive for the good paying ones. I've seen really only a handful of jobs that pay above 30K, so I might just have to suck it up and take what I can get so that I'm at least making something. Our closing costs are going to be 5-7k, and we still need to pay off the moving expenses and then we'll need furniture and various other things for the house. Though, the furniture will be all big purchase items that will take some time to get, and we have what we need for now so I'm not putting any furniture at the top of the list. Justin's already made a list of his priorities, with the home entertainment sound system at the top of his. I really want to paint and decorate. :) I'm just so thankful to have the house and so much more, I really am so lucky. Now, I've just got to get a good job.
Happy 2007 to everybody....be safe! I hope to see everyone I couldn't see last year a little more this year. To all my scattered friends that are reading...I miss you guys! Have a safe and happy New Year, xxoo. and remember to eat your black eyed peas tomorrow!
First thing is first, let me recap the holidays. Justin and I were in Houston..we did a lot of baking, cooking, eating, driving to and from my sisters house to my dad's house. We exchanged gifts, visited with various family members and watched a few movies, too. If you were thinking about seeing "Night at the Museum," Don't!!! It was awful!!! I finally saw "Little Miss Sunshine" and I thought it was pretty good. I think my expectations were high because I've wanted to see this movie for 4 or 5 months and I kept hearing great things about it. So now that I've finally watched it, I can say it was a good movie, too. We celebrated my dad's 60th birthday the night before last. My sisters, along with myself and his girlfriend have been planning the party for over a month now. I think he was surprised, and if he wasn't, he did a good job of faking it. He doesn't actually turn 60 until January 9th, but we wanted to have the party while everyone was going to be around for it(Daphne). So now the holidays are coming to an end...tonight we are going out with a bunch of friends to a bar to ring in the new year. I'm happy that I'm able to hang out with my friends, but I'm not that excited about dealing with the crowds and all that other fun stuff you have to deal with when going out, being social. Do I sound old? Next year I want to have a party. That way, we can be in our own home and not have to worry about driving anywhere, paying cover charges or ridiculous amounts of money for drinks. Lara and Brett are coming to town and will be staying with us tonight. Raquel and Miguel are here in town, too, staying with another friend, Karie. Julia, Ashley and Troy are also in town and will be meeting us out tonight, too. Shannon, Quinn, Alan, Jenna, Lynn, and possibly Matt and Reagan are also in tonight's group. And I'm sure there will be some others joining in on the fun that I don't know about yet. Tomorrow, everyone wants to watch football. I just want to eat and hang out since Tuesday will be the start of my workout and eating better routine. I lost a little bit of weight when we were in Virginia, but nothing too significant. My plan is to lose the little bit of weight that I lost and have since gained back and then some. After a few months of that, I have to maintain my working out and eating right, which is always the hard part. I have eaten so much chocolate in the last month or so... my body might freak out!
Right now we are set to close on the house on February 28th, but I've been out to the house a few times in the last few weeks and there hasn't been any progress. So, I'm not sure if they are still on schedule..meaning, I don't know if these last few weeks are part of the plan or if they are now behind. Whatever the case is, I want to see some results soon! All of this affects everything tremendously. First of all, our apartment lease ends on March 15th now. We don't get any money back if we get out early, but we don't want to extend our stay here and pay more if we can't be in the house by March 15th. We also have not locked in our mortgage rate. We will be penalized if we lock next week and the closing date is pushed back because it doesn't fall into the 60 days window that we need for locking in the rate. Soooo, knowing what is going on over there would be good information to us.
I'm also going to start working soon. I don't have a job yet, but the plan is to start temping while I still look for something more permanent. I need benefits and a paycheck! I am going to set up some appointments with a few agencies this week, so hopefully that I will have some temp work lined up shortly after getting set up. I've already applied for A LOT of administrative positions...this area seems to be particularly competitive for the good paying ones. I've seen really only a handful of jobs that pay above 30K, so I might just have to suck it up and take what I can get so that I'm at least making something. Our closing costs are going to be 5-7k, and we still need to pay off the moving expenses and then we'll need furniture and various other things for the house. Though, the furniture will be all big purchase items that will take some time to get, and we have what we need for now so I'm not putting any furniture at the top of the list. Justin's already made a list of his priorities, with the home entertainment sound system at the top of his. I really want to paint and decorate. :) I'm just so thankful to have the house and so much more, I really am so lucky. Now, I've just got to get a good job.
Happy 2007 to everybody....be safe! I hope to see everyone I couldn't see last year a little more this year. To all my scattered friends that are reading...I miss you guys! Have a safe and happy New Year, xxoo. and remember to eat your black eyed peas tomorrow!
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