Winter Weather..and more
It's the day before Martin Luther King day and Austin is prepared to wake up to a nasty, wet, cold and icy morning. The last two days have been that, except for the ice. With temps in the 30s and this drizzling rain, it does not sound like many people are going to be venturing out on the roads tomorrow. I definitely don't plan on it!
Not a lot has happened since I last wrote, just two weeks ago. New Years Eve turned out to be not much of a night. We did go out and we did see some of our friends, but everyone, including ourselves, seemed like they would have preferred to be someplace else. I think we're just getting older, it was a cold night and everyone was exhausted from all the previous holiday events and traveling. The following weekend, Justin's mom and sister came to town to visit us. It was a short 3 day trip for them, but I think we managed to show them some of Austin, our new house and we even drove out of town to meet with Justin's aunt and uncle for a meal. I'm really happy they came and got to see our house, and of course to see Justin. Especially since we didn't go to Delaware during the holidays.
Since then I have been applying for jobs and trying to prepare for our next move. So far it is just mental preparations, but I'm already thinking about everything that needs to be done. Last week I did some temp work for a local staffing firm. I was basically a telemarketer. About every five minutes I was thinking about what my excuse could be to ditch the god awful call-making. But then I forced myself to remember it is a paycheck and one I need very badly, no matter. Soooo, that position has ended for now and I'm back to searching. I've applied for quite a few good jobs in the last two weeks..I'm really hoping to hear something within the next week. there is one in particular that I want. Based on the conversation I had with the HR manager, the pay/benefits and the location, it's definitely THE one worth pursuing. Cross your fingers that I get another call and hopefully for it to be this coming week! I just can't go back to telemarketing so soon!
Sooooo, the house is coming together, literally. We drive over to see the progress every other day or at least once a week and things are starting to move at a more rapid pace. We have painted walls, cabinetry and counter tops in the kitchen! It's exciting. Only about four more weeks until our first walk through. We are anticipating we'll be taking at least two walks, but are very hopeful to close on the tentative date still set for 2-28.
Brooklyn is quite spoiled, honestly. She is very loved and I am so happy she is herself now, but she is possibly getting too much attention. She gets mad at us when we don't pay her ALL the attention and I can now notice when she is bored. Which wouldn't be a problem if she were consistent with her signals. Sometimes jumping around and barking a lot means "I need to go outside." And just recently it means absolutely nothing. We want to get another dog eventually, but we were just talking today about possibly adopting a playmate for her sooner than later. We are not sure yet. Any thoughts on this idea?
Moving along now... Since we are saving for closing costs and trying to be as frugal as possible because A)I'm not working yet and Justin is supporting the both us and B) We have some debt to pay off, as well (two moves in a 6month period will do that to you) and C) There are A LOT of things we want to buy for the house. My point of all of that was that because of all those things, we are staying in a lot and have been watching movies and entertaining ourselves as best as we can on a budget. Recently, we watched "Monster House," which we both thought was rated weakly because it seemed more of a PG-13 movie rather than a PG film. I didn't really like it all that much either. The story was odd for a children's cartoon, in my opinion. We saw "Beauty Shop," and that was pretty lame, too. A good one that is in theaters now is "Children of Men." It's a good story, a little scary in terms of making you think, but definitely worth your time and money. The actors are great, but the storyline and the way the film was directed really carry this one. Great camera-work, nice long & clear shots. None of that "creative" stuff, with the camera jumping-all-over the-place-business that I seem to be seeing so much of recently.
I've recently starting scrapping again after a long long break. I did 3 pages in 2 hours yesterday so it could be a while before I finish an album, but at least I'm back to it.
Well my laptop's battery is almost dead and so this will be a good stopping place for me. I do hope that everyone's New Year is going well so far... G'night!
Not a lot has happened since I last wrote, just two weeks ago. New Years Eve turned out to be not much of a night. We did go out and we did see some of our friends, but everyone, including ourselves, seemed like they would have preferred to be someplace else. I think we're just getting older, it was a cold night and everyone was exhausted from all the previous holiday events and traveling. The following weekend, Justin's mom and sister came to town to visit us. It was a short 3 day trip for them, but I think we managed to show them some of Austin, our new house and we even drove out of town to meet with Justin's aunt and uncle for a meal. I'm really happy they came and got to see our house, and of course to see Justin. Especially since we didn't go to Delaware during the holidays.
Since then I have been applying for jobs and trying to prepare for our next move. So far it is just mental preparations, but I'm already thinking about everything that needs to be done. Last week I did some temp work for a local staffing firm. I was basically a telemarketer. About every five minutes I was thinking about what my excuse could be to ditch the god awful call-making. But then I forced myself to remember it is a paycheck and one I need very badly, no matter. Soooo, that position has ended for now and I'm back to searching. I've applied for quite a few good jobs in the last two weeks..I'm really hoping to hear something within the next week. there is one in particular that I want. Based on the conversation I had with the HR manager, the pay/benefits and the location, it's definitely THE one worth pursuing. Cross your fingers that I get another call and hopefully for it to be this coming week! I just can't go back to telemarketing so soon!
Sooooo, the house is coming together, literally. We drive over to see the progress every other day or at least once a week and things are starting to move at a more rapid pace. We have painted walls, cabinetry and counter tops in the kitchen! It's exciting. Only about four more weeks until our first walk through. We are anticipating we'll be taking at least two walks, but are very hopeful to close on the tentative date still set for 2-28.
Brooklyn is quite spoiled, honestly. She is very loved and I am so happy she is herself now, but she is possibly getting too much attention. She gets mad at us when we don't pay her ALL the attention and I can now notice when she is bored. Which wouldn't be a problem if she were consistent with her signals. Sometimes jumping around and barking a lot means "I need to go outside." And just recently it means absolutely nothing. We want to get another dog eventually, but we were just talking today about possibly adopting a playmate for her sooner than later. We are not sure yet. Any thoughts on this idea?
Moving along now... Since we are saving for closing costs and trying to be as frugal as possible because A)I'm not working yet and Justin is supporting the both us and B) We have some debt to pay off, as well (two moves in a 6month period will do that to you) and C) There are A LOT of things we want to buy for the house. My point of all of that was that because of all those things, we are staying in a lot and have been watching movies and entertaining ourselves as best as we can on a budget. Recently, we watched "Monster House," which we both thought was rated weakly because it seemed more of a PG-13 movie rather than a PG film. I didn't really like it all that much either. The story was odd for a children's cartoon, in my opinion. We saw "Beauty Shop," and that was pretty lame, too. A good one that is in theaters now is "Children of Men." It's a good story, a little scary in terms of making you think, but definitely worth your time and money. The actors are great, but the storyline and the way the film was directed really carry this one. Great camera-work, nice long & clear shots. None of that "creative" stuff, with the camera jumping-all-over the-place-business that I seem to be seeing so much of recently.
I've recently starting scrapping again after a long long break. I did 3 pages in 2 hours yesterday so it could be a while before I finish an album, but at least I'm back to it.
Well my laptop's battery is almost dead and so this will be a good stopping place for me. I do hope that everyone's New Year is going well so far... G'night!
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