Home Sweet Home!

I can't believe it, we have finally moved into our new home!! We have been here for just a couple of weeks so far and we're absolutely loving it. I expected that it was going to take some time for us to settle in, however I think it's going to take several more weeks for me to feel really comfortable with where everything is and where I want to put things. I just can't wait until everything has a home and I can actually start decorating with our wedding pictures, pet pictures, family pictures, etc. I guess I'll have plenty of time to do that, though, since we won't be moving again for a very long time. I just love it here, because we've always lived in a one bedroom apartment but now we have four bedrooms to decorate! One of the rooms is of course our bedroom, one room is just for my clothes and vanity setup, another is set up for the cats to use temporarily, and the last room is completely empty and ready to turn into a guest bedroom. So much to do!! It's going to be a lot of fun, though, doing everything little by little until we get our house just the way we like it :-) Loving life right now!!

Transition...

This has been one eventful year, I'll tell you that. Moved 5 hours away, got married, finally got a new job, and will be moving into a house soon! In a way it feels like my life is on fast-forward, but at this moment it's an annoying commercial break. Ha ha, in other words we are staying with the in-laws right now and absolutely can't wait to move into our new home! We were just notified today that the bank we're purchasing the house from has chosen a title company! So that means we are making progress, at least. The light IS at the end of the tunnel here :-)

In my life, whenever I come across a stressful situation I like to remind myself of two things: 1) Time is going to keep right on ticking away (i.e. "this too shall pass"), and 2) Big goals are important, but the little goals along the way are what gets you there. For example, I start my first day of my job out of training tomorrow, and I am literally going to not think about it as a whole day. I am going to just tell myself to make it through until my first break, then make it through until lunch, then 2nd break, then I'll be on the home stretch and that dreaded first day will be over. Like the new house, we had to find the realtor, find the house we wanted, make the offer, sign a counter-offer, arrange for inspections, etc.. but I know that each step of this process will get us there eventually. Just gotta keep pushing through. It's very important to me to not let huge obstacles get in my way, to just get through them task by task.

New Beginnings..

OK there has been so much going on lately! Started my new job on Monday, Blondie had her puppies on Tuesday, Mom and her friend came to visit on Friday, and my birthday was Saturday!! I guess I will just write about each event in order :-)

I LOVE my new job! There are 16 trainees total and we are all getting along pretty well. I just love the office atmosphere... always something going on... theme days, luncheons, health fairs! The culture there is so much fun and they are really focused on supporting their employees in every way. I am sososo happy. This kind of job is just what I needed. :-)

So on the second day of my new job, Blondie had her puppies! She went into labor around 4 AM I think, and she starting delivering at 5:30 AM. She has 4 little pups now: two black females with docked tails, one brown female with a normal tail, and one brown male with a docked tail. They are so sweet and Blondie is the best mama! We are thinking of keeping the little boy, and trying to think of names right now so if you have any ideas please let me know!

So yesterday was my birthday, and my mom and her bud came up Friday night to see me :-) I had the best birthday! Travis surprised me with the collector's edition of LOST... omg every episode! I can't wait to watch them all again :-) And after my mom, her friend, and I spent a little time shopping, we had my birthday dinner which consisted of: chicken salad sandwiches on croissants, sweet peppers filled with jalapeño artichoke dip, cilantro lime shrimp, pineapple spears, sautéed mushrooms, and red velvet cake for dessert!

Today I went shopping at Target for some new work stuff, and I got: gray high-heeled boots, a brown v-neck tank, and a white flowy cardigan (had to copy the one michele1218 just got at Target, except hers is black).

Crazy Crazy week!!!

First Day Down

Just got home from my first day at work, and I am pleasantly surprised! There were a few boring parts, but overall it was really kick-back and fun at times. We just had to sit and listen to presentations, participate in a few icebreaker games, and walk the tour of the building. One really nice thing was the lunch they provided for us! So, an awesome first day!

My weekend was awesome as well... went up on Friday to see my mom, uncle, and cousins. Saturday we went to SF with my two best friends and busted a mission to decide where to eat and how to get back to the car without a ticket. Then we had dessert in town... good times. It was nice to be able to finally see MY friends again.

I finally got my Urban Decay Naked Palette! I love it... I seriously opened it up to use it the first time and didn't know where to start! Obviously they're all nude shades so I will experiment with them all this week :-) Can't wait to experiment with outfits, too... and my birthday is coming up!!

Got a Job!!!

Exciting news..... well obviously you can tell by the title of this post, but I have a job! Woo-hoo! I have been sitting around moping about it for months and now I only have 4 days left until my first day :-) I am so stoked to start working!! I don't know too much about it yet, but I will definitely keep you up to date on how I like it, etc.

Ok, second order of business... I am going to go visit family and friends this weekend! Trav and I are leaving on Friday night to go see my mom, and then sometime Saturday we are going on a double date to SF with my two besties! We are thinking of trying out an Ethiopian restaurant, so I'll have to report on that as well. I'm just really glad to get away, it'll be my last little trip before I start work. I will have weekends off while I'm in training, but I have to have one last get-away.

STILL don't have the Naked palette. I'm waiting for the local Macy's to get it in still. Luckily, it's permanent so I will get it eventually. Just stinks that I thought I'd get it the first week of August and I still don't have it.

OMG! Also, Blondie is due to have puppies in a week or so... there's nothing else I want to say about that other than I'm terrified I won't be here when she goes into delivery :-/ Oh... and besides the fact that I'm keeping one :-)

Annndddd... my birthday is coming up! Yay. I need to go shopping for work clothes. Preferably F21... it's only half an hour away!! For some reason, for all this time I've been here, I thought it was going to be a mission to get there. Good thing though since I don't really have money right now to buy a new wardrobe. YAY for new jobs, though!! All in good time..

Already August!?

Can't believe it's already August first! That means my birthday is in 28 days! I'm so excited :-)

One thing that's got me down is my job search, though. I've had 5 interviews with 3 different companies (not counting phone interviews) since I started looking after the wedding. The bad part is that's actually pretty good. There's one company I realllly really want to work for, their benefits are just awesome! So please pray that I get it. Just sent out a thank you letter today for the group interview I did with them last Monday. I just want a job so I can actually feel busy and feel like there's some meaning in my day to day life. Plus we want to get a house soon. I feel like we're just stuck here right now and it stinks :-/

Anyway, on a lighter note, now that it is the first week of August I am expecting a call from Macy's letting me know when the new Urban Decay Naked Palette will be in! It's my birthday present to myself, lol. I'm so excited to get it because it's got well over $200 worth of eyeshadows, liner, and primer potion for only $44. The SA at Macy's told me they are only getting 100 units in this week so as soon as they call me I am jetting down there!

Married!

I can't believe I have been married for three weeks now! I have to say that it's actually about the same as before... the only real change is the piece of paper and getting to call each other "husband" and "wife." And life down here with his parents is... busy. I really feel bad that I haven't posted anything for so long :-(

Speaking of being busy, Travis' mom and I are leaving today to visit my mom! It'll be the first time I've seen my mom and my grandma since we stopped at her house briefly on our honeymoon (we decided to make Sunday through Wednesday after the wedding a long trip down the coast and we needed to do laundry and say goodbye to my grandpa before he went home). We should get there sometime tonight, sit around with some munchies and some drinks and have girl time, and then go hopping with grandma tomorrow! I'm especially looking forward to visiting Bath and Body Works because their Semi Annual Sale just started today. I think I want to buy some more Butterfly Flower lotion or shower gel, since I used up my entire bottle last summer. It's a great floral/subtle-y fruity scent. It sort of smells like honeysuckle mixed with bananas and coconut, so of course I love it!

While us girls are in the bay, Travis and Todd have a camping/fishing trip planned for this weekend. Then the four of us (me, Trav, Todd, and Laurie) will be leaving on the 25th for a 4 day camping trip, sort of a birthday celebration for Travis and Todd since they both have birthdays coming up. I really can't wait for the big trip! I hope we go somewhere near the water :-)