She's Pregnant!!!

Hello Hello Hello!!!

I have missed all of you!  What have I been up to?  I will tell you what I have been up too....in photos!  A big surprise at the end!



Our house is still for sale.  :(

Our new kitty Maya! A European Burmese all the way from Seattle Washington!

My Birthday Celebration!

Poor Short was in the hospital with a Kidney Stone!!  Too young for that!!

Our new house!

I'm going to be a Nonni!!!  December 14, 2013!!

A New Beginning!!

Boy does it feel good to be back and in full swing!!  I have had so much going on and feel like I am finally able to dedicate time back to blogging which I have missed very much!  I miss you guys and catching up with everyone!!

You are going to start seeing a lot more of me so I hope you don't mind! I am going to post more like a Diary entry so that you get a lot more blogging and updating from me!

So now on to what's been going on!!

The last I blogged I had just started my new job and I hated it and wanted to go back to my old job but I was unsure if i should or not.  I really appreciated all your advice and most of you said to go back to my old job so after thinking long and hard about it, I decided that I would do just that!!  So I emailed my old boss and told her that I wanted to come back!  She was all excited and said she would get right back to me.  So not too long after that I got an email from her and she said that Human Resources would be calling me!!  Later that day HR called me and burst my bubble.....she said that I could not go back to my old job because someone else bid on it within that agency and so they would get it over me....sniff!!!!  I couldn't believe it!  I finally made peace with going back and now I find out that I can't!!  My old boss was just as devastated.  She emailed me 2 weeks ago to tell me that someone just retired and she was going to check to see if I could get that job but I haven't heard anything more.  So now it is almost 2 months at my new job and I am slooooowly starting to like it....and I mean slowly!  It has its advantages (especially the free parking) and some other things so maybe its meant to be that I couldn't go back.  I honestly don't know!!  I guess time will tell but for now I am sticking it out where I'm at and letting each day run its course!!

The boys are all doing good.  Venti and Mocha have been looking for a place to buy in Maryland but haven't found anything yet.  They put bids in 3 different houses but lost each one.  They are now looking into renting since they can't find anything and are really getting tired of the 2 hour commute each day!  I can't even imagine what that is like to drive in the car 4 hours each day!
Grande and Tall only have a little over a month left of college and then the fun begins when everyone is here!  Short got all A's on his report card and his team won their last tournament!!  So proud!!

I had also told you that we are thinking about building a new house and on Friday we put an offer in and we are supposed to hear back tomorrow so I'll let you know!  We have the lot reserved but haven't listed our house yet until we get the offer signed back!  We have been doing MAJOR decluttering and have gotten rid of tons of bags of trash and donated lots to charity.  It feels so good to walk into a room and there's hardly and stuff around.  It's amazing the things you don't need!

 

Joe works night shift (8:30pm-5am) and has been for about 3 years.  He used to work daylight but they did away with all the daylight jobs which is why he works night shift.  Well he is first on the list to go back to daylight when a job becomes available and he got a call on Tuesday to go back!!  He starts May 5th an will be working 6am-2:30pm.  We will finally have a normal life again!

For those of you that have asked to be added to the "Over 40" list, I will be updating that as well so that it will be current!!

That's the low down for now.  I'm sure you noticed my blog background changed...how do you like it? 


Ozzie...relaxing!

Hard to get used to....

I wasted several Christmas cards by doing this:

I have written Venti's name on our cards for 22 years!  Its hard to NOT write it!

Starting today I have off until Monday.....yippee!!  I am SUPER excited!  I wrapped most of the presents last night and will wrap the stocking stuffers tonight.  Having 4 children (+ a daughter-in-law) at Christmas time is like having a 2nd job!  It is very time consuming and so much to get everything together...but I'm getting there and now that I have 2 days off before Christmas I think I just may get it done!

Today I'm going to finish up my shopping and all the boys need a haircut...including Venti...I haven't cut his since the wedding!  

I have my appointment today at 10am for the TMJ evaluation.  I'm hoping to get some answers on my ear problems!!

Tomorrow we will take the boys out for an early dinner and then go to 5:00pm mass. I'm excited to spend some time with all of them.

I just found out our cat Ozzie (the European Burmese) has asthma!  He's been coughing and wheezing for about a month now and is on his 3rd medication.  Does anyone have a cat that has asthma?

I will still be posting Follow Friday 40 and Over tonight so I will see you then!  

My Morning...

My favorite part of the day is right after my alarm goes off (6:50am)....I love to lay there, snuggling in bed....with my cat!  lol....Ozzie who is my European Burmese always come up and cuddles with me before its time to get up and start the day.  As he lays there purring, the whole world stops in my mind....as I pet his soft ears I think about how much I would love to lay there 10 more minutes, but if I did that then my whole day would be thrown off.  Short would be late for school, I would be late for work....its just not worth it...but it sure is tempting!  I am just thankful to wake up everyday.

"When you arise in the morning, give thanks for the morning light, for your life and strength. Give thanks for your food, and the joy of living. If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies with yourself."  Tecumseh, Shawnee Chief (American-Indian Warrior, 1768-1813)

Update:
Work is going ok.  My boss (Carol) who started 2 weeks before me is totally clueless!  I am not exaggerating!  I do 80% of the work!  Its just the two of us and then a part-timer (Jamie) and its really frustrating that I am doing everything and she gets the credit for it. She even admits that she isn't cut out for the job.  I'm surprised they hired her because she told me that she and her husband owned a Subway and a Coffee Shop and BOTH business went Bankrupt!  Hummm....
Anyhow, Jamie suggested that we bring this to our bosses (Stacy) attention because its not fair that I do all the work among other things...and boy did we have a long list..well apparently they already knew the things that were going on because on Friday Stacy made a surprise visit and had Carol sign a 30 extension on her 90 day probation.  After Stacy left, Carol was so upset and said that she is looking for a new job.  Then yesterday she told me she has an interview tonight.  If she takes another job then I will most likely be asked if I want the Manager's position.  I do the job anyhow so I might as well, but then again I'm not sure if I want the responsibilities of the manager....sign....I guess I will just have to wait and see!  I'll keep you posted!