We didn't hear back yet if they accepted our offer yet for the house! They have until tomorrow but she said we would hear back yesterday. Maybe today!!
Last evening we took Short out to dinner and then we took a walk which I try to do everyday. Later we caught up on some of our shows that we had on the DVR which we won't have to do once Joe goes on day shift!!
We finished off the night with a piece of Cheesecake...guess that defeated the purpose of walking! :)
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Sunday, April 1, 2012
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!!
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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!
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!!
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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?
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Stay Tuned!!
Hello friends!!! I have a brand new blog and brand new posts with the first one starting tomorrow!! I'll tell you all about it...and me then!!
Stay tuned!!!!
Stay tuned!!!!
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Where'd She Go?
I know you are all probably wondering where I went!! Here I am!! I am sorry to abandon you like that and I certainly didn't mean to! I'm not quite sure why I wasn't blogging.....I think I felt a little overwhelmed with the blog hops and the fact that I had to have them done...when instead I would have liked to have just blogged about myself! I'm not sure if that makes any sense. I do love the hops and maybe I'll start them again but for right now, when I blog, its because I want to....not because I have to!
So what's been going on in my little world? Well I did get that job that I told you about. I started February 6th. Can you not hear the enthusiasm in my voice? That's because there isn't any. As you know I work for the State and you can bid on varies jobs that are posted. I bid on a job with the State Police because it offered free parking (I was paying $155 month!) and it wasn't downtown. Well I left a job that I LOVED and went to a job that I HATE! I am so sad every day that I am there. Plus I sit...and sit...and sit...and I can't stand it. My butt hurts by 11am! I know you can find some humor in that but I am being serious! I at least got up and down in my other job...but no..not this one. Plus the people that I work with are very different then the people that I left. Not very friendly or helpful.....no one blesses me when I sneeze....and the work that I do is very boring! Sigh....so I should have left well enough alone...but I thought it was a good opportunity. It is very hard to get in there and they had to do an extensive background check and everything. My old boss emails me everyday begging me to come back!! I want to but going back almost seems like I failed at my new job if I go back...but I was happy there! I don't know what to do!! What are some of your thoughts?
The boys are all doing good. Venti got a promotion and him and Mocha will be moving to Maryland which is where he's been working but he's been commuting from here everyday and its a 2 hour drive! Maryland is the next closest location that he could get besides his hometown and he was hoping to get it and he did. Otherwise he would have had to move to either California, Florida or Wisconsin. He has to stay there a couple of years and then he can work in the office here. The Government is confusing! But he is very happy and they are going to look at houses this weekend. They have been living at her parents house so it will be great for them! Mocha applied for a job down there and got it so they are all set!
Mocha and Venti
Grande and Tall are doing well at college. They come home every weekend so I can wash their clothes and buy them food....lol.....Short is doing well too. He has one more basketball tournament on March 3rd and then he will be done for the year.
Short - #21
Some other news is that we may be buying a new house! We just started looking and think we found one but we are still deciding. We are taking the boys on Saturday to see what they think. We have been in this house for 19 years and it will be very hard to go. Plus we live next door to my parents and the same neighborhood as my sisters. My parents are going to be very upset when they hear. We want to downsize and Joe is tired of mowing and shoveling. Our house is soon going to need all kinds of new things...roof...furnace...central air unit....so we are taking all that into consideration. I'll let you know!!
Well that's a quick run down on me and I promise to blog way more often! I love and appreciate you for sticking in there with me and waiting patiently for me to return! I am still redesigning my blog and those changes will be here soon!
Hope everyone is doing well! I love all your comments!!!
Hugs!!!
Grande, Tall, Short and Venti
So what's been going on in my little world? Well I did get that job that I told you about. I started February 6th. Can you not hear the enthusiasm in my voice? That's because there isn't any. As you know I work for the State and you can bid on varies jobs that are posted. I bid on a job with the State Police because it offered free parking (I was paying $155 month!) and it wasn't downtown. Well I left a job that I LOVED and went to a job that I HATE! I am so sad every day that I am there. Plus I sit...and sit...and sit...and I can't stand it. My butt hurts by 11am! I know you can find some humor in that but I am being serious! I at least got up and down in my other job...but no..not this one. Plus the people that I work with are very different then the people that I left. Not very friendly or helpful.....no one blesses me when I sneeze....and the work that I do is very boring! Sigh....so I should have left well enough alone...but I thought it was a good opportunity. It is very hard to get in there and they had to do an extensive background check and everything. My old boss emails me everyday begging me to come back!! I want to but going back almost seems like I failed at my new job if I go back...but I was happy there! I don't know what to do!! What are some of your thoughts?
The boys are all doing good. Venti got a promotion and him and Mocha will be moving to Maryland which is where he's been working but he's been commuting from here everyday and its a 2 hour drive! Maryland is the next closest location that he could get besides his hometown and he was hoping to get it and he did. Otherwise he would have had to move to either California, Florida or Wisconsin. He has to stay there a couple of years and then he can work in the office here. The Government is confusing! But he is very happy and they are going to look at houses this weekend. They have been living at her parents house so it will be great for them! Mocha applied for a job down there and got it so they are all set!
Some other news is that we may be buying a new house! We just started looking and think we found one but we are still deciding. We are taking the boys on Saturday to see what they think. We have been in this house for 19 years and it will be very hard to go. Plus we live next door to my parents and the same neighborhood as my sisters. My parents are going to be very upset when they hear. We want to downsize and Joe is tired of mowing and shoveling. Our house is soon going to need all kinds of new things...roof...furnace...central air unit....so we are taking all that into consideration. I'll let you know!!
Well that's a quick run down on me and I promise to blog way more often! I love and appreciate you for sticking in there with me and waiting patiently for me to return! I am still redesigning my blog and those changes will be here soon!
Hope everyone is doing well! I love all your comments!!!
Hugs!!!
Saturday, January 14, 2012
A Young Girl...
I saw this poem and had to share...another reason why I'm Never Growing Old...
What are you thinking when you're looking at me?
A crabby old woman, not very wise,
Uncertain of habit, with faraway eyes?
I'll tell you who I am as I sit here so still,
I'm a small child of ten ... with a father and mother,
Brothers and sisters, who love one another.
A young girl of sixteen, with wings on her feet,
Dreaming that soon now a lover she'll meet.
A bride soon at twenty -- my heart gives a leap,
Remembering the vows that I promised to keep.
At twenty-five now, I have young of my own,
Who need me to guide and secure a happy home.
A woman of thirty, my sons now grown fast,
Bound to each other with ties that should last.
At forty, my sons have grown and are gone,
But my man's beside me to see I don't mourn.
At fifty once more, babies play round my knee,
Again we know children, my loved one and me.
For my sons are all rearing young of their own,
And I think of the years and the love that I've known.
I'm an old woman now, and nature is cruel.
The body is crumbled, grace and vigor depart.
There is now a stone where I once had a heart.
But inside this old carcass, a young girl still dwells,
And now and again my battered heart swells.
I remember the joys, I remember the pain,
And I'm loving and living life over again.
I think of the years, all too few,
Gone to fast, and accept the stark fact that nothing can last.
So open your eyes, open and see,
Not a crabby old woman you'll see;
Look closer ... and see ME!
Remember this poem when you next meet an old person who you might brush aside without looking at the young soul within ...... We will one day be there, too!
A crabby old woman, not very wise,
Uncertain of habit, with faraway eyes?
I'll tell you who I am as I sit here so still,
I'm a small child of ten ... with a father and mother,
Brothers and sisters, who love one another.
A young girl of sixteen, with wings on her feet,
Dreaming that soon now a lover she'll meet.
A bride soon at twenty -- my heart gives a leap,
Remembering the vows that I promised to keep.
At twenty-five now, I have young of my own,
Who need me to guide and secure a happy home.
A woman of thirty, my sons now grown fast,
Bound to each other with ties that should last.
At forty, my sons have grown and are gone,
But my man's beside me to see I don't mourn.
At fifty once more, babies play round my knee,
Again we know children, my loved one and me.
For my sons are all rearing young of their own,
And I think of the years and the love that I've known.
I'm an old woman now, and nature is cruel.
The body is crumbled, grace and vigor depart.
There is now a stone where I once had a heart.
But inside this old carcass, a young girl still dwells,
And now and again my battered heart swells.
I remember the joys, I remember the pain,
And I'm loving and living life over again.
I think of the years, all too few,
Gone to fast, and accept the stark fact that nothing can last.
So open your eyes, open and see,
Not a crabby old woman you'll see;
Look closer ... and see ME!
Remember this poem when you next meet an old person who you might brush aside without looking at the young soul within ...... We will one day be there, too!
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Follow Friday 40 and Over!!
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