Whoo-hoo!!!

He got the job!!!! Starting Monday Jan 3rd, Hubby will be working in Roseville, doing the same job, same pay (I think!), but for a new (better!) boss.
And I just wasted WAY too many hours playing Rollercoaster Tycoon. Now I need to remove all games from my computer so I can get my school work done. All these stupid people who don't listen to me when I say i don't need any games right now....

Christmas is over....

Well...the actual day, that is. In Hubby's opinion, Christmas won't come until we are at his parents...only because he gets everything he asks for from them. Blah.
Well, we had an early morning in front of the tree, since we had to leave for the family gathering at 12:40pm. I got a bunch of DVD's, a couple of CD's, some plates (that I didn't want...I wanted to get them for SIL, but I guess no one listened to me when I repeated that...repeatedly!), and a very cool case for my computer. No Legos. No Elton John DVD's. *sigh* But, I could be happy with all that, be grateful that Hubby thought enough to get things he'd know I'd enjoy. But then we had to go to the Christmas Gathering from Hell. Ugh! Ok, so they do a gift draw....but there are all these limits. You can't get a name of someone in your family (which means I can't pick SIL's hubby, or SIL or MIL or DIL), and it's only for people out of high school, so that leaves out a third of the people at this gathering. Anyway, we ALWAYS pick the same names, and pretty much every year the same people get us. So, This year, Hubby and I picked out some nice stuff for our people, but they TEAR into their stuff and they barely stopped yakking long enough to say thanks. Hubby got an impersonal gift basket full of stuff he won't eat. I got a stuffed bear and a Hallmark giftcard. SIL got a sweater....exactly like the one she got and hated last year -- from the same person! Ugh...it's not just the gifts, but this one chunk of the family is so self-absorbed and inconsiderate. We (meaning my side of the family, and SIL's hubby and family) have had to change OUR family Christmas, as well as the Christams stuff that Hubby used to do growing up, just so we could continue to see this side of the family ON Christmas Day. I said last year that I was not doing the gift exchange again, and I'd really rather not even go. SIL actually said the same thing, and MIL has agreed, but no one else will drop the gift exchange (mainly because they wouldn't get to get free stuff). Well, I think after this year, we WILL NOT be participating....I don't think SIL will even go, and I'd rather not. I'm hoping my mom would like to go back to doing christmas on Christmas instead of the Eve, then we'll do that, and do Christmas Eve with Hubby's family and just be done with it all in two days.
This gathering has RUINED Christmas for me for the last too many years. I was fine when we got there, but as more people came, ignored grandma, and then smothered her and talked very loudly about all the food they ate last night, I got crabbier and crabbier. By the time we got to presents I was ready to go home. Then we get home and it doesn't feel like any special day. Hubby says this is how he grew up....and it sucked! I'm like, then let's stop doing it!! I hoping that SOMEDAY we'll have kids, and I will NOT spend my Christmases rushing through presents, only to tell the kids, "nope, you can't play with your new toys. We have to go now."
Blah. I hate Christmas. Hopefully this will change next year.
Time to go to bed...I'm freekin' cold. And I want to read my new Walt Disney book :)

Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays, dear readers.
Tonight is a brief visit at the in-laws to say hi and "Merry Christmas" to the Grandparents. Then off to my parents for Christmas...yummy beef tenderloin and potato pancakes (I'm drooling already!). Then presents! Tomorrow is Our Christmas in front of the tree, just me and Hubby. Next to Christmas with my parents, that's my favorite part of Christmas. Then, over the afternoon and evening, we will head to Hubby's aunt and uncles for his maternal side (ie, mom's extended family). Then it's home for the annual post-Christmas letdown cry. Eh...such is life.
On the job front...havent' heard from the general mamger guy that Hubby met with Wed, but we don't really expect to now until Monday. We'll see.....

Hee-Hee

I think Hubby's getting a job :)
Life is good again :)

TO DO update

Ok...did I accomplish ANYTHING this week? Let's check that to do list:

Library Monday (2 books due) -- DONE
pick up check -- go to bank -- DONE
pick up CM from Sandy -- give to MIL -- DONE
get tabs for Psymon, The Car -- DONE
MOA with Hubby -- DONE
Star Wars party Sat. -- NOPE
change bedding -- DONE
wrap presents -- HALF DONE
print Jan calendar for school -- DONE, FEB TOO :)
get mustard and Swiss Miss bars @ grocery -- SURE
check bills -- TONIGHT

We also insulated the windows upstairs, I baked 2 kinds of cookies, and...ummm...that's it. Well, we cleaned the bedroom too. And I mailed Christmas cards Wednesday too. And played The Sims (on PS2 and XBox) until I saw them in my sleep. Yeah, it was a productive week.

You can't make me!!!

Our "vacation" is almost over. 2nd worst vacation ever, I'm sure. It's sad when the highlight is stuffing insulation in the window frames, and bringing the temp. in our bedroom up 10 degrees.
Hubby STILL doesn't have a job. He's got a couple of people to contact tomorrow, and we're still waiting to hear from the truck store. I guess I shouldn't be surprised that this is so difficult, but....I don't know how to end that phrase. Oh, and get this....the weather was not too bad all last week, while we were sitting at home, and the nicest day was Wednesday, when we were trapped in Forest Lake. Tonight, a mix of rain, sleet and snow is moving in, until tomorrow morning. Ten bucks says my car is frozen shut in the morning and I'll be late. I can hardly wait for all the parents: "How was your time off? Relaxing?" What am I going to say, "Well, if you think wondering about your financial future becasue your husband only has 2 weeks left at his job relaxing, then yes, yes it was" :) I'll just say, yes, we got all ready for Christmas and slept in. I don't know of any parents in this group of kids that I would tell the WHOLE story to. BUT, this week is a 4 day week, and we'll get presents :) Then the following week is only 3 days, so that rocks. AND the reindeer are coming Wednesday, and our birthday party for Jesus (The perks of working for a Lutheran Church...we get to have Christmas!!) is Thursday. AND I'll get "extra" hours for the 2 Fridays and 1 Monday we are closed (vacation pay is an average of hours that we work each week. I work and average of 7.4 hrs....BUT I only work 6.75 hours those days). Rock on!
I just hope Hubby gets/picks a job SOON!! Even if it's just a temporary thing at the other CD store....I can't take his pacing and doubting and pouting any longer!

tired

I'm tired of not knowing....if hubby will be employed at the start of 2005. tired of not knowing if we will ever have kids...and why it hasn't worked yet. I'm tired of being tired and feeling like there are not enought hours in the day. But most of all, I am tired of having every little plan and dream and goal I have for the future dashed and crashed and destroyed. I am suppoed to be in Florida this week...instead, hubby ended up in court, so we spent most of our trip money on the lawyer. Plus, we didn't know what the outcome would be...a fine, jail time or nothing at all. Not good time to book a trip. We talked about Vegas, but hubby decided that he didn't think I would have fun, and that we should save the money for Disney next year. SO, we were going to go to a hotel this week, or just have a for fun day, besides Christmas shopping. Then his boss drops a big old bomb. So, how have I spent MY well earned vacation: Worrying about hubby's job situation, today just waiting and waiting, and then crying. All I have learned in the last 2 years is that making plans and goals is (are?) for idiots, because you're just gonna get fucked in the end.
I just wanted a fucking vacation where I could relax, get ready for the holidays and spend time with my husband. Instead I get this. Hmmm...and they wonder why my side of the family ends up depressed......

I knew it!!!

Which Animaniacs Character are You?

Talkative, huh? Perhaps sing-ative would be more appropriate, actually. When people don't understand something, it usually drives you to cutting, sarcastic remarks. Your other extreme is bursting into song with almost no prompting, often to explain complex ideas. No one knows quite what you are, exactly. You have made many "special" friends, and there's baloney in your slacks.

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it's vacation week!

You know how I have "change bedding" on my to do list for the week? Well, Tigger decided that I needed a little kick in the butt on that one...at 12:15 this morning, she pooed on the bed...while we were in it...falling asleep. So, at 12:15, we were stripping the bed, airing out the room and doing a load of laundry. Ugh. Then this morning (the real morning part :) ), Rory decided he needed to hurk on the rug at the top of the steps. Ironincally, Sunny is the good kitty :)
So, the bedding is changed, I returned my library books, and am now trying to finish my reading (10 pages left, I think). I have to email my instructor, so I thought I'd take a bit of a study break to do that...and make cocoa :)
Off to email....

Dude...I added a counter...to my template...all by myself!!
I'm so proud of me :)
Now I just hope the damn thing works :)

sleep? what's that?

Ok....it's 3:13am...I am still up. Why? Don't know. Still have a chapter to read for school...it's very long. I have this week off :)
I'm tempted to just sleep on the couch with Sunny, then get up when Hubby does.
TO DO:
2 loads of dark laundry -- DONE
put away lights -- DONE
dishwasher -- DONE
finish reading
order groceries

THIS WEEK:
Library Monday (2 books due)
pick up check -- go to bank
pick up CM from Sandy -- give to MIL
get tabs for Psymon, The Car
MOA with Hubby
Star Wars party Sat.
change bedding
wrap presents
print Jan calendar for school
get mustard and Swiss Miss bars @ grocery
check bills

Star Wars!

I just saw a trailer for Episode III! Darth Vader (Hayden Christensen/James Earl Jones, not the Evil-Ex) being "born," Natalie Portman with Leia hair.....OH!! I can't wait until this spring!!
Next Saturday, we are having a Trilogy viewing...the Original Trilogy and snacks. Then maybe next year, we can watch all 6!! That's only 12 hours of movies :)

We just got a letter, we just got a letter....

And now for this week's blog.....
I haven't felt like blogging this week. Monday was a day of extreme lows....Hubby found out that his store is being sold and he is out of a job at the end of the month. Merry F***in' Christmas, huh? That night, while I was online in class, he was applying for jobs online. Isn't the internet great?!? Lots of tears and uncertainty.
Tuesday was spent...ummm...I don't remember Tuesday! But Wednesday, that, I remember! Hubby applied for a job at an electronics store (the same one that Darth worked for when we broke up) and then went into work. He left early to bring the truck to the truck store to get his shocks replaced (If he gets the job, I'll post a link to the site...). While he was milling around, he noticed a help wanted sign. So he asked about it and discovered that what they really need is a store manager...a position that he has 10 years of experience in!! SO, he filled out an application and hoped for the best. That night, the electronics store called to set up an interview for the next day. Thursday, he interviewed there and set up an interview at the truck store for Friday. Yesterday (Friday), he was offered the job at the electronics store and had an awesome interview at the truck store. He REALLY wants to work at the truck store....I want him to work there too (only because the whole Darth-Electronics Store connection makes me oogy). He's worried because he hasn't heard from Mrs. Truck Store (the owner's wife), but she had to talk with Mr. Truck Store, and then they'll set up another interview. She said if it was up to her, he'd be their new sales associate (he'd work up to the manager position, after he knows the product, etc). I can't wait to see what Monday holds for us :)
Plans for "vacation"...We'll go to the History Museum one day, and the Mall (I hope...I have a few little things to get before Chrstmas). Hubby has been asked to meet the new owner on Wednesday, and I need to go get my paycheck and my license tabs. Once we hear from the Truck place, we can plan the rest of the fun stuff around that.
OH....and I got my first comment :)

Welcome back

Ok, so I'm a super slacker and have not updated. Sue me....
A few weeks ago, my sister's Boy broke up with her. We (Hubby and I) were not totally heartbroken....he wasn't a BAD guy, but was a little fake. But, he liked roller coasters, so I'm a little bummed about that....anyway....someone left her a comment on her Blog that he had a new blog. He's boy scum!! They were together 4+ years and he just blows it off like it was nothing. He is all about partying and making money for "the good life." What a putz...
On a semi-related note...my parents ran into Darth Vader at the pizza store recently. He's working there, still! So maybe that WASN'T him I saw...or he's playing pizza man by night. Too bad (or good thing) I hate that pizza, or I'd be tempted to visit.
One more week til "vacation." What are we going to do???