Patches

I have to put a picture of Patches on this thing. We took her to the vet today to get some blood work done. She did so good! We have to back in a month if her hair doesn't continue to grow back, but when you look at the picture, it doesn't look like she is losing any hair, but it's around her neck and tail.

Enjoy! Oh and here's my father-in-law relaxing after helping hanging things with us.

New hangings

So the day started out with Jazzercise. I met mom at Jazzercise and after class, we went to breakfast with Jolene, the instructor, and my friend Linda. We went to Chuck and Jo's. It was very good! When I got home, Tom was cooking a chicken to make chicken noodle soup. The house smelt wonderful.

Tom's mom called and said they are on their way out to pick us up to go pick up our new "banister". If no one knows what that is, don't worry, I didn't at first either, but it's a hand rail coming up our steps. This is something that both our parents complained to us about since we got the house, so now we have one, thanks to Tom's parents, they bought him this for his birthday! While out at Lowe's, Linda saw that they had cornices on clearance, so for my birthday, she bought them for me, which isn't for a couple of weeks, but it's OK! So the rest of the night, we worked on hanging everything. First, we had to stain the banister. Tom's dad did that for us.

Right now and while we were hanging our cornices, I turned on Mama Mia! The boys don't really appreciate it. I think it's good. But I love musicals, so here we are just me, Tom and his dad watching Mama Mia and I'm blogging! I love it. Tom's mom left when she took Micayla to work. She has to work 7 to 1 tonight at the bowling alley.

Well, I have not heard from McGraw-Hill yet, but I'm hoping to hear something on Monday, if not, I might have to give her a call. I did email the lady down there that gave me a good reference and she is going to talk to the lady who interviewed me again, so hopefully that will help. Keep your fingers crossed. Tom did not receive a failure letter from Deere's, so that's awesome too! Now we are waiting for a call from them to interview him.

I'm drinking a bottle of wine and finally starting to relax. Here's a few pics of our new hangings! Let me know what you think. The all white is going to have to grow on me, but I think I'm going to like them.

Mental Health Day

Today was a day that Tom called "Mental Health Day" him and I called in "sick" we did nothing but lay in bed all day. Well, we got up to make breakfast and then back to bed we went. It was awesome.. No kids so it was super peaceful. I had to get out of bed about 12:15 to take a shower and get ready for my interview.

Speaking about my interview. It was awesome. It wasn't actually an interview, as she said it, but just a little get together to refresh her memory of me. Since I interviewed before Thanksgiving she just wanted to talk. Well, the position I will be hired for is a supervisor's position! I am so excited. She said she really liked me and thought I interviewed really good last time that when this new position came up, she wanted me to have a shot at it. Thanks to the great reference I have at McGraw-Hill, and no it's not Nikki, but a big wig down there who comes to Jazzercise! And the lady who interviewed me and several others said she has a real impact on the new hires. So hopefully, I will have good news in the next couple of days! She asked how soon I would be able to start and all that, so it's looking good.

Enough about that.. tonight I have to play volleyball at 6:00 at Courtside. Tom and I worked out a little this afternoon and I also learned a new Jazzercise song. Right now he's making supper and I'm blogging and watching General Hospital! Back to the grind tomorrow.

Relaxing weekend

What a relaxing weekend we had. Friday night, Tom and I had the night to ourselves.. actually, we had the whole weekend to ourselves and it was suppose to be our weekend. Friday night Tom and I went out for dinner to Yen Chings, Chinese, it was delicious. After that, we went to Nikki and Chucks house so Tom could work on her computer. Somehow, they keep getting viruses. I don't know what they do, but this is the second time now. This time Tom had to take the computer to our house to get it fixed. He is good with that kind of stuff. In trade of fixing the computer, I sent my mirror, that's breaking, to Chuck to fix. Nikki called today and said it was fixed, so it was a pretty fair trade. Now, we just have to pick it up and take the computer tower back to them. My back wall look pretty bare without anything in it.

Saturday, I taught Jazzercise at 8:45 for one of our instructors who is sick. It was such a fun class. Shelly, was so upset she couldn't make it. I had 22 peeps.. I guess it's a competition on Saturday mornings between the 7:30 class and the 8:45 class. Brenda had 20 and I had 22. Shelly called me and thanked me. I really enjoyed it. It always nice to do other classes, because there is so much energy with new or different customers. Don't get me wrong, I love my 5:45am class, they are awesome too, but when you do a different class, theirs just a different vibe going. I can't even explain it. But I have 3 new ones in for tomorrow.
After Jazzercise, we drove up to Edgewood to get our deer meat. Yummy! Later that night, we decided to cook some steaks and just stay in. We had a wonderful beer, drank some Bogel wine and watched Twilight!

Today, Sunday, we cleaned all day and just lounged around. We had Tom's parents and grandparents up for supper. We, or I should say Tom, made lasagna. It was awesome! Now we are sitting her watching the Vikings and Saints..

Oh, one more thing before I go. I started charting my temperature.. Wow, I have a crazy chart going... LOL on Tuesday, I go to the Gyno for my yearly, so the doc and I are going to have a little talk! Also, I started going to the Chiropractor, the one that Erica went to, to help her get pregnant.. or to get her all "lined" up as what Erica said. I hope it will help, I'm not getting any younger. Tom went too, but to help him have less back and foot pains hopefully.

Another long week with lots of things coming up. Hopefully a couple of interviews coming up.. I will keep you posted!

1st chiro appointment

Well, today was my first Chiro appointment. It went really good. I actually knew the doctor from High School. She was awesome and explained a lot to us. Tom went as well. He is going for his back and she is also going to help him with his sinus problems. He's always snorting nasal spray at night because he can't breathe. So hopefully this will help. She did some adjustments, but it wasn't like a normal chiropractor, because she did not "crack" anything. She just did lots of pressure points or something like that to the vertebrae . She said my pelvis is out of alignment or something, so I think we are going to give her a try. at least until we have insurance.

Today was another snow day, or we should call it an ice day. Yeah, that's right, no school for the kids again. That also meant no Jazzercise for me. I even had a new song in for today. Now I will have to review it all over again for Monday.

Tom and I had volleyball tonight and after wards, we went with another couple to Los Aztecaz. We were going to go to BWW but the line was all the way outside. I don't know what was going on, but it was packed, so we decided Mexican..

Tomorrow I have an interview with a bank in town. I think I am going to check it out to see what they have to offer, but I don't know if it's what I want to do. No big plans for the weekend. I think it's suppose to rain/snow on Saturday so we will see.

Tom keeps telling me I need to put some pictures up on this blog, so maybe this weekend.

Another chilly day

Well, school was canceled this morning because of the "rain" we were suppose to get. School did not get canceled until about 6:40 this morning. Micayla was already gone, because her friend picked her up and one there way to school, they heard on the radio that DBQ public and parochial schools are canceled. What?? Come on, it's not even raining yet! Well, it was to start around 9am, so they decided to cancel. Guess what? It didn't even hardly rain. Go figure huh?

So Brandon and Micayla spent the day at home. I heard Brandon tried to make smoothies, he called them protein smoothies, he found a recipe on the internet and decided to give it a try. Since we didn't have yogurt, he improvise with ice cream.. He used bananas too. I'm not sure how it tasted, but he did clean up the blender. See how bored the kids get when they are home all alone?

Tom took the John Deere test tonight and he said it went pretty good. I'm so excited. Hopefully he gets farther than me. I failed! Good luck honey..

I had a phone interview with Prudential today and it went great. The lady I spoke with was super nice and thought I would be a great asset to her company because of my experience at a call center. Not really my ideal job, but it will get me in the door and learn a new job. That's exciting to me. I guess I will have to take an assessment test on Monday to determine my skill level or something like that. I also have an interview on Friday with US bank. I'm really not sure about this one, but I'm going to give it a shot. I don't think I want to be a teller or whatever the position is. But the interview practice will be great. Who knows, right?

Tom and I have yet to receive our notices at work, but we are definitely ready for it. The new phone system we started using this week really sucks! It's just different than what we are used to and there are others "watching or listening" to us and it seems like we can't even get up out of our chair to go to the bathroom. I'm not talking about our supervisors here in DBQ, but everyone at the other facility. The place where all our calls are going. Anyhow, it sucks.. But, we just have to hang in there.

So, it's after 10 and I have to get up for Jazzercise at 4:45 so I'm off to bed. Unless school is canceled, again, then no Jazzercise at 5:45.

Night!

Busy week ahead of us!

Well, the weekend is over. We had a great one again. Friday night, we met Chris and Kristi at Houlihan's for a few cocktails, Long Island ice teas to be exact. We also had a few hor devours, something like that. Anyway, after we had a few drinks, we decided to go up to mom and dads and have a few more up there. Well, when we got there, the garage door was locked. We were going to ring the doorbell, but we decided to use the key! Well, as I'm trying my 4th key that I have on my key chain, because they all look a like, we finally got in.. and sure enough, there's dad, looking at the door wondering who the heck is breaking in! The look on his face was priceless, but thank God, he didn't have a gun! Note the intruder a couple of weeks ago. Anyway, we went inside and it was fun.. We had a few laughs! Chris put a pillow down on the floor of the bathroom. LOL - we were rolling! I think a few pictures were taken. It was funny. I don't think this will ever be forgotten.

The rest of the weekend was pretty relaxing. We went to the Moose Saturday night for ribs. They were deliscious. We thought about going out for a while, but decided to go home. Sunday we went up to mom and dad's for Clam Chowder. It was good, but one bowl is all I need and I'm good for a couple of years.

Tonight, Monday, I have a hair appointment. I'm getting a cut and color. Can't really decide what I want to do, but I think I want something different. We will see once I get there. Then I'm off to Los Aztecez with the Jazzercise girls. Yummy!

I finally made an appointment for a chiropractor to get "adjusted" for infertility. I heard the chiropractor out by our house specializes in this so I am going to give it a try. I might as well while I have the insurance to pay for it, right? So I go Thursday after work. Maybe it's all I need, you just never know. And next week, I off to the Gyno. On Tom's birthday of all days!

Well, I'm blogging at work and I know I shouldn't be, but I am. We got a new phone systme and it seems to be working ok. The phone rings through the computer and it's super loud. It definitely will keep me awake.

Not much to talk about..

Well, I'm not sure what to talk about, just because not much has happened this week. Although it's been a very hectic week at work, I'm very glad tomorrow is Friday! I swear, this has been the longest week in a very long time.

It all started on Monday. I taught Jazzercise at 5:45 and to work at 7:30.. Work was not too busy on Monday, but after work, I had to go out to John Deere to take a couple test. This is for the first phase of the hiring process. They called me the following week for the Test Technician position. This will be a great job, paying and everything! Tom also got called and he goes for the same test on Wednesday next week. So I got a little inside for him, I know the test questions. It was a pretty intense test, but I got through it. As of today, Thursday, I have not heard a response and she if we fail the test, we would hear by the end of the week. So keep your fingers crossed. If I passed the test, then I go through 3 interviews.. Sounds like a lot huh, but I know it would all be worth it if one of us get hired out there.

So I got home from Deere about 9:00 or so and then I was off to bed for Jazzercise on Tuesday morning.. and so on and so on.

This week at work, we all got a new phone system. Yeah, a new phone system for us and we will be closing in a couple of months. I just don't get it. We have also had a lot of people in for training, so our phone have been NUTS! Last night, I played volleyball at 9:00 so I didn't get home until 10, then up for Jazzercise again this morning. We had to play volleyball tonight at 8:15. We just got home so I decided to do a little blogging. As Tom's sitting here watching the Jay Leno show and now the news. It's about bed time for me.

No plans for the weekend, we have to work late tomorrow, because Tom has to make sure the phones get switched over tomorrow for Monday, so come next week, it will be NUTS again, I'm sure. We will probably be getting more 60 days notice tomorrow, so I will keep you posted. I'm ready for mine, I just want to know when I will be done.

Oh and I think I have another interview with Prudential next week. I have a "phone" interview tomorrow to discuss the position. I think it's just a customer service job, but we will see. I don't know if I want to settle for an entry level position, but if I know there is a chance for advancement, I might think about it.

Say some prayers!

Christmas stuff down!

Finally, all the Christmas stuff is down and put away. I know, it seems like forever ago since Christmas, but this was our first free weekend since Christmas. Now I have all this room and I don't know what to do with it. I'm sure that won't last too long.

Yesterday, I had the day off work. I have 3 casual and 3 sick days to use before we get let go. I accrue vacation each month, so that will vary. So I took a casual day yesterday to go with my friend Jody to get Lasik eye surgery. I went with her and her 2 daughters. It was fun. The appointment was in Brookfield, WI, about 3 hours from DBQ, we got there at 10 and she got right in. Although, it took a while when she got there, but we were out of the office at 1:00. We got to watch them cut her eye and all. It was pretty cool. Her one daughter did not watch, she had her head turned the whole time. I had this surgery done about 5 years ago. It was the best thing I think I have ever done! So after the surgery, we went to the hotel, because we had to back to the doc's office the next morning to check her eyes, so we got a hotel room. We dropped Jody off, so she could rest. They like you to sleep after the surgery, this helps the healing process, so her 2 daughters and I went for lunch to Subway and then to the mall to walk around. It wasn't a very big mall, so it didn't take us long, as none of us really had much money, so we just decided to drive around. The girls found a store they liked call ULTA? This was a really neat store. I have never been in one, but I'm ready to go back. I could have bought a lot of stuff in that store. Next to ULTA was a Pier One, so we walked through there. Didn't see much in there so then, in the same shopping center was Kirklands. This is one of my sister-in-laws favorite store, so we decided to walk through it. It's been a very long time since I have been in one. I found a few things, but decided not to buy anything. I really want to buy a full length mirror that sits on the floor and they had a really nice one. But oh well, next time. So, after that, we went back to the hotel to wake Jody up and then we decided to go out for supper after a while. We ended up eating at TGIFridays. It was pretty good. Not my favorite place, but it was good. Then back to the hotel and we all got our pj's on and layed in bed. We were in bed pretty early, but it was a great day.

So today's Saturday and we took Jody to her appontment and everything is great. She's 20/20 vision! She's amazed! We got home about noon and I met Tom down at his grandparents and we did a little running around and then got home and hit it hard. All the Christmas stuff is down and put away. We are just about to eat supper. We are making chicken breast with a french fried onion crust, a new concoction that Tom wanted to try. It smells delicious. I have to go put the potatoes on.. then we are picking Brandon up from the movies and going to meet Chris and Kristi out at Courtside. I guess Matt has practice and they have part of the gym rented so we might go and hang with them.

This sucks - I'm now ticked off!

Ok, I'm super pissed. I had about 4 paragraphs wrote up and I hit the back button or something, because I am trying to multi task, but it does not seem to be working very good. I guess this is going to be short and sweet. I am chating on face book with a friend and everytime he chimes in, the blog site locks up and I have to click on place I need to type. Anyway, I was just saying...

another 6 inches of snow, no school today or tomorrow and I am off work tomorrow. I am heading with my friend Jody to Brookfield, WI to get Lasik eye surgery. I had it done about 4 or 5 years ago and she finally took out some flex spending to cover it. Since we are losing our jobs, we are still getting full benefits along with flex spending and when she is done with Thermo Fisher Scientific, well, she won't have to pay it back.. So we are sticking it to them. I hope no one from TFS reads this.

Tom is snoozing on the couch watching the BCS bowl. Alabama is winning!! Yeah.. He has an interview tomorrow, so I will let him snooze until I am ready for bed, which will be pretty soon. It's not 9:00 and it's about my bed time. I think he's a little nervous, but I know he will do awesome. I love you honey!

I should be taking my Christmas decorations down, but here I am just typing away.

I'm posting this now so I don't have to type if for the 4th time. How come it save every so often, but when I lost everything I typed, I couldn't find it. I don't get it. I'm sure there is a trick. Steph, you will have to let me know.

Later

GO HAWKS

Just sitting here watching the Hawkeyes. They are just getting ready to kick off.

Tom and I made a delicious meal tonight. Tom was going to make Goulash, well, he made Goulash and then to decided to put the goulash in my new Rachael Ray bowls and top it with some cheese and bake it for a while. We had some garlic bread to go along with it and it was so good. We topped it off with some wine we had left in our fridge.

Great night.. No kids, just Tom and I! Oh and maybe a little baby making later! LOL

Christmas eve pics

Christmas eve pics!

Here are a few pictures that Tom's cousin sent to us. She took these on Christmas Eve at our house. We had a great time and it was awesome to be able to host it at our new house!

Christmas eve pics

Here is a picture I just received from Tom's cousin. She took it on Christmas eve. I thought it was cute!

Rested up!

Well, now that my brother and sister-in-law and Leah have left, I think I have finally caught up on my sleep. Although I hated to see them go!

Sunday, after eating Quesadilla's at mom and dad's and saying good bye to everyone, I was in bed by 7:00! Yeah and I think I was sleeping by 7:15! I started to watch TV, but it must not have kept my interest because I was out! I started coming down with a cold and it hit me. But knowing I had to get up the next morning at 4:45am for Jazzercise made me want to rest.

So Monday morning came, bright and early. Yeah, I was still not feeling the best, but it was great to get up and exercise. I sweated ALL the beer out and most of my cold. Work was tough though, but I got through it. When we got home Monday afternoon, we decided to call the vet for Patches, our dog. She has really been losing her hair and we are starting to get concerned, so we called the vet. The hair on her tail has been gone for some time now and every time she wags her tail and hits something, it starts to bleed, so we would try to bandage it up with some neosporine or something, but it always seems to fall off. But when we do have it on, it's kind of funny looking. So anyway, we called the vet and when we first moved to our new house, Patches got really sick, so she spent 2 days at the vet. Well, I guess she has a thyroid problem and she was on medication, but I did not know I had to keep her on it and take her back for blood work after 4 weeks. See, I can't even keep a dog's medicine right, let alone a baby one day! Oh boy! LOL Anyway, we got another prescription and made an appointment for her to get blood work done in 4 weeks. I guess she will be on this thyroid medicine for ever!

After all that, I practiced a little Jazzercise to get ready for class on Tuesday!