Dakota makes me happy...

Yup...another post about Dakota. Because basically, she is the only excitement in my life right now, and I don't want you think I'm ignoring my blog, I just really have nothing worthy to write about...




Sadly, this is just a short version of her playing with her food. Props to Ross, who finally got it on video after numerous failed attempts!! Normally, she does it for much longer, but either way, it makes me laugh every time! Enjoy :)

NOT Looking Forward to Retirement

You know, it's funny that I've always been the person who HATED working. I mean, don't most people?! Wouldn't it be wonderful to spend all your time, as you please, doing whatever you want, whenever you want?! Well....NO! Not that I didn't first enjoy having some time off (once I got over the shock of everything that happened), but now...I'm going stir crazy sitting in this apt. all day. I completely know how Ross feels now, after harassing him about it for a few weeks after he graduated and was job hunting. Well...*harr, harr* you can laugh at me, because look where I ended up. The job hunt has been going, I've had a few interviews, but the search is still on.... sadly. I'm eager to get back into the workforce, and still holding out hope that I can find another job I enjoy with people I enjoy, although by now I'm not very picky . Until then, I've been TRYING to keep myself occupied so I don't lose my mind, although sitting in front of the t.v. X amount of hrs. every day sure probably doesn't help. I WISH I had a project to complete, I wish I could think of something to do, but for the life of me, I only draw blanks. I would love to try to paint a new canvas, ever since I did the one in our dining room, but then there's that annoyingly painstaking voice telling me that I shouldn't spend money. And buying a canvas is the last thing I need to spend money on. Sooo...until then, I'll try to think of something to occupy my time, or find a job sooner. Whichever comes first (hopefully the job!).

Dakota vs. Snow

I think my car is the 3rd blob over!
(scratch that....apparently that is Ross' car! Mine is to the left of it,
which I thought was an SUV! HA)

UPDATE: Ok, ok, I feel kinda bad about dunking D in the snow, but don't worry, we took her 0ut later to the barely touched parking lot, and she loved it. :) And I even have a video to prove it. So lesson learned....dogs do not liked being thrown into snow that is 4 times taller than them, but enjoy frolicking in the snow at their own risk :)

Ignoring the Blog

Welp...just so you don't think I'm completely ignoring the blog, enjoy this picture:



:)

Sorry my life isn't more interesting these days. On to better news, I finished my wedding video today!! :) I can't wait to watch it, JUST as soon as the program burning it to DVD decides to unfreeze after its been burning for over 2 hours. fml...

Coming this Spring.....

HA! Talk about having too much time on my hands :)

I guess I should really start on that job hunt...

p.s. - please don't judge my technically-savvy-video-making-skills...I made it in 20 min.'s flat, for pure enjoyment while waiting for Ross to stop playing NHL hockey on his ps3 so that we can play mario together on the Wii :)

p.s.s. - don't ya just love b. spears singing up my special day?! Yup, we're THAT close, I can call her b. spears. Ross is especially fond of my music choice to represent our d-day :)

Things are looking up...

Things are already looking up compared to how I was feeling last night.  No, sorry, no luck in the job search department (for me OR Ross), but I have an exciting weekend to look forward to. Tonight I get to hang out w/ the siblings and play some games, and tomorrow I unexpectedly get to hang out with my best friend, Ang, & her boyfriend, Mike, who decided to come home on a whim (from Bethesda, MD, where they reside).

Also, on to other great news (maybe?!), I am, for the first time, an Obama supporter *eek!!* Let me explain.....since I lost my job (of 3 years) on monday, me & Ross officially will not have any health coverage come the end of February, so we were looking at the option of buying COBRA through my work, and fretting about how much this was going to cost! Just another one of my stresses for the week.  Anyways, to make a long story short..... we would've had to pay $1,144/month!!! PER MONTH!!! $1,144!! Are you kidding me?!?! Well, thanks to Obama and whatever health-care bill he just passed (sorry for not keeping up on the latest politics!), since I was laid off, we only have to pay $400/month! What a difference.  THANK YOU mr. president :)

And to make things better...I finally got my car back today, that was wrecked a few weeks ago, talked about in this post.  I was responsible to pay $500 (my deductible) to get it fixed (overall damage: $3,300!! I guess it was more of a fender-bender than I originally thought!), but when I went to pick it up from the auto body shop, he told me to only pay him $250, since we are longtime customers, with my grandpa always getting service done there, and my dad knowing him well too :) :) :)  THANK YOU! I told him we really appreciate it, but he probably doesn't know JUST HOW MUCH we appreciate it.

All in all...I guess things are looking up.  We're getting a few breaks I would've never imagined.  I never thought I would say this...but it sucks to be jobless, I really miss the people I worked with, and I actually miss the job (one of the few I've enjoyed), but things are looking up.  I have a meeting with the school I graduated from, on Monday, that provides lifetime job placement, so we'll see what they can conjure up on the job-front.  Now if only Ross' school provided the same service, we'd be all set!

Late night venting...

I'm writing this entry at about 11:20 at night, so its safe to say that there will probably be a few things I would normally not mention or vent about.  But I'm stressed, and tired.  Tired of worrying, tired of waiting to see what the future might hold, tired of wishing for unattainable things.  I thought I put in my dues, but apparently not.  This year is already off to an awful start, to which I do not care to elaborate on, unless you've heard through my highly-gossipy-family-grapevine, and will probably test my patience more than ever in my life.  I just wish I could look ahead 6 months and know that things will be okay.  I hope this year at least ends on a good note, maybe our luck will turn around.  Maybe.  I'm usually very optimistic, always excited to what might come next.  But now I'm tired, and tired of waiting, tired of hoping.  Here's a toast to me & Ross.... best wishes in this new year. Sorry to throw us a pity party, but it's late at night, and right now....I'm allowing myself these few minutes to be self-centered enough to say that we deserve it....