Baby, It's Cold Outside!

Well, today was actually a pretty sucessful day. I went to work and that went pretty quickly and there weren't a whole lot of dogs because it was Connecticut's first big winter storm today. It was an icy one but I got to work pretty OK, it started to turn into rain after awhile, so it was a big slushy mess. I'd much rather have snow.
After work, I had to get my physical done for the WL nursing home job. It was actually nice to get checked out and to make sure I was pretty a-ok. I just have to go back and get the PPD injection checked on Wednesday. Then I just need one more next Monday and I should all set and ready to start work!
Unfortunately, I have jury duty next Tuesday, but if I'm lucky, I won't have to go. We'll see. But I had to call and confirm that, too. Also, I bought stamps for my Christmas Cards, but I'm short 8. I'll have to get more tomorrow. Otherwise, those will be all done and ready to be sent out, but I probably won't until the end of the week. I just LOVE the holidays! It's just cozy, magical and romantic. :) I can listen to "Baby, It's Cold Outside" by Carmen McRae & Sammy Davis, Jr. about a million times over and over once the holidays hit. It makes me giddy...

Time To Start Over...

Thanksgiving went really well! All my food came out great, but I have to toot my own horn about my sweet potatoes! I think I could eat them 24/7. But the turkey came out perfect, and everything got out on the table on time. I was a little disappointed about my stuffing. I shouldn't have put in so much chicken stock, and cooked the carrots a little more, but the flavor was really good. Next time, I'll do it right. It was great to be able to spend a whole holiday with Jerry, too. He was able to help me get dinner out and I just loved it.
But otherwise, it's time to get starting over. I'm at my last few weeks at Planet Bark, and I start at Woodlake in a few weeks. I have to find something to supplement the hours a bit, but I have to keep looking around. It's sad, because I have to start saying goodbye to the kids. No matter how much I get mad and frustrated with how bad the dogs I being. I love them. I spend everyday with them and their like my kids, too. So to the ones that only board every once in awhile, I have to say goodbye to. I'm never good at goodbyes, because I am such an emotional person. But it's definately time to move onto something new.
I'm so excited because my parents are going away this weekend and Jerry and I both have Saturday off. It's going to be so nice to have the house to ourselves and be able to just hang out with Molly. We had a short opportunity last Saturday to do that, but work interupted us. But we won't have ANY interuptions this Saturday. I am a little jealous though, because my parents are going up to Stockbridge, MA to see the center of town get redone into how it looked in Norman Rockwell's Stockbridge Main Street at Christmas. They shut down the whole Main Street and re-enact the painting, old cars and all! I hope that Jerry and I can do that one day. It seems beautiful. My dad is a big Norman Rockwell fan, so he's super excited.
But right now, Jerry and I are super excited just to have some time to ourselves for once.
*Amy Drifts Off Thinking Of Houses*

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving!!!

I love any holiday that has a combination of food and family. It just doesn't get better. And since I, by some act of a higher force, have Thanksgiving Day off, I decided that I would take on THE THANKSGIVING DINNER! I am so excited. I already have the stuffing prepped, it's just gotta get baked tomorrow. I'm doing Paprika Thyme Turkey, Buttermilk Mashed Potatoes, Brown Sugar Sweet Potatoes, Tiny Little Peas, Garlic Almond Green Beans, and I'm making the Gravy from scratch. :) I am so very excited. I just love to cook. I hope I never get sick of it.
Not to mention, Jerry has the day off tomorrow, too, so we get to wake up with each other (which has been rare lately), and watch the Macy's Parade and then start cookin'! Dinner's at 4:30.

But also, Big Changes... I got the job at Woodlake in Tolland, so I will be a Dietary Aide there. The hours are only 16 hours a week for now, but the HR guy assured me that a 24 hour/week shift should open and there is always opportunities to pick up extra shifts. I am so excited to finally be starting somewhere else, but the low hours means I'm going to definately have to look for another part time job. I gotta start working on that, too. But I did give the PB my notice today. My last day there is the 14th. It's so up in the air if I'm going to get my bonus or not. Our bonuses are based on attendance and I barely called out this year. I would say that since the bonus is based on past performance that she would give it to me, but since I won't be an employee soon, we will see. It depends if she's feeling generous. All I know is, that money would really come in handy.
I just really gotta get out of there. It just my time to be moving on.
Unfortunately, I don't think I'll be able to start school this semester because I didn't get all my crap together on time. I just can't afford tutition on my own and it's due on Dec. 12th. Can't come up with 2,800 by then. I have an appointment with an advisor on the 5th, so hopefully I can figure some stuff up.
Anyway, to anyone who reads this insanity I call a blog, Have a Wonderful, Safe Thanksgiving.

Changed The Header...

I changed the header a little bit, I wasn't super thrilled with the last one. But I think I like this one, but who knows. I had my interview at Blockbuster yesterday. I think it went pretty well. I'll know on Monday or Tuesday if I got the job or not. It's just a seasonal position, but I think that might actually better off for now.
Tomorrow I have another interview at the local nursing home for the dietary aide position. I hope that goes real well, but come what may. If I don't get it, then it just wasn't written in the stars for me. I'll figure it all out. I always do, no matter how much I whine and complain and freak out about everything. I keep my cool in the long run and it all works out.
But once again, I'm tired and I need to be asleep before my hubby gets home. He says he's got a surprise for me when he gets home, but he wants to wake me up. ;)

A Fresh Look For A Hopefully New Start...

Well, I finally got my name changed over which was a whole heck of a lot easier than I thought. I thought that I would have to spend my entire day in Willimantic between the Social Security Office, DMV, and going to Eastern to get my Transcript sent. But I was out of each place before 45 minutes had even gone by. I was totally impressed. So I have a new license with a much better picture ( I don't have fangs!) and it doesn't say that I'm under 21 anymore! Whoo-hooo!

Also, as I said in my last post, I have been spitting out applications at a bunch of places. And this past weekend I was getting wicked depressed because I hadn't heard from any of the places I had applied at. Very discouraging. But Saturday night, I got a call from a local DVD rental place and today I got a call from a in-town very well-known nursing home, that was looking for a diet aide. Both want interviews with me! I'm very excited, especially for the diet aide position because after 6 months, they consider reimbursing your school tuition if you are going into a healthcare field. Last I checked, that's what I'm doing! How great! It's only about a 25 hours/week job, but I'm hoping that both work out and I can do both. Anyway, I about to fall alseep on the keyboard, so I'll update tomorrow about how the interviews went...

How Time Flies...

Jerry and I are back from our honeymoon and finally back into our old routine.

I have applied to Manchester Community College for an Occupational Therapy Assistant Associates Degree. And I am currently looking around for finding a new job. I'm still not into the dog thing anymore. It's definately time to start over.

There's a great Gym in Vernon that I absolutely love. I had a membership there a couple years ago, and I was thinking about getting a job at their front desk. I'm hoping maybe I could get a discounted membership, if not a free one. Because once I get going at school and with a new job, I won't be as active as I am at PB. So the gym would pretty much force me to keep moving, which I need to do. Especially if I want to be a healthy mommy. Not that I will be one in the Very near future, but once I get through school and we get a house, kids will be on the way. Probably within the next 5-7 years.
And speaking of houses, now that the wedding is over, I am in total house mode. I watch nothing but HGTV and stare at realtor.com. But we have a lot more saving to do, and I need to get a much better job before the house will come alive.

That's all for now, I'm sure I'll be venting about something soon..

Are You Kidding Me? 3 Weeks??

Well, it's not officially less than 3 weeks away from the day that I will marry the best fella in the world. I'd love to say that I'm super excited, but right now, I can't wait to be married to Jerry and I'm excited to be his wife. But I'm not very excited for the day of, I don't think. Not yet anyway, maybe the Wednesday before the wedding when I don't have to worry about work anymore.
I have kind of gotten over the stress at work thing. I still know that I'm done with this line of work, but I'm at the point where I'll survive for the next couple weeks. Probably because I have a plan now. Once we get back from the honeymoon, I want to get my name changed right away. After that's all set, I'll get enrolled in school, then start throwing applications at some stores like Williams-Sonoma, Stonewall Kitchen, Papyrus, L.L. Bean. I'm hoping they'll be looking for Holiday help at that time. I'd prefer Williams-Sonoma or Stonewall Kitchen. I figure I'll work my ass off during the holidays and school break, then I'll start school in January. Probably still be working my ass off.

Nothing Like Fried Green Tomatoes...

What a great freakin' movie... Anyway.... I got to have the house to myself tonight. It has been a VERY long time since that's happened. I pampered myself big time. I used a face mask, and lip mask, and showered with a sugar scrub and did my nails. I just wanted to relax today, and I'm glad I got a chance to. I've wanting to do things so much on my days off lately, that I have feel like I couldn't catch up. But it was nice to not have to do anything.
Otherwise, my life has been consumed with mostly wedding. I've wrapped my attendant gifts and began writing my thank you's for the girls. Speaking of my girls, I talked to Robin today and I guess Asia's dress is huge on her. And that was the smallest size they had and the alterations that need to get done will probably cost as much as the dress did. I feel bad that she has to go through all that. I've also been looking for hairstyles for Robin to pick for the wedding today. She said she couldn't make up her mind, so I picked out about 7 for her to pick from. They're all pretty cute I think, but the wavy ones, I think would look best with her hair. I'm so excited and I just can't wait for the wedding. I have about 23 days left and it's coming up quick. Tomorrow I'm meeting up with the young man who is playing guitar at our ceremony and then I can put the programs together.
Then the week after that, LA's birthday is Thursday and my Bachelorette Party is on Friday. I'm so excited, but a little freaked out because after that weeked in will actually be October. Then that leaves 14 days to go. Oh my god! This is crazy. It'll be time to bake cookies before I know it!

Everything Is Falling Into Place & The Drive In

So the deadline is up. We've falling into about 94 people coming to the wedding. Not too bad considering I was a little concerned about having too many people for the room that we have, but it looks like everything is gonna work out perfect. And I'm at the point now, where I'm not freaking out about anything and just letting it roll. And everything will be fine. So far, that's working, so if it ain't broke, right?
The last few details just need to be ironed out and then we will be in business and ready for gettin' hitched! I'm excited, not so nervous, but definately ready for it all to be over and not really have to think about it anymore. I just want to be Mrs.

And last night, Jerry and I had a date night. I had never been to the Drive-In Theater before and Jerry has always wanted to take me. So last night was the night. We filled the back of my SUV with blankets and pillows. We threw up the hatch and then watched Superbad out the back of my truck. It was so nice to be able to cuddle under the blankets and then you know, make out a little. ;) We don't generally do date stuff so it was nice to be out of the house, but still be comfortable.

I'm Getting Married in 32 Days...

Last night, Jerry and I got together with our Justice of the Peace. He's so freaking awesome. He is an English teacher at a private school in Hartford, and he has just a great, jolly, theatrical personality. I think that picking him as our JP was the best decision that Jerry and I made about this wedding. And I'm glad because the actual ceremony is the most important thing about this whole getting married thing. It was great to have his reassurance that everything will go beautifully, and I love the fact that he loves the arrangement I made for the ceremony. It makes me feel very confident. The other great thing about our JP is that he wouldn't take any money, he just asked that we make a donation to Habitat for Humanity. He's just the coolest.
And today when I got home, I dyed my garter red, I cut out my hankie cards and my camera cards for the tables, and I made an appointment with the guitarist, and got together with Sam for the details for myBachelorette Party in a couple weeks! I feel accomplished today. But right now, I'm exhausted. I haven't been up until midnight in a long time...