She was pure as snow, but she drifted...

Here is my pretty Christmas tree in my apartment. I got it on sale, pre-lit...I love it!

It's snowing again...

It really is pretty when it snows. It wasn't as bad as they had said last night. They said it was going to snow all day and into tonight. It didn't start snowing until a couple hours ago and it's suppose to end at 6:00. By my apartment, it's rather hard to see just how much we have gotten this winter. The snow drifts so bad because of the wind around here. It piles up on the sidewalk right in front of our door and then there is grass in the yard right next to the sidewalk. So you can't really tell how much we've gotten. Fr instance, it's piled up about four feet high by the apartment next to us but the pond has a couple inches on it. Ohh well, let is snow!

Merry Christmas!

I hope all of you had a wonderful Christmas with family and friends or whoever or where ever you happen to spend the day. Mine was great and was spent with a crazy bunch of aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. My little cousins are getting bigger (8, 4, 3, 2, 2) and they had a blast opening presents now. This year they started to get the hang of opening the presents and playing with the toys. Last year they didn't really understand what was going on. My God daughter had such expressions on her face when she opened her presents. Especially when it came to the brown boots she got, and the pink slippers with fur on them. She loved it and wore them around all day! It was a great day and it came and went fast! But, next year will be here before you know it.

I haven't been doing much since I lost the ol' job. I've been applying to jobs but I have yet to get any call back or anything. There are so many people who are looking for jobs now it's nuts. Hopefully something will come along soon, all you can do is apply and keep looking.

This winter sure had been a crazy one! 42.3 inches so far for December! So glad I'm not shoveling and having to clean the drive or the sidewalk. Just think, we still have like 4 more months of this too. It really did look pretty after this past snowfall though. The snow was heavier so it stuck to the trees and looked so nice. Just like a postcard, I'll have to try to get some pictures of it.

Not sure what I'm doing for New Years yet but hopefully it will be a good time! Have fun everyone! Welcome 2009!

a great weekend in the books....

This weekend I went to MKE to visit with the college roommates and have our 6th annual Christmas party. It is just crazy to me to think that we have known each other for 6 years and I am more comfortable with them then I am with some of my friends I've known since high school! Every time I'm with them we have a great time. It's so hard to be away from them when I'm back home but I just can't bring myself to go back to MKE to live. I love the girls, and most of the time the city, as well as all the things to do down there but I just don't want to go back to living in the city. I kind of want to have my cake and eat it too I guess. I love the city and all it offers, but give me a country field with a sunset anytime.

Anyways, the party was great. It was so good to see all the girls again and be able to hear about the married lives and dating lives of all of them. It's going to be interesting to see where we are in the next couple years, and to see when we have to start having babysitters incorporated in the parties for all the babies they're gonna pop out! ha ha As I said, we always have fun and this weekend was no different. We drank too much Brandy Slush and wine, and ate way too much food but we got to catch up and thats the best! Now it's off to another week of unemployment and sitting around. Gosh this stinks but what can you do? I didn't think I'd be here but then again, I never have predicted anything right so far so why change now!

Only a little over a week until Christmas! Maybe tomorrow I can get my Christmas shopping done! Not much left, it will be nice to get it all over with! Take care all!

Snow.

It called for snow and dang it if they weren't right! We got about 8 inches I'd say, not as much as they called for but a good amount. It's hard to tell here at the apartment because it drifts so bad across the fields and the pond. It's piled against my patio door but over by the post on the patio I can see cement. So as you can imagine, it's hard to tell how much is on the ground really. I love snow and I enjoyed watching it fall all evening and night last night.

However, I was not happy at 3:23 am when I was woken up by VVVVRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM!!! The apartment snow removers were hard at work, 4 feet from my bedroom window. I rolled out of bed and poked through the blinds to see 4 men working their hearts out. It was kind of creepy though, they were so bundled up I couldn't see anything but eyes. One was snow blowing, two were shoveling, and another was using a bobcat to remove snow from the parking lot. I let out what could be considered a death growl and crawled back under the covers to try to go back to sleep. I must have because I work up this morning at about 9:30. They did a good job but remember, it drifts and this morning when the UPS man came I had to lean on the door to try to get it through the six inches of snow that drifted against it already. Well, so much for hard work!

It's starting to come together

Hey All! My goodness gracious is it windy here tonight! I went outside to go move my car into the garage (I had every intention of going to work out but well, I fell asleep on the couch instead) and I thought my ears were going to freeze and blow off my head! Gosh, I hope we don't have another winter like last year. I like snow and stuff but that much snow is just too much. At least we'll have snow for Christmas!

I had a revelation the other day...I guess you could call it that. I decided that my problem is that I always worry about what others think of me. Like what others think of my occupation mainly and other things but I decided I just can't do that to myself anymore. I need to try things that people might not think are right or 'prestigious' and just try things to find out what I want. What if my true happy life is in Idaho, I don't know but not here. This is my chance to find that out and I took the first step and applied to volunteer at a school in Kentucky. Its only 3 months and I feel like anybody can do anything for three months. Look how fast three months goes when you're working or on vacation especially. This will allow me to see the states and pick a home. I might end up here but at least I can say I went other places and found here was my 'home.'

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. Mine was great and we had fun. It seems like we always do on holidays! Now I'm getting all ready for Christmas. I'm doing pretty well on getting everyone their gifts and I hope to be done this weekend or early next week! Until next time, stay warm!!