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Friday, December 19, 2008

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Apparently, I have been neglectful of my posting duties... No, I haven't written anything about Thanksgiving or my new job etc. Pretty much all I have to say is: I can't wait till Friday, because then it will be ultrasound time. Stay tuned.

Thursday, November 13, 2008

My Boys

I have been sick since last Saturday. I have a monster of a cold that started in my sinuses and now has traveled to my chest. But this post is only 10% me whining and 90% gratitude... Last night I woke up every single hour with a new coughing fit and two of my boys were there for me every time. Poor Patrick, I don't know how he got any sleep. Every time I'd start coughing he'd touch my hand or my back, letting me know he was there. That sure helped me feel less miserable. Then Koda, who usually sleeps in the kennel or at the foot of the bed, came and laid down alongside the bed closest to me (I nearly stepped on him when I got up to go to the bathroom). He's been sticking close to me all day as well. This sure beats being single and dogless, even if I am sick.

Sunday, November 2, 2008

Melaleuca Mayhem

Okay so I have been putting this off for a while and now it is time to do this. I have left my Director of Information Technology position at DocuTech and accepted a position of Sr. Developer Analyst at Melaleuca on the 8th of September. This was a needed and welcome change of pace for me. I no longer have 100 things a day to work on. I can actually just focus on my two or three projects and just get something done (yah)!

Well last Thursday happened to be Halloween at Melaleuca. They did not celebrate Halloween on Friday becase of month-end where they get a ton of orders and they need to be focused on that. So Thursday was the day to celebrate. Every year the employees get to bring their kids to work and go trick-or-treating. They have an estabished trick-or-treat path through the Home Office that winds through each department. Each department goes all out when decorating. The company is transformed in one day for Halloween in which you would not recognize the place. Very little to no work gets done on that day. Everyone walks around in character and just has fun. It is a steady stream of kids throught the building for 8 hours. That's got to be a lot of candy!

From what I hear IT set the bar high when they moved over to the Home Office. Last year they had a Harry Potter theme, which had moving/interactive pictures and all sorts of cool stuff. Well this year they had to meet the same level and go beyond that. So it was Star Wars this year. There was a hologram setup as the kids walked into the department then each aisle was a theme like Mos Eisley, Jawa Crawler, Endor, or Melenium Falcon. Then at the end there was an interactive display with the Emperor. Needless to say some kids were in awe, some did not know what to think and others were scared (even by Chewy).

Other departments were Jungle (Marketing), High School Musical (Sales), Spooky Alley, Trailer Park, Never Land (Call Center), Rock Band (Business Development). Below are some of the photos we took, Enjoy!

Saturday, October 18, 2008

Stuff I've Done

So here's the list I was given. I'm supposed to highlight the things I've done. If you want to play, copy and paste, then mark the ones you've done.

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Alaska
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Been to Disneyland
7. Climbed a mountain (mountain almost won)
8. Held a praying mantis
10. Bungee jumped
11. Watched a lightning storm
12. Taught yourself an art from scratch
13. Adopted a child
14. Had food poisoning
15. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
16. Slept on an overnight train
17. Had a pillow fight
18. Hitch hiked
19. Built a snow fort
20. Run a Marathon
21. Watched a sunrise or a sunset
22. Hit a home run
23. Been on a cruise
24. Seen Niagara Falls in person
25. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
26. Seen an Amish community
27. Taught yourself a new language
28. Had enough money to be truly satisfied (it was better when I didn't have or need it)
29. Gone rock climbing (rock wall)
30. Seen Michelangelo’s David
31. Sung karaoke
32. Seen Old Faithful geyser errupt
33. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
34. Walked on a beach by moonlight
35. Been transported in an ambulance
36. Gone deep-sea fishing
37. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
38. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
39. Played in the mud
40. Gone to a drive in theater
41. Been in a movie
42. Visited the Great Wall of China
43. Started a business
44. Served at a soup kitchen
45. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
46. Gone whale watching
47. Got flowers for no reason
48. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
49. Gone sky diving
50. Bounced a check
51. Flown in a helicopter
52. Saved a favorite childhood toy
53. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
54. Eaten Caviar
55. Pieced a quilt
56. Stood in Times Square
57. Been fired from a job (see below)
58. Broken a bone
59. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
60. Published a book
61. Had your picture in the newspaper
62. Read the entire Bible
63. Visited the White House
64. Killed and prepared an animal for eating (does fish count?)
65. Had chicken pox
66. Saved someone's life
67. Sat on a jury
68. Met someone famous
69. Joined a book club
70. Lost a loved one
71. Had a baby (um, in process)
72. Swam in the Great Salt Lake (waded)
73. Been involved in a law suit

Monday, October 13, 2008

Not Really Sad

So today after lunch I got "laid off". Which is code for: the CEO doesn't really know how to run a company, made a lot of dicey business decisions, and then ran out of money to pay me. I'm not broken up about it, or really even mad, because Patrick and I have been talking and praying about how to get out of this bad company situation. So there you go. Problem solved. Now if I can just find somewhere to work until I have this baby...