Something like updating every Wednesday. I've also started Twitter (See Right Column) to try to motivate me to start updating on the minutia in my life.
Lately I've really been enjoying the Soda Stream machine we bought at the Ohio State Fair a few months ago. I've also been enjoying the winesap apples I got when I went apple picking with Debby last week. So has the puppy. He gets to chew away at my apple cores when I'm finished and he's a happy boy because of it! He has been getting really good with the house training, although we still have major accidents from time to time. I'm not surprised, house training takes F-O-R-E-V-E-R!
Enjoying my job but I'm honestly looking for something else. I'm sick of taking phone calls and the company's been bought by a huge Fortune 500 company and everything I've seen as of late from the new ownership has been absolutely non-employee friendly. Changing our health benefits, PTO layout, raise schedule.....blah blah blah.
Mom has been sending me job openings at her employer, Cardinal Health, but I have been turned down for each and every one. I'm beginning to get those feelings I had again about job hunting and how I'm just not wanted by any employers, even though anyone who knows me knows that I can do any job well if I have the proper training and support. Impatience is something I cannot tolerate.
I'm also going to try to get out and volunteer more. This week I volunteered two days to take phone calls for the local NPR station, WCBE, during their membership drive. I felt amazing afterwards and would like to help out in more ways around town.
I have also discussed with John how he feels about moving to Cincinnati. I'm open to looking for a new job down there as well, but no matter what job I take and where, it's gotta offer me more money, better benefits, and a Monday-Friday 8-5 schedule. I LOVE working 4 days a week at 10 hour shifts, but I get out a 9 PM on the days I work, I have no time to go see the precious hockey games I wanna go see, and I also have no time whatsoever with John. He's always sleeping and I'm always working. Life, to put it pessimistically, is dull at the moment.
Needless to say I've got some things to do to improve my quality of life. Money is not the entire answer - it will help - but really it's got to do with me getting active in my community and getting off my ass to do something about the way I feel, because, let's face it - that's the only way things will change.
Here's to life.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Oliver Photos
I have posted more photos of my ever-growing-bigger puppy Oliver on my flickr page..
A link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sarahm426/
He is already climbing up and down stairs fearlessly! Recognizes his name, getting to know what "outside" means, and slowly but surely getting the hang of crate training! He's such a good puppy.
And a sample photo.
A video of Steve and Oliver playing/fighting:
I was told to post more photos, so here ya go!!
Til next time!
-Sarah
A link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sarahm426/
He is already climbing up and down stairs fearlessly! Recognizes his name, getting to know what "outside" means, and slowly but surely getting the hang of crate training! He's such a good puppy.
And a sample photo.
A video of Steve and Oliver playing/fighting:
I was told to post more photos, so here ya go!!
Til next time!
-Sarah
Monday, June 9, 2008
Oliver ... ?
We did it. We got a puppy!
We're putting up with dog pee and poo and going for walks and sharp puppy teeth and puppy chewing and all that craziness. But it's all worth it when you look at this face:
John and my father went for a trip down to North Carolina to go to the Sharks in the Mountains meet for all kinds of old elite porsche owners. John admitted to having a good time, despite being bored out of his skull at times. I don't blame him. I remember being a little girl and getting dragged along to those things.. Little girls have no fun at motorcycle and car meets where 100% of the discussion is on either of those topics. Anyway, John and I went to look at the puppy last week together and decided on him. We couldn't get him until last Friday because he wouldn't have his first shots until then. So with the boys out of town I went with Mom to go get puppy on Friday. We hung out and bonded all weekend! John came home on Sunday and puppy warmed right up. He's a friendly little guy.
His name is Oliver and he is a Beaglier, which is a mix between a Beagle and a King Charles Cavalier Spaniel. He is incredibly cute and snuggly and crazy. Steve, our cat, was not angry when Oliver came home. I put Oliver down on our bed because he was napping, and Steve jumped right up. Now, of course he was stepping very gingerly around Oliver, but Steve was still interested and was nice about it. Just sniffing and watching. No hissing, no growling. In the past couple of days they've gotten to the point where they are playing together! They chase each other around and nip and play a whole lot. We couldn't be happier that they are getting along so well.
I have posted photos on my Flickr page. Enjoy! Definitely more to come!
Also, side note: John and I think we may have found our next apartment. Lake Forest Apartments are located on Sunbury Rd right where the on-ramps for 161 and 270 are located, and just south of Hoover Dam. Good price, great location, wonderful floor plan. Click the link above and it'll take you to their website and you can check it out for yourselves!
Until next time!
We're putting up with dog pee and poo and going for walks and sharp puppy teeth and puppy chewing and all that craziness. But it's all worth it when you look at this face:
John and my father went for a trip down to North Carolina to go to the Sharks in the Mountains meet for all kinds of old elite porsche owners. John admitted to having a good time, despite being bored out of his skull at times. I don't blame him. I remember being a little girl and getting dragged along to those things.. Little girls have no fun at motorcycle and car meets where 100% of the discussion is on either of those topics. Anyway, John and I went to look at the puppy last week together and decided on him. We couldn't get him until last Friday because he wouldn't have his first shots until then. So with the boys out of town I went with Mom to go get puppy on Friday. We hung out and bonded all weekend! John came home on Sunday and puppy warmed right up. He's a friendly little guy.
His name is Oliver and he is a Beaglier, which is a mix between a Beagle and a King Charles Cavalier Spaniel. He is incredibly cute and snuggly and crazy. Steve, our cat, was not angry when Oliver came home. I put Oliver down on our bed because he was napping, and Steve jumped right up. Now, of course he was stepping very gingerly around Oliver, but Steve was still interested and was nice about it. Just sniffing and watching. No hissing, no growling. In the past couple of days they've gotten to the point where they are playing together! They chase each other around and nip and play a whole lot. We couldn't be happier that they are getting along so well.
I have posted photos on my Flickr page. Enjoy! Definitely more to come!
Also, side note: John and I think we may have found our next apartment. Lake Forest Apartments are located on Sunbury Rd right where the on-ramps for 161 and 270 are located, and just south of Hoover Dam. Good price, great location, wonderful floor plan. Click the link above and it'll take you to their website and you can check it out for yourselves!
Until next time!
Monday, May 19, 2008
It has been too long
It has been entirely too long since a recent post. I am SORRY.
It's far too stressful living in one big room with someone. It's even harder to manage to scrounge up some quality me time and actually WANT to devote portions of those precious few moments to sitting down and blogging.
It's also really hard to compete with my sisters who have kids and blog about it. I don't have anything interesting going on. I have me. Me living with John. What wacky crazy adventures can they get into THIS week?
Well let's see. Last week John & Sarah bought a house and are in the process of waiting to start the journey. Click HERE to see a photo walk through of the house. What could POSSIBLY top all that zany stuff?
WELL. John & Sarah escaped to Chicago this past weekend. John's Dad's fiancee, Amy, paid John to go do 2 book readings scheduled for an author who had to bail because of a family emergency. We spent the weekend in a lovely suite hotel room and toured around Chicago. We also got to see an old friend of mine, Alex Weaver. It was nice to see him. Click HERE to see photos from the trip. A sample photo I took:
Along the trip, I discovered a new Billy Joel tune, "Rosalinda's Eyes" and I have been totally digging it. I get caught up in musical riffs and obsess for a while. It happens and I accept it. So should you.
I am currently in training for a new department at work. Practically brand new department. It is technical support for the walk-in bill pay locations across the United States. Basically it's a really great opportunity for me to move up eventually, and sooner rather than later. And they recently signed a deal with Wal-Mart as a major company participating in our services. This means job security. Check that off my list of things to worry about.
Life's kind of crazy right now and it's taking everything I have to try to keep up. I'll try to post more, but seeing as how my life is relatively boring in comparison to a lot of other people, I can't see how many of you would be heartbroken without your weekly "What's going on in Sarah's life" fix. Besides - most of my readership consists of folks I talk to over the phone. So most of you already know what's going on in my life since most of the time I can't keep my mouth shut about things having to do with me. Well here's some supplemental materials for you. Enjoy.
Until next time, have fun reading other people's blogs for about 2 or 3 months!
It's far too stressful living in one big room with someone. It's even harder to manage to scrounge up some quality me time and actually WANT to devote portions of those precious few moments to sitting down and blogging.
It's also really hard to compete with my sisters who have kids and blog about it. I don't have anything interesting going on. I have me. Me living with John. What wacky crazy adventures can they get into THIS week?
Well let's see. Last week John & Sarah bought a house and are in the process of waiting to start the journey. Click HERE to see a photo walk through of the house. What could POSSIBLY top all that zany stuff?
WELL. John & Sarah escaped to Chicago this past weekend. John's Dad's fiancee, Amy, paid John to go do 2 book readings scheduled for an author who had to bail because of a family emergency. We spent the weekend in a lovely suite hotel room and toured around Chicago. We also got to see an old friend of mine, Alex Weaver. It was nice to see him. Click HERE to see photos from the trip. A sample photo I took:
Along the trip, I discovered a new Billy Joel tune, "Rosalinda's Eyes" and I have been totally digging it. I get caught up in musical riffs and obsess for a while. It happens and I accept it. So should you.
I am currently in training for a new department at work. Practically brand new department. It is technical support for the walk-in bill pay locations across the United States. Basically it's a really great opportunity for me to move up eventually, and sooner rather than later. And they recently signed a deal with Wal-Mart as a major company participating in our services. This means job security. Check that off my list of things to worry about.
Life's kind of crazy right now and it's taking everything I have to try to keep up. I'll try to post more, but seeing as how my life is relatively boring in comparison to a lot of other people, I can't see how many of you would be heartbroken without your weekly "What's going on in Sarah's life" fix. Besides - most of my readership consists of folks I talk to over the phone. So most of you already know what's going on in my life since most of the time I can't keep my mouth shut about things having to do with me. Well here's some supplemental materials for you. Enjoy.
Until next time, have fun reading other people's blogs for about 2 or 3 months!
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Snow Storm 2008
So, for those of you out there who don't know these sorts of things..
It snowed. It snowed the most I have ever seen in my entire life.
To celebrate, we dug my car out of the snow, brushed off the foot of snow on top of it, and drove to the Donato's Pizza right around the corner. Wanna see the snow? Here you go: (And I know my Grandma Anne will love to see these, as she doesn't get much snow where she is!)
It snowed. It snowed the most I have ever seen in my entire life.
To celebrate, we dug my car out of the snow, brushed off the foot of snow on top of it, and drove to the Donato's Pizza right around the corner. Wanna see the snow? Here you go: (And I know my Grandma Anne will love to see these, as she doesn't get much snow where she is!)
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Well, hello there.
It has been a LONG time, I know. BUT... I had a lot going on. Most of you know what's been going on, but let's summarize. Since my last post:
December:
John and I celebrated 6 months together.
He went to Colorado to visit Mom & sisters for Christmas, and New Year's.
I celebrated New Year's Eve at Debby's drinking yummy sparkling apple juice and playing Wii.
January:
John came home from Colorado with news that his Dad had found a pretty great job in Vermont and that they (his Dad and Amy, his girlfriend) would be moving out there in the next couple months.
John and I decided to move in together, planning on a move date sometime mid-February.
John and I celebrated 7 months.
Moving day moved up to Mid-January.
January 18 John moved in with me. This same day, I, along with his Dad, Amy, and his friend Joe, convinced John to throw out his grandmother's old mustard yellow burlap couch. I was relieved.
February:
We finally get unpacked completely and start settling.
We got an orange cat, and named him Steve. He is rambunctious and a little piggy, but incredibly loving and sweet.
We open a joint savings account to help us in saving for the next move. We decide to contribute $50/month, each. This should add up nicely.
I continuously get good reviews at work, and continue to impress my supervisor.
John and I celebrate 8 months together, on Valentine's Day. We got pink wine and watched some episodes of Lost, season 2.
There's a lot that's going on these days. Things are really working out, which is making me happy. We aren't driving each other crazy, with this small apartment. It's working for us. He's home alone all day during the week, so he gets his "alone time" and I get my alone time in the mornings while he's at work. I think I just need less alone time than he does. We're still trying to get him caught up on Lost. We're in the middle of disc 3 out of 6 for the whole season. All at the same time we're watching the current, fourth, season as well on television.
Tonight we're going bowling with a friend of mine from work and his girlfriend. Double date? I suppose. It'll be fun. I'm gunna go make some chicken cheese and rice.
December:
John and I celebrated 6 months together.
He went to Colorado to visit Mom & sisters for Christmas, and New Year's.
I celebrated New Year's Eve at Debby's drinking yummy sparkling apple juice and playing Wii.
January:
John came home from Colorado with news that his Dad had found a pretty great job in Vermont and that they (his Dad and Amy, his girlfriend) would be moving out there in the next couple months.
John and I decided to move in together, planning on a move date sometime mid-February.
John and I celebrated 7 months.
Moving day moved up to Mid-January.
January 18 John moved in with me. This same day, I, along with his Dad, Amy, and his friend Joe, convinced John to throw out his grandmother's old mustard yellow burlap couch. I was relieved.
February:
We finally get unpacked completely and start settling.
We got an orange cat, and named him Steve. He is rambunctious and a little piggy, but incredibly loving and sweet.
We open a joint savings account to help us in saving for the next move. We decide to contribute $50/month, each. This should add up nicely.
I continuously get good reviews at work, and continue to impress my supervisor.
John and I celebrate 8 months together, on Valentine's Day. We got pink wine and watched some episodes of Lost, season 2.
There's a lot that's going on these days. Things are really working out, which is making me happy. We aren't driving each other crazy, with this small apartment. It's working for us. He's home alone all day during the week, so he gets his "alone time" and I get my alone time in the mornings while he's at work. I think I just need less alone time than he does. We're still trying to get him caught up on Lost. We're in the middle of disc 3 out of 6 for the whole season. All at the same time we're watching the current, fourth, season as well on television.
Tonight we're going bowling with a friend of mine from work and his girlfriend. Double date? I suppose. It'll be fun. I'm gunna go make some chicken cheese and rice.
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
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