And So it goes.....

Holy bejesus..this may very well be a lengthy post...Lot's o' news...

We are officially out of our house, and now staying at the new house that my parents have purchased but have not moved into yet. You know we gotta break it in!Everything is in boxes. In going through and packing up everything, here is a picture of some of my collectables .. i really dig vintage bottles and paperweights..

And here is a painting I did of jeremy's bass-that i decided to go ahead and throw away. I know i probably should've kept it, but i got severely overwhelmed with the whole moving process in just 2 days..

In all of the madness,we will have to re-pack for our big move to...I'll tell you about that in a minute...

So we flew to Rochester, NY on Mon Mar 3rd so i could take a placement test for an LPN program up there...Cross your fingers..i have to wait a few weeks before I know anything..All i can say..is as all tests do...it SUCKED. I feel glad to be done with that and hope it pays off.. On another note...We had a blast in Rochester..
I finally got to experience TRUE snow..See below for the rent a car...

While we were there we went for some awesome sushi at a fabulous place called California Rollin. If you are ever up there for any reason, and love sushi like I do..it's worth trying. They even had these kickass bumper stickers up that said www.makingsushi.com. I haven't checked it out yet, but I'm sure it'll be worth it.

We also got the luxury of having some hibachi madness! It was rather delightful and entertaining. this asian chef cooks on this metal tabletop in front of you performing various tricks with your food as he prepares it and then serves it straight to your plate.



We will certainly be doing that again. Jeremy says when we do, we will most likely play critics with the one's we'll see, b/c they couldn't possibly compare to him.

Also on our journey, we hung out on the pier leading to Lake Ontario.

I learned what it was like to layer my clothes...and make it look good. HAH!


On Wednesday, we drove up to Niagra Falls, NY to do a wine tasting and check out the Niagra Falls. It was beautiful...and COLD...We went during the day for about an hour and tried to go back for the big "lighting of the falls" that night, but it was unbearably cold by that point.We lasted for about 30 seconds... Us damn southerners :)





Before we hit the road, we went to Hard Rock Cafe for a few drinks and good conversation. Loved every minute of it. You should've seen all of the memorabilia.

And sadly enough...this is where we returned home...

But that's not it..Jeremy found out we'd be moving to Pennsylvania mar 17th for the travel nursing job he's been waiting for! We will be leaving this wednesday March 12th. Reason being, his mom is in Virginia doing a travel nursing assignment and his army buddy, Chris lives in virginia, which are both on the way. So we will spend a few days up there before we head to Pennsylvania. I am ecstatic that it's finally here, and a little sad...b/c I am really going to miss my fiends...especially TIFF...Shes my world...and i won't be able to just hop in my car to see her like i can now...So i vow to spend alot of time with her over these next couple of days...Absorb her as much as possible...

Holy shit! I can't believe i left one part out....While at the airport on our way home, we missed one of our flights b/c the original flight we were on was late. Our bags made it home before we did, by about 2 1/2 huors. Once we got home and i unpacked everything, i realized a very important piece of my life was missing...i know what i'm gonna say is materialistic..but here goes..My ipod and my portable speakers, with the case, the headphones, the leather portective case for the ipod, were all in there...And POOF it's gone..the sad thing is..that the only way it came up missing is by the ever so fabulous airport staff who indeed JACKED me....You know..it hurts b/c it was my music..which i can't live without..but even moreso, when i called the airportto tell them about it, they basically said there was nothing they could do...So you mean to tell me in the extra secure airports, that are doing all they can to ban terrorists, they can't find out where my ipod ended up???!!!!!! or is it the fac tthat i'm not a frequesnt flyer or a 1st class flyer..Anyway..i cried like a big ol baby, and I'm f-ing furious....I will no longer be trusting airline/airport personnel..Even if that means packing the BRE minimum..it's not a chance i'm willing to take....

In all of the Chaos...

In all of the chaos..i totally forgot to mention the fact that i am on day 6 of quitting smoking..That's right..i'm on the patch...i'm surprisingly doing WAY better than i though i would...so far, that is...When someone gets under my skin..it makes it harder... however, in general all is well....WISH ME LUCK..i may need it.

Where does the time go??

Wow....So last night jeremy and i sat up and talked for hours about our trip..See he's doing travel nursing and i'm going to be accompanying him. All of this means that we will have to move, downsize our things, temporarily say goodbye to friends, etc. The catch to this is....well i put my two week notice in the other day, b/c when the recuriter calls him to say they have a job for him,we will have to leave rather quickly(not leaving me time to put in a two week notice at a later date.) Well all of that being said, he is having one hell of a time finding a place for us to go..Everyone keeps saying it would be easier if he had closer to two years experience. that can be true in alot of cases, but he knows alot of nursing friends who had the opportunity to go merely 12 months into it...So why is it different for him. So now we are both questioning what the next step should be. We could very well move to another state and easily find a job that way instead of going through a recruiter...but we won't have the perks like we would've had working alongaide the recruiter...Oh and did i mention we have to either move out of our apartment THIS weekend(as in 2 days from now) and haven't even touched the first box...or we could stay another 15 days (hopefully-if we choose this is an option)but pay another 300 bucks...which we can't afford to do if we both "quit" our jobs...whew!!! Wow...It's not TERRIBLY stressful..it's more along the lines of interesting..i just wish i knew what was going to happen...
Well I have been creating some pages. I hope those won't be the last I'm able to do with all of this madness going on...





I did break down and buy a new traveling scrapbook bag. Its the crop in style XXl. It looks HUGE, and I think it's the biggest one they make.

I hope it's as wonderful as it seems...I can't wait to get it so i can make the decisions on what all i will also need to get my shit together..
Well unfortunately i have to end this at that...I should be working right now...or lack there of...I can't wait to switch to a different profession...It will be a nice change for me...

my word

My word for 2008 will be GROW..To grow as a person..to discover new things..

Enough said..Will post art later. xoxo

FRUSTRATED

UGH...Why do people get soooooo heated when someone frustrates them??!! Geez....So the story is my brother is in town for 2 weeks. Everyone wants to spend time with him b/c he's only here for a short amount of time, and only gets the opportunity to come down say..once a year. Well my sister, who has a 1 yr old, has last minute decided she'd come in town..Fabulous! But the catch is, she feels my brother doesn't want to see his nephew (b/c he hasn't met him yet, and stated she'd be very upset if my brother didn't make plans to visit. Before my brother came down(or knew our sister was coming) he made arrangements to spend the weekend in new orleans with some friends( hard opportunity to find). So i relay the message from my sister(dumb move..should've let her call herself) and my brother loses it...He's now pissed and says his vacation is being ruined b/c people are trying to get him to change his plans..Mind you, he's extremly HEATED, and I am listening to this. OF COURSE i don't mind listening, but not when you become heated, especially when it's unnecessary.. I just feel like it could've been one of those things, where you pick up the phone and call the other person..tell them how you feel..WITHOUT becoming heated....
communicate..On another note-i can relate to the fact that everyone wants to get some quality time..these people haven't seen him in a while...And if i recall correctly..a year or two ago, he was upset b/c no one seemed to care he was in town..There weren't a whole lot of people to hang out with. There's a few ways to look at this. I don't know....I just hate seeing people let such things drive them insane...I know I have no control over it, but it SUCKS.

On a wonderful note...It's FRIDAY! And tomorrow is the Spanish town parade. Good times.. then hopefully Sunday we'll be going down to New Orleans for the Bacchus parade. Mardi Gras is just one good reason to love the south..I freakin love it! ..Hell..I love all holidays...(well most)
This is the delicous donut king cake my boss brought to me..


And to change the subject all together...Here's the mini book I made for J for Valentine's day..Good stuff.







THAT'S ALL FOLKS!