* Getting a shout out in Dan Carman's blog...proof that often we are lead to say the right thing at the right time even if we don't realize it ourselves (thanks Dan!). Also part of this positive is the amusing comment he left on mine regarding paying homage to crackers.
* Having multiple people volunteer to help me move when the time comes, and even a place to stay for a few days if need be. (Hmm, this seems to be like what happened last time I moved)
* Finding a house that I want to put an offer on. Now I just have to hope that they can come down to my price range! If not, I'm sure I'll find another place cheaper.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Saturday, January 17, 2009
House Hunting
* Getting a ton of house hunting done from 9-12:30 this morning. I can't
believe that my awesome agent and I made it through 15 properties in that
time period! Props to Carlyn!
believe that my awesome agent and I made it through 15 properties in that
time period! Props to Carlyn!
* Narrowing down my list to 4 places, with a clear leader, second, and tie
for third. Now comes the hard part right? So Exciting! I'm going to
revisit the top 2 hopefully on Monday.
* Hot chocolate on a cold cold day of house hunting.
Friday, January 16, 2009
Epic Telecon
* Trying out the new TownHouse FlipSides (I think thats what they're called). They're pretzel on one side and cracker on the other, and quite tasty :) I got the cheddar ones by accident but I like them. Its a nice change from daily Cheeze-Its.
* A project I'm currently on at work requires weekly epic telecons. They are truly necessary to complete the task, so no complaints there. By "epic telecon" I mean the kind of telecon that is scheduled to take 6 hours, but everyone knows will take far longer, so there's really no suprise when they run over. The good thing about the epic telecon yesterday is that sitting in a room w/ my co-workers with the phone on mute, we go through cycles. One part of the cycle is silence and concentration, and another part is chatting about whatever comes to mind. I enjoy that part of the cycle when it comes around, and for that reason (and the overtime when I had nothing better to do), I often enjoy the epic telecons so long as they only come around a few weeks of the year.
* Finishing my first look through all of the properties Carlyn sent me online.
* A project I'm currently on at work requires weekly epic telecons. They are truly necessary to complete the task, so no complaints there. By "epic telecon" I mean the kind of telecon that is scheduled to take 6 hours, but everyone knows will take far longer, so there's really no suprise when they run over. The good thing about the epic telecon yesterday is that sitting in a room w/ my co-workers with the phone on mute, we go through cycles. One part of the cycle is silence and concentration, and another part is chatting about whatever comes to mind. I enjoy that part of the cycle when it comes around, and for that reason (and the overtime when I had nothing better to do), I often enjoy the epic telecons so long as they only come around a few weeks of the year.
* Finishing my first look through all of the properties Carlyn sent me online.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Its been too long
Its been a while and way too many great things have happened, but here are a few of the biggies:
* Safe return from SC after new years.
* Officially starting the house hunt! I've been pretty stoked about this for a few months now, and I have finally started looking at houses. I've got a real estate agent I know (Carlyn), and info from a couple banks. I've looked at a few houses already in person, and I have a ton more to go, which should make for a very busy Saturday. Looking through 100s of online listings has kept me busy. Who knew there could be more than 250 properties for sale within 20 min of work, when work is next to a river so they aren't in all directions. Claire even helped me out and found one that wasn't in the big list from Carlyn.
* AMA (my company) won the major contract for NASA Langley again, so now I know I have a job past March 31! We all were fairly convinced we'd get it, but it wasn't definite, and sometimes things like that switch companies (that's how AMA got it the first time)
* Many many more, from cold weather, to CG moments, to just about everything.
* Safe return from SC after new years.
* Officially starting the house hunt! I've been pretty stoked about this for a few months now, and I have finally started looking at houses. I've got a real estate agent I know (Carlyn), and info from a couple banks. I've looked at a few houses already in person, and I have a ton more to go, which should make for a very busy Saturday. Looking through 100s of online listings has kept me busy. Who knew there could be more than 250 properties for sale within 20 min of work, when work is next to a river so they aren't in all directions. Claire even helped me out and found one that wasn't in the big list from Carlyn.
* AMA (my company) won the major contract for NASA Langley again, so now I know I have a job past March 31! We all were fairly convinced we'd get it, but it wasn't definite, and sometimes things like that switch companies (that's how AMA got it the first time)
* Many many more, from cold weather, to CG moments, to just about everything.
Friday, December 26, 2008
Christmas Part III - Christmas Day
* Opening all of my Christmas presents in the morning/afternoon. It took us over 3 hours and there were only 3 of us! We did fiddle with things in the middle, so its understandable. I love the stuff I got, from the fuzzy pj pants to the game controller
* Finishing my "Labrador Retrievers for Dummies" book. It was a great read and I learned a ton of new stuff. I'm extremely ready to get a dog! Then comes the hard part of picking a name
* Relaxing, having fun, and eating turkey!
* Getting ready to travel to Pittsburgh. The weather looks good and we're set to go. As a side note, this means that this will be my last blog post for just over a week, but rest assured that there will be plenty of positive things happening in the mean time, most of which I will probably forget by the time I try to post them.
* Finishing my "Labrador Retrievers for Dummies" book. It was a great read and I learned a ton of new stuff. I'm extremely ready to get a dog! Then comes the hard part of picking a name* Relaxing, having fun, and eating turkey!
* Getting ready to travel to Pittsburgh. The weather looks good and we're set to go. As a side note, this means that this will be my last blog post for just over a week, but rest assured that there will be plenty of positive things happening in the mean time, most of which I will probably forget by the time I try to post them.
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Christmas Part II
* Brian and Crystal were over most of the day yesterday (Christmas Eve) and we exchanged gifts in the middle of the day. They got me (among some other stuff) a book entitled "Labrador Retrievers for Dummies" which I am now more than halfway through already. I finally got to the training part, but have completed the choosing, grooming, feeding, and caring parts. I can't wait til I get a dog! After all, to quote the book : "The yellow lab puppy is, quite possibly, the cutest dog in the world."
* Going to my parent's church for Christmas Eve
* Playing board game with my Mom
* Going to my parent's church for Christmas Eve* Playing board game with my Mom
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Christmas Vacation Begins
* A safe drive from VA to SC where I will be for a few days before heading to Pittsburgh. The drive actually went faster due to a work telecon that I listened to for 3 hours on the trip. The bonus to that is that I didn't have to use vacation time while I was on the telecon.
* A fun Christmas party for community group, complete with too much food, white elephant gift exchange, and games
* A quite fun and entertaining Christmas party at Angela's
* Winning the tacky sweater competition at Angela's party
* Meeting new people, even if I didn't really remember any of their names by the time I got home.
* No more work for a while!
* Seeing most of my fam again
* Seeing TONS of presents under the tree...actually, most of them don't fit under the tree. (pictures to come in future posts)
* Way too many other things I've come up with in the past few days too list them all
* A fun Christmas party for community group, complete with too much food, white elephant gift exchange, and games
* A quite fun and entertaining Christmas party at Angela's
* Winning the tacky sweater competition at Angela's party
* Meeting new people, even if I didn't really remember any of their names by the time I got home.
* No more work for a while!
* Seeing most of my fam again
* Seeing TONS of presents under the tree...actually, most of them don't fit under the tree. (pictures to come in future posts)
* Way too many other things I've come up with in the past few days too list them all
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