14 Days!

14 days until we go home for Christmas!

We are so pumped and can't wait to see our family and friends, we've been missing them!

There are also several goals I'm going after in the next 14 days:

1. Work out Every.Single.Day until the 20th when we fly home!

(Started this one Saturday!)

2. Finish Christmas Shopping & Gift Making

(sadly I'm not having a good time doing this, this year)

3. Do NOT pig out on all of the Christmas candy flowing through my office!

(Very, Very Hard. We got a Giant box of chocolate covered toffee today. Yum)

4. Finish the Jingle Bell Run this Sunday!

(I'm sucking at running but I'll finish the damn thing regardless- I found out you get FREE BEER when you finish today so that's got me wanting to run a little faster already!)

5. Mail out Christmas Cards in the next few days!

(They may not include photos this year...tragic)

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There's my list... I'm sure I have more but I'm drawing a blank right now.

 

Now, Please Enjoy Some Random Pictures:

I may have purchased one of the biggest things of Peanut Butter ever this weekend.

Yup, 4lbs.

All the Christmas Shopping I've done thus far... for myself.

We saw this at Freddy's and CK about had a FIT.

PS. That's a cake.

Random Fact:

In Mississippi that blue drink is called a "Walk me Down" (because they walk you down to the floor)

In Washington they are called "AMF's" (Adios Motha F*ckers)

I'm still partial to the "Walk me downs" because when you have more than one you call them "lay me downs" Yay for being slutty! Hahahahahaha

The Snap Shots of my life

Chad Got an AMAZING review from SSG MUSIC:

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My Dog's a Model:

"Where's my fruit and cheese plate!?"

"It's a lot of work to look this good"

"I'm bored with this. Get away from me human"

We got a super deal on cokes today at Safeway:

Got 2 for $6.99 each (wtf!) Got 2 Free-PLUS 2 FREE bags of Safeway Chips (not pictured)

We went shopping and I was trying to decide if I wanted this dress:

What's a girl to do?

Ask a friend their opinion.

 So - I asked an anonymous friend and this is what I got back:

WTF?!

I didn't buy the dress.

Happy

It's kinda funny to think about how we got up and left our lives and everything we have ever known to move out to Seattle; and it was one of the best choices I have ever made in my life.
We always say we don't know where life will lead us (maybe we will move back, maybe we will move somewhere else) and while it has only been a little under 2 months I just don't see us moving anywhere else again. I am in love with Seattle and the thing that has ultimately set me in stone is the job that I have now.
 I have never felt so comfortable, needed, helpful, fulfilled, and HAPPY going to work in my life. In my past jobs I knew, "I don't want to make this my career" but with this one... I can't imagine ever leaving! The company is absolutely amazing, the people I work with are top notch, and the benefits are the best I've ever gotten. There is tons of room for moving up and they have already talked to me about promotions in the future and different opportunities within the company as it continues to grow like crazy. Not to mention my boss is a complete Motivator. What that means is I get told (and everyone else) all the time how good of a job we are doing. I've worked for a lot of bosses and I've been lucky with having very good ones but I have never had one that is so... positive and motivating! If/when I am ever a "boss" one day that's exactly what I am going to strive to be: Motivational not Intimidating.

Yesterday, my awesome coworkers even took me out to a welcome to the family lunch. We went to this really neat sushi place (aa Sushi) like the neat ones you see on TV with the conveyor belts that have sushi plates rolling around on them and you just pluck off what you want!
So, neat I managed to snap a picture without them making fun of me too much:

It was pretty good, we went at lunch time where everything is a $1.50 so you can't beat that. I'm not much of a sushi lover (mostly due to it being cold, I like warm things) but I enjoyed a side of sticky rice, edamame, pork dumplings, and these little cream puff things for desert.
I just can't explain enough how much of a little family it feels like I have at work.

When I got home yesterday I had to get ready for one of CK's shows in downtown Seattle by the University at Cafe Allegro it was a cute little coffee shop in a back ally with a room on top where the bands play and they pump the music out into the streets and down below to the coffee shop. Very cool place and you had to take 2 flights of stairs in this old downtown building to get to the upper room. Things like that make me fall in love with cities, it's like your own secret nooks.


Every time I watch him sing it reminds me how talented he is and how much he deserves to make it.

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CK also had a few new fans... of the bum variety they really enjoyed his show (ha)

Put him to Sleep son!

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Now this morning:

I woke up to realize my babies were playing!

USM vs. Houston

Houston is the bain of my existence I fucking HATE THEM. I hope their stadium BURNS down one day and they eat the shit that they are. Yes, it's that seriously of a hatred. In 2006 I went to Houston to watch USM play them for the same title they are playing for today and they were awful fans/city/cops/everything. They beat us on the football field then they threw rocks, ice, cups, beer, basically everything but bullets at everyone and anyone wearing USM attire. It was a big deal when we all go back to USM the next week, it was on the news and from that horrible experience I decided Never to go back to that shit hole of a city. Well my Eagles are there now and they are KICKING THAT ASS! We are actually getting the game up here on TV so I am watching right now and hoping they finish out strong and hand a big L to the biggest POS school in the south! GO SOUTHERN MISS! Oh and WHEN USM WINS they wreck Houston's #8 ranking and screw them out of a bowl game... YAY!!!!! I hate you Houston.

Oh how I wish I was there with you eagles! Do it up!

Currently they are So. Miss - 42 / Houston - 21

Now, I'm off to the gym to finish watching the game then a full day of shopping/Christmas activities!