Happy Easter!

Taxes are done!!

finished my taxes today!! Yay!! Not yay taxes ,but Yay they are done I thought I was going to have to pay a ton because I was on unemployment and opted not to pay taxes well turns out I would have had a big refund from my 2 jobs so luckily that balanced out the unemployment income so now I'm actually getting like $100 back from federal (I'll take it atleast I don't have to pay) well I do have to pay $4.00 to the state, but I think I can handle that. In other news finally got the money from my totalled car and I'm using the money to pay off credit cards since the interest on those is higher than the interest on the new car loan so it all balances out. feels good to be paying off credit card debt ahhh I can breathe a slight sigh of relief. I see an end to the debt nightmare (not real soon, but I see it coming). Anywho besides all this super exciting financial information not a ton is going on I got a new Camera a Sony Cybershot it's super cool and will come in handy on my Trip to New York in a week and a half.

New Car

Finally got my new car I have yet to get my check for my old car, but hopefully it comes soon. in the mean time I'm now a new owner of a 2006 Hyundai Sonata yay! It has a sun roof yay!!!

Isn't it pretty!

Surprise Surprise!!

We pulled it off we succeeded in surprising Mom for her 60th Birthday. hehe her brother and sister and brother-in-law flew in from out of town as well as My sister and her husband. She was totally surprised. after several weeks of planning and scheming we pulled it off yay! Paula and her friend Tameesha did a really nice dinner. Overall it was a really fun night.

Right when she walked in

when she spotted everyone

Car Shopping

Car shopping is tricky I'm not sure what Kind of car I want everyone I talk to has a different opinion as to what's a good car. Get a Hyundai, get a Kia, get a Honda. well sure, but what kind I'm not sure what kind of car I want basically just one that has good gas mileage, power locks and windows etc.. etc.. well I guess it will be a long weekend of car shopping! it's not a fun as it should be kind of a pain in the butt.

Also want to Mention Today would have been Grandma Mert's 89th Birthday. Happy Birthday Grandma!

Happy Birthday Mom

Happy Birthday Mom!!! Love Ya

Finally

Finally sometime last night between 11:30PM and 4AM they finally plowed us out of the driveway and we were able to leave finally today.

BEFORE

AFTER

It felt good to finally escape the house for awhile we went to see the new movie Wild Hogs

Not Exactly an Oscar winner, but it was Cute. Pretty Funny a fun little escapist movie to go to on a lazy afternoon.

Snow Day!

Crazy Crazy Minnesota Weather!!!

What a day what a day first the accident and now this. Snow snow and more snow this is record breaking snow and it's not done yet it's just gonna keep coming and coming all night. I dont think I'll be going to work tommorow. the place might even be closed theres no way I'm getting out of the driveway as long as it looks like this.

Crazy Day I hope I don't get hassled for staying home tommorow or today I didn't really want to use my PTO today didn't really have a choice the icy weather had another plan. This is just craziness.

What a Beautiful Morning

SO I start out my day like normal I got up early because of the inpending snow fall I debated over whether or not I should go to work or not since the roads would most likely be bad., but I'm a good little worker so I decided to go to work and what happens as I'm crossing over the bridge on 55 into Minneapolis I hit a patch of ice and did a 360 spin and hit the wall twice and my car looks something like this now

Of course not exactly like that since that's not my car, but not far off luckily I didn't hit any other cars and I didn't get hurt so I guess that's all that matters, but man Car accidents suck!! Dad came to my rescue and called the tow truck and everything I called in to work since I obviously couldn't drive there I took a sick day. the weather here sucks today we are expecting up to 18inches of snow suck suck this is the worst snow storm we've had in years we'll see how it is tommorow morning I might call in then to . oh well I needed a new car anyway, but now I have to deal with all this crap ugh oh well.

What's new?

Well not a lot is new just working and right now I'm watching the Amazing Race which by the way started a half hour late! silly thing cause of some golf thing that was on early oh well not a lot going on as I said I'm going to New york in April for a 5 days which should be fun I'm looking forward to it. Some other small projects in the work business and otherwise. I'm trying really hard to get out of debt and finally feel like I'm making some progress I think I'm going to look into some kind of debt consolidation loan which will hopefully save me a lot in interest hopefully I get approved. I'm trying to get out of debt so I can buy a town house Im hoping at the end of the year maybe a bit unrealistic, but I'm hopeful. I went to look at some townhouses this weekend not because I'm anywhere near ready at the moment, but more because It's just kind of fun to look and pretend and Imagine the possibilities.. I think the rest of this year is going to be good I just feel it. well I'm gonna go watch more amazing race. tah tah for now.

back to basics

well not really back to basics, but life is settling down back to "Normal" or whatever that means came back from Ohio on Tuesday from a crazy/sad week in Ohio We got the Sad call on 1/24 that Grandpa had slipped into a coma and was fading fast that was around 3:45AM central time. after we got the call I just kind of laid in bed for a while until my alarm clock went off at 5:00AM and went and took a shower pretty much knowing I wouldn't be going to work that day, but just going through the motions I guess ultimately it was no decision to decide to go with Mom and Dad to Ohio I called into work for Wednesday and Thursday having already had Friday off. luckily they gave me 5 bereavement days which is sweet except I wish they had been for a different reason. anyway We started packing and getting ready to leave I had to run out to Walmart to get fish food (vacation fish food) and Dad brought Elvis (the cat) to the Vet to be boarded. While I was gone Mom got the call from Jack that Grandpa had passed Grandpa left this world at around 7:30AM Central time. with this very heavy and sad news we headed out to Ohio to attend the Funeral and attend to things. I drove up until Chicago and Dad drove the rest of the way 13 hours later we were in Ohio and exhausted especially Mom who had only come home for a few days and had just arrived home Monday from Ohio and was supposed to go back Thursday with Me. The days of the trip are kind of a blur Thursday we went to the funeral home and saw Grandpa I wasn't sure I wanted to see him like that, but i went behind the curtain and glanced at him and immediately left the room I couldn't do it I didn't want to see him like that. Thursday night Ruth and Jason Arrived in town and I guess stayed at a horrible hotel in down town Columbus the rest of the time they stayed at the Comfort Suites with everyone else. I can't even really remember what happened Friday more running around and then Friday Night Matt and Paula Flew in. Saturday Shopping for something to wear to the funeral. and Sunday was the viewing.

a lot of people attended which was nice to see a lot of people and companies that people worked for sent flowers.

and Sunday night we had a get together with many relatives and a few of Grandpa's Friends at the hotel.

Grandpa was Catholic so Monday there was a Mass at his Church which I guess a lot of people for a Monday Morning attended and there was nice lunch afterwards that the church prepared after the lunch everyone started heading back to thier homes all over the country. We left the next morning at about 6:00AM Eastern Time 4 of those lovely plants and all along with a bunch of other crap the car was stuffed (not to mention 2 little doggies). So anyway not to rant on to much more here it was a crazy week going back to work on Wednesday was ok I was so tired though and still kind of am. I'm so glad that, that week is over with Sad to say good bye to Grandpa, but glad things can settle down now hopefully for a long time. so Goodbye Grandpa I'll miss you and Love you forever. and Goodbye to Ohio I don't think I'll be back there any time soon after 25 plus years of regular visits.

John K Quatman 4-23-1920 - 1-24-07

Rest in Peace Grandpa!

2007 is Here

Well it's 2007 now and the year isn't starting off to hot it looks like Grandpa does not have very much time left at all so the whole family will probably be heading there sometime in the next week or so. Other than this sad news I guess not a lot else is going on just working and trying to figure out how to get myself out of debt. I'll have a more lengthy post next time didn't feel much like posting to much today.

So Long 2006 Hello 2007!

Bring on 2007! 2006 was an interesting year not the worst year of all time, but kind of a sucky year overall. I'm hoping for a much better 2007. The first half of 2006 wasn't to bad kinda boring just working and stuff here's a break down of the highlights (and Lowlights) of 2006 for me personally.

1. January-April Not a lot just working mostly
2. May- Laid off from RadioShack
3. May-October- Unemployed
4. August-September- Online Classes at NHCC
5. September- Babe Died
6. October- Started a New Job
7. November- Bud Died


Of couse a lot of other things happened good and bad those are just the major things that stick out and I'm happy to say good bye to them and I look forward to 2007 and hope for good things for myself and family and Friends. so bring on 2007.

Happy New Year 2007

Long time no post

Wow it's been awhile since I posted almost a month geesh!. Now it's Christmas time and I can't believe that Christmas is this weekend I'll be flying out to Ohio for the Weekend to visit Grandpa it should be a nice trip nice to see Grandpa anyway otherwise it may be kind of an odd Christmas because everyone will be in hotels so whatever though. I finished my Christmas shopping so I am happy about that the only thing I need to do is get the presents to everyone it's hard to get together with people sometimes this time of year so some people may end up getting thier gifts after Christmas. oh well though better late then never right!? I finally finished my classes Monday night actually I didn't do so hot in 2 of them that's because I didn't dedicate enough time to them it's tough working fulltime and taking online classes fulltime it's a lot of work I'll tell ya! I'm just glad I'm done I'm not taking anymore classes in the spring because I'm not sure what I'll want to go for should I decide to go again. Work is going good taking calls in a call center is different, but it's ok it'll do! getting up at 5AM to be to work ontime is a challenge though it's taking some getting used to I'm hoping eventually it won't be that big of a deal. Well not a lot else is going on Just working and getting ready for Christmas and going to Ohio.

Check out my new Links

check out my new links on this page they go to my 2 cafepress sites go there and buy lots of stuff and tell your friends ;)

Cool Blog entry I found

http://christinekane.com/blog/?cat=14 Here is a cool blog entry I found about being rich I guess you could say. check it out.

Can't believe it's the holiday season

I can't believe Thanksgiving is this Thursday it seems like Summer was just here and I was unemployed and had 3 cats. lnow it's the holiday season I am once again employed and I only have 1 cat. umm ok enough debby downer. My new job is going pretty good this is my last week of training and then I go out on the floor and take phone calls starting next monday. unfortunately I have to work the day after Thanksgiving which sucks, but hey atleast I have a job now so I shouldn't complain. I am so ready to be done with my training 5 weeks sitting in a classroom for 8 hours a day learning about Mortgages (not as thrilling as it sounds) it's a lot of info and long days. I have taken calls already and they've all gone pretty good so far so work is good. and I got a new laptop which I am typing on now yay!! :) not a lot else is going on I have a few more weeks of classes and I'll be done with that other than all this not a lot else is going on. I'll be heading out to Ohio for Christmas for a short visit. so yeah not a lot else is new. but thought I'd post an update.

RIP Sweet Bud March 5th 1993-November 7th 2006

Sweet Buddy Left us tonight he had apparently a tumor in his nasal cavatie and he stopped eating sometime last week. he put a galant effort to fight this off, but in the end his poor little body shrunk down to nearly 4 pounds from a normally robust 12lbs so he was put to sleep tonight around 5:30PM he will be really missed by me, the rest of my family and especially Elvis! his BFF. Rest in Peace Sweet Bud. I will never forget you I'll love you forever.

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween Everyone!!!

ARRR

I wrote a really long post about my new job and what I've been up to lately and it didn't post for some reason or save and now I have to go to bed so I'm not gonna retype it now I'll post more later. ugh stupid internet sometimes arrrr.....

Finally!!

Well 5 months and tons of interviews later I finally have a new job. granted it's not my dream job, but it's a job!! it pays more than my last job and I think it has better benefits. I'm going to be working as basically a phone banker a mortgage phone banker to be exact. The job starts in 2 weeks so that means I should probably do all the things I've been procrastinating to do that I wanted to do while I was unemployed like scan photos and clean out under my bed etc.. etc.. probably won't get to everything, but oh well I'm also gonna try and get ahead with my school work so I won't have to worry about that for awhile. Well anyway that's what's new with me besides this big news not a lot else is going on I'm really excited to finally have a job and I'll have atleast a half way decent paycheck coming in and now I'm gonna really work on getting out of debt. yay things are looking up.

Happy Birthday Chloe

Happy Birthday Chloe she is 5 Years Old Today!!!

Interviews!!!!

Ok what's the deal I've been on about a million Interviews in the last Month and Nothing I don't quite understand what I'm doing wrong. you'd think out of all these places I'm inteviewing I would get atleast one "decent" job offer, but no I went on an interview yesterday with a bank for a call center job and it was the stupidest inteview I've ever been on they had me do a sales pitch for a pen I guess to see how well I sell things didn't really think it was a sales job, but I guess it was I wasn't expecting to have to do a sales pitch so I was a little thrown off by that and didn't do very well so that interview was a bust. beside the snooty lady I interviewed with said she would let me know today (thursday) and I heard nothing so whatever. the other company that was doing a background check on me I haven't heard anything from them since Monday and I'm starting to think I'm not gonna. It's so frustrating I need a frickin job I never in a million years would have thought I'd be unemployed this long. well I may have to go get some crappy retail job again if I don't hear something soon. I guess that's all I'm qualified for or something (AHHHH!) The other company that said they would call me for a second interview I never heard from them either. maybe I need to go to an interview training class or something it's funny in the past I've been lucky (er unlucky whichever way you look at it) Before this I think there were only 3 interviews that I had been on since I was 16 years old that I didn't get the job all the other ones I did. Argh!!!!! I hope there are some good jobs in the paper this weekend. I'll keep ya posted.

Sigh

so I've been going on a bunch of interviews lately and I don't know what to think of any of them. I hate interviews especially the stupid questions! What are your Weaknesses? Well my Weaknesses are that I don't like to work and I have to to have money. err maybe that's not a good answer could be the reason I don't have a job yet ;) only kidding of course. I've interviewed with I think 4 different companies I went on 2 interviews for the first company in the same day and actually could have had that job except for the fact that it was a parttime cart pusher at a wholesale store (not the job I applied for) so that was a bust. I had one interview with the second company and got a rejection e-mail today that was at a telecommunication company guess I didn't make a very good impression. Then with the 3rd company I've had 3 interviews on 2 different days and they are doing a background check on me now so I guess that's a good sign. I Interviewed with the 4th company yesterday and I think it went ok the lady said they would call me next week to set up a second interview. and I have a phone interview on Monday. so hopefully with all this interviewing I will hear something before my unemployment runs out yikes!. besides all this I'm still going to school and last week I did crappy cause I wasn't into it I think cause of Babe you know having that happen to Babe and happen so suddenly kinda makes you realize just how fragile life is one day you can be here and the next day gone true for people and animals. so you gotta learn how to appreciate life and the people and animals in your life. granted I'm not an expert on this ,but I'm learning. So yeah this is what's going on with me I'm looking forward to the weekend and taking a break from all these silly interviews ugh.

Babe April 1999- September 12th 2006

Last night I noticed Babe was breathing really heavy and she wasn't eating. This morning she was even worse she could barely move so I took her over to the vet and they did an X-Ray to see what was wrong and what they found was an enlarged Kidney and fluid in her lungs and on her abdomen. The vet said the kindess thing to do for her was to put her to sleep. so with a very heavy heart I agreed to have it done. Babe wasn't always the sweetest cat, but I know she loved me and I loved her. she will be sadly missed. Rest in Peace Sweet Babe. I'll never forget you!!!

Interviews Finally

Well I finally had some interviews this week 2 of them. they both went pretty good I think. The first one wasn't what I thought it was so I don't actually want that job it's part time and I applied for full time and the position it's self was not what I applied for I thought I was applying for administrative work and it turned out to be unloading trucks and basically a cart pusher ummm.. no don't think I want that job the other one was for a normal job and actually sounds like a good opportunity I hope I get it!!! well other than this I don't really have a lot going schools going pretty good. I went to the Rennaisance festival today and it was OK not really worth the trip this year I've been there in the past and thought it was fun. this year I didn't even see any fun things I wanted to buy in the past I'd atleast seen that, but not this year plus it was kinda cold today so I suppose that didn't help. oh well though it was something to do I guess.

Hello

Well I started School back on the 21st I have 3 Online classes and they are a lot of work I'm kinda glad I don't have a job this first week just so I can get a hang of these classes, but they're good they're kinda fun and interesting I have one more class that starts in October. so wish me luck with those. on the Job front I hopefully have 2 good prospects I don't really want to talk about them til I hear more, but cross your fingers for me :) and if they don't pan out which I hope they will, but if they dont' something good is going to come along very soon I have a feeling. I don't think I'm gonna be unemployed much longer. In other news not a lot going on I went to the State Fair last Saturday it was a lot of fun as it always is and I went to the Mall of America right after with my friends Trisha and Jenny and that was fun to I actually went on rides at the amusement park at MOA I only did it because I had free tickets I went on the Ferris Wheel and The something Twister. it's a roller coaster that spins you around the whole time. yeah not gonna go on that one again I was so dizzy after that. personally that's not a fun feeling for me :) So that's what's going on with me I may go to the fair again this coming Saturday cause it's so fun and it only comes around once a year! nothing more to report.

American Idol is cool dammit

Can you see that? umm not really, but that's my picture from last night I went to the American Idol concert with my Mom (I'll admit I'm a nerd I like AI and I go to the concerts) it was a good show the first half was the lesser idols, but none of them were that bad the only one that was annoying was ACE the Douche bag sorry he's just not my cup o tea. The second half was really fun because Chris, Elliot and Taylor sang oh and Katherine McPhee who only sang 2 songs. Chris rocked the house everyone was screaming he may have been the most popular one there and Elliot was good as usual and Taylor came from down an Aisle on the side that Aisle was the one Mom and I were sitting in and we were in seats one and two so he walked right past us singing if I had known he was gonna do that I would've got my camera phone out sooner and snapped a photo well I did snap a photo, but it's the blurry one I posted here as he was walking on to the main level. I guess if people had known then it wouldn't have been a surprise ;) that's the closest I think I've ever been to even a quasi celebrity pretty cool maybe that Albino squirrel from the other day is lucky :) ok I'm starting to sound like a big nerd now so I'm gonna stop talking about AI. in other news I started School on Monday I have 3 online Classes so it's a little different all I did to start school was log onto the school website :) pretty cool hope I do well. No new job yet, but I've been applying to a lot more jobs lately so pretty soon I hope. wish me luck.

Lucky The Albino Squirrel

This is my new pet! well sort of I think this is an Albino Squirrel although it kind of looks like a mouse to, but based on the tail and the way it's back legs which you can't see in this picture I'm guessing squirrel I don't think I've seen a squirrel period since I moved to Maple Grove until this one definately something you don't see every day. it was kind of wierd I noticed it outside the front door while I was walking down the stairs at first I thought it was Lola because I just saw the white real quick and I was like what's she doing outside then of course I saw Lola behind me on the stairs :) and I went to see what it was and I noticed the bushy tail so I ran back upstairs and grabbed my camera and went ouside hoping to get a picture funny thing was the squirrel wasn't very smart because it just ran behind th air condition vent and sat there in plain view I think it thought I couldn't see it, but I took a bunch of pictures of it. this happened a few days ago and I haven't seen the squirrel since I'm hoping he found a nice safe place to live and not the alternative ..ah..hem.. there are a lot of Hawks around here, but we'll pretend that that is not a possibility. anyway I think I'll call him(or her) Lucky. Lucky the Albino Squirrel.

(I figured out how to post more pictures I just need to make them smaller yay!)

Back on Solid Ground

I'm Back! and I'm so glad to be mainly because flying isn't my favorite thing anyway and then to be at threat level Orange the whole time. yikes, but it actually wasn't to bad we didn't carry any liquids and took off our shoes so we (my Mom and I) got through security fairly quickly both ways. the trip it's self was both fun and not fun mostly fun though. we came in Friday night and went to our Hotel where we went and saw my Uncle Bill and Cousin Naja and Aunt Barb. My sister and Jason picked us up in thier rental car and we all went to see the relatives at the hotel. Naja was a bundle of energy climbing all over everyone that night (she's not shy) she's 3. on Saturday we went to Waffle House for breakfast and then over to see Grandpa for a bit and then off to the Ohio State Food Court errr.. State Fair which by the way is not a cool as the Minnesota State Fair ;) not a lot to it. it's a lot smaller than Minnesota's and there were just a lot of food and different food than we have here nothing looked that appealing though. (side note about Blogger I didn't realize this, but you can only post a certain amount of pictures on here I didn't realize this turns out I've already reached my limit :( so I'm gonna have to see what I can do about this) After the fair we went to a place called Uno's for dinner I had Shrimp Scampi that "was not good" no flavor it tasted like I was eating just butter and noodles yuck! Sunday we mostly just hung out at Grandpa's and the hotel we also took some family photos. Monday we took Ruth and Jason to the Airport and then hung out at Grandpa's again for a little bit and then My Mom, Uncle Bill, Cousin Naja, Aunt Barb and I went to the Columbus Zoo. it was pretty cool because my Uncle Bill used to work in Zoo's so he knows a lot of people in the industry so one of his friends there at the Columbus zoo let us go into the Koala exhibit (inside the cage) and see the Koalas and snap photos it was pretty cool not something the average person gets to do everyday. after that we went over to see the Lorikeets they had an exhibit where you could go into the enclosure with the birds and feed them a kind of sugar water thing. After that we just looked around the zoo and tried to avoid the rain that kept coming and going all day long, but inspite of the rain it was a cool trip to the zoo I hadn't been to the zoo in years so it was fun. After the Zoo we went back to Grandpa's for dinner, but everyone was a little bit on the crabby side (sorry) ,but we all got some food and Panera and everyone calmed down a bit. After hanging out at Grandpa's a bit more we went back to the hotel and packed for our trip home and said good bye to Barb, Bill and Naja. We got up at the ButtCrack of Dawn to get ready and leave for the Airport as I said the security wasn't bad there was kind of a line, but it didn't take to long to get through it though. Now I'm home and I am so happy to be on solid ground! I don't think I'll be flying for a while now until things calm down a bit with the Airports and all. Now that I'm home it's time to get back on the job search wish me luck!

Off to Ohio

Off to Ohio for a long weekend starting tommorow. I'm excited to see everyone kind of a mini family reunion mini since everyone won't be there, but a lot will. other than this not a heck of a lot going on with me I'm still plugging away at the job search and I'm working on a potential side business a little bit. My friend Jenny came over yesterday with her cute baby so that was fun . other than this not a lot going on. I'll be sure to post more when I get back from my trip.

Random Picture for the day

In answer to your Question

No I do not have a job yet, but yes I am looking, No I don't have any leads yet on any potential jobs, but i'm working on it. does this answer everyones questions about my job search when I get a job I will be sure to post about it on here. (no one on here asked me about this), but plenty of people in my everyday life have asked me about it so I thought I would post to clarify.

Don't buy from China!!!

Don't buy stuff from China they have very cruel and inhumane answers to health scare issues an outbreak of Rabies led to the government brutally killing 50,000 dogs they went around making noise to wake dogs in peoples house and make them bark and then they killed them here is a link to the article click here one of the most horrible things I've ever heard!!!

Happy Birthday Ruth

Happy Golden Birthday Ruth!!

Mobile Home

This is the view out my front door last night around 12:30AM they were moving a house down the road. it was something you dont' see every day so I snapped some photos and I filmed some of it with my video camera.

I saw them propping it up all day I figured that they'd be moving it late at night or the next day and I just happened to look out at 12:30AM and all the trucks were back and the house had an oversized load sign on it.

Not much is new

Well not really much new going on with me lately that's why I haven't updated. I'm still Job hunting I got a few rejection letters this week those are always exciting! um.. yeah School starts mid-August so not a lot going on that way. I'll be buying books soon for school so that's exciting. Not a lot new as I said. WeI have been scanning a lot of pictures lately because we just got a scanner for the first time. here's a picture of little Ooofie when she was little (AKA my sister)

Happy Birthday Lola

It's Lola's Birthday today she is 3! Happy Birthday Lola ;)

Crazy Weekend

Well this was kind of a crazy weekend Friday night Mom and I drove out to the Casino, but didn't stay long enough to loose much money it was a spur of the moment kinda thing to go out there the slots were so tight though so we left after only about an hour. Then on Saturday I went to see a movie and out to eat with my Friend Trisha in honor of my birthday she was the only one available to hang out that day. then on Sunday was the big day Yikes I'm 25! now I feel so old! I had the usual family party and My Grandparents and Matt and Paula came over along with Donna and I got Money from everyone which is good cause I can always use more of that ;). Monday morning I went and took Assesment tests at the Community college and got that done with and then today I went online and did the online Orientation since I've been to Technical school before I didn't feel the need to sit through a 2 hour Orientation at the school. and now I've registered for 4 classes starting August 21st luckily they are all Online classes except one so lucky me I'll have no problem working while I'm in school schedule wise anyway. so yeah it feels good to be registered and now I have someting to look forward to besides more unemployment which will hopefully be remedied soon to. well anyway that's what's new with me not a lot going on this week except Friday I'm going to the twins game so that should be fun. Not a lot else to say. Thanks Ruth for the shout out on your blog for my birthday!

Happy Independence Day!

Hill House

Went to the James J Hill House in St. Paul on Saturday with my parents it was my idea I just thought it would be fun I think they had fun.

it's a huge Mansion and it was worth almost $1 Million when it was built in 1891 I can only imagine what it'd be worth today.

This picture is only the middle of the house I had to take 3 seperate photos to get the whole house in.


There is a lot more to explore around here and I'm gonna do it including a walking tour of Summit Ave. sometimes it's fun to be a tourist where you live. cause if you never look at things from the tourist perspective think of all the stuff you miss out on seeing.

Back From San Fransisco

I'm Back! I had fun thanks Ruth. but it's still good to be home. it's official I'm starting school in the fall. I got my acceptance letter from the community college (I don't think anyone gets a rejection from community college) so starting in August I'll be back at school. yay I still need to find a job though yuck! hopefully I'll find something good soon.

some pictures from my trip

My sisters cat Tivo. my little buddy while I was there.



Sealions at Pier 39


The Foggy Golden gate Bridge


The Fog Rolling in over the Hills near the Golden Gate Bridge

Leaving on a jet plane

This is me tommorow California here I come

Mini Vacation

Yesterday I went on a Mini Vacation well sort of I went on a Boat ride on the Mississippi off of Harriet Island.


And then I went to the Wabasha Caves which are rumored to be Haunted I took lots of photos hoping to get a ghost photo, but no success.

This doesn't look like a gave, but it is it was a bootlegger place during prohibition.

a lot of the pictures from inside the caves are blurry and some are not so maybe that's evidence of a ghostly presence ;) who knows.

You know you never know what cool things are around your city until you look there is more to around here than just the movies and the mall and I intend to explore as many as possible.

Picture of some Geese

I snapped this photo the other day of this very rare species of birds called Canadian Geese? Especially in Minnesota I was lucky to get this shot they are so elusive, but hey they're cute look at all the babies! :)

Cancelled

So I get up this morning at about 6:15AM I take a shower and get all ready to go to an unemployment class called Creative Job Search! Well the Creative part is Do it yourself. Be creative and think of a way to do a job search. I left the house to go to the class at about 7:55AM and I got to the place at 8:15AM I was a little Early since the class started at 8:30AM so I waited in my car for a little bit and listened to the radio. I go into the building at 8:20AM and go to the front desk and told them why I was there and the guy gets a look on his face like "Oh" "That Class was cancelled, we tried to call everyone sorry we missed you" I was polite and said oh ok. And he said all the materials are on the website. So great I could have just found the stuff on my own anyway. I was mad that I hadn't got a call since he said they "Tried" to call everyone. I went home and of course there was a message on the answering machine at 7:57AM "this is so and so from unemployment you're signed up for The Creative Job Search Class. That class has been Cancelled for today!" Great they called me a half an hour before the class Geesh! And I met a friend at Perkins last night to discuss a project we are working on and I didn't get home until midnight and didn't get to bed until close to 1:00AM ARGH! I could have slept in. ARGH! The only reason I signed up for the class was because at my Unemployment orientation the guy said it was such a fantastic class with really good information. Of course they only offer it twice a month so the next one is in 2 weeks I won't be going to it I'll just get the info off the net. Argh! Maybe the person that was going to lead the class is superstitious and didn't want to leave her house since today is 6-6-06 yikes! Oh well back to the job hunt from home I guess.

Cute Baby

here's a picture of my Friends cute baby.

Back From Ohio

Happy Birthday Elvis 14 today. He's getting to be an old kitty

Just got back from Ohio Last night I'm so glad to be home it was nice seeing everyone, but it's nice to be home to much driving and running around. I didn't take to many pictures, but I did get one that my Cousin Emily says is a ghost I'm not so sure you decide.



We took like 5 pictures of the fireplace and they all have a wierd shape in the third pane it doesn't look like that to the naked eye, but you know it could be just that the glass is different in that third pane. the reason we took the pictures was because Emily and I were sitting alone in Grandma and Grandpa's house late at night on Saturday and we were talking about how wierd it was being there when no one else was there and that it was so quiet. We were like I'm glad we haven't heard any wierd noises or anything. and at that exact Moment we heard like a sudden tapping or something coming from the corner by the fireplace kinda freaked us out. so I got out my Camera and took a picture of the corner and something looked wierd about the fireplace everything was in focus except the fireplace so Emily took pictures of the fireplace and this is what came out. so I don't know I'm not completely convinced on this one, but could be.
Besides ghosts and car rides we went through the house and took things of senitmental value and packed them into the car. and now I'm home I fell asleep the minute I hit the pillow last night I intended to watch Leno for a few minutes, but the next thing I knew It was 7:00AM and the TV was on and I was still wearing my glasses. so I was tired. well this is all that's new with me back to Job Hunting today. Yippee.

This is what went on when I was at work

These are pictures I took from my bedroom on 2 different days this week. So this is what goes on when I'm at work!

Vicious Dogs

Today Chloe Turned on Lola and they had a horrible fight!!!!! J/K they were just playing they are so funny.

Not much is going on with me right now I'm still job hunting fun fun. I'm glad American Idol is on Tonight we get to see who the 2 finalists are. I thought for sure it would have been Chris atleast in the top 2, but no he got voted off. Now I hope the final two are Taylor and Elliot with Taylor winning the whole thing. I guess we'll see tonight who goes home.

Pretty Tree

Bored and Bored! Soaps are really lame I used to like watching them, but now they're just lame!! The job search continues I've applied to a handful, but nothing looks that exciting I have to look at the sunday paper still maybe there will be something interesting in there.

This photo is one I took outside my grandpa's Retirement center. Pictures always make these blogs more interesting.

Lola

Random Picture for the Day. This is Lola Ain't she cute! :)

Job Seeking Sucks

Well my first full week of Unemployment is almost done and it's gone by fast. Monday I went to the mall (didn't spend any money though) with my friend and her 2 week old baby and then Tuesday I met up with another friend and we went for a walk with my dogs since it was her day off and on Wednesday I met up with a "former" coworker for Lunch. it's amazing you loose your job and suddenly friends come around that's a good thing oh and last friday I went to see a movie with my friend Trisha. so since I've been running around so much I haven't done a ton of job hunting i've updated my resume on a few sites and put in my resume at like 2 places and with 2 temp agencies I haven't heard anything from any of them yet (if it weren't for the money thing I wouldn't be in a rush to get back to work). Next week I'm gonna have to get serious about my job hunt and I'm not looking forward to it. I've looked at jobs every day and am not finding anything that jumps out at me. I guess beggers can't be chooser. so hopefully I can find a halfway decent job before to long here. wish me luck!

Unemployed

Well Today was an interesting day at Work I worked my Ass off to get stuff done for my boss that he kept giving me to do all week. come to find out at 5:00PM that I'm being let go because our Region went under restructuring and I guess I was the easy one to loose or something. God Dammit Frickin Ass Hole! my boss is such an Ass. he knew all week ,but he waits until 5 on Friday to tell me what a jerk!!!! I wouldn't have done all that work for him if I had known. Argh!!! I don't really feel like talking about it to much right now ,but I just wanted to put a little post up about it. so starting Monday the job search is on Big Time. To look on the bright side atleast now I'll be able to catch up on my soaps (she sobs quietly) j/k, but seriously I'm pissed, but yeah anyway that's that and I guess that's life. Man Some Times Life just stinks!!!