Life How I See It

A joke

At the request of many of you, I am taking a couple of minutes to update my blog. I wish I had some grand old story to relate or some great joke I heard since last I wrote. Unless you've heard the one about the 2 blonds and the river then I've got nothing. So I will leave the grand month of May with you all, a joke.

There are these 2 blonds, one on each side of the river. One of them says to the other, "Hey, how do I get to the other side of the river?" The other says, "You are on the other side of the river."

Sadly that is all I have. Until next month, farewell.

My biggest purchase yet....

This is the damage my truck took from my accident last month.

And this is the result... a new 2008 Toyota Yaris. It had 94 miles off the lot. It gets 29 mpg city and 34 mpg highway.

This is from the front.

A side shot. Sorry no tripod so it's a little blurry. I'll get a better one during the day.

Here's the dash.

I'm looking for a name for it, anyone got any ideas? :)

And here is the hat I knitted for Kolin.

Tagged

What were you doing ten years ago?
I was in high school with a shiny new driver's license.

What were you doing five years ago?
I was in northern California stomping pavement.

Five things on my to-do list today:
1) Finish my reviews
2) Fold my laundry
3) Finish my to do list
4)
5)

What snacks I enjoy . . .
Chocolate

What would I do if I were suddenly a billionaire?
Buy a house and a new hybrid car

Three bad habits?
That's a secret.

Five places I've lived?
Kansas
Japan
Idaho
California
Can I count Kansas twice?

Five jobs I've had?
Mowing lawns
Toys R Us
Datacore Marketing

Five things you don't know about me:
I used to collect stamps
I got into my first traffic accident last month
I get excited about yarn... who does that?
I turned my Mom into a game addict
Sometimes I have a hard time finishing thin

A First for Me

I woke from my afternoon nap and went to the kitchen, mainly to stay away from my bed so I could sleep tonight, and turned on the tv. 7 hours later I watched not only the Oscars straight through but the red carpet show before.

I just want to shout out to Glenn Hansard and Marketa Irglova a big congrats!!! Loved the movie and music and their Oscars were well deserved!

A few of my favorite things...

5. Calm before a storm
4. Free food
3. Games
2. Music (not necessarily these, but in general I love it all!!)
a. Joe Purdy - Washed Away
b. Mat Kearney - Breath In Breath Out
c. Maxine Nightingale - Right Back Where We Started From
d. Willie Nelson - Are You Sure
1. Staying up late and sleeping in

My Goal for 2008/2009

The other night I felt the strong need to have personal space, a place to call mine and mine alone. So after talking to Rachel, I have decided to safe up and purchase a small house. I talked to my Dad about the finer points and I think it is doable by the end of the year or at the latest sometime next year especially since the market is a buyers market. So with that said, I have started to watch more closely what and how I spend my money. And I'm saving like there is no tomorrow. I was looking at homes on the internet and of boy did that get me really excited about the idea.

And.... done.

Greatest of 2007
GREATEST MEMORY - Nerdfest 2007
GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT - Learning to knit.
GREATEST HEARTACHE - Losing an Aunt and Uncle
GREATEST EPIPHANY - Learning a new shortcut! I love shortcuts!!!
GREATEST YOUTUBE VID - I don't really watch youTube, but I saw this one on my sister's blog and thought it was hilarious.
GREATEST MOVIE - I had to look up what movies came out this past year. This past year really wasn't all that great for movies in my opinion. I wouldn't say it was my favorite but I enjoyed it and could watch it over and over; I would pick Stardust. I bet most of you haven't even heard of that one. If you don't like fantasy or stories with magic, don't bother. But if you do, then watch it, it's good.
GREATEST RECORDS - A bunch, hard to narrow it down. So a little of all of these: 30 Seconds to Mars, The Fray, Paramore, Regina Spektor, unkle Bob, Linkin Park, etc.
GREATEST CONCERT - I've been to one in my entire life and that was only so the other person wouldn't be going alone... I don't do concerts.
GREATEST MOMENT OF IMMATURITY - Farting at inappropriate times and places and then having a good laugh afterward.
GREATEST AREA OF GROWTH - My list of books I've read
GREATEST MOMENT - who can pick just one? I can't that's for sure.

Alright, I give in...

I like the song, dang it. I have secretly been trying not to like Lifehouse. I'm slowly losing the battle every time I put one of their songs up here for you all. Oh well, you can't win them all. :)

Rachel, here you go: Lifehouse - Broken

Announcment

I was planning on announcing this on my blog sooner and now that I'm getting requests to update... I am here to announce my promotion!!! Yea me!!!

So here's the back story for those don't know. I started working for Datacore Marketing about a year ago as a temp and was later hired on full time after the "trial time" was up. So from February to April I was a temp. They hired me as just a data entry person and about a month later they promoted me to what used to be a program specialists now a team lead, which amounts to just under management. I was a program specialist from end of May/start of June up to about a week ago. On Monday I was promoted to supervisor. For the first time I am not an hourly paid employee, I have good benefits, I got a pay raise, they feed me breakfast every other Friday... I will have to say this about Datacore, they recognize hard workers and they reward them for it. That works for me. I have always believed that it is a privilege to work and should be treated as such, and so I work hard and am very loyal. Needless to say, they like me.

I have now been a supervisor for a full week and am loving every minute of it. I will have to admit that I keep thinking about Truman with his "The Buck Stops Here" sign that was on his desk. I've been trying to think along those lines cause normally I'm happy to pass on the responsiblity to someone else so it has and will continue to be interesting to see how well I do in this position. I can already tell that I've started to "blossom" in my outgoingness. So for those that didn't know, now you do. Oh and today they moved me to my new desk. It's still the same size, I'm just on the end of the isle now instead of mingled and lost. My department is moving this year because my company has outgrown our current office so when we do move I'll get a bigger desk and a new chair to go with that new desk. :) I'm excited. Sorry I didn't post this earlier, I've been busy... and tired.

On a different note, I'm almost finished with my scarf. It's about 60 inches now. It was a rough beginning but now, oh boy, watch out. Anyone got any ideas what I should make next?