Sunday, June 15, 2008

Too Cute!!!

OK, I admit, I saw this on someone else's blog, but it was too cute to pass up!!! With a little photoshop magic, I am using this as the header for our blog. If you want your own "sticker", just go to the website below the picture.

Pyzam Family Sticker Toy
Create your own family sticker graphic at pYzam.com

Friday, June 13, 2008

Yoga - Day 2

Yessiree, I was sore from yoga yesterday. But I thought that would be too easy of an excuse to bail!! So, I did my second class in a row today. I'm not going to say that it was easier today than yesterday because it wasn't. Today, the woman on TV said that eventually your body will crave yoga. Well, right now my body craves chocolate!!! I'll keep you posted on my progress....

Thursday, June 12, 2008

Back in the groove

Because life never stops, I am going to blog as things come up and gradually fill in the blanks....I will adjust the date of my blog entries so that you will be able to read them chronologically.

Today, I started yoga. We will see if I keep up with yoga as well as I have kept up with this blog! I hear yoga is really good for you and I need to get back in shape - I have turned into a total slug! And today, just confirmed that - it is embarrassing how not flexible and out of shape I am!

Thursday, May 22, 2008

It's a MAJOR award

OK, I'm back!!! I'll spend the next few days catching all y'all up to date on our life the last 5 months....

First, I was going to blog about a phone call I got from my parents one evening. Here is the background. We all went to the Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, AZ this year to watch the WVU Mountaineers win their 3rd bowl game in a row.

My parents drove out to meet us out there. At the Arizona border, the welcome center was having a guess-the-score of the Fiesta Bowl "contest". The person guessing the closest to the final score would win a prize. My dad, the optimist, guessed WVU: 42 Oklahoma: 28. I laughed at him when he told me his entry... What was the final score??? WVU: 48 Oklahoma: 28. He won!!! And whose laughing now????

What did he win??? Why a major award, of course!!!! Arizona tote bag, CD holder, luggage tag, t-shirt, and calendar.... Congratulations Dad!!!!

Thursday, April 10, 2008

Car Problems

Remember all the good news we had??? Now is when the universe balances everything out...

Yesterday my car started making this really strange grinding, squealing, thumping noise that I have NEVER heard before. It only made the sound when it was moving, didn't matter what gear it was in - in fact it didn't matter if it was even IN gear.

So I'm took it to the shop today. The only thing I could think of was a bad bearing or something. The guy at the dealership heard the sound and thought it was a bad e-brake cable. After the technician did an initial inspection, the report was... drumroll please.... Bad rear wheel bearing!!! I asked (with a smile and a wink) if that was covered under my 10 year/100K mile power train warranty. He said, "No, but it WOULD have been if my car was a rear wheel drive"... I joked "Isn't that what I have".. He said "Uh, no, but nice try". Hey, a girls gotta try, right?

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Staged, listed, and SOLD!!!

You're not going to believe this, but got and accepted an offer on our house literally within hours of it being listed on the MLS!!! Our agent gave other agents a "heads-up" that our house was going on the market. It hit the MLS around noon today. Our agent called me to tell me someone wanted to see it at 5 - I hustled home, grabbed Freebie, and - here's the pathetic part - we sat in the HS parking lot while the potential buyer looked at the house.


The computer room, guest room, basement, and garage were still messy, but I guess she liked what she saw, because she submitted an offer by 8:00. Mike is in Atlanta today and tomorrow, so we had to discuss the offer over the phone!!! Although it's not as high as we (OK, read I) initially hoped, we decided to accept the offer and not get greedy, given the current market conditions. We got a great deal on our house in Atlanta and the releif of having our house in Rochester "unloaded" was worth any extra money we might have gotten had we waited it out.


Interior Paint: $200

Misc Repair Work: $500

Having you house sold in hours: Priceless!!!

Monday, March 10, 2008

Leaving Kodak.....

Well, I did it. I submitted my letter of resignation to Kodak today. After discussing the pros and cons with Mike, we decided that my time is better spent right now focusing on getting ourselves moved and settled in Atlanta.

I knew back in December that I would not remain at my current position when Mike accepted the job in Atlanta. However, I hoped that there would be a job for me down there as well. As things turned out, that just isn't the case.

I have some mixed emotions about leaving - I have spent the last 10 years of my life here, but I really feel this is the right decision to make. In fact, when I submitted the letter, I felt a huge weight lift off my shoulders. Now I just have to decide what I want to do when I grow up.....