Still nothing much going on.
I've been out of training for almost a month at work. So I've been answering the phone at work instead of making calls. The first week or so after I was out of training I HATED it. Now I don't really really like it, but it's tolerable. I think it comes from knowing what I'm doing. I hated having to start at the beginning not knowing very much and having to start over again. It's not too bad now.
Mark is out of school for the break between semesters. He starts his next semester in January. He's going to be taking 3 classes this semester, instead of 4. One is also online. Online classes seem like they might be more convenient, so he's going to try one out and see what he thinks of them.
We're starting to think about what we want in a house, because hopefully this next time we move it will be into a house. We're planning to start using my income to pay off our credit card the rest of the way and put money into savings for a down payment. (And to make sure we're able to live off his income...we haven't been very good about even paying attention to that and we figure it's better to get into the habit before we have to live off just one income.) In May or June we're going to start looking for a realtor and find out what all we need to do to get started on buying a house and then start working on it. We're tired of renting and ready for a house.
Well, that's about it for now. Happy new year to everyone.
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Friday, November 21, 2008
Well there's not really a whole lot going on now, but I decided I probably ought to make a post.
I'm still in training until December 2. So far it's going pretty good. I get to help people with problems with their alarm system, and when it actually works I feel pretty proud of myself. (There's a few times where it doesn't work and we have to send a tech out.)
Mark has like 2 weeks of school left :D That's pretty exciting. He's already got his schedule set up for next semester and hopefully it'll be less stressful than this one was.
The Kia is in the shop...again X_X. We had it in the shop off and on for almost 2 weeks. It was in there for like 2 days and then we got it back for 2 days and it went back to the shop again yesterday. It was making funny noises. The first time they just did an engine tune up, and then it started making other funny noises. This time it was a broken part in the trans axle (whatever that is...whatever it is, we got the transaxle replaced around this time last year and it wasn't cheap!) But it's going to cost lots less than it did last year...we're just not thrilled about it.
Because the Kia has been in the shop, my car has been driven lots more, and my car is not happy about it. It's started making funny noises too, and I need to get the tires replaced on it...and we have to pay for Mark's tuition next semester (we don't qualify for a grant) by December...so we're trying to hold off as much as possible on things we can so we make sure we've got enough money to cover it all.
Well, that's pretty much the latest. There's nothing really exciting or anything like that going on, except Thanksgiving, which I'm definately ready for :B
I'm still in training until December 2. So far it's going pretty good. I get to help people with problems with their alarm system, and when it actually works I feel pretty proud of myself. (There's a few times where it doesn't work and we have to send a tech out.)
Mark has like 2 weeks of school left :D That's pretty exciting. He's already got his schedule set up for next semester and hopefully it'll be less stressful than this one was.
The Kia is in the shop...again X_X. We had it in the shop off and on for almost 2 weeks. It was in there for like 2 days and then we got it back for 2 days and it went back to the shop again yesterday. It was making funny noises. The first time they just did an engine tune up, and then it started making other funny noises. This time it was a broken part in the trans axle (whatever that is...whatever it is, we got the transaxle replaced around this time last year and it wasn't cheap!) But it's going to cost lots less than it did last year...we're just not thrilled about it.
Because the Kia has been in the shop, my car has been driven lots more, and my car is not happy about it. It's started making funny noises too, and I need to get the tires replaced on it...and we have to pay for Mark's tuition next semester (we don't qualify for a grant) by December...so we're trying to hold off as much as possible on things we can so we make sure we've got enough money to cover it all.
Well, that's pretty much the latest. There's nothing really exciting or anything like that going on, except Thanksgiving, which I'm definately ready for :B
Saturday, November 1, 2008
We're more or less done unpacking. There's still stuff scattered around, but now we're working on organizing stuff.
I got a promotion at work (I could have actually had this promotion at any time, because it was up to me when/if I took it...it's required to advance in the company though. I finally decided to go since November 7th is my 1 year anniversary with the company...and I promised my manager I would finally go.) So, I will have training for the next 5 weeks. I get weekends off now, which is super nice, because I get to spend more time with Mark. (After training is over, I go back to my normal schedule...so no more weekends off as of December 2.)
I'm going to be an inbound/CSG (Customer Service Group) representative. Basically, I answer the phone when someone calls in. Also if they need to troubleshoot or are having any other problems/questions with their alarm system, I'm supposed to help them. Training started on Wednesday and it's going pretty well. I think once I know what I'm doing I'm really going to like it.
At work someone has been telling me how great a Chi hair straightener is, so I read some reviews, etc. I ended up finding a Sedu hair straightener (I think the techinical term is "flat iron.") I compared the Chi and Sedu, and Sedu has better ratings/recommendations all around, so I decided to buy one and try it out. (I've been thinking about getting a different hair straightener for a while.)
Anyway, I'll post some before and after pics.
This is what my hair normally looks like after I straighten it...this is 2 days after it's been straightened, and it was with my normal hair straightener:
I usually wash my hair at night and sleep while it dries, then straighten it in the morning. This is what my hair looked like when I woke up: (It's actually more tame in the picture than what it REALLY looked like...I smoothed it down some before taking the pic xD)
And here is what it looks like after I straightened my hair with my Sedu. It looks straighter and flatter. I'll have to see about getting a pic in a day or two to see if it really stays looking flatter. Because with my old straightener, right after I finished straightening my hair, it looked straight. The question is how long the straightness will last. Anyway, here's the pic:
(Don't mind my eyes in that pic, I was wondering if the camera had taken the picture yet xD) So far I would say I'm satisfied with the hair straightener. I haven't seen anything to make me try to convince people that they NEED to get one though. The result isn't worth what I paid for it, at least not at this point. I was hoping it would get rid of some of the frizziness in my hair, and it's reduced it a little bit, but not as much as I was hoping. Oh well. I'll probably start experimenting with it as well as see about using other products. You can make curls with the hair straightener, and when I feel like it I'll try to see how that works. I tried earlier for a little bit but was kinda scared I was going to burn myself. I was also in a hurry and needed to get ready to leave.
Anyway, that's really the latest. Mark is going to school and working...there's not a whole lot new going on. Here's the latest cute pics of Lily (c'mon, you knew this was coming)
Mark was organizing the DVD rack and Lily thought she fit rather well in the bottom shelf. In that pic she was trying to get out...probably because I had the camera out.
This is my FAVORITE pic of Lily. It looks to me like she's ready to go after the mouse on TV. We were going to watch a movie and it was going through previews and Lily was sitting on the stand in front of the TV. I just happened to snap the picture at the PERFECT time. Every time I see this pic it makes me laugh xD Hopefully it makes others laugh too. She likes to perch in front of the TV sometimes when she can.
I got a promotion at work (I could have actually had this promotion at any time, because it was up to me when/if I took it...it's required to advance in the company though. I finally decided to go since November 7th is my 1 year anniversary with the company...and I promised my manager I would finally go.) So, I will have training for the next 5 weeks. I get weekends off now, which is super nice, because I get to spend more time with Mark. (After training is over, I go back to my normal schedule...so no more weekends off as of December 2.)
I'm going to be an inbound/CSG (Customer Service Group) representative. Basically, I answer the phone when someone calls in. Also if they need to troubleshoot or are having any other problems/questions with their alarm system, I'm supposed to help them. Training started on Wednesday and it's going pretty well. I think once I know what I'm doing I'm really going to like it.
At work someone has been telling me how great a Chi hair straightener is, so I read some reviews, etc. I ended up finding a Sedu hair straightener (I think the techinical term is "flat iron.") I compared the Chi and Sedu, and Sedu has better ratings/recommendations all around, so I decided to buy one and try it out. (I've been thinking about getting a different hair straightener for a while.)
Anyway, I'll post some before and after pics.
This is what my hair normally looks like after I straighten it...this is 2 days after it's been straightened, and it was with my normal hair straightener:
I usually wash my hair at night and sleep while it dries, then straighten it in the morning. This is what my hair looked like when I woke up: (It's actually more tame in the picture than what it REALLY looked like...I smoothed it down some before taking the pic xD)
And here is what it looks like after I straightened my hair with my Sedu. It looks straighter and flatter. I'll have to see about getting a pic in a day or two to see if it really stays looking flatter. Because with my old straightener, right after I finished straightening my hair, it looked straight. The question is how long the straightness will last. Anyway, here's the pic:
(Don't mind my eyes in that pic, I was wondering if the camera had taken the picture yet xD) So far I would say I'm satisfied with the hair straightener. I haven't seen anything to make me try to convince people that they NEED to get one though. The result isn't worth what I paid for it, at least not at this point. I was hoping it would get rid of some of the frizziness in my hair, and it's reduced it a little bit, but not as much as I was hoping. Oh well. I'll probably start experimenting with it as well as see about using other products. You can make curls with the hair straightener, and when I feel like it I'll try to see how that works. I tried earlier for a little bit but was kinda scared I was going to burn myself. I was also in a hurry and needed to get ready to leave.
Anyway, that's really the latest. Mark is going to school and working...there's not a whole lot new going on. Here's the latest cute pics of Lily (c'mon, you knew this was coming)
Mark was organizing the DVD rack and Lily thought she fit rather well in the bottom shelf. In that pic she was trying to get out...probably because I had the camera out.
This is my FAVORITE pic of Lily. It looks to me like she's ready to go after the mouse on TV. We were going to watch a movie and it was going through previews and Lily was sitting on the stand in front of the TV. I just happened to snap the picture at the PERFECT time. Every time I see this pic it makes me laugh xD Hopefully it makes others laugh too. She likes to perch in front of the TV sometimes when she can.
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Moving
The past couple weeks we've been busy with moving, so along the way I snapped some pictures that I'm going to share. Lily liked to be wherever I was, but unfortunately, she wasn't much help most of the time. These ones are all at the old apartment.
I was packing boxes and Lily decided she wanted to find out what was in this box:
A box that wasn't being used at the moment, so Lily decided it made a great hide out:
This was just cute. She has her paw over her eyes to block out the sun. This picture was taken around 1 PM. xD I couldn't resist adding this picture, because it's so adorable.
Once again, jumping into a box I was in the process of packing:
We had just taken out the gaming stuff (Wii, PS2, etc) and Lily climbed in to see what was going on. I closed the glass because it made a great picture. (That's Mark's hand in the pic.)
She didn't just leave getting in the way for the old apartment. We have some new pics of Lily checking out the new apartment as well.
In this one she was checking out the master bedroom's bath tub. Usually she avoids the bath tub, so I had to get a picture when she willingly went to check it out xD.
We were trying to put like a dust cloth thing over the box spring of our mattress (you can kinda see it in the 2nd pic) and Lily decided to use it as a balance beam or something. We were trying to put the mattress down while Lily was walking over the top of it. In the last pic I ended up just taking her off of it, because she didn't seem to care to get off any time soon on her own. xD.
Now for pics of our new apartment. Sorry about it being so messy, we're still unpacking so there's boxes all over the place.
Maybe I'll post before vs. after pics. That sounds like fun...but it will be a while before I get after pics of some of them because some rooms have a LOT of unpacking that still needs to be done.
Kitchen, before some extra unpacking:
After some unpacking. Still not perfect, but it's definately a start. That door at the end is actually a pantry (it's pretty small.) That's also where Lily's litter box and food stuff is.
I don't have any other before and after pics yet...only before pics. So I'll get those up and post after ones some other time when I get around to it.
This is the storage area...actually, it's the walk-in closet for the 2nd bedroom/office. (We're using it as an office) There's shelves on both sides, but it's kinda hard to see from the picture. I didn't really want to go inside to get pics of both sides.
This is the office picture. As you can see, the computer is set up in the far corner xD. Eventually we'll have all the boxes out of the way. For now this room is mostly furniture. I don't know if we'd be able to put a mattress in here if we did have company. I imagine after we get everything unpacked we'll be doing some rearranging as well.
Bathroom 1. This is the big bathroom, the "public" bathroom as I tend to call it. (AKA, not the master bedroom's bathroom xD)
This is the other part of the big bathroom.
This is our living room and our big screen TV from Mark's parents. (They got a new one and gave us that one over a year ago...we didn't have room in the old apartment to put it. So they stored it for us until we moved.) That's not as cluttered as it was yesterday. We'll be doing some rearranging with this room as well. (That back door goes out to the balcony)
This is the master bedroom's bathroom
This is the bedroom xD. We have A LOT of work to do in here for unpacking. Most of that junk on the floor is bedding, and some boxes, of course.
Dining room AND our dining room TABLE! Woot! I'm so excited to have a table back. this is where most of the boxes got put when they were brought in. So we're slowly working our way through those.
This is in the office. Dave and Darla gave us Yum-Yum's kitty tree when they gave Yum-Yum away. We had it in our old apartment and Lily didn't really care for it. The day we moved it in, she has been sitting on it a lot. I think it helps that there's a window behind it so it's like basking in the sun for her. I'm so glad she's finally using it :) (That door knob in the corner is for the door to the storage space/walk-in closet)
I'm tired of packing and unpacking. But we like the place a whole lot. Sometimes the neighbors are kind of loud, which I'm not fond of...but hopefully it's just a once in a while occurence instead of all the time. Our old apartment, it was almost always loud.
I'm looking forward to this being the last apartment we live in. Hopefully the next time we move it will actually be a house...but we've got quite a bit of time before we need to talk about moving again, thankfully.
Our downstairs neighbor came up on Friday night around 10:30 PM (while we were moving in) and welcomed us to the apartments and introduced herself to us. She's pretty nice and a night owl, just like me and Mark, so it works out. I was kind of impressed. This is the first apartment we've ever lived at that someone actually introduced themselves to us. It was pretty awesome. We also got to meet the mail man. Apparently he's been delivering mail at these apartments for 12 years. He knows a lot about the people who live here, it's kinda interesting to talk to him. You wouldn't think the mail man could find out that much information about people just by delivering their mail xD. Oh well, I think it's cool.
I still have to clean the old apartment and get the keys turned in, and then we're officially moved. I'm hoping to have that finished tomorrow or Tuesday at the absolute latest.
We rented a U-Haul truck to move and I tell you what, the next time we move, we're going to rent a moving truck again. It was so much better than having to load lots of vehicles. Especially since we don't have a truck any more, the U-Haul made it a whole lot easier.
Oh, I almost forgot about the wisdom teeth update. I ended up getting an infection in the lower left socket (infection...not dry socket) It didn't hurt, but there was a horrible-tasting drainage coming from the area. I finally called the dentist back and they had me come in. They drained it and packed it and gave me more antibiotics. 3 days later they removed the packing and that was it. It didn't hurt hardly at all, it was just uncomfortable. I'm glad it's over. Honestly, looking back, getting my wisdom teeth out hurt LESS than getting any other tooth out that I can remember. That's definately nothing I'm going to complain about.
I was packing boxes and Lily decided she wanted to find out what was in this box:
A box that wasn't being used at the moment, so Lily decided it made a great hide out:
This was just cute. She has her paw over her eyes to block out the sun. This picture was taken around 1 PM. xD I couldn't resist adding this picture, because it's so adorable.
Once again, jumping into a box I was in the process of packing:
We had just taken out the gaming stuff (Wii, PS2, etc) and Lily climbed in to see what was going on. I closed the glass because it made a great picture. (That's Mark's hand in the pic.)
She didn't just leave getting in the way for the old apartment. We have some new pics of Lily checking out the new apartment as well.
In this one she was checking out the master bedroom's bath tub. Usually she avoids the bath tub, so I had to get a picture when she willingly went to check it out xD.
We were trying to put like a dust cloth thing over the box spring of our mattress (you can kinda see it in the 2nd pic) and Lily decided to use it as a balance beam or something. We were trying to put the mattress down while Lily was walking over the top of it. In the last pic I ended up just taking her off of it, because she didn't seem to care to get off any time soon on her own. xD.
Now for pics of our new apartment. Sorry about it being so messy, we're still unpacking so there's boxes all over the place.
Maybe I'll post before vs. after pics. That sounds like fun...but it will be a while before I get after pics of some of them because some rooms have a LOT of unpacking that still needs to be done.
Kitchen, before some extra unpacking:
After some unpacking. Still not perfect, but it's definately a start. That door at the end is actually a pantry (it's pretty small.) That's also where Lily's litter box and food stuff is.
I don't have any other before and after pics yet...only before pics. So I'll get those up and post after ones some other time when I get around to it.
This is the storage area...actually, it's the walk-in closet for the 2nd bedroom/office. (We're using it as an office) There's shelves on both sides, but it's kinda hard to see from the picture. I didn't really want to go inside to get pics of both sides.
This is the office picture. As you can see, the computer is set up in the far corner xD. Eventually we'll have all the boxes out of the way. For now this room is mostly furniture. I don't know if we'd be able to put a mattress in here if we did have company. I imagine after we get everything unpacked we'll be doing some rearranging as well.
Bathroom 1. This is the big bathroom, the "public" bathroom as I tend to call it. (AKA, not the master bedroom's bathroom xD)
This is the other part of the big bathroom.
This is our living room and our big screen TV from Mark's parents. (They got a new one and gave us that one over a year ago...we didn't have room in the old apartment to put it. So they stored it for us until we moved.) That's not as cluttered as it was yesterday. We'll be doing some rearranging with this room as well. (That back door goes out to the balcony)
This is the master bedroom's bathroom
This is the bedroom xD. We have A LOT of work to do in here for unpacking. Most of that junk on the floor is bedding, and some boxes, of course.
Dining room AND our dining room TABLE! Woot! I'm so excited to have a table back. this is where most of the boxes got put when they were brought in. So we're slowly working our way through those.
This is in the office. Dave and Darla gave us Yum-Yum's kitty tree when they gave Yum-Yum away. We had it in our old apartment and Lily didn't really care for it. The day we moved it in, she has been sitting on it a lot. I think it helps that there's a window behind it so it's like basking in the sun for her. I'm so glad she's finally using it :) (That door knob in the corner is for the door to the storage space/walk-in closet)
I'm tired of packing and unpacking. But we like the place a whole lot. Sometimes the neighbors are kind of loud, which I'm not fond of...but hopefully it's just a once in a while occurence instead of all the time. Our old apartment, it was almost always loud.
I'm looking forward to this being the last apartment we live in. Hopefully the next time we move it will actually be a house...but we've got quite a bit of time before we need to talk about moving again, thankfully.
Our downstairs neighbor came up on Friday night around 10:30 PM (while we were moving in) and welcomed us to the apartments and introduced herself to us. She's pretty nice and a night owl, just like me and Mark, so it works out. I was kind of impressed. This is the first apartment we've ever lived at that someone actually introduced themselves to us. It was pretty awesome. We also got to meet the mail man. Apparently he's been delivering mail at these apartments for 12 years. He knows a lot about the people who live here, it's kinda interesting to talk to him. You wouldn't think the mail man could find out that much information about people just by delivering their mail xD. Oh well, I think it's cool.
I still have to clean the old apartment and get the keys turned in, and then we're officially moved. I'm hoping to have that finished tomorrow or Tuesday at the absolute latest.
We rented a U-Haul truck to move and I tell you what, the next time we move, we're going to rent a moving truck again. It was so much better than having to load lots of vehicles. Especially since we don't have a truck any more, the U-Haul made it a whole lot easier.
Oh, I almost forgot about the wisdom teeth update. I ended up getting an infection in the lower left socket (infection...not dry socket) It didn't hurt, but there was a horrible-tasting drainage coming from the area. I finally called the dentist back and they had me come in. They drained it and packed it and gave me more antibiotics. 3 days later they removed the packing and that was it. It didn't hurt hardly at all, it was just uncomfortable. I'm glad it's over. Honestly, looking back, getting my wisdom teeth out hurt LESS than getting any other tooth out that I can remember. That's definately nothing I'm going to complain about.
Friday, September 26, 2008
Update
Well, I went to work today for the first time all week...I lasted about 4 hours before I ended up coming home early. I knew 30 minutes into my shift there was no way I was going to be able to talk on the phone for 8 hours. Since I'm a mentor, I had a session today and decided to wait until that was over. As soon as my session ended, I came home. So I left work around 7:40 PM (It took me about 10 minutes to gather up all my stuff and be ready to go.)
While I was on the phone and talking, my jaw started hurting SUPER bad. I started to taste a tinge of blood, and every tooth in my mouth, especially my molars started to hurt. When I got home I took some pain killer, and that took care of it. Interestingly enough, earlier was the worst my mouth has hurt so far. I've already decided I'm calling in tomorrow. I'm not going to even mess with driving out there and staying at work for a few hours then driving all the way home. It's not worth the gas. And I'm sure the same thing will probably happen again. I need to practice talking again xD.
From what I know, my incisions are healing well. The doctor put in dissolveable stitches, so I don't have to go back... and I don't think any have fallen out yet (I'm kinda scared when they do, because I don't want to choke on one or something xD.) I'm tired of eating soft stuff...but I can't chew anything else still. Oh well.
Oh yeah, Lily was kind enough to puke on one of the couch covers on laundry day, so I was able to get a picture of what the couches look like under the cover while I washed the couch cover:
I don't think it looks that bad at all...except all those buttons are in the seat too, and sometimes they're uncomfortable...and they collect crumbs like a toaster tray O_O.
And while cleaning off my camera, I had to put some more pics of Lily, of course. She's the most exciting thing in our life for now xD.
She was asleep in that. It looks like she was all tucked in, with her little toy beside her ready for bed. Mark couldn't resist taking a picture, and I completely agree.
This is under the couch cover...It's Lily's latest hide out. I was lucky to get a picture of her outside it. Most the time she just curls up inside and you can't tell she's there unless the couch cover is bulging or she's meowing.
While I was on the phone and talking, my jaw started hurting SUPER bad. I started to taste a tinge of blood, and every tooth in my mouth, especially my molars started to hurt. When I got home I took some pain killer, and that took care of it. Interestingly enough, earlier was the worst my mouth has hurt so far. I've already decided I'm calling in tomorrow. I'm not going to even mess with driving out there and staying at work for a few hours then driving all the way home. It's not worth the gas. And I'm sure the same thing will probably happen again. I need to practice talking again xD.
From what I know, my incisions are healing well. The doctor put in dissolveable stitches, so I don't have to go back... and I don't think any have fallen out yet (I'm kinda scared when they do, because I don't want to choke on one or something xD.) I'm tired of eating soft stuff...but I can't chew anything else still. Oh well.
Oh yeah, Lily was kind enough to puke on one of the couch covers on laundry day, so I was able to get a picture of what the couches look like under the cover while I washed the couch cover:
I don't think it looks that bad at all...except all those buttons are in the seat too, and sometimes they're uncomfortable...and they collect crumbs like a toaster tray O_O.
And while cleaning off my camera, I had to put some more pics of Lily, of course. She's the most exciting thing in our life for now xD.
She was asleep in that. It looks like she was all tucked in, with her little toy beside her ready for bed. Mark couldn't resist taking a picture, and I completely agree.
This is under the couch cover...It's Lily's latest hide out. I was lucky to get a picture of her outside it. Most the time she just curls up inside and you can't tell she's there unless the couch cover is bulging or she's meowing.
Monday, September 22, 2008
Wisdom Teeth, etc.
Since Lynette got her wisdom teeth out recently, I decided I better stop putting it off. I got my wisdom teeth out earlier today. I only have 3 wisdom teeth that ever came in, so the oral surgeon took them all out...It's the two lower ones and the upper right. They put in dissolvable stitches, so I won't have to go back and get them taken out.
They put me to sleep with an IV, and it took like 20 seconds for me to go out. Mark said it took them less than 20 minutes to get all 3 out. (They were all impacted, so apparently they were pretty close to the surface since it didn't take very long...that's good, hopefully it will be faster healing.) It took me about 30 minutes after they were done to wake up, and then Mark got my prescriptions for me.
They prescribed pain medicine, an antibiotic, and special mouth wash. I've had a cold for the past week, and I'm supposed to take 3 antibiotics a day. I've taken 2 so far, and I think it's helping my cold go away xD. Maybe going to the doctor for a cold isn't a bad thing...xD I've been fighting this cold for a LONG time, and I am so ready for it to be gone.
I can hardly open my mouth still. The oral surgeon's nurse told us that I needed to eat something and then take some ibprufen and my antibiotics when I got home. I couldn't even open my mouth enough to put a spoon in it. O_o, so I asked Mark to buy me some Ensure or something like that (Pretty much, what it is is like a dietary drink of some sort that's supposed to be nutritious and can be a meal replacement.) It's kind of expensive, almost $11 for 6 8 oz bottles, but it tastes like a chocolate milk shake, AND it's actually somewhat filling. I wasn't allowed to eat or drink anything before my appointment, so when I got home I was starving. Also, when I got home, my cheeks and bottom lip were numb...so if I ate anything (I was going to eat yogurt, but couldn't get the spoon in my mouth cause I couldn't open my mouth wide enough xD) it probably would have dripped out (eww.) So, I drank my lunch and dinner (in the form of the Ensure drinks) They are surprisingly very good, but I won't be buying it on a regular basis...although I will most definately recommend this to anyone who is getting their wisdom teeth out.
I iced my face most of the time since I got home, and my face doesn't look or feel swollen to me :). The numbness ended about 4 or 5 hours after I got home...so now my face feels normal, aside from barely being able to put half a tea spoon in my mouth (I was actually able to eat some chocolate pudding, but it took some work. xD) The bleeding had stopped by the time I got home, and it seems to have clotted. I haven't tasted any blood at all.
I can feel the stitches, but I'm trying to keep my tongue away from it because I don't want them to get loose until they're ready. I'm not supposed to start taking the prescribed pain meds until tomorrow...so I really hope they don't start to hurt bad tomorrow :/ For now, it doesn't hurt because I'm making sure I take the pain pills to cover it xD.
Anyway, even better news, we found a new place to live! It's a 2 bedroom, 2 bath for about what we're paying for our current 1 bedroom, 1 bath. It's near Worlds of Fun. It is an apartment. We originally were looking for a house to rent, but we weren't able to find one we really liked, and wanted to make sure we knew where we were moving to before we ran out of time...so we've officially found a place. (Actually the last house we looked at was a 2 bdrm, 1 bath, it had less space than the apartment we're going to be moving into, didn't have air conditioning, and the person was asking $675/month. We're getting more for our money by just going to an apartment.) I'm SOOO excited and ready to move in! We're moving in on October 17. It actually has a dining room too!!! (All the places we've lived did not have a dining room) This dining room has carpet under it...not linoleum/tile. I don't like that, but I'll put up with it because I'm so excited to even have one xD. It also has a built in washer and dryer AND a pantry, and the 2nd bedroom has a walk-in closet = LOTS OF STORAGE!!! WOOT! Anyway, both Mark and I are both extremely excited and ready to move.
I have work off until Thursday to recover (and extra time beyond that if I still need it.) So, I think once I start to recover a bit (or get bored enough) I'll start doing some packing. Well, that's the latest. The apartment is in North KC and about 10 minutes from Mark's job and about 20 minutes from my work.
They put me to sleep with an IV, and it took like 20 seconds for me to go out. Mark said it took them less than 20 minutes to get all 3 out. (They were all impacted, so apparently they were pretty close to the surface since it didn't take very long...that's good, hopefully it will be faster healing.) It took me about 30 minutes after they were done to wake up, and then Mark got my prescriptions for me.
They prescribed pain medicine, an antibiotic, and special mouth wash. I've had a cold for the past week, and I'm supposed to take 3 antibiotics a day. I've taken 2 so far, and I think it's helping my cold go away xD. Maybe going to the doctor for a cold isn't a bad thing...xD I've been fighting this cold for a LONG time, and I am so ready for it to be gone.
I can hardly open my mouth still. The oral surgeon's nurse told us that I needed to eat something and then take some ibprufen and my antibiotics when I got home. I couldn't even open my mouth enough to put a spoon in it. O_o, so I asked Mark to buy me some Ensure or something like that (Pretty much, what it is is like a dietary drink of some sort that's supposed to be nutritious and can be a meal replacement.) It's kind of expensive, almost $11 for 6 8 oz bottles, but it tastes like a chocolate milk shake, AND it's actually somewhat filling. I wasn't allowed to eat or drink anything before my appointment, so when I got home I was starving. Also, when I got home, my cheeks and bottom lip were numb...so if I ate anything (I was going to eat yogurt, but couldn't get the spoon in my mouth cause I couldn't open my mouth wide enough xD) it probably would have dripped out (eww.) So, I drank my lunch and dinner (in the form of the Ensure drinks) They are surprisingly very good, but I won't be buying it on a regular basis...although I will most definately recommend this to anyone who is getting their wisdom teeth out.
I iced my face most of the time since I got home, and my face doesn't look or feel swollen to me :). The numbness ended about 4 or 5 hours after I got home...so now my face feels normal, aside from barely being able to put half a tea spoon in my mouth (I was actually able to eat some chocolate pudding, but it took some work. xD) The bleeding had stopped by the time I got home, and it seems to have clotted. I haven't tasted any blood at all.
I can feel the stitches, but I'm trying to keep my tongue away from it because I don't want them to get loose until they're ready. I'm not supposed to start taking the prescribed pain meds until tomorrow...so I really hope they don't start to hurt bad tomorrow :/ For now, it doesn't hurt because I'm making sure I take the pain pills to cover it xD.
Anyway, even better news, we found a new place to live! It's a 2 bedroom, 2 bath for about what we're paying for our current 1 bedroom, 1 bath. It's near Worlds of Fun. It is an apartment. We originally were looking for a house to rent, but we weren't able to find one we really liked, and wanted to make sure we knew where we were moving to before we ran out of time...so we've officially found a place. (Actually the last house we looked at was a 2 bdrm, 1 bath, it had less space than the apartment we're going to be moving into, didn't have air conditioning, and the person was asking $675/month. We're getting more for our money by just going to an apartment.) I'm SOOO excited and ready to move in! We're moving in on October 17. It actually has a dining room too!!! (All the places we've lived did not have a dining room) This dining room has carpet under it...not linoleum/tile. I don't like that, but I'll put up with it because I'm so excited to even have one xD. It also has a built in washer and dryer AND a pantry, and the 2nd bedroom has a walk-in closet = LOTS OF STORAGE!!! WOOT! Anyway, both Mark and I are both extremely excited and ready to move.
I have work off until Thursday to recover (and extra time beyond that if I still need it.) So, I think once I start to recover a bit (or get bored enough) I'll start doing some packing. Well, that's the latest. The apartment is in North KC and about 10 minutes from Mark's job and about 20 minutes from my work.
Friday, September 12, 2008
Work
I had an extremely interesting day at work today. Tornado sirens went off today and the managers decided we were going to have an evacuation. I work in a call center, so they've never practiced evacuations before. It was definately interesting. Everyone went into the hallway, so we had about 100+ people in a hallway that's supposed to hold 52 max. We were there for almost an hour and then got to go back to work. The evacuation was honestly really boring. All we did was sit in the hall and sit around or talk.
Anyway, we went back on the floor (that's what they call taking/making calls.) I left for lunch at 7:10 PM (which is normal. I'm supposed to be back by 7:40.) When I got back around 7:37 or so, the ceiling tile over where I was sitting had fallen down onto the desk, as well as a bunch of water. Someone had moved all my stuff to a new desk and put a tarp over the area I was sitting. The ceiling was dripping water. Apparently since it's been raining so much over the past few days, there's a leak in the roof some where, and it soaks into the ceiling tiles and makes them fall down, at least in this case. I'm so glad I was at lunch when it fell. Someone that watched it fall told me that if I was sitting there, there would have been no way for me to avoid it...meaning I could have easily ended up at the hospital had I been there when it fell. Just the thought of what could have happened makes me like O_O! It's at least an 8 or 9 foot drop from the ceiling to where I would have been sitting.
Anyway, everything was ok, but it was kind of scary. Earlier at some point a different ceiling tile collapsed on the other side of the building. I didn't hear about that until several hours after this happened...it's not very comforting to have the chance of ceiling tiles falling down on your head. Hopefully they'll get that fixed once it stops raining enough to be able to work on it.
Anyway, we went back on the floor (that's what they call taking/making calls.) I left for lunch at 7:10 PM (which is normal. I'm supposed to be back by 7:40.) When I got back around 7:37 or so, the ceiling tile over where I was sitting had fallen down onto the desk, as well as a bunch of water. Someone had moved all my stuff to a new desk and put a tarp over the area I was sitting. The ceiling was dripping water. Apparently since it's been raining so much over the past few days, there's a leak in the roof some where, and it soaks into the ceiling tiles and makes them fall down, at least in this case. I'm so glad I was at lunch when it fell. Someone that watched it fall told me that if I was sitting there, there would have been no way for me to avoid it...meaning I could have easily ended up at the hospital had I been there when it fell. Just the thought of what could have happened makes me like O_O! It's at least an 8 or 9 foot drop from the ceiling to where I would have been sitting.
Anyway, everything was ok, but it was kind of scary. Earlier at some point a different ceiling tile collapsed on the other side of the building. I didn't hear about that until several hours after this happened...it's not very comforting to have the chance of ceiling tiles falling down on your head. Hopefully they'll get that fixed once it stops raining enough to be able to work on it.
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Here's the latest
Well, we're starting to run out of time to find a place to move, so over the next month, we're going to be house/apartment/duplex searching. The city we're moving to doesn't have a list of rental properties, so we're going to have to start calling around and looking online and through news papers and possibly drive around, etc.
We took Lily to the vet on Wednesday because she needed her annual shots...wow, for a couple days you could TELL she wasn't feeling well, thankfully that has passed. It made me feel bad that she wasn't feeling well, because she was fine before going to the vet.
Anyway, when she got back from the vet we gave her a replacement for her new toy (the picture is on another post, but I'll post it again.) She completely finished demolishing it the night before, so it was great time to give her a new one. Here's before and after pics.
BEFORE:
AFTER:
She now has a new blue one that looks like the before. She's never demolished it quite that bad before xD. This is the first time the stuffing has actually come out. She's feeling much better now and is thrilled with the replacement. We even bought 2 in case when we move if there aren't any more at the other Wal-Marts, we'll have a backup. It's the only cat toy we've found that she actually likes to play with. She thinks the others are lame.
Other updates, we finally got our couches replaced. This is an update to my post about the downtown KC rant. We got the couches on Saturday (August 16), I have before and after pics of that too (I'm so proud of myself xD)
BEFORE:
AFTER:
(Don't mind Lily in this pic, she had no idea what I was doing and was kind of curious why I was standing on the other couch across the room xD)
The pics make the couch covers look like different colors but they're really the color of the smaller one...a greenish tinge instead of cream colored like the big couch pic looks like (The lights made it look like that) I'm not too fond of the color, but couch covers are expensive...to get other ones would probably cost more than what we paid for the couches. (The couches are in pretty good condition under the couch covers, the person we got them from thought the couches were ugly, so she got couch covers) The next time I wash the couch covers I'll have to get a pic of what they look like underneath. I don't think they're too bad, but I like using the couch covers because right now we don't have a kitchen table...so we eat in the living room.
The old couches went to Mark's parent's house. Mark's brother wants the couches but wasn't able to pick them up, so Mark's parents are storing them for him. (Thanks!)
Mark's school is going well. It started almost 2 weeks ago. We took our cars to the auto shop and finally got them tuned up and working how they should be. (I won't go in to how long it took or the price, because that all was a pain x_x, but it's done now, so we're good for now.)
I'm trying to go to the dentist sometime this week or next week to get x-rays for my wisdom teeth to come out before the end of the year. We're hoping that I can get them out September 22...just so that we can be done with it, and since we've got dental insurance, there's no point to keep waiting until rates may increase next year. I need to stop putting it off and find a dentist xD.
I've got lots more cute pics of Lily that I HAVE to put up because they're so cute they need to be shared, so here they come:
She's IN a plastic bag...don't ask me why, she did that on her own xD She climbed in and turned around to stick her head out.
Sleeping on a chair.
Sitting in her shoe box. That's her latest place to sleep or chill.
Trying to sneak into my work stuff. She likes to climb into my bag (the blue one)
Mark was reading and Lily wanted attention. As you can see, she walked over the book so Mark couldn't read without giving her some sort of attention. She also decided to play with his bookmark in the 2nd pic.
We took Lily to the vet on Wednesday because she needed her annual shots...wow, for a couple days you could TELL she wasn't feeling well, thankfully that has passed. It made me feel bad that she wasn't feeling well, because she was fine before going to the vet.
Anyway, when she got back from the vet we gave her a replacement for her new toy (the picture is on another post, but I'll post it again.) She completely finished demolishing it the night before, so it was great time to give her a new one. Here's before and after pics.
BEFORE:
AFTER:
She now has a new blue one that looks like the before. She's never demolished it quite that bad before xD. This is the first time the stuffing has actually come out. She's feeling much better now and is thrilled with the replacement. We even bought 2 in case when we move if there aren't any more at the other Wal-Marts, we'll have a backup. It's the only cat toy we've found that she actually likes to play with. She thinks the others are lame.
Other updates, we finally got our couches replaced. This is an update to my post about the downtown KC rant. We got the couches on Saturday (August 16), I have before and after pics of that too (I'm so proud of myself xD)
BEFORE:
AFTER:
(Don't mind Lily in this pic, she had no idea what I was doing and was kind of curious why I was standing on the other couch across the room xD)
The pics make the couch covers look like different colors but they're really the color of the smaller one...a greenish tinge instead of cream colored like the big couch pic looks like (The lights made it look like that) I'm not too fond of the color, but couch covers are expensive...to get other ones would probably cost more than what we paid for the couches. (The couches are in pretty good condition under the couch covers, the person we got them from thought the couches were ugly, so she got couch covers) The next time I wash the couch covers I'll have to get a pic of what they look like underneath. I don't think they're too bad, but I like using the couch covers because right now we don't have a kitchen table...so we eat in the living room.
The old couches went to Mark's parent's house. Mark's brother wants the couches but wasn't able to pick them up, so Mark's parents are storing them for him. (Thanks!)
Mark's school is going well. It started almost 2 weeks ago. We took our cars to the auto shop and finally got them tuned up and working how they should be. (I won't go in to how long it took or the price, because that all was a pain x_x, but it's done now, so we're good for now.)
I'm trying to go to the dentist sometime this week or next week to get x-rays for my wisdom teeth to come out before the end of the year. We're hoping that I can get them out September 22...just so that we can be done with it, and since we've got dental insurance, there's no point to keep waiting until rates may increase next year. I need to stop putting it off and find a dentist xD.
I've got lots more cute pics of Lily that I HAVE to put up because they're so cute they need to be shared, so here they come:
She's IN a plastic bag...don't ask me why, she did that on her own xD She climbed in and turned around to stick her head out.
Sleeping on a chair.
Sitting in her shoe box. That's her latest place to sleep or chill.
Trying to sneak into my work stuff. She likes to climb into my bag (the blue one)
Mark was reading and Lily wanted attention. As you can see, she walked over the book so Mark couldn't read without giving her some sort of attention. She also decided to play with his bookmark in the 2nd pic.
Friday, August 15, 2008
Funny animation
I saw this animation in a forum, so I decided to watch it.
It is hilarious! xD. Click the link, feel free to leave what you think in the comments. It's about a spelling bee, make sure you have your speakers on.
LINK
http://onelani.deviantart.com/art/Spelling-Bee-33828926
It's so funny I had to share it.
It is hilarious! xD. Click the link, feel free to leave what you think in the comments. It's about a spelling bee, make sure you have your speakers on.
LINK
http://onelani.deviantart.com/art/Spelling-Bee-33828926
It's so funny I had to share it.
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Downtown KC
Dang I HATE downtown KC.
I was looking at couches on craigslist.com and found some couches in downtown KC I was interested in and went to see them today. I think if anything else is on craigslist in downtown kc, I'll let it pass unless it's something I REALLY need.
I got lost half a dozen times at least. I ended up in Kansas once, and almost in North KC. Goodness sakes, it was ridiculous. The biggest problem is downtown the exits all start with 2, and you have to go with whatever the letter is. THEN, when you actually get to the exit you need, it doesn't even have the exit number on it, it just says EXIT. That's why I took the wrong exit several times and had to try to find a way to turn around...and downtown is like only one-way streets...which sucks when you're trying to turn around x_X. Dang. It sucked. I didn't like downtown before, but now I really don't like it. It's so confusing.
Anyway, on a better note, I decided we're going to get the couches :) now we just need some place to store our current couches, and we're working on that. We're probably going to pick up the couches this Saturday or next Saturday...we'll see.
I was looking at couches on craigslist.com and found some couches in downtown KC I was interested in and went to see them today. I think if anything else is on craigslist in downtown kc, I'll let it pass unless it's something I REALLY need.
I got lost half a dozen times at least. I ended up in Kansas once, and almost in North KC. Goodness sakes, it was ridiculous. The biggest problem is downtown the exits all start with 2, and you have to go with whatever the letter is. THEN, when you actually get to the exit you need, it doesn't even have the exit number on it, it just says EXIT. That's why I took the wrong exit several times and had to try to find a way to turn around...and downtown is like only one-way streets...which sucks when you're trying to turn around x_X. Dang. It sucked. I didn't like downtown before, but now I really don't like it. It's so confusing.
Anyway, on a better note, I decided we're going to get the couches :) now we just need some place to store our current couches, and we're working on that. We're probably going to pick up the couches this Saturday or next Saturday...we'll see.
Saturday, August 9, 2008
Pressure Cooker
I was talking to mom the other day about getting a pressure cooker and decided I really wanted one, so last Tuesday me and Mark went to Ace Hardware and bought one. I used it on Wednesday to make a beef roast. DANG THAT WAS GOOD!! It tasted just like mom's. As soon as I opened the pressure cooker I was almost drooling because it smelled so good.
So, I officially really like my new pressure cooker. Sunday I'm probably going to use it to cook some chicken that I've had in my freezer for months. I can taste it already...
The next biggest thing is I need more recipes. I really should get around to looking up some recipes online for the pressure cooker. I've decided not to buy cook books unless I'm able to flip through it and make sure I would actually use some of the recipes. (I bought 2 cookbooks online, and I think I've used one recipe total...it was kind of a waste of money honestly)
Anyway, on to the next topic:
Our vehicles are having problems again.
I took my car to Meineke on Wednesday because it was making a funny noise (Wednesday is my day off...that's why so much happens on Wednesday xD) It was kinda weird, me and Mark pulled into the drive way, and one of the people who works there came right up to me and started asking me what kinds of problems the car was having, etc. I'd never had someone do that before and it was kinda neat. Mark went into the office to do the paperwork while I explained to the person all the problems we were having. It was the Meineke in Independence, and I was extremely impressed with that. We're taking the Kia next Wednesday because it's got an oil leak and has some problems with the exhaust system. We already put quite a bit of money into the Kia since we've had it...so we're hoping these repairs won't be half as much.
Mark is starting school around the 20th, and we found some books online at www.half.com. Apparently it's an ebay company, and we bought 3 of Mark's books from there (1 was a teacher's edition math book...which it didn't say it was...so we're still working with the seller to see if we can send it back and get a refund. Mark went to the bookstore and just bought one so he could make sure he'd for sure have the right one for school.) The other two books we still haven't gotten in the mail, but I REALLY hope they're the right ones. The prices were lots cheaper than even the bookstore's used prices.
Well, that's about it for now that's going on. We're still looking into finding a place to live in Gladstone, but we've got until October to get that figured out.
So, I officially really like my new pressure cooker. Sunday I'm probably going to use it to cook some chicken that I've had in my freezer for months. I can taste it already...
The next biggest thing is I need more recipes. I really should get around to looking up some recipes online for the pressure cooker. I've decided not to buy cook books unless I'm able to flip through it and make sure I would actually use some of the recipes. (I bought 2 cookbooks online, and I think I've used one recipe total...it was kind of a waste of money honestly)
Anyway, on to the next topic:
Our vehicles are having problems again.
I took my car to Meineke on Wednesday because it was making a funny noise (Wednesday is my day off...that's why so much happens on Wednesday xD) It was kinda weird, me and Mark pulled into the drive way, and one of the people who works there came right up to me and started asking me what kinds of problems the car was having, etc. I'd never had someone do that before and it was kinda neat. Mark went into the office to do the paperwork while I explained to the person all the problems we were having. It was the Meineke in Independence, and I was extremely impressed with that. We're taking the Kia next Wednesday because it's got an oil leak and has some problems with the exhaust system. We already put quite a bit of money into the Kia since we've had it...so we're hoping these repairs won't be half as much.
Mark is starting school around the 20th, and we found some books online at www.half.com. Apparently it's an ebay company, and we bought 3 of Mark's books from there (1 was a teacher's edition math book...which it didn't say it was...so we're still working with the seller to see if we can send it back and get a refund. Mark went to the bookstore and just bought one so he could make sure he'd for sure have the right one for school.) The other two books we still haven't gotten in the mail, but I REALLY hope they're the right ones. The prices were lots cheaper than even the bookstore's used prices.
Well, that's about it for now that's going on. We're still looking into finding a place to live in Gladstone, but we've got until October to get that figured out.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Lily
Lily has been being super cute lately. Here's an example:
I was in the bathroom yesterday getting ready for work and she curled up in the sink and just laid there xD! She was in there for like 15 minutes. This is the first time she's done that. Other times she'll curl up in shoe boxes and laundry baskets.
A few weeks ago I was folding laundry, and she was in the laundry basket, so I started putting clothes in the basket:
I was in the bathroom yesterday getting ready for work and she curled up in the sink and just laid there xD! She was in there for like 15 minutes. This is the first time she's done that. Other times she'll curl up in shoe boxes and laundry baskets.
A few weeks ago I was folding laundry, and she was in the laundry basket, so I started putting clothes in the basket:
She didn't feel like moving xD She was in the laundry basket like that for like 20 minutes. It was hilarious to me, so I took a pic.
She does stuff like that all the time, and it's super cute. I rarely have my camera with me when she does something cute, so these are just examples of how super cute she can be.
The other day she had her toy in her mouth (here's a pic of her FAVORITE toy):
It's a fish that hangs from a string that we move around and she loves to chase it. It has a bell or rattle or something inside it so it makes noise too. Anyway, she always carries her fish into the bedroom when it's time for bed. Anyway, she had her toy in her mouth, and tried to meow while it was in her mouth. One of the fins got caught on her bottom tooth some how and it was hanging off her mouth while she meowed. I was almost dying of laughter. I wish I could have gotten a picture of it. It was priceless, and I doubt I'll ever be able to get a picture of it, because it probably won't happen again.
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Yay
We've got Mark all enrolled in school and his schedule set up. Hallelujah. I'm glad it's done. School will be starting next month. It's really weird for Mark going back to school, but it's best in the long run.
We're also looking into moving to Gladstone when our lease ends. Gladstone will be a perfect middle between our jobs. We just need to find a place to live. We don't really care to live in an apartment again. A duplex would be okay, but I would rather a house. Whatever it is we need 2 bedrooms because one bedroom just plain isn't enough space any more. It's a pain trying to look for houses for rent. All the searches I do pull up apartments for rent, not houses.
We're just going to have to drive around Gladstone and look around.
We're also looking into moving to Gladstone when our lease ends. Gladstone will be a perfect middle between our jobs. We just need to find a place to live. We don't really care to live in an apartment again. A duplex would be okay, but I would rather a house. Whatever it is we need 2 bedrooms because one bedroom just plain isn't enough space any more. It's a pain trying to look for houses for rent. All the searches I do pull up apartments for rent, not houses.
We're just going to have to drive around Gladstone and look around.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Another Update
Well, there's still not really a whole lot going on for us right now. We had our 1 1/2 year anniversary on June 8. I can't believe it will be 2 years in December, it really doesn't seem that long. Where has the time gone!?
Mark's going back to school. He was officially accepted to the Business & Technology MCC. All that's left to do is take the placement test, set up a schedule, and of course, pay tuition and all that good stuff. It's kinda hard to get used to him in school and I imagine it will take us both quite a bit of getting used to...it'll all be for the best in the long run though.
Nothing much has changed for me. I've still got that promotion thing where I'm a mentor. They are hiring for Team Lead position (which is kind of what mentors are trained in a bit, but team leads are never on the phone with customers unless a customer wants to talk to a supervisor...if they're on the phone, it's with fellow co-workers.) Unfortunately for that position, you have to have CSG/inbound training, which I don't have. (and probably won't have until November or so when I'm done being a mentor.) Right now team leads schedules stink too. They have alternating days off based on which week it is. I think that's terrible, I'd much rather have my scheduled days off so I know all the time what my schedule is going to be like.
I was looking through remodeling things the other day, and now I really want to have a house. (I wanted one before, but I really want one now.) I was about to go into my kitchen and tear it apart so Mark can build drawers in the cabinets xD. I had to stop looking at remodeling/kitchen pictures.
Here's one of the kitchens I was looking at...
Mark's going back to school. He was officially accepted to the Business & Technology MCC. All that's left to do is take the placement test, set up a schedule, and of course, pay tuition and all that good stuff. It's kinda hard to get used to him in school and I imagine it will take us both quite a bit of getting used to...it'll all be for the best in the long run though.
Nothing much has changed for me. I've still got that promotion thing where I'm a mentor. They are hiring for Team Lead position (which is kind of what mentors are trained in a bit, but team leads are never on the phone with customers unless a customer wants to talk to a supervisor...if they're on the phone, it's with fellow co-workers.) Unfortunately for that position, you have to have CSG/inbound training, which I don't have. (and probably won't have until November or so when I'm done being a mentor.) Right now team leads schedules stink too. They have alternating days off based on which week it is. I think that's terrible, I'd much rather have my scheduled days off so I know all the time what my schedule is going to be like.
I was looking through remodeling things the other day, and now I really want to have a house. (I wanted one before, but I really want one now.) I was about to go into my kitchen and tear it apart so Mark can build drawers in the cabinets xD. I had to stop looking at remodeling/kitchen pictures.
Here's one of the kitchens I was looking at...
I LOVE all the cabinets and drawers. I want one so much...and Mark can build cabinets like that. We'd probably have to save up for it, but it would be neat to have cabinets built by Mark in the kitchen. Plus there's tons of storage space...and since they're drawers you can measure them out just right to fit plates and cuts and pans and all that stuff in the drawer instead of an entire cabinet! What an awesome idea! (As you might be able to guess, I'm extremely excited about that idea xD)
I was also looking up some stuff about "green" remodeling (Actually, I think it was a headline on yahoo.com or msn.com or something, and sometimes I read the articles) Anyway, they had a video of how they make "green" countertops. O_O! I WANT ONE! They're really pretty, and they pretty much make them out of recycled colored bottles and then resin. Here's a pic:
I actually think that counter top is kind of ugly, but I couldn't find another pic that showed what it really looks like. If I got to make my own, it would probably be either blue colored pieces, green colored pieces, or blue and green colored pieces. And it cleans like glass...seriously, you use glass cleaner to clean it. AND it's economy friendly. (I'm not one of those "green" fanatics, but I think this is a super idea, and I like how it looks...in fact, I think it looks nicer than traditional counter tops. It's pretty expensive though, I don't remember how much.
Too bad it's so expensive to become economy-friendly. If they had economy friendly items at the same prices as the other things, I'm sure more people would buy them. When people barely have enough money to live how they're living now, they don't really care if they're buying the "green" lawn mower...they just want something that works at a cheap price.
Oh, speaking of the "green" lawn mower. Here's what it looks like:
Friday, May 9, 2008
Update
Well, life has been pretty much the same for us since the last update. I got a promotion/temporary job at work. For those who don't know, I work in a call center for an alarm company. I'm now a mentor, which pretty much means I help people do their job better. I have to be on the phone (doing my normal job) for at least 51% of the time...the rest of the time I can be used on assist (which is pretty much when someone has a question, they call assist, so I answer questions.) I LOVE doing assist. It's so much fun. I will be doing mentor sessions, where I work one-on-one with someone, or with a small group, depending on what kind of session it is.
A few of the sessions are:
new hire
alarms per hour
QA
New hire we go through the new hire packet and give them tip sheets. Usually these are in small groups, the rest are one-on-one sessions.
alarms per hour, exactly as it sounds...we give them tips to raise their alarms handled per hour.
QA, Quality Assurance, we try to give them tips to do better on QA, such as get all required wording in their phone call.
I had training on Tuesday and Wednesday, and there's me and 3 other mentors. Training was pretty much going over info we already knew and a few other things that we need to know, like how to look up information, change information, etc.
When we're on the assist phone, we're considered supervisors (that includes taking escalated calls if it's needed.) We get to be mentors until November, as long as we meet or exceed the standards, like we have to have a high alarms per hour, good QA, good compliance (which means working when your schedule says you should be working), etc.
I think being a mentor is going to be lots of fun. I haven't really had any sessions yet, since we just got done with training. I did shadow a mentor, which was kinda interesting...it was good to see first-hand what they do and be able to ask questions.
As for Mark's job, he's currently considered an employee of a temp agency. Their plan is to hire him on as a full time employee for them. YAY! :D! He filled out, and put in an application not long ago. We aren't exactly sure when they're going to take him on full time though. Mark is also considering going back to school. The MCC Business and Technology school is literally right down the street from where Mark works. Hopefully we can get him enrolled for the fall semester. (He's not really sure what he wants to do...so he's going to try to explore some options.)
Well, that's the lastest.
A few of the sessions are:
new hire
alarms per hour
QA
New hire we go through the new hire packet and give them tip sheets. Usually these are in small groups, the rest are one-on-one sessions.
alarms per hour, exactly as it sounds...we give them tips to raise their alarms handled per hour.
QA, Quality Assurance, we try to give them tips to do better on QA, such as get all required wording in their phone call.
I had training on Tuesday and Wednesday, and there's me and 3 other mentors. Training was pretty much going over info we already knew and a few other things that we need to know, like how to look up information, change information, etc.
When we're on the assist phone, we're considered supervisors (that includes taking escalated calls if it's needed.) We get to be mentors until November, as long as we meet or exceed the standards, like we have to have a high alarms per hour, good QA, good compliance (which means working when your schedule says you should be working), etc.
I think being a mentor is going to be lots of fun. I haven't really had any sessions yet, since we just got done with training. I did shadow a mentor, which was kinda interesting...it was good to see first-hand what they do and be able to ask questions.
As for Mark's job, he's currently considered an employee of a temp agency. Their plan is to hire him on as a full time employee for them. YAY! :D! He filled out, and put in an application not long ago. We aren't exactly sure when they're going to take him on full time though. Mark is also considering going back to school. The MCC Business and Technology school is literally right down the street from where Mark works. Hopefully we can get him enrolled for the fall semester. (He's not really sure what he wants to do...so he's going to try to explore some options.)
Well, that's the lastest.
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Kia Update
Well, we got our Kia back yesterday like 30 minutes before Mark had to leave for work, so he got to test drive it to work. Everything seems to be fixed (hallelujah!) although it ended up costing quite a bit more than we'd expected...oh well, if it doesn't need work for a long time then it'll be worth it.
Mark went to 2nd shift on Monday (the beginning of this week) so I drove him to work, where he was like 1 1/2 hours early, and then I went to work. I get off earlier than him, so when it was time to pick him up, I was a little bit early. It worked out, but I'm so glad we have both vehicles back. It probably wouldn't have been so bad if I didn't have a job, but with both of us having jobs and having to be to different places at the same time doesn't work well with one vehicle.
We got a digital converter thing for our TV (since we don 't have cable or satellite) that is supposed to be done before February 2009. (The government gives you up to 2 coupons for $40 off, each coupon...so we went and got 2 converters. They were $10.63 each, which isn't bad. I unplugged it yesterday cause it was messing up the show I was watching. So much for that. Hopefully by the time everything is digital it isn't messing up any more. I read reviews on some of the converters and thought we chose some pretty good ones...maybe I got a faulty one or something?
Anyone who hasn't heard about this, you can request the coupons online...Go to this website for more details: https://www.ntiadtv.gov/home.cfm You can also request the coupons from there...that's how I requested mine. It did take them like 2 months to send them, so if you want to have the converter before time runs out, apply for them asap. (At least it took them like 2 months to send it to me.) When they mail you the coupons they also send you a list of which boxes are compatible with the coupons and a list of retailers near you that accept the coupons.
Mark went to 2nd shift on Monday (the beginning of this week) so I drove him to work, where he was like 1 1/2 hours early, and then I went to work. I get off earlier than him, so when it was time to pick him up, I was a little bit early. It worked out, but I'm so glad we have both vehicles back. It probably wouldn't have been so bad if I didn't have a job, but with both of us having jobs and having to be to different places at the same time doesn't work well with one vehicle.
We got a digital converter thing for our TV (since we don 't have cable or satellite) that is supposed to be done before February 2009. (The government gives you up to 2 coupons for $40 off, each coupon...so we went and got 2 converters. They were $10.63 each, which isn't bad. I unplugged it yesterday cause it was messing up the show I was watching. So much for that. Hopefully by the time everything is digital it isn't messing up any more. I read reviews on some of the converters and thought we chose some pretty good ones...maybe I got a faulty one or something?
Anyone who hasn't heard about this, you can request the coupons online...Go to this website for more details: https://www.ntiadtv.gov/home.cfm You can also request the coupons from there...that's how I requested mine. It did take them like 2 months to send them, so if you want to have the converter before time runs out, apply for them asap. (At least it took them like 2 months to send it to me.) When they mail you the coupons they also send you a list of which boxes are compatible with the coupons and a list of retailers near you that accept the coupons.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Vehicle troubles are terrible.
We took our Kia to the shop yesterday so they could fix the thing that makes the car decide if it should stay in 2 wheel drive or 4 wheel drive. The shop called us yesterday and told us they don't think that's the problem, but they can't find it. They have to tear the entire thing apart to try and find the problem, and then let us know from there what the problem is, the price, and how long it will take to fix it. Also, most places don't sell Kia parts, so they have to go directly to the Kia dealership for parts (which means they will most likely cost more.)
They were supposed to get back to us today about what they find, but we haven't heard anything yet. I can hardly wait until we have 2 vehicles again. It's extremely hard to work out of one vehicle, especially when our schedules are so different.
They were supposed to get back to us today about what they find, but we haven't heard anything yet. I can hardly wait until we have 2 vehicles again. It's extremely hard to work out of one vehicle, especially when our schedules are so different.
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