it was good.

My bag is about half finished after my early morning sewing session.
I have been taking pictures so you can see a progress report later.

We went and saw the house I liked so much.
And I still like it a lot.
We are going to get some more information on it and maybe put in an offer.
It needs some work, basic stuff like painting, etc but super cute and worth the work.
It's big too...more space than we need at the moment so it will be mostly empty.
And that is totally fine with me.
We will keep you updated as we have major life changes around here...jobs, houses...whoa.

i am.

It is 6:01am and I am blogging.
Yep...I have been laying in bed for about an hour, listening to my sweet husband sleeping (ok, truth here...snoring like a freight train). I wake up and then I can't go back to sleep - my brain turns on and I can't make it turn off again. I was laying there thinking about job possibilities, having to buy a business suit (part of the job description!), house buying possibilities (and maybe picturing how my art will look on teal walls...the dining room has teal walls and I think I might faint with excitement when I see them!), thinking about all the things I could be doing if I just went ahead and got up.
So what am I?
I am my mother's daughter.
Good morning mom! I know you will be the first person to read this because you will be the first person up!
I am going to sew some - if the machine isn't too loud from down here.

I have a plan...did I tell you about the plan? I need a new camera bag. I am started to (joyfully!) collect more accessories/lenses than will fit in my existing bag. My little bag is just big enough to hold my camera and one extra lens so it is perfect to go on short hikes and tool around but I need something that will get me where I am going, look cute, and hold all my camera stuff. I decided I was going to just make one...a simple messenger style bag with removeable velcro dividers to separate lenses/camera/etc.
Then I saw this bag and fell in love.
Then I saw the price tag and realized that is never, ever gonna happen!
So I started working on a plan...I went to TJMaxx the other morning after my Dr's appointment and searched through all their purses, looking for a cute color and one that was big enough/deep enough/wide enough. One Lix Claiborne bag fit the profile and it is this awesome coral/pink color...I paid $30 for it. Then I went to HobLob (I mean, really, I was going there anyway but I made a detour on the way to the framing dept.) and talked to Ms. C in the fabric department. We just got some new fabric in that is super, de-duper cool. It is canvas - strong, heavy duty, and durable - but now comes printed in about 40 really adorable patterns. While we used to only carry solid colors - and about 6 of them at that - now we have a whole wall of awesome patterns.
Sorry, this is not a HobLob commercial but I just get excited about cute fabric!
I think it would make cute curtains too because it is heavy enough to drape and thick enough to block out some of that early morning light too! Anyway...side tracked. It is early, you know!
I bought some of this said fabric - some in a stripe and some in a matching paisley style.
And I am going to just make a simple drop-in system to hold my camera and lenses. It will still have removeable dividers and I even got some extra thick batting to put in those to pad everything from bumping together. I think it is gonna be super cute!
I will lay everything out and take a picture so you guys can see it...I'll post it later!

oh dear.

I am pretty sure that I just fell in love with a house I have never seen in person.
Oh dear.
We are going to look at it tomorrow.
I want to like it in person as much as I like the pictures.
But I don't want to love it because I like the pictures...I want to love it because it is great.
Oh please...please let it be great!


It was a good day at work...we were busy. But I like busy.
It means the day goes by faster.
Tomorrow is church, house visiting, hanging out, movie watching, hanging out, some more hanging out.
And lovin' my sweet husband.

production.

I have had the most productive morning!
Been up for 45 minutes and I have emailed the realtor, repaired a pair of blue jeans that I totally ripped at work (ah...the joy of working with glass and frames all day), got dressed, emailed my mother, checked my blogs, retrieved something from the dog's mouth that the cat knocked off the counter for her (contact lens case...anyone want to claim? I don't wear them!).

Thank you dearly for all the sweet thoughts with the job hunt. I am pretty sure my mom recruited prayer warriors all over the nation - I got forwarded emails from friends and sweet snail mail notes from family. I honestly felt like I might throw up on the way there (come on...nerves!) but once I got there I really felt a lot of peace about it. It helped that my interviewer was funny, happy, enjoys her job thoroughly, and asked me questions I was prepared for! I have done everything I can do to get the process underway and hopefully end up with an offical job offer! I dropped off my filled out application at the office before they even opened yesterday, filled out that crazy personality test, signed off to have a background test run and now I just have to....wait. The hardest part.

Gotta go to the doctor this morning...I literally have no memory of making this appointment so I am glad they do those automated reminder calls. I did see it in my calendar after the phone call so I guess it is a good thing I am supposed to close tonight. I assume it is a check up for my increased migraine meds so that is what I am going for! But honestly...I have no idea why I am going!

really?

Oh, so you like my hair?
Thanks guys. Made me feel a lot better about my currently unproportional (?sp) head.
No seriously, I think it makes my head look huge.
See the picture on the right? The one for my profile?
That is what we were going for.
Haircut. Fail.
But thank you anyway...I will get used to it and probably think it is cute.
When it grows 2 more inches.

Enough self deprecating...sorry. Couldn't help it.
I should give that up for Lent instead of sweet tea and soft drinks.
Why didn't I think of that sooner?!?

Well, for those of you who are interested, the interview went well.
Atleast, I think that it went great.
I feel good about it.
Well, I felt good about it until I just spent the last hour taking this online personality test thingy that they asked me to take.
Ugh...let's just say that not only do I have no idea what number comes next in the sequence, I can't even figure out the sequence to begin with. And the next letter in the sequence? Don't even get me started!?!? How does that determine if I will be good employee?!? Or if I am prepared for this job? I think you would have to be a genius (or maybe just not taking this test at 11pm after working 8 hours, cooking dinner, icing 2 dozen cupcakes, and then answering the same 10 questions reworded 57 times) to be able to figure out those crazy questions.
I literally just "eenie-meenie-miney-mo'ed" it a couple of times.
No clue.
Epic fail on that one.
I mean, you can't really fail a test like that. Your potential boss can just think you are a complete doofus.
And that is where I am at the moment.
I still feel really good about the job. I think she was interviewing someone else this afternoon but she sounded really positive, explaining the requirements, what the job would entail, introducing me to people...I took it all as a good sign. She even said "we really like you!!".
I have to pass a background check (easy-peasy!), fill out an official application and drop it off tomorrow, and "pass" that crazy personality profile thing. And then she will call me and either tell me they hired someone else or ask me to come sign a contract. (It pays pretty good too...for being non-profit!)
And of course, I will say yes!

I should have been in bed 2 hours ago.
Goodnight!

finally. sorry.

I know it has been a while since I posted a picture...I have actually been using Megan's old Mac and like I have said before, it won't read my camera or my external hard drive for me to be able to load pictures when I blog from that guy.

This is the only picture I have of the weekend when the girls came up...we had too much fun laughing and hanging out and I completely forgot to take pictures. Yes...we are already in our pajamas...sorry girls, please don't hate me for this picture but I had to show proof that it really happened! (Besides...I am sure I look the worst!)


So...here they are...pictures of my haircut. Taken self-portrait style in the bathroom!

yep...it's short. very short.

shorter than I wanted.

But, it'll grow.

It isn't so bad anway...doesn't take long to dry or straighten because there isn't much there!

successful.

I had a very successful day yesterday...getting pretty much everything on my to-do list accomplished with the exception of cleaning the bathrooms. I just plain ran out of time...and decided that spending time with my sweet hubby last night was more important and bathrooms can wait!
I got a haircut (much shorter than I think I was anticipating...I think there was some hair miscommunication. I told her I wanted to go short one more time before I grow it back out and I pointed to where I wanted it to fall and she took it up another 2 inches. Oh well...hair grows.)
I got tons of laundry done, changed sheets and towels, ran errands, went to the bank, and did tons of other things that weren't even on my list.
I even gave Chad a fashion show last night (no...not like that...) to get his opinion on what I should wear to my interview this morning. He picked an outfit and I think I will wear that one simply because he picked it. Maybe that means it will be good luck...
I got up this morning and made homemade chocolate cupcakes (P-Dub's recipe) but I am going to put store-bought icing on them. I am making them for a girl at work who's birthday is this weekend and I asked her what her very favorite icing in all the world is...she said....the white kind with sprinkles mixed in. So that is what she will get!
Gotta go fix my hair, get looking cute and go to my interview...wish me luck/say a prayer. I will let you know how it goes. I am finally getting nervous...I can feel it in my "I don't feel so good" stomach. I know I am prepared and plenty qualified for the job so I just hope that comes through instead of nerves!