I GOT THE JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am no longer in the unemployed bracket. It's been a long 5 months of looking for a job and it's a huge relief to have finally found something.
On Monday I got a call for the HR department at the Northfield Hospital offering me the job. It is 16 hours a week, and only a 10 minute drive from home. I'll be working in the kitchen and get to wear a really sexy uniform. Black pants, tennis shoes, white polo shirt, black apron, and hair net! I'm pretty sure I'll be the youngest one too because when I went in for my interview it was all older grandma age women. That's ok though maybe they will feed me treats lol.
Another happy note that happened on Monday is my realtor called me because I got 2 offers on my house. So even though it was bad weather, I drove the hour up to Edina to fill out paperwork and get it submitted to the bank. Hopefully the bank will like this offer because it's exactly at the selling price. The only down fall of a short sale is that the bank can take 6-10 weeks making their decision and with most short sales the first offer walks away, and then when a second offer comes in the bank only takes 1-2 weeks deciding.
Monday was a fabulous day. Thank you 2010 for being good to me so far!
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Sunday, January 24, 2010
A little of this and a little of that
This weekend was busy one. I'd like to start off with my house. I got an email at the end of the week from my realtor that since we haven't gotten any offers, he thought we should lower the price soooo we did by $10,000. To update those of you who don't know what's going on...I'm trying to sell my house before it gets foreclosed on.
I bought the house on May 31st 2007 for $143,000. My realtor and I started the selling price at $160,000 because since I don't have a job we have to be able to prove to the bank that we have tried selling it at a bunch of different prices and weren't successful. This way the bank will be more likely to accept a lower price thus a short sale happening. I didn't get any showings at the higher prices, I got about 3 showings right around $120,000 then nothing again. At $99,900 I had about 6 showings, and now the house was lowered to $89,900 this week. Pretty sad considering what I paid for the place, but thus is life right now.
This weekend though gave me a little hope that the place might just sell. A few people asked if I've had any offers yet. Saturday I had 4 showings, and Sunday there were 5 showings. Monday there are 2 showings scheduled so far and also 1 for Tuesday. Please keep your fingers crossed for me that my house sells.
On to happier topics now...Friday I had a job interview! FINALLY! It's to be a dietary aide at the hospital here in town. I applied for it about 2 weeks before Christmas so I had given up hope that they would ever call me. I couldn't believe it when they did call me!! I will know sometime this next week if I got the job or not.
Saturday I met up with Mom, Tom, Karen, Mark, their 3 kids, Katie and Grandma Avalon for Grandma's birthday. She turned 73! We ate lunch at the Golden Wok in Bloomington. Then we headed over to the Masonic Home to have birthday cake with Nana so that she could be part of it.
Sunday Tony and I met up with Dad and Rachel at The cracker Barrel for lunch. I had forgetting their Christmas presents on Christmas Eve so I still needed to get those to Dad and Rachel. I also needed to give Dad back his drill. It was yummy food, and good company! Then Tony and I decided that we needed to be out of the apartment for a while so we walked around Best Buy and Target. Sunday night we just sat around relaxing, listed to all the neighbors hoot and holler at their tv's because the football game was one. I am so glad that Tony isn't into sports because I have no interest myself in watching football. If I'm going to watch, then I had better be there in person. Anyways Tony convinced me to watch the movie "The Unborn". I am terrified of scary movies and needless to say, after it was done I had to have Tony come outside with me to take the dogs out. ha ha.
Anyways it was pretty uneventful as far as exciting things go, but at the same time it was a good weekend! Now it's time to start the week, go to classes, and keep my fingers crossed that I will get the job!
I bought the house on May 31st 2007 for $143,000. My realtor and I started the selling price at $160,000 because since I don't have a job we have to be able to prove to the bank that we have tried selling it at a bunch of different prices and weren't successful. This way the bank will be more likely to accept a lower price thus a short sale happening. I didn't get any showings at the higher prices, I got about 3 showings right around $120,000 then nothing again. At $99,900 I had about 6 showings, and now the house was lowered to $89,900 this week. Pretty sad considering what I paid for the place, but thus is life right now.
This weekend though gave me a little hope that the place might just sell. A few people asked if I've had any offers yet. Saturday I had 4 showings, and Sunday there were 5 showings. Monday there are 2 showings scheduled so far and also 1 for Tuesday. Please keep your fingers crossed for me that my house sells.
On to happier topics now...Friday I had a job interview! FINALLY! It's to be a dietary aide at the hospital here in town. I applied for it about 2 weeks before Christmas so I had given up hope that they would ever call me. I couldn't believe it when they did call me!! I will know sometime this next week if I got the job or not.
Saturday I met up with Mom, Tom, Karen, Mark, their 3 kids, Katie and Grandma Avalon for Grandma's birthday. She turned 73! We ate lunch at the Golden Wok in Bloomington. Then we headed over to the Masonic Home to have birthday cake with Nana so that she could be part of it.
Sunday Tony and I met up with Dad and Rachel at The cracker Barrel for lunch. I had forgetting their Christmas presents on Christmas Eve so I still needed to get those to Dad and Rachel. I also needed to give Dad back his drill. It was yummy food, and good company! Then Tony and I decided that we needed to be out of the apartment for a while so we walked around Best Buy and Target. Sunday night we just sat around relaxing, listed to all the neighbors hoot and holler at their tv's because the football game was one. I am so glad that Tony isn't into sports because I have no interest myself in watching football. If I'm going to watch, then I had better be there in person. Anyways Tony convinced me to watch the movie "The Unborn". I am terrified of scary movies and needless to say, after it was done I had to have Tony come outside with me to take the dogs out. ha ha.
Anyways it was pretty uneventful as far as exciting things go, but at the same time it was a good weekend! Now it's time to start the week, go to classes, and keep my fingers crossed that I will get the job!
Saturday, January 16, 2010
BFF weekend/Cloe is spayed!!
The last couple days were very fun and were full of some much needed relaxation! This is going to be a long one because there was all kinds of fun the last couple days. :)
Cloe is 1 year old. I can't believe I've had her since last March. Even though she is a spaz of a pug, I love her to death and can't imagine not having her in the house to pester Allis (My other pug), and smother my face with kisses.
Since Christmas has just passed and I acquired a little bit of money, I decided that this would be a good time to get little Cloe spayed...it's long over due and I just don't want to deal with anymore heat cycles. Now up in my area a spay ranges in the cost of $300-$430. I didn't get that much for Christmas so that option was out. My best friend Krista lives in Mankato and offered to call around to vets in that area to see what the price tag would be for a spay. Turns out it would only cost me $150 at the same place she brought her cats, in St James, MN, so I scheduled it for Friday January 15th. It originally was scheduled for the previous Friday, but a snow storm canceled those plans.
After finding that out, the week went like this...classes like normal on Tuesday all day, Wednesday night and Thursday all day. Thursday morning though I packed a bag for the weekend, packed up Cloe, and dropped her off at my house in Burnsville, and then went to school like usual. Classes that day got done at 10:00 p.m. I headed back to my house to pick up Cloe, and then headed to Krista's house in Mankato.
Cloe and I were warmly greeted by Krista and Jasper (her dog that she adopted from school). Now I hadn't seed Jasper in about 3 weeks, and he is a completely different dog now from when he was at school. You would never know that he was rescued from a puppy mill and horrible living conditions. Karma, 1 of Krista's cats, did not appreciate having another dog in the house and hid in the closet behind the mop bucket.
Friday morning Krista and I got up at 6:30 a.m because we had to get to St. James between 8:00 and 9:00 a.m. I know what you're thinking....why not just get up, throw some sweats on and get in the car? Well if you know Krista and I at all, you know that we need to have time to drink coffee together. We left around 8:00 and it's a good thing too because that area had gotten some snow and the roads were a bit slippery. We dropped Cloe off though and headed back to Mankato.
After a fabulous breakfast Krista and I went shopping for the day. I couldn't find the things I wanted but it was still a ton of fun and totally worth it to just get out and do something with someone who is good company! We made stops at Petco, C&S supply, Victoria Secret, cub, and a few other places, had dinner at TGIFridays because Krista had a gift card that would cover both of us. We had a yummy cosmopolitan that was poured over cotton candy! Sounds weird, but it was good.
We then proceeded to head back to her house and have a photo shoot! Jasper was a good sport and put up with us. To look at all my photos go to my facebook page for those of you who are friends with me on there.
Later that night we went to the tavern and had a drink...and I will say it was the best drink I have ever had. It was a lime vodka cooler and all I can say is mmm mmm mmm. I need to find out how to make those and introduce to to the world! We again then went back to Krista's house for the rest of the night to hang out and watch movies.
Karma thought that if she hid next to the garbage can, than Jasper then wouldn't be able to find her.
Saturday we woke up kind of early because Cloe had to be picked up from the Veterinary Clinic before noon, which is when they closed. Picking up Cloe was a totally different experience compared to when Allis got spayed. Allis was picked up the same day she got spayed and was so drugged up that she couldn't walk out of the clinic. I had to carry her out. That was the last time I ever went to Banfield for any kind of care for my animals. She just wasn't the same after that. Cloe on the other hand came walking out on her leash, whole body wiggling with happiness just like usual. She even barked at the two clinic cats just to make sure they knew who was the boss. They seemed un-intimidated. She did have to go into the kennel though for the car ride back to Mankato because she kept trying to get onto my lap and wouldn't sit still for Krista.
Cloe was once again happily greeted by Jasper, and were buddies for the little time that was left of our stay. I gathered my belongings and at 1:00 p.m headed home to Northfield.
Cloe is 1 year old. I can't believe I've had her since last March. Even though she is a spaz of a pug, I love her to death and can't imagine not having her in the house to pester Allis (My other pug), and smother my face with kisses.
Since Christmas has just passed and I acquired a little bit of money, I decided that this would be a good time to get little Cloe spayed...it's long over due and I just don't want to deal with anymore heat cycles. Now up in my area a spay ranges in the cost of $300-$430. I didn't get that much for Christmas so that option was out. My best friend Krista lives in Mankato and offered to call around to vets in that area to see what the price tag would be for a spay. Turns out it would only cost me $150 at the same place she brought her cats, in St James, MN, so I scheduled it for Friday January 15th. It originally was scheduled for the previous Friday, but a snow storm canceled those plans.
After finding that out, the week went like this...classes like normal on Tuesday all day, Wednesday night and Thursday all day. Thursday morning though I packed a bag for the weekend, packed up Cloe, and dropped her off at my house in Burnsville, and then went to school like usual. Classes that day got done at 10:00 p.m. I headed back to my house to pick up Cloe, and then headed to Krista's house in Mankato.
Cloe and I were warmly greeted by Krista and Jasper (her dog that she adopted from school). Now I hadn't seed Jasper in about 3 weeks, and he is a completely different dog now from when he was at school. You would never know that he was rescued from a puppy mill and horrible living conditions. Karma, 1 of Krista's cats, did not appreciate having another dog in the house and hid in the closet behind the mop bucket.
Friday morning Krista and I got up at 6:30 a.m because we had to get to St. James between 8:00 and 9:00 a.m. I know what you're thinking....why not just get up, throw some sweats on and get in the car? Well if you know Krista and I at all, you know that we need to have time to drink coffee together. We left around 8:00 and it's a good thing too because that area had gotten some snow and the roads were a bit slippery. We dropped Cloe off though and headed back to Mankato.
After a fabulous breakfast Krista and I went shopping for the day. I couldn't find the things I wanted but it was still a ton of fun and totally worth it to just get out and do something with someone who is good company! We made stops at Petco, C&S supply, Victoria Secret, cub, and a few other places, had dinner at TGIFridays because Krista had a gift card that would cover both of us. We had a yummy cosmopolitan that was poured over cotton candy! Sounds weird, but it was good.
We then proceeded to head back to her house and have a photo shoot! Jasper was a good sport and put up with us. To look at all my photos go to my facebook page for those of you who are friends with me on there.
Later that night we went to the tavern and had a drink...and I will say it was the best drink I have ever had. It was a lime vodka cooler and all I can say is mmm mmm mmm. I need to find out how to make those and introduce to to the world! We again then went back to Krista's house for the rest of the night to hang out and watch movies.
Karma thought that if she hid next to the garbage can, than Jasper then wouldn't be able to find her.
Saturday we woke up kind of early because Cloe had to be picked up from the Veterinary Clinic before noon, which is when they closed. Picking up Cloe was a totally different experience compared to when Allis got spayed. Allis was picked up the same day she got spayed and was so drugged up that she couldn't walk out of the clinic. I had to carry her out. That was the last time I ever went to Banfield for any kind of care for my animals. She just wasn't the same after that. Cloe on the other hand came walking out on her leash, whole body wiggling with happiness just like usual. She even barked at the two clinic cats just to make sure they knew who was the boss. They seemed un-intimidated. She did have to go into the kennel though for the car ride back to Mankato because she kept trying to get onto my lap and wouldn't sit still for Krista.
Cloe was once again happily greeted by Jasper, and were buddies for the little time that was left of our stay. I gathered my belongings and at 1:00 p.m headed home to Northfield.
Monday, January 04, 2010
Mark Miller
I know that I've posted this all over my facebook and most of you already know this, but I have to put it on here, just in case some random person happens to read this and knows something.....
Tom Miller is my Mom's boyfriend. Tom has been a part of my family now for a long time. Tom has 4 brothers. One of them is Mark Miller. On March 12th 2009, 48 year old Mark went missing from Rockford, Illinois. We, his family and friends, and even complete strangers have gone down to Rockford many times to search for him, but have been unable to find any clues.
I personally have never met Mark, but he is my Mom's boyfriend's brother, therefor he is part of my family, and I will do everything in my power to help my family. This is something that you never think could happen to you, and it is absolutely horrible to have to watch people you love, hurt so much because of this.
Below is a video that was made. We are hoping that by giving it to the show America's Most Wanted, they will do a missing persons story on Mark.
Here is a website too that the family has made to help aide in the search for Mark
http://findmarkmiller.net
Mark Miller is a son, he's a brother, an uncle, a cousin, and a friend.
Every little bit helps, and I know I can speak for the entire family when I say thank you to everyone who has helped us look for Mark, thank you to everyone who prays for Mark, and thank you to everyone who continues to help us find Mark.
Welcome 2010
So, I'm a little behind on welcoming in 2010, but I wanted to have more to write about than just saying 2010 is here.
New Years Eve was uneventful, but relaxing. Tony and I stayed in. To us it's not worth going out to the bar, fighting your way up to get a drink, paying a ridiculous price for said drink, and then on the drive home there's the possibility of being hit by a drunk driver. To me it's a lot less stressful to stay home or hang out with friends. Anyways Tony and I watched the ball drop, did the traditional New Years Eve kiss, and then we popped in a movie.
On New Years Day Tony and I headed out to his grandparent's farm for their Christmas celebration. It was supposed to happen on Christmas Day, but because of the snow storm, was rescheduled. It was really nice seeing everyone out there. They are always so welcoming and friendly.
Between then and now nothing really exciting has happened. I've had quite a few showings on my house, so keep your fingers crossed with me that it will sell. The house selling would take away a big chunk of my money issues. On a happy note though, classes start back up tomorrow. This is winter quarter now. I figured it out and I have 57 credits left until I graduate. I'm super excited for that, so roughly a year form now if all goes well I will be walking across a stage, graduating and officially become a Veterinary Technician.
New Years Eve was uneventful, but relaxing. Tony and I stayed in. To us it's not worth going out to the bar, fighting your way up to get a drink, paying a ridiculous price for said drink, and then on the drive home there's the possibility of being hit by a drunk driver. To me it's a lot less stressful to stay home or hang out with friends. Anyways Tony and I watched the ball drop, did the traditional New Years Eve kiss, and then we popped in a movie.
On New Years Day Tony and I headed out to his grandparent's farm for their Christmas celebration. It was supposed to happen on Christmas Day, but because of the snow storm, was rescheduled. It was really nice seeing everyone out there. They are always so welcoming and friendly.
Between then and now nothing really exciting has happened. I've had quite a few showings on my house, so keep your fingers crossed with me that it will sell. The house selling would take away a big chunk of my money issues. On a happy note though, classes start back up tomorrow. This is winter quarter now. I figured it out and I have 57 credits left until I graduate. I'm super excited for that, so roughly a year form now if all goes well I will be walking across a stage, graduating and officially become a Veterinary Technician.
Saturday, December 26, 2009
2009 is coming to an end
Well it's been a busy last couple of days.
On Tuesday the 22nd I took my final for my Anatomy and Physiology classes. I was really nervous about taking it because last quarter I had failed the class and this was my second time taking it. I had to pass it though otherwise I can't move on with anymore vet tech classes. I spent the entire week before studying my butt off, and stayed up late and showed up to school 1 1/2 hours early that morning to do even more last minute studying. I felt that the written and visual parts had gone well, but wasn't 100% sure. I was extremely happy to find out that I got an 83% on my final and had a B as my final grade!!! I had a drink to celebrate :)
Starting that Tuesday night we got a HUGE snow storm. I think Northfield ended up with 15-20 inches. Then on top of that we got freezing rain. Oh and right now as I look out my window it's snowing yet again.
Ok now onto Christmas....
Thursday was Christmas Eve. Tony went to his parents house in Belle Plain and I drove first up to Golden Valley to drop my dog Cloe off at my moms house. I did this just in case I got stuck up there, then she wouldn't be at the apartment alone overnight. Then I drove over to my grandparents house to visit with Grandma Gerry. I also had asked her if we go drive over and see Grandpa. He is in a nursing home because about 6 weeks ago he fell and broke his hip. After our visit I dropped Grandma off at home and headed to Dad and Rachel's house. Dad, Rachel, Ryan, Katie and I opened presents together. Around 5:00 the rest of the Lowes showed up and we had a fantastic dinner of the usual ham, green bean casserole, mashed taters, rolls, etc.
I wish I could say that Christmas day was just as good, but it wasn't. Because of the bad weather and freezing rain in Northfield Tony and I got stuck at the apartment. It was nice to be able to hang out with him all day, but he missed his Christmas at his Grandparent's farm, and I didn't make it down to Plainview to see my family. Oh well though it's not the end of the world. It was better that we weren't out on the icy roads.
I got lots of good stuff this year, and am over all happy with how the holiday turned out!
Hopefully everyone elses Christmas was good too!
On Tuesday the 22nd I took my final for my Anatomy and Physiology classes. I was really nervous about taking it because last quarter I had failed the class and this was my second time taking it. I had to pass it though otherwise I can't move on with anymore vet tech classes. I spent the entire week before studying my butt off, and stayed up late and showed up to school 1 1/2 hours early that morning to do even more last minute studying. I felt that the written and visual parts had gone well, but wasn't 100% sure. I was extremely happy to find out that I got an 83% on my final and had a B as my final grade!!! I had a drink to celebrate :)
Starting that Tuesday night we got a HUGE snow storm. I think Northfield ended up with 15-20 inches. Then on top of that we got freezing rain. Oh and right now as I look out my window it's snowing yet again.
Ok now onto Christmas....
Thursday was Christmas Eve. Tony went to his parents house in Belle Plain and I drove first up to Golden Valley to drop my dog Cloe off at my moms house. I did this just in case I got stuck up there, then she wouldn't be at the apartment alone overnight. Then I drove over to my grandparents house to visit with Grandma Gerry. I also had asked her if we go drive over and see Grandpa. He is in a nursing home because about 6 weeks ago he fell and broke his hip. After our visit I dropped Grandma off at home and headed to Dad and Rachel's house. Dad, Rachel, Ryan, Katie and I opened presents together. Around 5:00 the rest of the Lowes showed up and we had a fantastic dinner of the usual ham, green bean casserole, mashed taters, rolls, etc.
I wish I could say that Christmas day was just as good, but it wasn't. Because of the bad weather and freezing rain in Northfield Tony and I got stuck at the apartment. It was nice to be able to hang out with him all day, but he missed his Christmas at his Grandparent's farm, and I didn't make it down to Plainview to see my family. Oh well though it's not the end of the world. It was better that we weren't out on the icy roads.
I got lots of good stuff this year, and am over all happy with how the holiday turned out!
Hopefully everyone elses Christmas was good too!
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Annual Christmas get together with the Jasmers and Deoperes!
For the past couple years three families have gotten together to celebrate Christmas together; mine, the Jasmers, and the Deoperes. This years was on December 19th. Everyone arrived at moms house around 5:00. A wonderful dinner of swedish meatballs, cheese bread, and veggies was served. Now enough with the boring details....
Right away the cameras were busted out and "normal" pictures of us "kids" were taken. In order from left to right is Chris, Robin, Me, Lisa, Katie, Brianna, and Leanza.
Everyone pretty much just sat around and chatted, caught up with each other, and drank. It was a fabulous weekend. Katie and Lisa did some interpretive dancing for us which is always a nice treat! There were also 4 dogs there. My 2 pugs Allis and Cloe, Katie's Chihuahua Laila, and Brianna's Bug Bam-Bam. It was a bit crazy, and the dogs sure slept good that night.
In the above picture Lisa thought it would make a good picture to pretend to pee on me while I was holding my dogs...I couldn't help but start laughing too.
These people have been around my entire life and I don't know what I would do without them!
On Sunday my sister Katie and I went to our childhood friend Darla's house so that she could cut our hair. I got a bob type cut and Katie just had hers trimmed and the layers freshened up. We both had highlights added too. Our hair turned out fabulous, which is always the case with Darla's work. If anyone needs a hair cut or color and is willing to drive to St. Louis Park, I highly recommend her. :)
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