I wasn't ignoring you

nor was I busy. I just forgot to update this since there is nothing going on!!!!!! My life is pathetically boring.

We had a great Thanksgiving at my Mom's cousins. It was fun, the food was great, and we sang songs. It was hilarious. As we sang a few Christmas carols I had to laugh because I'm sure that if their Grand Piano was set up and tuned, we would have been gathered around it belting out our songs. We all wrote down three things we were thankful for and one thing we were NOT thankful for. We each read other peoples cards from serious to silly, it was definitely entertaining when you've got siblings and teenagers and 90 year olds who aren't thankful for wrinkles. :)

No, I did not participate in Black Friday. I've been avoiding the mall area. I'm trying to get creative enough with my Christmas gifts so they won't involve anything from the mall. I have found a few little shops/boutiques that I really love.

Oh, Devan and I have a new favorite restaurant. It's a pizza place called Guido's. It's New York style pizza and you can order straight off the menu or you can order a personal pizza. When you order the personal pizza they bring you pan with the dough in the bottom with the pizza sauce on it and you get to put your own toppings on at the topping bar. It was really fun. Devan used pepperoni and Canadian bacon to make a face complete with hair. Then you hand off your pizza to the cooks and go back to your seat and enjoy the atmosphere. When your pizza is done they bring it out to you. Now that is definitely a personal pizza!

Actually this week I have been a little busy assembling cards for the cousins and sending out resumes. I have two meetings tomorrow and I'm going to hit up a few retail shops that have signs in their windows.

School is going well for the kids. I got Jordan's progress reports. She has all A's with her lowest grade being a 93%. I don't have Devan's yet because the school had issues printing them. I expect his any day. He is doing well though. Last time he had A's and B's with one C. The grades here are higher though. In Oregon an A was 90 or above. Here it's 92 or above and it works that way all throughout. To get a C you have to get above a 74%. I know it's been a difficult transition for him since the schools here are so strict but he's doing well. I reward him with trips into Nashville to the skate parks. :)

Happy Thanksgiving

We hope you all enjoy your day with family and friends and good food.

Love from the south. :)

Christmas Shopping

This weekend Jordan and I went to the craft show at her school. It's huge. They have really good stuff there, it's not like the cheesy homemade crafts that came from the directions in a book. There were some really cool things there. I picked up a couple little gifts. It was fun. There were probably 200 booths there so it took us a while pushing through the crowds, the ladies with strollers, and the old women who recognize someone and stop in the middle of the hall.

We also visited a couple boutiques in town. I bought some really cute cards at a store called Hot Pink. It's the greatest shop ever!

Today Devan and I cruised around town looking for Christmas cards. I didn't love anything we saw so I'll continue my search tomorrow. I have a couple stores to stop at before I take Devan into Nashville. He spent a couple hours at the skate park in Franklin today and tomorrow we are going to a skate park in Nashville. It's supposed to be a good "street" course. Wednesday we are going to the skate park in Hendersonville. Hopefully I can find the Christmas cards I want before we go to the skate park tomorrow then I can walk and work on the cards while Devan skates. Wish me luck or you may not get your Christmas cards in time. :)

Soccer banquet

Tonight was Jordan's soccer banquet. She got a little participation certificate. There was some sort of certificate that some girls received for getting a 3.5 or better GPA during soccer but Jordan didn't get one so I need to ask her coach. The parents of the seniors put together a scrapbook and present it to them at the banquet so I want the merit award to put in her scrapbook.

Devan doesn't have school at all next week so if I'm not working by then we are going to go around to the skate parks in Nashville and surrounding areas. He will be totally excited about that and it'll get his butt out from in front of the TV.

I am making progress in the job search and keep sending out more resumes. My name is getting out there and I'm using all social opportunities, like the banquet tonight, to network and get references. I will definitely have a job before Christmas even if it's at Target. :)

Nothing

So we did absolutely nothing this weekend. Hope you were all more productive than us.

They're ba-ack

The kids are back. They had a fun time visiting everyone. The flights went well. Northwest seems to run on time each time the kids have flown. This time the flight back home came in 15 minutes early. Of course I gave myself an extra 15 minutes then got stuck in traffic so the kids had to wait 20 minutes for me. The good thing is that the dramamine really works so there wasn't any use of pukey bags. Jordan did have fun watching the lady next to her. The lady was falling asleep and was doing the head bob but instead of it falling forward, her head would loll backward. Jordan said it was as if her chin was stuck so as her head rolled back her mouth would open farther and farther until she would bob awake again.

Although Devan was sad to leave Oregon he was very excited to see that there is a new skate shop that just opened over the weekend.

I have the worlds best insurance agent. So I found a local guy to get my insurance through. He's great. He used to coach his daughters soccer teams and he used to be a recruiter. He gave me two job referrals in 24 hours! I'm definitely getting my resume out there so it's just a matter of time now. I'm getting really bored so I need to make something happen soon.

Quiet Weekend

The kids are in Oregon and I am enjoying the peace and quiet.

Jordan and Devan were so excited to go visit their friends. They are staying with their grandma but have barely seen her. Devan has spent quality time with his friends skating and hanging out at the mall. Jordan didn't even make it to Grandma's house, she went from the airport straight to her friends. Then she spent the day walking around Gladstone visiting everyone and is spending the night with a friend again tonight. Tomorrow involves visiting Grandpa and Grandma Elise, Jordan has an orthodontic check up, visiting their schools at the end of the day, skateboarding, mall, and visiting another family friend. This should sustain the kids through the holidays. We'll aim for another trip to Oregon at the end of January. Flights will be cheaper and they will be early in the new semester for school so won't miss much.

The kitties miss the kids. They are following me around more than normal and Einstein keeps wandering into Jordan's room and meowing "hello." He has this meow that sounds exactly like he's saying hello. It's hilarious.