bring solha home

i’m not sure how many of you are familiar with the blog rurallyscrewed, but if you’re not – it’s a great read… jessie is a writer and lives in rural virginia with her husband, jake, and their daughter, june… jake is currently stationed in afghanistan and she’s been sharing stories of a dog that his base has adopted, solha, and he wants to bring her home… here’s her latest post and if you’re an animal lover like me, or a fan of the blog, or neither and just want to help – please do! just look at that face!

thank you!

20 Jan
2012

Posted in: photos, weekend, work
By jodi

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4-day weeks are the worst

it’s been a long, frustrating, and stressful week at work, but my boss just found out a person she interviewed for the open designer job is really interested! that’s the best news ever, esp. before the weekend… i went home early yesterday (since things here utterly sucked and i had to leave), and didn’t get a chance to meet her in person, but will on tuesday… i have no doubt that i will like her, since my boss and i have the same taste in a lot of things, but i’m glad she values my opinion with stuff like this… fingers crossed that it works out!

since this week was a blur, last weekend was a busy one since i took it upon myself to paint the LR (seems to be a habit on 3-day weekends)… it’s a nice shade of blue, which goes well with the chocolate brown furniture, and the next project is finding curtains and figuring out what gets framed and where should it go… i love me a challenge! we did hang the mirror above the fireplace (that i bought in june ’11) and love it…

i haven’t tried the elliptical yet since it was missing a piece, and then when we were almost finished putting it together – another piece was missing! stupid company… so i called them on monday and we got the pieces yesterday, though it was 2 of one part and the other parts that go with it, weren’t included… eric was able to make-do with what they sent, so now it’s together and ready for use… ironic that today, HR sent an email re: the building gym was finished and will be open for business on monday… that’s the 2nd best piece of news i’ve gotten today…

weekend plans: possibly ride-along with eric so he can get quotes for a truck-cap and then visit with mom on sunday…

happy friday…

5 Jan
2012

Posted in: deckard, Uncategorized, work
By jodi

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new year, new blog

for those of you that have known me for a while, you shouldn’t be surprised that i’ve been playing around with a new design… i decided to actually purchase a wordpress theme template this time around and was having some “issues”, but all is good now and i’m back in business… i will probably keep tweeking things here and there, so just bear with me…

work is starting to pick-up again because of our annual meeting, and even though it’s 4-months away – things are in full swing… i’m the lead (and only) designer so that means i have to do everything that could possibly be needed to promote the event between now and may 9… the only thing i’m excited about is maybe getting to meet george lucas who will be doing a panel on the last day (he’s dating the chairman of the conference)… so if it seems like i’m complaining a lot – you’ll know why…

our new elliptical was delivered on saturday morning and while trying to assemble it on sunday – we found a piece was missing… talk about disappointed! ugh! i had to contact the company and they’re sending a new one in the mail so fingers-crossed that it arrives soon and that i can start using it… eric, god love him, took apart the bowflex and being that i didn’t get much response from friends/facebook – i put a listing on freecycle.org and got a ton of responses… late saturday night, an 8-month pregnant woman and her boyfriend came over and took it away… she said she had 5 brothers and it would be going in her mom’s basement – win win, in my book!

not much else is new really – deck is really becoming a busy-body and quite daring on occasions… like trying to go down steps the normal way and not backwards and climbing on my footstool in the LR and jumping-off… are all 15-mos kids like this or just boys? we’ve also been working on cutting out his nap time bottles and think it’s going pretty well – the doctor on our last visit said that by the time he’s 15-mos, he should be having all his meals in the kitchen… it’s weird to not give him a bottle anymore and part of me is sad that he’s growing so fast, but the other part is excited to see what’s next… ah, the joys of parenthood…

happy hump day!

3 Jan
2012

Posted in: holidays, photos
By jodi

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first post of 2012

happy new year! i’ve been enjoying my last day of vacation so i apologize for the lack of posts during the holidays… we had a flurry of activity here between christmas and new years, and like i said – today is my last day of peace and quiet before going back to work… i celebrated by going to IKEA this morning and then i FINALLY ordered all of deck’s photos for his 1st year album (kinda late, huh)… i really need to come up with a better system, like maybe assemble them every quarter because it’s quite time-consuming… ugh…

anyhoo, we had a wonderful holiday and enjoyed having deck all to ourselves for the week… he is getting busier and busier by the day, and just tears around the house like a maniac… we have to keep all the bathroom doors closed or he will either (1) play in the toilet, (2) get into the trashcan, or (3) all the above… he’s also been enjoying throwing things down the stairs and vegging out on his bean bag… we didn’t go overboard for presents and even though he got some really great toys – his favorite thing is a wrapping paper tube! oy vey! his best present was a wooden motorcycle rocker from my sister (which also came with a baby harley davidson helmet, vest, jacket, etc.)… so damn cute!

i finally got word from the elliptical company and it will be delivered on saturday! we totally have room in the basement, but i really want to get rid of the bowflex first and what a beast that is! ugh…

well, i hope everyone had a wonderful christmas and new years… here’s to a happy and healthy 2012!

twas the night before christmas…