Finally an update....

I can't believe that January 18th was the last time I posted anything that wasn't a survey. I am a major slacker. I blame work though. Internet Explorer wouldn't let me sign into blogger anymore. I have found a way around that though. I am now running Firefox, GAIM and sudoku off a thumb drive. I love portable applications. Now I can browse the net and they cant tell. My bookmarks are no longer on my work computer, which makes it harder for them to find. Just in time too. IT came taking inventory just minutes after I deleted everything off my computer.

Life has been good. We are settled into the house. I love it. I haven't found anything about it that bothers me a lot, which is good since we will be here for awhile. I love having a huge bathroom and closet. I love having a big kitchen. And most of all I love not having the washer and dryer in the kitchen. It is right near where all the dirty clothes are.

We really need to start decorating. It needs some color. I found some curtains for the kitchen that I love. I am waiting for some gift cards that are coming to help lessen the cost on us. I found a really cute monkey bathroom set that I really want for the extra bathroom. We really need to get a mattress for guest room. The empty bed frame is a little weird. Maybe with our tax refund. Though that should also go towards paying to get the walls painted or the yard done. Our gutters are finally cleaned, though that is story in itself.

When we got the house inspected before we bought it, the inspector told us to get some kind of gutter guards because the back was going to get clogged a lot. We had one estimate come and it was going to cost a pretty penny, so we decided to get another estimate. When this guy called he kept asking if I was going to be there during the appointment. I really didn't want to spend my Saturday afternoon listening to this guy, so we set the time an hour and a half before we had to leave for church. Then we could get rid of him if we needed to. In the end, we did. He gave a good show and the product looked promising. He then asks me, would I get it if he could make it affordable? Sure, anything that is affordable. At this point it is after four and almost time to leave the house. I go to walk the dog and Pete goes to change for church, while this guy does up an estimate. I come back in from the walk and look at the number and HOLY CRAP! I thought the last estimate was high. Four Thousand Dollars!! for gutter guards. Screw that. He then makes a deal that is half that number. I don't think so. Unless they are gold plated that shoot money at me, then thank you goodbye. Pete asked to think about it overnight and he'd call him back. Think about what? Way too much money and that guy drank the last of my lemonade. Needless to say we didn't go with him. We ended up getting another estimate that was half the original estimates price and much more in our price range. So we have clean gutters and gutter guards that you can not even see.

We also had a security system installed. I get a little freaked when Pete travels and feel better with it. When the guy came for the sales pitch, he told me how people wait until you are pulling into your garage and then sneak in behind you. I never even thought of that one. I know he said it to freak people out and it worked. Not that it could happen with us, because we back into our garage. Its easier and apparently much safer.

Zora has adjusted well to the house. She makes her self right at home on our bed and the sofa while we are work. She has been since banned from both. She is angry about this decision and spends the entire night trying to get invited up. She is quite pitiful when she wants to be.

We still haven't met all our neighbors other than saying Hi. Through a mutual acquaintance, we found out that one of our neighbors is not as friendly as most (that is the nicest way I can put it on a public site).

Work is getting frustrating at times. Sometimes I have a lot of work. Everyone gives me stuff to do. Too bad they cant spread it out. It all happens at once and then there are other times when I have absolutely nothing to do. One group keeps saying they have tons for me to do and then never gives me anything to do. I have made my first domestic booking though. I am quite proud. I had a lot of help, but I still did it.

My new pod mates are good. They are in the HR group. One is a tall Asian gay man. Always makes me laugh. Another is pregnant right now. Very nice, though she will be out for 3 months soon. They brought in a temp to take her position while she is gone and to help them out. They were so impressed with her. She bothers me a bit. Maybe it is just because she is new.

I just hope they continue to keep me on. Though I complain about the job sometimes, I do like. It could be worse, I could be back cleaning poop.

I think that about sums up the last couple of weeks. I will update more now that I have access again at work.