What's New? What's New?

“What’s New? What’s New”

My life is often like an episode of the Soup on E! I can’t help it, but sometimes I wonder if everyone else feels this way about their own lives?

I forget to do a lot of things lately, like update my blog. *sigh*

It’s not that my memory has gone bad or that I’m too lazy to do it; it’s simply that I’m too busy with life. If I’m not at work, I’m usually spending time with the nephews – and if I’m not there, I’m usually sleeping or taking an hour to myself (reading a book, twittling around on facebook, playing my guitar or watching a little tv). I get mad that I forget things a lot, but then I think to myself, “life is far too short to worry about the little things.” I just wish everyone in my life thought the same way. Lol.

I have alot to say about this, but I dont think I want to publically share it, so I'm going to document it in a private post instead. But here's something weighing heavy on my mind and heart right now..... in the condensed, non elaborate version.

There are certain things in my life right now that I’m so frustrated with, I just want to throw my hands up in the air and say, “forget it, I’m done with it.” And I wish that I could do that sometimes, but I can’t bring myself to. And I’m not talking about something drastic here, I’m talking about a general feeling – that I’m fed-up with the same old thing every day and I wish that today could just be today and tomorrow would be a different day. I feel like my life is the same old broken record day in and day out. I’m a pretty non confrontational person and I enjoy just living life without complications and being happy. Sure things come up sometimes that are complicated and you have to deal with them, but I try to just life a simply life – emotionally. There are parts of my life that are far from simple and I lack much control over those things, but emotionally I’m a pretty simple person. I don’t like to argue, I don’t like to fight and I don’t like to disagree – end of story. I would rather just let it be, you can only hold on to things for so long before they naturally let themselves go – and I figure if I don’t hold on to them at al I’m in a better place (in my own mind).

I have a Thursday thankful and just one:

I am ADDICTED to the new Wii Sports Resort game. I’m so thankful to my parents for the giftcard on my birthday this year – they paid for this new fantastic love of my life. Hehe. It’s really a neat thing, you have to attached these motion sensors to the wii remote which creates a more realistic feel and ultimately a better sports experience. The game includes jet skiing, wake boarding, basketball, Frisbee, golf, archery, sword fighting and more! It’s really relaxing and fun, and sometimes a good workout too! My birthday is on May 5th and my parents gave me a ‘Give Anything’ gift certificate this year, so I’ve spent the past 4 ½ months trying to figure out what to spend my money on & I am glad that I waited to spend it because it was perfect timing – right after the game was released I knew that’s what I was going to get, and I’m so happy about it!!


Okay I really am grateful for other things in my life and maybe I should include them in Thursday thankfuls (Ha Ha!):

True Love
Family
The Grace & Love of God
A Steady Job in a Failing Economy
The Drama of Jon and Kate Gosselin! Ever So Entertaining ;)
Nalgene Water Bottles
Gluten Free Blueberry Muffins
Jersey & Haley
Keen® Shoes
I-Pod Touch
A Sane Mind
Colbie Frickin’ Caillat
Accountants
Best Friends & The Laughter Share Between
Interoffice Instant Messenger – So Much More Convenient Than a Telephone!
The Music Legacy of Michael Jackson
Noodles and Company, GF Penne Rosa – Yummmmmm aaaa yyyyyy


I promise that I will try and be better about updating my blog. Things are just insane in my life on most days…. Until then - peace out girl scout!

Criminal Blogging Negligence

Holy smokes! It's been more than a month and a half since my last post. How have I gone so long neglecting my blog? Oh that's right, this busy life of mine keeps my hands tied!

Today is a day unlike the past 45 or so; I found myself up at 9:15 am (I slept in - how nice!) making a pot of coffee and reading the fourth installment of the Twilight Saga. I finished the third book the first week of December and have yet to find the time to crack open 'Breaking Dawn.' It has literally been sitting in the backseat of my car beckoning me but I've been so wrapped up in the day to day lately that I haven't found much time for anything.

So I suppose I have a lot to write today, hopefully my fingers will hold out and let me catch up to speed here.....

The holiday's were great. We spent Christmas morning at my parents house and then headed over to Michelle's. Jason's parents and brother were all around so we had a big dinner and ended up closing the night with "Horton Hears a Who." It was nice being surrounded by the people you love, but of course the holiday's are always sad when you're from a blended family. Not having the rest of my family around certainly made it hard as it does every year. I did talk to my parents and brother which allowed a sigh of relief however.

Last year we spent New Years downtown; we went to the Colorado Symphony and then spent the night at the Grand Hyatt. It was amazing, a perfect view of the fireworks over 16th Street. There were parties galore throughout the hotel, but we kind of kept to our own, went and had dinner and just enjoyed the night. The following morning we had amazing massages and called it a day. This year was a lot more low key, we really didn't do much at all. We spent New Years Eve with some close friends of ours who live down the street. We played 'Rock Band' and enjoyed each others company. It was a blast.... Another New Year, my goodness how it has crept up. This is my 25th year of life, do I feel a quarter life crisis sneaking up on me? *wink*

Then of course came January 20th, the swearing in of President-Elect Barack Obama! The day we have been waiting for .... It was certainly a deep joy for me to see a new face enter into office. We are playing by a new set of rules and I feel extremely confident in our new leader. I truly feel that President Obama and our new first lady will do a wonderful job of bringing this economy back around and quelling the silent fears of most Americans. I welcome this change and look forward to the coming days!

Moving right along - Work has been so insane lately! We're going through a lot of changes, but I think that they're all wonderful. I feel very comfortable in my industry, we are hiring rather than firing and in these times of economic turmoil, it's a nice feeling to know that we're a relatively safe industry. Many of the departments within my company are re-organizing, current management teams are moving into new roles and new positions and teams are being formed. My department was rattled this week with the news that all of the relationship managers (which I am also) were moving to our primary service team. The small group of 10 or so employees will now be joined by about 40 other employees from across the company. My group of 7 was going to be a part of that. It has not been a hidden fact that this change was coming, but a question of when everything was going to happen. Our senior leadership came into town this week and all of the questions were answered. Effective February 2nd, my team would no longer be comprised of the 2 senior management leaders, the portfolio managers and the relationship managers. Rather the relationship managers would be moving, our direct manager would also be moving. Change brings a mix of emotions to everyone involved, I would presume mostly fear. So now the good news, for me at least.....

Out of all of these changes I received a huge promotion!! As the rest of my team was joining our front end service team, I was left to remain in my group; but not in my current position. Rather, I was offered a position which was created specifically for me. I'm not entirely sure exactly what the details of my new position will entail, but it will be an operations position as a liaison of sorts. I will be doing some accounting type rolls, serving as a 'go-to' person for the front end sales team and my group as well as vice-versa. I will be learning many new aspects of our business, which definitely excites me. I will be reporting directly to our operations pricing manager whom I absolutely adore, so I have no complaints in that department. This is not only a physical promotion, but a financial one as well, which is great news. As you may not know, I was hired into my current position at the bottom of my grade, which was disparaging but something that I knew I could deal with. I have kept my nose to the grindstone and truly worked very hard to make a name for myself - and it has paid off. This new position will open many new doors for me, expand my knowledge and allow me a lot more visibility within the company. I have been told that this new position will increase my visibility by most in the company including senior management. Working in Corporate America, that's a GREAT thing. One of the best moments of learning of this change for me was when our division director offered me the position. His statement to me was, "your reputation is unprecedented. You are known throughout this organization as a very hard worker and you should be proud. Although you may think that we don't hear all of the good things about you, this should prove to you that we've heard your accolades and know that you're capable of much more." Wow, that's all I can say, wow!

The mess with my car is still ongoing. It's got to come to an end at some point, right? I'm now on my second temporary tag as my loan company just can't get everything straighted out. My title was issued in the state of Washington, therefore in order to get it registered in the state of Colorado, I had to get a VIN verification, which I was just notified of on Wednesday, so I spent Thursday morning at the DMV (after I had just been there on Tuesday renewing my temporary tags.) It's frustrating, when you've done everything in your power to ensure that things go smoothly and things still pile up in your face. I hope that this is a car that I will keep for quite some time because I don't want to go through the same thing again ever again! So, I have 30 days to get my loan company straight and I am crossing my fingers that this all gets resolved this upcoming week.

On a final note, I've taken up Yoga. It has been so wonderful for me. It's a great source of excercise (for those of you who've never tried it, I dare you to - you will feel completely refreshed and I guarentee you'll sweat absolutely everything out!!) I have a membership to a local yoga studio and have been trying to practice at least three times a week. I started Yoga with a lot of hesitation late last year and have since grown an incredible love for it. The balance which you gain, the core strength and power can not be matched! The calmness that I seek I found in the practice, it's truly one of a kind! So there is another reason for those late evening blog posts being missed!

So, in a nutshell that's whats been going on for me lately. I promise I will try and be better about keeping this blog up to date.

baby brothers & big sisters

I talked to my brother last night, he worries me. Little boy away at a big school with no big sister to take care of him. I miss that boy terribly, but I sure am glad when he checks in - I'm like a worried parent but I just can't help it. He said, "sister, why are you worried? I'm just fine" and I said, "because baby brother that's what big sisters do is care for their brothers!" lol. Much love to my baby bro who's off educating himself .... OU baby, OU!

There is nothing like the bond between siblings. I think it's the closest you feel to someone until you have your own kids. I mean every relationship that you have is different and everybody means something different in your life, but that care & concern and the undying love and comfort that you can give to a sibling, particularly a younger sibling is unmatched. My biggest dream would be to have my brother find a job up here when he's done with school so that we can be closer in proximity. We'll see - for now he's partying hard, lovin his new frat and working his ass off.... he said he hasn't really found any outlets for his music yet but one of the older guys in his frat plays and likes the same music, I hope he starts jammin with him soon. It wont be long til that boy has a pack of women following him around like Mick Jagger. HeHe.

Nothing is really new around here, just staying up with the Twilight books, anxious to finish them but trying not too go to fast at the same time. I'm worried that once I finish the fourth book I'm going to feel lost because there will be no more. Sigh. I can't believe how catchy these books are though, they truly just grab you and suck you in - it's a wonderful thing!!

So until I think of more to say tomorrow, I will leave you with *loud sigh* Edward Cullen:

twilight

<--- Twilight (bk 1) & New Moon (bk 2) on my nightstand

OMG - No time to write, in the middle of the Twilight Saga .... On book 4, chapter 9, I need to keep reading!! 1 book down, still three more to go (well two more after the one I'm on.) I've fallen in love with this series overnight - it's my new guilty pleasure, my new obsession!! It took me three days to finish book one, about 5 or 6 hours maybe in all. Tomorrow I'm off to see the movie, I'm nervous though because movies never match up to the book so we'll see. I'll be sure that I report.

I will write more soon, but it's off to bed I go - *sigh* - to be romanced by Edward!! HeHe

tomorrow if a golden train came to take you away....

Well my post have become more scarce and sporadic lately.... Can you tell I'm a busy, busy girl?

So all is well with the new car - got her registered, tested her emissions - she runs like a gem. Love her. Now she needs a name. "And I shall call (her) mini-me!" *evil Austin Powers laugh.*

Of course I am totally stoked about President Elect Obama. I still can't get enough politics. CNN is always on at our house (well when CSI & Survivor aren't!) We actually had our corporate executive meeting today & all looks well for my company, which is great news in this grim economy. We're doing very well, putting alot of money to the bottom line & EBITA. We're acquiring additional companies which is great news & we're even doing with money that we already have in the P & L. I just keep my nose to the grindstone, pound pound pound and do the job that I'm there for. Hard works pays off in the long run, and as our CEO put it, "now is not the time to bury your head in the sand. Now is the time to let your light shine." Well I hope you see mine sir, because I'm still here busting my ass day in and day out maintaining those valuable financial institution relationships that keep our company running. :)

Nothing really new to report. All is the same here really. I did take yesterday off which was great, I mostly did running around - washing my car, at the DMV, emissions etc. I did head up to Old Chicago for a bit though for the Holiday Tour kick off party - it was fun, no drinks for me though, which is a-ok. No drinkin & driving for this girl.

What's spinnin' in my CD player - well actually I found that the new Jeep has a 6 disc changer so I have the capacity to have 7 CD's in rotation, I know - totally awesome, right? I have two mix CD's in there (Sugarland, Matt Nathanson, Dixie Chicks, Keri Noble etc.), the HomeVibe's CD from the Walnut Room in September, Coles' CD "Gee Baby", Pink's new CD "FunHouse", Alanis Morrisette & Katy Perry. Oooh speaking of great songs, Justin Nozuka has a fantastic song called "Golden Train" that you've got to hear. He's got such a great voice, way more tantalizing than John Mayer if you ask me.

Kamden and I practiced his spelling words tonight - he's so smart, I just LOVE it! He has 10 regular words and there are 10 challenge words. The parents have to sign the child up for the challenge words, so after the regular words, the teacher gives the challenge words & the kids can participate in them if they'd like, or they can draw a picture on the back of their spelling test if they don't want to (they're only in first grade.) Last week Kam drew a picture, but I gave him the challenge words tonight and he got 8 out of 10 right, I told him that he's a genius and I hope he goes for the challenge words this week. We worked on the 2 he struggled with and I made him spell them to me a couple times and write each word 5 times. He had a hard time with 'begging' & 'leggings.' It's the double G. He really gets things when I work with him though, he likes it because I really boost his confidence, but I come down to his level to help him understand things & love watching that little light bulb turn on his head - it's so satisfying to me! He had a hard time with 'friend,' but we really worked on that one and he got it without such hesitation before the night was over. I love that darn kid!!

Well that's it for tonight. I'll leave you with a little "Golden Train:"