I can’t believe it’s been since the first of the year since I blogged! It has been busy – now time to catch up. Most recent first…..
Esa’s 4th birthday – February 14Wow, I can’t believe our baby girl has been in our lives almost 4 years! Our lives have changed since she came into it. I got my “Betty Crocker” on and baked some doggie treats for her bday. Full of peanut butter and both pups love them. Dan and I both tasted the frosting (peanut butter and honey) – yummy – and the cake batter (flour, peanut butter, honey, egg, oil, carrots) was ok.
Scrapbooking (AGAIN!) – February 13
So, SIL DD and I planned another scrapbooking day when we got together on the 29th. SIL came over to our house, while hubby went geocaching. We are going to try to get together monthly for either scrapbooking or just to get together.
Valentine’s Dinner – February 12
Hubby & I went to OTani’s Japanese Steakhouse to celebrate Valentine’s Day. We don’t go there too often, but really enjoy it when we do! YUMMY!
Capitals vs. Sharks – February 8
Oh Caps, come on and get back in the groove. Neuvy did great – over 30 saves. We still had fun. There was a lot of good people watching. There was a toddler with her parents and she was enjoying herself (until Momma left and she started crying) – it was cute. Then in the 3rd period, a lady sat down next to the guys in front of us. She was definitely drunk and SSSOO talkative. It was funny. Finally she got up and her significant other had come to get her. Not sure if she just didn’t know where her seats were or what.
Happy birthday to our favorite 1 year old – February 6
Our neighbor’s son, Jax, turned one on February 5 and they had his birthday party on the 6th. Jax’ parents are starting him right and getting him into hockey. He’s already been to 2 hockey games and his party was a hockey theme (with the Capitals game playing on the TV). I can’t wait to get him skating and when he really understands the game.
Zed, Zed, Zed – February 3
Oh our boy, Zed. You are getting to be an expensive little dog, Z! He had another trip to the emergency vet. He woke up and wasn’t able to put any weight on his left front paw. We are still not sure what happened, but he is a lot better now.
At first, he was on pain meds with a “cast”. When we took the bandage off on Sunday, it was still swollen and he still didn’t like us touching it. Getting the bandage off was another story! They had put tape directly on his fur and it was NOT coming off. I ended up putting him in the tub and soaking it for about 10 minutes before the tape came off without too much pulling, but there was a lot of fur on it!
Our vet came over on the following Tuesday and put him on anti-inflammatory meds. That has really helped and as of today, will be going to every other day with the meds for another week and then off of it if everything goes well.
Zed with his poopy bag winnings & sporting his cast.
Scrapbooking – January 29
WOOHOO! A whole day to scrapbook! My Creative Memories consultant had a scrapbooking fundraiser, so it was great to get some work done and hang out with my friend, MW, and my SIL, DD! The event was in Old Town Manassas, which I never really have been too. Need to go back and just walk around – definitely a lot of history that is so close by.
Let it snow, Let it snow, Let it snow – January 26
DC knew that the snow was coming. The government let out 2 hours early. Unfortunately, it was almost the same time as the bad weather started. I wasn’t really worried about the snow, the Jeep does well & I know how to drive in it. So I headed out around 4:30/5 pm. It took a while to get the car cleaned off, but no issues, except I was soaked (no hat) and I couldn’t get off the airport grounds! The traffic was backed up at both ways off of the airport and was NOT moving. So, after about 30 minutes of trying to get off the airport grounds, I called the office and said “don’t bother leaving, you can’t get off the airport.” By the time I got back to the employee parking (about 1 mile or so away), it was basically a whiteout. All of the signs were so covered that you couldn’t see them.
We ended up walking the concourses, checking on everyone and then having dinner. While I was walking around, I stopped by InMotion, who last year had a Travelocity gnome and I mentioned to the manager that I wanted it. He said that I could have it, but I never got it. Well, this year, they are having the same promo and I mentioned again, I would like the gnome. He was like “I have one in the back”, so I got my gnome! Everyone was looking at me while I carried it down the concourse and then to the office. Someone actually said to me, “I like your gnome”. LOL! My plan is to take pictures of it all over Dulles. Just something fun to do.
By the time we got back to the office it was about 8 pm. My boss, Chris, left about 8:15 and I went out about 8:30. Well, I went out again, cleaned the car again, and backed out, figured there wasn’t enough room, pulled back in, backed out again while turning the wheel and started to slide towards the truck next to me. NNNNNOOOO!!!!! The snow plow truck was working on the employee parking so I asked the driver to just direct the truck/make sure I’m not sliding into the next one. Within a minute, I was out of there. This was 9 pm. I took my time getting home, but it still only took 30 minutes. What really surprised me, I beat everyone home. Chris didn’t get home until 11 pm and Susan, our admin, didn’t get home until after 11 pm. CRAZY! Dan ended up staying at work and working a double, which was probably the best thing because it took some people anywhere from 6 to 12 hours to get home depending on how far they had to drive.
Dinner with Friends – January 22
We finally got together with our friends (and veterinarian) for dinner on probably the coldest night of the year. We went to Johnny Rocket’s in Ashburn. I had never been to this location and hubby had never been at all. I was shocked at how SMALL this place was – and busy! I was also shocked that it is owned by Mr. Redskin himself, Dan Snyder. Come on, Snyder, take a chance and get a FULL size restaurant! We had a great time none the less.
Work Travel - January 13 & 14
I had a work meeting in Baltimore and got to spend the night there. The time was full of events, but was wonderful. Our theme was “Back to the Future” – yes, tied to the movies and we even got to see some snip-its from the movies. The best part of the meeting is that our office got an award – and I’ll say it – all because of me and my hard work at getting participation in our customer service program!
My immediate idea was to pass the award around to the tenants since they were the reason we won the award (highest average secret shop score). Well, I got some kudos for that idea! The head of our division LOVED the idea and said it on the division call. WOOHOO!
Work update
Speaking of work, we have been extended for 5 months (until June) with a 30 day kickout clause. So, basically, we are a month-to-month. Everyone doubts we will be gone before June.
Good news on work, besides the “Tour of the Cup” idea, I have been doing some changes with our cart program and getting kudos for it also! We have a brand new concept coming in (used Apple products) and I got a deal done with a current inline who never had a cart location with us before.
Coupons
I’m starting to get back into Hot Coupon World. I forgot how much I like it. I joined a coupon train and have done a couple of trades already. I will say, I’m getting coupon obsessed when walking the neighborhood. So many neighbors complain about the free papers we get (on Sunday & Thursday), but the Sunday papers have coupons! So what have I been doing? Picking up the Sunday papers that have been sitting there for a couple of days! Obviously, the people don’t want them if they have been sitting there a couple of days. Needless to say, I have a lot of coupons to cut (I bought a paper cutter just for it), but that will lead to trades!
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