All settled in

The move is complete! I am now officially a Grand Forks resident again, and ahhh does it feel good! Yesterday was such a busy day! Doug and Karissa came to town and we couldn't have done it without them! And Butto, of course. My Dad was also a hero, helping us move our washer and dryer up the stairs, which was the most dreaded task of the whole moving fiasco. Karissa helped me clean the apartment, which helped A LOT because I was running around packing those last minute "oh yeah I forgot about that" items. Rainy stopped by the apartment when we were moving out. Haven't talked to her in a while. Her son D'Artagnan is SOOO big now! He's 8. I hadn't seen him since he was like 5. And her daughter Aris is adorable. She came in and chatted for a bit. Must say, it was nice because i haven't been able to talk to her like that for a while. Its kind of like when two people get divorced and your forced to pick one or the other... and things get mixed up... and I just forgot that I was friends with her and that she is a good friend (maybe not the perfect wife) but she's never done anything to me personally, so I guess I don't feel bad about missing her company.

We got to GF around 6pm and started the tedious task of unpacking the UHaul. Not that I really helped with the actual transfer of large boxes and items... I mostly stood at the door and moved things into their appropriate room. Blake had gotten to the house before us and shoveled the sidewalk and entire driveway to make the hole moving thing possible. I was very impressed with his hard work because it had snowed a lot the day before, so it wasn't like just sweeping away a light dusting of snow, it was heavy very wet snow. THANK YOU BLAKE! Ben and Amber came over, and without Ben, I don't think the washer and dryer would have made it out of the UHaul! Jayden (Amber's 4 year old sister) tagged along, and she is just the most adorable little person ever. She is soooo smart and has her own little characteristics that make her so unique. I could listen to her talk all day. Mr. Fuzzybutt was a big ice breaker and I even got a "GOOD BYE APRIL" out of the deal. A 4 year old remembering your name makes you feel good.

Today I started putting things away. Nothing is left in any boxes, I got ALL the unpacking done today, except for some clothes and the office stuff (which isn't important so it doesn't matter) Tomorrow I plan on cleaning and straightning. I really didn't think I'd get that much done today, I'm very excited!

I realized this weekend that I have awesome friends! They didn't run and hide when we called for their help. They just came right over and helped get the job done! That ensures that when they need our help, we'll be there for them too. Thanks to all of you that helped us, we truely appreciate you and all you did for us, really... pat yourselves on the back because you deserve it. Tomorrow I'm taking the UHaul back (Doug's driving it for me, because I'd probably hurt someone or something with that big of a vehicle) and I have to bring back our old DVR from DL. I didn't get a chance to record all my Six Feet Under off of it so I guess I'm just going to have ot buy the box set when it comes out.

What big eyes you got there. 

mmm... yummy, thumb... 

Self portrait because I can be cute sometimes. 

Isabella doing the "EEEeeewwwww" thing she does. Very cute. I like the way her nose gets all scrunched up :) 

Kevin... and his look that he gives me when I've shoved the camera in his face too many times in one day. 

a newbie question.

Where in my template do I put extras. I want to put a gif on the sidebar.

I love Pink

I love Pink. I love her voice, and when I saw her new video, I knew I had to find it and put in on my blog. If you haven't seen the video (IE you've been under a rock for a while) scroll down and watch. Its funny, except the puke part. ew.

I have a headache. A bad one. I've had it since about 2pm and I've taken three Ibuprophine (around 4) and I took three Excedrine Migrane around 7:30... and it hasn't even taken the edge off. I have so much to do. I still have to get our bedroom ready to move, and I just want to get everything in order to be moved easily Friday. Everytime I get up to go do something my head pounds and I get dizzy and have to sit back down.

I got rejected AGAIN for yet another job at Altru. Its a sign. Its just not meant to be. I will never make over $8.00/hour

I read in the paper today that Tharaldson (the Hotel company I worked for) is being sued in a large civil suite (yup I know I spelled that one wrong) because they've ripped people off with illegal stock exchange stuff involving their Employee Profit Share Program. I don't understand, but unfortunately it has effected me because I owned stock. They traced it back to 1999 (the year I began working there and joined the program) I guess if I cared enough I could join the party and get some $$$ out of the deal, but why would I do that when I want to work for them again. or do I. They've always been cheap bastards.... The lawsuite is moving to ND because this is where their HQ is and where most of the employees effected by this whole thing are located. I guess I'll have to learn more. If I had only cashed out of my stock in October when I was supposed to be....damn it anyway.

Staring at the computer screen prolly isn't helping my headache. Have a good night.

WARNING: Kitten pictures ahead.

I think I've turned into "that girl that likes her cat too much."

"Do you think she can see me?" I'm a rockstar hunter... with my tiger like reflexes, and my lion type roar" 

Giving Kevin a "Raspberry" 

It looks like they're getting ready for a hot and heavy kiss, but really Fuzzybutt was going to bite his nose. 

He didn't really like that Kevin was touching his box. 

Peek a boo 

MY BOX! 

not amused with my flash. 

Kevin and April review "A Date Movie"

Kevin: "I liked it."
April: "I got popcorn. The movie was funny, but more of a renter.

So there you have it folks.

Yup, Kevin is back for the weekend. We've packed and packed some more. I move down to GF next weekend, and I can't wait! Last night we went out to dinner at the Hanson House 313. It was tasty. We chatted with Amamom (aka Sharon, Amadon's mom) and that is always a blast. My cousin Trista was there with a very handsome fella. I said he was hot, and then gave Kevin permission to checkout our drop dead gorgeous waitress. (He said she was too "Lyndsay Lohan skinny" but whatever, she was hot. Today we woke up at noon, which is really really odd for us. We then started to pack everything that I wouldn't need for this week. We had dinner at my parents house. Sloppy Joes and Strawberry Shortcake... yummy. We went to the early movie and now we're home to finish packing the kitchen. For Valentine's Day (belated of course) Kevin gave me a pretty tin with sugar cookies that have love letter written on them. I think they are a very classy gift (prolly bought at Target but I don't care) and very romantic. He also gave me a framed picture that has the bible quote that we used at our wedding.

I have pictures of Mr. Pie having a gay ol' time with his favorite box, one of the only ones left for him to play in. But for some reason every time I put my card reader in the USB port, this computer shuts down. So those will just have to wait.

Anyway, just wanted to update.

Would you play THIS Russian Roulette?

Chocolate roulette: box of chocolates, one has a hot chili inside
Chocolate Russian Roulette: elevent chocolates contain creamy sweet centers; the remaining one has a very hot chili:
Seated in individual compartments, twelve chocolate bullets lay waiting to be bitten into. Although eleven of the sweet little slugs contain delicious praline centres, one conceals a seriously red hot chilli that's guaranteed to blow your head off - metaphorically, at least.

Maybe I should move to Canada....ooops

You Failed the US Citizenship Test

Oops, you only got 6 out of 10 right!

Could You Pass the US Citizenship Test?

just kidding... they don't really like me... not one bit

I got a letter from Acme today. They hired someone more qualified in making signs. How freakin' hard can it be, you design it, print it, and put it on things. So I suck at life.

I didn't really think I was getting the job anyway. So now I'm over it. I don't think I'm going to look for graphic jobs anymore. I need a degree and I don't have one so I don't want to waste my time. I'm going to take the job at the hotel. I love working there. I love my co workers and Jan is the best manager ever. I think the only reason I felt like I needed to find a different job is because that is my "college job" The job I had until I found "something in my feild" well if that was the case, I probably should have reevaluated my choice of fields. I have nothing wrong with the hotel business. I actually like it a lot, except for the pay. I will get paid crap. 8.00/hour. crap. Even though I had worked there for 5 years (and got screwed out of 5K) I have to start over.. no more anniversary bonuses, I have to start over like I never worked there before. day 1.
But there are plenty of other jobs out there, so in a couple of months when the students are gone for summer, maybe I'll look again.

I watched the third Harry Potter with Amanda tonight. It was good, except for the Warewolf, that part was scarey and I closed my eyes.

speaking of eyes. about 2 years ago I had to go to the eye doctor because my tear duct was clogged or something. It took the doctor and Kevin to hold me still while the doctor stuck a needle in my eye and forced a saline solution in my eye, which is conected to your nose, and throat... so you can about imagine how discusting that was. I'm not scared of needles. Shots don't bother me. But this needle was the biggest I've ever seen, ask Kevin, it was like 5 inches long and very scary looking, and it was being stuck IN MY EYE...well, my eye has been doing the same thing and it is getting annoying because my tears will build up... and I feel pressure and then all of a sudden it gushes out and looks like I'm crying, so I rub it and now my eye is puffy and red and weapy. Very gross. I'm convinced that if I pretend it doesn't exist, it'll go away and I'll never have to see that mean doctor with his torturous needle.

It is late, and this janis joplin song on repeat is getting annoying. Yes, Katie, I'm thinkin' of you.

eh,

The interview went okay today. They asked me the usual corporate questions like "why are you the best applicant?" "What are your strengths/weaknesses?" "Is there any a time where you felt overwhelmed?" "What are your career goals with this company?" blah blah... then all of a sudden I hear "do you have time to do a project for us?" ummmm.... excuse me? in my head I'm thinking "did they just offer me a job?" but no, no they didn't, it was just another part of the interview. They gave me 45 minutes, a Mac, and an info sheet that said what they wanted... and a folder on the desk top with text and graphics. This is the part I feel like I want to cry and say "nevermind, I'm really an idiot and under this pressure, I turn into a ball of tears and snot" but then I opted to be a little more.... confident. I sat down and remembered that I hadn't worked in InDesign for like a year and a half... but I calmed myself the hell down and went to work. I'm not completely happy with the outcome, and I finally remembered how to do some of the stuff with only 2 minutes left... but nonetheless, I finished it and he said "not bad." In my head I heard "not the worst peice of shit I've ever seen, but close" whatever, I go back to the confident "my interview and portfolio kicked ass" attitude and took his critisism and his good points and then I got to explain what I would have changed about it. Then he gave me a tour of the "back" where they print the posters and all that good stuff, where everyone in the room turned and stared at me while he showed me around. I figure he wouldn't have given me a tour of the facility if I wasn't at least in the top 5 or 10 of the other applicants... right? RIGHT?! right.

So there I was, walking out of the office 2 hours later... yes, 2 hours. I'm done analysing the hell out of the interview cause I can't change anything. I knew I should have worked with InDesign before I went into the interview, I just figured if I got the job, I would start reading my old book and practice at home first...but anyway... I stopped by the hotel after my interview just to talk to Eric and Jan about coming back to the hotel if this graphic gig doesn't happen for me. Although I got a very funny vibe from the both of them, I still wouldn't mind coming back. Eric said "yeah you really have to have a desire to work in the hotel business to want this job, I thought you were going to get a job in your field...is photography really that hard of a business to get into? idiot. you want to loan me a billion dollars to start my own business. Besides, if you have forgotten I had your job for 5 years, and you don't need to talk to me about desiring this position. If anyone actually DESIRES this position, they have a screw loose. He said that I should have a desire to work in the hotel industry as a career to really get "into" the job... yeah ass, thanks for the Pep talk.

I'm so very sad that I don't have my hubby around me for Valentine's Day. I remember the first Valentine's Day we had together. We had only been dating for one month. He gave me a cute black teddy bear holding a little red flower and 6 roses. (He and AMadon split a dozen roses for me and Jess, Amadons first girlfriend). I put the flowers in my homeroom and by the end of the day EVERYONE knew about it and everyone was telling me how lucky I was to get such a great boyfriend. That was back in the day when we celebrated our monthly anniversaries and he would buy me a flower on the 15th of every month. He did that for like a year and a half, no lie. I also got a lot of poems. Such a hopeless romantic.

On Saturday we went shopping for bridesmaid dresses for Ambers wedding. That was... interesting. Amber found a couple of dresses she likes though, so it was all good. I have, however, decided to wait for a couple of months to get pregnant. Not that I have a say in when the powers to be would like me to get preggers.... but we were planning on getting the ball rolling (if you get my drift) sometime next month (this has been our plan for about a year and a half)but we've moved our plan back a couple of months. One less thing Amber doesn't have to worry about. One of her bridesmaids is already pregnant and another has been trying for quite a while. I think the dresses Amber has chosen are really cute. They're calf high... and they'll be a pretty goldish color and I think everyone will look magnificant in them. I must admit, I was being a little picky when it came to trying on dresses, and to Amber I publicly apologize. But I had fun, and I think it was neat seeing all the dresses, its been a long time since I've gotten to try on pretty dresses. Anyway....

wow... rambling... I'll stop now.

Happy Valentine's Day!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESS

Jess's birthday was yesterday, and I forgot I was going to post a HAPPY BIRTHDAY to her on my blog. H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y !!!!

I miss Jess very much. She lives in California, and I think this is one of the longest time we've gone without seeing her :( well except when she went off to Boot Camp. She's an awesome girl and everyone misses her. Jess is a LOT of fun, whenever she's around we laugh and laugh and laugh. She's a little ball of fire. She's tiny, but don't let that fool you, oh no. She's a tough one, physically and mentally. SHe works in a "mans" occupation where she is one of the only females and not only is she in a higher up position, she keeps up with the guys with ease, probably does the job better than they do... props to her for making the big men cry when they go home feeling inadequait (sp?)

So Cheers to you Jess, love ya much! Hope you had a really really really good birthday yesterday!

*sigh*

So the weather is starting to get a little icky. Ewww. I hope it gets better by tomorrow night so I can drive to GF. I may not leave until Saturday anyway because Mandy said she can help me move some stuff down there with her truck and since she is going down to GF to go bridsmaid dress shopping with us girls, I thought why the heck not.

I'm getting nervous about my interview. It is Monday morning at 8am. I usually don't get too worked up because I think I have pretty good interview skills. I'm just not too sure I have the skills for the job this time. I mean I'm sure I'm competing with people who have a degree in graphic design, or people who have kick ass portfolios. I have neither of those things. Yes, my skill level with photoshop is above the average joe, but compared to others in the business PROFESSIONALLY (which I am not, working in a one hour photo store making announcements and posters doesn't count) I don't think I stand a chance... but then again, they did call me for an interview, so I'm sure if they had aplicants with better cridentials on paper (degree, resume) then I would have already been booted from the running already. I'm also worried because this Angela lady doesn't sound nice. I mean, nice yeah, but she just didn't sound oh so happy about interviewing people. But then again, Kevin pointed out that she is just from the HR department, so chances of me having to work with her on a day to day basis is slim.

Anyway, KSoFM asked what I'd be doing. I don't know EXACTLY, but I have a pretty good guess. Acme Electric has 4 or 5 different locations in ND and other states. Grand Forks is the HeadQuarters. So I'm guessing I'll be doing layouts for ads, designing promotional stuff, in-store and media stuff in general. I'm assuming its gonna be mostly ad inserts for newspapers around the areas that have an Acme Electric. Hey, maybe I'll even get a discount on tools! SCORE! I'll be using Adobe InDesign and Photoshop and my experience with industial printers and transfer software might be handy too. Who knows.

I might still work for the hotel part time houskeeping on weekends or something. Just for some extra cashola. Besides, I can't sit on my bum anymore... This job in DL is the first job that I sit on my bum most of the time and I'm definately feelin' it... i mean in the 8 months we've lived in DL, I bet I've gained... oh like I'm gonna tell you how much more fat I am...but I am, and I don't want to just sit in front of a computer all day.

Anyway, Pete just left, and now I am officially on my ownwith the store for two days. Ah.....feel the freedom, too bad I'm not the mischeivious type... I'm sure I could find LOTS of stuff to get into... but I think I'd better behave myself and just do my job.... darn morals!

Sorry Karissa

It was too easy...

They like me, they really really like me...

SO Angela called from Acme Electric (Tool Crib of the North) She wants an INTERVIEW!!! WOO HOO!!!! Now we do the "April has an interview dance" this is where you jump up and down and wave your hands all around, and scream 'WOO HOO WOO HOO!!' Throw in a couple pelvic thrusts... there ya go!!

So yeah, I haven't actually TALKED to this Angela, but she left me a voice mail saying she wants and interview either Thursday or Friday... there are two problems with this situation... My phone just died, and Kevin has the only charger in GF.. so I can't call her right away. Secondly, my boss is going out of town Thursday and Friday and I'm the only one at the store which means I can't go to GF either of the days she wants an interview.

Plan of action: call her tomorrow at work (Pete should understand... I hope) and set up an interview for next week and hope that is convenient for her :) Actally, this is a good thing, becaus I can use Thursday and Friday to print some graphic stuff I've done at work , to bring to the interview.

That is my good news. The end. Thank you for your time. :) :) :) :) :) :)

Thank you Mr. Toast....

Greed:	Very Low
Gluttony:	Medium
Wrath:	Low
Sloth:	High
Envy:	Very Low
Lust:	Very Low
Pride:	Medium

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I wish I could paint the walls a different color, but I like how our stuff is coming together in this room. Now it feels homey when I'm there. 

Our living room almost done!! 

WOOO HOOO!!!! Bell Bell brought her pom poms to help cheer on her favorite team (yeah so what Red wasn't either teams' color...) I think she looks like a clown in this pic. 

Cutest picture ever of Bell Bell. With her cute little piggy tales.  

She's laughing at yet ANOTHER one of my hilarious jokes. I'd tell you, but you prolly wouldn't get it. Its an inside joke between us. 

Isabella putting up with Uncle Kevin while they pose for yet ANOTHER picture. She has a smile on her face though! 

a very happy Adele... SMILE BIG!! She loves to smile... you just look at her and she gives you all the smile she has to give. Very beautiful big blue eyes too! 

Steffy! She's like the only non baby type person that I took a picture of. 

A very thoughtful Bell Bell. 

Karissa reading Isabella a good night book... AH... cute. 

Adele playing with Ambers shirt string... after she threw up all over herself, and everyone insisted I wanted a picture of it.... cute but gross non the less. 

Kevin and Ben, the only two that I think really watched the game and cared deeply about it... except for Karissa, who screamed at the TV louder than any guy I've ever heard :)