So we finally took a vacation! A whole week off of work with camping, (attempted) fishing, pools, hotels, a cave, and a family reunion. We left very late Saturday the 19th, drove through a wicked storm, and arrived to the campground in the Decorah area around 1am. Got the tent set up fine (had to fix the rain fly in the morning when we could see ( Read more... )

I haven't updated in so long that I haven't even posted about my new job! In February I started working for ACS under their federal solutions/healthcare division. Yup - now I process Medicare claims. Which I know sounds awful and boring to most people, however those of us who work with medical claims know that if you get experience working ( Read more... )

It is times like now when my mind is so overloaded with things that I realize the value of dumping it into a journal more often, and I wish I took time to update here more - whether public or private. I am going to make a couple posts just to unload, and hopefully that will help.

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So I went to work yesterday as usual. I had a good day - I'm having a good month, really. For approved listings I am already at 91% of goal, and if the few listings I am battling our QA department on (that's for another post sometime) go through, I will be over goal already for the month! I think another big part of why I like my job is that, so ( Read more... )

It is so weird how I always think "I should make a journal entry about that", but when I do get here and go to make an entry I just draw a complete blank! Perhaps it is just that there is too much to write about and I can't put it in any kind of order in my head or choose what to write about and what not to (as all of it would take a substantial ( Read more... )

Well, I just got the call that my Uncle Willie died today. It was expected. He had lung cancer and by the time they found out it had spread to his liver and such. He's been getting worse and worse pretty rapidly the last couple months. We had a big family get-together down at his place a few weeks ago. My mom told me sometime this past week ( Read more... )

I have been meaning to post about my job for a little while now, but never get around to it ( Read more... )

well, I was all gung-ho to post a few entries when I got home from work yesterday, and LJ was down all night. Go figure, huh? It's ok - I will get stuff posted, just not all at once now ( Read more... )

I bought a digital camera today - I am so excited. It is nothing fancy, but nice for me. Sony S650 Yes, Madd already has a digital camera, and I can see how some people might think it wasteful to have more than one per household. But it is HIS camera, and I can't just up and take it with me wherever and whenever without letting him know and ( Read more... )

We had Jarin's 4 month checkup on Friday. He is 13lbs 11.5oz and 25.5 inches long! He has gone from the 10th to the 25th percentile for his weight. Both head and length are 75th percentile. He is right where he should be developmentally. We got the ok for rice cereal, then first stages baby food after a while. So of course we went out and ( Read more... )