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i work a lot and need a break. lucky for me, i've completed my year and now get to reap the benefits. retirement contributions (starting with 5% of my gross income) and paid time off (starting with next week). i've never been paid to ( Read more... )

this weekend beth found a wal-mart giftcard that she had recieved for Christmas of 2005. some time between then and now we've taken the stance to never shop at wal-mart again. if you want to know the reason, watch this moviebut what were we to do with this giftcard? if we threw it away, thats easy money for walmart. if we gave it to a friend or ( Read more... )

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i went to see my new neice today. she's about three weeks old and she's a tiny little thing. i think i'll name her "number four", considering she's the fourth neice my sister has given me. while i was visiting, i had a conversation with "number one" that went something like this ( Read more... )

beth and i spent the weekend moving into our new house. we both had monday off and now that i've left cappetto's, we both had sunday off too. we didn't get as much done as i had hoped for, but we were determined to be living here by monday night. and we did. it was a cold night considering that the heater wasn't used to being used. tuesday was much ( Read more... )

i'm engaged... to be married.

this november i'm thankful for...

beth. this is a no brainer. i feel completely in love with this girl. free to act silly, sad, stupid, and sarcastic without feeling judged or unloved. she's accepted the good and bad in me and i consider it a blessing. i love you beth.

friends. even though my best friend is far away, i'm trying my best to make up ( Read more... )

everything's changing and it's exciting and scary. a new house and a new job. that's the exciting part. my best friend moving approximately 2,000 miles away. thats the scary part. we've played music together for over 10 years. it's been comfortable. let's see if it still is from this far away ( Read more... )

i've got a new job, but i'm not leaving the old one quite yet. at least not until my house is ready. in the meantime, i'll have my weeknights off. eventually, i'll have my weekends free. and ultimately, every holiday will be time spent relaxing. this change in jobs came just in time for racist survivor.

i can't wait to have a baby just so that i can justify buying baby rock records.