The process of buying a house certainly takes a lot of emotional energy. I'm backing up a little to give you all an overview of what the experience has been like so far...possibly in preparation for excitement in the next couple of months ( Read more... )

Well I haven't been to work in a week, though I'm logging in a few hours from home. This will look great if Jon and I buy a house in the next month and a half... Anyway, as I'm still snowed in (partially) I'm running out of things to do. I mean, our kitchen is immaculate. Seriously. We had the lovely Miss Leann over for dinner a couple of ( Read more... )

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Well, the snow fall wasn't so gentle. It came down pretty fast. I have to admit, being snowed in, and then taking time to dig out the car so we could hit the grocery store was actually kind of fun. Jon and I laughed while piling snow next to my car, using snow brushes rather than shovels because owning a shovel in an apartment has never been ( Read more... )

I don't like snow. I don't live in Buffalo or Erie, or any other place with lake effect weather. I don't live so far North we have snow on Halloween and it stays until it melts on April Fool's Day. Pittsburgh is really not a snowy hub on the East coast. But it has snowed 10 of the past 11 days. There hasn't been one big downfall, it's been ( Read more... )

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Watching the Ravens/Patriots game, I am reminded of how much I hate pink. Most hues of pink are pretty hideous. There are some darker pinks that I do like, but really I don't like pink. And I really hate the shade of electric pink the NFL has chosen for Breast Cancer Awareness month. First of all, I don't understand why everything has to be ( Read more... )

I've come to use most of my creative thinking on the drive home. So by the time I hit LJ, I'm done with the linguistic and topical creativity. Oh well ( Read more... )

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I really haven't had a lot to post about, but to bring anyone up to date, I'm still applying for jobs where I can. No interviews. Very depressing. But hey. It's hard to keep putting resumes out without having had any luck. I'm seriously thinking about switching fields. Stability has always been important to me, and I want a full time job. ( Read more... )