Merry Christmas to all!! :)

My new toy!

So the coolest feature on this is laptop that I got today from work is that if u look just above where it says IBM ThinkPad there is a little fingerprint scanning device. I recorded my fingerprint on it and instead of signing in with a password I use my finger! It's insane. Needless to say we're not complaining. We get to sit on the couch, play online and relax!

This is my first ever laptop (it's not really mine, it's the company's... but same difference) and I am loving this more than I can express. It is such a crazy new experience for me.

Besides this, I'm getting used to work. It's very different than what I have been doing for the past few years so there will be a period of time where I'm still getting used to it. I like the people there. They pick on each other. I work in the office with the executives/sales people and it's a small office of about 10 people compared to our office down in Atlanta with 50. Good times.

Everyone getting psyched for Christmas? I love this time of year. It helps us remind ourselves that there is so much to be thankful. Love you all!!!

Goodness!

Just in time for the holidays I'll be officially employed again next week and I am so very excited! It'll be nice to get my brain working again. I think it will be difficult at first, which is probably the most exciting part of it all. I am hoping to come home exhausted mentally.

I've learned a lot from these past few weeks. Sometimes I think people doubt others when they do life changing and career changing things. It wasn't easy to put myself out there and find places that were willing to look past the fact that I took a detour for a few years working with kids with Autism. It was so rewarding and taught me so much about how everyone learns at different paces and in different ways. The the key is EVERYONE can learn.

Another thing that is really positive that I wanted to share is that there ARE jobs in Rochester. There are jobs that pay good money in Rochester. And there are more than a few of these jobs. My dad told me the other night that the northeast is going through a rough time right now. A lot of people are moving south, leaving less good workers in the northeast. According to my dad, it is really difficult to find people that are hard working that want to GO to work on a daily basis. He finds people that say "I can only work "x" amount of days a week" or people that come to work drunk or just don't show up and don't care about the consequences. He said it is a great time for people with a good head on their shoulders to find a job. In my experience, he is right. I found plenty of places looking for someone and I had a few interviews right away!

So I think that was a huge rant, but oh well.

The bottom line is that if you want to do something- it doesn't matter what it is... put your mind to it and you can make it happen :)
That's all the optimism I have for one day :-D

It's snowing in Rochester :)

Craziness

So it's been a while since I've posted anything. Sean has been putting up his amazing pictures and I just don't have anything that exciting to put up. Maybe i'll put up some stuff soon..
oh..
hannah - it's snowing more!!!

alright going to go shower for my day and maybe do something productive.

Hi Rochester!

We'rreeeeeee baaaaaaaaackkkkkkkk! :)

Hi!

What's up with everyone? I haven't been on this for a while. I've been so busy with work and with Sean that I haven't been on here in what seems like forever. How are you all handling the cold weather? It's supposed to drop down to about 30 tonight. BRRRRR! Anyway, thought I'd share with ya'll a beautiful picture of us when we visited. miss you all! Hannah - wish you were there!

Big Picture Rochester

Check Big Picture Rochester out!

I think Sean might have linked this before on his blog. I came across it from this site online and thought you'd all enjoy seeing what Rochester is doing. :)

awwee how cute! :)

Moby's newest video... Hannah this is for you! :)

I have to admit that Moby breakdancing is pretty cool... don't you agree? His videos are always weird or silly. Gotta love New York!

Alex goes Ghetto

Less than 24 hours...

Ok. So It's 1am my time. My flight leaves in 5 hours! I should sooooo be asleep. Can't wait to see you all. :)

The countdown... :)

2 more days!

Shut down!

So I had a funny thing happen to me last night. We went out to this bar in the yuppie city of Burlingame. We had a pretty good time. Towards the end of the night there was this guy that was playing pool and it was his last ball he had to get in to win - or something like that. I wasn't paying attention to him or his game. I have a hot hubby that keeps me occupied :)... anyways this guy asks me to come over to him. I go over thinking he had a questions... I don't freakin' know. Anyways he puts his arm around me and asks me for a kiss for good luck. I kindly remove his arm and then tell him that maybe he should ask my husband. LOL! I embarrassed him and it was fun.
Shut down baby! :)

So yea now Sean and I are feeling the pain of drinking and having fun. I think it was the three shots that we had... along with the beer. So yea we are both hungover. Sean just showered and it's only 8pm! :) We are going to finally eat dinner.

Less than a week!!! Can't wait to see you all :)

I love Guster! :)

Finished - finally!

Since the beginning of the summer I have decided that I should read more. I love to educate myself and I miss being in a school setting where i am constantly being tested. (This is crazy to me because I never cared enough when I was actually IN school... oh well.) So tonight I finally finished the Da Vinci Code. I'm looking forward to seeing the movie now that I have finally finished the book. I have to say it was a long book but it kept my attention the entire time. I think I might be one of the last people on earth to actually read it and definately one of the last to see the movie - but I don't mind finishing last! :)

Anyway, I suggest it to anyone who has not yet read it. Unless you're a fast reader, prepare to spend a lot of time on this book... for me I'm a slow reader so it takes forever to get through books.

Alright - enough dorkiness for one evening.

10 days and counting...

I love tomatoes!

This is something I thought I'd never say. I really do love having tomatoes in our back yard. Today I am attempting to make a homemade soup. I didn't follow a recipe so who knows how it will turn out... It includes:

Lentils, leeks, tomatoes (of course!), potatoes, carrots and celery.

Who knows how it will turn out but I guess I will never know unless I try. So that's my main attempt of the day. I will let you all know how aweful/good it tastes! Happy Thursday to all! :)

15 days and counting... :) can't wait to see you guys!

This is a really cool video :)

More baking... (in a way)

So yesterday I continued with my baking/cooking/etc. spree. Briana and I made Old Fashioned Hard Candy. Anyone ever make that when you were young? You cook it on the stove and then pour it on a cookie sheet and as soon as it starts to cool you use scissors to cut it into pieces and toss it in confectioners sugar so they don't stick to eachother. It's fun and the result is delicious. I found the recipe online at allrecipes.com. It's a great place to find recipes. That's where I got the cheesecake recipe.

...note to the wise. If you DO make cheesecake and they suggest that you leave the cheesecake in the oven to slowly cool down, DO IT! Otherwise the cheesecake will crack and look ugly. No worries though - it will still taste delicious no matter what! :)

He did say for better or for worse.. RIGHT?!?!?!? :)