Nothing much....

So, long time no blog.
I have been pretty busy the last couple of months. Just trying to work to pay the bills and squeak by with a lot of help from family. I feel really blessed to have the family that I do. I am now working for the company I have been doing payroll for for years. I'm just kind of filling in while a couple of people are out. But, full time equals health insurance so I couldn't be happier about that. Mainly Mike and I have just been hanging around the house and spending time with friends when we can. The most exciting thing that has happened to us lately is that we are expecting a little one at the end of October. It is super early, but we are super ecstatic!
I have been reading tons and tons of books, it really helps keep my vocabulary up and it is a nice way to escape life's problems. For a few hours anyways.
Mainly, I'm just highly anticipating the return of True Blood which I can't wait to see! They are always doing something so crazy in that show I never know what's going to happen next.

Been a long time

I haven't blogged in quite some time. I've been reading a lot and spending a lot of time with my family. I started a temp job that will hopefully turn permanent soon. I'm glad it's Christmastime. I love all the lights and the music and being able to spend time with family.

I've been trying to keep up with all the True Blood casting news, there is so much! Having to wait until next June for new episodes is a very long wait. I'll just have to read some books by my favorite authors in the meantime. :)

Rain, rain go away....

Why is it that the only day it rains is the day you didn't check the weather forecast? Also, the day you are working in downtown Dallas and you left your umbrella in the car? And....the parking garage you are parked in is two blocks away?!? This is just the afternoon I've been having. Sigh....
So, I'm still working at this contract job and waiting for the "new girl" to come in for the permanent position. They don't talk to me here. It's like I'm invisible. At least I get some money! So, after meeting with another recruiter this week, he informs me that no jobs will probably be moving for my industry of accounting until after the October 15th deadline. Well, that's just not good enough! That's ANOTHER month without a job! I've applied to every job on Monster and CareerBuilder, I don't know what else I could possibly do. I harass all the recruiters that contacted me to no end. It doesn't help. What's a girl gotta do for one measly interview? I wouldn't even mind having an interview and them saying yes we'll hire you, it just won't be until November 1st, or something like that. At least I would know I have something lined up then!
I would like to start a family with my husband, but I have to have a job first! It seems like no matter what the family plans get pushed farther and farther back. I'm 29, I'm not getting any younger! Please God! Give me a little help here! I want to raise wonderful Christian children, I want that joy in life please! Ok, sorry that was a little over the top. I'm feeling quite emotional today. Thanks for listening!

Labor Day Weekend

This three day weekend was a blur. Friday night I went baby shower shopping with my sister, then we ate at Genghis Grill (YUM!) with my husband. Then we went back to the house and watched "I Love You Man" which was actually pretty funny. Saturday I got to relax a little bit while Mike worked on his portfolio. Then we ran down to Arlington for my dad's birthday. We saw "Extract" which was pretty hilarious, then we went to Chili's for dinner. I told the waitress it was his birthday and when she asked him if it was his 21st birthday, he said "Close enough!"
On Sunday it was driving down to Burleson for my cousin's 7 year old son's birthday party. I got to chat with the family for awhile while all the kiddos played. I always feel out of place at a kid's birthday party because I don't have any kids. My cousin had me take all the cake and opening presents pictures so that was a lot of fun! All the other little kids kept trying to open his presents! Afterwards, we hung out at my cousin's house for a bit and enjoying chatting. On Monday I didn't have to work! Yeah! My husband worked on his portfolio all day and I got to finish a book I had been reading. I was pretty happy with the ending. Later in the day we ventured out to the park by our house (we had never been there) and we took the dogs with us. They loved it and they passed out when we got home. We have to find a dog park near our house so we can let them off-leash. Well that's my crazy weekend. Hope y'all had a good one!

Fantasy Football & True Blood "BYE" Week

So, here it is...my 2009 Fantasy Football team. I actually remembered my draft this year.
J Cutler

K Warner
B Westbrook
D McFadden
L Washington
R Williams
S Moss
N Washington
P Crayton
J Witten
D Lee
N Folk
N Rackers
NYG (DST)
Indianapolis (DST)

I'm excited to see how this "season" plays out. I got 2nd place in my league last year.

So, this week my favorite show True Blood is having a "BYE" week because of the Labor Day holiday. I would say this is good because people won't miss it while they are out of town. It's a bad thing because this gives the show a break before it's season finale. Kinda sucky. Also, the rumors are we'll have to wait a whole year for Season 3 to start. I anticipate withdrawal symptoms around March I would say.

It's Only Tuesday...

I had an interview with another recruiter today. I think it went well. Problem is, I have lots of recruiters, but I never get sent to any interviews. I guess the job market is just too saturated with people looking for jobs right now. I never thought it would be so difficult to find an accounting job. I should probably just start studying really hard for the CPA exam and work on taking that instead of job-hunting, at least then I'd be accomplishing something.
I wish I could go somewhere for the holiday weekend but I don't have the funds. This is alright, because my dad's birthday is Saturday, and my cousin's son's birthday party is on Sunday so at least we'll have some cake to look forward to! My cousin's daughter has been going around telling the kids at her school that she's a vampire and she's going to suck their blood. She's 5, so I think this is quite amusing. Apparently some show on the Disney channel had vampires in it so this is where she got the idea. Her mom told her not to bite people because she could go to the store and buy her blood juice. Hanging out with those two characters surprisingly makes me want to have kiddos of my own even more. :)

I have a case of the Mondays....

Nothing seems to be going right today with my work. Since I'm working contract and it's being filled by a permanent employee in a couple of weeks it's like I've completely lost my focus. Sigh. Revenue Recognition is like my favorite thing ever! (heavy sarcasm)
Good news is I met with recruiter # 50 today. He hopes to get me an interview by the end of the week, but he has other candidates applying for the same job. Same old story it seems. I do have two other recruiter interviews lined up for Tuesday and Thursday morning so maybe something will come of that. I started a resume on CareerBuilder.com today because I think Monster.com just isn't cutting it, and I've already applied to all the new jobs there. In order to keep my unemployment status I have to report all my contract income (which I definitely have been because I'm very honest) and I have to apply for 6 jobs a week! Which is pretty difficult because there just aren't 6 new job postings a week. But, I look around and persevere!
Oh well, I will continue searching and pray that God leads me down the right path. He always does.