The New 8-5

I know that I haven't written in awhile, but I have an excuse! ...At my new job I don't have hours and hours to spend on my blog, ebay, Craigslist, etc, - like I did at my old job. I am really enjoying working at Cascade though. It's a little bit weird to be back after being a student here for 4 years and then being away from this environment for a year and a half. (although I just live down the street from the campus...) Anyway, I think it's fun to be back and my co-workers are great! (That's a shout-out to all of you that read my blog, and for the FTCU homies - I do miss our fun times...don't think I have forgotten about you! ...and I'm still up for the tattoos if you are!) I still haven't learned everything in my position yet, but I'm working on it and having a good time. Yeah, enough about work...

I am very excited that it's Thanksgiving time! I get a five day weekend which is fabuloso. David and I are driving up to Spokane to stay with his parents tonight (they just moved there last week) and then we are heading to Priest Lake in Idaho to spend a few days at a big cabin there with all his relatives. We are hoping for lots of snow 'cause we are bringing all our gear and there is rumor of snowmobiles. After some fun in the Spud State, we are driving down to Corvallis to see my family too. (There will not, however, be any snow or rumor of snowmobiles there...) I'm sure we will have fun nonetheless. I'll give y'all a full report when I get back!

This Just In!

I almost forgot to share this tidbit of information! I will be starting a new job next Friday. Cascade hired me to be the Office Manager in the Admissions Department. I am really excited to start and will share more about it when I have actually begun.

Yard Work, Animal Print Clothing, and Wet Seats

I had a "vacation" last week that was fun. David and I drove up to Couer d'Alene, Idaho on Saturday after I got off of work. We stayed there until Wednesday and helped David's grandparents get ready for winter. We took in all their yard furniture and ornaments (seriously they have more fancy crap in their yard than anyone I know!), pulled up all of their seasonal plants, recarpeted their boat trailer, and chopped some wood. Then we went and helped them out at their cabin on the river. We brought in their boats and dock awning and then repeated the chore of dragging in all their yard knick-knacks. After all the work was done we got to have a couple days break there.

Halloween has come and gone yet another year. David and I joined a couple of parties, carved a crazy pumpkin, and ate our share of candy. We decided to dress up as cave people, and David crafted us some costumes out of a furry leopard fabric. I wore a bone in my hair and he wore a nasty long black wig. It was pretty stone-aged.

It seems that some theives decided to celebrate the holiday by trying to steal my car. When we went out to leave for work this morning we noticed that my passenger side window had been smashed-in. It was raining really hard and the inside of the car was getting pretty soaked. The meanies ripped out my stereo, took apart the steering column, emptied the glove compartment, and threw stuff around in the trunk. Thankfully, it doesn't look like they took anything (not that there was anything worth it in there anyway...) And I have the bestest husband ever, because he took care of all the mess and replaced the window all himself. He's pretty awesome.