My Goodness....

ok, so i'm disappointed in us all. first, it is a new year. our motivations are supposed to be fresh and strong. yet, despite the fact that we are all having very exciting lives, there is little posting going on (scott excepted)! i myself have not posted since i can't remeber when (i would check, but then i would have to navigate away from this page and according to the internet explorer gods, that would mean that all of this exceptional knowledge would be lost and gone forever).
ok, so here it goes (in no particular order).

today is my third to last day at work. thank the lord.

i spent the day with the three interns, who i have brainwashed into loving me. i suspect it is because everyone else that works there is crazy in a bad way instead of entertaining crazy like me.

i ate at my first mexican restaurant in Milwaukee today. it ruled. i missed denver mexican food.

we bought a new car this past weekend. it's a 2003 silver hyundai elantra. we negotiated them down $1200. i was impressed, despite the fact that $300 of that was because i figured the sales tax on the wrong number. it scares me that i will soon be working for the IRS....

scott got engaged. i still randomly smile when i think of this.

paula is having a baby. we're throwing a shower on feb. 25th. i'm pumped. it's my first event planning since the weddings, so i feel at home.

my friend jessie got a job at a kick ass denver law firm. she rules. jessie has also purchased a house and got a new car.

jessie was the first of my friends (before scott) to get engaged outside of the country, therefore leaving me screaming at the computer with no way to contact them! such things make me happy.

i go to bloomington, mn on sunday for a week of IRS orientation. the form for my background check was 28 pages long and included every place i have ever worked, lived, or gone to school. complete with the name and current contact information of someone i knew while there, still know, and still lives in that area. suffice it so say, that was difficult.

on feb. 9th, i go to Philadelphia for a month. i'm actually sort of excited. sure, i'll miss the husband and dog, but philly sounds sort of cool too. and it means i have a new job. which makes me happy.

it's butler's birthday on feb. 4th.

it's mike's birthday today!

my mom goes to jamaica for a week tomorrow. i'll miss talking to her on the phone in the morning, but i'm psyched that she gets to go. she deserves a vacation (even though she can't get a tan and looks really funny in a swim suit because of all the marks on her side because of radiation).

i'm angry at fox because they cancelled and stopped playing episodes of reunion. grrr.... but, american idol (this is my first season of watching) last night was freaking hilarious. if i ever get it into my head that i can sing and decide to audition, i would hope that one of you would tell me if i sounded like 6 cats in a small bag dropped in boiling water.

i think that's about enough for now. i think that just about catches everyone up. at least for now. now, onto resolving to post more often....