Happy Birthday, Skye!!

Miss Skye turned two years old today!

Robby helped groom her yesterday. He trimmed her feet! I think they turned out pretty good!

I got a job...!!!!!!!!!

WOOHOOOO!!! I got the awesome news this afternoon. An offer to work for the wonderful doctor's office I went to interview at yesterday! I'll be starting Monday...can't wait! Went out and bought scrubs this evening (couldn't wait, lol....notice a theme???) Got some cute tops and bottoms to mix and match. It cost almost $100 (actually over $100 after we went to Target to get some plain white shirts to wear underneath them...!) but, I'll get reimbursed that and then some after 90 days, which is cool. I had no idea scrubs were sooo comfortable, I just loved trying them on -- didn't want to take them off!!

Good news on Robby's job front as well. He got called back for a second interview with the District guy next Wednesday. Pretty exciting! Finally things are starting to turn around!

We took Drew to visit and play with 'Aunt' Zoe today while Robby & Bob changed the oil in my car. They had so much fun in the yard and then Drew kept jumping from couch to couch once we got inside. He liked playing with Bob. He was so tired by the time we got home, though!

Also got everyone's tags (rabies and ID tags) put on their collars today. Had to go to PetSmart to get three ID tags (Skye, Lexi, & Drew), plus Lexi a collar. We were letting her grow up more before getting one. I found an adorable red leather one with some neat swirls on it. Everyone is official now and jingles around the house.

Mom & dad are having an awesome time in Hawaii, the pics are great -- looks like they're having a blast!!!!

Time for bed -- it's been a LONG day!! Robby was off and we ran a ton of errands.

Yippee!

Monday came FAST! The weekend was good and relaxing. Didn't do much at all.

I had a call this morning from someone asking me to come in for an interview. I went in at 1:15 -- lasted almost an hour and it was amazing. She told me to go home, talk to Robby, think about it, and email her in the morning with my decision. If I say I'm interested (which I will) - then she'll check my references tomorrow afternoon. I would be a front office assistant for an Internal Medicine Doctor at the Southwest Medical Center complex. (the 5 story building connected to the hospital...) M-F, 8-5 - awesome benefits, great small little office, and it seems as though the Doctor is very similar to Doc...which is awesome. She even said they'd cross train me if I wanted to -- basically to where I could take vitals, EKGs, hook up a monitor, and in the fall give flu vaccines. FUN!

Robby is still waiting to hear from Alltel. James has a connection with Aaron's Rent-A-Center (they apparently have a really good management program) so they're working on that, too.

More later --

It's Friday...!

Puffer Fish from our trip to Tulsa last year

I've been busy applying at various places the past few days. Hopefully something turns up! I'm getting so bored staying at home! It's been pretty much two months, now.

OU unfortunately lost the National Championship. They played good, but certainly not their best performance.

It was an adventurous day yesterday for one of our former kitties. Robby & I had given Panda & Electra back over to the adoption agency to find new homes for them. Electra got adopted Monday and the new owner then proceeded to put her on craigslist! I found the ad yesterday and called the adoption center. They were aware of it, but couldn't get the lady to respond back to them. So I stepped in and was able to pick up Electra last night and take her back to the adoption center. On a better note, Panda was adopted by a lovely couple and they heard she is doing great!

Mom & Dad are in tropical Hawai'i now. I heard from dad this morning -- it was 7am their time and he was sitting on the balcony watching the ocean and the sun rise...OoOoOoOo - how nice it must be! They are going to the Polynesian Culture Center all day today. Can't wait for pictures to start being downloaded tomorrow once they get to their condo in Maui.

I ordered two new books yesterday -- Jeanne Donaldson's "Dogs Are From Neptune" and the 2nd edition Resource Book from the APDT. They should be in Monday, can't wait to start reading them!

Lexi moves on up

Lexi had her last beginner class tonight. It went well, we took Skye with us and worked on a bunch of stuff. Lexi gets to move to Intermediate starting next week -- still Tuesdays at 8pm. There's other large dogs in it and I think Robby is even going to take Skye through it. Should be fun!! We're still on track for our Rally debut in March, as long as I can get her past the reactive barking at people.

Robby was off today and we ran a bunch of errands. Took up much of the morning and early afternoon.

Long day...and it's still not over!

Got up this morning and went to Hillcrest to do statements and reminders. Chatted with Roul for a bit and dropped off the new business cards -- hopefully Doc doesn't mind them!

Robby works all day today - boring! But James went by yesterday to apply, so at least Robby will have someone to talk to (that he LIKES) until he gets on elsewhere.

On a side note...say hello to Nibbles (left) and Spike (we didn't choose their names obviously!)

I went and adopted them from the OKC Shelter yesterday (that place has CHANGED! And for the better...!) They were owner surrended back early last month - and unfortunately, even the cage...er...tank...they were kept in at the shelter was horrible. They're goofy little guys, but certainly taking a while to get accustomed to us. I did a red-eye correction so that's why their eyes look so grey...ick! Robby & I finally got past losing ours back in 2007 -- so it was time for another pair. (Those of you taking count...dad...! That's four dogs, one chinchilla, and two guinea pigs....and one fish who just won't die!)

A New Day, A New Year

2008 is finally behind it and thank goodness! It was a very crazy year, that's for sure!!!

But, '09 got off to an awesome start. Robby and I got up at 7:30 this morning and went to eat breakfast at Cattlemen's. Yummy!! We ran around the city some, came home and played on the Wii, and then took our outdoor Christmas decorations to mom & dad's to put up. We also helped them get their stuff into the attic.

We grilled out chicken and taters tonight, it was delicious!

Hopefully we'll both hear something on jobs very soon and get back in the hang of things. School starts back in a couple weeks, getting anxious to finally get one piece of paper down and start on the second, and more important one.

We reanalyzed our finances today also and decided where we want to go with our investments, purchases, etc in the next couple years.

Here's to a new, and hopefully better, year!