Going Through Life One Blog Post at a Time
We attended the Missouri Beer Festival again this year. This time, we had VIP tickets that allowed us to enter the event an hour early. It was awesome! No waiting in lines and we got to taste a few beers that were not available during the regular time. I enjoyed this year’s festival much more than last year. The venue was much, much better and it was just a fun afternoon spent with my husband. An Andy full of lots of different kinds of great beer is a happy Andy…
Today, I found out that I did not get the Project Director position for one of the projects in my office. The fact that I didn’t get the job is not the major disappointment. The job is, at best, a hornet’s nest, but it would have included project management, which I very much miss. My major disappointment is because I am pretty sure that our Associate Director was going to make the announcement next week while I am on vacation and not tell me first. Even more disappointing is the fact that this pretty much confirmed my suspicion that my Associate Director has little to no faith in my abilities, meaning that I need to begin looking for another position. Disappointing. Just disappointing. At least the Director took it upon herself to tell me about it so that I would know and not read about it while on vacation. To console myself a bit, I started my vacation early and headed to both Old Navy and Gap for a little shopping therapy. For once, I spent money on only myself. Then, I went to Hy-Vee and bought the ingredients for Firefly Sweet Tea Vodka and Lemonade Martinis and spent the evening drinking a few of those. By the time I return to work the beginning of April, my head will be in a better place. Look forward… Look forward…
Goodbye to our old washer and dryer. They have a new home at Jeremy’s house. They were a great set for the last nine years, but I must admit that I really love the new ones. Hopefully, Jeremy can use them for a few more years anyway.
Bacon-Wrapped Chicken Tenders, Roasted Potatoes, Roasted Sweet Potatoes (for me), and Roasted Tomatoes along with a tasty glass of wine are on the menu for dinner. Yum!
These are my new wine tumblers from a friend that I have known since I was 7. She is doing a Pay It Forward activity by surprising five of her Facebook friends with little gifts. I love these and found it funny because I was checking out similar glasses at Bed, Bath, and Beyond just a couple of weeks ago. Susan Jamison must have been reading my mind! Thanks Susan! I had a big smile on my face when I opened them up. Now, it’s my turn to pay it forward to five other people. I will get on that just as soon as I use these new tumblers!
Yep, it is confirmed times two. Both Laura and John have Strep. Last night, John started acting off. I was crossing my fingers that he wasn’t sick too, but as luck would have it… I have two Strep-infected kids. Today included a visit to the doctor, ibuprofen, lots of television, and a movie. John’s throat hurt so badly that he would *NOT* eat ice cream. Let me repeat that. He would *NOT* eat ice cream. It was not really the way that I would have preferred to spend St. Patrick’s Day.
Yesterday evening, Laura commented that her throat hurt. Andy took a look at her throat and said it was swollen, but it didn’t look like it was too bad. I gave her some ibuprofen and put her to bed. This morning proved to be a different story. She woke up with the “strep throat voice.” Ugh. So, instead of going to church so that Laura could do her Faith Stepping Stone at the 8:30 service, we ended up staying home. Laura stayed in her pajamas all day and spent most of the day either tucked in her bed reading or on the couch watching television. It is a visit to the doctor tomorrow…
