01/03/2014

There’s always so much complaining when things are working lightning fast at this site, but I haven’t really seen any praise lately about how nicely it’s been working for the last week or so. I’m so happy that things seem to be up and running nicely now. And in 2014 I’m going to work really hard to update a lot more.
 
Since my last update:
 
We had a great time at Disney but were definitely ready to come home. It wasn’t as dead there as we expected, so the crowds got on my last nerve, and we were stupid enough to get the dining plan again which we just hate. Anyway, it was a lot of fun. I just realized I never checked their website to look at all the photos we had taken on the photopass. We won’t buy any, but it would be fun to look.
 
My review was rescheduled because I couldn’t go on the trip with my boss due to the snow. But, when I did end up having the review it was fantastic. I got a $7K bonus and a really really nice raise. The review itself was really kinda weird. Super relaxed and informal and the review document wasn’t a “form” that I’m used to with check-boxes and all kinds of corporate stuff. Instead it was sorta like a nice letter from my boss talking about how happy everyone in the company is with what I’ve done in the last 10 months. I love working there and I wanted to take our vacation to Disney to remind me why I drive 300 miles a week for work, but I think this review accomplished that moreso.
 
The 12 Days of Christmas started when we got back from Disney and went over great. It was a hit and Mich loved everything about it including the little kid egg jokes.
 
My car was hit when I was leaving the gym the day after Christmas. That has been a PITA and I still don’t know if the other guy’s insurance will be paying for a rental, so I’m dealing with that frustration. I won’t have my beautiful Mazda back until January 15th.
 
I can’t believe I didn’t come here immediately to report the most exciting news! We got a new “puppy!!” Rosie went to her old rescue to be boarded while we were gone in Disney. While we were there, I checked in on her a few times. And on Facebook, the rescue had posted this adorable picture of a dog named Jesse. So, I asked if Rosie had met Jesse yet… next thing I know, I’m getting emails telling us that we get first dibs on him if we are serious about adopting. So, we talked about it and told them to have Rosie and Jesse meet. They sent us video of the meeting and actually said it was the best first meeting they’ve seen in over a month. They hit it off immediately. They said they usually would never match a 12 year old and a 10 month old, but Jesse’s play style is so nice and he just isn’t the typical 10 month old. We fell in love with how happy Rosie looked on the video and how engaged Jesse was with her. So, we agreed to meet him when we got home and went to pick up our girl.
 
We got home and had a glitch with the heat in the house. Poor Shanti was freezing! I was holding her trying to warm her up and between purrs she was shivering so hard!! I was scared at first that she was hurt, but after we got the heat working and it warmed up, she was ok. I think she was just scared. We went to the rescue and met with Jesse who was already hanging out with Rosie for the day. We of course loved him. So, we brought him home. He is an absolute doll!! I can’t believe how good he is for a 10 month old. So, Rosie is much happier now with a new brother and we love having his puppy energy in the house!
 
Here are some photos… Hard to get a photo of Jesse cause he’s always moving!
As promised — Rosie’s santa photo

My poor baby 🙁

Our new smiley puppy boy Jesse — you can even see a little of Rosie’s smile there too!

Rosie stares while Jesse plays like a kid in a candy store.