Tape, Boxes and Bubble Wrap.....O' MY!

Packing has officially begun at our house.  I would like to think that I have accomplished a lot in the last week, but let me tell ya.....packing is so time consuming and between Brandon and I we both have definitely accumulated a lot of junk!  I will for sure be paying the goodwill quite a few visits until we are completely packed.  I am trying to be as organized as possible with packing and I'm actually labeling all the boxes so we know what is in them.  I'm hoping this will make the unpacking process a lot easier when it comes to that time.  Our house looks like a disaster and there is stuff everywhere.  Boxes, tape, markers, and bubble wrap. Nothing is in the right place anymore and it's driving me crazy, but I'm just going to have to live with the fact that my house is going to be unorganized and an ultimate cluster from here on out until we are completely moved. 

Here are a few pictures of the packing progress I have made so far, just don't judge my messy house.

 As you can tell by the order of the pictures I am slowly but surely making progress. 

  

I started packing today with only 2 boxes packed and I am done for the night and have a total of 9!

 

Definitely does not look like a lot of boxes but it definitely took me a long time to get those 9 boxes packed.

I've been keeping busy around the house with packing and Brandon is in study mode for finals. 

Work has also been keeping me busy.  We recently just let someone go at the front desk so we are down another employee and we just hired the new manager that will be taking my position.  I've been putting in a lot of hours to cover the front desk since we are short staffed now and to train the new manager.  I'm going to need a mini-vacation after all this is said and done, haha!

Stay tuned for more packing progress and pictures....like I said before, just don't judge my messy house.

40 years of marriage.....

A married couple in their early 60s are celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary in a quiet, romantic little restaurant.

Suddenly, a tiny yet beautiful fairy appeared on their table.

She said, 'For being such an exemplary married couple and for being loving to each other for all this time, I will grant you each a wish.'

The wife answered, 'Oh, I want to travel around the world with my darling husband

The fairy waved her magic wand and - poof! - two tickets for the Queen Mary II appeared in her hands.

The husband thought for a moment: 'Well, this is all very romantic, but an opportunity like this will never come again. I'm sorry my love, but my wish is to have a wife 30 years younger than me.

The wife, and the fairy, were deeply disappointed, but a wish is a wish.

So the fairy waved her magic wand and poof!...

The husband became 92 years old.

The moral of this story:

Men who are ungrateful bastards should remember fairies are female.....

Job Searchin'

   I have started the ever so dreadful job search.  I am truly not a fan of searching for a job.  It's a lot of work and can be somewhat discouraging at times.  I'm keeping my fingers crossed that something will pull through that way I have a job for when we get back to Washington.  It would be nice to be able to just live a "free bird" lifestyle for awhile and enjoy my family and friends for awhile, but unfortunately I am not a millionaire and can't afford to be a free bird, cause the bills don't stop coming in, haha!  If I happen to strike it rich here though in the next month or so that may all change. 

   I am keeping my options open with job searching.  I have applied for places in the Whatcom County area as well as in the Seattle area.  I have sent in my resume to almost every bank that is out there as well as Seattle Children's hospital, Swedish Medical Center and Virginia Mason.  I am really keeping my fingers crossed and saying a little prayer every night that one of the hospital jobs happens to fall into my lap. 

   42 days from today Brandon and I will be Washington bound!  It's hard to believe that it's only 42 days away.  With that being said it's time that I get my butt in gear and start slowly packing up stuff and cleaning house. I dread the thought of having to move, clean and drive cross country but I know in the end I will be a lot happier being back closer to my family and friends.  It will be nice to be able to spend all the holidays with our families and finally get to eat some awesome home cooked meals, especially Thanksgiving.  I have enjoyed cooking my own turkey the last couple of Thanksgivings but it definitely does not taste as good as when someone else does it. 

I just happen to be searching google images and came across this picture of a Grandpa holding a cooked turkey.  This must be a sign, haha! 

   I have a feeling these next 6 months or so are going to be crazy busy for us.   Brandon finishing school, taking the bar exam and continueing his job search and hopefully finding something(keep your fingers crossed). At the moment we are both not really sure where we will be living!  I guess you could say we are just going with the flow of things.  We really won't know until Brandon finds a job somewhere.  It seems kind of pointless at this moment to rent an apartment somewhere and sign a lease when we are not sure where his job will be.  Hopefully everything will fall into place easily so we can get a place of our own.  It's going to be hard going from living together, having our own place and own space to going back and living with family for awhile till we figure everything out.  I am so grateful though for our families and that we have a place to stay.  I'm sure though that this is not an ideal situation for them either though to have their children/grandchildren living with them again, haha!


   Dallas and Tiffany are expecting a little one in October so I'll be an Auntie for the first time.  I am soooo excited for them and can hardly wait to spoil a little one thats not my own and get my baby fix.  Dylon left for the National Guard yesterday (Sunday 3rd) for basic training in Missouri for 4 months.  Life is crazy and hectic and lots of changes are taking place.  All good changes though!  Can't wait to see what the next 6 months ahead bring. 

When Grandma Goes To Court

Lawyers should never ask a Mississippi grandma a question if they aren't prepared for the answer.
In a trial, a Southern small-town prosecuting attorney called his first witness, a grandmotherly, elderly woman to the stand. He approached her and asked, 'Mrs. Jones, do you know me?' She responded, 'Why, yes, I do know you, Mr. Williams. I've known you since you were a boy, and frankly, you've been a big disappointment to me. You lie, you cheat on your wife, and you manipulate people and talk about them behind their backs. You think you're a big shot when you haven't t he brains to realize you'll never amount to anything more than a two-bit paper pusher. Yes, I know you.'
The lawyer was stunned. Not knowing what else to do, he pointed across the room and asked, 'Mrs. Jones, do you know the defense attorney?'
She again replied, 'Why yes, I do. I've known Mr. Bradley since he was a youngster, too. He's lazy, bigoted, and he has a drinking problem. He can't build a normal relationship with anyone, and his law practice is one of the worst in the entire state. Not to mention he cheated on his wife with three different women. One of them was your wife. Yes, I know him.'
The defense attorney nearly died
The judge asked both counselors to approach the bench and, in a very quiet voice, said, 'If either of you idiots asks her if she knows me, I'll send you both to the electric chair.'