& that's the way life goes

In the past 2 weeks I’ve…

• Interviewed for a position
• Finalized the adoption of my 4 month old furbaby
• Had a second interview
• Accepted the position
• Opened the cottage
• Took Stella to Lake Huron for the first time
  
• Finally became thoroughly attached to the furbaby. C attaches to animals as soon as they enter our house,  I take a bit longer. It is not that I don’t like them or want to take care of them but it takes a little while for me to form a bond. I can pinpoint the exact moment I’d do anything for this puppy. We were sitting by the fire up north and she was inside sleeping on the couch, when C opened the door she barreled out and jumped straight into my lap to cuddle and fall asleep.  She is not a needy dog and she loves everyone but in that moment she wanted me.

  

In the next two weeks I will…

• Put in my 2 weeks notice (today)
• Celebrate my 4th wedding anniversary
• Get my hair did
• Resume work on the cottage
• Shop for new clothes, for the first time in my life I have to dress in business/business casual attire. I may be freaking out. I own NO dress clothes people. Hold me?  Help me?
• Buy a new bag – I don’t think my backpack will cut it in a corporate environment. Suggestions?
• Attend my sister-in-laws wedding at Greenfield Village
• Celebrate my 29th birthday – last year of my 20′s and I’m ok with that (for now). Funny story? Last year I kept thinking I was 28 before I turned 28.  This year I feel like I’m turning 28, my brain is broken.
• I’m 90% sure I’m getting the Canon T3 for my birthday!!!!!!!!!

There has been a ton going and I’m excited and terrified at the same time.  New puppy, new job, new wardrobe.  Change, change and change some more.  Change is good and I’ve noticed in my life that most of the time all the changes happen at once.  Like I said, exciting and terrifying.

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Whenever holidays come around I feel torn about feeling obligated to go to a family gathering or spending quality time with my own little family. I’ll be honest that 8 out of 10 times I choose the quality family time ignoring the disdain of extended family at skipping dinner.

Easter isn’t a holiday that registers with me. I was raised Catholic but I don’t practice and haven’t for some years now. I don’t have kids to take to egg hunts or color eggs with so aside for the Easter candy I don’t have much involvement with it. Instead, C and I ran our errands and picked up a soccer ball. We took the dogs to a near by community college and kicked the ball around for part of the afternoon.

Scooby was too exhausted to even sit up during the ride home

I wish I would have gotten video of Liko with the soccer ball. He would chase it down, running at top speed, and when he tried to stop as he got to it he ended up rolling over the ball. It was entertaining, trust me.

I spent an absurd amount of time watching hockey this weekend too. Every game that was on to be exact, with the exception of Nashville/Anaheim because it wasn’t broadcast on national television.

How was your weekend?

Back in October LP and I bought a $35 Groupon for $100 worth of salon services at New You Salon in Birmingham (do not go there.).  The original plan was to go before her birthday for manis, pedis and waxing.   We bought it because we thought all services were included and the fine print only excluded massages.  When I called to make the appointment I felt the change of attitude when I mentioned I had a Groupon.  They also told me that some waxing services weren’t available even though that is not what the fine print said.  I booked the appointment anyways and figured it’s only one time.

The day before our appointment LP and I  realized we had literally a million things to do and something needed to give so we decided to reschedule.  This should not have been a big deal.   Because of our conflicting schedules the only date we could get together before it expired was April 22.  That is more than a month from the day I called to reschedule.

When I called I was put on hold a few times and when they looked up my account and found my Groupon number they were immediately less helpful.  She told me that she couldn’t find the book and she’d have to call me back, “not today, probably tomorrow”.  I never received a phone call, so I contacted Groupon.

Groupon handled the issue very professionally and credited my account for a future purchase.  I have to say that I will probably shy away from salon services in the future.  What I don’t understand is why would a business participate in Groupon and then treat potential new clients like shit.

A mystery…

I’ve never used foundation on a regular basis, I just didn’t get it. I get it now thanks to my cousin Mae, who took me in as her guinea pig for her makeup tutorials. She is uber talented when it comes to not only applying makeup but explaining why you should use it and the best way to apply it. You wouldn’t believe I was her first video unless I told you because she is so knowledgeable and professional.

Check it out!

I have a rudolph nose in the winter time, I can definitely notice the difference when she applied my tinted moisturizer. I can’t promise I’ll do this on a daily basis, that is just not me, but I will use the technique for going out and special occasions. Maybe. I’m lazy, I can’t help it.

I’m on my way to Tampa so have a great week!

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Anyhow, I’ve been a bad blogger so let’s do a little housekeeping around here. If I’m not cleaning my house I should be cleaning up somewhere and this is easier to do away from home. This is also known as quite photo heavy.

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My BFF non-blood related sister LP turned 30 on February 5. We went out for a fancy dinner and I spent a nauseating amount of money. I did find an awesome champagne that is also made in Michigan that I adore and you can order it online. It’s called Sex which just makes it even better.

Bessie had a housewarming party that was hosted by Durex (thank you houseparty.com) – which means we blew up the extra large condoms and tossed them around like adult balloons.

this would have been a cute picture if i could just be normal

i couldn't figure out how to blow it up - mandy however, was pretty good at it

it may or may not left lube stains on the ceiling

Our second annual Michigan Blogger meetup was a total success with 19 bloggers showing up to hang out in Ann Arbor. FTW!

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I consumed my first Valentine’s Day cupcakes with some very cool ladies who I love

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C has proven that the house would fall apart without him. On Saturday he was both a plumber and electrician. Our bathroom sink has been clogged for quite some time, no I’m not telling you how long because that would be gross, but we needed to do something about it because LP is going to be staying at our house. He got the drain snake out and went at it from the sink, then took off some pipe and when that didn’t work he had the brilliant idea to use his air compressor. It worked and we don’t have to pay a plumber, woohoo! We finally bought a light fixture/ceiling fan to replace this ridiculous one in our kitchen (again I’m not telling you how long we went without because that would show our laziness), he had to redo some wiring and voila LIGHT in the kitchen.