The Mistake By The Lake

Last week Tuesday Drew had a job interview in Cleveland, OH. Last week Thursday Drew got offered the job he interviewed for in Cleveland, OH. Last week Friday Drew accepted the job in Cleveland, OH that was offered to him. Last week Saturday Drew started packing his things to move to Cleveland, OH. Yesterday Drew left for his temporary home, The Courtyard Marriott in Cleveland, OH.

Drew and I are officially moving to Cleveland. I am going down there this coming weekend so he and I can look for a place. We are debating about whether we want to rent an apartment or a house. I think we're leaning towards an apartment (bummer). If we rent an apartment we'll save money, but we probably won't have enough space for all our stuff, so we'll probably have to rent a storage unit to hold onto our junk for a year or two.

I am really excited to move. Of course I am going to miss my family and friends up here, but I think the move is going to be good for us. Drew has found a new doctor to go to. Drew's doctor is right at Cleveland Clinic and the Cleveland Clinic is 3 blocks from Drew's office. The new doctor is a non-narcotic doctor, which is awesome! Drew has been wanting to get off the narcotics for a long time.

It's going to be an adjustment when I get down there. I won't be fully moved for a few weeks. I have so much stuff to do up here before I go. It's going to be a crazy few weeks.

So, I Sat On Some Kiddos Last Week

Last Saturday was supposed to be lazy day. It started out lazy until I received a phone call from my sister. Heazy asked me if I could babysit the kids Saturday evening. I thought about it and said why not. A few hours later I packed up my stuff and went to sit on some kiddos.

As I was driving to Heather and Matt's house, I got this crazy idea to take all five of the kids out for dinner. I arrived to the house and announced to Heather and Matt what my plans for the evening were. Both of them looked at me in amazement and told me I'm a daring person for wanting to take all five kids out at once.

The kids were so well behaved, I was amazed!!! I was such a proud Auntie. The kids ate well, didn't fight or scream or anything. I had such a great time with them. I spoiled the kids with dinner and dessert. When we got home, I put the babies to bed and set up the older three for a "sleepover movie night". I had the kids get into their pajamas and bring down a blanket and a pillow and lie down as we watched Sleepy Beauty. Peter, Evelyn and Mya were all alseep with in 45 minutes of the movie starting. It was really cute. A good time was had by all. I love babysitting the kids. They are the best kids in the world!

I Gots My Hair Did

Last week I went to my sisters house and got my hair done. Heather colored my hair, this time we tried something different.
Last time we colored, my roots were not quite flaming, but they were gold. Not like gold, bling bling, but gold. It was bothersome. Last month when I went to get my hair trimmed Rebecca, who does a fantabulous job trimming my hair, suggested when I color I try going darker than usual. So this time when Heather colored me, we went with a Medium Ash Brown instead of a Light Ash Brown. Wow what a difference! I am so excited with how my hair turned out. My hair is a bit darker then usual, but I like it. I was really afraid the darkeer color would wash me out because some days I am so freakishly pale, but nope, no washing me out.
Speaking of washing out. I was also afraid of how much color would fade out when I washed my hair. So far, not much. This time I am really happy with how my hair looks! I'd post a picture, but all you guys really need to do is just look up from your computer and take a peak.

How Did I Get The Job I have Now?

There is a message board I frequent. One of the guys on the board asked people how they ended up at the job they are in. This is the answer I posted about my job.

Out of high school I was going to school to be a high school English teacher. I got bored with the classes and realized I really didn't like English and didn't want to be a teacher. growing up, I always told my dad I wanted to work in radio or TV. My dad told me I had to pick a better career and one where I could make real money. My dad was very against the Broadcasting industry. After my dad passed away, I dropped out of school. I was convinced I could get by without a degree. Dead end job after dead end job, I decided to "chase my dream" and go back to school for Broadcasting.
I was taking a Video Production class. the class was held in our schools studio. A few weeks into my class I approached my now boss, with my resume in hand and said if he ever needed any help around the studio I would be willing to work with him. I handed him my resume and didn't expect him to hire me since I had no experience. he hired me on the spot, I started a few weeks later. to show him how much I wanted to work with him, I worked my first three months without pay (I did eventually get paid for those three months)

I absolutely love my job. every day is different. I have learned so much being a Production Assistant. I have worked on some awesome shoots. Since starting my job I have been able to add director, producer, camera operator and audio operator to my resume.
I work with three of the best people on the face of the planet. The guys I work with are my extended family. If given the chance, I wouldn't change my job for anything. I am still a year from graduation, so I may have another year working here. Just today I was telling on of the guys at work how sad it's going to be if I ever have to leave my job. Since Drew is looking for work out of state, I do have a slight chance of having to leave my job. The idea of leaving makes me so sad

Weight Watchers, My Parents, Job Hunting

I am going to start Weight Watchers. I'm not looking to get super Tori Spelling skinny, but I know I need to lose weight. I am unhappy with how I look and how my clothes have been fitting. I can complain all I want about it and the only person who can do something about me is me. Thanks to my friend Sonja for saving me the money and giving me the WW points system. I guess we'll see how losing weight goes.

Today is April 16. 43 years ago today, my mom and dad got married. My dad died shortly after my parents celebrated 31 years together. Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad. Mom, you are the best, I love you and Dad, I love you and miss you more every day.

So as you probably know, back in January, Drew lost his job. Drew has been sending out resumes daily looking for a job. I have began to help him look for jobs and let me tell you, it's not fun. It's so tedious and pretty boring. I go to a site and one by one go through a list of about 200 cities. If something looks good, I forward it on to Drew. Most of the time the jobs look shady. Unfortunately with the way things are shaping up with the economy, shady jobs seem much easier to come by. It's so frustrating to go from job posting to job posting.
I really hope something comes up and Drew can start working again. Drew is just about going stir crazy being home every day. Keep your chin up Drew! You'll find something.

Planning A Day With Pie

Mya is my sister's middle child. Being 3, Mya isn't quite big enough to play with Peter (6) and Evelyn (5) and isn't little enough to be treated like the babies Lily (2) and Margaret (1). Poor Mya is stuck in the middle.

Mya is the best little (big) girl ever. Mya is so caring and loving. Mya is also very well behaved for 3. Some days are rougher than others for her, but she tries so hard to be such a good girl. When Mya does have a bad day, she will apologize to her parents and let them know why she is cranky.

I've been thinking a lot about Mya and how hard it is for her to be stuck in the middle. I decided I am going to spend a whole day with Mya. I talked to my sister today about the idea and Heather loved it. Heather thinks Mya is going to love spending a whole day with her Auntie. I'm not 100% sure what we're going to do yet. I'm thinking I'm going to take her shopping, out for lunch and possibly for a pedicure. I have a friend who owns a nail salon, so I'm hoping I'll be able to get Mya in for a pedicure, I know Mya might be a little young but she'll love going to a salon.

I'm really excited to spend a whole day with my Mya Pie! It's going to be so much fun

Easter

This year Easter was at my Moom's house (Moom is a nickname I gave my Mom a few years back and it stuck, I'll tell that story later)). Most of the family gathered for golf, too much food and an Easter egg hunt. I say most because two of my brothers weren't able to come in town for Easter, but we were able to celebrate with my Moom, her husband Gerry, my sister Heather, her husband Matt and their kids Peter, Evelyn, Mya, Lily and Margaret, my brother Scott, his wife Nicole and their kids Logan and Veda, my step brother Joel, his wife Imelda, daughters Sofia and Vivianna and Imelda's sister from Mexico, my step brother Jonathan, me and Drew (whew!)

Easter was a lot of fun. We sat around eating and watching golf. Other than Gerry, no one in the family plays golf. I follow golf, so it was nice to have The Masters on,I learned rather quickly that I am much better at watching golf than playing golf. Gerry is a big Tiger fan and I am a Mickelson fan, so we had some fun trashing one another.

After we ate and ate and ate and ate and ate and oh, yeah ate, we had our Easter egg hunt. So much fun! When Drew and I got to Gerry and Moom's, we went around the house and hid eggs, Drew went back out later and hid more eggs. Total we hid about 60 eggs for the kids to find.
This year Evelyn wanted me to be her "egg adult escort" (each kid has to have an adult hunt eggs with them), Mya wanted me to be her "agg adult escort" as well, so I had double the egg hunting to do.

Sofia ended up "winning" the egg hunt. Sofia cleaned up! After hunting eggs, we went back in to eat some more and watch more golf.
I was beat by the time I had to drive home from Dearborn. I was thinking I was going to come home and go right to bed, not so much. I got home a little before 8:00 pm and didn't go to bed until after midnight and I slept in until 10:15 this morning. Easter took a lot out of me