Yeah, yeah, I know...it's been FOREVER since I've blogged. Sorry about that! But don't worry, I'm here to play catch-up and maybe one of my New Year's Resolutions will be to blog more often in 2010!
Let's rewind back to October, shall we? As I recall, we had beautiful weather down here in October, got to visit quite a bit with my parents in North Louisiana, and FINALLY sold our home in West Monroe, which we were SO happy to get rid of! :) We ended the month with the in-laws joining us for Halloween and realized that we live in an awesome trick-or-treat neighborhood! Everyone was out on their porches and there were tons of people all up and down the streets. We've never lived in a neighborhood like this, so it was fun to be out with the neighbors and of course, Juliette loaded up on the candy!
Our little "Woody" from Toy Story! Yes, she wanted to be the cowBOY, not the cowGIRL! :)
November came around and the monogramming orders picked up big time. I basically spent almost all my spare time in front of the monogramming machine between Halloween and Christmas, which became not too fun after the first month! It was good, though, to have the money coming in since I was still without a job. Somewhere there in the beginning of November, I was driving home from Wal-mart and thought to myself, "Boy, it sure has been a while since I've gotten any calls for job interviews." The next day (I kid you not!) I got not one, but TWO, calls for interviews and went on one of them the next day and the other one the next week. The first interview was for a Marketing and Communications Manager for an environmental consulting firm that was relocating their corporate offices to Lafayette. I really felt like it would have been a challenging job, since I don't know anything that industry, but I was open to learning. The second interview was for a healthcare marketing position at the university. I went to that interview thinking about the same thing...that I knew nothing about that industry either. Turns out, that the job had been advertised incorrectly and that the position was for a Sales and Marketing Director for the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press...a university publisher that publishes about 10-12 titles a year on Louisiana history and culture. Talk about God literally dropping a job in your lap! I accepted the job right before Thanksgiving and was truly thankful that week at His perfect timing!
Here is Juliette at my parents' house. Lafayette didn't start looking like fall until just now (after winter has officially begun), but my parents had this gorgeous red tree in their front yard that was perfect for picture taking. Juliette "posed" all by herself!
December has been a whirlwind. I started my new job on November 30th and had to get Mom to come help us with Juliette that week since it was her last week of preschool until January and we didn't have anyone else to keep her. Mom got to take her to preschool and pick her up each day and I think enjoyed getting a little glimpse into her everyday routine. I know Juliette enjoyed having her here all week. After just three short weeks of work, though, I got a two week vacation! How about that? :) One of the perks of working for the university is that they close for 2 weeks at Christmas and they also close at 12:30 every Friday. I've already enjoyed the few half Fridays that I've experienced so far, and I know I will enjoy the early start to my weekends. So far, work has mostly been training and playing catch-up on some of the paperwork and whatnot that was left undone during the time that position was empty. The real work starts when I return next week!
Juliette and Zoe in front of the tree. It was impossible to get both of them to look at me at the same time...this was the best I could do!
I think she looks so growny here!
This December, I also celebrated my 29th birthday, which means the big 3-0 is going to be here very quickly. That just seems crazy to me! I still feel like I'm 16 sometimes! Juliette spent some time with the in-laws before Christmas, so Matt and I were able to go out to dinner for my birthday. We were planning on going to a movie, too, but decided to just go Christmas shopping instead. We had a good Christmas and were really blessed. So blessed that I'm still working on cleaning out Juliette's old toys to make room for the new ones!
Juliette dressed as Cinderella. Santa bought her princess play clothes.
Juliette's new doll house that she bought with some of her money from MeMe. (Thank you, MeMe!) She had outgrown the little one that she got when she was a year old. This one has 8 rooms and came with all kinds of furniture with neat little details. She has really enjoyed playing with it so far, although it is still in the dining room right now since I'm still cleaning out and rearranging and putting other stuff in storage.
I have to say that I'm very much looking forward to 2010!
Check back in the next day or so for a recap of our 2009!
Happy New Year Everyone! I'm sure I'll be snoozin' when the clock strikes midnight...such a party animal!
Let's rewind back to October, shall we? As I recall, we had beautiful weather down here in October, got to visit quite a bit with my parents in North Louisiana, and FINALLY sold our home in West Monroe, which we were SO happy to get rid of! :) We ended the month with the in-laws joining us for Halloween and realized that we live in an awesome trick-or-treat neighborhood! Everyone was out on their porches and there were tons of people all up and down the streets. We've never lived in a neighborhood like this, so it was fun to be out with the neighbors and of course, Juliette loaded up on the candy!
Our little "Woody" from Toy Story! Yes, she wanted to be the cowBOY, not the cowGIRL! :)November came around and the monogramming orders picked up big time. I basically spent almost all my spare time in front of the monogramming machine between Halloween and Christmas, which became not too fun after the first month! It was good, though, to have the money coming in since I was still without a job. Somewhere there in the beginning of November, I was driving home from Wal-mart and thought to myself, "Boy, it sure has been a while since I've gotten any calls for job interviews." The next day (I kid you not!) I got not one, but TWO, calls for interviews and went on one of them the next day and the other one the next week. The first interview was for a Marketing and Communications Manager for an environmental consulting firm that was relocating their corporate offices to Lafayette. I really felt like it would have been a challenging job, since I don't know anything that industry, but I was open to learning. The second interview was for a healthcare marketing position at the university. I went to that interview thinking about the same thing...that I knew nothing about that industry either. Turns out, that the job had been advertised incorrectly and that the position was for a Sales and Marketing Director for the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press...a university publisher that publishes about 10-12 titles a year on Louisiana history and culture. Talk about God literally dropping a job in your lap! I accepted the job right before Thanksgiving and was truly thankful that week at His perfect timing!
Here is Juliette at my parents' house. Lafayette didn't start looking like fall until just now (after winter has officially begun), but my parents had this gorgeous red tree in their front yard that was perfect for picture taking. Juliette "posed" all by herself!December has been a whirlwind. I started my new job on November 30th and had to get Mom to come help us with Juliette that week since it was her last week of preschool until January and we didn't have anyone else to keep her. Mom got to take her to preschool and pick her up each day and I think enjoyed getting a little glimpse into her everyday routine. I know Juliette enjoyed having her here all week. After just three short weeks of work, though, I got a two week vacation! How about that? :) One of the perks of working for the university is that they close for 2 weeks at Christmas and they also close at 12:30 every Friday. I've already enjoyed the few half Fridays that I've experienced so far, and I know I will enjoy the early start to my weekends. So far, work has mostly been training and playing catch-up on some of the paperwork and whatnot that was left undone during the time that position was empty. The real work starts when I return next week!
Juliette and Zoe in front of the tree. It was impossible to get both of them to look at me at the same time...this was the best I could do!
I think she looks so growny here!This December, I also celebrated my 29th birthday, which means the big 3-0 is going to be here very quickly. That just seems crazy to me! I still feel like I'm 16 sometimes! Juliette spent some time with the in-laws before Christmas, so Matt and I were able to go out to dinner for my birthday. We were planning on going to a movie, too, but decided to just go Christmas shopping instead. We had a good Christmas and were really blessed. So blessed that I'm still working on cleaning out Juliette's old toys to make room for the new ones!
Juliette dressed as Cinderella. Santa bought her princess play clothes.
Juliette's new doll house that she bought with some of her money from MeMe. (Thank you, MeMe!) She had outgrown the little one that she got when she was a year old. This one has 8 rooms and came with all kinds of furniture with neat little details. She has really enjoyed playing with it so far, although it is still in the dining room right now since I'm still cleaning out and rearranging and putting other stuff in storage.I have to say that I'm very much looking forward to 2010!
Check back in the next day or so for a recap of our 2009!
Happy New Year Everyone! I'm sure I'll be snoozin' when the clock strikes midnight...such a party animal!