Way to slack...

On this blog!

My days of being "umeployed" went by so fast I never had a chance to update this. Now, I am full on in the new role with new hours so the last thing I want to do is type on this thing.

Break it down for you:

Wednesday: my bff and her adorable kids came over to hang. Always fun, went up to the farm for some ice cream, took some pics with the animals
Thursday: bff's oldest grauated from pre-k, I was invited to it. Went out to eat after with them, ran a ton of errands
Friday: Errands all day, accomplished 99.8% of what I wanted to with my time off.
Saturday: errands with the hubbs, went and saw hubbs grandparents, came home and had ritas, smores, some fire and played apples to apples with Hubbs and C.
Sunday: Bff's youngest's first birthday party.

Phew.

So I started the new job on Monday, learning so much, def a little intimated but I know I will do well!

I am done for now. I will leave you with some pictures!

"Good Luck- we will miss you"

Today was my last day at the place I called my work home for the past two years. It was bittersweet, and I think I was sadder yesterday than I was today. Or it just hasn't sunk in yet. It was an uneventful day, people were coming up saying goodbye and then my orginal group (re-org split some of us up) took me out to lunch and gave me a leather pandora bracelet and two charms as a goodbye gift. I actually already have a Pandora bracelet but leather one is really nice, and its good to have more than one! More reason to buy more charms =).


I left around 3p today, thinking about how I didnt really get to say goodbye to a lot of people. It seemed like it was a busy day in general and in a way I am kind of glad because it's just the same thing recycled...'good luck, we will miss you' ..yeah but we didnt work together SO how are you going to miss me?? Whatever I am not big on the goodbyes.


So I am officially on my mini-I guess you can call it- unemployed vacay until Monday. I am pretty excited to have some time off before I start the new job. Hopefully I can blog a little bit more if I do anything worth blogging about!



It's crazy how much things have changed in a matter of a year...no make that months! If you told me this time last year that I would be moving on, I would have laughed. Then again I was in full on my wedding is in a month mode too so a new job was the last thing on my mind!



Here's some pictures from the lunch today, wish I got a few more or at least a group shot, the group is a little weird now, so many changes so maybe thats why?? But I will really miss them, they were a great group of people to work with.

Some of the co-workers and I

The other part of the group

I will def. miss her!!!! Ms.S and I

My gift, cards, letters, and I thought the bag was super cute!

I will fix this eventually, but a close pic of the pandora

Tornado Warning...Weekend Wrap-Up..Oh My!

It's been disgustingly hot all weekend, and for the second day in a row we have a tornado warning. Joy. I love the summer heat but the humidity NEEDS TO GO!

Friday some of my coworkers took me out for lunch at this realllllly good Mexican restaurant. It was nice to get out with them, and of course everyone says, "we should do this more often" welllllll good thing we thought about this THREE days before I leave!!! I had a nice time and realize more and more that my last day is approaching, and I feel a little melancholy about it.

Saturday we FINALLY bought the island for the kitchen. I LOVE IT! We really lucked out with the size of the kitchen overall and it really doesn't take up too much room. So after we put everything together, we cooked out on the grill. Steak, baked potatoes, corn on the cob and huge salad! It was the first grilled steak of the season, and oh-m-gee it was tasty!!! The weather was starting to act up so we decided to make some smores quick and mmmmmm!!! My good friend T stopped over for some wine and a game of Apples-to-Apples, although its not as much fun to play with three people. Fun game, if you've never played you should!

I received all my info regarding, benefits, 401k, pension etc from the new company. And I found EXTREMELY good news...they will pay 100% for me to go back to school for my MASTERS!!! WHOO HOO!!! I am so excited!!! Yeah who really gets excited about school right??? BUT I knew that I would go back at some point because its super important to me, and for my families future.

So anyways, hopefully this week I will FINALLY get a blog post of before and afters of the kitchen. I will have some extra down time so no excuses. I'll leave ya with some pictures from the weekend!

Stay Safe Nutmeg Staters!

The work ladies and I

Me and M

Hubbs and I attempting to take a pic

First cut into my delicious steak!

Fabulous dinner!

MMMMM

Smores!

T and I! (Not a flattering pic of me!!!)

Memorial Day Weekend: Recap

Oh how the long weekend just seemed to come and go too quickly!!! I hope everyone had a fantastic Memorial Day weekend and if you're in the CT area took advantage of the gorgeous weather we are finally having!!!!

Friday night as planned, we headed down to a restuarant close to work to hang with some of my coworkers. Of course half of them didnt show (I hate when pple say they will show and dont...if you dont want to come just say so!) this really cool salsa band started to play around 10p so hubbs and I stuck around just for a little while after that. We were def. a little intimidated by the dance, lets just two left feet!!!

Saturday I had a seriously early hair appt. I was thisssss close to cancelling and rescheduling but I didn't. I signed in sat down and the next thing I know one of the receptionists call me back up, my aunt freaking called the salon on Friday and PAID for my services PLUS paid for a mani/pedi!! This was her "congrats I am so proud of the new job" gift. Holy crap. My hair appts are not cheap and being it was so early (830a) I almost thought it was a joke. I am so grateful to have such an awesome family, I dont think I could thank her enough!

On my way home, of course I called her. And guess what?? I got pulled over for being on the phone!!!! The cop, was super nice which is surprising but at least all I have to do is send in a reciept for a handsfree and that will be the end of it.

After that, I got home and guess who's sick? Hubbs. It took just about a week for him to catch my nasty stomach bug minus the yacking. He ended up having a fever of a 102.7 and I went into full wife mode and became a constant worrier. Every hour after he took the aspirin I checked his temp, woke him up because I worry. He literally slept from 2p-10a the next day.

Although hubbs was sick, my friends birthday celebration was that night, so I did go out for a little while. All I thought about was my poor love sick and I did enjoy myself but it would have been more fun if he was there.

Sunday we layed low around the house, again Hubbs slept for the majority of the day.

Today we headed up to hang with my aunt and did some shopping, I'm thinking Hubbs is starting to feel somewhat better since he just cracked open a Sam Adams.

...So one week from tomorrow will be my last day at work. Crazy. I have a feeling this week is going to fly by. And in a way I want it to, but I also want to enjoy my last week as much as I can. But I am def looking forward to some time off and going on my new journey! I'll leave you all with some pictures!

Some of my work ladies and I:


Hubbs and I jokin around in the vault (it's part of the restuarant!):


Alice knows her daddy is sick awww:


Some of the girls and I out in New Haven for C's bday:


One picture from the housewarming:


Bestie and Me:

Memorial Day Madness

Is anyone as excited as I am about this weekend? Probably not for the same reasons but I'm sure everyone can agree their excited for a three day weekend- (sorry if you have to work on Monday, that sucks!)

I am officially feeling 100% better again after the bug attacked me for several days. I came into work late on Wednesday hair a big ole mess, no makeup walk into my mgrs office and she proceeds to ask, 'are you pregnant?" wow, really?? Well, wouldn't that be something if I was, but pretty sure I was just fightin somethin nasty.

Anyways, tonight my work ladies are celebrating me, oh yeah! A bunch of us (including the hubbs) are hitting a restaurant near work for some drinks and some music. The camera will be out in full force! It should be a good time!Then tomorrow night we are heading to downtown New Haven to celebrate my friends birthday. Total sh*tshow for sure!!! Again the camera will be out! Sunday we'll be hanging out with my Aunt and Monday probably getting stuff done around the house!

Tomorrow morning I have a hair appointment. I get bored fast with my hair color. I was going to keep my hair dark for awhile because of us ttc, but now with the new job and waiting a little while I need to some light in my life. I've been checking out some options but I LOVE Ashley Tisdale's hair in this picture:






Her base color seems to be right on target with my base so it would be just a matter of some chunky highlights. We'll see what my hairdresser says. I'm going to keep it long but just have her thin it out a little, my hair is so thick and its gets too heavy after awhile, esp the front.


Well hopefully my next post will be a ton of pictures (I keep saying that) from the weekend and hopefully some awesome new hair!

Hope everyone enjoys the holiday weekend!!!!

Weekend Recap, Stomach Bugs, and Goodbyes

So we had our Housewarming Party this weekend and all went well! We had a ton of food and a ton of family and friends over. I felt like I never had a chance to breathe remember I said I hate being the hostess, I would much rather sit back and enjoy myself.

And then Sunday happened...

I woke up with a pounding headache, now I did drink BUT I wasnt drunk nor did I go to bed drunk. I ended up puking my brains out all day, confined to the couch watching Jersey Shore from start to finish. Sad. I stayed home yesterday since my temp was still high and I really didnt feel 100%. I basically slept on and off all day. I am feeling much better today, hopefully that's the end of it.

I came in to work today to find my manager emailed the entire division about my departure next month, I figured I could be an AW and share the email:

(note: I erased the obvious words/names for privacy reasons!)

Good Morning,

As some of you may have already heard, Sarah has accepted a new position with (NEW COMPANY) in their HR Division in (CITY), our loss is a gift for (NEW COMPANY). Sarah has been a wonderful addition to the Staffing & Recruiting team since joining us in 2008; she was a key contributor in the standardization of the hiring process across the organization in early 2009, the implementation of the e-Recruiting system in late 2009; and supporting the CEO’s Leadership Recognition Program, just to name a few.

Sarah’s last day with us will be Tuesday, June 8th, she wanted to make sure that our summer hiring was completed before she left, quite a testament to Sarah’s character/leadership qualities.

Please join me in thanking Sarah for her support and wishing her well as she moves forward with her career.

:::holds back tears:::

Yes it's feeling real now that I will be leaving here in two weeks. Oh and what made even more difficult for me was my term form came through already!!!! So a bunch of my coworkers are taking me out this Friday night! It's going to be a good weekend!!!!

So I am slowly working on my before and after shots of the house, starting with the kitchen. Eventually I will be on the ball with it!

Going Where The Grass Is (Hopefully) Greener....

So remember when I tried to act slick in my last entry about something major possibly happening in my life?? Okay not so slick except if you're my good friend C who still had no clue what I was talking about (LOVE YOU!) but yes if you figured it out, I went for a job interview.

And they made me an offer...


And yes I accepted!


I'm feeling nervous, excited, anxious....

Dont get me wrong I love where I work now. I work for a bank in Human Resources where my function is recruiting. I went to school for HR I love it. True story: today is my two year anniversary with my current company too. But it was time to move on and further my career. I am still in HR of course, but more diverse where I can learn more about the HR function from A-Z. Plus rumor has it this company pays for school which means I can finally go back for my Masters!

My last day of work is June 8th then I am taking a few days off and reporting to my new position on June 14th. Change is always scary but it's good change that will make us even more finacially stable then we are now. So when we do have a little 'loon we can them everything and more!

So speaking of babies...

Yes, we are putting that on hold just for a couple of months. I need to get into the new company and feel it out. And as my friend K said everything happens for a reason so, maybe I didnt get that BFP a few weeks ago because of this opportunity. Hubbs is completely on board to wait a little while longer as well.

My life is full of excitement right now! Change is in the air!!!

And finally...this Saturday is our housewarming! I will post pictures hopefully Sunday! I am finally getting excited about it and ready to party and hang out with close friends and family!

One more! We painted the kitchen! It looks great ahhh I'll post before and after pics of that as well.

I seriously need to get on the ball with these pictures, it's so sad!