MORE SNOW!!!

My house! :-)

SNOW!

Just thought I'd write a little bit about the lovely snow we're getting in Middle Tennessee! We barely have any in Lebanon TN, but supposedly there's enough near Nashville to cause wrecks and shut down an interstate.... Keep your fingers crossed that Lebanon stays clear or I'm sleeping at the Used Car lot tonight! :-)

Still insane...

So, the latest, I've been sick!!! Not as much training going on as I like for the Country Music Marathon, so I'm going to have to catchup... I'm going to start blogging about the Country Music Marathon and possibly for triathlons on a local website here in TN called HobNobWilson: http://hobnobwilson.com/ Join the website and tell them I sent you! :-) Also, keep me up to date on the happenings around the area! I'm trying VERY hard to get as involved as possible!!! :-)

I'm actively looking for a job still and expanded my area to the DC area once again. So, if you know of any jobs, please let me know! :-)

I will be joining the Lebanon Junior Women's Club this February, VERY excited about that! I was in their fashion show in the fall, I even made the Lebanon Democrat in the Spotted section! I'm a model and I'm famous! j/k
http://spotted.lebanondemocrat.com/photos/index.php?id=11168

Well, I will keep you updated. I might be possibly starting a blog about cooking. I love to cook and the movie Julie and Julia made me want to try some recipes.

Keep me in mind for business savvy men and women, I'm trying to recruit two a month for my executive team for Rodan+Fields Dermatologists! It really is a wonderful opportunity. This business is just getting started and anyone that wanted to join, you'd have HUGE earning potential, so let me know if you're interested! And if you're not interested in joining the business, these products are AMAZING!!! 60 day empty bottle money back guarantee!
Products: http://vaddison.myrandf.com/
Business: http://vaddison.myrandf.biz/

New Year, New me!

Wow, I had so much fun going back to VA over the holidays. I got to see my family, meet my brother's new girlfriend, everything! I also had an amazing trip to Northern VA and DC. Thank you John (my future husband) and Jimmie for letting me crash!

My holidays consisted of driving to my parents house after work on December 23rd, being about as lazy as I could until December 27th and then drove up to see my friend's in DC and NOVA. Sunday was lazy, watched movies with John. Then Monday after picking Jimmie up from the airport, we went out in Arlington. I wanted 1/2 price burgers at Whitlow's and we all met there! I got to see Melinda, Jeremy, Amy, Nathan, Tawni and Mark!!! :-) After that we went to Four Courts, where I saw a passed out girl being carried out by a boyfriend or good guy friend. I went back to the fam's on Tuesday and my aunt had everyone over for dinner. Mmmm.... Then headed back on Wednesday.

My new year's eve was insane. A bunch of people from the chophouse came over and we had way to much fun, which turned into laziness until 3 or 4 the next afternoon.... :-) Movies and breakfast.

Well, since then, just being hanging out with my closest friend here and trying to figure out how to make this a wonderful new year. My 2010 horoscope said that I would reap the benefits of being good to others, that good karma that I have built up will finally benefit!!! YAY!!!

I signed up to do the Country Music Marathon, keep me in your thoughts!!! :-)

Party, party, party...

So, I've been at it for 2 nights now, I'm tired... Sunday night we had the Chophouse holiday party at my house, that turned into flip cup and wii... LOADS of fun! I still have over a case of beer left!!!

Well, last night was the Rodan+Fields party at the Aloft hotel in Franklin. It was soooo much fun! We got dressed up and had a few drinks. I forgot to get a picture with my date... Next time I guess...

Well, besides that I've been just keeping up with the menial things of life... Exhausted from working at the Chophouse so much. What's sad is I put in a 2 week notice and was still working 5 weeks later... That's okay, they needed me.

I signed up to do the Country Music Marathon! 26.2 miles. My training starts this week, I chose an 18 week program... Michael, my best friend's husband is doing it and we'll see how training goes and if I'll be able to keep up with him. ;-) It's April 24th, 4 days after my birthday! :-) Also, the weekend following is our projected Bahamas weekend. What an awesome way to get in beach body shape and then relax after doing a marathon????

I'm hoping for a very Merry Christmas to my friends and family and an AWESOME new year (YAY 2010)!!!

Chilly winter days

So, I figured it's time for a new post.

I definitely miss the summer! It's flippin' cold outside. One of my biggest concerns lately has been about my dog Otis. He's a 2 year old English Springer Spaniel and I've come home to him shivering (I leave him in the garage that has a doggie door out to the fenced in backyard). So, I was going to go to Pet Smart and get him a doggie door into the wash room, but my mom said she had a friend that had a heated doggie bed for their dog. My mom tells me to look for it and she'll pay for it. So, I get one and I think Otis really likes it! It does get warm, not hot, but warm. I keep a blanket over it for added warmth. I also got him a red and black flannel doggie shirt with a fleece collar. Tell me this dog isn't spoiled??? But, I'm not feeling so guilty being gone all day and him freezing his tush off.

I've had a fun week. Went to my first Rodan + Fields meeting in Franklin, TN. It's a wonderful group of people and I'm so glad to be apart of something so fun! I also have been using the products and can't even tell someone how much it has changed my skin! It's smooth and even! I also made Executive Consultant! I'm on my way to millions! Who else wants to join me?

Well, my plan for Christmas is to go home the day before Christmas Eve and come back the day before New Year's Eve. I love that several of my friends in DC have asked if I'm bringing Otis. He's more popular than me I think! :-) That's okay.... :-)

My friend Beth came over last night and we went through shoes and party dresses. She's trying to get dolled up for a birthday party on Saturday night. She's going look hot!!!! She let me model my dresses to see which one she liked the most. Rodan + Fields is having a holiday party at the Aloft hotel and I want to look my best! I do wish we had more occasions to dress up! :-)

Well, blessings to everyone! I hope this holiday season is a very special one for everybody!

Long time no see...

Well, I'm sorry I've been horrible at this. I'm going to start setting aside time each day to post a little something. A lot of fun and funny stuff has happened lately, as well as some sad stuff. I've been able to be involved in some really interesting stuff and I've been involved in some extremely frustrating things. I've made new friends, I've lost touch with some dear ones. Hopefully 2010 will bring everything back to smiles, I hope that for everyone!

So, to update you. I lost my job at Deloitte in May, but it was a good thing. They treat their people miserable. They've recently had several people find new jobs and leave and they seem surprised by this... It all ended up boiling down to a female boss that hated me for no apparent reason, but wore down the remainder of my bosses and they probably finally said "FINE, get rid of her". The one saving grace is that I got a really good severance package and I didn't work all summer long. Which I did nothing with. I played on the lake with my best friend here in TN, Shannon, her family and the friends I've made through her.

Well, as the summer was winding down, I found that jobs weren't moving very fast. I'm sure everyone knows this... This economy sucks. Well, I've started working as a waitress (thought I had potential to be a bartender, but I think they were short waitresses at another place). It's been okay, just a slow place as well, probably due to the economy as well. Well, not long after I started working there, she asked me to be a manager. I was going to take it, but another job came along from 9 to 5 M-F paying pretty good. I figured, being that had regular hours, I should take it and just stick to waitressing. Well, waitressing there had progressively stressed me out... Yesterday should have been the end of my two week notice, but I felt bad, she had one girl not show up and another girl quit the night before (and yet another that had put in notice and worked it out the week before). She's not doing very well. So, I agreed to stay on this week (she had scheduled me Tuesday through Saturday night), but that I needed Wednesday and Thursday off. I forgot I needed Friday off, but I may not be able to do anything about it now...

Well, what's my other job you say? I work at a used car lot. It's interesting and I've been licensed to sell cars! haha He's probably one of the only people in the area that will take a small chance on local buyers and finance them. Though what's cool is he actually puts GPS devices on the cars to shut off the starter in case the person doesn't pay or doesn't keep up with the correct amount of insurance. Its interesting...

My latest adventure has been Rodan+Fields Dermatologists. Dr. Rodan and Dr. Fields are the dermatologists that developed Proactiv Solution. They've developed probably the only OTC product to reverse sun damage, as well as other products and skincare regimens.

I've also been asked to help sell ads for a local website that has photos and videos of local events, as well as a comprehensive listing of local businesses.

I like a hodgepodge of things... :-)

Well, I'll talk to you soon!!!