And Friday is almost over...

I can't wait to leave - 10 more minutes and i'm bustin out of here. My boyfriend showed up last night - surprised me, unfortunately I wasn't feeling well and was about to go to sleep, he took me for a quick ride in his new car though and then I went to sleep :) No problem getting up this morning and getting to work on time but still haven't felt well all day - seems to be a normal thing now - monthly almost.

So I got the apartment cleaned yesterday and grocery shopping done - all set with everything and settled down to have some ice cream and felt sick - couldnt' eat it. So I read for a bit and started falling asleep - that's when my boyfriend called (as I was shutting off the lights).

This weekend should be good - mom should be at my place when I get there, she hasn't called yet though, and tonight we'll relax, cook dinner, chat. Tomorrow we can go to JoAnn's, ACMoore and a cross stitch shop and quilt shop too if we drive over to Arlington later on. THen she's headed to my sister's for dinner so we'll probably go to Home Depot and get the stuff to finish painting the bedroom so that will be done so we can move furniture next weekend while painting the diningroom.

4 minutes to go! Too bad there's nothing really to do at work - but next week should pick up, I'm starting to get more responsibility, and I would have work if i had a certain tool installed on my computer which I don't and can't get done today - no one is around. But hopefully monday it will all be taken care of. Well I"m off - closing up and outta here!

Didn't realize i forgot to blog...

About the weekend that is... Last weekend was packed.  I came home friday and my boyfriend and I painted the dark green in the livingroom and hallway.  Then we drove out to see a movie, it was sold out, went to home depot instead for paint for the diningroom and then back - ended up just going to bed.
Saturday we put the second coat of the dark green on, then cleared out the bedroom and started to prime in there.  Got almost done and found water damage that the paint wasnt' covering, stopped priming (need to buy more anyway) and tried calling the landlord - no answer.  Decided to be done for the day, and headed up to NH to buy furniture.

So we already knew what couch/loveseat set we wanted but with our luck it had been discontinued as of the week before!  IT would have cost only 1000, instead our next cheapest choice was 1500 - so we searched and finally found a leather set we liked, but it cost 1800 -- we also bought coffee table, end tables and a rug - 2500 total.  But now we have to wait a week and a half to get it all.

So then we went to my uncle's house, played with the kids, stayed up playing video games with my uncle and headed home in the morning.  We got home to find out the diningroom ceiling fan was leaking water onto our new table!  So we cleaned it up, thankfully no damage and got a hold of the landlord.  He fixed the problem upstairs (the neighbors up there had been messing with the toilet and really messed things up for him).  He said he'd replace the fan later after it dried out.  It hasn't leaked since luckily.  So we basically did nothing after that.

Sunday night I worked, monday i worked, then came home and worked (website).  I also planted some of my plants, then tuesday work, then worked at home then today work.  But tonight I'm going to dinner and a movie with my aunt and uncle because my cousin is at girl scout camp.  A little over an hour left to go.  Hopefully I can finish the document I'm reviewing before I leave, that's my goal. 

So tomorrow night is cleaning then friday night my mom is going to be here to visit, saturday we'll hang out and do something that I haven't come up with yet and then she's heading to my sister's to visit.  My boyfriend got his new car on monday so i can't wait to take a ride in that (it's a used 1998 Audi A6).  He's been enjoying it, showing it to everyone, even my family already. 

The picture of the project for Stitcher's Hideaway was posted today  - I love it!  I can not wait until November to go!  I'm taking Friday off as a floating holiday to go.  It's going to cost me 380 total plus any stash i buy on top of that.  But I love the design and it's a great experience, i am so excited about it right now, i'm sending my deposit in friday.  Now I just need to budget out my money, with this new furniture, i need to get paid for my work on the website soon.

So that's my long and rambly update - no stitching to update, been busy working on the website since there's currently no deadlines close by.. but soon i'll have more RR's to finish up.  So now i'm off to check my email and get back to my document!

It's been a long week...

Training this week has gone well, unfortunately it takes up the whole day, running late mostly and we've been getting only half hour breaks which means I've gotten to the gym only once this week (Tuesday).  Today's I'm guessing is going to run late but hopefully I can still get out of here by 4 and get to the post office and home to tape up the ceilings to paint. 

Tuesday night went well babysitting, my aunt and uncle actually took the baby with them to dinner and a movie so I had the two older monsters (2 1/2 and 4 1/2), we had a great time, we played outside then came in and had dinner and watched a scoobie doo episode before reading and going to bed.  I fell asleep waiting for the little one to fall asleep and woke up at 9:15 and they were both sound asleep.

Wednesday night I went to my other aunt and uncle's house for dinner and we just relaxed afterwards.  Since I had to work late I didn't even get there until 6:30. 

Then last night, I left around 5, went to walmart, that took forever and I finally got home at 7:30!  Then I cleaned the apartment and at 9 settled in to watch tv and fall asleep.  Pretty boring lately, no stitching or anything and this weekend looks as though it will be packed with painting, furniture shopping, maybe a movie and working on the website sunday night probably.  Speaking of furniture I'm off to see what deals are going on to decide where we should go!

Stitching something completely new to me...
 
That's right, last night I started stitching on Mercedes' Round Robin piece which is a band sampler.  So far everyone has chosen their own patterns and used the hand dyed floss to make everything come together, it's beautiful.  I'm the last to stitch on it and I already had the pattern chosen (from Carol).  Well of course the colors called for are DMC and Anchor, so I went through the GAST and SSS to find some colors to substitute and started on the house last night.  This is all new, the threads and just choosing colors.  I will actually have to buy some colors, probably some SSS to finish it, I need more yellows and maybe some greens but I'm loving this whole idea. 
 
So, as you may be able to tell, i finished the other RR I was working on, sunday night I put in the last whirls and posted a pick in my album before mailing it out yesterday.  The rest of the weekend I didn't do much besides watch movies and just relax with my boyfriend but sunday night was quite busy, besides stitching I also unpacked, baked bran muffins, cooked dinner and baked brownies.  Unlike last night where I got home, went through my mail and stuff, then sat down to stitch until about 8, then i packed and just watched a movie. 
 
I'm babysitting my 3 cousins tonight, really looking forward to it, but that means if I go to my other uncle's tomorrow night I won't be home until thursday night so i had a lot of packing to do.  Plus thursday I will have a lot of prep to do so we can paint on friday, including just cleaning the apartment and going to home depot.  Luckily friday is another pay day :)
 
Well - today should be a good day, got some reading to do and a few meetings, and i gotta get to the gym !!!

Fridays are the hardest...
 
Well this week has gone well, unfortunately fridays always drag because i look forward so much to just starting the weekend.  I'm heading to my boyfriend's for the weekend after work today, going to be a long drive with traffic but i'm really looking forward to sleeping in tomorrow and sunday. 
 
Yesterday I actually stayed an hour later at work than I had planned but we were in the middle of getting some tests run and we wanted to get the system set up to run tests over night.  But that means I don't feel guilty about leaving today at the normal time. 
 
I have been stitching a bit each night, almost finished now with the Round Robin, I have a few swirls in the november block left to stitch then it will be all set to mail out on monday if i can find the post office somewhere near work. 
 
So next week hopefully I will have some time to get some painting done but it's looking doubtful, I'm so tired when I get home I hardly have energy enough to stitch or read.  4 hours to go - that's keeping me going now :)

Finally back to regular work...

Well last night after a long day of working with no break at all, i finally started working on the website again. I did manage to also get an hour of stitching in. Now the October Snapper is completely finished and the November one is started (I stitched the border line). I actually have to find all the floss for that one still.

Tonight I plan on doing the same thing, working on the website then stitching some more. I do want to go to the gym today however. That's right yesterday I was so busy that i didn't go to the gym or eat lunch, i basically had a few cookies throughout the day and my morning oatmeal. But I did make a dinner for myself. Today will be different, i brough tuna for lunch and I'll go to the gym at 11:30. So for now I'm off to the lab to finish what I started yesterday hopefully. FIrst breakfast :)

A very busy weekend...

Friday night after work, my boyfriend and I started the process of painting the livingroom, this included a lot of taping. Luckily I think it was 10:30 when we finally finished painting a coat of primer on all 4 walls in there. By then my sister and her boyfriend had showed up so we cleaned up and played poker until 1. Saturday we all slept in then I made a big breakfast before getting ready for a day in boston.

My aunt, uncle and cousins all showed up at 1 and we went in to boston, quincy market, boston common etc. Walked around, ate and let the kids try to have fun with us tied to them pretty much. It was a good day but exhausting for sure! When we got back at 8 we were all so tired we took a nap for an hour before ordering some dinner and playing more poker.

Sunday was more painting, we got 3 walls in the livingroom completely finished and the hallway is now primed so the next step is to paint the last livingroom wall and hallway the darker green. Next weekend maybe - unless I go home.

And now i'm back to work, hopefully my day goes by fast - like thursday and friday last week - spent completely in the lab hence no posts. And i'm off to the lab already :)

Already Wednesday...

And it's almost time to go to the gym too. The mornings don't take too long to pass by even without work.

So last night I sanded the walls of the livingroom, what i could reach anyway with the footstool. Then I started working on the new Round robin that's due in 2 weeks (less if i want to mail it on time). Hopefully it won't take too long, i seemed to make good progress on it in just an hour and a half last night.

Tonight I'm headed to my aunt and uncle's house for the night, brought my stitching in case we relax and watch tv again. Thursday after work I will do a trip to walmart and acmoore and then clean the apartment all in preperation for this weekend.

That's it I guess, not much going on in my life, time to go work out - leg day today !

Nice long weekend...

Well Friday went fast, i actually had work, i worked in the lab all day actually, it was great. Then when I got home my boyfriend was there already, so we just relaxed all night long. Saturday we went to home depot and bought paint for the apartment and my boyfriend worked on getting the internet to work but i still have to make a call to comcast about that. Then at 5 we headed up to my uncle's house to hang out.

Saturday night we just played poker and hung out. Sunday we actually slept in and then got ready for the bbq. Around 2 or so everyone showed up and we started up the bbq, ate, relaxed, i fell asleep on benadryl, everyone else pretty much played foosball. Then after dark we did fireworks and then headed home.

Yesterday was a day of relaxation, slept late, then my boyfriend left around noon and i just cross stitched most of the day. I actually stitched for 8 hours. In between I managed to bake bran muffins, cook dinner and make some tuna for lunch today. But mostly i stitched. I finished the round robin i was working on finally, with an accumulation of 26 hours of work into it. After that it was already 10 so i just went online then read and went to bed. Maybe tonight i'll start the other round robin i have that's due in less than two weeks now. Better getta move on since i want to do two months like everyone else not just one which may end up happening.

So we'll see how today goes, unfortunately this morning has shown no work but maybe someone's in the lab that i can chill out in there. First i think i'll have some breakfast. Yummy muffins ---

2 more days of work...

Today is going to drag, i can tell, i've already eaten more than i normally do and it isn't ten am yet.

Yesterday was great, I worked in the lab most of the day. At noon I went and worked out and then did a few laps in the pool instead of shower. After work I went to my aunt and uncle's and we went to the highschool and kicked the soccer ball at my cousin who is practicing to be a goalie, and i walked 2 miles with my aunt. After that we made dinner, ate, baked cookies and relaxed until 11. I even got some stitching in. Then I slept wonderfully and woke up :( at 6 and left before anyone else was even up.

On the RR I am now ready to stitch the 2, that will leave the 3 and 4 till I'm done. I'd say that I am almost 2/3 of the way done now, not quite but almost and tonight after I clean and maybe make some pudding for my boyfriend i'll stitch some more. I also want to replant some of my herbs so I can see how they do and then buy another planter for the others. My basil and thyme will both each need a large planter, not sure yet how the parsley or oregano will do, they're still small.

I am tired that's for sure, saturday i am sleeping in!!! So I just have to get through 2 days of work and i've got almost 3 hours of today done, i actually can leave by 5 today because i was in at 7. Alright - guess it's back to the message board.

back to no work...

Well at least 2 days this week went by fast. Since I finished my project yesterday (even a day earlier than i had planned). I'm back to having no work. I can probably sit in the lab most of today and try to help debug but tomorrow no one will be in the lab either. Luckily tonight I am going to my uncle's for dinner and staying over night so my drive in tomorrow will be shorter and by the time i'm back to my apartment i'll only have one more day of work until my 3 day weekend starts.

I did go grocery shopping last night, then vacuumed the apartment really well which makes thursday's cleaning easy, i'll just have to clean the bathroom and the kitchen and do a quick vacuum, maybe do a better job in the livingroom since I didn't move around anything in there to vacuum. Then I spent 2 hours stitching and watching tv. I now have a tuesday night run of shows to watch since after summerland sex in the city is on on tbs for an hour. Granted they are episodes i've seen already right now but eventually it'll get to the season i haven't seen, either the 4th or 5th.

I did make it to the gym yesterday, of course I'm sore today, i think i'll do legs and shoulders today, maybe i'll get up the nerve to do a quick swim, or else i'll just shower again like i did yesterday. This time i brought my sandles to shower in. That leaves back and biceps tomorrow and nothing really for friday which is fine because i think fridays i'd rather get home quicker, so i'll work out mon-thur and maybe on the weekends my boyfriend and i will go running one day, he started running yesterday with a friend, so he plans on two days a week at least.

All right, i'm off to the message board, do a quick check in and see what the ladies are up to today...

working, working, working,

yesterday really did fly by, it was great. But first the weekend...

The drive home friday was horrible, all traffic, but i made it to my bank and then to have dinner with my boyfriend before my brother's graduation ceremony. Afterwards we all hung out at my parent's house for a bit. Saturday my boyfriend and i went shopping and then my parent's had a bbq, we ate, ate and played poker, finally we left around midnight. Sunday we relaxed, i left around 5:30 and packed up the last few things from my house before getting on the road a little after 6. Traffic again was bad though and i didn't get home until 9.

So yesterday I worked, went well, had stuff to do most of the day and it went by fast, then last night when I got home I put together the two stackable pieces of furniture I had bought (a drawer set and a small shelf set). Then I finally did my unpacking/organizing. The livingroom is down to having the computer, printer, fan and a box of computer stuff that needs a desk to be put into. My closet could use more organizing things but it's neat and all my stitching stuff is put away. I could get some more stackables, i'll have to figure out what would fit in there best and be useful. We also need to start looking for a nice desk for the bedroom that we can put the computer on or atleast just put our "stuff" in.

Then I got an hour of stitching in, I can honestly say that I am halfway done with the RR that is supposed to be mailed out this saturday I think, maybe it's supposed to be mailed July 1st? Hmm.. that's not going to happen :) Tonight though I have a lot of time to stitch so hopefully I can get a lot done, i think i'll vacuum when i get home, get that done so that cleaning thursday is not so bad at all, a quick vacuum, dust and wipe down of everything.

Well the work continues and I have much to do :)

2 more days of work...

Then I get to go home and see my boyfriend :) Seriously though yesterday went well, worked in the lab a bit so that helped pass the time. Then after work I went and hung out with my Aunt until 9 when I headed home and basically just went to bed. Next week if I go to dinner again I'll stay over night since they live closer to work than I do, plus I want to bring a desert with me next time.

Today after work I will go to Target, maybe walmart too but I could probably save that until this weekend. Then to CVS to see if I can get my prescriptions filled and then home to do everything on my list. I'm hoping to get some organizing stuff for my closet at target, and maybe something for the bathroom so I'll be able to unpack more stuff. And I have to pack for the weekend since I'm leaving straight from work friday.

So no stitching last night, just relaxed, went for a 2 mile walk with my aunt and cousin, then had dinner and just chatted for a bit. For some reason my congestion is getting worse and today is rough for me. I don't have cold symptoms though so I'm chalking it up to allergies still. Guess I could go make breakfast now..

Doing good so far...

Today is the half way point of the week, hopefully the day won't drag on like yesterday started too. Luckily yesterday afternoon I went to the lab and 3 hours passed by quickly, it was great, plus I learned a lot, more hands on stuff. Today it's back to reading documentation.

Last night was great, I got home, started with the blinds in the bedroom, got them all washed, then cleaned the windows, i couldn't reach the outside top parts but got the bottoms done at least. Then I had dinner, put the blinds back on, talked to my sister, my boyfriend and my mom (my phone was ringing off the hook last night). Finally by 8 I was ready to settle down and cross stitch, i did this off and on until 11 with the tv on. I made good progress on the Round Robin, finished just past the 1 (it's set up like a clock). SO that leaves the top right corner and the right side border left to do.

Tonight I'm going to my Aunt and Uncle's for dinner again, I'm looking forward to it, we're going to go for a walk beforehand. I'll probably get there around 5:30 and hopefully I'm home by 10. I'm taping the moving Love&Basketball that's on tonight, some night next week when nothing is on tv I can pop it in and watch it.

Tomorrow i have a long list of things to do, I need to pack completely for the weekend (which includes a lot of laundry) since I'm going home straight from work friday. I also will have to take out all the garbage - all the furniture packing stuff, that will take a while and I also want to plant my new plants in pots if i have time, just didn't get to it last night. It's something I have to do first when I get home because i get dirty doing it so if i wait i'll talk myself out of it, last night instead i did the blinds.

So that's my update, probably would be more interesting if it wasn't a daily update, we'll see how it goes once work gets to be available and i'm busier.

Another dawn another day...

Well I was pretty productive last night, i got home and I got a lot of mail (some bills, my insurance card, my cable modem). So i hooked up my cable modem, it works great, then I cleaned the 2 blinds in the diningroom and the outside of the kitchen windows. With that done I made dinner and settled in to relax (around 8). By 9 I wasn't feeling too well so I put away my stitching and watched my show and went to bed. Luckily today I'm just congested, no other symptoms like last week, but the congestion is pretty bad (allergies maybe).

So I got about a half hour of stitching done, depending on my plans tonight hopefully I can make more progress, maybe get to the top corner or something. I'm not looking forward to the carrots in the corner but that will be my half way point.

Well I'll keep this short since the most I could do is babble... instead I'll find work.

Week 2...

Well that was a good weekend, I must say. Friday night we went to Kohl's and dinner. Saturday we went to my uncle's, helped him paint then went and got our furniture and set that up. Then back to my uncles to play with the kids and then play computer games for most of the night. Sunday we sorta slept in and went home early. My boyfriend vacuumed the apartment after we picked up all the boxes from the furniture and I unpacked some clothes into the new dresser. He headed home pretty early and I started cleaning the windows/blinds in the kitchen. 2 down 9 to go now. I can only hang 2 to dry at a time so hopefully I can get 2 done a night, maybe 3 if it's the smaller ones and maybe have them all done this week.

Then I got 3 quality hours of stitching after grocery shopping and dinner. I am now over a quarter of the way done with the RR piece I'm working on. Hopefully I can get 2 hours a night in the next few nights, if I'm home by 6, clean until 8 (mix in dinner), that leaves 9-11 to stitch. I really don't have much else to do until I get the internet hooked up later this week an I can start working on the website. That will be good though because I can start making some more money which we need ;)

Finances are good I think, I get a check on Friday, it will cover everything, the only tough this is that the rest of my paychecks will not be nearly as large :) Since I get a bonus in this one. I shouldn't have any more large purchases though, I just need to save up for rent until I get a car that's my only large monthly payment. Once I get my paycheck I will know how much money I will get exactly anyway, until then I have no idea what taxes will take out.

Well, off to look up some stuff, then back to the code.

And I'm cured...

The battle with the unknown cold is over, i feel better now and am back to normal. Last night my boyfriend showed up so we cooked dinner and relaxed, but before hand I was able to get a little unpacking done and some of the glass cabinets are filled in now. The garbage went out so the porch looks a lot better :)

We also did laundry, too late did we realize it was past the posted hours (oh I miss having my own washing machine) plus it costs 3.50 for a load of laundry! And these are half the size I could do in my home one! I may be looking into the laundramat on Moody to see if there's parking nearby, and maybe wednesday nights or something I'll go there with a good book or something. This is a bit ridiculous.

The cable came today, that's why my boyfriend came early, they didn't have a cable modem with them to test the internet so I'm not sure what they did, they said i'd have to call and make another appointment - unfortunately there isn't another time i'll be home for 2 weeks (possibly 3 due to july 4th weekend) since i'm going home next weekend. Our modem is coming Monday or Tuesday since I bought one, wish I had ordered it earlier now.

Work is going good, i'm on to looking at code, i'm just not sure what code to look at so the rest of today may go kinda slow (still have lunch though). I'll be leaving before 5 today so I will be home by 5:30 for sure and maybe we can go out shopping tonight then hit the grocery store again so I can really stock up on stuff. I checked out Kohl's online and they seem to have pretty much everything I need still for the house, speaking of which I should make a list, then we need to take measurements for the remaining furniture so i can keep that with me.

Well - time to stretch the legs then dig into this code for a bit...

Feeling much better..

I'm not fully recovered yet but I'm feeling 90% better now. My headache is gone and my throat is only a tiny bit sore, I can atleast eat and drink again. I was hoping to get a lot done last night when I got home, unfortunately by 7 I was ready for bed but it looks like the sleep did me good.

I did manage to plant my new plants on the porch planters so that looks nice and I unpacked one box that had candle holders. Tonight I can find the candles and put them in :) The garbage goes out tonight so getting more unpacking would be good so we can get the garbage taken out, unfortunately most of the garbage is from the new furniture and we're getting more of that on Saturday so we'll have to deal with that for another week.

Today at work is going much better, partly because I'm feeling better and partly because it's meetings and I'm not just strictly reading. It looks like I did take a lot of what I read in though because I knew most of what they talked about during the presentation. The next presentation I shouldn't know anything about though, I think that's soon, it's after lunch anyway, not sure how long they planned for lunch. I think I'll head over and see what's going on...

Still sick..

Although today it is mostly a sore throat, the headache is not as bad, but i'm not sure if it's because I got sleep or because my medicine from last night is still working. I woke up at 1:30 in a lot of pain so i took tylenol night cold to help with the headache and fever i had.

I am so tired, and I got a lot of sleep, i woke up at 11:15 last night and was wide awake, this was after only 2 hours of sleep, but this morning was harder to get up. 2 more mornings of getting up early then i can sleep in for two whole days!! Wow this whole work thing is going to take some getting used to.

I have a lot to do tonight, i have to get some stuff unpacked and organized and I really should work on Alli's RR which is just making slow progress which I feel so bad about. If i wasn't sick I'd have had a few hours these past few nights each to work on it.

Well that's my update - wish i had a hole to crawl into and fall asleep :(

It's been a long while...

I think maybe I was avoiding the computer the last few weeks. Anyway, now I'm back, I am working full time at my new job and living in Boston. We moved in last weekend and Sunday went furniture shopping, we brought home our new diningroom set and ordered a bedroom set to be picked up next weekend. Then I started work yesterday.

Last night I got a really bad headache and it got worse and worse all night, including neck pains and a sore throat. I just felt horrible. Today is not much better but I'm taking tylenol cold which makes me feel drugged but more aware atleast. 2 hours of work to go, it's just tough because it's hard to concentrate when I'm so uncomfortable. Tonight I'm going to my uncle's house for dinner and to tell them all about the new apartment/job. Then tomorrow I have to do some unpacking since thursday my boyfriend is coming for the weekend and right now the place looks the same as it did when he left yesterday, but I was sick last night so only some food organization got done after I went grocery shopping.

As far as stitching goes, I'm trying, I'm working on the International Round Robin piece, it's a Peter Rabbit design, for some reason it's taking me a long time to make progress, i'm about 1/6 of the way done. With the move and stuff it's been tough to find time, last night i stitched for 45 minutes but then just had to go to bed because I felt so bad. Who knows what's going on this weekend but hopefully i'll have some relaxing time.

It's amazing, so much has been going on lately but i have nothing much to say, probably because I'm not feeling well, symptom wise i could have strep or something but i'm hoping it's just stress related, a migraine or something that will be gone by tomorrow morning, migraines can cause sore throats right?? :) I'm also freezing in here, tomorrow i'm going to bring my sweater and leave it here so i always have something warm to wear, outside it's in the 80's and muggy.

Well that's all I guess, I need a new book to read too, or a new spec, i'm running out of reading material to get to know the stuff around here. Hopefully I get some actual real work soon.