Hello everyone

Well things just keep getting better and better.  At work yesterday my new boss called me into her office to tell me she is giving me a 8% raise!!!  WOW!!!  Not just a little raise but an 8%....she then said it was as close to 10% as she could get.  She wanted to give me a 10$ raise...OMG!!!  She said that I deserve more....I was speechless.  I am so used to being brow beaten by my last boss.  I got used to "the boss" thinking I am a useless idiot.  To have a boss that actually appreciates me.  What a nice feeling.  Of course Greg thinks that my old boss actually doesn't think I'm an idiot.  He says she is probably threatened by me and tries her best to make me look like an idiot.  I think she thinks I'm an idiot....or a really good actress.  LOL!!!!

I am looking forward to the festivities tonight.  I don't usually go out for New Years.  And this will only be my second New Years party that I have gone to....ever.  So this should be fun.  We bought this really yummy peach wine in Galena for tonight.  I am not a big alcohol person but if I do drink it has to be fruity...hahaha!!!  And peach wine....how different is that???

Sharon-  I know this isn't the same thing but I had a friend that had a family of skunks living UNDER her house for who knows how long before she figured it out.  I think it's possible. 

Well Have a Happy New Year everyone

Hi and welcome back. I live way out, but I need to get back to the basics too. I think it is very common to backslide, but by coming back to OH, you have made the first step.

LISA

Hi Everyone!

I was all prepared to be better at posting and have had time off and I got food poisoning on Christmas!  I kid Rick that this was his special gift to me.    So after several days of spending time   in the   and the rest  Iam back to normal today.

 Yesterday I tried to get Ricks Christmas present up and running.  He needed an new hard drive and I found one on sale on one of Amazon's side sites for a really good price.  So I bought it and it is not working.    After spending much of yesterday working with it, I wrote them.  They do not have a replacement as it was a special deal and all they will do is refund my money.  I am so disappointed.  I am still hoping we can get it working.    It is telling me the registration key has expired.  I am like what the heck???  It was a refurbished computer.  I have never bought one but I thought why not give it a try?  All he does is email and use netflix.  Well, I guess I know why I should not go that route.  

We have no plans for New Years eve.  We are not drinkers.  We will stay home and watch the cats try to kill each other.  Nibbles gets really playful around 11:30 and it becomes a free for all.  I discovered that he is a main coon cat and I was reading up on the breed last night and I almost woke Rick up when I got to the part that they are not full grown until they are 3-4 years old and can reach up to 46 inches long!  He is bigger than anyone of the cats now!  I think we have a monster on our hands!     Thank goodness he is such a gentle cat.  

Gage is coming to visit on Sunday and will be with us for almost a week.  That is the longest he has stayed in quite a while.  I am excited to have him.

Have a great day!   

Hello everyone

I go today to turn in my keys at my old place and pay them the lease pay off fee.  Hopefully they will give me my deposit back.  I want to use it to fund a trip to see Amanda in April. 

For New Years Eve Greg is taking me to a restaurant called Ron of Japan in Northbrook.  It's supposed to be super yummy.  Afterwards we are going to his sister's house for a "pajama jam"...yep we are supposed to show up in our jammies and ring in the new year.  Sounds like fun.

But a quiet night at home is not such a bad thing.  So if that's what you guys are doing....enjoy. 

Sharon-  I love those mud baths.  They look wonderful.  I was looking at the website and there was a link to area lodging.  And there was the cutest B & B with individual cottages.  They look so quaint.  The whole town looks great.  There is so much I want to do when I am out there.  I don't think I will fit it all in.  I also want to take a day trip into San Francisco. 

Yes my soon to be ex-boss is being so nice to me now.  I don't know what to think.  Is she realizing that her attitude is getting her no where???  But all I care about is I will be with someone new soon. 

Well better get back to work.  Have a good day all.

Hi Janielynn,

welcome back.

what exactly are u looking to do?

i live in SWBurbs.

Sharon