The End?

On Friday I planned to write a blog about how I am completely done with my training program at work. Well...that didn't quite go as planned. On Wednesday it started snowing A TON. I'm talking, it took me 2 1/2 hours to drive home from work 20 miles away (more exhausting than it sounds). My back window had more than an inch of snow covering it and my windshield wipers were freezing so bad that I was having problems seeing out the front window by the time I got home. Sounds awesome right? The good news is I got a snow day on Thursday with Eric. The not so great news is that Thursday was when I was scheduled to give my final 30 minute presentation--the last piece of my training program. So it turns out I'm not "officially" done. I'm being rescheduled most likely for the beginning of February.

Even though the presentation was delayed, I do have my permanent placement. I will be a buyer on the Technology Order Management team starting tomorrow. So for all of you who are wondering if I will ever use my Supply Chain Management major, the answer is yes--it relates. I am lucky to be staying on the team I have been working with for the last 6 weeks. Every one is super nice, and I am going to be awesome at my job :) You have no idea how glad I am to be done, basically, with training. Three months seems like a really long time, considering my longest job was 6 months. For the record, I plan on staying for longer than that!

Note to self when we own a practice: It's amazing how motivating a decent salary can be.

Recent Projects

#1: Space in our current dresser is a little tight for the two of us. I found this one at the thrift store and saw some potential, so Eric let me take it home (with a little convincing) :)

This is the before picture. At first I sanded down the top to even out the wood and remove the old pain. It would have been a wonderful plan, but unfortunately, the top has a cardboard layer underneath the wood. It messed up my staining a little, but I have a plan to fix it in the future once it warms up outside.

The dresser was looking pretty grungy, so I spray painted the rest of it. I wasn't about to make the mistake of sanding and staining it again.

We decided the dresser wasn't worth enough to put new handles on it, so I painted them instead. An easy and effective fix!

And here is the finished product! It looks much better. I can't wait to put Eric's clothes in it.

#2: New Year's Eve brought some handiwork. Our laundry room was in need of a shelf. Although we were going to suffer without a shelf for awhile longer, I'm glad we went for it! This is how it looked before.

Eric loves any opportunity to use his tools. Notice the items hanging on his pants?

We also bought a level for our little project. Don't mind the laundry. We didn't think about moving it until we were almost done. We're smart cookies!

I am quite handy with tools myself. It makes me feel powerful.

And little by little our place is turning into a great home. We'll post more inside pics once we're done moving in. It's been a slow process thanks to Christmas and work.

#3: And finally...we got a new chaise for Christmas!! Sometimes (or all the time) getting money as a gift is wonderful :)

Just the Two of Us

This year Eric and I decided to celebrate Christmas on our own. I only had 4 days for Christmas, and it didn't seem worth it to travel on 2 of those days. We had a very relaxing break, and although we missed our families, it was nice not having to schedule our break around other people. We just did whatever we felt like doing--which mainly consisted of being lazy.

On Christmas Eve Eric and I baked Christmas goodies and watched a Criminal Minds (we're addicted to this show) marathon all day! It was wonderful!

Eric couldn't do Christmas without gingerbread cookies, so that was his task.

I made fudge :)

And here are all the goodies finished! They all turned out pretty great, with the exception of the Swedish Heirloom Cookies. Note to self: don't try a new kind of flour during Christmas.

With moving and everything else that went on in December, we didn't really have time to buy any new decorations. So the tree is basically the same as last year, but we still like it. We DID finally get a tree skirt!

Christmas morning before opening presents.

We want to travel, but we don't know where to go. Luckily, Santa got Eric a book full of ideas!

Eric was not expecting a new phone from his parents. I'm just happy I won't have to hear him complain about his other phone (which I just adopted because my phone died).

My awesome picture clock. I love getting decorations :)

We love playing games, so here are all the games we got for Christmas.

After presents, we had a small photo shoot :)

Thank you everyone for your Christmas cards and gifts. We loved it! We hope you had a great holiday just like we did.