I'm So Hungry!!

I got up this morning all ready to have a bowl of cereal - then a ton of things started happening, and I had to put it off... fast forward two hours; now I'm starving, lol. I think I'm gonna make some french toast. :-)

Lots going on - will update with a real blog entry later.

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New Layout!!

I'll probably change it again in the future - but for now, I think it's cute. :-) Getting the hang of this layout thing obviously, lol...

Today I've gotta run around again - not too many places, but getting dog & cat food is the first priority (and cat litter too)... I think this is the first time I've had THREE animals at once, other than all cats I mean, lol. It's good though. I love my puppy, and the cats are loving the fact that he's now an "outside" dog. So everything is working out really well...

On the television front - I SHOULD (SHOULD) be getting satellite next month (fingers AND toes crossed)... probably won't get the big package at first, but I'll have SOMETHING. It's funny, because by the time I do get it hooked up, my shows will be either finished (like The Amazing Race), or at least close to being finished. So I guess I'll just have to find other things to watch. No worries, I'm sure I'll be able to entertain myself with something.

TWO paying projects have been placed with me - one, I'm definitely taking over the website for the store that I crochet at - and this is good. The site as it is now is just not very good... sorry, but it's true... and between me and the owners, we should - we WILL - be able to come up with something better. The other project I'm taking on is painting advertisements for the show corrals... so when they put on events, they'll have signs up like you see in a major ball field. They're supplying the paints, boards, etc... and I am doing the art. It's decent pay, and it will be kind of fun...

Let me tell you, I'm really looking forward to making a little extra cash for summer...

Well, that's all the updates for now - hope you like the new layout! :-)

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Neighbors and Such

So I finally really get into conversation with the people that live behind me... they're pretty nice actually - lending me a hammer yesterday so I could finish the fencing for the dog-yard. The woman's name is Dee (really, it is) - and though I haven't been formally introduced to her husband, we've chatted a couple of times and he seems very nice. They also have two kids, a boy and a girl, both under five - and both incredibly adorable. I just wish they're back yard was a little further away from my bedroom wall (it's less than ten feet). Other than that, they're nice people, and I'm glad I'm getting to know the families around me. Makes me feel a little safer when I know my neighbors.


Another thing that's good about me getting to know more people, is that Deb and I are reaching our breaking point. This happens when we spend too much time together - and considering the fact that I haven't hung out with ANYONE else except her and her family since I got here - I would say we've definitely been spending too much time together. Don't get me wrong, I love all of them - but every day (or almost) for the last five months is a little too much... just a little. I'm grateful that they're here, but there are other people and so I'm going to try and be a bit more sociable around here.

It was different in L.A. - though I had a few friends, those friends were always busy with their lives and careers.... so the few times I DID see them, it was really nice. Definitely quality time. And the times in between were sporadic enough that we actually missed each other. VERY different than here - where I don't know anyone at all.

Anyway, so I'm trying to change that... and for a shy introvert like myself, it's going to be difficult. Doable - but difficult.

Wish me luck!

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