Scanning and Scanning and Scanning!

In my free time, I've been scanning in old family photos. My intent is to scan them all in and then make a heratige scrapbook. I've pretty much got the scanning done, and now I've moved on to the photo editing. Looking at these pictures is really something. I thought I'd share a few today.

This is my grandpa, many, many years ago.

My mom and my grandma. Love the turqoise walls!

My sister and I in our matching outfits.

My mom's family.

My mom and dad.

Are You Kidding Me?????

Jessica Simpson Fat
Posted January 26th, 2009 by Veronica Yanco - 3,752 views

Jessica Simpson showed off some “new curves” as she performed songs from her country album Do You Know at a concert over the weekend. However, her album is being pushed aside because, all buzz is focused around Jessica’s “new curves.” Gossip sites and even others who don’t normally comment, are noting Simpson’s weight gain, and basically calling her out for looking like a fatty. Check out the photos for yourself because, unfortunately for Simpson… the photos are definitely not her most flattering by any means, she really does look fat.

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The web today is filled with stories about how Jessica Simpson is FAT. OK, help me understand this, my friends. FAT?? Seriously? Look at her. She's not a twig. She looks like a healthy woman, and I would KILL to be her size. But because she's no longer a size zero, she's FAT by media standards.

I'm so disappointed, once again, in the media. This is unbelievable. As someone who is trying desperately to drop some weight, it's like a punch in the gut to think that there are actually people out there who think THIS is fat. WOW.

Tied for First

I can't decide which is funnier: the "Taxi" episode where Jim is taking his driver's test or the Christmas episode of "Big Bang Theory." Which strikes you as funniest???




Here's a background of "Big Bang" in case you haven't seen the show. Sheldon and his friends are geniuses who all do research at a university. Sheldon is probably the smartest of them all, but he has absolutely no social skills whatsoever. Penny lives across the hall from Sheldon and his roommate, and Sheldon learned that Penny was going to get him a gift. He fretted about it because he needed to then get her a gift that was the same price range and exhibited the same level of relationship that Penny's gift exhibited. He ended up going to Bath & Body and buying every gift basket they had, thinking that once he got the gift from Penny, he'd know which gift basket to give her in return. He'd excuse himself claiming a digestive problem and then grab the appropriate gift basket. That being said, here's the clip:

Oh Baby I'm Sooooooo Tired

OK, Oprah fans, look at the title of today's post. Does it bring back any memories? :-)

Didn't get much sleep last night. I went to bed, fell asleep, and then Mr. Love came to bed which woke me up.

Went back to sleep.

Mr. Love's cell phone rang. Problem at work, so he had to get up.

Went back to sleep.

Mr. Love came back to bed, which woke me up.

Went back to sleep.

Mr. Love's cell phone rang again.

Went back to sleep.

Mr. Love returned to bed, and you know that it woke me up again.

Went back to sleep.

Alarm went off.

OK, so at least I could go back to sleep after the alarm. Poor Mr. Love had to stay up and get ready to go to work.

So, we're both tired today. I have errands to run, so that will keep me awake. It's Monday!!!!

Bloggaversary and Other Exciting Developments

I just realized that this weeks marks our bloggaversary! I started the blog 1/19/08, so it's been a year now that Mr. Love and I have been announcing to everyone just how exciting our lives really are. Thanks for sticking with us as we went through shingles, the New York sweatshirt, the front yard landscaping, my job loss, and all of our mundane reports of life!



Now on to recent developments. Last night Mr. Love attended a lecture at the Wharton Center. The speaker was Neil deGrasse Tyson, an astrophysicist who has just released a book about how Pluto isn't a planet. That, I have to tell you, is the full extent of my understanding of what Mr. deGrasse Tyson knows. The rest, to me, is white noise. He was actually on "The Tonight Show" last Monday, and Mr. Love was beside himself waiting for the interview. I understood about every 8th sentence. The other guest that night was Jimmy Fallen, who sat next to Mr. deGrasse Tyson during the interview. It appeared Jimmy understood about the same amount as I, since at one point he leaned over and said, "Dude, I really want to get drunk with you." I know what he meant, because only if I were drunk would Mr. deGrasse Tyson make sense to me.

Now, Mr. Love, on the other hand, he eats this up. He couldn't wait for Thursday to get here so he could go. What a shame that they ran out of tickets so quickly that I wasn't able to get one to go along. Dangit all anyway.

Mr. Love was gone for hours, and when he came home, he couldn't even sit down he was so worked up. He said it was 600 geeks in a room, listening to this man who then opened it up for questions for hours. I really have no clue as to what they talked about, but it was so nice to see him that worked up over something. I guess that's how I look when I get back from the Novi Scrapbooking MegaMeet.

Don't you think Mr. deGrasse Tyson looks just like that guy who was on "Barney Miller" in the 70's? You be the judge:


In other breaking news, I was told today that I didn't get a job that I interviewed for last week. It was no surprise to me. I actually interviewed at the Michigan Supreme Court for their HR Director position. It was a panel interview at the Hall of Justice. If you haven't ever seen that building, here it is:

The interview was amazing. I really thought it went well. When it came time for me to ask questions of the panel, I asked them why they were looking at external candidates since I would assume that the State already had a number of qualified, interested people already on the payroll. Basically they said that they hadn't decided if they were going to go internal or external. They were only interviewing five candidates. Three were internal and two were external, one of which was me. The Court Administrator told me that given the volume of applicants, I should feel very flattered that I was chosen for an interview since only two out of the entire State were selected. He was such a genuinely kind man, and I thought that was such a kind thing for him to say.

The he said the bad word....HOWEVER. He said that if they were to choose an internal candidate, they would not back fill that job, so there would be a significant cost savings. That, he said, put me and the other external candidate at a "distinct disadvantage."

I figured that going into this, so I wasn't surprised when they called today and said that they had chosen an internal candidate. The Asst. Court Administrator, again made me feel so good about how the interview went and told me that this was a very tough decision for them to make.

So, I'm still unemployed, but I feel so good about how I was viewed during this process and how well the interview went. It helps boost my confidence a little, something I need after being unemployed almost three months.

I have my new resume, and it's already attracted the attention of one recruiter. Who knows if anything will come of it, but I did have a phone interview today. I've applied for many, many jobs this week all over the state, so my hope is that next week I will begin to hear back on some of the positions I've applied for.

In the meantime, I'm taking the weekend off to relax. It was an intense week for the job search, and I'm burned out. I'm going to read, scrapbook, and watch some DVD's. Then, on Monday, I'll hit it hard again and see what else I can do.

Historical Moment

Yesterday the TV was full of Obama's swearing in ceremonies. It was really something to see. I can't say that I watched it all, after all how many hours can you watch secret service men standing next to a waiting car? But I did catch things here and there, and I did watch the actual swearing in ceremony.

WOW. It was very moving. The sea of people, the emotion clearly evident on the faces of those around him....... this was a day I didn't know if I would ever see for our country.

I pray for the entire Obama family and hope that he has what this country needs to help us recover from the hole we've dug ourselves into. I don't know why anyone would want to be President right now, but I'm thankful that he volunteered. We need help, and I hope that he can turn this around.

So, Mr. President, welcome to your new home and your new job. May God bless you with the wisdom you will need over the next four years.

Job Search Monday

Last night we saw "Legally Blonde" at the Wharton Center. We really liked it, and judging from the crowd reaction, everyone else liked it, too. It was certainly a lively crowd!

We received an e-mail prior to the start of the show's run at Wharton, and it said the lead actress had either gotten sick or had an accident. She wouldn't be able to perform at all, so they brought in the actress who made the show famous on Broadway. We were very impressed with her. She was perfect for that role, and boy could she sing and dance.

It was the end of a pretty quiet weekend at home. I stayed in my craft room scrapbooking most of Saturday, and that was a lot of fun. I also have been busy revising my resume, and I finally have it in a format that I'm happy with. I'm lucky to have some great people around me who are willing to help me with that, and their input has been invaluable.

So, armed with my shiny new resume, I spent nearly seven hours on the computer today trying to find a job. I posted my resume everywhere, sent it to tons of recruiters, and then I also applied for several posted positions.

The job search is dragging for me. I have had two interviews that I haven't heard back from yet, but I'm not of the belief that I'll be offered either position. So, I need to spend all of my time and energy getting out there and finding that perfect position for me. I know it's out there...... I just have to keep digging until I find it.