I am finally in my new house in KC!!! I am done with the rentals!! YEA!! Chris came in this weekend and delivered a bed and I'm now reunited with my dresser (...and it feels so good!)
This weekend we saw Phantom of the Opera in Omaha- purhaps my last theater show in the Big 'O'- it was fantastic, even though we had the cheap seats. As we were leaving dinner at M's Pub I saw my dear friend James! I was so excited to see him again! He was my boss in my life before last and taught me everything and nothing at the same time-- either way, I will never forget him!
My husband proved his greatness again by coming to my rescue in sacrificing his time. I was thinking about all he means to me and I put together a list of 53 reasons wh I love Christopher Hanson. Here is #20-30:
20. He knows what he wants and he goes out to get it
21. He’s convicted in his faith
22. He’s wonderfully sensitive
23. He kisses my eye balls
24. He kills spiders
25. He allows me to cry
26. He moved to Kansas City instead of a small town Nebraska
27. He swears he knows the words to songs even when he is blatantly wrong-so he just jokingly sings them louder
28. He loves to take me out on romantic dates
29. He can dress well on his own
30. He always gets me dark chocolate Godiva chocolates for Christmas, evenwhen I tell him not to (he knows I don’t mean it)
I'm looking forward to having him here with me in KC! I can't wait to start our lives here--
Monday, February 11, 2008
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
I love movie trailers- I wish I could be a movie critic. I would probably like too many of them to be seen as a true 'critic'. Nothing frustrates me more than the inability to download them though and this is my sad reality tonight. Nothing good is on TV, except for the constant Super Tuesday insanity. Just saw Obama got the 10th state- Hillary is at 7 I think. Good for him- I hope he wins.
Today was a good day, I guess. Woke up at 8:15 though- thank God I didn't have a morning meeting. Last night the power went out and when I set the clock at 7pm, I had actually set it for 7am- therefore my alarm (set exactly for 6am) gave my neighbors a fantastic buzzer alert at 6pm. Other than that and the cold temps, it was an ok day.
So about this baby kick lately- not sure exctly where it came from. I guess now that I'm getting into the job a bit more, the house in Omaha and the one here are both moving forward- plus it doesn't hurt that I'll have my insurance starting next month- I guess I feel like it's a good time. It also could be the constant inquiries as to when and why we don't have kids. In the hotel world kids were kind of an incovienence or a reason not to stay out too late. Now they are the topic of nearly every conversation in the non-profit world. Like everything else though, it's on God's time table. He knows when we're ready.
Right now the weather sucks! It's getting very icy-- I'd hope for a snow day but I've got a busy day tomorrow and will probably go in no matter what. That's the kind of employee I am, I guess. Or I need to feel good about work to feel good about myself. Hmm-- deep.
To quote a childhood T-shirt: God Made Me- and He Don't make no Junk
God bless my parents...
Today was a good day, I guess. Woke up at 8:15 though- thank God I didn't have a morning meeting. Last night the power went out and when I set the clock at 7pm, I had actually set it for 7am- therefore my alarm (set exactly for 6am) gave my neighbors a fantastic buzzer alert at 6pm. Other than that and the cold temps, it was an ok day.
So about this baby kick lately- not sure exctly where it came from. I guess now that I'm getting into the job a bit more, the house in Omaha and the one here are both moving forward- plus it doesn't hurt that I'll have my insurance starting next month- I guess I feel like it's a good time. It also could be the constant inquiries as to when and why we don't have kids. In the hotel world kids were kind of an incovienence or a reason not to stay out too late. Now they are the topic of nearly every conversation in the non-profit world. Like everything else though, it's on God's time table. He knows when we're ready.
Right now the weather sucks! It's getting very icy-- I'd hope for a snow day but I've got a busy day tomorrow and will probably go in no matter what. That's the kind of employee I am, I guess. Or I need to feel good about work to feel good about myself. Hmm-- deep.
To quote a childhood T-shirt: God Made Me- and He Don't make no Junk
God bless my parents...
Monday, February 4, 2008
Four months and a whole new world
It was four months ago that I wrote in this blog. I cannot believe how much time slipped by. In the past four months, so much has changed. I updated my profile and I had to completely change most of it and start over. Fitting.
Let's start by describing the last month: hmm- 4 weeks, 3 living arrangements, 2 trips for work and one less- than- sane land lord. First of all, I should have listened to my college law professor when he said, 'if in doubt, get it in writting'. Yeah, not so much. Then again, how would anyone expect the verbal agreement to rent a bedroom and bath turn into sleeping on a couch in an apartment? Could anyone have expected the house accidentally set on fire? Could anyone had noticed the slippery slope of landlord sending one on to a vacant apartment only to slowly move in herself- therefore nudging you to spend your nights on a couch I recognized from a comp set in the neighboring HoJo?? Looking back, I was too nice, too accommodating. I thought it would be fine- it was just temporary. Not temporary enough.
It's better now- got a hotel room- got internet- got cable- GOT A BED! It's a beautiful thing.
So welcome to Kansas City, Jen. Other than the 'process' (my PG term for cluster f**k) it's taken me to get settled, I like the city. I like my job and I've met great young non-profit yong professionals. They're a lot like the people I left at home in Omaha-
Let's see, my job-- I am a Heart Walk Director for the Heart Association. I work with companies who understand the need for their employees to get involved in the community, focus on thier wellness and celebrate/ honor those who have fought/ who are fighting for their lives due to cadiovascular disease. I encourage companies to form company teams, raise money and participate in the Start! Campaign and Heart Walk. Its my first time in the non profit world- it's the first time I've ever had the word 'sale' sustituted by the word 'ask'. It's the first time I've really had a job that I went out to get. Not just applied for, but it was the only job I cared for in KC. I think I want it more than they want me- even now.
Dear friends I do want to mention, I've seen the power in prayer. Chris and I have managed to sell our house in the worst housing market in decades! It's not all done, but we should close Feb. 28th- yes we lost a couple thou on the deal, but we're making it up on the other side. God moved the mountains to sell our house. It sat for 4 months with not one person looking at it. Then a couple people came out of no where and one couple saw it and put an offer on it that afternoon. Truely amazing!
Tonights prayers: thank you for a beautiful, 70 degree day in Feb., bless those I met today and those I will meet tomorrow. Thank you for my husband who is working harder than he should, thank you for the opportunities to be the best I can be- and for the strength to fulfull those opportunities. Thank you for the chance to close on our beautiful KC house on Thursday. Thank you for the idea to blog again.
Let's start by describing the last month: hmm- 4 weeks, 3 living arrangements, 2 trips for work and one less- than- sane land lord. First of all, I should have listened to my college law professor when he said, 'if in doubt, get it in writting'. Yeah, not so much. Then again, how would anyone expect the verbal agreement to rent a bedroom and bath turn into sleeping on a couch in an apartment? Could anyone have expected the house accidentally set on fire? Could anyone had noticed the slippery slope of landlord sending one on to a vacant apartment only to slowly move in herself- therefore nudging you to spend your nights on a couch I recognized from a comp set in the neighboring HoJo?? Looking back, I was too nice, too accommodating. I thought it would be fine- it was just temporary. Not temporary enough.
It's better now- got a hotel room- got internet- got cable- GOT A BED! It's a beautiful thing.
So welcome to Kansas City, Jen. Other than the 'process' (my PG term for cluster f**k) it's taken me to get settled, I like the city. I like my job and I've met great young non-profit yong professionals. They're a lot like the people I left at home in Omaha-
Let's see, my job-- I am a Heart Walk Director for the Heart Association. I work with companies who understand the need for their employees to get involved in the community, focus on thier wellness and celebrate/ honor those who have fought/ who are fighting for their lives due to cadiovascular disease. I encourage companies to form company teams, raise money and participate in the Start! Campaign and Heart Walk. Its my first time in the non profit world- it's the first time I've ever had the word 'sale' sustituted by the word 'ask'. It's the first time I've really had a job that I went out to get. Not just applied for, but it was the only job I cared for in KC. I think I want it more than they want me- even now.
Dear friends I do want to mention, I've seen the power in prayer. Chris and I have managed to sell our house in the worst housing market in decades! It's not all done, but we should close Feb. 28th- yes we lost a couple thou on the deal, but we're making it up on the other side. God moved the mountains to sell our house. It sat for 4 months with not one person looking at it. Then a couple people came out of no where and one couple saw it and put an offer on it that afternoon. Truely amazing!
Tonights prayers: thank you for a beautiful, 70 degree day in Feb., bless those I met today and those I will meet tomorrow. Thank you for my husband who is working harder than he should, thank you for the opportunities to be the best I can be- and for the strength to fulfull those opportunities. Thank you for the chance to close on our beautiful KC house on Thursday. Thank you for the idea to blog again.
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