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Holy Chaos Batman
I had hoped things at work would start to calm down but not so much. I am drowning under a sea of orders. Not to mention the system upgrades still suck. And then I’m being pulled in 20 different directions so I get even further behind. AY YI YI!
I will say I am totally excited that my new elliptical machine will be here tomorrow! YAY! I had talked to Matt previously about getting some sort of exercise machine so after Christmas we looked around and found a few I liked. We ended up finding a great deal on a Livestrong machine. It was a little more then I wanted to spend on something like this but I did test it out in a store and it was UH MAZING!
Now we just need to get our butts in gear and clean out the bonus room. This has turned into our “oh where should this go….bonus room!” While this room has been great as a catch all we are going to have to do something different since the elliptical will take up so much space. Plus I need to find a place to set up my sewing machine and we need space for Matt to do P90X. So our weekend should be fun.
After all the chaos from work, I’m thinking it will be good for me to be able to come home and relieve some stress. Bring on the exercising!
~k
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Cruising
A few months ago Matt’s parents asked if we would like to go on a cruise in the Spring. Of course we said yes and now we will be taking a family vacation to the Caribbean over my birthday! Whoop whoop! That is the one great thing about having a March birthday. My birthday almost always landed during Spring Break. 🙂
Today his mom booked our trip and we are going to Cozumel, Belize, Honduras, and Costa Maya. I am really looking forward to Belize the most. I think it looks like a beautiful place. Not to mention neither Matt nor myself have ever been on a cruise so this will be a new experience for us. I guess I can put in my vacation request at work soon too. hehe. My coworker is going to hate me. 😉
YAY Cruise!
~k
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Oh, you want my info?
One thing that really really annoys me are mass FB messages. I don’t mind getting FB messages, I mind getting messages addressed to multiple people. Why? First off if you have a question then you need to just ask me. I am NOT going to respond to any FB message that needs my information or input addressed to multiple people. Secondly, getting the notifications drives me absolutely bat shit crazy! I do NOT care what 50 (or even 5) other people say unless the message is specific to those included people.
Why you ask might I bring this up? My cousin is getting married and apparently thinks that mass FB messages are acceptable for obtaining information such as my address. It annoys me to no end that she can’t message people separately for this stuff. I do not care to (nor will I) share this information with random people I don’t know. On top of the fact that she just got a wedding invitation from me last year. My info has not changed and if you didn’t keep this, well that’s just poor planning on your part.
As I said, I have no issues what so ever with getting FB messages or even using FB messages to get this sort of information. I do understand that FB is super convenient and an easy way to contact people but come on. I know she is currently overseas but that is no reason to not be courteous to people. Hell I think we FB’ed a few people to get certain info. But we also only contacted that person.
I have the same issue with emails sent to multiple people (like your entire address book) and you don’t BCC people. Just don’t do it people!
~k
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Why Thank You!
*First off let me just say that work has been beyond crazy since before the New Year and when I get home the only thing I really want to do is absolutely nothing. I know my blog has reflected the craziness with a whole lot of nothing.*
I’ve been a really bad person when it comes to my 401k. My current job is the only job I’ve had that actually offered this but I didn’t really make enough to feel like I could contribute, even though my company will match up to 3 percent. {And when I say I didn’t make enough I literally mean this, pay check to pay check is no fun.}
Now that Matt and I are married my financial situation is much better, mostly due to Matt’s income. 🙂 A few months ago there was a 401k meeting at work and I asked Matt if he wanted me to enroll, he said that was fine. Well I never picked up the packet to sign up. This week there was another meeting so I asked a co-worker to grab me a packet since he was going. He did not but I ran in after the meeting to get one. I then headed out to meet Matt for our Friday lunch. When he pulled up I handed him the packet to look over later. Anyway, when I got home yesterday he was like you got some interesting mail. I looked on the counter, looked at him and then looked again and I’ll be damned if there wasn’t a letter from John Hancock saying deposits had been made to my account per my company. What?!?!?
Apparently I was supposed to have been automatically enrolled back in 2008 but for some reason I was never enrolled. Now my company is honoring the 3% they would have contributed had I been enrolled. How crazy is this? We got the letter in the mail today and Matt just checked my account. I know have several thousand dollars in a 401k. AWESOMENESS!
I honestly have no idea when, why or how I wasn’t signed up but whatever. I guess I will actually start contributing to my 401k and add to the fund. 🙂
~k
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Happy New Year!
Matt and I talked about going to the Chick fil-a Bowl for New Year’s Eve to watch the Auburn v. Virginia game but a few weeks ago at the ornament exchange the girls were talking about doing something low-key. Since the bowl game hadn’t really been discussed further I decided to offer up our house. {hehe} Matt was less then thrilled but whatever, I felt like it was our turn to host something.
Last week I sent the evite and slowly people began to RSVP. We only ended up with 4 couples which, honestly, was a great number to have. We made chili and cornbread and had a champagne toast at midnight. Not to mention we watched the game on TV. Of course Auburn won! 🙂
Here is a nice blurry pic of me and Matt.
And one of me and the girls.
If you’ll notice my hair is semi-curly. It took me about 20 minutes to do but I think it turned out pretty well. I’ve tried this a few times with no success. It’s amazing what a can of hairspray can do. 😉
Happy New Year!
~k
