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Friday, January 29, 2010
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Moving on
To all those who have been wondering what we've been up to since we dropped off the face of the earth 8 months ago...we're alive and well.
Currently, I'm working at a pharmaceutical company in American Fork and though it's not my dream job (haha), I love the people there. It makes for long days since I still do the crossing guard job too. I'm gone for about 14 hours and come home utterly exhausted.
Andy is almost done with school. Can we say "yay"? He is graduating in April, but he will still have two classes left to complete. He will officially be finished in June.
As of the last two months, we've been applying to anything and everything. I applied for a few publishing companies in New York as well as MTV, for a position in Ad Sales.
Andy just turned in an application for the EGP (European Graduate Program) which is a program by Sony. He is brushing up on his Spanish and we are navigating our ways through Italian, German and French because he has to speak a myriad of different languages. In short, if he gets accepted, we will be living in Europe for at least two years. Whew! It's a pretty long shot, but we've got nothing to lose at this point. He has also applied to Adobe (the makers of photoshop, illustrator, InDesign, etc.) and we will probably hear back in March. He has also established connections with a couple notable people from Paramount Pictures.
Everything is up in the air and I almost hate to say anything just because we don't know what's going to happen at this point. We could end up somewhere we never thought we would at a company we never even considered. But that's what's been going on with us. I'll be sure to let you know what happens next.
Whatever the case may be, we will be out of Utah by the end of the summer for sure and we couldn't be more happy about moving on.
Sorry I have no pictures to post. If I did, they would be of our ridiculously boring lives and no one wants to see that :)
Currently, I'm working at a pharmaceutical company in American Fork and though it's not my dream job (haha), I love the people there. It makes for long days since I still do the crossing guard job too. I'm gone for about 14 hours and come home utterly exhausted.
Andy is almost done with school. Can we say "yay"? He is graduating in April, but he will still have two classes left to complete. He will officially be finished in June.
As of the last two months, we've been applying to anything and everything. I applied for a few publishing companies in New York as well as MTV, for a position in Ad Sales.
Andy just turned in an application for the EGP (European Graduate Program) which is a program by Sony. He is brushing up on his Spanish and we are navigating our ways through Italian, German and French because he has to speak a myriad of different languages. In short, if he gets accepted, we will be living in Europe for at least two years. Whew! It's a pretty long shot, but we've got nothing to lose at this point. He has also applied to Adobe (the makers of photoshop, illustrator, InDesign, etc.) and we will probably hear back in March. He has also established connections with a couple notable people from Paramount Pictures.
Everything is up in the air and I almost hate to say anything just because we don't know what's going to happen at this point. We could end up somewhere we never thought we would at a company we never even considered. But that's what's been going on with us. I'll be sure to let you know what happens next.
Whatever the case may be, we will be out of Utah by the end of the summer for sure and we couldn't be more happy about moving on.
Sorry I have no pictures to post. If I did, they would be of our ridiculously boring lives and no one wants to see that :)
Bissell Pet Photo Contest
Toby has been entered in a contest for Bissell cleaning products.
This is what we said about him: Toby is uniquely wonderful. He is shy about eating treats. He sleeps on his back. He smiles. He loves haircuts. Sometimes he smells like potato chips for no apparent reason. And he has a knack for soccer. He's the next "Air Bud"! Though he is an undeniably adorable mix of a yorkshire terrier and a shih tzu, we have a sneaking suspicion that his true parents are Ewoks.
If he wins he will get to be on various product packages and we will get money to donate to our chosen pet charity. Please vote!
Besides, can you really say "no" to a face this cute?
Click on the widget to the right and help us help pets in need.
Okay, the voting OFFICIALLY starts on January 29th and goes until February 4th. I'll remind you all when the time comes!
This is what we said about him: Toby is uniquely wonderful. He is shy about eating treats. He sleeps on his back. He smiles. He loves haircuts. Sometimes he smells like potato chips for no apparent reason. And he has a knack for soccer. He's the next "Air Bud"! Though he is an undeniably adorable mix of a yorkshire terrier and a shih tzu, we have a sneaking suspicion that his true parents are Ewoks.
If he wins he will get to be on various product packages and we will get money to donate to our chosen pet charity. Please vote!
Besides, can you really say "no" to a face this cute?
Click on the widget to the right and help us help pets in need.
Okay, the voting OFFICIALLY starts on January 29th and goes until February 4th. I'll remind you all when the time comes!
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Octo-Lacto, Lacto-Ovo, Ovo-Lacto
So in case this didn't get channeled down through facebook, I have officially begun my quest to be a vegetarian. Apparently this notice is so fascinating that everyone feels the need to comment on it and that completely baffles me.
It all started on Friday when I happened upon a talk show discussing the pros and cons of meat. I was supposed to be getting ready to go to job numero dos, but I couldn't move myself from the floor. In short, while I learned that protein is essential for muscle building and important for a fast metabolism, I realized (with help of the talk show) that it doesn't have to come from meat. The segment they did on tapeworms in meat might have also swayed my decision. It was pretty gross.
Anyway, it might be a faze. It might be for real. But for now at least, I'm testing the waters of octo-lacto (or ovo-lacto or lacto-ovo) vegetarianism. Basically, these people don't eat red meat, poultry, and fish. However, they do eat dairy and eggs. I figure it couldn't hurt to try it out. If I hate it and if I soon forget the image of 30 foot tape worms being pulled from a cow, then I'll resume with the meat eating.
For now, I can't lose anything by trying something new. So please, keep the criticism to yourselves until you've tried it.
It all started on Friday when I happened upon a talk show discussing the pros and cons of meat. I was supposed to be getting ready to go to job numero dos, but I couldn't move myself from the floor. In short, while I learned that protein is essential for muscle building and important for a fast metabolism, I realized (with help of the talk show) that it doesn't have to come from meat. The segment they did on tapeworms in meat might have also swayed my decision. It was pretty gross.
Anyway, it might be a faze. It might be for real. But for now at least, I'm testing the waters of octo-lacto (or ovo-lacto or lacto-ovo) vegetarianism. Basically, these people don't eat red meat, poultry, and fish. However, they do eat dairy and eggs. I figure it couldn't hurt to try it out. If I hate it and if I soon forget the image of 30 foot tape worms being pulled from a cow, then I'll resume with the meat eating.
For now, I can't lose anything by trying something new. So please, keep the criticism to yourselves until you've tried it.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Perseverance is the key
So I had the opportunity to interview at Delta yesterday. I couldn't resist the allure it had on me and went for it (can we say flight benefits?). The people I met were wonderful and though I felt like a complete tool by the time I went home (those pesky interview questions...I'll never know why they think having me sell them a stapler will tell them anything about my skills of persuasion), I got the job!
Can we say "yay"?
After accepting the job offer, I was told to mozy on down to a run-down brick building that quite possibly housed questionable activities and pee in a cup. We all know that clean urine can determine if you're fit for employment.
With the background check, the interview and the drug screening, yesterday was completely busy. Anyway, now that I have the job, I'm faced with a few questions:
1. Do I really want to drive all the way past the airport everyday?
2. And if so, can I trust myself (and my car) to be safe enough when the sunshine turns to snow?
3. Is that a risk I'm willing to take?
4. Does time away from Andy and the safety risks of the drive (not to mention all that gas money) outweigh the opportunities of going places and seeing the world?
All in all, I'm just horribly confused. I want us to travel so badly! But I can't quite get over this uneasy feeling in the pit of my stomach. Realistically, I don't even think we'd be able to use the awesome flight benefits. Andy is in school until June and after that....we're outta here!
So, for the few readers of our little blog, any opinions? Any insight would be so helpful.
P.S. Today I was offered a job as a crossing guard at an elementary school. How weird and random is that? It sounds like fun though, so I guess I do have other options.
Can we say "yay"?
After accepting the job offer, I was told to mozy on down to a run-down brick building that quite possibly housed questionable activities and pee in a cup. We all know that clean urine can determine if you're fit for employment.
With the background check, the interview and the drug screening, yesterday was completely busy. Anyway, now that I have the job, I'm faced with a few questions:
1. Do I really want to drive all the way past the airport everyday?
2. And if so, can I trust myself (and my car) to be safe enough when the sunshine turns to snow?
3. Is that a risk I'm willing to take?
4. Does time away from Andy and the safety risks of the drive (not to mention all that gas money) outweigh the opportunities of going places and seeing the world?
All in all, I'm just horribly confused. I want us to travel so badly! But I can't quite get over this uneasy feeling in the pit of my stomach. Realistically, I don't even think we'd be able to use the awesome flight benefits. Andy is in school until June and after that....we're outta here!
So, for the few readers of our little blog, any opinions? Any insight would be so helpful.
P.S. Today I was offered a job as a crossing guard at an elementary school. How weird and random is that? It sounds like fun though, so I guess I do have other options.
Friday, September 4, 2009
Disney Continued
If you thought that was the last of my insignificant ramblings about our week-long vacation then you were sorely mistaken. But I promise I will try to condense my thoughts. Ha! We'll see if that actually pans out though.
Our ode to China
How dashing, right?
On August 22, we celebrated our 3rd anniversary and celebrated in style. We ate with Pooh (no, not that kind...you know, the other one). It was our first day and after nearly 12 hours of walking all over the Magic Kingdom and waiting in lines for half the day, I wish we could say that we looked stellar...but, we didn't.
See, I told you it was this Pooh. I mean, I don't think they'd be that happy if it was the other kind..haha.
The famous icon: Disney's giant golf ball
Epcot was probably our greatest adventure. There was so much to do and way too much to see. It was nice to visit 10 countries in 12 hours :) There were so many ideal places for pictures, but here are a few that we loved...
Our ode to China 
France was next on our destination list of Epcot countries and I think we embodied the French perfectly as naive Americans.
I think we probably failed to capture the beauty that is France, but as ignorant young people who have spent too many hours watching movies with stereotyped french people, we did quite well..haha. Wearing the beret was fun. We also discovered we have a fondness for hats.
The girls indulged me with a picture on a scenic Italian bridge.
Now I know these next few pics aren't essentially "Disney" in essence, but this was what happened to us when we had to stand in line (which claimed to have a 20 min. waiting period) for an hour. Luckily for us, the building was air conditioned or we would have gone crazy. Unluckily for those around us, we still did go crazy.
It started out nicely enough...slightly silly with nothing but exaggerated smiles and bunny ears, but that didn't last long.
We were easily entertained at the 50 minute mark. We found ourselves, especially hilarious. In hindsight though...not so much--mostly just plain ridiculous.
At 60 minutes, we discovered we weren't really that funny and gave being serious a try. It turned out a little too severe for Disney World though.
By the time we got on the ride, we were tired of taking pictures, thus leading to our lack of photographic evidence of this "Viking ride." It was shame that these slightly crazy pictures were all we took with us from Epcot's Norway.
At Disney's Hollywood Studios, Andy got pictured with every one's favorite Star Wars villains.
Darth Maul is a frightening foe...
But everyone knows it's Darth Vader that is the quintessential Star Wars nemesis and Andy seems to agree by the smile on his face.
How dashing, right?On August 22, we celebrated our 3rd anniversary and celebrated in style. We ate with Pooh (no, not that kind...you know, the other one). It was our first day and after nearly 12 hours of walking all over the Magic Kingdom and waiting in lines for half the day, I wish we could say that we looked stellar...but, we didn't.
As it turns out, humidity makes us pretty disgusting.
See, I told you it was this Pooh. I mean, I don't think they'd be that happy if it was the other kind..haha.
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