OMG, an update?!

Heh heh heh...I've been baaaad. I mean I know it's been a long time since I updated my blog, but February...seriously! *slaps self on hand* I don't remember what I have shared and what I haven't, so please forgive any repeats. I am now 26, as of March 15th, BJ turned 27 in May. I quit working at the doggy daycare, it was just too darn hot, and I couldn't get the ac to work. You know it's too hot when the dogs don't want to play, they just want to sprawl out on the concrete to keep cool. I have my awesome nanny job, which has gone to three full days a week and two half days and I love working there. The only downside is that it makes me want to have babies, like NOW! but it's not time for babies yet, I keep telling myself, house first, house first, house first. But I can't stop myself from checking out the awesome baby stuff on target and babies R us online. I told my friend Mary what I was up to, and she flipped because she thought I was pregnant. AM NOT!!! House first, house first, enjoy being newlyweds, house first.... BJ and I have been looking at foreclosed homes in the Norcross area, looking to purchase with an FHA rehabilitation loan. I've been watching diy network online and was shocked to learn that making concrete countertops is a lot like making a puppet mold, meaning...I can totally do that! And I've learned all sorts of neat stuff and eyeballing tools that I would love to give a home, but will probably end up renting. Come on, who can really spend $1,600 on that awesome table saw at the drop of a checkbook? We have an awesome realtor helping us out in our home search. It seems like the biggest problem we are coming up against is the face that an fha loan closes in 45 days, and the houses that we have made offers on told us to pay another $10k over the asking price, or that they were going to wait for a lower cash offer because it would close faster. It's disheartening, some of the houses we have really, really wanted, but we'll find a house and make it home, eventually. There are a lot of great home buyer incentives in place, especially for first time homebuyers, that we want to take advantage of, including the tax incentives for updating your home. I still have to chat with the guy over at H&R Block to get some more concrete information on the energy star tax credits, but I have time. BJ and I watched the latest Star Trek movie for his birthday, it was awesome, it was one of those movies that when the credits roll, you want to clap because it was just that cool. And I'm not even all that interested in the original star trek. When I was little I was secretly in love with Captain Picard, but don't tell. I've been raiding the local library, and studying all sorts of home supply stores. If you live in the area, and we get a house, be prepared to be called to come perform manual labor services in exchange for pizza. If the kitchen is up to speed, it may even be homemade pizza. The whole, make your own concrete countertop is definitely messing with my brain. Now that I know the process is so simple, and similar to things I have done before, the possibilites are ENDLESS! I even proposed the idea of pouring concrete pavers to replace a driveway. :P My husband is so accomodating to my wild and exciting ideas. On the career front, Synchronicity's season has come to the summer break, so no more working for them until next August, although I may not have time to do so. I am working for Essential Theatre this summer as an ASM for one of their shows, and then after that, I have been asked to be the props designer for Aurora Theatre's prduction of Buy my house, Please! Aurora Theatre, incidentally, is BJ's new place of employment. He is working for them as their new TD, and their next show is a production of Kiss me Kate, and I am so excited! 'Brush up your Shakespeare...' is my favorite song in that play, next to Too Darn hot, which is much better in the staged version than in the movie, although Life that I once led is also stellar. Ooooo, can't wait. So yeah, that is how we say, sum up. It's Summer here in Georgia and we've been in the apartment pool a couple of times already. I love swimming, and it's also really good for my back. The only think I don't enjoy, is the drops of swimmer's ear after my post swimming shower, it burns! It burns us, precious!!

I think this may result in the longest and most boring game of fetch, ever...It's very cute and inventive, as are many of the pics on icanhascheezburger.com I just polished off a tasty lunch of peanut butter and jelly and a glass of milk. Mmmm, nothing like washing down peanut butter with ice cold milk. I think I will have another glass!! Yummy! I know that most of you would expect me to be sucking down coca-cola like it's going out of production, but an impasse has been presented. BJ suggested that if I were to give up my coke addiction, we could try to pay the subscription fees for wow. Of course I have a case of coke relaxing next to the kitchen, with one out of the 32 being gone, I must ration it out to wean myself off this sweet and tasty beverage. Of course I leapt at the chance to get back into the virtual world of azeroth. I'm so happy to be playing world of warcraft again. I love playing with my newest character, the death knight. She can just keep on swinging! Now I am back to the evils of system maitenance. The world server is down for extended maitenance until, at least 3 pm. I already downloaded the latest patch on my computer and must load it onto BJ's, so that we can terrorize the computer monsters after he gets home from work. Because I work on the weekends we have decided to relocate our valentine celebrations to this Thursday. We are going to go to the movies! I'm very excited. I haven't been to the movies since I went with Mom to see Bolt in 3D when she visited before Christmas. Huzzah!!!

Poor unloved blog

I have been seriously neglecting my blog lately. And, as it seems to be one of those days to just chill out in front of a tv or computer, I might as well make something useful out of it. It's cold here in Georgia, and in a effort to save money on our gas bill, we are keeping the thermostat at a brisk 64 degrees. In attempts to stay warm and moderately comfortable, I have stripped the blanket off the bed and cocooned myself in it with a space heater occasionally running at my feet. A space heater, you may say, defeats the entire idea of saving money because you are just spending it elsewhere. Well, yes and no, we are spending money on the electricity to run the space heater, but the space heater only has to make us warm, not the whole apartment. And I frequently turn it off once I am comfortable, thus saving more money! Woot!
In other news, I have discovered that Blizzard is being very very sneaky. You can try out their latest expansion on a ten day trial if you already have an account. BJ and I both have inactive accounts because, in another heroic effort to save money, we cancelled our subscriptions and save about $30 a month. So for me, the wow junkie who has not played in about 6 months, the ten day trial = heaven!!! From what I have seen of Northrend, and all the various new things that have come out, I am mightily impressed with Blizzard. This xpac is ten to twenty times better than the old burning crusade xpac, which, while new and interesting, definitely has its flaws. So yeah...the restart should be just about finished...Catch you later!

Huzzah for Pizza!!!

I like the idea of having one set night of the week for homemade pizza. I can't decide what night it ought to be, but I'm playing with the idea at the moment. BJ and I decided we want to have one night of the week to stay in with our future children and play board games or watch a movie together. And we figured to keep from conflicting with inevitable activities, it would be during the week like a Wednesday or Thursday. So maybe that would be a good pizza night!! Last night's creation had bacon, egg, and spinach pesto. It was pretty good, but the spinach and feta pizza is still my absolute favorite.

Best Interview Ever

Ok, aside from getting to tour the Center for Puppetry Arts and seeing one of the skeksis from The Dark Crystal, I had one of the coooooolest interviews today. I interviewed for a job with a doggy daycare and the interview involved me wandering the yard with all the doggys on both sides, the small dog side and the big dog side. I had so much fun! I picked up poop and I was enjoying myself. I've got my fingers crossed in hopes of getting it, they should let me know next week. Here's to hoping!

This may sound odd but,...mmm, fermentation

Although the word fermentation used to bring a certain past roommate's hockey bag to mind, I'm reassessing how I feel about the term. Although I am not a big wine person, fermentation is the process by which many fine drinks are created. Also, the growing of yeast in delicious bread dough is considered a fermentation process. And today, yes, today, I have a new thing for fermentation. Sitting on a warm heating pad was a pot of milk and active cultures, and I have made plain YOGURT!!! Although I have yet to taste it, the thought of slurping up hot, tart yogurt is not high on my list of favorite things, it smells delicious!! Updates will come after eating said yogurt to see if this will be a process worth repeating. I certainly hope so. I've got about 8 cups of the stuff cooling off in the fridge. Made from scratch cooks unite!!!!

Yummy yummy pizza!

This one was a little different, whole wheat flour with the bread flour, and it was pretty good. It needed a little more water, but it was good. I also sprinkled mozzarella on the crust so it crisped in the oven. OOO, it was good. Spinach and artichoke with feta and mozzarella = tasty.