So I had this VERY, VERY long post about all the recent happenings of life (not even padded with movie reviews!) and I accidentally deleted the entire thing...*bangs head on desk* Yeah...I think it took me like an hour to write too...LoL
Here's the short highlights because I can't bring myself to rewrite it now and I haven't blogged in a long time (after I told myself I'd blog MORE this year...):
1) I'm spending a lot of time playing World of Warcraft (WoW) with Chris, my manager at work, and my housemate. It's easier to level than LotRo so we're almost at level cap. :P Though, I like the story in LotRo better, but that might be because I know the story better. The story has gotten better as each expansion has come out, though. I'm really enjoying Mists of Pandaria.
2) I'll do a massive movie post later because I need to do my 2013 recap (truncated version), Oscars opinion, and movie review update (24 movies!). It might be two posts...
3) I haven't been spending a lot of money lately on polish because 1) I'm trying to be better about money and 2) my nails are short...3 nails decided to break at the very base of my nail recently. Not having long nails takes the fun out of doing fun designs for me...Not buying polish kills me some days, but I'm proud of myself!
4) I've been trying to save money with my student loans going up and having to pay for healthcare...I need to be better about it, especially since I'm going down south end of July for my cousin's wedding. At this point, I don't even know if I'll be able to afford the Breeders' Cup this year...If I keep on my money saving plan, save my entire extra paycheck in July, and lower my expenditures from last year (no new hat!), I MIGHT be able to go...To say the least, I'm very thankful Chris has a full-time job! LoL
5) Chris's car woes...his new car is amazing (Scion FR-S), but it's a pain he even needed to get a new car. He saw his Tiburon getting hit (along with all his co-workers) too. Still no news on that and we don't plan to ever hear anything...The Tiburon went to a co-worker as his first car and his parents and him are going to get it the body work it needs to get it fixed. Other than that, the car is driveable. The FR-S is a great keyless car too. Door handle sensors with the key fob just close to it and it'll unlock the door and/or trunk and it's a push start engine. Don't even need the key fob out to push the button to unlock OR lock the car. It doesn't auto-unlock it either. You have to be touching the car to unlock it, so that's cool. He did long-term lease the car, which is cheaper than buying a new car! His payments really don't affect anything on my end either, which is good.
6) Doing a week version of the Once-a-Month-Meals. I do a week version because I don't have the freezer space or manpower for anything more than a week. LoL I've got it down to a fine art now...My recent days off are on Thurs/Fri so on Tuesday I get my grocery shopping list ready. On Wednesday, after work, I do all the shopping, which is made easier because I organize my shopping list to things that are near each other. On Thursday (first day off), I spend the day cooking and prepping. Friday or Saturday tends to be some sort of casserole because I don't have the freezer space to freeze it. I have learned two things: 1) I can't do a week's worth of cooking that has meals that all need something cooked. I did that last week and almost died. It took me ALL day (at least 8 hours of cooking and no clean-up time). Chris just looked at me and went, "It's not just the money you have to consider. You need to consider your time too." I've now learned to spread out the cooking and non-cooking preps through my week. 2) With leftovers and only 3 of us, I really only need to cook 4-5 meals a week instead of 7! I do think this is saving us money, though. If it was just the dinners, eating out at fast food would be cheaper, but if you include the lunches and leftovers, we're getting really good value out of the meals. My system is much happier for the home cooked meals too. So, saving money in the food department for both lunches AND dinners. Chris and Rob tend to still eat lunches out at work, but will leftovers before or right after work.
7) Work hasn't been enjoyable. Two co-workers have been out for almost 4 weeks. One of them I can't publicly talk about for different reasons, but it was a worker's comp issue. The other is she's out with pneumonia and has taken a long time to heal. There were a few days we thought a lot of overtime was going to be needed because a different co-worker had jury duty, but after 3 days of calling he was excused. Yay! So overtime wasn't needed.
8) In a nutshell, still job hunting. Not as proactive as I should, but I still am putting apps in for various things. Chris is thinking of getting a new job that pays better too. He's also studying for his CPA exams.
Uhm...I think that was it. LoL Even the shortened version was long, but my original post was REALLY long with more anecdotes and opinions or details, but whatever. :P
