Life has been so crazy lately! Things are really starting to get busy at work, and I can already tell I’m going to be working some serious overtime in the next few months. Our two newbies at work require a lot more supervision and support than Larry and I are used to, which is fine…it all just takes more time…time being Saturday afternoons.  The end of this month is stressful because we’re trying to get fourth quarter bookkeeping and payroll done at the same time as tax returns. Hopefully I won’t be working every Saturday between now and April. ButI really can’t complain about working more  though, as I just got  a pretty comfy raise. This will certainly make some future plans a little easier to achieve…I’m really looking forward to moving out of the ghetto this summer. More money is always better.

Last weekend Josh’s parents came up for his birthday, unfortunately the weather was crappy, but we still had a really good time. We went to watch the Kentucky basketball game at Pluckers and then went to the classic car show, and of couse we went to Z Tejas for dinner. I like Z Tejas, but I think Josh and I need to find a new special occassion restaurant. There must be some other places to eat for our anniversary, valentine’s day and birthdays. Valentine’s day is coming up soon…so perhaps we can branch out. Last year we had indian food at Clay Pit. I think it is a true testament to our love that we can eat spicy indian food on a romantic occassion. My vote this year is a quiet little romantic Italian restaurant, but Josh "I won’t eat it if it’s not a cheeseburger’ Butts probably won’t go for that. He’ll do just about anything for me…as long as it doesn’t involve eating marinara sauce.

I’ve made an executive decision to grow my hair out, I’ve had the same hair cut for a while and I really can’t do anything different with it until it’s a little longer. I got it dyed yesterday, and I’m not really sure I like the color. It’s pretty light and perhaps a little brassy looking. I might have to get it redone, but then at the same time it might grow on me over time.

Josh went home this weekend to hang out with his dad who isn’t feeling well, so I’ve had the whole weekend to my self to do what I do best, be lazy and shop. I’ve actually been rather productive, just in short bursts. Next week will hopefully be quieter and a little less hectic, but it’s always so hard to tell on Sunday afternoons when I’m lying around in my comfy pants. But alas, I’ve learned that being a "grownup" means trading weekend that were once full of parties and sleeping in to waking up early to beat the rush at the grocery store and running around town to go to errands and shopping and maybe yoga if I’m lucky. The unfortunate thing is that I think it’s only going to get worse!

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This is Josh’s new car. Isn’t it cute? You can see more pictures here.

Well folks it’s cold here. We’ll call it, “kansas cold”. Now, the entire city of Austin has shut down, leaving its residents to shiver, scared and alone in their homes. I went in to work for a few hours this morning, but no one else could make it in. It’s pretty icy outside. I left around lunch time after finishing up some projects I’ve been developing. But now I’m in Josh’s house watching tv and not really accomplishing anything. I’d much rather be working than stuck inside with no food, but alas there’s nothing to do and I don’t think anything is open. I’ll see if Josh can go outside to take some pictures later and I’ll post them. It was actually snowing this afternoon for a while, but right now I think it’s stopped. I think it will continue to sleet or whatever it’s doing outside tonight.

This weather makes me miss Kansas…in kansas we’d have school, we’d be downtown shopping and going out to dinner. There’s no way things would close down because of weather like this. I will now be able to tell any future children I have that I walked to school…up hill…both ways (seriously)…in the snow.