Work Lay-Offs

I want to start by saying no I did not lose my job, luckily.

These past few months at work have been really hard. I've gone from feeling underappreciated and over-worked, to being grateful I at least have a job, to feeling appreciated (and maybe even promoted!).

After the cycle (our busy time of year the months before the election) the bosses talked to all of the employees and told us that in January they have to lay off 5 people. Five... Rumors went around the company about this and that, but what Dana (my boss) told me specifically was that there wasn't enough work for the amount of employees, and that we all need to "prove ourselves" (yes he used those words) in order to keep our jobs. So, I worked my butt off (seriously, it's gone), and got about halfway done with my level 2 certification, which I'm pretty proud of. I learned a lot, and I think I impressed them.

Well, January came... and my carpool buddy and friend, Bethany, got laid off. It was so sad. I really liked her. Rachel Ward got laid off, and my sister in law, Rachel Evans, also got laid off. 2 other people left, but I think that was voluntary.

After Bethany was laid off, Dana called me into his office and wanted to make sure that I wasn't upset about it. I told him it was sad, but I understood, and that I bet it was really hard for him to have to do that to her. We talked for a bit, and then he told me how Donni (my other boss) isn't going to be coming into the office as much, and they want me to do more HR stuff, and he would "adjust my pay accordingly."

So these months have paid off. I still have a job. I know more things in my job, and I might be getting a promotion here in these next couple of months.

Hair Dye Tricks...and other things...

I heard somewhere...probably Cosmopolitan magazine, that after you get your hair dyed, it's best to not wash it for 3 or 4 days afterward.

So, today is hat day for me, and tomorrow probably will be too. My hair is nasty. You know how when you wash your hair for the first time after getting it colored, all that dye runs down the drain? Yeah... I think that leftover dye makes my hair greasier than just normal head grease. I cannot wait to wash my hair, but I want this dark red brown to last longer, hence, the hat.

What's for lunch today? Spaghetti. And no, it's not moldy. Thank goodness!

I went to the Jazz game last night. Even though we have season tickets, I haven't been to a game since the vs. Orlando game back in the middle of December. Partly because of the 5 game road trip they had, but also because I don't like going to them during the week. We don't get home until 11, and I wake up at 5, and 6 hours of sleep just is NOT enough for me. I am so looking forward to a nap when I get home today. BUt yeah, so between last night's game, and the game Dec 13 against Orlando, all the games were on weekdays. Except one where we decided to go to Tucanos instead because it was really stormy outside.

Tucanos! I freaking love that place. Hands down, my favorite restaurant of all time. I've been there a total of 4 times now. Go me, right? W00t! This most recent time, I discovered that the salad festival has a cold side and a hot side. Yea, I had no idea there were 2 sides. I'd only seen the cold side. How awesome is that? Not that I go there to eat from the salad bar.... bring on the beef! Oh and pineappe. Gotta have that!

Ramblings of a Bored Lady

Have you ever wanted to write a blog, but didn't really have anything to write about?

Heck, I could write about what I'm doing right now, I guess. I'm just finishing up my lunch, actually. It started out delicious with cauliflower, carrots and a ranch dip, and some salsa. Carrots in salsa is good! I was alternating dipping the carrots in ranch and then in salsa, so on and so forth. Then I'd eat some cauliflower in the ranch. I was going to try cauliflower in salsa but... then I realized that the cauliflower was moldy...and that ruined that real fast. The carrots are fine... but every once in a while, oh say one in three carrots, would taste rancid. I don't know what's up with that. So, I broke out my back-up lunch of Ritz crackers. Lucky my salsa isn't going rotten. Ritz 'n Salsa. MmmMmmMm! Seriously, they taste super good together. You've gotta try it! And I have water. Water... so perfect, so refreshing, so pure.

This week has been interesting thus far. Lance's car decided to die this weekend, so Lance had a co-worker take him to work on Monday and I picked him up, and I drove him to work on Tuesday and a co-worker took him home. Lance feels so bad making people go out of their way, but what he doesn't realize is that people are happy to do it, because we love him. Yes we do!

So it's been snowing like craz-ay this week. Icky icky poo poo. The only thing worse than snow is driving in snow. I take that back. The only thing worse than snow, is OTHER people driving in snow. I'm telling you, most of the accidents on ice are caused by people that don't know what the heck they are doing, so they go 30mph (or slower) and if their gap of .5 mile between the car in front of them gets slightly smaller they slam on their brakes. Oh yes, it's not a tap on the brakes, it is a full blown SLAM. This sudden braking, either causes them to slide (dun dun dun) or causes the person behind them (who is 6 car lengths behind them) to suddenly brake as well, and slide into them, or into the next lane, or into the median, etc etc.

There are a couple of extremes in snow driving.
One is the person I described above who drives super slow and leaves tons of space, and hits the brake any chance they can. Bad idea.
The other is the person who drives 60-70mph, tailgates, and gets mad the the people driving slow, and slams on their brakes. Usually this person is in a truck or other SUV. Come on, you all know it's true!

What's the thing in common with the 2 above? Brakes. Slamming on your brakes is never a good idea. So just don't do it. That's all I have to say about that.

I got my hair did last night. It's pretty hawt. It's dark, dark, dark red-brown, and blonde. I like it a lot. And the blonde isn't gross dull blonde, it's super sparkly. It looks like glitter in the sun. It's amazing! Maybe I'll post a picture later on. ☺

Exciting Vacations!

I have a bunch of vacations coming up that I am so excited about!

First off, my company is paying for us to go to this First Steps to Success seminar in St. Louis Missouri. We are staying at the Hilton there. It is optional so unfortunately, my company is not paying for the flight or the hotel, but that's ok, it's surprisingly affordable! What they are paying for is our fee to get into the seminar, which is about $200 dollars. So I am more than grateful that they are paying for that. Heck, maybe I'll come away with this with the motivation and capability to become a millionare (I wouldn't be the first person to be able to do that after going to this thingy...). Anyway, I'm going with Rachel Ward, an old friend from high school who I got re-united with when she came to work with me temporarily. She's a lot of fun, and I'm excited to go on a little girls' trip.

Speaking of girls' trips, I'm going on another one for my 21st birthday with Sierra and maybe Cassie. I'm sooo excited! We are going to Vegas. Woot woot! We've been looking at hotels, and I found a couple that I really like, it just depends on how much Cassie and Sierra are okay with spending. :)

I've been to Vegas many, many, many times before. My family used to go twice a year... and since Lance and I got married we've been about 4 times. So it's not a new place to me. I know my way around, I know what a good price on a hotel is, I know what things there are to do for people that aren't 21 that are still totally fun (Chocolate Factory anyone?). But everytime I tell someone about it, they become this know-it-all... and it really bothers me.

Anyway, on our somewhat itinerary that is still up in the air, we have:
Marriage Can Be Murder - this is atotally awesome murder mystery dinner that we want to go to. It's about $50 a person, and you get a 5 course dinner, and you get to basically participate in a murder mystery thing. If any of you have gone to Murder Mystery party it's similar to that, but with real actors, and you don't know who the actors are, and who regular people just like you are. I think it will be totally fun!

We definitely have to make stops at Coke World and M&M World.

I want to go to the Playboy Club and play some blackjack, but we'll see if Sierra is up to that one. She doesn't really know how to play. If not, I at least want to go to some club!

Definitely have to visit the Ethel M Chocolate Factory... free chocolate, hello I am so there!

There's lots of other things we'll do, but I'm done writing about them.

Last on my vacation list: another cruise! Woot woot! Lance and I are somewhat planning another cruise to go on. This time we want to go out of Miami, FL and go to the Bahamas. We'll see though. That one is just an idea right now, but if we go we'll go in May.

Lucky Sevens

I decided that I should probably explain our user name"LuckySevens" and blog title "Lucky in Love."

Some of you might have guessed, some not even noticed the blog title, or heck, maybe you don't care! But whatev's.

Lance and I started dating back in July of 2002. July 7, 2002 was our first kiss (and the day he asked me to be his girlfriend). We dated on and off (but mostly on) for 5 years! We realized that we should get married in October of 2006. But, my brother had recently left on a mission, so we didn't really want to say anything or make it official, because I wanted Eric there. But, as many people know it's hard to make it to the temple if you're kinda engaged but not really, for an extended amount of time. So Lance proposed in December. We wanted our anniversary to be the same date it was already on, July 7th. So that was the date we planned for. Thus, we got married on the day that many, many other people did, July 7, 2007 (or 7/7/07).

In order to make the connection further: 7-7-7 on a slot machine means very good things for you! Hence: Lucky Sevens. And Lucky in Love... well... it's just a cheesy title that has to do with our 7's luck, and we're in love, so, Lucky in Love.