Just blogging about anything ...

Well, I'm sitting at home on a Saturday just finishing up some reading for work. As for Janny, she is working on school work with a fellow classmate downstairs. With the new job and all, blogging has become a lessor priority.

Let's see ... what have we done in the house? We put up some curtains last weekend in the front room of our house courtesy of the Pottery Barn outlet in Michigan. The prices there were pretty good and a far outcry from the regular PB stores. We also finally cleaned up the guest bedroom (well, it's still missing a bed!) of the mess that was in there. I put up some window coverings for our front door in the meantime until we decide whether or not to replace the glass inserts. The coverings consisted of wax paper and double-sided photo tape. Trust me, it doesn't look all that bad. It'll have to do. I think I mentioned the 6 hour garage opener install with the help of my Dad. What else ... what else.... ummm....the builder sent one fo the contractors over to change out one of our front windows. Apparently, the seal had broken, thus, causing condensation in between the panes. I think that's it.

On the work front, I finished up orientation last week and I'm still waiting for my first work assignment. The priority now is obtaining a US work visa. This is taking much longer than expected. The "virtual office" that comes along with my job is quite a perk as it gives me more flexibility in managing my time. Yeah, I say this now and then when I get assigned, I'll be busy as hell. The one cool purchase I decided to give myself for the new job was a brand new cell phone. The company pays for the monthly bill but I have to pay for the hardware. This enables employees to purchase what they want. I got myself a Motorola Razr V3. This gadget is COOL ! I had my old Samsung for almost 5 years and the thing was falling apart. Yep, this was the cheap side of me. I got the phone to last 5 years. Pretty good $100 investment if you ask me.

Other news .. I bought out the lease on the car so I now own it 100%. I had signed up for a 3 year lease instead of the usual 4 year in 2003 so in April, I had to make the decision to give the car back or buy it out. Well, considering that the car only had 29,000km on it and has had no major issues, the answer was simple. The other thing that made the decision easy was that I still enjoying driving it, as much as I did the first day I bought it. Never felt this way before but then again, I used to own a Golf and a Jetta. Sorry VW owners but I despise VW cars. The quality is just horrible.

And here is my baby stuck in construction outside our house:



Anyways, time to sign off and get back to reading....