The Joys of the Interview Process......

So as most of you know, I'm still on the search for the perfect job. Today I had an interview for a position that I wasn't exactly "excited" about but hey, at this point, I can't exactly be too picky. Therefore, I got up this morning, put on my black interview suit, and made the one hour trek to the building where the interview was to take place. I was really early so I ran a few errands and pulled into the parking lot approximately 30 minutes before the interview. Enough time to brush my hair, redo my makeup and slip on my pumps (since purple crocs don't exactly go well with the proper interview attire).

When I pulled into my parking spot, I noticed that in the two spots to my left, there were some huge metal poles that were bundled up and lying (laying, leaning? Sorry I didn't do well in grade school English) on the ground. They were close enough to the front of the actual parking spot that a small vehicle could still pull in there but would just have to be careful as not to run over it. As I am applying some lipstick before I go in, a orange car abruptly pulls up and backs into the space immediately to my left. Apparently, this gentleman did not see the poles and proceeded to ram over them and a lovely screeching/scratching noise eluding to the damage done to the underside of his car, subsequently occurred. He thus pulled up a tad (more screeching) and flings his door open-right into MY car door. Obviously it wasn't of worry to him that he could have potentially scratched/damaged someone else's car because he pays no attention to the fact he hit another person's car door, briefly checks the back of his car, and then proceeds to walk towards the building entrance. Apparently he didn't see that the owner of the little silver bullet he hit was SITTING in her car when he did that.

Anyway, I grab my purse and hop out of my car to inspect the damage. Turns out that thankfully there were no scratches/dents (or orange paint) on the silver bullet. But seriously, who hits someone's car and doesn't even LOOK to see if they caused any damage? What if I had a HUGE dent in my car? Whatever, I didn't and all is good so I'll just forget about this jerk-off. With it being just a few minutes before my interview, I get my resume binder, lock my car doors and head into the building. As I walk in I am searching for the office to meet at when a gentleman asks "Are you here to meet Todd Smith?" Since that is the person I am interviewing with, I turn around while simultaneously answering yes. It is then that I become face to face with Mr. Smith who in fact turns out to be.....yes....... the "lovely" gentlemen who parked his orange vehicle right beside me. =) What a great way to start an interview......let's just say this is a job I definitely WON'T be taking.

Abby's Halloween Costume

I apologize for not posting below but I was quite uncertain with what to do about little Abaco's Halloween outfit. Randomly, I had to take a trip to the big city yesterday and made a quick drive by to PetCo to pick up an ID tag for the new girl in our life. Of course, they put those darn Halloween costumes right where you can't miss them I had to look again to make sure there wasn't another super cute one I should have gotten for Pay. I hadn't intended on getting Abby one just for the fact that I wasn't sure what size she would be come the end of Oct and didn't want to buy one that was a) too small and she would grow out of b) too big for her this Oct and risk that it would be too small come NEXT Oct. Anyway, I found a cute little alternative-a bat collar. So here's my little Abby-cakes in HER OWN OFFICIAL Halloween costume:

Halloween Costumes!

While I've never been one of those super gung-ho Halloween peeps, I've always enjoyed finding something fun to dress up as and go out on one ghoulish weekend a year. Well, last October, I decided that Payton needed to get in the Halloween spirit too. During a quick trip to Petsmart, I found just the costume for her-a cute little chicken. And so the tradition has begun. Here's some pics of her in the costume-can you tell how absolutely thrilled she was to be wearing that chicken head?


Of course when I went in PetCo the other day to pick up some stuff for our new bundle of joy, Abby, they already had the Halloween costumes out-seriously perfect timing as it's a good hour to the nearest pet store and I wasn't sure if I was gonna make it back that direction again before October would be over. It was a tough choice, it came down to an elephant, a peacock, and the winner-Payton as a horsie with a little cowboy riding her. Now don't let her fool you, she LOVES getting dressed up (mainly because it usually precedes the event of going for a ride-one of her most favorite things.) But I think the head gear is just a little too much for her. All in all, I think Pay will be able to suck it up and hopefully she'll be a little happier next time she puts the costume on.

The Animals in my Life

Well I'm sure most of you are already well aware of one of the loves of my life: my darling, beautiful, smart, sassy Pomeranian Payton. I adopted Payton a little over 3 years ago (right before I started law school) and she has been the most wonderful daughter I could ever ask for =)


She is such a people person and LOVES to go with her family everywhere they go:

Tailgating-GEAUX TIGERS!!!!


The Bahamas


Or just about anywhere:


Our newest addition to the family is a little cutie pie named Abaco (named after one of the islands in the Bahamas) or for short, Abby. She's a fun-loving, hyper, and energetic little fuzz ball who just joined her sister Pay one week ago.




A few other animals that have decided to take up residence at our house are Midnight and Pumpkin (I'll leave it up to your imagination as to what name goes with which cat ;)). Both of these were stray cats that lived out in our barn for awhile but have now decided that life lounging around our deck is much better. I honestly am NOT a cat person AT ALL (neither is my husband) but I'm okay with these two. They are far from tame but I have no problem with feeding them and allowing them to stick around-as long as they take care of those pesky mice that like to run around in the country!




Besides, Payton has decided that letting them know she is boss is her favorite new pasttime. Here she is rounding up the troops:





And last but not least, a couple of hummingbirds that have been gracing us with their presence lately. I know they're kinda hard to see from the pics but those things move fast when you whip out a camera!

Of course, I have to end with a pic of my beautiful little daughters all snuggled up for a nap =)