the last 90 days

Jax snoozing by my parents fireplace

trying to get a pic of Jax with antlers

Merry Christmas!

attempt with the antlers

get these things OFF of me!

my parents! love them!

silly bands... I think he had 78 in this picture

enjoying the freedom of the country life

this is where J sits most of the time, on my chest

my BFF

comparison of July to December with two hair cuts...

If I had the patience I'd sort the pictures... but I don't, even with all the time I have on my hands these days.

On Thursday, September 30 I lost my job. After 9 years, 10.5 months, it was gone. I guess almost 10 years at a company doesn't mean a whole lot these days. I was / am okay with it. Do somedays I get a little sad, maybe.... okay, yes. But, at the end of the day I know God has a better plan for me. I had been unhappy for a good year, maybe closer to 2 years in this place with the company. For the longest time I thought bman was a friend, but over the last few years I came to realize he wasn't and it became really clear that day. He had known for weeks that this was going to happen.

I left the next day and spent a couple of weeks at my parents. Spent some time just relaxing, seeing friends and family. Its the first time in 14 years that I've truly been able to enjoy my friends and family and not dread coming back home! Jax got so used to being able to go outside and just roam, to run, to be free! He's a city boy but he sure loves the freedom of the country.

So, not only did I lose my job by my home computer had shot the craps. I spent many days at the local library looking for jobs. The pain point of this was you were allowed 1 hour on the computer at a time, unless it was slow then they would grant you more time. But when you see people standing and waiting for a computer, I felt guilty. Thankfully, my parents came to the rescue... they basically financed me and I'm now paying them back for the wonderful computer I now use.

Out of the month of October, I probably spent 2.5 weeks in Iowa, including Halloween. Jax went nuts having the little kids in costumes show up. Sadly, we only had about 10 trick-or-treaters because of some mis-communication. It was sad and disappointing.

Thanksgiving was good, as always. My favorite holiday. Spending time with family, eating great food, getting our lists ready for Black Friday. Ahhhh... Black Friday. We left my parents house at 2:20 am! We got home around 5:30 or 6 that night. Pure exhaustion! My trunk barely shut and my Mama literally had enough room to sit in the back seat. It was awesome!

Christmas is now 15 days away... that just seems to surreal to me. Time has flown.

I've applied for so many jobs, had one interview and a few phone calls. I'm starting to stress a bit, but I know that God has a plan. I trust him completely!

I hope you have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and safe New Year!

At this rate, I'll write again in another 3 months, ha!

Unbelievable!

What a week it has been...

Sunday I cleaned my rear end off... my Aunt was here Monday. I worked for 90 minutes Monday and then spent the rest of the day with her. We had a lot of fun, and ate some great food! We ate
here for lunch and here for dinner. SO SO SO good. We watched the movie "Date Night" (I had watched it Sunday) and laughed our butts off. She left Tuesday morning before I even left for work, she was missin' her babies!

Monday during the movie I received a call that I had gotten the job promotion I had applied and interviewed for. I was SO excited and happy. Tues and Wed went by so quick, knowing that I was going to be starting a new job and because the Bman was out of town. I cleaned my office out, cleaned up the office some - it was just a great week thus far.

Thursday I get to the office and have a voice mail from the Bman...
"Kelli, if you're on speaker pick the phone up. I want to apologize for the way things have turned out... (phone starts cutting out) ... go ahead and ship the laptop back to the office (phone goes silent for about 10 seconds) ... again I'm really sorry. There should be an email coming out shortly, if you haven't gotten it already. I'm in training so I'll have to call you on my next break." I immediately started shaking, not really understanding what had just happened. Was I being fired? Did I lose the promtion? I tried to call Bman, of course no answer. I tried to call the hiring manager, no answer. The more I thought about it, the more worried I got. I was afraid the past few months trouble with the Bman was taking its toll, so I tried to call HR, no answer. I sent a text to Bman "WTF? Did you just fire me?" About an hour later he finally called and was laughing! Are you kidding me?!?!? I freaked out on him, what is going on? His phone was STILL breaking up, so he hung up. He called me a minute or so later, no he wasn't firing me! Whew... BUT. I lost the promotion. The company is making some alignment changes and will be eliminating this position soon. It is disappointing but oh my gosh is God good! If I would have transitioned to this new position, I would have been out of a job within the next 30-90 days. Yikes! So, I am beyond thankful that I have a job and will wait for the next opportunity to arise.

Friday was kind of painful since our numbers stink right now and because it was the last day for one of our reps. This guy was liked by everybody on the team, which it has been quite awhile since we've had that. He will be greatly missed!

Today so far has been busy. Supposed to be going to a friends house to watch the Iowa game, but I can't get Jax to leave my side. He is scared to death of storms... he is half laying on me, half laying on the couch as I type this with his eyes wide open. Let's hope this storm passes soon so I can head out!

Hope you've had a better week and have a great weekend!

post race celebration... training bra for one of our "newer" committee members who did an amazing job!

storm!

deer in my back yard, Jax went nuts!

this is what happens when you try to "play" with Mama kitty, she attacks!!

and this is what happens to Jax's white paws when he follows Mama and his Papa around all day, literally all day, while we're mowing

I was able to help S celebrate her birthday while in Iowa

the "baby bird"... inside joke between my Pa and I

Jax loving the fresh air

on the way to Iowa, he would NOT lay down this time

not laying down still

he laid down for maybe 5 mintues the entire 4.5 hour drive

A&K ... love her! My BFF

Been too long

I am not sure if anybody even still reads my blog, which is fine. I thought I'd post more frequently on blogger for awhile since there seems to be tooooo much drama on FB and I'm not sure if I'm ready to delete the people creating that drama or to just take a break, so taking a break I am :)

In May I celebrated the big 3-0. Nothing really changed except I left the 20's. My mom had planned on coming down with my nephew and neice and when they got here they surprised me with my Aunt. A great surprise and we had a great weekend!

In June I drove myself to the ER and was hospitalized for a few days. I woke up on a Saturday after sleeping downstairs with Jax and went to take him outside. From the staircase to the patio door, which is only about 10 feet, at that, I was out of breath. I wasn't sure if it was just because it was so muggy or just waking up and being so muggy out so I didn't think a whole lot of it. I went upstairs to shower and thought I was going to die by the time I made it to the top of the stairs. I was scared as heck by that time. I went and laid down in my bed and after a few minutes I seemed to be fine. I laid there for awhile, nothing changed but I was still worried. I decided if I was going to have to do the Dr I needed a shower. From my bed to the bathroom I was in tears, I couldn't breathe. I took a quick shower, threw on some clothes and got in the car. On the way there I called my parents and told them they might want to pack their bags and head down... oh and I also combed my hair :) I got to the ER and told them I was having a hard time breathing but no chest pains. The nurse comes out with a wheel chair and says "I understand you're having chest pains"... wth? Did I come to the right hospital? I quickly explained it wasn't chest pains. My oxygen was really low so they quickly put me on oxygen and put an iv in. The problem: blood clots in my lungs. The culprit: birth control. I was released on Monday from the hostpial with restricted orders to stay home until the doc gave the green light to go back. I also had to give myself shots daily...oi-vey. Do ya'll know how much I hate needles? Surprisingly it wasn't that bad. It burned for a few seconds once the needle came out but it was such a small needle. So far, I'm back at work (after a full week off) and taking oral meds once a day. I was having to go once a week to have my INR (blood level) taken but as of two weeks ago I'm down to every two weeks.

July... nothing real exciting. Full force of getting ready for the 2010 Susan G Komen Kansas City Race for the Cure. Jax and I stayed home for the 4th - he was scared of the fireworks. Poor guy! I did go back to Iowa for a week and it was great being able to spend time with family and friends, never long enough!

August... started off with my BFF coming down for the weekend. Loved having her here and wish we could see each other more often. The following weeeknd was the Race and man was it HOT. But, it went very well and I'm ready for 2011! We had our post-race celebration a few weeks later, it was good to see everyone out of their Komen gear and being able to relax!

September has brought some major life changes and I hoping for a job change. I am ready for the challenge in both my personal and professional life!

I think thats all for now... I'm going to do a separate post with some pics since blogger always messes up a post if I add pictures after I write.

HE is Risen!

Good Friday service was amazing. I cried through most of it. Very excited for service this morning!

Happy Easter all!

machine

This time of the year is supposed to be fun, right? Being outside, windows cracked or open, people walking outside... so where is all of that? My heat is still running, the windows are closed and I don't see people walking. Spring fever kicked in awhile ago and I'm still waiting on the day I can shut the heat off and open some windows! All of the snow from last Saturday has melted and today its been raining all morning, the poor ground is full of water!

I swear this entire post won't be crabby.... I am officially a sneezing, snotting-machine. I am beyond tired of being sick this winter season - my first season in at least 3 years to be sick this many times. Woke up this past Thursday with a sore throat, Dr gave me a script for sinus infection and ear infection yesterday. Good times!

I was supposed to be in Des Moines this weekend watching my 9 year nephew wrestle...he made it to state! Super proud and happy for him. Wish I could be there cheering him on, spending time with my niece and Momma too.

Looks like the sun might be trying to peek out, woot! Think I'm going to try to take a quick nap then get Jax outside for a bit!

rough day

to say today wasn't that easy is an understatement. I now understand why something was telling me to stay home this morning. But, I can't always take the easy way out and that definitely would have been the easy way out.

Mother Nature teased us last week with 60s and sunny and then yesterday with 70s and sunny. Today it was gloomy, rainy and in the low 50s. So of course some people's mood changes because of the weather. The day was going okay until this afternoon when I was accused of something that not only hurt the friendship but has burned a bridge.

I've been praying since I left work and will continue until I can actually fall asleep.

Thank goodness tomorrow is a day off!

new tricks

Jax's new trick is chasing his tail in circles, often times running into furniture... the island, the ottoman, his kennel, the couch... poor guy. He keeps on going though. I took some pictures and video, I'll have to upload them soon.

Today was awesome, I love it when some people are out of the office. The day flew, there was no drama and everyone was happy.

Saturday we got probably 6-8 inches of snow, today it was 58 degrees. Most of the snow is gone and the green grass is peaking back through.

Today is day 2 of my 30-day prayer request. He will provide, as always.

the last 7 months

• August 2009 - I experienced and volutneered with one of the most amazing foundations in my life. Something that has forever changed me. Susan G Komen Race for the Cure in KC was a huge success. There were over 25K people at Union Station that day. I got a bad taste in my mouth from the committee chair, but remembered why we were all there and decided to volunteer again.

Jax at my parents summer 2009

• September 2009 - I don't remember much from this month other than going back to Iowa over Labor Day. It was a good trip and Jax did really well in the ride back.
• October 2009 - I met who I thought was the man of my dreams, the love of my life. We spent as much time as we could together given our distance over the next few months. Halloween was uneventful, stayed home and kept Jax inside :)

Jax growing... fall 2009

• November 2009 - Thanksgiving! I was able to make it back to Iowa to spend time with family. We changed our tradition and had Thanksgiving at my brothers. I think we almost had more dogs than people. My SIL's Dad brought their 4 month old yellow lab, my brother had his almost 10 year old yellow lab plus their 3 new puppies and then Jax. The pups all had fun playing! I was able to spend a night in Cedar Rapids and see some friends...

Rylee cheesin ... Owen givin kisses to his Mama.

• Dec 2009 - Christmas! It came and went as quickly as it always does. Once again I was able to spend time with family but also able to spend a bit more time with friends in Cedar Rapids. I came back to KC to so much snow I couldn't even get in my driveway or into my garage. New Years Eve was spent back in KC, Jax and I rang it in together.
• January 2010 - Another month gone.
• February 2010 - My work team won a contest that landed us with $2500. We rented a party bus to drive us around the city and had separate hotel rooms waiting for us at the end of the night. It was so much fun!

I know I've left a lot out and there are a lot of pictures missing, but I have to start somewhere!

So far behind

It would take me probably a good week to try and catch up on what has been going on over the last 7 months. I'm sure though that if anybody still reads this I'd bore them to sleep and I really don't have that kind of time on my hands.

So for now I'll leave a few pics and hopefully later today I can try and highlight some things that has happened.

Jax playing with Kasey at my parents.

Not so thrilled about the hat.