Settled into our new house

Well, we moved....lol. Yea...it's been quite a while since I updated, so here you go:

We moved to MCA November 7th. I LOVE it here!!! =) It is absolutely awesome. We live with 12 people [I think??? unless I counted wrong?] but at any given time of day, there's like 15-20 people in this house. And there's always someone awake & someone willing to hang out, play video games, whatever, regardless of whether it's 3 am or 2 pm. Being the ultra-social butterfly that I am, I'm completely eating up all this social interaction. =)

The bad news is, we STILL don't have jobs, per say (we're still running our computer repair & graphic design company, just not getting any business). =( But we spend Monday-Friday (9-4) at Career Link, going to job workshops, filling out applications, etc and we are truly giving it 130% effort, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed for things to look up after the holidays are over. =) Just this week, I've applied to 52 jobs, if that tells you anything about my efforts... It's just that no one wants to hire right now, especially during the holiday season. =(

So for now, I've picked up a side income: I am a Home & Garden Party Designer. =) Here's a link to the website, in case you don't know what that is: http://www.HomeAndGardenParty.com/Home?WebId=4858651. I just started last week, so give me time to get started before you ask about my success. But I really hope I can continue this as a side project, a little extra for whatever job I get through Career Link. =) My friend, and now boss, Danny has made around $1,000/month, just doing three one-hour parties a month (because he's too busy with his full-time job to do more). And that's been consistent for over a year. So maybe I'll be as fortunate.

Speaking of which, if any of you want me to throw you a party, call me! Or email me, that works too. =)
We have sooo many promotions going on right now for Hostess... For example, every Hostess gets a free shopping spree, valued at 20% of the sales. So let's say I sell $400 at your party (not hard at all), you get $80 in free stuff, which you can pick out of the catalog or online selection. It can all add up.... Add on top of that, you can get half priced items, also relative to the amount I sell during your party. And if I throw your party between January 1st through 31st, you can get a Super "Bowl" Promotional gift set (click here to find out what that is).
And no, being a Hostess isn't hard at all. All you need to do is provide a place (usually your living room) and give me a list of names of people who you think might be interested in coming. That's it! I'll provide food, games, door prizes, everything. I'll even create & mail the invitations! So please, please don't hesitate to talk to me about this. =)

Anywho, back to my life....Christmas was pretty good. We went to see my family & had an awesome time and even got every single gift we asked for, plus some! Unfortunately, Steve was really sick and on Christmas night we had to bring him to the ER because he was really dehydrated. =( Don't worry too much...they gave him fluids and nausea medicine and luckily he was able to fight that bug off so he's much better now. Otherwise, it was a really nice Christmas. =)

To state the obvious, New Year's Eve is tomorrow...woot! I can't wait!! =) We're having a party here with friends, games (RockBand, Guitar Hero World Tour, Buzz It, Scene It, etc), and TONS of munchies and drinks (no alcohol of course). =) It should be pretty awesome. I'll have to update later to tell you how it went. But for now, I'm going to nap. Night. =)