Happy February!

Okay, okay...it's been a while. A big thank you to Emma for giving me a call today to remind me that I haven't blogged in FOREVER!

So, here's a brief overview of our life since January 3.

• Still no news on whether or not Shane has a permanent position at Medicis or not. He did get to design his cubicle in the new building, but that isn't a for sure indication. He's also been given bigger projects and more to work on, so that's a good sign.
  
• My parents came to visit for a whole week. We got to spend time together and watch some good, quality movies...
• Thanks to the webcam we got for Christmas, we have discovered the wonderful world of Skype. Now my mom and I can have face to face conversations any day! We've also made some really cheap calls to Peru and played peekaboo with Vera in Bosnia!!
• We ordered new blinds for almost our whole house. By Monday I should be rid of the old, 70s-style vertical blinds!
• We may get our first night's sleep in a completely dark room this week. I'm going to today to buy black-out curtains to block out the wonderful orange K-mart lights that shine in our bedroom windows.
• We have half of a new front yard. Shane and his dad moved over new stone for our front yard and installed new lights along our sidewalk. Shane also pulled out my monster boganvias and is working today to get that area ready for gravel too. As I write this, they're pouring cement to make our sidewalk more accessible and get the other side of our driveway ready for cobblestones.
• We got new doorknobs for the entire house. This may not seem very exciting to some, but the ones we had were a funny color (a weird dark brassy color) and they were funny looking.
• Although I'm only scheduled to work 40 hour weeks now (I know...only??), I'm still working at least 50... They keep saying it'll slow down soon, but I'm not sure it ever will.
• Shane finally learned this week just how good I am at procrastinating certain things...and he's learning how to deal with it. I'm turning in receipts for reimbursement from our move in May TODAY (yes, it'd been that long...).
  
• I learned how effective copying the CIO on an email request is at getting results. I'd been waiting for a response from someone for over a week, but once the CIO's email address showed up in the email, I got a response within hours!!!
• In order to fill the void in our life from the lack of a new season of 24, we've been watching season 5 with Tom and Ashlely. We only have 6 episodes left, but we have season 6 ready to start right away.
• We officially have a guest room! We have a bed and it's all put together, so you're all welcome to visit!
  
• We (almost) had house visitors... We were sad that Tim and Tricia couldn't come in the end!!
  

Well, that's a good start for now. I'll post pictures once the blinds are up and the yard is finished.