Moved to Texas

Moved to texas

Thanks for the guest post by Jonathan Curtis

We moved to Texas on a whim but it ended up being the best thing ever for our pocketbooks. It’s so great how cheap everything is down here compared to the city and the weather’s not too bad either! The people are so nice and we found a great agent to help us get our home – it was bargain basement priced and we’ve saved money on everything from a contractor tohttp://www.texaselectricityproviders.com by the suggestions of our new neighbors. I just don’t know what we’re going to do with all our extra spending money each year! Anyway, I’m really excited about how things are panning out down here and I can’t believe this is our new life. If you’d asked me a year ago if I wanted to live in Texas I would have laughed at you but as it turns out, it’s a great state for me. I love barbeque, too, so there’s no shortage of great places for me to run by and grab lunch if you know what I’m saying!

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What's Next For Me?

I'm finally done with my Medical Billing program! Actually I've been done for more than a week now and I'm just taking a breather. Next week I will be busy updating and sending out resumes and hopefully I could get a job that allows mommy hours! Mommy hours as in - I work while my son is in school and I go home when he gets out of school, is that too much to ask? LOL. Well that's six hours a day too, so I guess I'm willing to work part time for now. It would be a great adjustment after being away from corporate world for almost 7 years. I am excited to see what's next for me and I'm looking forward to working again!

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It's About Time

The mid-winter school break is upcoming and I'm so looking forward to not having to wake up early and get my son ready for school. I can stay in bed longer and enjoy some quality sleep for a change. I'm missing on good sleep because I stay up really late to do my online course. I'm a night person and I am most productive at night. During the day, I do household chores and run errands, so I'm not really resting a bit too. Sometimes things catch up on me and I would need a power nap to recharge again. I can't wait for my last online course to get done, I only need to take up the final exams and I'm all set (sigh!) It's about time to get done with my course!

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Non-working Blogs

So what have I been up to the past weeks? I've been up to so many things except updating my blogs. The time when I finally had the chance to check my blogs, two of them were acting weird too. Every time I try to access my mommy blog and food blog, I always get redirected to an entrecard.mad1421.com,,,, link. Does anybody know how to fix this problem? My mommy blog is a domain, current and doesn't need renewing till August 2012. The food blog however is just a free blog so no need to renew at all, unless there's a new policy that I'm not aware about (?). I haven't been active blogging so I'm totally losing my 'techy' skills if you can call it that. Anyway, now that I'm almost done with my course, I can commit few hours to blogging again. I wish though that my other two blogs were working too.

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Get in the Kitchen!

Guest post written by my buddy Lavern Small

I recently got direct TVat home and I can tell you one thing, I’ve been watching the Food Channel all the time! Whether it’s Bobby Flay or Paula Deen or even Ina Garten you can bet I’ve got one of them on my TV at any given time. I work from home so it’s been really nice having it on in the background while I work since it’s something I can easily tune out. I love cooking anyway so it’s been fun picking up extra tips and tricks while I’m just doing my regular work and I know my boyfriend can tell a difference in my cooking skills! There’s nothing about being a chef that excites me, particularly the hours, but it’s nice to know that I could hold my own in any kitchen if given the chance. My family wasn’t big on cooking when I grew up so everything I’ve learned about the discipline has been self-taught up until this point. That’s something I feel like I can really be proud of you know?

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Weekend in NH

We had a great family weekend getaway in Lincoln NH last week. We took advantage of the long weekend and the gorgeous weather - imagine fall weather in the 80's, unbelievable! It was supposed to be a three-and-a-half-drive up to Lincoln but it took us a bit more because of the traffic. It looked as if everybody was out enjoying the weather too. We saw the beautiful display of foliage along the way, breathtaking! We stayed at South Mountain Resort right at the center of town closed to everything which was both great and not-so-great. Great because everything was almost walking distance, not-so-great because it will take you forever to turn left when you're driving because traffic was moving so slow.

There were many highlights in this vacation. We went miniature golfing twice! We had so much fun that we had to do it again. In fact we might do it again this weekend, schedule permitting. But we're not driving all the way to NH for that, we found a miniature golf range close by. We also took the Hobo Railroad train ride around the White Mountains, and the view was just awesome. We also took the Gondola Skyride up to Loon Mountain and it was really fun. When we reached the summit, the kiddo played some at the playground then we had sumptuous lunch at the summit restaurant. Then we just enjoyed the breathtaking view of the mountain and lake from the restaurant deck. The kiddo also had the time of his life bouncing and flipping back in the bungee trampoline. It was his first time to try it and was not scared at all. Then of course as adventurous as we are in terms of trying new cuisines, we dined in different restos. Hb had the weirdest mac 'n cheese with cranberry sauce, he said it was just ok. We also went to a very popular pub full of bikers and waited for a long time to have a seafood platter and clam chowder.

It was a fun family vacation overall but I wish we could stay longer.

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