Monoface

If you get bored and want to find something entertaining online, check out this website. http://www.mono-1.com/monoface/

Once it loads, click on the facial features. I thought it was fun. 

Big Al

I don't know. I got a kick out of this. "Big Al" was a fake alligator in the window of a gas station somewhere in GA, I think. Good stuff. 

Weekly Wrap Up

Another week has gone by. I went to Chicago for a product photo shoot on Monday and Tuesday. It was a lot of fun, and I saw a lot of new product I had not seen before. It takes forever to set up a shot...lots bag styling before it is ready. We ate dinner at Morton's steak house on Monday night, which was my first time eating there, and being an avid meat eater, I very much enjoyed it. We also went to Ikea where I was the only poor person, and therefore the only person not to make a purchase. The second day of the trip, I got sick. It was pretty embarrassing because I didn't want everyone to think it was from the drinks we had the night before. The problem was that I got NO sleep on Monday night. Tossed and turned all night. Finally gave up trying around 6 am and just watched tv. I've always had issues with not getting sleep and not feeling well. So Tuesday I woke up with a headache, which turned into a migraine, which turned into nausea. By lunchtime, I was miserable, and actually had to go lay down in the van while everyone else ate lunch. Pretty humiliating. Now I am probably called 'that stupid new girl that got sick' behind my back. Hope not, anyways. 

The rest of the week went by pretty fast, and now it is a 3 day weekend, woohoo! Friday night we went out to a bar downtown with some people from work and their wives, so that was fun. It was nice to hang out with other people. We had a good time, and went back to someone's house and hung out. Everyone around here owns homes, it is so frustrating, I have started looking up houses online, because I am ready for my own! They are definitely cheap enough here, it would pretty much cost the same per month as renting, if not cheaper. Hopefully our time will come. 

Of course we watched the Gator game yesterday. Great game, definitely enjoyed it. This is so not a college football town. No bars/restaurants around here carried the game so we bought the ESPN gameplan so we could watch it at home. Fun stuff, that college football. Looks like our weekends will now be booked. 

As for today and tomorrow, we are hoping to get to a driving range at some point. Who knows what else...the world is our oyster. 

-nissa

Life goes on...

Sorry, no pics today. Not a lot to photograph. We had a good week, and now a good weekend. We checked out a bar on Friday night, which I am sure we'll go back to. It's almost within walking distance, so a good place to watch football games. Saturday we went shopping at two different malls. For dinner we tried out a new (to us) restaurant, across the street, called Casa Grill. Turned out to be pretty great. It was like a Olive Garden, but with way better food. I had stuffed shells (although they called them something much more fancy) and Alexis had a chicken and mushroom risotto. We then had a cannoli (sp?) and I had a chocolate cappuccino. The food was so good, and really well priced, I imagine we'll go back there soon! I love trying out new restaurants, I think that has been my favorite thing about moving. 

Today Alexis went to the driving range while I stayed home to work on a freelance project. It is hard to work full-time AND work on freelance projects, but I am trying to get back into it and stay on top of things. Tomorrow (Monday), I am going to Chicago for two days for work, along with some other people. We are going to watch/manage a product photo shoot, so I am excited about that. 

We have had a good weekend, but we'll have to try to do more 'visually interesting' things so that I have pics to upload. I am starting to meet more people to do things with outside of work, so I think our schedules will continue to get busier. I hope anyways, I'll keep ya posted. 

-Nissa

Tired.

It has been a long few days. We left for Florida on Thursday last week, after work. We got home at about ten or eleven in the morning. Then we left Florida to come back on Saturday night, around midnight, and arrived in Fort Wayne at around five pm. I am still exhausted from lack of sleep and long hours in the car. But the good news is, Mettina's wedding was last weekend. yaay!

The wedding was beautiful, as was Mettina, of course. The only snag during the day was that the Bride almost caught on fire. Now, that would have been a HUGE snag, but notice I said almost. There were candles on the stairs leading up the altar, and fortunately the bride's mom made a beeline for the dress when it brushed up against the candles. Talk about saving the day.

After that, things went perfectly, and the church was full of emotion. The wedding was followed by a 7-course meal at a little Italian Restaurant (appropriately named Little Italy) and the food was amazing, and I do believe that a good time was had by all. I am so glad I was able to be there for all of it. Congratulations Mettina and Tim!

In the limo

Best friends

Dogs at Kentucky rest stop on way back.

The trip back was a bit rough, but I am thankful we made it one piece. Now it is back to work for me, which thankfully, I don't mind. Although, I do wish they would get the A/C issues resolved, sweating it out in an 85 degree office is not my cup of tea. Feels like I am back in Florida.

Thats about it in our lives. Just living the dream! (ha ha.)

Time to eat dinner now, bourbon chicken, by Chef Al.

til next time

It's been awhile

Well it's been awhile since the last post. Mainly because now that I have a work computer I never go on my dinosaur of a computer at home where I upload my images. Everything takes forever. But anyways, things have been good. Work has been great, and the weather has been a-mazing! 60s in the morning, 70s to 80s in the afternoons. We have been keeping our back door wide open during the days and turning off the air. I wish the weather would stay like this all year.

Last weekend we went to the driving range. That was a fun experience. It was only my second time going to one, and it has been over a year since the last time so I was basically starting from scratch. Luckily, by the end of the day, I had made some good improvements so there is hope. We'll have to start going every weekend now until winter comes.

my new golf clubs

driving range

for mom

So that's what we've been up to. Golf, movies, cooking, etc. Alexis has been looking into going back to school. Tonight we have to get ready for our drive back to FL for Mettina's wedding. We will be leaving tomorrow when I get off of work, so I will definitely have info to report next week. Talk to ya then...

First Week and Fort Wayne

So it's Friday, which means I have completed my first week of work. It was definitely a hectic week, there was a ton of meetings, but it was fun to get so involved so quickly. The hardest part will be remembering everyones names, I have met sooo many people. I definitely like the job so far, so I am excited. If you are not already a member of Club Vera, make sure you go to the website and join! I'll be creating some of the emails for that.

But anyways, I am exhausted from information overload. Definitely draining. I am hoping to have a low key weekend. We are thinking about going to a driving range. I have only been to one once before, and I was sore for days. I'll have to keep you updated on my amazing golfing skills. There are a lot of nice courses here, and they are not very expensive, so I feel a hobby coming on.

Anyways, don't mean to be boring, but I am too tired to be witty today. Here are the pics of Fort Wayne:

Our complex.

Fire Station downtown.

Fave place to shop.

Downtown.

City of churches.

Cute, older homes.

library downtown.

That's all folks!

Nissa