Happy New Year to You and Yours

happiness 
–noun
1. the quality or state of being happy.
2. good fortune; pleasure; contentment; joy

My word for 2009~ Mandy had a great suggestion for one word you would focus on for the next year. I was already thinking that remembering all the GOOD things in my life is a better way to live, and what a better time to start than right after the holidays. We all seem to remember how great our family and friends are around the holidays, but I want to focus on that every season :).

As one year ends another begins

When I was younger, I realize I am not "old" now, but I am semi-adult. :) When I was a kid, actually a kid, I would be so terribly sad to see the year pass; New Year's Eve was always tough~ I hated to say goodbye to the year. I would think about all the memories that I thought were going to be lost with the end of the year. Now, it is scary to see the years flying by but I try to always be EXCITED about the possibilities of the coming year.

There is nothing I can do to slow it down, so I might as well be excited about what the future holds. *Don't get me wrong I am excited for what the future holds- yay!

This holiday season was FANTASTIC! I have *tons* of GREAT pictures and one Christmas left before the season is officially over.

I hope EVERYONE had a very Merry Merry Christmas and is ready for a GREAT New Year!

These will be backwards-- here is Christmas night recovery and the following days in Dallas.

So, this is the recovery on Christmas night. We had a GREAT day.

See Big under the table? He digs it under there.
He likes laying on Dad, too.

Having fun looking at the pictures from the day....

About to go to dinner with Diane and Ernie

So much fun at dinner!

My Diane and I, we had some eyes closed issues :)
Talking... shocking :)

I forgot to mention..

While I was "jet-setting" to New Mexico (ha-ha).


Jon was super busy studying for finals~ I took pictures, well becaue that is what I do. This is a shot of his notecards for ONE final! EEK.

The great news?! He made a 93 on his history final and an A in the class, YIPEEEEEE

Apparently all of those notecards paid off BIG TIME.

I am so proud of him. :)

What's been going on? A TON

So, the last few weeks have been crazy busy!! Between Xmas shopping and going to Albuquerque with work; once I get home I hit the sack. I was talking to Frankie over Thanksgiving and I see why sitting on the couch and having a few hours of quiet is the best part of the end of a long day!

Anyways, back to the fun stuff -- after tonight ALL the xmas shopping will be done. YAY

I have some great pictures from New Mexico and some fun stories, but I will share those over the holidays. ;)

Below is my Corona I ordered our first night at Maloney's ~ apparenlty it is a "bomber" which means HUGE BEER! Needless to say, it was the ONLY beer of the night. I tried one called Moose's Drool- that was pretty good, too. It was a dark beer.

The lime wedge was tiny, what was I supposed to do with that?!

A group shot from Maloney's ~ eating dinner, chatting, and watching the Cowboy Game!

My WONDERFUL tourguides, above. Aaron and Amy ~ also engaged as of last night. Amy is also the PC in Abq!
These ladies are FABULOUS ~ L to R: Angie, Holly and Marcie



Now, we were there to meet about our plans for 2009 and how we can continue to improve our services. Below is the theme from the meeting!!


The best part about this region, we meet once a quarter and we have the best time!



On our way to the dinner, did I mention is snowed ALL day Monday? It was beautiful!


This is my roomie for the trip, Megan. We had such fun! She is the PC in Midland/Odessa/ San Angelo.

Here is a pic of some of our region V2- We were treated to a WONDERFUL dinner at a winery as a 2008 Thankyou. I promise Holly and I didn't dress alike on purpose, but it was the brunt of many funny quips all night. :) L to R : Me, Holly (my boss), Beth (DD from Amarillo), Angie (DD from Midland), Amanda (DD ABQ) and then Yolanda (PC from El Paso) in front of Holly, and Marcie (PC from Midland)!


Our side of the table!

The other side of the table + Rhonda. :)

The kickin' butt Midland team and our Regional Tracy- Way to go on hitting budget 3 weeks to the new year!
Our fearless leaders! Tracy and Rhonda are wonderful women.

Marcie and I, we have a plan!!!

Day 2 of the meeting:
See all the hard work we do? Look at all the writing on the walls! This is an Action shot of one of our activities!

These women are WONDERFUL and so, so much fun. :)

FEDEX SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!

Why oh why can't a company that SPECIALIZES in shipping actually DELIVER the product?!!?


GAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Twice, they have tried to deliver my package TWO TIMES and BOTH times the deliver guy has NOT actually attempted to BRING THE PACKAGE TO ME. Want to know HOW I know this? Okay, I will fill you in... I HAVE BEEN SITTING IN MY OFFICE WAITING :( grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Seriously, tomorrow FEDEX better deliver my package to my office- if it isn't there by lunch I am going down to their lubbock STATION or terminal and someone has some EXPLAINING TO DO. Ah, you say call customer service? I HAVE THREE TIMES. They "can't do anything because the terminal in Lubbock is closed" REALLY- the drivers are still out but ALL management has left for the day at 5 o'clock?! By the way, they deliver until 8 PM.
WOW what a job.

Do you know who can ship and DELIVER packages? UPS- what can brown do for me? ACTUALLY BRING ME MY PURCHASES WHEN THEY SAY THEY WILL!

Seriously, I ordered 4 xmas gifts from the SAME company, at the SAME time. They chose to send them separately, two from FEDEX and two from UPS. UPS arrives at 10am today- 1 week after my purchase, not a business week but literally 7 days from the night I ordered these items online. The other package was "expected" to arrive SATURDAY-hence the post below- and then REDELIVERED TODAY- and do I have my items? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
The delivery driver didn't OPEN my office door, not my personal door but the DOOR TO ENTER the office, WTH??!!NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.


I know I can't possibly NEVER use FEDEX again, but I will NOT go to FEDEX for any more of my retail shipping, printing, copying, etc. Bring on the USPS and UPS.


~end rant~ *for now* :)