March is here...

Hard to believe that March is already here. March & April are usually interesting weather months in Tennessee. It might snow one day and be 70 degrees a couple of days later. We're kicking the month off that way now. We had snow on Sunday and it will be around 70 by week's end. I'm looking forward to the warmer weather, but I like seeing snow sometimes too. We dont get enough in Nashville.

I do get panicky about tornado weather this time of year though. It might sound silly, but that's just me. This year is even crazier b/c we dont really have an interior room or hallway in this house. I guess our somewhat basementy area would be the safest. I can assure you I've never been shy about popping into the closet during a storm at our old house. Bottom line is that I'm a big baby about stormy/windy weather.

We had a great week & weekend. On Saturday, we ran around town looking at rugs for our living room. I hate looking for stuff like that, but I was relieved to head to the hockey game against Detroit that night. The game was U-N-B-E-L-I-E-V-A-B-L-E!!! Detroit is always one of the top teams in the league. We're struggling this year but whipped their behind. It was 5-0 at the end of the first period!! We wound up with an 8-0 victory. Crazy, crazy, crazy!!!! We capped the night off back in our neighborhood at a wine party at our friends house. Good times.

We slept in a little on Sunday before going to lunch with friends. We came home and then checked out a going out of business sale... it sucked. I got back in better spirits after that when we met a friend to go bowling. I'm a very inconsistent bowler. I did well the first game and then sucked at the next. True form for Casey.

Tomorrow is a new day on the job search. I'm meeting with a new recruiting company. We'll see what kind of opportunities they have. I'll be glad for the process to be over though. I need a winning lottery ticket.

Hope y'all had a great weekend and have a great week. I'm looking forward to having some company this weekend!!!

Yay, Slumdog!

Hola. Checking in with ya again.

Hope you had a fab weekend. I did and of course it goes by so quickly.

We had dinner at home on Friday night and just chilled. After some landlord chores at Hal's duplex on Saturday, we headed to a late lunch and realized that we hadnt seen any of the Oscar nominated films. So, we changed that. I was torn between Milk and Slumdog Millionaire. After checking the showtimes, it was an easy decision considering Milk wasnt being shown at the only theater I can think of for that type of movie.

We got there about 15 minutes before showtime, but it was still hard to find 2 seats. A fun random thing was that we ended up sitting only 2 seats away from some friends.
The movie was awesome and it deserved to win some Oscars. I obviously cant compare it to the other nominees in each category, but you should check it out if you havent already. I loved the flashback storytelling aspect. I really loved the ending but wont spoil it for those who havent seen it.

I'll wrap this up with something that excites very few of you except me... we came home & caught a Preds game on TV... and we won in overtime. Every win is crucial at this point. I was a little ticked that neither of us won a trip to see the Preds on the road in Chicago but C'est la vie!!!

Hope you have a great week. There are 3 Preds games. Not sure I'm going to any but send positive thoughts their way.

Happy Prez's Day!

I hope everyone is enjoying your President's Day holiday--assuming you have the day off. Kind of a nonsensical holiday in my opinion, but I used to enjoy a paid day off anyway.

I also hope you had a Happy Valentine's Day! Hal & I arent usually into getting caught up in the mania of commercial holidays and this year was no exception. We dont care about cards or gifts and lovey dovey patrons at restaurants, so we stayed home all day. We had a friend come over to play cards that night and that's the extent. Note to my card playing friend, I dont take losing lightly and will make sure that doesnt happen again.

I mentioned in my last blog that we had some hockey games last week. They were exciting. We lost to Detroit pretty badly--BOO, Red Wings. We went back on Thursday for Hal's bday and saw one of the most exciting games so far this year. The Preds tied up the game with only 3 seconds left and won the game in an overtime/shoot-out. Woo Hoo. We didnt go Saturday night, but they again won in a shoot-out against the best team in the league. Let's hope they win again tonight. We are really close to edging into the last spot to make it into the playoffs. I'm excited to go tonight!!!

I've bored all the non-hockey fans (most of the people who read this blog), so I'll wrap this up.

Have a good week!!!

Spring-tease

Hey, y'all! It's been a few weeks since I've checked in on here!

Still no major breaking news to report, but I wanted to say hi so you guys & gals dont think I've totally forgot about blogging.

I'm happy to be on my porch right now enjoying the beautiful weather. We've had plenty of cold days recently, but it's 60 right now and will be for the next week or so. It's even going to be around 70 on Sunday... woo hoo... It gets me in the spring mindset. The birds are even out & about hootin' & hollerin.'


Still nothing to announce on the job front. I hope that changes soon. I've had a couple of opportunities over the past couple of weeks, so that's definitely promising after over 6 months of not a lot of anything happening. For the record, I'd never want to be a stay at home person...it gets old. It's always nice to be around other people during the day (in my opinion at least).

We have been going to some hockey games recently and have two upcoming games next week. The Predators are battling for a basement spot to be eligible for the playoffs (the regular season ends in April). They just need to keep winning games. Next week, we are going to seem them play Detroit (a big rival for any team) and we are going to a game on Hal's birthday (next Thursday). I wont publicly tell how much closer he is getting to retirement.

Aside from the weather, I'm looking forward to this weekend. We're going to hang out somewhere tomorrow to celebrate (read drink) a friends birthday. Always fun!

I could keep rambling on in the post, but it would just be about the people and dogs walking by on the street, so I'll wrap this up.

Hope you are all doing well!!

Still Beamin'!

Two days after the inauguration, I'm still feeling the excitement. I have to admit that the candidate I voted for Prez had never won... until this past November, so seeing him finally take the oath was a great feeling!!

One of the cutest moments was when Obama's youngest daughter gave him a very candid "thumbs up." Aside from my hopes for Baracks actual administration, it is going to be interesting seeing the girls grow up in the White House. They seem spunky.

Although I was thrilled to see W get on the plane and out of D.C., I will say it is nice that his administration seemingly left the White House in order (unlike some of the Clinton people)..... argh... it was hard to pay that compliment, but I got it out.

Here's to a more prosperous 4 (hopefully 8) years, Salute!!!

Best Wishes for 2009!!!

Hey, y'all!!! I hope you had a fun New Years. We did what we've done the past few years---stay at home and away from all the madness on the road. Of course, I made sure we had plenty of adult drinks. You cant have NYE without champagne, can you? :)

Oh... and a quick Christmas blurb... it was nice to get back to East TN to visit family again. Everyone was much more reasonable with their gifts, and it was definitely nice to get away from all the commercialization.

I am excited we've entered 2009. I'm glad to put '08 out of the way. I did have a lot of fun though. Some highlights were traveling for work and getting to venture briefly into Mexico, going to Philly to visit Josh, going to Manchester, UK, as well as Canada. Of course, one of the biggest highlights was moving into our house. I still enjoy it every day.

I also had a ton of fun with my friends who are around Nashville. There are too many good experiences to pinpoint any on here.

I did have a bit of bad luck with my job situation, but I am confident that it will improve soon. I guess getting a new job should be my New Years resolution, eh??? Wish me luck.

I'm going to wrap this up for now. I hope you all have a healthy, happy & prosperous 2009! Yee-Haw!!!

P.S... I got to see Loretta Lynn at the Grand Ole Opry this past year too. You cant have a bad year when that happens, can you?

Just a quick blog

Hey, yall. I wanted to drop in to let you know I did finally get back from visiting my family for Thanksgiving... haha... I still dont have a lot to blog about, so I've just been keeping quiet.

I did enjoy hanging out with my family for Turkey Time and look forward to seeing them again for Christmas. I've been stress free regarding shopping this year... I'm not buying gifts for anyone. I usually have a huge list b/c of my extended family, but it's just not the right year for me to do that.

Oh... of course you know I've still been going to some hockey games and was also sad to watch (on tv) the Titans lose this past Sunday... grrr... let's hope they can turn that loss around against Pittsburgh this week.

I hope you all have a great Christmas!!!