Where did January go?

Here's Abbey maxing and relaxing in her winter sweater. It's a shock that she wasn't eating it.

Seriously, it's almost February people! Work has been hectic, so maybe that's why it felt like it sped by. Not that I'm complaining, I'm ready for this winter weather to hit the road. I have Wednesday afternoons off, and usually I have somewhere to go; today I am to home waiting for the refigerator repair guy. I tried to clean my bathrooms and the nozzle came off the bleach based cleaner and totally soaked/ruined my pants. Score one for the dirty bathrooms. Now my house is clean, but it smells like the local swimming pool locker room. Yum.

Baby fever is upon us again; this time last year almost all of Erich's college friends were expecting (well, their wives were). Now it's a new year and a new group of babies are due. Does this give me baby fever? Yes, of course it does. If it were up to me, we'd be expecting right along with them. But there's that whole money thing and job security. Responsibilities I believe they're called :)

Speaking of job security, Erich and I appear to be fine through 2009; his company has frozen all pay increases and are trying to be more green. My company has decreased the percentage for pay increases, and are trying to decrease expenses by 15-20%. My suggestion is that the people who work in IL don't need to fly out to NE, and vice versa--we have a phone system and net meetings people. We are actually required to attend a meeting today--the subject is very secretive, so I'm on pins and needles...not really. The way I look at it is that I like my job, but if I were let go, it would open some doors to try new things I otherwise wouldn't because of my job security.

The doorbell is ringing, and I'm about to go pay some guy $75 to tell me there's nothing wrong. I bet you $5.

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