I've got sunshiiiiiinnnnneeee...

Can life get any better? I submit that it cannot!

Yesterday, I posted about starting an etsy store, so here's a preview:

Can't wait to do have more stuff to add to it. I've even got Jeremy in on it. I told him I was going to teach him one of the following: photography, sewing, crocheting, graphic design, or painting. Then I just decided that teaching him to crochet would be easier than anything involving the computer or artistic skill. And he went for it! I know, I was shocked too. His first crochet lesson is Sunday when he's finished with his online classes. One of which he finished last night :)

Yesterday I went in to discuss benefits and sign my life over to my new employers. They said they were excited for me to join them, but it can't compare to my excitement! I'm gonna have a huge office, my own department, a ton of creative freedom, and they're even willing to buy a new Mac for me to use! (For the record, I'm NOT a PC) The increased pay isn't too shabby either!

Another part of the process was doing a drug test. I know, luckily I kicked my cocaine habit months ago ;) Anyway, I just want to point out that there is nothing more uncomfortable than handing a complete stranger a cup of warm urine. AWKWARD!

As I was typing this, I also got some FANTASTIC news! When I put in my two weeks notice, I proposed to my supervisor that I could do what I do now from home. That way they won't be in a bind to find someone else quickly and it keeps my grandma happy (it was pretty obvious she didn't want me to quit...she also says that she's gonna pray that I don't sell my house so that I don't move further away, but that's a whole different post.) What else does this mean? Extra moolah! Never complain about that.

Speaking of extra jobs, I have another photo session this afternoon with Levi. Seriously, this kid is cute as hades. He's the little boy featured on the right side of my header. Flippin' adorable. He just turned a year old and it's time for more photos! I'll post some when they're complete...or done at all. Hopefully the weather will hold out and we'll find a good spot in Greenville.

So, if you can't tell. Life is grand right now :) I'm a happy girl!

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A sea of coins

Ok, this might be the most boring confession ever, but I'm going to tell it anyway. I was struck yesterday with some sort of desire to count the change that Jeremy and I have been saving. We haven't done as well as we have in the past. Years ago, I heard a story about a man who saved pennies. Anytime he found a penny on the street or got any as change, he would take it and deposit it into one of the many buckets of pennies he had collected in his garage. When he finally got around to counting them all, he had accumulated over $10,000. Not too shabby, huh? Well, after hearing this, I thought, why don't we just buy a water jug and empty our pocket change into it every evening. It took us six months (I think) to acquire $300.00. The cool thing about this is that you don't even think about it. 

Anyway, back to the story at hand. I decided to dump out our water jug and count the contents last night while watching Dirty Jobs. By the way, handling money is a dirty job! My hands were black at the end of the night. We sat down and sorted through all the loose change and organized it into neat little piles. I would say the entire process took 3 hours. The result? $198.00 dollars. Unfortunately, after finishing, I realized we are out of coin wrappers. So it's still sitting in my floor. Looks kind of like this:

Not sure what we are going to do with it. Probably keep saving until we have enough to put towards a vacation. I also should mention that at least $25.00 of that came out of my wallet and door in my car. Maybe I'll get better gas mileage with all that weight gone now.

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