25 Random Things

Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you.

(To do this, go to “notes” under tabs on your profile page, paste these instructions in the body of the note, type your 25 random things, tag 25 people (in the right hand corner of the app) then click publish.)

1. I bought my first house in August with my boyfriend of 2 years, Rick
2. I got a puppy in October and she's the coolest dog ever!
3. I have lost a total of 60 pounds and still have more to go.
4. I'm at a plateau with my weight loss at the moment.
5. Our kitchen drain freezes when it's really cold out and the faucet is dripping.
6. To stop the faucet from dripping you have to turn the handle just right....not easy to do when you're in a hurry in the morning.
7. We had to use a space heater, a hose with hot water, a fan, remove boards in the basement, and add new insulation to the pipe area in the wall to get the drain to de-thaw.
8. The previous owners shoved old clothes in the joist between the foundation and the house for insulation.
9. I'm deathly afraid of centipedes. They have too many legs and move too fast for me.
10. We have problems with centipedes at the office. Last year we kept a count of them...there were 45, most of which came from my office.
11. I drive a minivan and actually like it
12. I am working really hard on changing my eating habits, it's not going that well.
13. I am afraid of losing my job.
14. I work for a small company (4 employees)
15. I live in South Milwaukee
16. I got married in 2001.
17. I left my ex-husband in August of2006 after he chased me around the house with a knife trying to destroy my laptop because he thought I was cheating on him.
18. I don't believe in cheating on a person. If you want to get involved with someone else end the current relationship and don't cause unnecessary pain.
19. My divorce didn't go through until November 2007 b/c my ex started it then waited until the last day to try to file the rest of the paperwork, which he didn't have filled out correctly and the courts wouldn't let me file since he was the one who started the process. I ended up finishing it after the clerk saw his attempt of stretching the process out.
20. I'm getting increasingly anal as I get older. At one time I didn't care which way the toilet paper went on the dispenser...now I have to change it if it's not a "waterfall"
21. My favorite soda is Coke
22. My weakness is chocolate
23. I enjoy working with databases and would like to get Microsoft Certified in SQL Server.
24. I sometimes wonder if I chose the wrong career.....I think I should have worked with animals, something I've wanted to do when I was little.
25. I still love ducks!


I'm not tagging anyone, but I welcome anyone who would like to list 25 random things!

Career change?

This is something that's crossed my mind several times over the last year. I think I may have even blogged about it here and there. When things get really shitty around here I always find myself questioning my career choice. I talk to others in my field and a lot of them really have a passion for technology. For me it's just something that pays the bills. Sure I find it exciting to learn about new technologies much less get to use them in the real world. But it doesn't really make me tick. The only area that has a faint tick in that aspect is working with databases. I need to get my butt in gear and get my certs in that.

The thing(s) that really make me tick are animals. I've always been into animals as long as I can remember. Growing up I always wanted to be a vet. But as I got older I decided the schooling was less and less appealing. Especially once I got to my first college level chem class and failed miserably! I could see myself in the position of a vet tech and I think I'd be happy doing that. I could actually see it as being fulfilling. However, I've done a little looking into the salary and found that it's about half of what I'm making now. That's a little hard to get used to if you know what I mean.

Who knows, maybe some day my prince charming will stroll up on his white horse and I'll be able to afford to go back to school, and take a 50% salary cut just so I can't be happy.

One clever pup

My little puppy Bella is quite clever I found out! While we were visiting my Parents for Christmas a friend took her for the weekend. While she was at their house she somehow got out of the kitchen without moving the gate or the chair on the opposite side of the gate. Lord only knows how she managed that one. At 25 lbs you'd think she would have moved the gate if she climbed it.

Last night I discovered she's learned how to get into the cat room. We put the gate in the door way so that it leaves about 3-4 inches at the bottom so the cats can get under it, but the dog can't. However, she's been getting in the room and eating their food somehow. Well, last night she happened to wake me up while eating the food. When I told her to get out she crawled under the gate and I readjusted it, making it a little lower. No more than 30 min. later I hear her messing with the gate. So I take a look and here she has her head under the gate and is trying to push it up enough so she can squeeze under it! That little turkey!!!

Now I must devise another plan to keep her from eating the cat food. I'm thinking about putting a table in there next to the cat tree so the cats have easy access to get to it but the dog can't reach. I'm just happy that she seems to be over her "I need to mark this room" phase (knock on wood)!

I'm sure I'll have many more adventures in the future. She really is a good pup and catches on to things SO quick! In puppy kindergarten she would have the hang of new things within 3 attempts! However, she's a Mommy's girl and will not listen to Rick....could be his method of yelling at her instead of positive reinforcement like I use. She will do anything for a treat...except roll over. :P