Fall!

 Welcome to fall everyone! I am so happy. Being in a festive mood, I organized, dusted and deep cleaned the apartment; then brought out my fall and Halloween decorations. I've had these decorations for some time now, and I was very tempted to go and buy more, but I kept myself from doing so since we're a little tight this week.

 Target has been the worst, though. Luckily I haven't splurged there yet. I just LOVE Target. I really do. It's the greatest store ever. They have the cutest items and I love their seasonal section. Considering Target is just a walk away makes it even harder to keep from running there and buying everything. Because I would. Seriously.

About Target, right now they are in the process of turning it into a Super Target, which will be finished by October. They will have a whole grocery section and everything. Pretty scary. But exciting.

  Nothing too exciting, but still makes it look all festive-like. See that candle above? That's from Target. I love those candles. Not only are they big, but the wax is amazing meaning they last a long time. Gary was the one who talked me into them because he likes them too. They work really well, better than a Yankee candle if you ask me (and much cheaper). The whole place smells like fresh pumpkin pie the moment you open the lid (before lighting it).

    Anyway, I did rather enjoy myself. I've been enjoying the weather too this week and I'm glad things are starting to cool off. We didn't really have too warm of a summer this year (unlike last with all those heat waves), but still warm enough to sweat.

     He really would sleep out there all day if given the chance. In the evening time, he's pawing at the door handle. However, it's praying mantis season and often he'll bring a friend in to his mom so they can play with it together. 99% of the time I'm able to save the poor thing. But sometimes I'm forced to keep him inside during the evening to prevent that from happening. Fly to your freedom little guy!

      In other news, Gary is slowing starting to feel better. He had a stomach bug that literally lasted a week. He forced himself to work everyday until he would throw up and would come home during lunch. He only missed one day of work and came home twice during lunch. Otherwise, he stuck it out. He's definitely a hard worker. The other evening, I had him go for a walk for fresh air with me and took him to Bridgeport. He admitted it helped tremendously.

     I'm glad I'm starting to get my poor husband back.

     Anywho, it's a Saturday morning and I plan to do something about it. Time to get things done. It's been smelling like rain all morning so it definitely has been boosting my mood. Bye!

Housewife, Work, and Other Updates

 Everything's been going pretty well here in the Pollock home. Gary's been working his tail off at his job doing so many different tasks and assignments it's crazy. Sometimes he has to fix a problem late at night if it arises. I call him a superhero because of how hard he works. He'll be leaving me again for a week next month on a business trip in Houston. After Houston he'll be going to Costa Mesa. Busy man!

     Emilee, not so much. I'm just doing wifely duties but mostly have more free time than I'd like. It's nice having free time, but at the same time, it's not nice. I've been lazy about exercise. Well, actual breaking-a-sweat exercise. Our apartment has been looking pretty good lately though because of my free time, which is a good thing. The storage closet has been cleaned out as well as our walk-in closet, under our bed, and other various places that needed deep cleaning and organizing. I've also been on top of chores like none other. So yes, our place is pretty darn clean and neat.

     I am looking for some good work though, so we can really start adding more money to savings. Since we're out of debt, our main focus right now is just tossing money into savings to prepare for anything big in our future to arrive, whether it's a house, baby, whatever, or possibly a new car if needed. Right now we really don't have a need for a new car since our cars seem to be working just fine. Not having a car payment is pretty darn nice. But you know, just in case something breaks down we want to make sure we have the funds to get a new car if necessary.

     A local  (okay, so a little further than local) humane society contacted me for some testing to work for them as an animal control officer. The training is fully provided and it makes a lot of money; there's also a lot of overtime. If hired, they'll send me to a PC 832 course and POST level 3 course. But we'll see. I already went in for testing last week but haven't heard back. It was a basic and simple test (just simple math and a few judgement questions). It's kind of sad though; after, I realized I probably got a couple of the math questions wrong. It was easy division and multiplication so I don't know why I messed up, but as I went over the questions in my head, I realized I did. I tested in the dispatch office and there was a lot of loud talking and distractions, but it shouldn't be an excuse. So I'm kind of embarrassed. Oh, well.

      There have also been a lot of other opportunities I'm waiting to hear back from as well. One of them is vet tech position. They provide all the textbook training (getting paid to train for something most people learn in classes is really awesome). It's a really neat idea. They work through multiple veterinary clinics, hospitals, pet stores, etc, so every shift is a new location. The traveling sounds really nice, but that's IF they reimburse for gas. Otherwise traveling all over our area and Los Angeles might hurt (they even work for a clinic in Bakersfield) and may not be worth it. It's $20/hr, so we'll see about that and all the details.

     In other news, Gary and I decided to get ourselves a Playstation Move.

 It's actually pretty fun and decent. It reads a little better than the Wii, granted you have the right games. This sports one is definitely fun. Gary also purchased a Playstation Move sharpshooter:

The neat thing about this is when your body moves (like, let's say you turn the gun to the right), it all moves with you. It's really awesome and puts you right in the action. It's nice having a Gamefly account (like Netflix for games), so we can always try games out and decided if we want to buy them. So we have some games that should arrive today that we can test out.


 Anyway, I don't think there's much else to update! Life is going amazing as usual. I found new cat food from Blue Buffalo called Basics. It's made special for cats with allergies and food sensitivities. I am really thrilled about this. So next week I'll slowly introduce it into the cats' diets so I can fully switch them. It doesn't have eggs, wheat, dairy, soy or corn. It's a limited ingredient formula. I'm really looking forward to it since the cats have food sensitivities (to the point of throwing up sometimes after eating). So yay! And it's still holistic food without by-products or fillers or anything of the like. I'm just debating between turkey, duck or fish. I might try out duck first and see how they like it.

Okay, that's all! I'm SOOOO excited about fall and am extremely tempted to pull out and start on the fall decorations. I'll give it a few more days (first day of fall is on the 22nd). The weather has been amazing.

Bye!

My Day

 So, my day was a little blah today. I called back the job place and realized I didn't get the position. Unfortunately they decided they wanted somebody who spoke Spanish- which the other girl did. So, she got the position. I was rather bummed, considering it seemed so promising. Usually having 2 interviews and everything else I went through makes one think all is well. I just really wished they put it in the job description. I told them my very first meeting I didn't speak Spanish and I was told it was no big deal and I shouldn't be concerned. Fantastic, huh?

Oh, well, life goes on. I spent the day feeling completely blah and pigged out. I was nervous about tracking my calories because of it, so I decided tonight I was going to run. I ran 3.5 miles (to Bridgeport lake, around the lake, and back home) extremely proud of myself for running for so long nonstop. Just a few months ago I couldn't run more than 5 minutes straight. I really pushed it this time, determined and just kept flowing. It was amazing. I also learned running on a treadmill is much different than running outside. Lol.

When I got home, I had the nerve to track my caloric intake for the day only to realize I totally didn't go over my calorie limit- probably because I didn't have time to eat lunch. So, that felt even more amazing. Still wish I didn't eat those nachos though. Luckily the cheese sauce was more of a fondue sauce and only 130 calories- which made it way better and healthier than cheddar cheese.

Anyway, that's the update. I still feel completely bloated and blah, but at least knowing I ran so well tonight makes me feel a little better.

I also updated my other blogs.

Night peeps! Time to enjoy the 3-day weekend with the husband (and the beach later!).