Conundrum

Time for my usual weekly post, and I have nothing to post about. I fear this is going to be painfully boring.
None-the-less...

Recap of our week:
-Office has 1st coat of paint on it, and looks AWESOME. I would post pics, but I want it to look picture perfect before I do... and it still has a ways to go. Maybe next weekend?
-As of Friday, Peter was feeling 100% better. However, evidently gravity isn't holding up so well, and he seems to be on a downward trend again, feeling 69 1/2% better tonight. We'll see what tomorrow brings on that front.
-I finished week 3 of accounting class, and this time I'm not posting my quiz score.
-Our workers made it to the field!!! Janie Buell and Rose Davidson
-Peter has about 1/2 of the plumbing in for our central vac! Getting it downstairs hasn't been the most convenient of jobs, but it's almost there! :) Whoohoo!!!
I think that about covers it... I still haven't quite figured out who I'm doing this blog for; myself or those that I know read it, but regardless, I hope I haven't bored you to tears!

Have a great week!!!

Re - Decorating!!

I'm not even sure if it should be called "re-decorating" as I never really tried to decorate this room in the first place... it has always ended up getting what is "left over" of our furniture. But I'm excited none-the-less!
We bought a new futon mattress and cover online a few weeks ago, and they've arrived.
I have a beautiful picture in my head of how I want the room to turn out, so we'll see how close it comes to that idea!
Below are some pictures the new futon mattress, cover and rug. :) I plan on painting tomorrow afternoon... so another update should be coming soon. :)

New mattress... 8" thick! It's as comfy as a bed!

New mattress cover... coloring isn't so good in this picture, but it's chocolate brown with a turquoise blue swirly design.

And our new rug! It's chocolate brown w/ tan and turquoise accents... and looks perfect w/the futon cover!
The paint options are there too... I think we'll do the turquoise that's in the middle - the first one on that paint sample. It's called Jamaica Bay. I suppose if we can't be there, the next best thing is to paint the walls that color, right?!

Update...

Homework: Done
Quiz: 100%
Cool.

Progress.. hmm, I don't think so!

Financial Accounting Book - 737 pages

Working Papers - 1045 pages
Total Pages - 1782
Total Weeks in Quarter - 11
Total Days in Quarter - 77
Total Pages/Day - 1782 pages/77 days = 23.142857... pages/day
And I've read 16 pages so far this WEEK!
Yikes. I think I've forgotten how this whole school thing works.
My professor said to plan on 15 hours/week for this class... and I have hardly read for an hour...
I'm sure you know how I'm spending this sunny Saturday!

In other news... We were wandering around Fred Meyer the other day, and 50 foot strands of christmas lights were on sale for $2.75!
**Light Bulb above head**
WAH LAH!! Instant indirect lighting in the kitchen above the cabinets! Cool huh?!

Also in other news, HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.!
I'm so glad you were famous so I can have Monday off!

New Year, New Job!!

Finally moving on... it's time for a new learning curve!

Since we moved in April 2006 I've been working at Columbia River Bank here in The Dalles, in our Loan Operations department. This means, I've been in our admin building (not an actual "bank" setting), maintaining the back-end support and documentation of loans. I've learned how to produce legal documentation for lending, how to load that documentation onto our operating systems, and also many certification procedures and miscellaneous odds-n-ends. However, as I always have my eyes on something new, I appplied for a Credit Analyst position across the street in our actual "branch", and I got it! I'm quite excited!! I think it's a great opportunity, with MUCH potential for growth. The bank will pay for me to take the required courses here at our college, as well as a 7 month program that will certify me as a Credit Analyst, there-by qualifying me to become a loan officer! At this point, I'm not sure if I want to include lending in my long-term plans, but I do know that this certification will definitely make me more valuable to Columbia River Bank as well as other institutions.

Life is GOOD! (remind me of this after I start my class next week!)

We had the privelege this last Monday & Tuesday of having Troy Patterson and Steve Watts come stay with us! I had fun cooking, and attempting to be domestic! Our special meetings were on Wednesday night in Hood River. We're such a small town that we get special meeting workers for two nights! :-) We'll head in to Portland on Saturday night to stay with Tom and Audrey and then off to Portland Special's on Sunday.

Sorry there's no pictures in this post... I'll update when we get back from PDX!

HAPPY 2007!