What's in a Name

Well I have an announcement to make...I'm officially opening my own business! I've decided to open a event planning business of my own in Houston. The reason for the title of my blog...I don't have a name yet. As I'm finding out this is hard! Not only does it need to be something creative but it also can't already have been used or have an email address that's been used yet. Everything that I've thought of so far has either been used or already has a website so those are out. Once I figure this out I can get an accountant, file my paperwork, create a website and all of the other things that go along with opening a business. It's alot of work but exciting! Hopefully I can figure out a name soon so I can get started. In the mean time if any of you have any ideas for a name (all three followers I have) please send them my way! Keep in mind I don't want to use the word weddings in my name because I don't want to limit myself to just weddings. Cheers!

Time for a Trip

Well back in February I was in Florida for Doni's bachelorette party and it was a blast. On the way home the airline was overbooked and looking for volunteers to take another flight and giving a $300 flight credit as compensation. I've always thought about doing this and seeing as I wasn't too hung over from the craziness that are my friends I did it. I'm happy to say I finally decided to use it (well not too "finally" but I only had 1 year to use it)! On August 13th I head up to Chicago to see my girls again! I can't wait! I haven't seen Melina and Doni since I lost my job and I really have been dying to. They've been bugging me about using the credit to come up and visit them so they can see me and take care of me so after some nudging from my Mom and Dillon I decided to go. It's the weekend of the airshow which will be a blast. So now I know I will have 3 wonderful days in a city I love with my best ladies and I know that it will be not only therapeutic but fun. Below are pics of my ladies!

Office Space

It's date night tonight.  Free date night that is.  Dillon and I are going to the River Oaks Theatre to see Office Space and to top it off we have free passes to get into the movie.  Gotta love free.  I can't wait to see this movie on the big screen.  I don't think that I saw it on the big screen when it first came out and this theatre will be fun because they it's an old one that's been in Houston ages and they show these kind of movies at midnight on Fridays and Saturdays.  An even bigger bonus...they have a bar!  Something I like to partake in but not tonight.  Gotta save the money and it would take away the definition of "free date night."  In addition to the movie we also spent some time in the backyard today spraying Hula with the hose (also waters the grass at the same time) and then I turned the hose on Dillon.  This, as it turns out, was not the best idea.  I forgot that Dillon is much stronger than me and I would have no chance to try and keep the hose from him when he decided it was his turn to attack me.  Therefore I ended up soaked from head to
 toe.  It was fun though and Hula thought it was the most fun thing ever.  Anyway, off to get ready for the movie!

Interview Past

Well today was interview day and in some ways it was good and in some ways it wasn't.  It started out fine with the manager asking me why I was interviewing for this position and basically telling me that he was going to skip the basic interview questions he usually give to people who are applying for "bookseller" since from my resume it didn't seem that I was someone he needed to make sure would show up for work.  We talked about why I was applying for this position because he wanted to talk with me about the cafe manager position that was open.  It was flattering and he said that with my experience he could see hiring me for the position and developing me into more management with the company.  This seems great but really right now I need to focus on wedding planning.  So from here I'm waiting for the other manager to call me to interview for a bookseller position.  I guess for now this means that I don't have a part time job but hopefully I'll be hearing from them soon.  In the mean time - Starbucks.  According to their website you get a free pound of coffee every week!  Oh and they offer health benefits.  Details.

Interview Day!

Well today I have a job interview.  I applied last week to work at Barnes & Nobles and after not hearing anything by yesterday I stopped and an spoke with the manager.  Next thing I know I have an interview today with them at 3:00.  As Dillon predicted after looking at my resume they asked me to interview for the Cafe Manager position.  This would be fun and it's nice to hear that they want me to talk with them for more that a book seller or a barista position but I don't want that kind of responsibility right now while I'm trying to make this wedding planning thing work.  We’ll have to see how it goes but hopefully they don’t run me through too many interviews and soon I’ll be the newest B&N employee.  A great thing too…they offer health insurance to their part time employees!!!  I’ll update when I know more.

  

Happy 4th!

Happy 4th of July!  Today has been a relaxing day just chillin' at my parents house in the pool and cooking on the grill.  Now it's time to watch the USA soccer game - we're up 2-0 at half time!  Then maybe some Texas hold'em poker if everyone feels up for it.  My niece Emily has been having a fun day and got to get into the pool to splash around in once the sun wasn't shining directly on it.  It was great to see her.  She loved the pool and giggled away!  Anyway, I hope everyone has a great 4th of July!