Forging Ahead

  The past 2 weeks have been absolutely crazy around here, and a big cause of the craziness has been my husband.  He's been unemployed for all of 2 weeks, and he is still bouncing off the walls.  The pur guy just cannot make up his mind what he wants to do next.  One minute he's looking on the computer looking for work, and the next he's on his phone talking to friends about buying into a franchise pizza place, or he's telling me that he wants to just pack everything up in the car and just leave and start all over again.  His mind is all over the place sometimes. 
  I have decided to be the "calm in the storm", I have been the voice of reason in the house and have been calmly forging ahead trying to find my own new career path.  Yes I will still continue to work for my brother, but business is down right now, so I'm looking for some supplemental income in the mean time (preferrably outside the home so I can get away from the craziness).  There are some things (well not many actually) about working in the corporate world I miss, and the biggest thing is the commeraderie I've had with co-workers, having lunches out etc...Hopefully I can be the bread winner for a little while till my husband figures out what he wants to do.
  I told my husband that anything he decides to do I am 100%  behind him and that I love him.  I really hope he finds his niche in world!  I love him so much!

Coziness

  I hear the cold wind blowing outside, we are actually under a "frost warning" tonight.  A frost warning in late April of all things!
  It's freezing outside, but it's warm and cozy inside.  When my husband came home from work tonight, we were both exhausted (he from work and I from working at banishing the clutter in our basement).   Cooking dinner was not an option for me tonight.  So pizza it was!
  After pizza, we started to unwind in our family room.  I gathered several candles and placed them in various spots in the family room turned off the lights and lit the candles.  We did have the T.V. on but it was still dark enough for the candles to give the room that nice warm, cozy glow!  I love how candles can give a space a warm and intimate feeling, and how relaxing, soothing they are!
  The cold wind whipping around outside and the candles flickering all around the room really added up to one very cozy night!
 

Rain, Food & Friends

  Today was the day of the first "guy trip" of this year.  My husband and his buddies had been looking forward to this day for a month now!  My husband and three friends were going pile into our car and take a "roady" a few hours away to Pittsburgh to go to the Pirates vs L.A. Dodgers game!
  Everything was all set for this trip.  Everybody was going to meet at our house, I was going to get donuts and make coffee for the guys, I got my husband's baseball jersey, hat, glove out the night before.  I mean everything was ready.
  The trip was a total "go" until this morning.  Yes, we awoke to the sound of rain hitting our bedroom windows.  First thing we did was turn on the news to watch the weather report.  The forecast was nothing but rain and thunderstorms all throughout Ohio and most of Pennsylvania!  UGH!  Next thing you know, we received three seperate phone calls from the other guys saying they didn't want to go because of the rain. 
  My husband is one of the most die hard baseball fans I've ever met!  He was practically on his hands and knees begging, trying to convince each guy that "there's only supposed to be a little bit of rain" or "we can wear ponchos, we'll stay dry enough, really" etc...  I felt sorry for him.
  I then told my husband to call the guys and invite them over for lunch and baseball watching (we have the Major League Baseball package through our Satellite Dish company).
  Each guy accepted.  I made some homemade pizza and nachos, we had drinks etc...  A couple of guys brought their wives with them and we ended up having a great day of Baseball, Pizza & Friends!