Happy Groundhog's Day!

Well, the groundhog saw his shadow today, so we're in for another 6 weeks of winter. This has been a pretty tough winter, so you can only imagine how excited I was to hear about that. Aww well. The year is already flying by, so I'm sure the winter weeks will go by quickly as well.

Last week I was able to spend some time in sunny Tampa, FL for work. That's the one good thing I like about the business I support--we can visit our FL sites during the cold months. I also had the opportunity to visit with Joyce and Don over the weekend. I actually had dinner with them on Tuesday night before my meetings, and they were looking good. Then when they picked me up on Friday afternoon, Joyce had strep throat and some sinus infection. The poor thing!! She was a wonderful hostess though....wanted to show me a good time even with her being sick. We went out to dinner and a movie on Friday night. We saw "27 Dresses"--great chic flick if you are looking for a good romantic comedy.

Saturday, they took me to the farmer's market in St. Petersburg. I always love a good farmer's market! We found some yummie crepes for breakfast and then bought some veggies for dinner. Then we headed up to Dade City and attended the Kumquat Festival. It was actually quite a large festival. We got the opportunity to try both sweet and tart kumquats...we all agreed that the tart ones were the best. That's actually the ones they make all their "products" out of. We hung around looking at all the intersting stuff until it started raining on us. We decided to head home where Joyce and Don made home made pasta and chicken for dinner. Talk about a GOOD visit!! :)

While I was hanging with the Davidson's my house went on the market. My realtor held an open house. Apparently no one showed up, which is a depressing thought. This past week, I had 2 people come and see the townhouse. One is interested in the place, but wasn't approved for enough for the house. She was going to go back and see if she can get approved for more. Keep your fingers crossed for me. It's weird living in my house right now...I feel I have to keep everything staged and shiny clean for the unexpected house hunters. I also had to take down all my pictures because they say if people see our family pictures, it's harder for them to picture their families in it. It feels a bit weird without my family's and friends' pictures out around my home, but I have some sitting inside my TV armoire, which I can open when I'm home. I can't be happy without all of your smiling faces!!

Until I move, I am commuting Monday through Friday down to D.C. This past week, I had all the HR folks in that support my business for a one-day event. We went over goals and objectives for 2008, then we took the afternoon to go bowling for a team building activity. I'm the worst bowler in the world, but I think everyone had a good time.

This weekend, I finally caught up on a little sleep. I was able to catch another movie this weekend--Juno. I have read such great reviews for it and know it's up for some Oscar Nominations, so I wanted to check it out. It was a good movie, so if you have a chance, check it out.