Job?!

Getting a job...

Easy said then done. I'm not really use to being off work, and it gets very old very fast. Believe you me I'm the first to say I would never miss not working but I do. The money isn't the only reason why I miss it, I enjoy being productive and on the move. Its been now a month since my store closed, and things are finally looking up! My old store director called and told me at the place he is working now they are looking for someone in visuals. I was so excited that he thought me and passed my name to this lady. The job description was working on the floor with plant-a-grams and things. I really do enjoy the high energy atmosphere that retail gives off because there is never really a dull moment and theres always something to do!

This has also taught me something as well, networking. Over my two years of working with my director, he was very impressed with my work. So I was shocked that he mentioned me at his new job and thought of me as a great asset.

So lets keep our fingures crossed! Im ready to go back to work!!!!

UC vs West Virginia

On Thursday, I went to see the Bearcats play host to the West Virginia Mountaineers at US Bank Arena. It was an important game for two reasons: UC needed a victory to keep their NCAA Tournament hopes alive, and Bob Huggins was returning to Cincinnati for the first time since being bought out in 2005. I sat in the students section. The crowd was extremely loud and full of energy. Before the game, Bob Huggins received a standing ovation; along with several other moments of appreciation for all that he did for the University during his tenure. It was a great moment to see Bob Huggins get emotional, and to see first hand just how much he meant to Cincinnati and how much Cincinnati meant to him.
The game started out with a bang. UC came firing out of the gates. At one point they hit eight straight shots, as they took an early lead. Huggins made a great adjustment moving to a 1-3-1 zone. UC has had trouble with the zone all season long, and tonight would be no different. West Virginia went on a 15-0 run that silenced the crowd. However, UC clawed their way back into it by the play of Yancey Gates, the talented freshman. At halftime West Virginia led by 1. At that point, everyone knew it was going to be a tight game right down to the end.
The second half was filled with UC technical fouls. They had 3 of them altogether. However, Yancey Gates and helped lead the Bearcats to a late lead. They needed only a free throw to seal it. Cincinnati got 6 shots from the free throw line in the last half minute of the game, and only converted 2 of them. Fortunately it was enough for UC to win, as West Virginia failed to convert late on their end. It was a huge win, a fun atmosphere, and a memorable moment with a Cincinnati legend, Bob Huggins.

Weekend Recap...

So this weekend went by fast. Friday was my friend Betsy's 21st birthday party we went to Bobby Mackeys. First off when I told my cousins that's where we were going they were all like "you know that place its haunted right?!" I had not a clue what they were talking about, but the more and more people I talked to all seemed to say the same thing. My impression of the bar was ok. There was a country band playing, karaoke going on, a bull, and tables and chairs that weren't very sturdy. Overall Betsy really had a good time, so everything was peachy!
Saturday started off as a lazy day until 6 when i had to babysit. Being jobless sucks, so I had to return to the babysitting world which isn't that bad (easy money in most cases). So my night was full of playing the Wii and watching movies not bad at all. Found things out #1 I'm horrible at the Wii on some games,and #2 at midnight I was wishing the kids were still up because I was bored.
Sunday (Today) went by really fast. Woke up late then had Family dinner night at Ian's.
Now getting back to homework and studying :(
Hope this week goes FAST!

Cyclones Game Friday :)

Keno!

On Friday night a group of us decided to go to alittle sports bar and grill called JTapps. Keno is actually pretty fun, but the odds are terrible The game is set up kind of like a Bingo there are eighty numbers (1-80) and then the drawer calls 20 of them. you can pick anywhere from 1 number to ten. Depending on the odds thats what determines how much you win. For example Ian and I went to pick four numbers because the odds were the best you only needed to get at least two numbers to win something. My brother was there and he was playing like 5 cards at a time which was funny to watch.

As the night when on I decided I wanted to go for the picking ten numbers. I was feeling lucky and thought why not, so i picked my numbers went up and placed a dollar bet. The numbers were drwn and I got ZERO. haha but guess what I still won $5.

The night was fun and I ended up walking away with $8.00 which is always nice!

Blogging...

Blogging...not a huge fan of it. I don't think that I'm very interesting, therefore its hard to keep up with. My views of Twitter is sort of the same..I don't even use my status on facebook, so having twitter I forget about it more often to none.

Back to the blog. So far I have 7 post, and to me that is alot. I feel like I'm running out of things to talk about. As this blog goes on maybe you will find out alittle more about me, which is the goal. One thing you might have already noticed is I love to take pictures, and you will see more as I continue to blog.

HoMeMaDe PiZzA

MY PIZZA

Whats better then a good movie, popcorn, and Pepsi...I will tell you homemade pizza (made with a little competition). Ian and I decided we wanted to stay in for dinner. So choose to make homemade pizza's. Ha well it was an adventure we went to Meier to find our toppings, and get the ingredients for our crust (that's right truly homemade EVERYTHING). Ian loves his meat-so that included sausage,ham,peperoni. I love green olives, so needless to say that's what was on mine and peperoni.
So we made the dough and waited for it to rise so we could roll it out. Well needless to say we didn't have a rolling pin so we used a can of cool whip :) after that was the fun part putting on toppings :D I personally thought mine looked the best... But in the end Ian's was all gone. Ian's Pizza.

In Shape?

Recently, Ive decided that it is time to get back into shape.(A LITTLE BACKGROUND) I Have been a soccer player since the first grade-and i played year round. Well about 3 years ago, I was playing indoor soccer and took a hard fall which torn my ACL and meniscus. I was out of commission for almost six months and missed half of my senior year. Since then I have had 2 more knee surgery's. I finally had to give up soccer which means I AM OUT OF SHAPE. :(

So I have started a routine, and trying to stick with it. Starting off slow and hopefully building myself up to what I was. Its a lot harder than what I remember to say the least and in a way its a bit embarrassing. Now time will tell, and hopefully i'll have the motivation to say with it.

The Itailian Mother...

As I sit here looking out the window at yet ANOTHER snowy day, I decided it was time to clean out the inbox on my email. As I was deleting I came across this one FWD from my mom...It made me laugh so hard because I'm from an Italian family my moms whole side is. As I think about all of my aunts I can actually see them doing this!

Well that was my tid bit for the evening. Hey it gives you something to read since you can go out. :) Stay WARM!


"Mrs. Ravioli comes to visit her son Anthony for dinner... who lives with a female roommate Maria...During the course of the meal, his mother couldn't help but notice how pretty Anthony's roommate was.She had long been suspicious of a relationship between the two, and this had only made her more curious.Over the course of the evening, while watching the two interact, she started to wonder if there was more between Anthony and roommate than met the eye.Reading his mom's thoughts, Anthony volunteered, "I know what you must be thinking, but I assure you,Maria and I are just roommates."
About a week later, Maria came to Anthony saying, "Ever since your mother came to dinner, I've been unable to find the silver sugar bowl.You don't suppose she took it, do you?"Well, I doubt it, but I'll email her, just to be sure." So he sat down and wrote:

Dear Momma,I'm not saying that you 'did' take the sugar bowl from my house; I'm not saying that you 'did not' take it. But the fact remains that it has been missing ever since you were here for dinner.
Love, Anthony

Several days later, Anthony received a response email from his Momma which read:
Dear Son,I'm not saying that you 'do' sleep with Maria, and I'm not saying that you 'do not' sleep with her. But the fact remains that if she was sleeping in her OWN bed, she would have found the sugar bowl by now.
Love Momma

Lesson: Never lie to your Momma... especially, if she's Italian

Turfway!

So friday night...We went to turfway it was rather enjoyable. Dollar hot dogs and dollar beer night at the track. It was rather packed and we had about ten people in our group. So we get there and the first we see is a mad laying on his side with four cops surrounding him. I was like "wow what happen to him", and everyone was like really sara, with that the ambulance pulled up and apparently the guy fell and broke his hip.

We get inside and take our seats. They were already on race #5...Ian and I were doing box bets which is you pick two horses and hope either get in first or second doesnt matter the order...Well that didnt go over very well we kept getting first and third. We did this till i got to the race and I saw Blue Cherries (somthing) I had a GREAT feeling about this horse but the odds were like 8-1 not so hot. Well we placed our bets and what do you know he WON! :) I was so exciting ha even jumped up and down...But heres the thing the owner off the horse placed a LARGE bet ($10,000) down and the odds became like 1-5 which ment I only won $1.80 hahaha

Over all good experience!