Holy Crap! I am still here!!!

So, after months, ok I exaggerate, of not posting, I am taking advantage of the decreased sales in the automotive industry to post and update!
1. I am getting married. Chris #3. Yes, I have to refer to them like that so people don't get confused.
2. I adopted a Catahoula Leopard Hound from the HSTC and his name is Bear and I love him to death. He's my baby now and the cats are staging a rebellion of sorts since they are not at the top of the food chain in the house.
3. Work is slow, hence the posting!
4. Life is good.
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God, it's pathetic that I can't think of 5 little things to update! Oh well. No sense crying into my adult beverage.
Things have changed a great deal around work and things are much MUCH more pleasant. I won't bore you with the details, but since I'm approaching my one year anniv. here with this company, I can honestly say that things are better now than when I initially started work here. That's a good thing.
OK, gotta close down my department so I can head home to my husband and my ever-growing zoo (I failed to mention the 3 fish tanks that are in the house now since Chris moved in with me!). But I will make a concerted effort to start posting more. And, don't worry, just 'cause I am getting married doesn't mean I won't be Hellofachick anymore! That's just something I cannot and will not change! TTFN!!!!

Dog Days of June.........

So, summer is here in steamy Florida. And obviously I am bored at work, hence the time to actually spend on the computer in the cubicle I share with everyone else here in the dealership. No biggie, though. Only 1 hour and 55 minutes left in this Monday.
The weekend was nice but fleeting. Chris and I did a lot of measuring and brainstorming as to how we want to finish the living room once the wood floor is installed. And, there is the ever exciting yard sale that will be taking place this Saturday from 7 am to 12 pm. I am definitely glad that I will actually be working through the busiest part of the sale. Heh heh.....my brother and poor fiancee are the ones who will have to be running things. As long as they don't sell anything I am emotionally attached to (like the cats!) everything will be ok. And any extra money at this point is just being reinvested in the ongoing renovations that will be taking place for at least a year.
Chris is so wonderful. He and I are enjoying the process of putting our ideas together and making a real home for our family.
He got bad news this weekend about getting his daughters for the month of July from their mother. She pretty much informed him that he will never see his children again. So, as soon as Chris and I are married, we will be suing for full custody of the girls. And, since his lovely ex-wife is in direct contempt of court, she will enjoy a little stay in the pokey while we deprogram his girls from her brainwashing against Chris. We definitely have our work cut out for us.
So, I have a salesman standing over me wanting to use the computer. Make this short and count down until we have broadband once again and I can post to my heart's delight! :)

Resurfacing

So, I have probably lost contact with anyone who would have been normally checking on my blog for lack of entries in the last months. That is due to not having internet access with exception of the work computer. And, since it's slow tonight, I figured I would update y'all!
I'm engaged to a wonderful man. His name is Chris.......yes, I seem to have a horrible attraction to this name! However, they say the third time's a charm and I have seen nothing to make me believe otherwise.
When is the wedding? Don't know. There will be two ceremonies. One civil one for just the two of us and another one, a mass, for our families. This way everyone gets what they want, us most of all.
We are remodeling our house which is in dire need of assistance in getting out of the 1980's. So, with wood floors going in as well as tile in the kitchen and bathroom, we are off to a good start. The house is in the process of being cleaned from top to bottom in order to get the cat hair and dander out since Chris is highly allergic to my babies. The cats will become porch cats since I don't think I have the heart to make them complete outside cats. But, by the end of this month, we will be completely moved in which will save us money and our sanity from the current soap opera of drama that surrounds my fiancee's drama obsessed roommate.
Work is work. Good and bad.......still working for Dodge and enjoy my job for the most part. In fact, I just purchased the 2007 Dodge Caliber R/T in Inferno Red. It was hard parting with the Honda, but I now have a car that's more family oriented and actually more fun to drive than the Honda ever was! :)
So, that's a quick update. Hopefully I will be posting more once we get the house phone and DSL once again since I can't live without it and Chris will be needing it for his business.
So, I'm back! Better than ever and embarking on another wonderful journey after a long time of dating psychotic stalkers who tormented me and made me actually begin to question my faith in people in general. Thankfully I have emerged wiser for the experiences and I will not be repeating them.
Cutting this short since I am almost out of work tonight and it's time to hit Mulligan's and karaoke night and I love to sit and watch/listen to Chris sing!

Thank you.........

I want to thank all of my friends. For their support, love, and friendship when I need them. I know that it's not about how many friends you have but the quality of the friends you do have and I feel incredibly lucky to have the small but wonderful circle of friends and family who unconditionally support me regardless of my crazy antics (i.e. last two relationship disasters!).

Life is short and we need to take advantage of every single minute of it because it's gone before we know it and there are no do-overs. The mistakes we make are not mistakes, rather learning experiences that teach us about ourselves and others. Let's just say that I have had a LOT of learning experiences over the past year.

Why am I waxing nostalgic and boring the hell out of you? I always tend to become a bit reflective when my birthday comes around. 12 days from today I will have reached lucky number 33. That's why, given all the shit I have been through, I decided to take the time to thank my friends for being there when I needed them the most.

So, it's a short entry today as I have to get ready for work. Thankfully it's Friday and then one more day of work and Sunday will be time to see how much alcohol I can imbibe in a 24 hour period! Life is good and I am happy and secure for the first time in a long time.

Yeah........I know.....You thought I disappeared!!!

But, I am still here. Since I'm limited w/o a computer at home now, my blog postings have been horrible and nonexistent of late. But, life is good.

Quick update for those of you who give a hell......no longer w/Chris. That was a trainwreck waiting to happen and I chose to take evasive maneuvers so that I wouldn't be on board when the shit hit the fan.

And, as Life does, I got thrown another curve ball and now am with someone who is actually a wonderful person. No baggage, no games, no bullshit.......which, for those of you who know me, I cannot tolerate for any length of time. Then he started adding lying to the mix and it was out the door.

However, I bounce rather well and now find myself in a relationship that has no red flags, just mutual respect and love, lots of wonderful time together that seems to never be long enough, and for the first time in a long time, there are no checks in the "Con" column when it comes to our individual lists we keep in our heads when we evaluate someone for relationship status!

Also, I was moved from the Nissan dealership to the Dodge dealership.....same ownership, just different cars! And, I have to say, I am happy that they did move me. The high school mentality of the other place was beginning to wear on my nerves. Now I am in an environment that still has it's little quirks, however, it's a better place for me and I don't have to continually watch my back when it comes to chatting with people at work for fear that they will immediately run to the nearest co-employee and chew their ear off with what I have just talked about. Trust me, that got old quickly.

So, hopefully, now that I have a bit of internet access, I will make it a habit of posting more. Just thought I would let you all know that I was not buried in a shallow grave somewhere and that one of these days I will get the photo bugs out and post the updated ones of not only my ink, but of me!

Missed you all and hope that you haven't completely abandoned my site! So, post your comments and I am looking forward to hearing from you! :)