Jacksonville Fay Advisory 2.0

Now she is just taunting us! Last night we look at the NOAA website to keep an eye on this "blustery woman" and see we are no longer under a Tropical Storm Watch (YaY!). Instead we are under a Hurricane Watch (figures!). And then this morning we are under both a Tropical Storm Watch and a Hurricane Watch (huh?). We are probably going to close the office tomorrow and move all of our appointments to next week. However, we are not sure about Friday. It looks as though Fay will be out of the area by Friday morning, but it seems she likes to take her time...so anything is possible!

Anyways, we can't help but laugh because we are getting the storm up here. It seems that when my Aunt & Uncle moved up here, everyone assured them that the hurricanes very very rarely hit up here, and they haven't had a hurricane in years! HA! HA! HA! Looks like Jacksonville is getting a good laugh! It's a good thing we are laughing with them!

Anyways, Fay aside, the past two weeks have been pretty eventful. Mom and Grandma left, but that last weekend the cousins and myself went to the movies. We saw Mamma Mia on Saturday and The Mummy: Curse of the Dragon Emporer on Sunday. Both movies were good. Mamma Mia is just fun and easy going. The story is kinda weak, but the fun factor and the songs make up for it! The Mummy was good as well. Done in the same fashion as the other ones, a good dose of humor for every dose of action.

This past Sunday, I took the cousins to the Jacksonville Zoo. It is a small zoo (especially compared to the moster that is Miami MetroZoo) but it is a really nice zoo. They have "loops" that are designed by geographical region. The best one had to be South America where they had a jaguar range and a black jaguar who was just georgous. If you are ever in the Jacksonville area, I suggest visiting the zoo.

Besides that all is well. I got a new computer for at home. The old one slowed down to a standstill and many times decided it didn't want to boot up. I tried all different solutions, including wiping the drive and starting over.

Anyways, thats about it. What's happening in your neck of the woods?

An Open Letter To Fay

Dear Fay,

I know that you are stalking my family and I! Just yesterday morning you were heading for Lake City, not Jacksonville. Then by the end of the day we were at the center of the cone of doom! And then late last night, we were safe! You were going to hit around Daytona and go into the ocean to be a happy hurricane...but no you weren't satisfied with that, were you? You just had to loop around and come back to Jacksonville! Well I hope you are happy! We will be seeing you on Thursday.

LOL Cat

I find humor in my day sometimes by looking at the LOL cats! Some are very funny, some moderately stupid, but this one just made me laugh:

It's Been A Long Time Coming

That's right everybody...it's a post! I know I haven't been posting as often as I would like, or as many of you would like (based on the comments in my last post). But I promise, I will be posting more often now that things are beginning to flow at work!

So here is a brief rundown of how things have been since the last post!

• I have begun to dislike air travel even more than before! Now I know I shouldn't complain because my mother is a retired Delta employee and I travel on standby for a very very very reduced rate, and I am happy about that. What I am tired of is having to run from concourse to concourse because the TSA agents or the people who work at the airport are not where they are supposed to be or the lovely airline has given me a connection that is exactly .235 seconds after my arrival (exaggerated for the purpose of this post, they actually give you .237 seconds). Anyways, let's just say that my day trip back to Miami, consisted of a lot of running through the Atlanta airport!
  
• I did go home! I went to Miami for roughly 20 hours back at the beginning of July. I had a Toastmasters meeting that I just could not miss! It was a great meeting, seeing my friends prior to the "final move" up here. It was nice to go and visit. I will be heading back to Miami in October and November for various events. I will let you know when I am back in Miami though!
• Work is going well. We have 6 designers who we are taking appointments for on a regular basis! This week has been our biggest sales week yet, bringing in over $14K since Monday! Other things with work are well too. We are in the process of getting a spot for the Jacksonville Home & Patio Show in October, which should boost business even more! If you want to see an article about us you can go here: The Jacksonville Business Journal And you can see our website here: Closets By Design
  
• Went to the movies a couple times last month. My cousins and I saw Hellboy 2, which was good, but not as good as the original. We also saw The Dark Knight, which was simply amazing. It is one of those movies that if you get the chance to see it, take it! It will knock your socks off!
• Mom and Grandma are up here this week. They are helping out at my Aunt's house. We have had many many different appointments for people to go to the house to fix it up. Who would of thought that a brand new house would have so many things wrong.
  
• Planning on staying with my Aunt & Uncle for probably another month or two. But in the meantime I am on the hunt for (1) a realator -- even though I will probably just use my Aunts and (2) a good deal on either a condo or a forclosure, somewhere in the area. One of the condo places near my aunt has new construction 2/2's for just under 100k, so I will be talking a look there, and thing about purchasing rather than renting!
• Outside of that all is well. Nothing new to report. How are all you doing in the wonderful world of blog?