Maybe this will humor you as it did me

I logged onto the Tallahassee Democrat's website for the heck of it this morning, and the arrest log link caught my eye. Check out these gems:

Some of us were pretty happy to have our picture taken:

Some of us were downright p.o.'d:

Some of us were a little gassy:

And ole Keith thinks his domestic battery charge is ridiculous!

But nothing could prepare me for these 2: :-)

London & Gainesville

As y'all know, little Miss London has made her debut. She's sweet and perfect. :-) She definitely has her sister's lips, cheeks, and wacky hairline (no bangs for either of those girls!). Her forehead is completely different than Harmony's as is the shape of her eyes and nose. She also has less hair than Harmony had. So they will resemble each other in some ways for sure. Some day soon I'll post some side-by-side comparison pics. Oh, and my camera...wow! I. Love. It. Before I headed down there I went and splurged on the lens that I knew would take awesome portrait shots. It did not disappoint. And I think I just cost my dad some big bucks because mom is probably going to want one for Christmas. Sorry Dad! :-)

Over the past few months I've started designing some baby invites. I've done some birthday invites for friends over the past couple years and loved doing it. Who knows if I'll actually go through with it, but I'm thinking about getting a little portfolio together of announcements, invites, and Christmas cards and making it a business on-the-side. We shall see. So if any of you (Katie & Hazel excluded...y'all could blow me out of the water ;- ) ) want me to do a birthday invite, birth announcement, or Christmas card, of course I'll do it for free. :-) Here are a couple I did for London before she was ever born. They ended up going with the top one, and printed out it is absolutely adorable. :-)

About Gainesville- I had my interview down there and it went really good! But here's the terrible part...there are 8 (8!) other contenders. And I wasn't the only out-of-state interviewee either. They interviewed someone from Virginia who is also trying to move back to the area to be near family. So unfortunately my situation is not unique. Also good news is that she plans on calling and making an offer by the end of this week or beginning of next week at the very latest. And the lady (Charlotte) is a very considerate person and says she will call regardless of whether I get the job or not. It would be a GREAT job, so I'm kind of nervous now. In other news, even if I don't get this job, I really and truly think that Dane is going to get his job down there. He briefly spoke with his contact person, Lynne, and she said right after Labor Day she is going to get with him about coming down to meet with some other people.

Hopefully my next post will bear good news...

Babies and interviews

Next Friday I will become an auntie again and have an interview all in the same day. :-D I just had a phone interview with UF which went super. So we set up an in-person interview for the day Miss London is scheduled to arrive. I had planned on flying down to FL the weekend after London is born, so everyone will be out of the hospital, but I felt the need to offer to come down next weekend instead since they are eager to get someone into the empty position. Wanna hear something way cool? The building I would be working in......right next door to the bookstore where Dane is interviewing. Do I sense some stars aligning??

In other random news, I made a baby announcement for my co-worker. I personally think it's pretty cute. :-)

A job. For me? Let's hope!

So yesterday I got a voicemail that was left from a 352 number...and I just knew what it had to be. I was correct. It was a lady from none other than UF calling to talk to me about a position I applied for at the beginning of the week. Could this be?? Will Dane and I BOTH get job offers not just in the same city, but the SAME location, at the SAME time? That would be due to what could only be described as divine intervention.

Alrighty, I'm out to do some tax-free shopping!

Job update and some new pics!

Ok, so I FINALLY convinced Dane to call the Gainesville (UF Bookstore) lady on Thursday. He had called the Chicago (phone interview) lady on Tuesday and she said that were supposed to have had a decision made by Wednesday. So when he hadn't heard anything on Wednesday or Thursday, he called the Gainesville lady instead to see if he couldn't get anything out of her.

When she picked up and he said, "Hey Lynne, this is Dane..." she immediately cheerfully said "Hey Dane...don't give up on me yet!" So that was good. She told him that they made the decision to not hire anyone before the fall rush because it would be way too chaotic. So she said they'll be making the final decision as soon as rush was over which will be be right at about a month from now. The not-so-good news is that the other candidate that they are considering for the position already works for the company. So that actually really sucks because they typically try to hire within the company whenever possible. BUT. BUT! She said that if by chance they decide to go with the other guy for this position, she is almost positive something else pretty equivalent will be opening up right at the same time, and she really made it sound as if she really wanted to hire him whether it was this Textbook Manager position or something else. So we shall wait some more...

In other news...I got my camera! I have only played with it a little bit and have a lot to learn, but here are a few shots straight out of the box...