My Good News (okay well half of the good news...)

For roughly a week, I have been posting comments to my Facebook about all this good news that has been coming my way. Well I'm here to spill the beans (sort of). It's not official official yet, but...

Nicole Marie has found a JOB!!

I have not signed any paperwork nor visited the site (which is where I am going on my vacation to), but I have been given a verbal offer for the position. I am so very excited that I can say within a few short weeks, okay, more like 6-8 weeks, I will be a working girl (hopefully).

This opportunity is one of the best oopportunity that has been offered my way, and although it means I will have to be moving out of the state of AZ (CLUE #1), I am so freaking ecstatic, but yet so extremely nervous. I know it will take time to actually start working, since licenses in states take forever, but after 6.5 years of college, it's well worth the wait. 

Stay tuned to find out where I will be moving too...

P.S. I seriously can't believe this is happening. No more waiting tables, no more stressing about finances, no more countless hours searching for jobs. I mean I actually might have found my career...SCARY!

Bad Nicole...

Why would I yell at myself you might be asking?

Well, did you see the date of my last post??? Just horrible. I missed writing about Christmas, New Years (though not much to write about for the holiday) and pretty much the update on me!

Let's take it back a little...say, Thanksgiving.


For as long as I can remember, okay more like the past 10 years (I think that is what we determined), my family and I have spent Thanksgiving with our good friends The Zeners (we call them LanZen Celebrations). We have about 15, some times more, people, all friends and family, who gather together and give thanks to everything (both good and bad) that happened in the past year. The pictures hardly explain the shenanigans that occur.










On to Christmas...Another LanZen Celebration!!


Twas the first LanZen Christmas Eve dinner in the new condo. 
Although fondue was not able to occur, a new tradition was started. 
Soup Soup Soup.
Cheesy Potato (my favorite) and Chicken Enchilada.
We also include a new competition- Minute to Win It.
Lang's + Ashley vs. Zener's + Michelle (they dominated)
Look what happens when 2 competitive families battle...

Top: Joel standing one minute....down the next.
Bottom: (Me) Focus and determination; (boys) Shoes are flying

Concentration was key!

Don't worry, we still played LRC (left right center) but exhaustion kicked in (I worked all day) and no images were gathered!

All in All...Xmas Eve was another eventful LanZen Celebration.

Jacob did join us but at 1 years old, did not compete. 

Stay tuned for Chirstmas Morning and New Years...