My Goodies arrived!

Yesterday my business kit from Creative Memories arrived and am so excited :) TONS of fun stuff to help jump start my new business. :)

Tonight (or first thing in the morning.... haven't decided yet) Adam and I are heading up to Eagle Rock to see Mom and Dad for Dad's birthday (which is Sunday). I never know what to get him..... If he needs something he usually just goes out and buys it himself which makes it very hard to purchase stuff for him.

For instance - I believe it was for christmas last year, Mom had said he wanted a gas powered leave blower for up at Eagle Rock. So I said PERFECT, make sure he doesn't buy it and Adam and I will get it for him for Christmas. A week or so goes by, talking to my mom on the phone "oh yeah, Dad just bought a leave blower....." I was so angry at him..... argh.... I don't even remember what we actually got him but it kinda ruined the moment......


So I leave you with some pics of Koda.... because I can :)

Creative Memories

The other day I was not a very good mood. Being home has been great but I have been having cabin fever.... BIG TIME. So I politely vented to Adam that I needed to do something. Now this fall I will still be teaching Marching Band, and then I am also going to be a substitute teacher at the same HS I teach at..... but I knew I needed something else.

I have become a Creative Memories Consultant. Creative Memories is dedicated to preserving people’s stories in a way that brings them together to socialize, have fun and celebrate their memories by putting together scrapbooks and help organize your photo collection.

Creative Memories includes Traditional ScrapBooking, ie: printing out pictures and using them in a layout (which I have been doing for a few years now) and had launched a new Digital Scrapbooking division.
Since this is something that I absolutely LOVE doing, why not make a career out of it! Granted I just became a consultant last week, but am diving head first into the whole experience.

What's great about the digital scrapbooking is that it is done all on your computer, you can upload photos right into the software (not done over an internet connection, order is done that way though) and edit, crop, and make a long lasting memories in a digital format. This if similiar to what Snapfish and Shutterfly has been doing, but I feel (and not because I am consultant now) that this software is even better.

There are two softwares used in helping assist your digital craving:
Memory Manager and Storybook Creator.

Memory Manager always you to organize your photos via uploading from you camera, or a file. I don't know about you but I can never remember what is in all my picture files on my computer. Memory Manager allows you to place files in multiple files so you can cross-reference by category as well as break it down my year, month and even day.

So, here's my sale pitch! if you are interested in any of the products or services that is provided by Creative Memories, then please contact me! I know that some of you that read this do have tons of photos you take, and I think I can be a helpful with creating lasting memories!

Other news, Koda graduated obedience class on Saturday! So proud of her and she is going to be a great dog!





So I leave you with that, and am so excited to start this new journey!

Quickie....

I plan do to a big post today.... just planning it out.... new things are happening at the Nemeth Household!!

(was that suspenseful enough ;))

Rain Rain Go Away

I think this has been the coldest June in a while.... I mean I know I live in the mountians but it's even cold down in civilization!

Been working a lot of dance schools lately - good money for 3 days of work. Once June is over though its slows down.....

I have an interview wednesday at Bain & Co as a receptionist (in NYC) - it is a maternity leave position full-time for 4 months. Would start July 15th and go through October. My only concern is marching band starts up in Sept.... I am not willing to give that up, so I am going to be upfront and let them know about this. I would have to leave the city no later than 1pm, rehearsal starts at 3:15p.... it would be twice a week.... not sure they will be up for it, but we shall see.

Since I am going to be in the city that day, I am going to have lunch with some of my old co-workers from AXA. Should be nice, now that I have been gone for a little while I am hoping that I won't be as bitter, but my feelings are still not 100% normal about my losing my job....

Other than that, Adam heads up to Santa's Village Theme Park in New Hampshire to work on some video stuff. He leaves tomorrow and is back on Wednesday. Then he should be done for the season, except for a few quick "weekenders" up to CT that I am going on.

Time to do a dancing school recital! Whoopie!

Because it's raining, I leave you with some nice sunny pictures of NYC I took a few years ago....

Trump International Hotel, NYC


Central Park, NYC

California Pics!

Okay so I know it's been a few months, but Adam finally removed the pictures off the camera from our trip to California.

Here are a few samples, more can be found here

Update

Wow.... I am sorry for not updating! It has been a very crazy month of May.....

The biggest thing that happen (which I believe most of you know...) is I lost my job. Yup. "job elimination" is what they like to call it. Ever since the layoff's that happen in Dec '08, there as been rumors flying around that there was going to be another HUGE cut coming. I was so lucky to have made it through the first one, so I thought well my job is safe.... for now....

I came to work as usual on Tues April 28th and noticed that there were a lot of people from our Jersey City office. Not a huge deal, because they come often to the NYC office. So start talking checking in with people, and they are saying "oh I have mtg with my manager, not sure what it's about, maybe I'm losing my job...." The first thing I always do (did) was check my calendar for the days activities. And I noticed that my usual 1 on 1 mtg with my manager was moved from Wed afternoon to Tuesday morning 9:30a (by this time it's about 8:45am) So I go have my mtg and play stupid asking how's it going, yada yada. Then BAM! "I am sorry to tell you that you no longer have a job here, your position is being eliminated" - I then get whisked away to meet with a "Career Consultant" company who there to assist in greiving, and assist in finding a new job - don't really remember what the guy said, because well let's face it I was still in shock that I didn't have a job anymore. I stayed the rest of the day to pack up my things - I didn't have to leave that day and not come back but I sure didn't want to do work!

So I took the Wed and Thurs off to sit at home and figure out in my head what happen (still haven't figured that out and it's been a month!)

Friday May 1st started my "Notification Period" of 10 days (not including Sat/Sun) where technically they could ask me to work. Thank god my boss is a nice lady and didn't require me to do so. I came in on that Friday to finish packing and get my severance package at some crazy long meeting where they stick all us "job elimination" people in a room..... take about awkward. After that I left.



As soon as this happened, Adam was leaving to go to CT then going to Buffalo, NY for a gig he and his buddy Jeremy have been working on for Months. Adam is working for a company RWS & Associates as a Sound & Video Design for theme park shows. So that was a kicker for me, because he and I never got really talk about what happen and what's going to happen. He of course was super supportive and knew that this was tough on me.

Adam is now back and isn't going away again anytime soon :)

So what am I doing? A couple of things:

1 - We have decided that I am not going to pursue a full-time job
2 - I am going to work part-time
3- We are seriously going to start trying to have a family

About a month ago, I started feeling like I needed a change. I wasn't sure if it was a professional change or a personal change. Then all of a sudden this happened....

I have taken part-time work up at William Paterson University (My alma mater!) working their auditorium backstage. During the summer they have a lot of rentals (mostly dancing schools, for end of the year recitals) and need assistance. So that will cover me for the summer :)

I will also still be involved (even more now) with Ramapo HS Marching Band, which will carry me through the end of summer in winter.

That's about as far as I have gotten in the plans of work. Adam & I talked about it andhe feels that we will be just fine.....that is what I am worried about.... not being fine.... not being able to pay the bills, not being able to pay the mortage..... what happens if we lose the house? These are the questions I dealt with through the month of may (and still are dealing with).... Adam keep reassuring me that things will be fine. So I am putting my trust in him, and working as much as possible to help bring in money.

I am getting a severance package of 10 weeks of pay, which brings me to the end of July with what I like to call the "phantom income"

I do have to admit it is really nice not working.... not waking up at 4:45, driving to the bus and sitting in traffic into the city..... but I do miss working. When I worked I knew that I was contributing to our family..... that is why I am doing part-time work also gives me a chance to actually be a housewife too - cooking, cleaning, taking care of the dogs, laundry.....

It's definitely a change and a big question mark on the future but am ready to jump into it feet first.....

wish me luck!


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In other news, Koda is getting SOOOOO big!! And is growing by the minute! She is such a sweet girl and couldn't be more happy with her! We start obedience on June 20th through the end of July. She already knows how to walk very nicely on a lease, and she can sit :)

We like to call her our little mountain goat....



I'm most excited to head up to Eagle Rock with the family for my brother's bday celebration in a couple weeks :) Koda will be joining us, Adam has to work so he and Casey will be staying home :(

Tomorrow I am meeting up with my mom for lunch and to give her the carpet cleaner that we have had for a very long time!

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SO the month of may has been a crazy one but hope that it will slow down.... I promise to update more regularly!

Time to be a housewife and make dinner!

New Purchases :)

Mom and I had a great time at the new Jersey Shore Outlets. I was given a budget and was very proud that I came in WAY under :)

My purchases included:

New UGG boots!



Got a great deal on those :) 50% off! Can't wait till next winter wear them - although I could of worn them this morning - it was quite chilly!

I also picked up a couple pairs of capri pants from Anne Taylor Loft, along with a cute pair of slip on sneaker/boat shoes!

I have been looking for a rain/trench coat for the spring time especially since lately we have been having a ton and half of rainstorms (like today!). So we went into every store and finally came upon Banana Republic and found this:



The one I purchased looks very similiar but is black with a white pattern. It was 40% off. I wore it today and love it!

It was a gorgeous weekend, so yesterday (while Adam worked on Theme Park stuff)I took Koda for her first real walk up and down the street. She did great! She can walk really nice on the lease, no pulling except to go sniff stuff. But other than that she walks perfect next to me. Can't wait to start taking her to training in a few months!

Adam leaves Thurs night for Frontier City in Oklahoma City. He is working on Sound/Video Design for several theme parks this year and this weekend he embarkes on his first trip to many parks this summer.

Since he will be out of town, my two bestest friends (Becci and Shelly) are coming up to hang out on Saturday! I am thinking about taking them to the Warwick Drive-in to see Monsters vs. Aliens - I can't wait! The theatre is literally 5 mins from our house and has about 4 screens and is one of the only ones left in New York State!

Other than that, life is good, and can't wait for it to stay warm for more than 2 days....