Its going to be a great day!

Could it be that things have turned around once again for us? Lets keep our fingers crossed that this is the case.. Thursday morning Derek woke up, dressed for the day, hit the off button on the bedroom TV remote and as it was turning off, the last thing he heard was "It's going to be a great day" and he thought to himself.. "ya know what, Today IS going to be a great day!"

He went off to an interview that morning, didnt hear anything the rest of the day but the interview went well and he was impressed with the company. Friday as he was out in the blustery rainy weather attempting to find ducks to hunt, he finally got the call that the job was being offered to him! When he got home, he checked his email and he had a formal job offer in writing. This company seems like a great company with really good benefits, better than any other shop he has worked for. He would be the main painter at PCM, which manufactures and paints latches, doors and windows for boats, anything from tug boats to 500' luxury yachts!! We are both really happy about this job and we hope it is as good as it seems to be. And they offered him only $1 less per hour than he was making in Seattle (oh this job is in Everett, close to Boeing). Since Thanksgiving is next week, they would like him to start the Monday after Thanksgiving.

Derek is really excited to get back to work, being an at-home couch potatoe is not his gig and he's going stir crazy! Plus, he's not a good house-wife substitute and I will be a much happier person when he is back to work! :) Because when he is home and the house is dirty, I can tend to get a bit irritated that the chores are not being done, however when we both are working and the house is messy, I place more blame on myself! lol.. crazy logic but I am looking forward to being less irritated at my messy house. :)

... and most important, his awesome streak continues! I am proud when I can tell people that Derek STILL has never been to an interview that he did not get an offer for the job!! That is amazing... he's been offered probably 6 jobs since his layoff 3 months ago, but only one was worth accepting. I must be married to a really great person with a lot of self confidence & exceptional people skills! ;)

Our focus and theme for the weekend included a lot of discussion on making positive changes for ourselves and moving forward to the next chapter of our life. We have some new goals and thoughts on where we are headed and I surely am hoping I can stick to it.. I'm not a good goal setter as I rarely finish what I start, but maybe I can change too.

Our happy weekend came to a halt on Sunday morning when we received a phone call. My cousin Sean is married to Sophy, well Sophy's mother was crossing Hwy 99 in Everett Saturday night as a pedestrian and was struck by a vehicle, she died at the scene. No drugs or alcohol were involved by the driver, it appears to be a very tragic accident from an error in judgement. Sean & Sophy had just moved to NC a month ago, of course they flew in last night. I am just very sad for Sophy and her family, seems unreal and once again reminds us that life sometimes doesnt give us tomorrow.

On a positive note, the 4-letter word has been potentially forcast for the lowlands this coming weekend... S N O W ! ! ! Yep, I said it.. snow snow, beautiful snow... well lumpy rain is most likely what we will get, but I cant help but smile and get excited for the white stuff.. I love it!!