The Letter C

I saw this on another blog and joined in the fun!Here are the rules...If you want to play, leave a comment on this post letting me know, and I’ll assign you a letter. You write about ten things you love that begin with your assigned letter, and post it at your place. When people comment on your list, you give them a letter, and the chain continues on and on!

1.) Cookie - Cookie is our little Cocker Spaniel and she's the perfect little dog. I picked her out at a pet store about 3 years ago and she has been Rob and I's little sweetie ever since.

2.) Carnivals- I like going to carnivals and though I'm leary to ride the rides, the food and entertainment is always interesting!

3.) Christmas- The one time of year I'd actually admit to liking winter! There's nothing like a chilly Chrsitmas day spent inside warm with your loved ones.

4.) Chocolate- This probably should have been number 1. I love chocolate, dark and milk are my favorite and hot cocoa is so good!

5.) Crackers- I'd prefer a good cracker over chips any day.

6.) Chipotle- really good burritos. I was really hesitant at first, but Rob got me to come around and try it. I get cravings every once in a while for them!

7.) Car rides- I really like going for car rides with no real purpose and seeing the world around me.

8.) Cupcakes- Who doesn't love a little cake all to themselves? I just think they're pretty cute.

9.) Crayons- I always loved coloring with crayons. The best kind are Crayola. I don't know how RoseArt does it, but they are definitely inferior to Crayola.

10.) Comedy- Really who doesn't love a good comedy? My personal favorite is The Office. :) The characters are so great... and that also starts with C. :)

February Update

Well it's been a while since I've written. I apologize, it's just that most times when I sit down to write I think about how our life has been anything but exciting in the past week. So I figured now would be an okay time for a general update.

Rob's been working hard at his new job. He really likes it and I'm really happy for him. He's been getting in shape and it's really boosted his confidence! There are so many possibilities for him in this career field, he's very ambitious to make the most of it.

I forgot to mention, Jan. 2nd was my 1 year anniversary with this agent and honestly I'm just grateful to have a job this year. I now get paid days off, not many, but it's better than nothing!

Yesterday was quite an eventful day for us. Rob woke up at about 6:30a yesterday morning and immediately said "Chan, get up, our apartment is flooded" I was half asleep and honestly didn't believe him so I just rolled over. Then I hear, "Chan, I'm serious, our apartment is flooded!" Now, I woke up and could hear the rain falling outside. Who doesn't like sleeping with the sound of rain? I got up and stepped in the bathroom only to see a big puddle of water under the door that goes into the hall to the kitchen and dining area. I followed the water to the front door which is near the kitchen and dining area. The water was cold and I was looking around with my jaw open. I could see Robbie was pretty upset about it since he had to get ready for work. I looked all around and there was about an inch of water from the front door to the back door and the rain was still coming down. I went to the closet and grabbed some towels. I put them down near the computer desk to try to keep the wires dry. I unplugged everything to keep it from shorting. Rob called his coworker to let him know what happened. I called my boss to let her know that I was going to be late if I went in at all. I opened the front door to see how bad it was outside. There was probably 4 inches of water ready to come in and as soon as I opened the door it welcomed the invitation. I tried putting a towel against the door to keep anymore from coming in. It didnt work so well. Then I heard the neighbor say "Should I knock to see if they're flooded too?" I opened the door again and said "No need! We're flooded too." She said she had already called the maintenance people and they were on their way. They brought sandbags to stop any more water from coming in and a couple of wet/dry vacuums and a big squeegie on a stick. It took them about 4 hours to get our apartment mostly dry and back in order. Then I waited another hour or so for the carpet cleaning guy to show up since the water had gotten a couple feet of the carpets wet. At about 12:30 the carpets were drying and everything was normal enough.
I decided that since I had missed a half day of work I might as well do something productive and I went to the Social Security office to officially (and finally) change my last name. So officially on my documents I'm Chantal Nicole Paradis. I only waited 2 hours at the SS office and then I went to work. I didn't do anything there, I guess it was a pretty slow day, but at least I'll get the paid time off!
Well, I can't really think of anything else that has gone on. I'm going to get back to researching photography!