*bleep* hockey

It is the weekend during hockey season. As usual, my team had to lay an egg. They did play well for the first two periods. The third period, the power play/offense looked like chickens with their heads cut off.

I am use to disappointment with my hockey team, but can they at least play 60 minutes of hockey instead of 40 minutes.

We shall see tomorrow night what happens. We these two teams last met, the home teams one. Can one hope for 2 points?

Craigslist Rant

Ok, so I am trying to sell my wedding dress. I have placed it on Craigslist.org since October. I have had several hits, but for some reason or another, the deal falls through. Seriously, if you know that there is another big purchase in the near future, do not contact the person to have you hold the freakin' dress! Seriously! Every. Single. Time.

I want to get rid of the dress. It was taking up too much space in my 1-bedroom apartment. It is in my car. The reason why it is my car is because there was a person interested in buying the dress and we agreed to meet in Columbia Heights. I drove all the way up there. This person is lucky that I have a friend in the area where I was hanging out with that afternoon. I have not removed it from my car since that trip.

There was this other person that wanted me to ship out to Utah. They wanted to pay with Money Order. I am not giving out my information and shipping it to Utah. Shipping along would be $80.

So this is just one of the things that bother me about Craigslist.

Another thing that bothers me is people not getting back to you. Why the hell did you post the ad in the first place?! You have wasted your time posting the ad and wasted my time responding to your stupid ad. Respect people!

I understand the point of Craigslist and I have had success previously on either job searches, finding craft fairs, or hockey tickets. Ok, the job search not so much because the job that I did get off of Craigslist drove me to the brink of my sanity and affirmed by belief that there is no God. If you know the background of the people I previously worked with you would understand. The best thing I got off of Craigslist was the 2008 WCHA Final Five tickets. Seats were on the corner on the ice. Funny enough, I sit one row behind that seat now. Ha!

To sum it up. Stop wasting people's time! If someone responds to your ad, respond back. Is it really that hard to say "yes" or "no"?

New Year, New Thoughts

So everyone knows that I have made a drastic change in my life. Is it a change for the better? Definitely yes! There are sacrifices that go along with it. The main one was remembering responsibility. It is not like I was not responsible when I was living in Wisconsin. It is more along the lines that the partying and gluttony days are over. If anyone knew me in Wisconsin, let's face it, my drinking and eating was way out of control. I hated everything about living in Wisconsin. I take great pride being from Wisconsin, but living at your parent's house with your spouse for two years is not ideal.

Th move has been a great challenge. I love having my own place, eating my own food, and sleeping in my own bed. The downside it the financial aspect. Because I was the only one with income for the past two years, I drained a lot of my own hard earned money to make the move possible. My husband didn't realize it until I told him how much I have in my checking account and I still have one more bill to pay. "Ouch" is all he could say.

If it is not a give away, my top two New Year's Resolutions are:

1) Lose weight.

2) Get finances back on track.

For resolution #1, it is more along the lines of portion control. I am also looking at gym memberships. I drive past the Eagan Community Center everyday to and from work. Now that I have health insurance, I can see what discounts gyms offer.

For resolution #2, you already know the background story. It is now, less spending. It is also "need" not "want". I am also working on marketing myself for side projects here and there to get some extra money. I have even gone to the borderline extreme and have been selling some of my stuff. Just yesterday, I went to Half Price Books and made $40 selling VHS and DVDs that I never watch.

Ok, selling stuff that you don't use anymore is not that extreme. It is borderline when you bring in a huge box full of movies. Oh well...

Anyhow...2011 brought huge changes to my life. I hope 2012 can help me prosper.