I am sitting on the couch taking a little break before I continue to work on my “to do” list. Brandon is playing Halo ODST, one of his Christmas gifts, I look up every now and then to see how he is doing.

My job at Johnstone Photography is done now. I went back for one day last week to do some cleaning and help with a session, but I am now officially done. I have a mountain of job applications waiting for me and the endless possibilities for job search on the internet, but for now I am enjoying being a “housewife”.

My discoveries as a housewife:

I like “The Fox 9 Buzz” and “The Bonnie Hunt Show”

If I don’t get out of my pajamas in the morning I will not accomplish anything

The only thing I can have playing on TV and still accomplish things is “Friends”. It’s the one show I don’t have to watch to know what is happening (yes, I basically have it all memorized)

I should write out a list every morning so I have something to accomplish

Emailing Toni is a whole lot of fun!

I’m sure I will continue to discover good and bad things about being at home. For now, I really love it, but am happy to go back to work whenever a job opportunity arises.

We still haven’t come up with a name for a studio but we do seem to be narrowing things down and will hopefully be choosing one soon. We have a couple weddings booked for this year which is exciting and we are hoping to get more!

As I look back over this blog I realize that I write like a “Hojem”. Hojem is my mother’s maiden name and it is a long standing joke in our family that my mother, brother Tucker, and myself tell stories like a “Hojem” (I however, am by far the worst). To tell a story like a “Hojem” you must insert much detail, so much detail in fact, that by the time you get to the point of the story most people are no longer listening or have forgotten what you are talking about. You must also be a bit rambley, jumping randomly from topic to topic, filling people in on every little thing. And last, when you do write, you must write it in such a way that people have to read over it more than once to figure out what in the world you are talking about!

I must now go clean up the mess I made in the bedroom, which is my landing strip for everything that doesn’t belong in the rest of the house. It’s the one room where I can close the door and no one really needs to go in there.

Good luck deciphering my “Hojem” ramblings!