Category: Everyday Life

So were you able to catch the Season Premier of Grey’s Anatomy last Thursday? I did, I was glued to the TV right up until after this weeks previews.

My thoughts – Meredith & Derek

I thought the two hours Season Premier was great. Who doesn’t like Grey’s for a whole 2 hours? I’m a little upset that Meridith and Derek are still only married on a sticky note, although very cute and funny, the 2 hour season premier noted that it had been like 2 months and they still couldn’t make it to the court house? I don’t know about you guys, but as a Meredith and Derek fan, I wanted to see them actually walk down the isle and finally get married. I love how Meredith at the end of the show when they were clearing out George’s cubicle, that she finally broke down, it shows that she does have a human side of her after all. I love how we kept catching Meredith and Derek in all parts of the house naked, saying they were newly weds. That was really funny.

My thoughts – George, Izzie & Alex

I can’t believe that George was actually killed off the show. Okay, I kind of can, only because I heard the same rumor I’m sure all of you heard, that he wanted off the show. I honestly think it was a big mistake for him to want off the show, the show is doing great, and I just don’t see him making it big in the movies. It was very sad to see him go though, and it was a heart wrenching moment when Izzie went in to see him. The girl that he saved, was annoying me just as much as Izzie and I loved when she finally went up to her and told her that if she saw her there again, she would kick her ass. That was a great moment! I’m not too thrilled about Izzie still having cancer, but I’m happy she didn’t leave Grey’s Anatomy too. I had heard rumors she wanted out too, but I don’t think it would be the same without her. I love that she’s with Alex, and I love how she told him she needed him in bed, I know Alex was scared of loosing her but he was just pushing himself away from her, and she was right to want to have him in her bed. Go Izzie!

My thoughts – Miranda Bailey, The Chief, Christina & Owen

Bailey was driving me crazy this episode. I love her strong personality and she always has it together, but this episode she was just taking her anger out on Christina and just had that sour face the entire time. I love how Derek stopped the elevator, and although he didn’t give her advice he let her speak out what she was feeling. She has to let it out though, lets see how she is next episode. As for the Chief, I can’t stand him being such an ass, and Derek tried giving him the heads up but he only lashed out at him, now there are going to be cut backs, it better not be any of our cast. Derek should have just taken the job! Lets see where this will go. Christina and Owen are improving in their relationship and I think they are super cute together. Other then that, there really isn’t much to talk about yet….

My thoughts – Callie, Arizona, Mark & Lexie

Callie was heart broken to find out it was George in the operating room, and I think she did a great job acting and crying on screen. She had every right, she truly did love George. I thought it was really funny when she made the intern take care of the Chiefs leg, but does this mean she’s no longer at Seattle Grace? How is this going to work, I think the two hospitals merged, but I still don’t see how this is going to pan out. Callie and Arizona, there something about them I really like, they just fit. Mark and Lexie, I love them together, they truly make a great couple. I love when Callie keeps undressing, barging in on Mark in the shower and Lexie is just shocked this is happening in front of her. She asks Callie how gay she really is, this was too funny. Callie tells her to not worry, Mark used to look at her boobs all the time but now he doesn’t he really loves her. She says’ she will try to not barge in anymore though. At the end Lexie finally brings over a toothbrush and panties, too funny along with her luggage. I LOVE IT!

This episode was great and I can’t wait to see what the rest of the season has in store for us.

xo,
kristin nicole

Some of us work only 40 hours a week, but isn’t that enough to stress someone out when they have 10 million other things to do after work?
Some of us work 40 hours a week and go to school. I’m that someone. Some of us work more then 40 hours a week, sometimes even up to 60-80 hours a week.

Does Work kill you in the end?

Some would agree it does. We work our ass’s off and for what? At the end of the day you’ve missed 8 hours of your day, you missed time with family or friends, you pay the bills with the money you earned from work and the day starts all over again, same routine, another day. Some people a job is just that, WORK…we do it because we have to, because we have no other choice. We have to pay our bills and put food on the table. We all have to work and we work half our lives and then we die. Sounds a bit negative huh?!? That’s because if you think of it that way it is.

Work is part of life

We do have to work, but do we have to hate it? No! Some of us love our jobs and we call them our CAREERS! We go to work feeling like we are accomplishing something in our lives, getting to a place where we want to be at our age. We also do it to pay bills and put food on the table but some of us don’t know how to budget correctly. If you save your money correctly, get to where you want to be, you can use all that work you did to pay off. Go on a vacation, buy that pair of shoes you’ve been staring at for weeks. The little things in life are what make us smile. Some of don’t make that much money, that doesn’t mean you still can’t take a vacation. If you budget right you can take what I like to call a “mini vacation”. It’s not far from home, some where, where you can drive to. For example, if you live in Miami, you can go to Naples or Orlando. Take a 3 day weekend, to sit back and relax and enjoy all that hard working money you have to do each and every day.

40 hours a week plus school

I can’t say it doesn’t drain you. I do it because I need to do it. I do it for me. I want to have a job/career one day that I enjoy doing, that I get paid well enough to buy the things I want to buy and live in a nice house. Working from 7 in the morning and then going home or to the campus for class after a long day at work, well it drains you. Sometimes I feel like there aren’t enough hours in a day. I get home so exhausted sometimes I don’t feel like opening the book to keep studying, BUT I do it anyway because I know that I’m paying for these classes and I have to pass. I wish I had stuck with school when I was younger, by now I would have my education and my career. Truth is, sometimes things don’t always go as planned. Time sometimes feels like it’s running out, each day you get older and that vision, that dream where you thought your life would be at a certain age sometimes isn’t what it is. You have to get up in the morning, thank God you are here and healthy, that you have a job and you are able to go to school. I take each day with me, and I keep going, waiting for that goal at the end of the tunnel. It might take me longer then expected, or longer then most, but I plan on getting there one day. Work can kill you if you let it, but if you sit back, think positive and let that positive energy flow into your body and into your life, work can have a whole new meaning to your life.

Life is strange that way

Life gives you roads, and each road leads you towards a different path. Sometimes we don’t always take the right road, but we find our way back, and when you do, you can only try to make things right. I can’t say I’m where I wanted to be at my age, I can’t say I don’t regret certain things in life, but I can say that I’m changing my life for the better. I’m working to where I want to be, it might just not be at the age I expected, but I will get there. With each passing day, I keep moving forward.

“People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates”. ~Thomas Szasz, “Personal Conduct,” The Second Sin, 1973

xo,
kristin nicole

As a potential buyer and an “assistant” to a Realtor I know how hard it is to actually find a good Realtor out there today. It right out makes me upset to see these Realtor’s with the way the market is doing out there, still NOT doing their jobs!

My experience

Let me not even get started on the MLX website. On top of being slow, they truly need to update it and if you have a Mac computer, which I do, then you can’t be a Realtor unless you add Window’s to your computer, which thankfully now we can do. But enough about that…. Most of the time the houses you are looking for don’t have pictures displayed. How can we show our clients or how can I see what the house looks like if the Realtor who is selling this property doesn’t add pictures?!? That’s one, then most of the time the information about the house is barely there.

The other day I see a house listed as a 3 bedroom, 2 bath, but when I’m reading the description the Realtor wrote about the Condo, it states that it’s a 2 bedroom 1 bath home. So which one is it? I’m a bit confused here? Last week I called the Realtor about a Condo they had listed because it stated they weren’t having any showings, the Realtor explained that the buyers aren’t showing the house because they are not sure if they want to proceed with the short sale. When we look the next day it stated the same thing, we look again on the third day and it now states “We have an offer that the homeowners approved, we are still accepting bids”. So they weren’t sure if they were going to proceed and they weren’t showing the listing, but in 2 days they managed to get a buyer and accept their bid? That sounds a bit strange to me.

Another problem ….

Today I called a listing to see if we can go see it, and the Realtor tells me “Oh that listing isn’t on the Market anymore, I need to take it off the listing”. I wanted to tell him, “Oh really, then do your job and take it off the MLX”. If it’s no longer on the Market when does this guy expect to take it off the listing? After he gets about 10 calls on the property? It’s just completely frustrating having to deal with Realtor’s who aren’t doing their jobs correctly. I also called two other Realtor’s for two separate properties and neither of them picked up. One Realtor had two numbers and one of them the office was closed at 8am, and the other number her mail box was full. Okay that’s okay I left a message and she has an email address so I’ll email her, right?!? WRONG! Her email came back to me in error. NICE!

I see that people are still buying homes, left and right, but somehow it seems impossible for me to find one.

I only have hope that I find one that will finally be my HOME!

xo,
kristin nicole