GT10

i am one of 9 lucky ladies that gets to join my friends on what we have labeled Girls Trip- On our first girls trip -GT08 we went to the mountains in California- on the next GT09 trip we went to Wimberley Texas, and the last GT (GT10)- all 9 of us went about an hour away up in Michigan, right on the lake. They were all amazing, and i feel so lucky to be able to spend a week every summer with my lovely girl friends, (shout out to....Adair, Mary, Hayley, Rachel, Jess, Margo, Val, and Colie)... not to mention dinner and wine once a week with my Chicago gals!
I am sharing with you a video my very amazing and talented friend Jessica (not pictured in video b/c she's the camera lady!) she shot this and edited the whole thing of our last trip. Please read about her new company Re:think Post, her and her husband started. Enjoy the video! i love my friends.

Lazy Weekend...

Quick blog for a Monday. Had a nice little weekend, felt like it was the first in a while where i didn't have a PLAN. On Saturday night, andrew and i went for Sushi... we tend to try new places all the time. We had fun with our iphones after dinner whilst finishing our BYOdrinks. Here is some of that out come:
a nice little ring shot- take with the hisptamatic app. love it.











And here is a little one of me:

and - my man taking a picture of me


and yesterday - just lounging on the couch:

Oh how i wish i were back in that position now. Instead i am passing time, and preparing for a huge blizzard that is supposed to hit Chicago (that i'm secretly excited about). Except I was reminded that we do not have a garage.. not cute for digging my car out... hmmm. wake up extra early tomorrow. Off to my 5th week in a row of Bikram Yoga... in my class on sat. i asked my teacher..... "so, um... does this make you skinny".... in her cutest little hippie yogi voice... "oh yeah... it will really change your body.." Uh huh.. it better, shit's gonna get pricey real soon.
xoxo jtc

Bloggers Unite

Hello Blogger Friends! And by friends i mean Cortney - I have been reading your blog for a while now and it really inspired me to get mine started- and lo and behold I started one back in 2009, (when i was unemployed.) Life is much different now then it was back then. One thing hasn't changed though- I am still living "The Winchester Years" - Yep we moved across the street from our old house. Since then, I did pass that Basic Skills Test- and I ended up getting a job back in the talent agent industry (what i was searching so hard for). I have been in my current position as a talent agent since Oct. of 2009. PHEW!
Now let me see if i can add a picture on here- i am slowly learning this blog world. I'm impressed i figured out how to link to Cortney's blog! I am not sure what kinds of things I plan on talking about on here, but i do want to mention that i just started Bikram Yoga here - I bought a Groupon for 2 months of unlimited yoga and I am happy (and shocked) to report that I have been going 4 days a week for the past month! WHO AM I? It's 105 degrees in there, and i have fallen i love. I have gotten to the point that I cannot wait to go again! After my 2 months is up- I gotta talk to my husband about forking out the dough to continue going.. haha.
This blog can be about- Soup? (always a winner in my book) , Bikram Yoga, Running 5ks, My sweet dog (pictures to come when i figure that out), or photos i take with my phone, stories of my girls nights... possibilities are endless and i am excited to get started.....
Now for a picture....
this is my puppy Chai Luna Thomas Chobot. She's the best.


one more photo:
this is my husband and I on Halloween- we went as characters from the tv show Party Down (not a lot of people got it) but we sure thought we were clever. One more thing I could write about in my blog- TV (and movies..)
Till next time blogger-sphere...xoxo

Summer is here

I am still unemployed, still writing this blog from my couch wrapped in blankets. Today i signed up for a Basic Skills Test, in hopes that i pass it and i get accepted into grad school for early childhood education. I will learn how to use capital letters before the test.
I also booked a 5 day all inclusive trip to Mexico during the swine flu! I can't wait. My husband and I are going for my 30th birthday. Who would have thought at 30 I would be looking into grad schools because i have been unemployed for 6 months. Which reminds me, i need to check into extended my unemployment.
So no i have 2 things to look forward to for the month of june. getting old in mexico, and passing a test (fingers crossed).
We have gotten to the point in my "days off" that i forget when the last time i showered was. I know... nice. It wasn't too many days ago, but i do forget. I have never had B.O. and my hair always looks clean, so i forget. I am def. showering today. having girls night at my house tonight... it's really one of the only things that keeps me sane. Besides my husband and doggie. So not much else is going on. I have officially decided that we are no moving on June 1st, but after a long process of deciding, i feel ok about it. It would be really hard to leave chicago right when the weather gets good. I am still trying to be optimistic about getting a job!!! (fingers crossed, knock on wood). I watched "The Secret" So i am trying to put positive thoughts into the air... i think i might have written about that last time.. it's pretty funny to really stop and think about your thoughts... most of them are negative. Gotta work on that.
Puppy is asleep on the couch and i need to sneak out and head to the gym, i am starting to think it's not ok if i wear a bikini. I always just wore one without a care... but one glance in the mirror made me think otherwise. We shall see. that's all for now. off for a bike ride to the gym. then to the dog park. story of my unemployed life. (think positive)....

The Secret

I have now been unemployed for 5 months. That is the longest i have ever been unemployed- I have worked everyday since i graduated college-- 9 years ago. You would think I would have been enjoying this time off- but not really. I got laid off in December in Chicago. Which is not fun for anyone. I have been at home on my couch, watching the days pass and the weather change. I have been driving myself crazy, thinking I have some sort of disease every other minute. I have way too much time on my hands I have done nothing interesting, or artistic, or helpful to anyone.
Thus, i started a blog, which i guess is still selfish, but it's better then watching Oprah. I wish i would have started it way back in December, but I was way too depressed to play. Now, 5 months later- i feel better about life but still a little out of it. At the moment I am watching my sweet dog licking something off of the bathroom floor--must remember that before i kiss her on the mouth..
That has been my life, my dog. Ahh the life of a dog... why can't she get a job? Which is not to say i have not been looking for a job, oh I have. I even tried to move states, but alas, couldn't make sense of it. So now, i continue to sit here- day by day waiting for Chicago summer to begin, in hopes I am not day drinking every day of it.
I am in a very specific industry and No ONE is hiring. So I am thinking of going to grad school- but of course I missed the deadline for fall- because i really thought i'd have a job by now. JEEZ! my dog just got my slipper again. But thank god for her, if she weren't around I would never leave the house. She's gotta get walked. I have also been going to the gym everyday- i mean everyday for the passed 5 months.. i have lost no weight. Being at home and depressed-- you eat. I have been eating- and buying shit i never bought before... ice cream, diet soda... really? But i crave it.. so I thought maybe I'm pregnant. Nope. Just took my first home preggo test. Negative. Everyone tells me, now would be a great time to get pregnant... I am home, my husband is working...-- yeah but- we need more money. I hope to have kids someday, but can't imagine ever being "Ready." So what do i do... i start a blog, last night i began to watch "The Secret" oh- those creepy dudes were really talking to me... so today i begin to imagine and visualize what i want... a job, to stop feeling dizzy, -- oh yeah i have been feeling dizzy... so thats why i thought i was preggo. I rode my bike today in the rain to my doctor, she could not see me. I am going back tomorrow. So i visualize, being healthy with a job.. I ask for it, i meditate, I accept it... the secret has not worked yet, but i am not giving up. Damn i just kissed my dog on the mouth. Short term memory.