The Arterburys: New Job!!!

I started a new full-time job this past week at Stewart Title in the Compensation Department. I really like it so far and especially like my schedule. I work MWF 7-2, TTh 8-5 and make up the rest of the 40 or so hours working at home. I made sure this schedule was approved before I accepted this position and it lets me pick up Lydia from school and go home and hang out with her. It's located right on Post Oak, so very close to Lydia's school and the house.
I don't get to see her in the mornings as she is a sleepy-head and sleeps until 8 or sometimes even 8:45. But her Daddy is loving his morning time with her. He loves to get her up and she plays a game with us each morning. She waits until we come in her room and acts like she wants us to get her out of the crib, but then when we go for her, she just falls back down and kicks her legs and laughs. She could really do this for 15 minutes until we trick her into grabbing her...then she's all hugs.
Anywho, about the new job...I'm working on developing a Job Classification System, so it's basically the same job I did at my previous contract position, though I get to see the project all the way through. I'm excited about it and believe it or not, really happy to be back in a professional setting. Everyone is very glad I'm here and that makes it worthwhile as well. I have a great office facing SE which is the direction of Blair's office. And we are both on the 9th floor, so if we had really good binoculars, we could probably see each other regardless of the 10 mile span. Aren't we too cute?
I had about a month off from the end of my contract position to starting this new FT position and I got a lot done around the house on top of dealing with the holidays. I completely cleaned out the house and organized each closet, drawer, cabinet and shelf. Now it would be a miracle if it all stays that way. So far, so good. I also got rid of a lot of items that we didn't need and that we just took because they were given to us. It is a huge relief to minimize the pieces in the house and finish decorating the walls (it's been 3 years). We even got some landscaping done in the back so our flowerbeds aren't just mud pits for Harley and Lydia to play in. Lydia still eats the dirt from the potted flowers...I can't control everything.

Here are some pictures after I got home from work (yes I had to work on MLK day). These two were a bunch of lazy bones.