is it turkey day yet?

Our systems are working painfully slow today at work, which is forcing me to spend this time on a much more productive project... job hunting. I wouldn't say I am actively searching for a new job, but I do scour Craig's List, Washington Post jobs and SHRM.org every few days to see if anything catches my eye. The problem I seem to have with job hunting is that I am extremely picky when it comes to this "new job" I'm on the hunt for. Right now I drive between 45 minutes to an hour to and from work each day. This enigmatic job I'm on a perpetual search for is pretty limited where the commute is concerned... I either want to drive much less to work (no more than 30 minutes) or be able to take the train straight to work (and not have to switch and ride the metro, as well). I'm also somewhat spoiled as far as pay goes because my current company certainly pays well... so this other job has to think I'm worth as much, if not more, than I am making now.

Suffice it to say, the results of my job search over the past couple of months have been minimal. I did get a little excited today, though. I found a pretty great job with a great organization right near the train station in Alexandria. If I got this, I would be able to walk (or take a 30 second drive) to the VRE station near our condo, hop on, snooze or read the paper and be at the King Street station in 35 minutes. They also have a transportation allowance that would take a hefty chunk out of my monthly train ticket. Lets cross our fingers!

Last night I wrote out a few more Christmas cards... there's something about the annual mailing of the Christmas cards (or holiday cards, for my non-Christian friends who will be receiving them) that makes me feel a little bit domestic. I fail miserably on the domesticity scale when it comes to cooking (we love the microwave), laundry (I do my laundry but take forever to put it away) and cleaning (scratch that, I'm a clean freak - but I do hate taking out the trash). It's the least I can do this season to prove that yes, I am a wife and damnit I can act like one! At least I didn't put Santa hats on the dogs and send out a photo card... because I certainly thought about it.

I did buy two different kinds of holiday cards this year, though. I have a thing for snowmen/snowflakes so that's normally what I buy... but this year I went a little further and shelled out a good amount of money on these adorable letterpressed cards from Papyrus. I have decided that these will go to my immediate family and then to my married friends (including Kate and Greg, my pseudo-married friends). The other recipients will still receive a snowman card but it is from Target and the card stock isn't quite as thick... equally as cute, just not as satisfying to the fingertips. Now I just need some cute stamps... maybe some that look like this: