PBA Here I Come! ...Again! (Greg)

Well, it's time that I dust off my book bag and sharpen my pencils, I'm headed off to school...again! I just recieved word that I got accepted into the Masters Program here at PBA! I will be going back to get my MS in Organizational Leadership. Classes start first thing in January, so i'd better remember how to study and quick! Exciting and expensive times in the Hill houshold! Luckily PBA will be paying for 50% of my program being a "distinguished and valuable employee". Woohoo, I guess being chief button pusher has finally paid off!

Happy Black Friday

Oh and Happy Thanksgiving too! We had a great one, I got pretty fancy with the spices and made some herb stuffed turkey breast, corn casserole, mashed potatoes, stuffing, and pan gravy. It was pretty good. We were also lucky enough to be able to share the day with Greg's parents and our fellow relocated Michigander Matt. It was a good time. We dragged Greg's folks to the park with Mya to scope out some locations for us to get our official pictures taken (which will be done in a few weeks) since we are going to be married 3 years and the last official pics we have are our wedding ones. So here are some make shift poses...



Don't mind the hair in my face on this one. These were taken on Sunday, on Monday morning I had my hair trimmed and died dark brown.





We headed out this morning and managed to make off with some great deals on clothes and shoes and spent some quality time together FINALLY. All in all I would say it has been a great day. We will just leave the part out about me having to go to work today.

Sam's Club Special

It is no secret that we dote on our little puppy po baby face, MYA (aka: Booger, BOBO, or just "NO"). This weekend on a little stroll through Sam's Club Greg spotted a large dog bed at a reasonable price so after we picked one out we spotted the cutest little doggie bed with dots, and knew we had to take it home with us for our little Booger. I think she likes it, it is the perfect fit! Here she is at 8 months old, pretty much fully grown at 24#.

Snow in West Palm Beach (Greg)

Yes folks, believe it or not that is SNOW that you see in that picture of Downtown West Palm Beach Florida! We live in a town that has so much money they don't know what to do with it, so why don't we just make our own snow here in south florida?! Its pretty cool actually (no pun intended). It's not real snow mind you, that would just turn to rain. What they did is create some sort of soap like micro bubbles that actually resemble a very good snowflake! So that in conjuction with some good old fashioned Christmas music durring a fountain show next to a 45 ft. tall christmas tree and a bunch of palm trees wrapped in christmas lights and you've got the idea! Good times in South Florida!

The New Job (Greg)

Hello all, alot of you have been asking how the new job is going so I thought i would just give a quick update! Things are going really good. Its definitely a change from what I am use to. The longer I'm here, the bigger the job becomes and the more responsibilities I inherit. Thats not a bad thing mind you, but my job description is very vague but now includes alot of marketing and PR work, I'm now responsible for editing additions and updates to our webpage(s),developing new web materials, any form of external communications etc. So in short I still couldn't tell you exactly what I do except that it encompases pretty much every form of communication throughout the entire college.

Let me go back abit here and give some history for those of you who don't know. I accepted the position of Communications Supervisor (Coordinator/Director) for Admissions at Palm Beach Atlantic University. All in all the job seemed pretty straight forward -Oversee the communications flow and mapping for all prospective students from inquiry to matriculant, also oversee the daily operations of our Telecounseling division. But as I mentioned above that job description is becoming very grey and is now including a mass amount of other responsiblities. Thats what I do, but how is it going? Its going great! It's fantastic to finally be apart of an organization that is Christ focused and is LOOKING for changes and new ideas. Too long have I been apart of organizations that are so stuck in their 100 year old traditions that are irrelavent and pointless. Almost the entire staff (all but 4 people) are brand new in the entire department so we are all in the same boat of finding new best practices and developing a new PBA.

The moral of the story is that the job is going well, it is an exciting place to work and I FINALLY get to use that degree of mine! Now I'm contemplating getting my masters in Organizational Leadership as PBA pays for 50% of it! So who knows what the future holds. For now I'll just enjoy the ride!

Snowflakes

So Cityplace, basically downtown West Palm for those of you who have never been here, has it's annual tree lighting festival on Saturday. They started playing their Christmas music, and have hung snowflakes in along the main road, between the buildings. They have not lit them yet but it makes for a beautiful effect and I love it. Here is what one of them looks like in the 75* heat of noon. That feature is new this year and I for one appreciate it.

Very excited for everything to be in lights! As of Sept 15th they are also starting to have daily evening snowfalls. Which I anticipate to be bubbles, but nevertheless this is Florida's attempt at enjoying some of the seasonal perks those of you who actually have to shovel, be cold, and scrape off your cars have learned to enjoy.
Too bad I am going to miss it, Men's basketball has a tournament in Alabama that I have to, I mean get to go to. But it is in the 50's in Alabama, should be fun.

Let the Christmas music begin

Greg started working at PBA this week, the house is a mess and he is running out of dress shirts and ties to wear, but so far so good. We both are working a lot right now, and looking forward to thanksgiving break (which for me is a whole day).

But you know what starts the day after Halloween in this house? Christmas music! Thats right, why wait for Thanksgiving when you can enjoy the festivities for 2 whole months. Mom started to ask me already what we wanted for Christmas. She always has a way of asking when that is like the farthest from my mind. But since I managed to wash and dry Greg's pants last week along with his entire wallet, we got to take a trip to the Fossil store for a new one. That is where I decided this is what I want this year.





Oh yeah...bags :) I am due for a new one it has been over a year. Nothing like soft brown leather to get a girl happy for Christmas.

Greg is hoping for bigger and better things, like you know a motorcycle, or possibly a MAC computer, or a freakishly huge and expensice camera. He has always lacked creativity or reality with the Christmas ideas. What is on your Christmas list?