almost the weekend - how cool. tho every time i mention weekend i remind myself that i don't have a normal one. actually i am being offered jobs and extensions to my job. i am not sure why i am being asked 'you were the one that came to mind' doesn't quite cut it fully.
i really like my job. i enjoy the people i am interacting with. it does seem to be a great schedule and matches what rob works fairly well. i sure like having fridays off, really don't like working sat mornings but that is what this is right now. i love working under lorena, i have great interaction with the students, i am given a lot of responsibilities and they keep growing (meaning that for them to train another person would be such a headache.), i don't want full time, neither do i want to be working an opposite schedule from my husband. i have no details on the other jobs, but what is the deal?? this seems to be a perfect job for me. not much creativity (but neither is the other offer or the extension to what i do now.) in this one, hard to hang with friends - what ever those are, can't take classes here/pursue education in evening (but days would still be available).
lots to think about i am sure. nothing may come of any of the offers - they seem to be brain storming from the folks talking to me about the positions.
Friday, July 25, 2008
Monday, July 21, 2008
Recap
thursday!! wow that was forever ago - and that was my last post. alright today is monday. friday we... well i think we went to the movies around 12. while heading home my shifter broke. don't ask me what broke, i just know the shifter was loose and moving around in my hands. so we swapped at the stop light and rob drove home in fourth gear. we hit every stop light and all the people in front of us had to turn. it was amazing how he got us home. that afternoon was spent fixing that. instead of a $400 part he spent $.64 and fixed the problem. amazing man. not sure how the rest of the day was spent. i missed going to a wedding - thanks to the car problem.
saturday i worked and then went grocery shopping. then we went to church and out to eat afterwards. then over to someone's home to play a game. was a great evening spent with people we did not know and we both had a blast!! went home and i went to bed, rob followed shortly after.
sunday we slept in. piddled around the house. rob helped me put together a fruit mix to dehydrate. should be finished tonight actually. i mixed some hamburger meat and he grilled. after supper he removed four stumps from our flower bed. i watched, and was beautiful doing it. and here i am going to insert - wow, guys are amazing. God did a beautiful job putting them together and it was fantastic seeing how rob did so many things this weekend. he also arranged my washer and dryer with an organizer in between them, maybe i will get a pict up and show it. i am so glad to have it done. he then was up on the computer, until 6.45 a.m. finally came to bed and his alarm went off around 8. he pushes snooze for a few hours and gets up around 10 most days.
the snooze thing drives me nuts. one of these days i hope to 'help' him out of bed, but then i would have to wake up enough to perform that, therefore negating the reason for me 'helping' him - so i could sleep.... will be interesting to see how this continues to unfold. i really don't feel like being a jerk and yet would like to sleep because i can. anyway, i am not going to convince anyone of anything this way.
and now today is monday. i felt a little drugged most of the day but i managed to get laundry done. (some is hanging around the house because i refuse to use the dryer for hour upon hour... just maddening how expensive that gets and how often i have to re-dry things anyway..) i also got all the laundry from last week put away finally (i think it was breeding.). i sprinkled the carpet with freshener and hope to vacuum tomorrow, along with mopping and possibly dusting or bathrooms too. would like to trim some of the bushes outside and clean more in the flower beds. the grass and weeds take no time to reproduce and get huge. (well bigger than i want them to be..) so already i have too much on my plate for tomorrow but hopefully i will get some things accomplished. it just seems to take so much effort to get things done sometimes (oh and i cleaned out the dishwasher, then filled it and cleaned it out again, filling it once more. when i cook i use a lot of dishes..
saturday i worked and then went grocery shopping. then we went to church and out to eat afterwards. then over to someone's home to play a game. was a great evening spent with people we did not know and we both had a blast!! went home and i went to bed, rob followed shortly after.
sunday we slept in. piddled around the house. rob helped me put together a fruit mix to dehydrate. should be finished tonight actually. i mixed some hamburger meat and he grilled. after supper he removed four stumps from our flower bed. i watched, and was beautiful doing it. and here i am going to insert - wow, guys are amazing. God did a beautiful job putting them together and it was fantastic seeing how rob did so many things this weekend. he also arranged my washer and dryer with an organizer in between them, maybe i will get a pict up and show it. i am so glad to have it done. he then was up on the computer, until 6.45 a.m. finally came to bed and his alarm went off around 8. he pushes snooze for a few hours and gets up around 10 most days.
the snooze thing drives me nuts. one of these days i hope to 'help' him out of bed, but then i would have to wake up enough to perform that, therefore negating the reason for me 'helping' him - so i could sleep.... will be interesting to see how this continues to unfold. i really don't feel like being a jerk and yet would like to sleep because i can. anyway, i am not going to convince anyone of anything this way.
and now today is monday. i felt a little drugged most of the day but i managed to get laundry done. (some is hanging around the house because i refuse to use the dryer for hour upon hour... just maddening how expensive that gets and how often i have to re-dry things anyway..) i also got all the laundry from last week put away finally (i think it was breeding.). i sprinkled the carpet with freshener and hope to vacuum tomorrow, along with mopping and possibly dusting or bathrooms too. would like to trim some of the bushes outside and clean more in the flower beds. the grass and weeds take no time to reproduce and get huge. (well bigger than i want them to be..) so already i have too much on my plate for tomorrow but hopefully i will get some things accomplished. it just seems to take so much effort to get things done sometimes (oh and i cleaned out the dishwasher, then filled it and cleaned it out again, filling it once more. when i cook i use a lot of dishes..
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Pictures of The Girls Playing
here are a few pictures of the girls from when i went home in june to help my aunt clean up her garage. my cousin was there with her daughter and grandchildren. great to see everyone.
Aubrey showing off her creation - great isn't it
Staci shows her beautiful array of delectable treats
k maybe she is not so sure they are delectable
washing eric's jag - such helpers
Aubrey showing off her creation - great isn't it
Staci shows her beautiful array of delectable treats
k maybe she is not so sure they are delectable
washing eric's jag - such helpersWednesday, July 16, 2008
I Have Dyson
yipee!!! the dyson arrived this a.m. around 10.30. rob promptly took it out of the box and handed it to me.
what!!! it was kind of like a child with a christmas gift ripping open the present and handing it to the parent to put together. all the fun of ripping the gift open was gone. i hope he enjoyed it!!! (of course i was jumping up and down like a rabbit so it would have been hard for me to open the box anyway. but i did want to twirl around the room with the unopened box for a few seconds.)
it is great!! i have vacuumed for a full hour and the house looks almost steam cleaned. great tracks in the carpet :). i even vacuumed the spider webs i had been saving for such an occasion :)
i am the owner - that is me :)
side view with attachments on floor. 
kaci my guard dog watches to see that none of the pieces walk off.
here it is put together 
discarded box
what!!! it was kind of like a child with a christmas gift ripping open the present and handing it to the parent to put together. all the fun of ripping the gift open was gone. i hope he enjoyed it!!! (of course i was jumping up and down like a rabbit so it would have been hard for me to open the box anyway. but i did want to twirl around the room with the unopened box for a few seconds.)
it is great!! i have vacuumed for a full hour and the house looks almost steam cleaned. great tracks in the carpet :). i even vacuumed the spider webs i had been saving for such an occasion :)
i am the owner - that is me :)
side view with attachments on floor. 
kaci my guard dog watches to see that none of the pieces walk off.
here it is put together 
discarded box
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
No Street Number!!??
today was to be the most exciting day of the week. rob okayed buying a dyson vacuum and today was the arrival date. i sat on the couch watching a mrs. marple mystery waiting for the best gift of the week to arrive. i watched the ups vehicle drive by my house and turn the corner. a few minutes it was back, sitting right out side the house. i was occupied with getting the dog to lay down when it drove away about five minutes after it pulled up. i looked around trying to see if the driver was a secret ninja and had placed the package on my front door without me seeing them. it was not there. i looked across the street to see if it was left on a door step there. nothing. i came inside, through the magic of tracking numbers, got online to check the delivery status. this is what i found:
what!!? i don't have a correct street number... what does that mean??
so i called ups and had a great conversation filled with laughter. and was told it would be sent tomorrow. (TOMORROW! i have to wait. what about dropping back by, i will wait in the street with my cell phone on, i could even come to the facility.) so i told her that would be alright and i looked forward to getting it the next day.
this is what i found on the site after the conversation:
| 07/15/2008 | 11:33 A.M. | A CORRECT STREET NUMBER IS NEEDED FOR DELIVERY. UPS IS ATTEMPTING TO OBTAIN THIS INFORMATION |
what!!? i don't have a correct street number... what does that mean??
so i called ups and had a great conversation filled with laughter. and was told it would be sent tomorrow. (TOMORROW! i have to wait. what about dropping back by, i will wait in the street with my cell phone on, i could even come to the facility.) so i told her that would be alright and i looked forward to getting it the next day.
this is what i found on the site after the conversation:
so here i am quite disappointed and ready for a new vacuum. ... ahh well. the rest of my day has been wonderful, so i shall sleep well tonight. bye |
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Free To Be Popular Sanguine
i discovered this personality test. here it is to print off and take.
when i first took the test i found that i was operating in opposite personality traits. freaked me out - how can you be opposites?
once i found out the correct one it made me feel free. i now have an identity. crazy how that made me feel...
now i have an 'excuse' for not being disciplined and forgetting to keep up with my blog... hehehe i also know why i feel dead without friends and people to interact with. where there is no fun i find myself falling apart. would appear my life needs constant fun and change... who would have thought.
anyway - here is what the popular sanguine is: animated, playful, sociable, convincing, refreshing, spirited, promoter, spontaneous, optimistic, funny, delightful, cheerful, inspiring, demonstrative, mixes easily, talker, lively, cute, popular, bouncy, brassy, undisciplined, repetitious, forgetful, interrupts, unpredictable, haphazard, permissive, angered easily, naive, wants credit, talkative, disorganized, inconsistent, messy, show-off, loud, scatterbrained, restless, changeable.
sooo when i found out these parts were in my personality it was truly a feeling of freedom. i act the way i do and it is normal. not saying it is okay to act that way, for example to interrupt or be undisciplined - but for me it was normal. when i know the tendencies i have then it helps me guard against negative behaviours - and at the very least know why i am acting the way i do. wow - feels great. knowing the truth.... and feeling free.
something i keep finding the more time i spend with family, is that i desperately need to be around those that love me (who doesn't huh?) and accept me.
God wants me to get even that from Him, know why??? - 'cuz i keep finding myself in new places with no family or friends and each time that cuts deep. so if i get that love and acceptance from Him, the kind you have with your best girlfriend (guy friend if a guy), you can tell them everything. every dark feeling and thing you keep from others. they still like you and want to hang with you. God is that way, only He never gets to the point of throwing you away, there is nothing i can do to get Him to loose me. the more i seek His truth. who He made me to be and the intricacies of what He has done and is doing, the more i like myself. He thinks i am one of the coolest things He has ever done (and thinks that about you too...) He is amazing. so while there are good and bad things going on in me and around me, He is the constant, drawing me to His arms, even when i resist.
definitions of traits:
animated - full of life; lively use of hand, arm and face gestures
playful - full of fun and good humour
sociable - sees being with others as an opportunity to be cute and entertaining rather than as a challenge or business opportunity
convincing - can win others over to anything through the sheer charm of his/her personality
refreshing - renews and stimulates or makes others feel good
spirited - full of life and excitement
promoter - urges or compels others to go along, join or invest through the charm of his/her own personality
spontaneous - prefers all of life to be impulsive, unpremeditated activity, nor restricted by plans
optimistic - sunny disposition who convinces self and others that everything will turn out all right
funny - sparkling sense of humour that can make virtually any story into a hilarious event
delightful - is upbeat and fun to be with
cheerful - consistently in good spirits and promoting happiness in others
inspiring - encourages others to work, join or be involved and makes the whole thing fun
demonstrative - openly expresses emotion, especially affection, and doesn't hesitate to touch others while speaking to them
mixes easily - loves a party and can't wait to meet everyone in the room, never meets a stranger
talker - constantly talking, telling funny stories and entertaining everyone around, feels need to fill silence in order to make others comfortable
lively - full of life, vigorous, energetic
cute - precious, adorable, center of attention
popular - life of the party, and therefore much desired as a party goer
bouncy - a bubbly, lively personality, full of energy
brassy - showy, flashy, comes on strong, too loud
undisciplined - lack of order permeates most every area of his/her life
repetitious - retells stories and incidents to entertain without realizing he/she has already told the story several times before, constantly needs to have something to say
forgetful - lack of memory, which is usually tied to a lack of discipline, and not bothering to mentally record things that aren't fun
interrupts - is more of a talker than a listener, starts speaking without even realizing someone else is already speaking
unpredictable - may be ecstatic one moment and down the next, or willing to help but then disappears, or promises to come but forgets to show up
haphazard - has no consistent way of doing things
permissive - allows others (including children) to do as they please in order to keep from being disliked
angered easily - has a childlike flash-in-the-pan temper that expresses itself in tantrum style, which is over and forgotten almost instantly
naive - simple and child-like perspective, lacking sophistication or comprehension of what the deeper levels of life are really about
wants credit - thrives on the credit or approval of others. as an entertainer, ths person feeds on the applause, laughter and/or acceptance of an audience
talkative - an entertaining, compulsive talker who finds it difficult to listen
disorganized - lack of ability to ever get life in order
inconsistent - erratic, contradictory, with actions and emotions not based on logic
messy - lives in a state of disorder, unable to find things
show-off - needs to be the center of attention, wants to be watched
loud - has a laugh or voice that can be heard above others in the room
scatterbrained - lacks the power of concentration or attention, flighty
restless - likes constant new activity because it isn't fun to do the same things all the time
changeable - a childlike, short attention span that needs a lot of change and variety to keep from getting bored
when i first took the test i found that i was operating in opposite personality traits. freaked me out - how can you be opposites?
once i found out the correct one it made me feel free. i now have an identity. crazy how that made me feel...
now i have an 'excuse' for not being disciplined and forgetting to keep up with my blog... hehehe i also know why i feel dead without friends and people to interact with. where there is no fun i find myself falling apart. would appear my life needs constant fun and change... who would have thought.
anyway - here is what the popular sanguine is: animated, playful, sociable, convincing, refreshing, spirited, promoter, spontaneous, optimistic, funny, delightful, cheerful, inspiring, demonstrative, mixes easily, talker, lively, cute, popular, bouncy, brassy, undisciplined, repetitious, forgetful, interrupts, unpredictable, haphazard, permissive, angered easily, naive, wants credit, talkative, disorganized, inconsistent, messy, show-off, loud, scatterbrained, restless, changeable.
sooo when i found out these parts were in my personality it was truly a feeling of freedom. i act the way i do and it is normal. not saying it is okay to act that way, for example to interrupt or be undisciplined - but for me it was normal. when i know the tendencies i have then it helps me guard against negative behaviours - and at the very least know why i am acting the way i do. wow - feels great. knowing the truth.... and feeling free.
something i keep finding the more time i spend with family, is that i desperately need to be around those that love me (who doesn't huh?) and accept me.
God wants me to get even that from Him, know why??? - 'cuz i keep finding myself in new places with no family or friends and each time that cuts deep. so if i get that love and acceptance from Him, the kind you have with your best girlfriend (guy friend if a guy), you can tell them everything. every dark feeling and thing you keep from others. they still like you and want to hang with you. God is that way, only He never gets to the point of throwing you away, there is nothing i can do to get Him to loose me. the more i seek His truth. who He made me to be and the intricacies of what He has done and is doing, the more i like myself. He thinks i am one of the coolest things He has ever done (and thinks that about you too...) He is amazing. so while there are good and bad things going on in me and around me, He is the constant, drawing me to His arms, even when i resist.
definitions of traits:
animated - full of life; lively use of hand, arm and face gestures
playful - full of fun and good humour
sociable - sees being with others as an opportunity to be cute and entertaining rather than as a challenge or business opportunity
convincing - can win others over to anything through the sheer charm of his/her personality
refreshing - renews and stimulates or makes others feel good
spirited - full of life and excitement
promoter - urges or compels others to go along, join or invest through the charm of his/her own personality
spontaneous - prefers all of life to be impulsive, unpremeditated activity, nor restricted by plans
optimistic - sunny disposition who convinces self and others that everything will turn out all right
funny - sparkling sense of humour that can make virtually any story into a hilarious event
delightful - is upbeat and fun to be with
cheerful - consistently in good spirits and promoting happiness in others
inspiring - encourages others to work, join or be involved and makes the whole thing fun
demonstrative - openly expresses emotion, especially affection, and doesn't hesitate to touch others while speaking to them
mixes easily - loves a party and can't wait to meet everyone in the room, never meets a stranger
talker - constantly talking, telling funny stories and entertaining everyone around, feels need to fill silence in order to make others comfortable
lively - full of life, vigorous, energetic
cute - precious, adorable, center of attention
popular - life of the party, and therefore much desired as a party goer
bouncy - a bubbly, lively personality, full of energy
brassy - showy, flashy, comes on strong, too loud
undisciplined - lack of order permeates most every area of his/her life
repetitious - retells stories and incidents to entertain without realizing he/she has already told the story several times before, constantly needs to have something to say
forgetful - lack of memory, which is usually tied to a lack of discipline, and not bothering to mentally record things that aren't fun
interrupts - is more of a talker than a listener, starts speaking without even realizing someone else is already speaking
unpredictable - may be ecstatic one moment and down the next, or willing to help but then disappears, or promises to come but forgets to show up
haphazard - has no consistent way of doing things
permissive - allows others (including children) to do as they please in order to keep from being disliked
angered easily - has a childlike flash-in-the-pan temper that expresses itself in tantrum style, which is over and forgotten almost instantly
naive - simple and child-like perspective, lacking sophistication or comprehension of what the deeper levels of life are really about
wants credit - thrives on the credit or approval of others. as an entertainer, ths person feeds on the applause, laughter and/or acceptance of an audience
talkative - an entertaining, compulsive talker who finds it difficult to listen
disorganized - lack of ability to ever get life in order
inconsistent - erratic, contradictory, with actions and emotions not based on logic
messy - lives in a state of disorder, unable to find things
show-off - needs to be the center of attention, wants to be watched
loud - has a laugh or voice that can be heard above others in the room
scatterbrained - lacks the power of concentration or attention, flighty
restless - likes constant new activity because it isn't fun to do the same things all the time
changeable - a childlike, short attention span that needs a lot of change and variety to keep from getting bored
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
4th Of July
wow - you would think i have been kidnapped due to the lack of entries. i was not - just so you know.
july 4th weekend we went to see my cousin's family. mom came out, and another aunt and cousin joined the fun. it was great to see them and there were hours of laughing and just hanging. i also went out praire dog hunting - had some great shots but alas, was unable to get anything. there were several casualties and we are sure some wounds led to death. the guys tried to console me with each hit - how horrible the praire dogs were and the damage they were doing. didn't help.
i now know it is just child-hood fantisies that hold magic about the fireworks i used to love. they now suck. no more great 'tanks', 'chickens', ets. and where have the magic lanterns gone?? i was so disapointed by the level of sparkle in today's home fireworks. just a lot of big booms, not my favorite. and the sparklers - well i just won't go there. but it was great watching the kids play, the crying was not so fun but alas can't have everything.
it was so good to spend time with those that simply love me. and that i simply love. made coming home pretty difficult. yet God is my provider and sees to it that i have what i need as i ask Him.
work is getting full of responsibility and we are all trying to keep a sense of humor and laugh out loud a lot - keeps it a happy place. where there is not humor is a kind of death.. hmmm ponder that for a bit, but not too long.
love to you all
how was your weekend??
http://www.maylin.net/Fireworks.html try my fireworks and enjoy
july 4th weekend we went to see my cousin's family. mom came out, and another aunt and cousin joined the fun. it was great to see them and there were hours of laughing and just hanging. i also went out praire dog hunting - had some great shots but alas, was unable to get anything. there were several casualties and we are sure some wounds led to death. the guys tried to console me with each hit - how horrible the praire dogs were and the damage they were doing. didn't help.
i now know it is just child-hood fantisies that hold magic about the fireworks i used to love. they now suck. no more great 'tanks', 'chickens', ets. and where have the magic lanterns gone?? i was so disapointed by the level of sparkle in today's home fireworks. just a lot of big booms, not my favorite. and the sparklers - well i just won't go there. but it was great watching the kids play, the crying was not so fun but alas can't have everything.
it was so good to spend time with those that simply love me. and that i simply love. made coming home pretty difficult. yet God is my provider and sees to it that i have what i need as i ask Him.
work is getting full of responsibility and we are all trying to keep a sense of humor and laugh out loud a lot - keeps it a happy place. where there is not humor is a kind of death.. hmmm ponder that for a bit, but not too long.
love to you all
how was your weekend??
http://www.maylin.net/Fireworks.html try my fireworks and enjoy
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Refreshing
this past weekend i went to see family in kansas. what a windswept trip. the drive took 8 hours to get there and 8 back. however, it was worth every bit. i got to see my aunt marsha, cousin kari and two of her children - colby and stacey (i hope i spelled her name correctly..). also got to meet her two grandchildren aubrey and riley (spelling is incorrect i am sure on those...). also my cousin eric was there. rob went too.
there was a lot of hard work done and i am so glad rob was there. he cleared out the jungle in the back yard - discovered sumac in the jungle and just hacked it out until you could see the wood fence. looked great. colby helped out back there and the next day he and eric took it all to the dump, load after load after load...
kari, marsha, and i worked on the garage and the basement. we went through boxes and separated into toss (more loads to the dump), garage sell, and keep. marsha was such a trooper - it is hard to let things go. there were items from so many loved ones and to let those go was very emotional along with the physical work. she did wonderful and there was a lot she got rid of.
i got to hang out with the little ones and it was wonderful. God allowed me to full fill a little piece of what He has put within me. stacey wanted to hang with rob and then aubrey got involved too. they all had a bit of fun together while us girls cleaned in the basement.
i am still real tired but riding high on being with my family. it truly was like going home for me. that place where you are loved and known. it was hard to come back to ba, each mile tore at me. work was like putting on comfortable shoes - sure nice to see the folks i am getting to know. rob was great sunday evening, and it helped me come back here to our home.
well i have to run so until next time..
there was a lot of hard work done and i am so glad rob was there. he cleared out the jungle in the back yard - discovered sumac in the jungle and just hacked it out until you could see the wood fence. looked great. colby helped out back there and the next day he and eric took it all to the dump, load after load after load...
kari, marsha, and i worked on the garage and the basement. we went through boxes and separated into toss (more loads to the dump), garage sell, and keep. marsha was such a trooper - it is hard to let things go. there were items from so many loved ones and to let those go was very emotional along with the physical work. she did wonderful and there was a lot she got rid of.
i got to hang out with the little ones and it was wonderful. God allowed me to full fill a little piece of what He has put within me. stacey wanted to hang with rob and then aubrey got involved too. they all had a bit of fun together while us girls cleaned in the basement.
i am still real tired but riding high on being with my family. it truly was like going home for me. that place where you are loved and known. it was hard to come back to ba, each mile tore at me. work was like putting on comfortable shoes - sure nice to see the folks i am getting to know. rob was great sunday evening, and it helped me come back here to our home.
well i have to run so until next time..
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