10/26/05

Life is great!

Kelly's dogs are cute. Melissa needs to update her blog so we know she truly has lived through the marathon. Sireina has not updated since she has had closure, and Stephanie I suppose is busy with a new job. Teresa posted an email I sent to her yesterday and it was quite cute I thought. Today, I want to go to Mother's and try lunch there. It looks so good when I walk by every day, and I want to try something different.

Taty goes to the pumpkin patch today with her class mates. She got in big trouble yesterday, lying, being sneaky and talking back to her Teacher, going to time out (the Bee Hive).

Went last night to 3 houses to sell some of Taty's stuff from her catalog. She will have over 5 sales, which will get her some Yo-Yo rubbery thing. We'll see how many more we can get by the 3rd of November. I was thinking of bringing it to work, there's cheap things in there and all kinds of different options. Food, candy, gifts, wrapping paper, calendars, things of that nature.

Tonight is swimming lessons, and bath night. I think I will surprise her with Mr. Bubble tonight.

Steph

Well, she is now leaving us. That sucks but I am sure she will do much better where she is going. A change is good especially in this instance. I congratulate her and wish her much success. I am hoping all will be well for the future, as it should be.

Had a lovely lunch yesterday with Teresa, we went to Thai and it was awesome. I love that place, good food and great service. I love the hot tea too. Day before Larry took me to lunch. We went to M&F and had the second worst service I've ever had there. It was a new girl, but she really messed up. Food was great, and I love Larry's company. He is a hoot!

We are checking into buying a home. There are many possibilites and we are going to check them all out. That would be way cool to do, since I thought we would never buy a home.

I survived the week of hell, which was last week. I am glad I am no longer alone up here, it helps a lot! This term is nearing the end and then the cycle begins again.

This Saturday, Tatyana goes to spend the day and night with Karen and her granddaughter Molly. I am looking forward to that, having time to myself and spend with my husband without Tatyana. I love her and it's weird when she isn't there, but a break every now and again is a good thing. Sunday we are going to dinner with Christina and Heather at the Old Spaghetti Factory and I'm really looking forward to that too. The skate party last weekend was a hit, and I hurt for 3 days afterwards. I was happy to know that even a fat person can still skate! There will be another skate party the weekend before Thanksgiving weekend, Lindsay her other buddy has a birthday, so we'll be there!

We've invited mom over for Thanksgiving dinner, so we'll just be cooking a breast. We wanted Christina, Heather and Genny to come over too, but it seems it is her year to go to her dad's. He is lucky! I can't wait to see Heather, it's been a few weeks again. TJ wants me to pick them up early, but we'll have to see when Karen is bringing Taty home first. I have to go get my costume this weekend. I think I'm going to Target, because I liked their selections. Not sure what I will be, but since we are all dressing up it is necessary that I dress up too. We are all going Trick or Treating together. This will be a Great year!

I'm concerned about buying a house, there is so much information to learn and I don't know it either! I ask a lot of questions, and get good answers, it's a large purchase and a scary thing, you can't back out once you have signed the papers. From what I understand, there are a lot of papers, and it takes time to make it all happen.

didn't get it

They had many qualified people for the position, but in future, she said if something opened up she would consider me. I found that comforting. That is the thing with new jobs. There are so many people qualified out there. You have to have a good education and experience to back yourself up in a new job situation. I am neither sad or glad. Relieved. It means to me that I am not ready to move on from here as of yet. That doesn't hurt my feelings either. I love my job and the people I work with. Maybe in the future, but as for here and now, I am in my comfort zone and appreicate the opportunity that Bonnie gave me to interview with her. I'm sure God had a lot to do with it as well. I am fine with that. Maybe in the future, as that company is growing they would keep me in mind. At that point, I would be happy to make a new change. For right here and now, I am happy just being me and where I am at. :)

10/10/05

I'm excited for today already. This could be a very long week. Melanie is out from tomorrow forward, it's start week. I guess we'll wait and see what transpires. It's a holiday today, but we are all here working. Students have break for a week. That will ease the start of the new students on Thursday and Friday, being there is no full house.

Taty did well this Saturday here with Laurel and I. We had some calls, so it wasn't dead boring. She just had too much energy. Tonight is swim lessons. I have to stop by mom's after swim lessons. I spilled pop all inside the car yesterday coming back from Taco Bell. In TJ's car. That was the only sucky thing really. I got EVERYTHING done that I had expected to do. I'm proud of myself. I even baked cookies. I pulled steak out for dinner tonight, as we have a short amount of time to eat dinner, get changed and to swim lessons. I don't know if the steak will be thawed in time, I didn't pull it from the refrigerator, just left it in there.

Tomorrow, I think we'll eat at Old Spaghetti Factory, TJ has a coupon. I've put him in for a job at Kaiser that will make him permanent full time. I hope he gets it. It's at Sunnyside.

10/7/05

I guess the cat is out of the bag for Sireina. I am happy for her, but sad she is leaving.

I am ready to leave for the day, it's not been such a great week, and next week will be even worse. Melanie is going to leave from Tuesday forward. It's start week, it will suck. Laurel has not been in the world's greatest mood.

She found out I went on a job interview and I'm not sure of her reaction. She didn't say anything to me, she just asked Melanie point blank if I was on a job interview. She froze and said she couldn't answer that. Then, I was talking to Laurel and she makes a point to tell me that if anyone wants to better themselves, she is all for that. I said I know, you told me that 3 days ago. I walked out of the office. I wasn't hiding it from her, but I wasn't in there in her face either, like, Guess what boss, I'm going to a JOB interview!~!!!!

Crystal started the cycle this week, Christina followed, and I'm sure I'm next.

We are taking mom to dinner tonight at a cool new truck stop we discovered in Troutdale. I'm looking forward to it. Haven't had dinner with her in some time. She is also looking forward to it.

I often wonder if Jennifer reads my blog, since she closed hers out? Not the Jen in Maine, and thanks for the "happy birthday". I appreciated it. Had a splendid time too. Got lots of goodies.

I work tomorrow and am taking Taty with me. Laurel is working tomorrow too, the only one. She loves Taty though, I just hope there is enough to keep her entertained with. I'm drained already and I've not even finished the day out. I got to work super early today, so I walked for 20 minutes around downtown just looking, gazing at the beauty of it all. It felt good to walk, and then I walked again at lunch time. It's hard to walk after work, unless we eat quickly and then go, Taty and I. She finally enjoys walking with me, it's cute. I enjoy the time spent with her.

She got in trouble Monday at school. Got that taken care of. I hope she doesn't do that again. Kids are kids though. She is going to a birthday party with one of her friends from her other school, she says she misses them all. Isn't that sweet? That could be part of the problem, one of the sources.

My best friend Lisa won in court this week with her step daughter, Thank God! That was good news.

I got great gifts from people I work with for my birthday. I've used everything except the purse, which is coming up next. Saturday is shot for time to do anything, but Sunday, I'll have to clean like mad. Do laundry, I have ironing to do, cleaning the bathroom from top to bottom and change Taty's sheets on her bed. I need to vacuum and sweep because TJ helped out a little bit on his one day off. Dishes need to be put away, and I need to take his suit to the cleaners. I have 3 weeks worth of cans to turn in, but I don't see that happening this weekend. I could almost stress myself out. Plus, the fun part is the cramps are starting. Lovely.