I've been working.. lots and lots of working lately. Almost 40 hours for the last 4 weeks. Doesn't sound that hard but a lot of it has been being called in on my day off or taking other employee's shifts. Plus it's Christmas and the store has been a mess, people are slobs, I've been asking for an armed guard to watch my bead aisles. People steal so much!!
Also been getting to hang out with more people from work, awesome people. Princess is warming up to a couple of them. I took her out to Petsmart for the first time yesterday, she was nervous in the parking lot and when we stopped by Michael's to say hi, but then she was fine in Petsmart. Must be the food smells.
School starts up again next Wednesday, for 1 4-hour class then off again for 2 weeks. I could have finished the class by the time we get to the second day. Annoying.
Everyone has been getting sick, I'm trying really hard not to, but some days I get no sleep. Tonight will likely be one of those nights. I've got to write a paper for the first class and I don't have any days off till the day of the class. We're also open till 11pm all this week and I close 3 nights, which means getting home at almost midnight. It's been nice having some extra money though, since I was barely covering bills before. My great-aunt sent me a check to help me out and I used it to buy some bookshelves so I could unpack the boxes that have been sitting in the bedroom since August. That made me really happy :)
A co-worker of mine lives 4 houses away and her teen son was upset that I had no furniture so he grabbed a friend's love seat and brought it over one night. So the house is getting homey :) Looks awesome with the Christmas Tree up in the front window too :) Next week I'm going to Ikea to get some floor lamps for the living room and 2 extra bedrooms. Then maybe I'll start hanging some pictures.
My brother, D, wants me to come move to Colorado soon. He makes a good argument but even if I wanted to go asap I couldn't till this class is over at the end of January. Plus I have to figure out what to do with my stuff and my parents have to deal with the house. I dunno!
I've been eating this song alive lately: Kings of Leon: Sex on Fire.
Showing posts with label Princess. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Princess. Show all posts
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Monday, November 16, 2009
Where am I?
I haven't had much to write about lately. Work is getting really busy for Christmas, I have two more weeks left in my class. If I'm not at work then I'm at home playing with Princess or doing homework.
I've got 2 more bracelets to make for Christmas presents, then I have a necklace & earring set to make on commission and I keep forgetting to call my Great Aunt's friend who wanted to order something. :/
Today will be a long day at work, the weekly truck is in and they said there's supposed to be a ton of bead stuff on it. Still, I get to play with beads so that will make it better :)
I've got 2 more bracelets to make for Christmas presents, then I have a necklace & earring set to make on commission and I keep forgetting to call my Great Aunt's friend who wanted to order something. :/
Today will be a long day at work, the weekly truck is in and they said there's supposed to be a ton of bead stuff on it. Still, I get to play with beads so that will make it better :)
Thursday, October 22, 2009
This week in Niki's history
I was scheduled to work 17 hours this week but I've been asked to stay and called in to work for a total of 28 hours this week. Fantastic! Sadly though I found out yesterday that I'll be working Halloween night. I bought so much candy to hand out because I haven't had a Halloween in years. Bummer :(
I worked 8 hours yesterday instead of 4, and I work 8 tonight instead of 4.5. I was able to come home for an hour yesterday to feed Princess and let her out. I dunno if I'll get half an hour or an hour today though. I'd leave her some food but she eats so fast it'd be gone before I left.
I had orientation on Tuesday for school. It went pretty well, I met a few people and the teacher is funny. He reminds me of a calmer, less angry Lewis Black.
I worked 8 hours yesterday instead of 4, and I work 8 tonight instead of 4.5. I was able to come home for an hour yesterday to feed Princess and let her out. I dunno if I'll get half an hour or an hour today though. I'd leave her some food but she eats so fast it'd be gone before I left.
I had orientation on Tuesday for school. It went pretty well, I met a few people and the teacher is funny. He reminds me of a calmer, less angry Lewis Black.
Saturday, October 17, 2009
I think my birth certificate was faked..
..and my first 10 years of memories..
Today was my first 8 hour shift at work. I'm so sore and tired. I spent the first part of the day adjusting the Martha Stewart aisle for the new placements and price tags. Then I spent some time learning the cash register. Then I spent a couple hours organizing the display case for the small animal toys. I like organizing things, I almost can't help myself, but it took forever and it will probably be trashed tomorrow :)
At around 7pm my assistant manager tells me that I'm going to be running the fun with beads event tomorrow! So awesome! That really made my day. It's a 3-hour event where I just basically get paid to make jewelry with people. :) Could NOT be better! Yeah there's another 3 hours to fill besides that but I can't wait :)
All day long the other employees were asking me about my age.. They all guessed between 19-25. AwEsOmE!! When they found out I was 30 they couldn't believe it, I guess I need to sell some fountain of youth :) It was just weird how strongly people reacted, though I guess since most of them are teenagers they weren't expecting someone almost twice their age. Still ++++ for me :p Even with my gray hairs all over the place I still look young!
Princess did ok with my long day. She did spill a bit of her water bowl but there was still water in it when I got home. Her schedule is all messed up since she had dinner at 10pm and still needs to go to the bathroom and stuff.. Hell I still need to have dinner! Then get ready for bed, then set up my package to mail tomorrow. I sold another bracelet! Then do another sweep for the shows I'm still waiting to get and go to bed. Even though it should be a fun day tomorrow, I'm still worn from today. My body doesn't seem to know that I look 19. :p
Today was my first 8 hour shift at work. I'm so sore and tired. I spent the first part of the day adjusting the Martha Stewart aisle for the new placements and price tags. Then I spent some time learning the cash register. Then I spent a couple hours organizing the display case for the small animal toys. I like organizing things, I almost can't help myself, but it took forever and it will probably be trashed tomorrow :)
At around 7pm my assistant manager tells me that I'm going to be running the fun with beads event tomorrow! So awesome! That really made my day. It's a 3-hour event where I just basically get paid to make jewelry with people. :) Could NOT be better! Yeah there's another 3 hours to fill besides that but I can't wait :)
All day long the other employees were asking me about my age.. They all guessed between 19-25. AwEsOmE!! When they found out I was 30 they couldn't believe it, I guess I need to sell some fountain of youth :) It was just weird how strongly people reacted, though I guess since most of them are teenagers they weren't expecting someone almost twice their age. Still ++++ for me :p Even with my gray hairs all over the place I still look young!
Princess did ok with my long day. She did spill a bit of her water bowl but there was still water in it when I got home. Her schedule is all messed up since she had dinner at 10pm and still needs to go to the bathroom and stuff.. Hell I still need to have dinner! Then get ready for bed, then set up my package to mail tomorrow. I sold another bracelet! Then do another sweep for the shows I'm still waiting to get and go to bed. Even though it should be a fun day tomorrow, I'm still worn from today. My body doesn't seem to know that I look 19. :p
Friday, October 16, 2009
Wilde October
Third day of work.
I got my locker assignment but the lock on it was for a different locker so the combination wouldn't work. I'll have to get a new one assigned again.. :( I spent the first 2 hours straightening up the bead section, I was in heaven. Organizing, browsing, getting ideas for christmas presents! Everything I love to do! Next week is employee appreciation week. I've got my eye on a couple tools that I could really use but can't afford without the big discount. I need to remember today to grab a picture of the pieces I want as a shopping list. I don't know what hours I work next week, I also have to remember to log into the scheduling system while I'm there because I couldn't pull it up at home.
Today is my longest day at work, a full 8 hours! Hopefully Princess will be ok. She ate her untippable bowl in her crate yesterday. She slept in it again last night though. I think she really likes her blanket. I'll have to leave her food bowl in there as a water bowl so she doesn't get too thirsty. Hopefully she won't find a way to tip it over.
I got my locker assignment but the lock on it was for a different locker so the combination wouldn't work. I'll have to get a new one assigned again.. :( I spent the first 2 hours straightening up the bead section, I was in heaven. Organizing, browsing, getting ideas for christmas presents! Everything I love to do! Next week is employee appreciation week. I've got my eye on a couple tools that I could really use but can't afford without the big discount. I need to remember today to grab a picture of the pieces I want as a shopping list. I don't know what hours I work next week, I also have to remember to log into the scheduling system while I'm there because I couldn't pull it up at home.
Today is my longest day at work, a full 8 hours! Hopefully Princess will be ok. She ate her untippable bowl in her crate yesterday. She slept in it again last night though. I think she really likes her blanket. I'll have to leave her food bowl in there as a water bowl so she doesn't get too thirsty. Hopefully she won't find a way to tip it over.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Oh Happy Day!
On Sunday I drove an hour to the Apple store to get the fans replaced before the warranty runs out next month. They didn't have the parts in the store so they mailed it out and would mail it back to me at home. They said it could take up to a week but I got it back this morning! I'm so happy :) I'm getting caught up on all my downloading, spreadsheets, websites that were too hard to open on my semi-iPhone. I'm also reorganizing all of my music, deleting stuff I really don't like so hopefully the Genius play-lists will be better.
My esty bracelet showcase went well yesterday! I sold 2 bracelets which paid for the cost of the showcase + a little bit extra if you subtract the cost of materials & shipping. My sale ends tomorrow and then I'll be going over all my prices and trying to make them a bit more fair. I think I'll do an earring showcase next month!
My second day of work was on Monday. I was stocking the bead section for 4 hours. I loved it.. my quads are pretty sore from doing squats the whole time. Squat to box, unpack item, scan for shelf label, stand to place item. I got to know the store a bit more, got a few compliments on my hair too. Always nice! I work again tomorrow, another 4 hour shift. 8 1/2 on Friday! Then another 6 on Saturday. :) Not too bad for my first week. I still need to get a username & password for the employee website so I can put in my direct deposit information and schedule a few days as unavailable when my mom & brother are coming in for a few days.
Monday was also the Canadian Thanksgiving! So Happy Thanksgiving to all my Canuck friends & family. Have lots of Turkey for me! I'd bet they ran through forests of maple trees just for you :) Mmmm maple drizzled pumpkin cheesecake.....
I had the day off yesterday so I took Princess in to the pet salon across the street to get a bath. Whatever was on her fur when I got her has been giving me a rash but I wanted to give her some more time to relax here before taking her. They said she did very well, was completely silent which they thought was odd for a malamute. She was a bit afraid of the dryers so they dryed her a bit and let her air out. She's so fluffy and clean :) No more rash! They always give the dogs a cute little scarf and hers is brown with pink flowers on it. Very cute.
While she was getting bathed I went to buy her some new toys. She needed a tough ball to play fetch with. The one the neighbor gave her was destroyed in an hour and I can't trust her with it by herself or she'll eat the pieces. It glows in the dark. :) You can imagine what the yard would look like if she did eat it! I bought her a kong ball, a $2 stuffed squeaky toy and a supposedly untippable water dish for her crate. She still doesn't seem to know about the water bottle I put in there and since I work 8 hours on Friday I was worried she'd get too thirsty. I saw her go into the crate last night to drink from it so I thought that was a good sign, but today when I went out for 10 minutes to mail the second bracelet I sold yesterday, she had tipped it over. /sigh She's a stubborn one.. but at least it doesn't hold a lot of water and half of it stays in even when it's upside down, because of the lid.
I've been trying to decide if I should get a few decorations for Halloween. I definitely want to hand out candy this year, it'll be so much fun! I don't know if I'll get many visitors though if I don't put up some kind of decoration. I work at Michael's so I'm constantly around all kinds of ideas.. Maybe I'll pick up a little something tomorrow. I still want to go to a fall festival or farm event, or something. I have coupons for free pumpkins and apple cider and all kinds of nice fall stuff. I just haven't wanted to go alone.
I have my school orientation next Tuesday. Should only take an hour they said. I spoke to my advisor this morning and asked her about my transcripts and what classes I'll be taking. She said they'd only received one of the two transcripts but it wasn't in the computer yet. I'm really quite confused that they would let me start taking classes before I even pick what classes I want to take.
My esty bracelet showcase went well yesterday! I sold 2 bracelets which paid for the cost of the showcase + a little bit extra if you subtract the cost of materials & shipping. My sale ends tomorrow and then I'll be going over all my prices and trying to make them a bit more fair. I think I'll do an earring showcase next month!
My second day of work was on Monday. I was stocking the bead section for 4 hours. I loved it.. my quads are pretty sore from doing squats the whole time. Squat to box, unpack item, scan for shelf label, stand to place item. I got to know the store a bit more, got a few compliments on my hair too. Always nice! I work again tomorrow, another 4 hour shift. 8 1/2 on Friday! Then another 6 on Saturday. :) Not too bad for my first week. I still need to get a username & password for the employee website so I can put in my direct deposit information and schedule a few days as unavailable when my mom & brother are coming in for a few days.
Monday was also the Canadian Thanksgiving! So Happy Thanksgiving to all my Canuck friends & family. Have lots of Turkey for me! I'd bet they ran through forests of maple trees just for you :) Mmmm maple drizzled pumpkin cheesecake.....
I had the day off yesterday so I took Princess in to the pet salon across the street to get a bath. Whatever was on her fur when I got her has been giving me a rash but I wanted to give her some more time to relax here before taking her. They said she did very well, was completely silent which they thought was odd for a malamute. She was a bit afraid of the dryers so they dryed her a bit and let her air out. She's so fluffy and clean :) No more rash! They always give the dogs a cute little scarf and hers is brown with pink flowers on it. Very cute.
While she was getting bathed I went to buy her some new toys. She needed a tough ball to play fetch with. The one the neighbor gave her was destroyed in an hour and I can't trust her with it by herself or she'll eat the pieces. It glows in the dark. :) You can imagine what the yard would look like if she did eat it! I bought her a kong ball, a $2 stuffed squeaky toy and a supposedly untippable water dish for her crate. She still doesn't seem to know about the water bottle I put in there and since I work 8 hours on Friday I was worried she'd get too thirsty. I saw her go into the crate last night to drink from it so I thought that was a good sign, but today when I went out for 10 minutes to mail the second bracelet I sold yesterday, she had tipped it over. /sigh She's a stubborn one.. but at least it doesn't hold a lot of water and half of it stays in even when it's upside down, because of the lid.
I've been trying to decide if I should get a few decorations for Halloween. I definitely want to hand out candy this year, it'll be so much fun! I don't know if I'll get many visitors though if I don't put up some kind of decoration. I work at Michael's so I'm constantly around all kinds of ideas.. Maybe I'll pick up a little something tomorrow. I still want to go to a fall festival or farm event, or something. I have coupons for free pumpkins and apple cider and all kinds of nice fall stuff. I just haven't wanted to go alone.
I have my school orientation next Tuesday. Should only take an hour they said. I spoke to my advisor this morning and asked her about my transcripts and what classes I'll be taking. She said they'd only received one of the two transcripts but it wasn't in the computer yet. I'm really quite confused that they would let me start taking classes before I even pick what classes I want to take.
Saturday, October 10, 2009
First day of Work
I had my first day at work, it's been 7 years since I last had a job. Since August 1, 2002 in fact. 9 years since my last retail job. I went in to fill out employment paperwork on Wednesday and was scheduled to work Monday, Thursday and Saturday of next week. Yesterday morning I got a call from another employee asking me to take his 8 hours on Friday, yes sir! Then got another call at dinner-time from the Assistant Manager asking if I would come in and do the pumpkin decorating event today, yes m'am!
I got there at 9:30am, the event was supposed to be from 10-1pm. We got everything set up and they told me to expect 80-90 people. I was a bit worried. Turned out I got 3. Still it was a fun day and I got to spend it being crafty, helping kids and mostly running around the store bugging all the other employees to help answer questions. I was an obvious target for people with questions because I was in the same place the whole time right in the middle of the store. I even helped the lady who runs the birthday parties with some earring ideas for her client. Awesome.
Tomorrow I have to bring my laptop in to the Apple store. The warranty runs out next month and the fans have been making a ton of noise so I might as well get it fixed now. I hope they don't have to take it for long though. :/
Princess survived her day in the crate, but she shed a lot. Super stress I guess. It was 5 hours so I'm hoping she'll be just as ok on my 8 hour day. I don't think she's figured out the cage's water bottle yet. I can't leave a bowl in with her because she over-turns them immediately. So I got a bottle that attaches to the cage, looks like a hamster water bottle, with a metal ball in the tip of the spout so she has to lick the spout to get water. I don't think she's noticed it at all though.
I got there at 9:30am, the event was supposed to be from 10-1pm. We got everything set up and they told me to expect 80-90 people. I was a bit worried. Turned out I got 3. Still it was a fun day and I got to spend it being crafty, helping kids and mostly running around the store bugging all the other employees to help answer questions. I was an obvious target for people with questions because I was in the same place the whole time right in the middle of the store. I even helped the lady who runs the birthday parties with some earring ideas for her client. Awesome.
Tomorrow I have to bring my laptop in to the Apple store. The warranty runs out next month and the fans have been making a ton of noise so I might as well get it fixed now. I hope they don't have to take it for long though. :/
Princess survived her day in the crate, but she shed a lot. Super stress I guess. It was 5 hours so I'm hoping she'll be just as ok on my 8 hour day. I don't think she's figured out the cage's water bottle yet. I can't leave a bowl in with her because she over-turns them immediately. So I got a bottle that attaches to the cage, looks like a hamster water bottle, with a metal ball in the tip of the spout so she has to lick the spout to get water. I don't think she's noticed it at all though.
Monday, September 28, 2009
$ $ $ $
I had a meeting with my advisor at the nearby University of Phoenix campus today to go over everything and fill out the financial aid paperwork. I spent a good hour with her, she was very sweet, answered all of my questions, told me that another campus would be opening in November and it would be a bit closer to me than the current one. I'm hoping all the aide comes through.
I had to lock Princess up in her crate because even last night I went out to the store for 30 minutes and she caused havoc in the dining room. She was pretty pissed at me when I got home and kept trying to nibble me to death.. but it's so cute it's hard to be mad. :)
It was such a windy but nice day today. This morning was strangely warm, a bit humid but it felt good being outside with Princess. Lately I've been having to wear a light jacket in the mornings. Then it turned cloudy with so much wind, it knocked over everyones trash cans.
On the way home from the appointment I stopped to treat myself to 5 Guys hot dogs & fries. The manager of Michael's was in there and I saw that she recognized me and she said hi, but I'm not sure she knew why she recognized me. I was supposed to get a call early last week about work but never did. Maybe this will spark some action, but still I wish it was more hours.
I had to lock Princess up in her crate because even last night I went out to the store for 30 minutes and she caused havoc in the dining room. She was pretty pissed at me when I got home and kept trying to nibble me to death.. but it's so cute it's hard to be mad. :)
It was such a windy but nice day today. This morning was strangely warm, a bit humid but it felt good being outside with Princess. Lately I've been having to wear a light jacket in the mornings. Then it turned cloudy with so much wind, it knocked over everyones trash cans.
On the way home from the appointment I stopped to treat myself to 5 Guys hot dogs & fries. The manager of Michael's was in there and I saw that she recognized me and she said hi, but I'm not sure she knew why she recognized me. I was supposed to get a call early last week about work but never did. Maybe this will spark some action, but still I wish it was more hours.
Friday, September 25, 2009
Ice Ice Princess
Again not much sleep.. I think I need to stay up for like 2 days then I'll be able to sleep. Oh well, cleaning day! I've got it down to about an hour total, which is pretty fast I think even if I have no furniture or dust collecting items.
It's a rainy day so Princess hasn't wanted to go outside much. We likely won't be going on our walk and I was hoping to mow the lawn today. It was supposed to rain all week but didn't until now. :/ The front yard is getting a bit high.
Really hoping my order of beads comes in today so I can make my brother's commissioned necklace & earrings. It's burning a hole in my brain. :) They shipping on Wednesday and it's usually pretty fast, dunno about that fast though. Probably won't get them till Monday.
I'm going to look into some more temp agencies today I think. Hopefully I'll get something! So I found 4 places but I have to go in person on Monday with my applications and resumes. I also have to go buy dress shoes on Monday because I still don't have mine :/
No beads today :/ That sucks.. but I figured. After I cleaned the house this morning I took the trash to the curb for tomorrow's pick up, so I don't forget. When I went to check the mail, I noticed that the can had been moved and opened. It was empty! I guess another company picked up in my neighborhood this morning and grabbed mine too. I hope I don't get a bill and have to fight it.
Princess' new favorite toy: Ice Cubes. I have a dispenser on the freezer and she knows the sound now and expects one everytime I get a glass of water. She looks put out if I don't and I've seen her trying to figure out how to get them herself.
I had Cheerios twice today, the milk is going to go bad on Tuesday and I'll be damned if I'm going to waste it. Still a lot left though.
It's a rainy day so Princess hasn't wanted to go outside much. We likely won't be going on our walk and I was hoping to mow the lawn today. It was supposed to rain all week but didn't until now. :/ The front yard is getting a bit high.
Really hoping my order of beads comes in today so I can make my brother's commissioned necklace & earrings. It's burning a hole in my brain. :) They shipping on Wednesday and it's usually pretty fast, dunno about that fast though. Probably won't get them till Monday.
I'm going to look into some more temp agencies today I think. Hopefully I'll get something! So I found 4 places but I have to go in person on Monday with my applications and resumes. I also have to go buy dress shoes on Monday because I still don't have mine :/
No beads today :/ That sucks.. but I figured. After I cleaned the house this morning I took the trash to the curb for tomorrow's pick up, so I don't forget. When I went to check the mail, I noticed that the can had been moved and opened. It was empty! I guess another company picked up in my neighborhood this morning and grabbed mine too. I hope I don't get a bill and have to fight it.
Princess' new favorite toy: Ice Cubes. I have a dispenser on the freezer and she knows the sound now and expects one everytime I get a glass of water. She looks put out if I don't and I've seen her trying to figure out how to get them herself.
I had Cheerios twice today, the milk is going to go bad on Tuesday and I'll be damned if I'm going to waste it. Still a lot left though.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Happy Birthday ISABEL!
So tired. Slept better than the last few nights but still so tired. The neighbor's cat is pissing me off, it's taking over my back yard. Everytime she sees it, Princess gets so distracted that she doesn't go to the bathroom. All she does is stare at and chase the cat. It's nice that she stays outside longer but if I'm in a hurry it will get very annoying.
I got some great pictures of Princess and the cat today. They were being quite playful. Princess stayed outside for a long time with the cat, which is good, but I'm not sure she went to the bathroom, which is bad. She also threw up again today, hopefully that was the last of the Great Destruction of 09.
It's been quite a boring day, no call from Michael's so that sucks, no other job calls either. It's my niece's birthday and I sent her a card and a small gift and my brother D said she got it and would call me, but hasn't yet.
Gonna try to go to sleep early, get up and make a new list of jobs to apply for.. I need to get out of this mess.
I got some great pictures of Princess and the cat today. They were being quite playful. Princess stayed outside for a long time with the cat, which is good, but I'm not sure she went to the bathroom, which is bad. She also threw up again today, hopefully that was the last of the Great Destruction of 09.
It's been quite a boring day, no call from Michael's so that sucks, no other job calls either. It's my niece's birthday and I sent her a card and a small gift and my brother D said she got it and would call me, but hasn't yet.
Gonna try to go to sleep early, get up and make a new list of jobs to apply for.. I need to get out of this mess.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Recovering..
I was up all night with Princess. She howled a few times and I was worried that she might have eaten some of the plastic from the peanut butter jar because I didn't find nearly enough. She made it through, I took her outside every hour and she went or tried to go to the bathroom each time. So after some thorough cleaning up this morning I think she's doing much better but we're both very tired.
Decided to forego the Princess walk today since she's been sick all night and I'm exhausted, and it looks like rain.
Decided to forego the Princess walk today since she's been sick all night and I'm exhausted, and it looks like rain.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Happy Fall
I was tossing and turning all night, up and down.. Not a good sleep at all. Sucks so much, I was trying to go to bed early so I would be well rested to handle my hours of stressing about this interview. Oh well.
Princess and I have a tight schedule today but she doesn't realize it. I spent an hour outside with her this morning waiting for her to go to the bathroom but she was too distracted by the neighbors cat. :/ We'll have to take our walk early, at like 1pm so I can get ready at 2 to leave for my interview by 3. Hopefully traffic on the way there won't be bad but I know it'll be awful coming home. I probably won't get back till 6pm well after her dinner & bathroom time. I'm really hoping she doesn't go in the house, I'd put down a puppy training pad but she chews them up.
Finally got a hold of last weeks So You Think You Can Dance Canada results show. Just in time for tonight's performances. Also grabbed the season premieres of Big Bang Theory, House, Heroes and Castle. So far I've only watch BBT but it's hilarious :) Sheldon's mom is Aunt Jackie from Roseanne with a Texas accent and great quotes :)
Starting to get really anxious while I get ready for my interview. What to wear, what to do with my hair, what to say, what to do, how early to leave, should I feed Princess before or after, will she be ok while I'm gone a few hours... I must have changed my shirt 5 times before I finally changed my pants instead. I don't have any dress shoes, they're still in Toronto in the boxes there. :( Oh god.. It's almost time to leave.
It didn't go well. She didn't like that I haven't worked in 7 years, she didn't like that I didn't have experience with those reports and she didn't like my shoes. She gave me a lecture on etiquette for interviews and what's expected in the job market today. The only thing the lady said she liked was my personality and smile. I don't get it, it's an IT company, I was more dressed up than most of the employees, I know I shouldn't have worn sneakers but it's all I have right now. She said to brush up on my skills, get certifications, get better clothes and come back next year.
Princess was not good.. she ate everything that was on the counters.. including my car title and insurance papers, a whole box of dog biscuits, a jar of peanut butter and my bill receipts. Now she's howling, I assume from a massive tummy ache. So I can also look forward to cleaning up doggy vomit and diarrhea for the next few days.
I'm really disheartened right now, I just wanna drown in ice cream and cookies but I have neither and really shouldn't with the diet & budget anyway. I'm just gonna watch some shows, try to sleep and forget today.
Just watched Castle's premiere from yesterday. Such a good episode, he's so cool :) House premiere was really awesome.
Princess and I have a tight schedule today but she doesn't realize it. I spent an hour outside with her this morning waiting for her to go to the bathroom but she was too distracted by the neighbors cat. :/ We'll have to take our walk early, at like 1pm so I can get ready at 2 to leave for my interview by 3. Hopefully traffic on the way there won't be bad but I know it'll be awful coming home. I probably won't get back till 6pm well after her dinner & bathroom time. I'm really hoping she doesn't go in the house, I'd put down a puppy training pad but she chews them up.
Finally got a hold of last weeks So You Think You Can Dance Canada results show. Just in time for tonight's performances. Also grabbed the season premieres of Big Bang Theory, House, Heroes and Castle. So far I've only watch BBT but it's hilarious :) Sheldon's mom is Aunt Jackie from Roseanne with a Texas accent and great quotes :)
Starting to get really anxious while I get ready for my interview. What to wear, what to do with my hair, what to say, what to do, how early to leave, should I feed Princess before or after, will she be ok while I'm gone a few hours... I must have changed my shirt 5 times before I finally changed my pants instead. I don't have any dress shoes, they're still in Toronto in the boxes there. :( Oh god.. It's almost time to leave.
It didn't go well. She didn't like that I haven't worked in 7 years, she didn't like that I didn't have experience with those reports and she didn't like my shoes. She gave me a lecture on etiquette for interviews and what's expected in the job market today. The only thing the lady said she liked was my personality and smile. I don't get it, it's an IT company, I was more dressed up than most of the employees, I know I shouldn't have worn sneakers but it's all I have right now. She said to brush up on my skills, get certifications, get better clothes and come back next year.
Princess was not good.. she ate everything that was on the counters.. including my car title and insurance papers, a whole box of dog biscuits, a jar of peanut butter and my bill receipts. Now she's howling, I assume from a massive tummy ache. So I can also look forward to cleaning up doggy vomit and diarrhea for the next few days.
I'm really disheartened right now, I just wanna drown in ice cream and cookies but I have neither and really shouldn't with the diet & budget anyway. I'm just gonna watch some shows, try to sleep and forget today.
Just watched Castle's premiere from yesterday. Such a good episode, he's so cool :) House premiere was really awesome.
Monday, September 21, 2009
When FB Games get out of hand
My internet went out last night :( I was in the middle of doing something so I waited for it to come back. So I didn't get much sleep. About 4 1/2 hours.
Some chick had a hissy fit on Facebook Fairyland because I didn't post when I spotted a Rainbow Dragon. Whatever. I spent a ton of gold and time trying to get it, it wasn't her first one, I was tired and took a short nap instead of posting. Even if I had it would have been lost in all the spam her garden is getting right now as people fight over watering. /sad
I got called to go to an interview tomorrow at 4:30pm. It's about an hour away if traffic is good. I don't think I meet all the requirements so it will probably be a waste of time, but whatever, I've got time. The worst they can do is say no, I'm not hiding the fact that I don't know some of the things they want, like "Experience with data analysis, specifically trending and exception reporting are critical. Advanced Microsoft Excel skills are necessary including pivot tables, and complex charting, crystal reports and preferably sequel reporting." Probably will be a big deal. Oh well. At least they called me. I'm still a bit nervous, and I don't have any other shoes but sneakers till my husband mails my boxes :/
It's hot and sunny today so I finally went to vacuum the ac filter under the house. After opening up the small doorway and using a stick to kill spiders and wipe away webs, I was standing at the door talking to Princess about not wanting to go in and she ran in. :) The whole time I was down there (more than 20 minutes because I had lots of trouble getting the damn cover back on) Princess was down there with me, exploring. She didn't want to leave. She's such a strange girl :)
Then we went for our walk, didn't really see anyone, waved to the mailman and the cop who lives down the street. Princess saw her first squirrels I think, she's so funny when she's curious, she stands up tall and stiff. I swear her neck is 2 feet long and her big ears stand straight up too..
Tried a new snack, which I accidentally grabbed at the grocery store. I thought I was grabbing Dole's Pear Fruit Cups but grabbed a Dole Creme Parfait Apples & Creme fruit cup instead. I didn't think I'd like it, thought it would be too heavy or sweet and it was pretty sweet but it wasn't heavy. I kinda liked it actually.
Some chick had a hissy fit on Facebook Fairyland because I didn't post when I spotted a Rainbow Dragon. Whatever. I spent a ton of gold and time trying to get it, it wasn't her first one, I was tired and took a short nap instead of posting. Even if I had it would have been lost in all the spam her garden is getting right now as people fight over watering. /sad
I got called to go to an interview tomorrow at 4:30pm. It's about an hour away if traffic is good. I don't think I meet all the requirements so it will probably be a waste of time, but whatever, I've got time. The worst they can do is say no, I'm not hiding the fact that I don't know some of the things they want, like "Experience with data analysis, specifically trending and exception reporting are critical. Advanced Microsoft Excel skills are necessary including pivot tables, and complex charting, crystal reports and preferably sequel reporting." Probably will be a big deal. Oh well. At least they called me. I'm still a bit nervous, and I don't have any other shoes but sneakers till my husband mails my boxes :/
It's hot and sunny today so I finally went to vacuum the ac filter under the house. After opening up the small doorway and using a stick to kill spiders and wipe away webs, I was standing at the door talking to Princess about not wanting to go in and she ran in. :) The whole time I was down there (more than 20 minutes because I had lots of trouble getting the damn cover back on) Princess was down there with me, exploring. She didn't want to leave. She's such a strange girl :)
Then we went for our walk, didn't really see anyone, waved to the mailman and the cop who lives down the street. Princess saw her first squirrels I think, she's so funny when she's curious, she stands up tall and stiff. I swear her neck is 2 feet long and her big ears stand straight up too..
Tried a new snack, which I accidentally grabbed at the grocery store. I thought I was grabbing Dole's Pear Fruit Cups but grabbed a Dole Creme Parfait Apples & Creme fruit cup instead. I didn't think I'd like it, thought it would be too heavy or sweet and it was pretty sweet but it wasn't heavy. I kinda liked it actually.
Friday, September 18, 2009
A little bit of Everything
Still not sleeping well. I went to sleep around 3am I think and woke up at 8am to feed Princes and had a 2 1/2 hour long chat with R. She's going through a lot right now with her family, her Grandfather's health, her "boyfriend"..
I started cleaning the house while I was on the phone with R. Just wiping things down and sweeping, starting the laundry. Things that wouldn't be too loud because the connection on our phone calls is usually bad enough, plus it's been really windy on Guam and she talks to me while she's outside.
Vampire Diaries, episode 1x02. Still not sure if this will be another silly teen drama + Vampires. I don't hate it yet, but it is sliding towards too cheesy.
Called Michael's. I had my interview 2 weeks ago, I already bought 2 sets of work clothes and was just waiting to hear back on the background check. I spoke to the Assistant Manager who had interviewed me and she said that they've had to scale back hours for everyone and that she'd call me some time next week if she can schedule me some hours for the week after. :/ At least she said my background check went through ok.
Bones, episode 5x01, season premiere! Cyndi Lauper as a psychic :) I'd worry about spoiling that little tidbit but it's the first 5 seconds of the show. Not a bad premiere episode. I "liked" the crime and Cyndi Laupers character.
Finally got my order of Samhain 2009 Scent from Black Phoenix Alchemy Labs that I ordered a month ago. Love the scent, wasn't quite impressed with the purchasing & receiving experience. A week ago I tried to find out where my order was through the CCNow tracking number but it came back saying there was no such order yet the money had been taken out of my account, very confusing and I'm sure the system wastes a lot of their time answering emails like the one I sent them asking WTF? It took them 4 days to answer that email too, letting me know they would be shipping it out soon.
Walked Princess, according to google directions we walked a total of .8 mile. My neighbor was burning some tree branches in his front yard so I stopped to talk to him and his little daughter wanted to pet Princess. I told her to hold out her hand and let Princess sniff it, which she did but then she backed away and wouldn't come any closer. Same thing when my neighbor tried to pet her. She's a bit skittish around cars and apparently other people, or it could have been the proximity to the fire that was bothering her.. clogging up her ability to smell "nice people".
Watched more of last seasons (8) Law & Order: Criminal Intent. Not really impressed with these episodes, but I want to catch up and get them off my hard drive before all the other shows start up next week.
Mowed the backyard, such a gorgeous day. Slightly on the warm side but so breezy that with the windows open the house is pretty cool. Around 77-80 degrees outside, sunny and bright with a nice breeze, perfect weather actually. Nice timing too because I just got my electric bill and /sigh gonna have to keep the AC off as much as I can. It's turning out to be a nice golden fall sunset too, I already see the glow on the freshly mowed grass. :) Tonight's a new moon!
Made dinner: 2 Oscar Mayer hot dogs which I've decided I do not like plain, too salty for my non-smoking, dieting taste buds, on low-cal bread with low-cal cheese, bit of onion and mustard. Yumm!
Here's the math (which I double checked 800 times because I suck)
260 -- 2 Hot Dogs
32 -- 2 Slices of Cheese
80 -- 2 Slices of Bread
5 -- few bits of onion
10 -- dollops of Spicy Brown Mustard
------
387 -- Dinner <3
I'm in the mood to make some jewelry, but my thumb is a bit sore and after mowing today I won't risk it for a day or two. My mom commissioned a necklace for my Grandmother's birthday to match the earrings & bracelet she and my brother bought from me already for her. I'm waiting on an order of Fancy Jasper rounds and gold chain to complete it. It'll be quite fancy I think, at least in my head. :) I've used some hand-jigged gold tone 20 gauge wire clovers as links. Stay tuned for pics on my flickr &/or Facebook in a few days.
Jeez, did I manage to use every label I have in this post? Oh, nope! There's still Anime & Birthdays, Games, Holidays.. etc.. got more work to do :p
I started cleaning the house while I was on the phone with R. Just wiping things down and sweeping, starting the laundry. Things that wouldn't be too loud because the connection on our phone calls is usually bad enough, plus it's been really windy on Guam and she talks to me while she's outside.
Vampire Diaries, episode 1x02. Still not sure if this will be another silly teen drama + Vampires. I don't hate it yet, but it is sliding towards too cheesy.
Called Michael's. I had my interview 2 weeks ago, I already bought 2 sets of work clothes and was just waiting to hear back on the background check. I spoke to the Assistant Manager who had interviewed me and she said that they've had to scale back hours for everyone and that she'd call me some time next week if she can schedule me some hours for the week after. :/ At least she said my background check went through ok.
Bones, episode 5x01, season premiere! Cyndi Lauper as a psychic :) I'd worry about spoiling that little tidbit but it's the first 5 seconds of the show. Not a bad premiere episode. I "liked" the crime and Cyndi Laupers character.
Finally got my order of Samhain 2009 Scent from Black Phoenix Alchemy Labs that I ordered a month ago. Love the scent, wasn't quite impressed with the purchasing & receiving experience. A week ago I tried to find out where my order was through the CCNow tracking number but it came back saying there was no such order yet the money had been taken out of my account, very confusing and I'm sure the system wastes a lot of their time answering emails like the one I sent them asking WTF? It took them 4 days to answer that email too, letting me know they would be shipping it out soon.
Walked Princess, according to google directions we walked a total of .8 mile. My neighbor was burning some tree branches in his front yard so I stopped to talk to him and his little daughter wanted to pet Princess. I told her to hold out her hand and let Princess sniff it, which she did but then she backed away and wouldn't come any closer. Same thing when my neighbor tried to pet her. She's a bit skittish around cars and apparently other people, or it could have been the proximity to the fire that was bothering her.. clogging up her ability to smell "nice people".
Watched more of last seasons (8) Law & Order: Criminal Intent. Not really impressed with these episodes, but I want to catch up and get them off my hard drive before all the other shows start up next week.
Mowed the backyard, such a gorgeous day. Slightly on the warm side but so breezy that with the windows open the house is pretty cool. Around 77-80 degrees outside, sunny and bright with a nice breeze, perfect weather actually. Nice timing too because I just got my electric bill and /sigh gonna have to keep the AC off as much as I can. It's turning out to be a nice golden fall sunset too, I already see the glow on the freshly mowed grass. :) Tonight's a new moon!
Made dinner: 2 Oscar Mayer hot dogs which I've decided I do not like plain, too salty for my non-smoking, dieting taste buds, on low-cal bread with low-cal cheese, bit of onion and mustard. Yumm!
Here's the math (which I double checked 800 times because I suck)
260 -- 2 Hot Dogs
32 -- 2 Slices of Cheese
80 -- 2 Slices of Bread
5 -- few bits of onion
10 -- dollops of Spicy Brown Mustard
------
387 -- Dinner <3
I'm in the mood to make some jewelry, but my thumb is a bit sore and after mowing today I won't risk it for a day or two. My mom commissioned a necklace for my Grandmother's birthday to match the earrings & bracelet she and my brother bought from me already for her. I'm waiting on an order of Fancy Jasper rounds and gold chain to complete it. It'll be quite fancy I think, at least in my head. :) I've used some hand-jigged gold tone 20 gauge wire clovers as links. Stay tuned for pics on my flickr &/or Facebook in a few days.
Jeez, did I manage to use every label I have in this post? Oh, nope! There's still Anime & Birthdays, Games, Holidays.. etc.. got more work to do :p
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Iron Tummies
Both Princess and I were sick today. We both threw up this morning, but I was the only one who had to clean up :p Damn her for not having thumbs, she can have mine. Hopefully she'll be all better tomorrow, I dunno if I will, I'm still quite nauseous and dizzy. I did try to go out and play with Princess, because she's still a puppy with a ton of energy, but even then she was just going through the motions. She ran after the ball but when she got to it, she just kinda of stood there and looked around or wandered off.
I haven't heard back from Michaels about when I can start working. I'm getting a little low in funds and more bills are due soon. The hours I'll get won't cover the bills at all but it'll slow the hemorrhage. I keep looking for more options, but I haven't found any in awhile.
My thumb has been triggering a lot lately and hurting too. I tried to pick up my plastic case of beads and I almost dropped it because my thumb couldn't support the weight. It happens randomly so it caught me off guard too, that and it hurts when it happens. I have my Orthopedic appointment next week and with my luck, like the last time I went to the Orthopedic in NH, it won't be triggering or hurting on that one day. :/ Maybe I'll mow the lawn the day before, just to make sure it'll be at it's worst. I've got to mow anyway but it's been rainy for the last few days.
I just finished catching up on Heroes today. I really liked the storyline for Season 3. Up and Down, Resolved then Twisted.. But now I don't have any more tv to catch up on except Ugly Betty and I can't find episodes 1-10 anywhere. So I'm tv'less at the moment, more shows start up soon, but I've been catching up on entire seasons per day so I doubt it'll be hard to keep up. I knew I'd be out of tv so I tried downloading some new sims to play with, but it kept failing and crashing the launcher/download utility, then the game itself was running so slow that I ended up quitting twice without saving my progress. I keep looking for a MMORPG to play on my Mac so I have something to do and can actually talk to people. I do have Guild Wars still, and that's free to play, but the people I've run into there have all been annoying kids. I tried dragging my friends, AR & F, into the game too but AR had her computer stolen and F never has time.
The people I talk to the most in the last few months have been my dad and my friend, R. Neither of them are people that I can call up and chat with but they're both good about calling and chatting with me on a regular basis. Still I need to find people that I can chat with when *I* need to kill the silence, or stop my brain from over thinking or just to tell about things that happen as they happen instead of having to wait until my scheduled chat sessions. Finding someone that I could actually hang out with, go to a movie with, would just be +++
I'm dying to do some fall activities. Everyone knows that fall is my favorite time of the year. I love things like hayrides, and fall markets, and preparing for Halloween. I may actually get to hand out candy this year! I haven't been able to do that in 7 years. I doubt that I'll be dug out of my debt crater by then, even if I were to get a full time, well-paying job tomorrow, so I won't be able to decorate the house or anything.
Still trying to figure out what to do about my mom's constant threat to kick me out of the house. She hasn't mentioned it again since the day she said it, but it'll keep happening anytime I don't do exactly what she says. I've lived under threat of homelessness for the last 9 years. First when I lived in my parents house in NY, then in Canada. The main reason I never felt at "home" in Toronto, even though I loved being there, was because at any time, the government or my husband could want me out and I'd have to go. Now I'm in my parents house in VA and the same threat applies. I'm just tired of living that way. I want stability and assurance that the only reason I'd ever have to leave is because I wanted to go. I just don't know what I can do about it in my current situation but I'm thinking.
I haven't heard back from Michaels about when I can start working. I'm getting a little low in funds and more bills are due soon. The hours I'll get won't cover the bills at all but it'll slow the hemorrhage. I keep looking for more options, but I haven't found any in awhile.
My thumb has been triggering a lot lately and hurting too. I tried to pick up my plastic case of beads and I almost dropped it because my thumb couldn't support the weight. It happens randomly so it caught me off guard too, that and it hurts when it happens. I have my Orthopedic appointment next week and with my luck, like the last time I went to the Orthopedic in NH, it won't be triggering or hurting on that one day. :/ Maybe I'll mow the lawn the day before, just to make sure it'll be at it's worst. I've got to mow anyway but it's been rainy for the last few days.
I just finished catching up on Heroes today. I really liked the storyline for Season 3. Up and Down, Resolved then Twisted.. But now I don't have any more tv to catch up on except Ugly Betty and I can't find episodes 1-10 anywhere. So I'm tv'less at the moment, more shows start up soon, but I've been catching up on entire seasons per day so I doubt it'll be hard to keep up. I knew I'd be out of tv so I tried downloading some new sims to play with, but it kept failing and crashing the launcher/download utility, then the game itself was running so slow that I ended up quitting twice without saving my progress. I keep looking for a MMORPG to play on my Mac so I have something to do and can actually talk to people. I do have Guild Wars still, and that's free to play, but the people I've run into there have all been annoying kids. I tried dragging my friends, AR & F, into the game too but AR had her computer stolen and F never has time.
The people I talk to the most in the last few months have been my dad and my friend, R. Neither of them are people that I can call up and chat with but they're both good about calling and chatting with me on a regular basis. Still I need to find people that I can chat with when *I* need to kill the silence, or stop my brain from over thinking or just to tell about things that happen as they happen instead of having to wait until my scheduled chat sessions. Finding someone that I could actually hang out with, go to a movie with, would just be +++
I'm dying to do some fall activities. Everyone knows that fall is my favorite time of the year. I love things like hayrides, and fall markets, and preparing for Halloween. I may actually get to hand out candy this year! I haven't been able to do that in 7 years. I doubt that I'll be dug out of my debt crater by then, even if I were to get a full time, well-paying job tomorrow, so I won't be able to decorate the house or anything.
Still trying to figure out what to do about my mom's constant threat to kick me out of the house. She hasn't mentioned it again since the day she said it, but it'll keep happening anytime I don't do exactly what she says. I've lived under threat of homelessness for the last 9 years. First when I lived in my parents house in NY, then in Canada. The main reason I never felt at "home" in Toronto, even though I loved being there, was because at any time, the government or my husband could want me out and I'd have to go. Now I'm in my parents house in VA and the same threat applies. I'm just tired of living that way. I want stability and assurance that the only reason I'd ever have to leave is because I wanted to go. I just don't know what I can do about it in my current situation but I'm thinking.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Oh why do you forsake me Hersheys?
Yesterday I got a notice from the website where I list my jewelry for sale, Etsy.com, apparently they got a notice from a lawyer for Hershey's that one of my jewelry pieces was violating copyright and they had to take it down. So I checked which one it was and it was a piece I named Jolly Ranchers.. because the beads look like Jolly Ranchers. /sigh So I renamed it and put it back up, but Hershey's? that really hurts my soul.. Especially after the milk chocolate incident.
Yesterday after taking Princess for a walk, I went out to buy khaki pants and black polo shirts, which is the uniform for Michaels. I went to target and didn't really find much, it took me forever to find 2 pairs of each that fit decently but I'm not really happy with them. I ended up going to the men's section for the polo shirts because I hated the sleeves on the few girls polo shirts I found. The two I bought were on clearance even.
Then I went to Michaels to get some supplies because I'd made a gold necklace but didn't have any gold clasps. I don't use gold much. Kinda on a gold & brass kick lately, must be the time of year. :)
Then I went to the grocery store, always fun. Then I went outside to play with Princess, she's go so much energy and has been getting a little bratty stuck in the house with the rain. I noticed the backyard grass was ready to mow so I did.. Still having to mow once a week, hopefully it'll start slowing down soon. The front yard doesn't seem to grow as fast, which is awesome.
I finished up watching CSI, Mental and The Listener. All ended up being great seasons, I finally got into Mental. I had watched the pilot and didn't really care for it, but it finally grew on me, too bad it's cancelled. :/ The Listener was really good, surprisingly so. My only complaint is that everyone on the show will know about his abilities if he keeps up the rate he's been telling them. :)
Now I've been watching Heroes. I don't know why people were complaining so much about it post season 1. Season 2 was a bit slow but 3 has been awesome so far. /shrug
So You Think You Can Dance premiered it's 6th and first fall season yesterday which I can't wait to watch. America's Next Top Model premiered it's 13th and first all short girls season yesterday as well. Today we get Supernatural back for season 5!! (yay Dean). And a new show starts that I wanted to check out, just in case, called The Vampire Diaries. Has about a 90% chance of being teeny boppery and corny but we'll see.
That's all I've got for now.. Tune in later.
Yesterday after taking Princess for a walk, I went out to buy khaki pants and black polo shirts, which is the uniform for Michaels. I went to target and didn't really find much, it took me forever to find 2 pairs of each that fit decently but I'm not really happy with them. I ended up going to the men's section for the polo shirts because I hated the sleeves on the few girls polo shirts I found. The two I bought were on clearance even.
Then I went to Michaels to get some supplies because I'd made a gold necklace but didn't have any gold clasps. I don't use gold much. Kinda on a gold & brass kick lately, must be the time of year. :)
Then I went to the grocery store, always fun. Then I went outside to play with Princess, she's go so much energy and has been getting a little bratty stuck in the house with the rain. I noticed the backyard grass was ready to mow so I did.. Still having to mow once a week, hopefully it'll start slowing down soon. The front yard doesn't seem to grow as fast, which is awesome.
I finished up watching CSI, Mental and The Listener. All ended up being great seasons, I finally got into Mental. I had watched the pilot and didn't really care for it, but it finally grew on me, too bad it's cancelled. :/ The Listener was really good, surprisingly so. My only complaint is that everyone on the show will know about his abilities if he keeps up the rate he's been telling them. :)
Now I've been watching Heroes. I don't know why people were complaining so much about it post season 1. Season 2 was a bit slow but 3 has been awesome so far. /shrug
So You Think You Can Dance premiered it's 6th and first fall season yesterday which I can't wait to watch. America's Next Top Model premiered it's 13th and first all short girls season yesterday as well. Today we get Supernatural back for season 5!! (yay Dean). And a new show starts that I wanted to check out, just in case, called The Vampire Diaries. Has about a 90% chance of being teeny boppery and corny but we'll see.
That's all I've got for now.. Tune in later.
Sunday, September 6, 2009
All In
I felt really lazy today but Princess always has other ideas. She pulled a few things off of the counters to get my attention. We went on our walk, and I played in the back yard with her while she dashed around like a maniac. She's been going to the bathroom on the deck lately which is bad, so I was trying to keep an eye on her and stop her, but she won't go while she can see me. Not sure what to do about that.
I meant to go out today and pick up a weed wacker, not sure if they're on sale this weekend but pretty much everything is for Labor Day weekend. I wish I had a few $20's to blow on the Michael's sales. I've got my eye on some gold, copper and silver chains.
I finished off the bracelet I was working on yesterday. I love the pattern and how it looks finished, but it was very repetitive. I had an idea for a necklace while I was finishing the bracelet so I made that right after. Job well done I think. I'll add them to my various pages tomorrow, I still have to name them, usually naming is pretty easy for me, or at least not this hard. I can't think of anything for either piece!
Other than that, it's been an uneventful day. I finished up the last few episodes of House. The last one of season 5 was pretty good. I haven't watched the whole series, at least not in order but I enjoy it. I wish there was a doctor like that for my mom!
I also finished up the last few episodes of CSI and trying to find the last few episodes I need for Ugly Betty & Canada's Next Top Model so I can catch up on those. I'm not sure how I feel about Grissom being gone from CSI, don't know if I still like the show without him, Sara or Warrick. Still Nick, Catherine & Greg are great characters.
I've been on the diet for 3 weeks now, and I eat 3-5 times a day. I'm having a hard time getting to 1000 calories per day still. I need some cheap options to fill in with. Preferably something that will be filling, cheap, last at least a full week & still have some taste. Any suggestions?
I meant to go out today and pick up a weed wacker, not sure if they're on sale this weekend but pretty much everything is for Labor Day weekend. I wish I had a few $20's to blow on the Michael's sales. I've got my eye on some gold, copper and silver chains.
I finished off the bracelet I was working on yesterday. I love the pattern and how it looks finished, but it was very repetitive. I had an idea for a necklace while I was finishing the bracelet so I made that right after. Job well done I think. I'll add them to my various pages tomorrow, I still have to name them, usually naming is pretty easy for me, or at least not this hard. I can't think of anything for either piece!
Other than that, it's been an uneventful day. I finished up the last few episodes of House. The last one of season 5 was pretty good. I haven't watched the whole series, at least not in order but I enjoy it. I wish there was a doctor like that for my mom!
I also finished up the last few episodes of CSI and trying to find the last few episodes I need for Ugly Betty & Canada's Next Top Model so I can catch up on those. I'm not sure how I feel about Grissom being gone from CSI, don't know if I still like the show without him, Sara or Warrick. Still Nick, Catherine & Greg are great characters.
I've been on the diet for 3 weeks now, and I eat 3-5 times a day. I'm having a hard time getting to 1000 calories per day still. I need some cheap options to fill in with. Preferably something that will be filling, cheap, last at least a full week & still have some taste. Any suggestions?
Saturday, September 5, 2009
What a day, What to Say..
First of all, I got the job. It's part time only, unless people quit I'll only be getting anywhere between 4-30 hours a week. They have to do a background check on me and that could take a week or two so I don't actually know when I start, or how much I'll make an hour actually. I forgot to ask. :/ I was too nervous. So the good news is that I have work coming, but the bad news is, I'll still need to find another part time job.
It's been a busy few days with Princess here. I've had to hand feed her because she eats too fast thinking she has to get as much as she can before someone else gets it and might get stomach bloating. We've gone on walks around the neighborhood, she's now discovered that she really really likes being indoors, I have to beg her to go outside now. She's sleeping in the bedroom on the floor next to me now so her fear of the carpet seems to have gone. We went out to the backyard to play a bit this morning and I saw a big black snake near the deck, it had it's head raised out of the grass which is pretty tall right now in the area around the deck because I don't have a weed-whacker to cut it. Princess dashed towards it and it slithered under the deck. Of course now I'm paranoid that I'll accidentally step on or near it, or that it's under the house in the crawl space when I have to go under there next week to vacuum the air conditioner filter. :/ I'm gonna call the exterminator guy we use and see if he can do anything. I hate snakes.. haaaaaaate.
I didn't put Princess in her crate last night. I was up late and I don't crate her until I go to sleep because I think that's just mean that I get to stay up and play and she doesn't. Plus she was perfect when I went out running errands yesterday so I figured I'd give it a shot. She was great. I don't think she touched anything and she seems pretty clear on only peeing outside anyway. She's already ripped open her plush hedgehog squeaky toy, it no longer squeaks. She still loves it though so I'll take the squeaker out and stitch the little bugger up. She dragged the pillow I put in the crate for her out today and started chewing on it, but she reacts quickly to stern words. Almost makes me feel bad to say NO because she cowers, but then she rolls over and wants belly rubs. :)
I clean the house every weekend but since I had nothing else to do after my interview yesterday, I got started early. Princess did not like the washing machine while it was running and kept running over to it with her head cocked to the side. Then while I was sweeping the floor she was bouncing around in front of me trying to chase it. She's too cute sometimes, just a big baby goofball!
I'm about halfway done with my newest bracelet. I spent a long time adapting the pattern from a metal ring I saw and picking the colors from my stash. I knew I wanted to use a gorgeous metallic amber color I have, but I first matched it with a bright metallic cranberry which just got lost with the amber. It's subtle, reminds me of looking at something with black light that's only faintly glowing. I may still finish it with those colors but I started over with a bright metallic navy blue instead and it's much more pleasing to me. Not quite the fall-autumny pattern I've been toying with in my head, but I haven't figured that one out yet. I'm still slowly working on adding descriptions and bits to my Etsy.com store, but inspiration takes time. :)
Got 2 more bills coming up next week, thankfully both are small. Still, it's really starting to add up.
I've been having a hard time getting my brain to stop thinking lately. It just goes on and on, around and around. Every detail about every aspect of my life and I wish it would just shut up. For 5 minutes. I've been trying to drown it out with catching up on tv, playing with Princess, making jewelry.. nothing is working, not as well as good long phone chats with friends does. Those are few though.
A couple of shows start their fall season next week, and I am pretty much caught up on the major ones I think. Since my last post about it, I've finished off Chuck, CSI: NY, Criminal Minds, America's Next Top Model, Flashpoint, Family Guy, Secret Diary of A Call Girl, Supernatural, and Law & Order: SVU. Now I'm watching the last few episodes of House, then the rest of The Listener. I'm missing a few episodes of the last season of Canada's Next Top Model but that doesn't start again until next spring I think, so I've got time.
I almost didn't watch ANTM's last season, reality shows are hit or miss once they've ended. You can get spoiled on it so easy. I enjoyed the last season though, I thought they had some great shoot ideas and really had some teaching lessons that seemed really useful. The next season is supposed to be the much talked about short-girl season that caused a huge scene at one of the auditions.
Flashpoint had a really cool guest star in one episode. Peter Outerbridge, who played the Chief Scientist, David Sandstrom, on the show ReGenesis. I've seen a few other cast members in other shows lately too. Mayko Nguyen who played a Bioinformatics Researcher, Mayko Tran, was on an episode of The Listener. Greg Byrk, who played the Executive Directors Assistant then the Executive Director, Weston Field, on ReGenesis was on the first episode of The Listener and is scheduled to appear on Flashpoint soon. He played what was probably my second favorite character, next to Carlos Serrano, played by Conrad Pla.
The Listener has been a pretty good show though I haven't found any information on when the second season will air. Another face I recognized guest starring was Sebastian Pigott who was a contestant on Canadian Idol Season 6 along with his brother, Oliver.
It's been a busy few days with Princess here. I've had to hand feed her because she eats too fast thinking she has to get as much as she can before someone else gets it and might get stomach bloating. We've gone on walks around the neighborhood, she's now discovered that she really really likes being indoors, I have to beg her to go outside now. She's sleeping in the bedroom on the floor next to me now so her fear of the carpet seems to have gone. We went out to the backyard to play a bit this morning and I saw a big black snake near the deck, it had it's head raised out of the grass which is pretty tall right now in the area around the deck because I don't have a weed-whacker to cut it. Princess dashed towards it and it slithered under the deck. Of course now I'm paranoid that I'll accidentally step on or near it, or that it's under the house in the crawl space when I have to go under there next week to vacuum the air conditioner filter. :/ I'm gonna call the exterminator guy we use and see if he can do anything. I hate snakes.. haaaaaaate.
I didn't put Princess in her crate last night. I was up late and I don't crate her until I go to sleep because I think that's just mean that I get to stay up and play and she doesn't. Plus she was perfect when I went out running errands yesterday so I figured I'd give it a shot. She was great. I don't think she touched anything and she seems pretty clear on only peeing outside anyway. She's already ripped open her plush hedgehog squeaky toy, it no longer squeaks. She still loves it though so I'll take the squeaker out and stitch the little bugger up. She dragged the pillow I put in the crate for her out today and started chewing on it, but she reacts quickly to stern words. Almost makes me feel bad to say NO because she cowers, but then she rolls over and wants belly rubs. :)
I clean the house every weekend but since I had nothing else to do after my interview yesterday, I got started early. Princess did not like the washing machine while it was running and kept running over to it with her head cocked to the side. Then while I was sweeping the floor she was bouncing around in front of me trying to chase it. She's too cute sometimes, just a big baby goofball!
I'm about halfway done with my newest bracelet. I spent a long time adapting the pattern from a metal ring I saw and picking the colors from my stash. I knew I wanted to use a gorgeous metallic amber color I have, but I first matched it with a bright metallic cranberry which just got lost with the amber. It's subtle, reminds me of looking at something with black light that's only faintly glowing. I may still finish it with those colors but I started over with a bright metallic navy blue instead and it's much more pleasing to me. Not quite the fall-autumny pattern I've been toying with in my head, but I haven't figured that one out yet. I'm still slowly working on adding descriptions and bits to my Etsy.com store, but inspiration takes time. :)
Got 2 more bills coming up next week, thankfully both are small. Still, it's really starting to add up.
I've been having a hard time getting my brain to stop thinking lately. It just goes on and on, around and around. Every detail about every aspect of my life and I wish it would just shut up. For 5 minutes. I've been trying to drown it out with catching up on tv, playing with Princess, making jewelry.. nothing is working, not as well as good long phone chats with friends does. Those are few though.
A couple of shows start their fall season next week, and I am pretty much caught up on the major ones I think. Since my last post about it, I've finished off Chuck, CSI: NY, Criminal Minds, America's Next Top Model, Flashpoint, Family Guy, Secret Diary of A Call Girl, Supernatural, and Law & Order: SVU. Now I'm watching the last few episodes of House, then the rest of The Listener. I'm missing a few episodes of the last season of Canada's Next Top Model but that doesn't start again until next spring I think, so I've got time.
I almost didn't watch ANTM's last season, reality shows are hit or miss once they've ended. You can get spoiled on it so easy. I enjoyed the last season though, I thought they had some great shoot ideas and really had some teaching lessons that seemed really useful. The next season is supposed to be the much talked about short-girl season that caused a huge scene at one of the auditions.
Flashpoint had a really cool guest star in one episode. Peter Outerbridge, who played the Chief Scientist, David Sandstrom, on the show ReGenesis. I've seen a few other cast members in other shows lately too. Mayko Nguyen who played a Bioinformatics Researcher, Mayko Tran, was on an episode of The Listener. Greg Byrk, who played the Executive Directors Assistant then the Executive Director, Weston Field, on ReGenesis was on the first episode of The Listener and is scheduled to appear on Flashpoint soon. He played what was probably my second favorite character, next to Carlos Serrano, played by Conrad Pla.
The Listener has been a pretty good show though I haven't found any information on when the second season will air. Another face I recognized guest starring was Sebastian Pigott who was a contestant on Canadian Idol Season 6 along with his brother, Oliver.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Bastien, Say My Name..
I barely got any sleep today. I passed out around 5am and woke up at 7 to get showered and dressed. Left at 8am and didn't get to the Kennel until 10:45am, met Princess and drove her home, didn't get back till almost 2pm. Long drive!
Princess was neglected and starved at a Puppy Mill. She had to fight up to 20 other dogs for scraps of food. The rescue worker said that Princess was in the worst shape of all of them, so it was obvious she wasn't winning. She's got some scars on her legs and face. She's still obviously way too thin, but her coat has grown in and her personality is curious and happy. She's been scared of the house, the rescue lady said Princess has never been in a house before. She took to the backyard right away and was rolling in the grass until I finally got her to come inside to eat.
UPDATE: More info on Princess from the Rescue Group
She's been too afraid to come into the bedroom with me. It's the only room open that has carpeting. She sits at the far end of the hallway watching me while I'm on the computer. She's ok coming into the room on her leash though, so I took her around a few times. Right now she's laying down just outside the door so I guess that's great progress for today :) I'll have to put her in her crate tonight, she's not house-trained. I don't know if she'll like it or not. I got the biggest one they had so there should be plenty of room. I gave her a spare towel and an old pillow for now but I'll have to get her some blankets.
The rescue lady said that the name Princess doesn't suit her very well. I agree. She's more tomboyish, curious and when she gets up to follow me somewhere she's like a lightning bolt. I'm going to try to come up with a better name for her. So far I'm leaning towards Firefly, Windy, Leia, or Pepper. but it'll have to be approved by mom :)
When I got home with Princess there was a message from the manager of the Michael's store near me to schedule an interview! Yay my first one :) but /scared too. I set it up for Friday at noon. Wish me luck! Pics of Princess are here:
Princess was neglected and starved at a Puppy Mill. She had to fight up to 20 other dogs for scraps of food. The rescue worker said that Princess was in the worst shape of all of them, so it was obvious she wasn't winning. She's got some scars on her legs and face. She's still obviously way too thin, but her coat has grown in and her personality is curious and happy. She's been scared of the house, the rescue lady said Princess has never been in a house before. She took to the backyard right away and was rolling in the grass until I finally got her to come inside to eat.
UPDATE: More info on Princess from the Rescue Group
She was in a coma twice and had pretty much lost her will to live. Not surprising when you consider she came to us weighing 50 pounds (a good 35 pounds underweight), with constant diarrhea, and covered with lice. But we weren't going to lose her and slowly Princess recovered. It's hard to believe this happy girl with the bright eyes and so much personality is the same dog.
She's been too afraid to come into the bedroom with me. It's the only room open that has carpeting. She sits at the far end of the hallway watching me while I'm on the computer. She's ok coming into the room on her leash though, so I took her around a few times. Right now she's laying down just outside the door so I guess that's great progress for today :) I'll have to put her in her crate tonight, she's not house-trained. I don't know if she'll like it or not. I got the biggest one they had so there should be plenty of room. I gave her a spare towel and an old pillow for now but I'll have to get her some blankets.
The rescue lady said that the name Princess doesn't suit her very well. I agree. She's more tomboyish, curious and when she gets up to follow me somewhere she's like a lightning bolt. I'm going to try to come up with a better name for her. So far I'm leaning towards Firefly, Windy, Leia, or Pepper. but it'll have to be approved by mom :)
When I got home with Princess there was a message from the manager of the Michael's store near me to schedule an interview! Yay my first one :) but /scared too. I set it up for Friday at noon. Wish me luck! Pics of Princess are here:
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Princess
I've had no luck with even the temp agencies I've contacted. :/ Something needs to happen soon! I've been here trying to get a job for 3 1/2 weeks.
I haven't been sleeping well still. My parents had asked me before I moved here if I would pick up a dog they want from the Rescue Group and keep her until I could drive her up to mom's house. At first I didn't think it would be a good idea until I found a job. That's taking so long though and it's really quiet and lonely in the house. So I accepted. Today I picked up food & water bowls, choke chain, raspberry leash, raspberry collar, engraved tag, toys, extra large house training crate, scooper for the yard, a yard stake that's supposed to attract the dog to only potty in one part of the yard. Her name is Princess and she'll be spoiled like one alright :) I am picking her up tomorrow morning! I'll definitely need a vacuum soon!
I fell off my diet for a few days, but I felt so sick and gross that it's not hard to restart. I got some more variety of low calorie food & snacks, not just Lean Cuisines this time.
I've made a bunch of new jewelry lately but still no sales. I'm still working on fixing up my Etsy shop to try to attract customers. My next project will be a nice autumn-y peyote bracelet in Amber, Red & Green. I just have to decide on the pattern I like. Any ideas?
I haven't been sleeping well still. My parents had asked me before I moved here if I would pick up a dog they want from the Rescue Group and keep her until I could drive her up to mom's house. At first I didn't think it would be a good idea until I found a job. That's taking so long though and it's really quiet and lonely in the house. So I accepted. Today I picked up food & water bowls, choke chain, raspberry leash, raspberry collar, engraved tag, toys, extra large house training crate, scooper for the yard, a yard stake that's supposed to attract the dog to only potty in one part of the yard. Her name is Princess and she'll be spoiled like one alright :) I am picking her up tomorrow morning! I'll definitely need a vacuum soon!
I fell off my diet for a few days, but I felt so sick and gross that it's not hard to restart. I got some more variety of low calorie food & snacks, not just Lean Cuisines this time.
I've made a bunch of new jewelry lately but still no sales. I'm still working on fixing up my Etsy shop to try to attract customers. My next project will be a nice autumn-y peyote bracelet in Amber, Red & Green. I just have to decide on the pattern I like. Any ideas?
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