Thursday, December 25, 2008
Check out Brittni's blog
I don't want anyone to miss out on Brittni's news. So if you don't have a link to her blog, click on the link to her's here on mine.
Monday, December 22, 2008
Please bear with me....
I have been perfecting my elf-making skills and just had to make a few more elf dances with my new and improved elves (with actual ears and hair). I really have to start getting ready for Christmas now so I think my elf-making days have finally come to an end.
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Merry Christmas
I hope no one minds that I borrowed a few people to help out with the following videos.
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Work
I've been quite stressed out about my work situation since they started going to speech recognition and took away unrestricted overtime. Needless to say my income keeps dropping with each new development. I've always worked on Monday which is my day off, because there is always lots of work and it is the only way I can produce enough work during the week to keep my income up. Saturday is my workday, but there is generally no work, and so I have been taking paid time off every Saturday for half day or a whole day so that I can still work on Monday and not go into overtime and chance getting in trouble. Working on Saturdays is agonizing when there is no work, and I have so many other errands I could be taking care of instead.
I decided to be brave and ask my supervisor if it would be possible to change my schedule so that I permanently work a half day on Monday and a half day on Saturday. That way, the Monday work won't pile up and be late, and if there is work on Saturday, I am still there to cover it. It made total sense to me, but I was positive I would be told such a thing isn't allowed.
I was quite surprised when the response I got was in favor of me trying it out for a few weeks and if all goes well we can make it permanent. I have no qualms about it going well, since I've virtually been working this schedule on the sly with no detriment to the work on the weekends.
She even agreed that it was a win-win situation for us both.
If I worked away from home, having to go to work 6 days a week would be a drag, but since I just have to walk in the den, putting 4 hours in during the entire day, is like not working at all. It will also be a bonus not to have to use PTO on Saturdays anymore, or at least only take 4 hours if I need the whole day off.
It is refreshing to actually have something positive happening with my job. I love what I do, its just the industry as a whole is heading in a new direction (sending work to India and going to speech recognition) and its been a little scary wondering what the future is going to bring.
Monday, December 1, 2008
Do you think?.................
There are two things I'm counting on when I get to Heaven.....that I will be skinny and I won't ever have to paint again.
After painting every day for the past 5 days, I would really like to never see another paint brush as long as I live, but at least when I get to Heaven, please let it be paintbrush free!
I've been through 3 gallons of primer and 10 gallons of paint within the past year and I couldn't even guess how many of rolls of blue tape. Here it is Christmas time again and I'm trying to wrap up another project and get ready for Christmas at the same time. The only thing left is the baseboard moldings in the new walk-in closet after they get those installed. I never dreamed, having started this last project the end of July, that I would be still in the midst of it at Christmastime.
If I could look this cute when I was painting, maybe I would be smiling too, obviously she doesn't really have to open a can or pick up a brush........
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