Hi, all you faithful blog readers. (I think there is only one of you, so...hey Jay!) It's been awhile since I've blogged, and I have much to tell...
I've been in my new position at work now for about 3 weeks. I absolutely hate it. I really, really don't like it at all.
We've recently had some 'house' problems. One night while doing laundry...Jon went downstairs to put my work clothes in the dryer and put his work clothes in the washer. After he started the dryer, we smelled natural gas upstairs. Jon says, "Let's call the fire department!" I said, "Now hold on a minute. It started right about when you turned the dryer on, so go turn it off." After he turned the dryer off, the smell went away. So Jon took one set of my work clothes and one set of his work clothes over to his friend's house to dry. The next morning, when I had no hot water, (I love cold showers!) I discovered that the sump pump had stopped working. And when my clothes were in the washer, all the rinse water flooded up and took the hot water heater pilot light out. Hence the coincidence of the gas smell right after my clothes were done. Anyhoo, after my cold shower, I went to work for a few hours, then came home to help fix this horrific situation. Jon also did not go to work. So I went to Menards to buy a new sump pump. It was scary because they don't make them like the one we had, and that's what I was looking for. So I got one that I thought would be okay and brought it home. Jon changed out the sump pump and we got that going. Yeah, clean clothes again! After drying the floor all up, reading the instructions on the water heater 8 times, finding a video on YouTube about lighting a pilot light, and calling our Fireman Friend Jay*, we got the pilot light lit again. I gotta tell you, we were both terrified that we were going to blow up the house. Yeah, hot showers again! The last thing on the list was the air conditioner. After explaining the problem to *FFJ, he told me he could fix it for us for cheap. Jay came over, got the part he needed to replace, and went to the part time gig. On his lunch, he came back replaced the part with a new one, and the AC works! Yeah, cool house again! So, I'm in debt to my husband for changing the sump pump (I would never touch all that nastiness) and to Jay for fixing our AC for $1.98 and a bottle of Bombay (and something else he doesn't know about yet...). Thanks gentlemen!
4th of July vacation in Ludington this weekend. I can't wait. I need a vacation.
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Poor pathetic pooch
Dear Duke,
I know that you feel really stupid when you wear this. And just so you know, Daddy feels really guilty for making you wear it. I'm really sorry it had to come to this, but if you would stop licking the medicine off your wound, and let it heal, life would be a lot easier. You're just going to have to ignore Abbey next door when she laughs at you. It's all for the best, I promise.
Love, Mommy
Thursday, June 5, 2008
How's the weather?
The following was taken directly from WNDU.com on 6/5/08
(tomorrow) "There is a chance for a t'storm late in the day, possibly heavy in spots."
(tomorrow night) "Showers and t'storms likely early, possibly heavy or severe. Still a chance of t'storms overnight."
(saturday) "Slight chance of a t'storm, especially south."
That is far too many chances, possiblies, and likelies. I am, however, overwhelmed by the especially!
How can someone even predict that storms could possibly be heavy in spots when there's only a chance that they will even exist? That concept blows my mind. Does a likely have more gumption than a chance? BUT...If there is a chance for thunderstorms on Saturday, they may or may not exist especially in the south? Huh?
So basically...
It may or man not rain a little or a lot.
It may or may not thunder, lightning, be cool or be hot.
It may or may not do this in the south.
It may or may not do this over my house.
Do I find a nearby shelter, or move up further north?
What kind of effort does this weatherman put forth?
He may or may not make six figures doing this.
But his predictions especially aren't worth a piss.
(tomorrow) "There is a chance for a t'storm late in the day, possibly heavy in spots."
(tomorrow night) "Showers and t'storms likely early, possibly heavy or severe. Still a chance of t'storms overnight."
(saturday) "Slight chance of a t'storm, especially south."
That is far too many chances, possiblies, and likelies. I am, however, overwhelmed by the especially!
How can someone even predict that storms could possibly be heavy in spots when there's only a chance that they will even exist? That concept blows my mind. Does a likely have more gumption than a chance? BUT...If there is a chance for thunderstorms on Saturday, they may or may not exist especially in the south? Huh?
So basically...
It may or man not rain a little or a lot.
It may or may not thunder, lightning, be cool or be hot.
It may or may not do this in the south.
It may or may not do this over my house.
Do I find a nearby shelter, or move up further north?
What kind of effort does this weatherman put forth?
He may or may not make six figures doing this.
But his predictions especially aren't worth a piss.
I'm leaving a great team. *sniff*
Tomorrow is my last day with my current team. I have 5 wonderful ladies that work for me and I'm going to miss working with them. I'm not going anywhere, I'll literally be yards away from them at any given time, but they threw me a 'going away party' anyway. Two of them that weren't working today even came in on their day off. That's impressive at $4 a gallon... But I digress. They pitched in and got me a great gift and a card that they all signed. They said such wonderful things, I teared up.
Then at the end of our shift, one of my gals pulled me aside and gave me a gift just from her. A bottle of Bombay Sapphire. She was always my favorite.
Then at the end of our shift, one of my gals pulled me aside and gave me a gift just from her. A bottle of Bombay Sapphire. She was always my favorite.
Monday, June 2, 2008
The busiest day at work I ever had!
* names have been changed to protect the innocent
I have never had a busier day at work since I started there. Unless, of course, I was busier as a GSTL and I've blocked all those memories out. It started out with the usual Monday morning routine. I had to print all my reports for the previous week's workload. All my numbers are green, by the way. Which is good. I'm hitting all my goals. Then I had to scan out all the work that dropped in over the weekend that we already did on Friday. That's what happens when we get ahead in our work and complete Monday's work on Friday. I went over a few things with Janie*, who is replacing me next week. I can't believe this is my last week doing price change... After that, I attempted to start scanning in softlines. When I got through about 1/3 of a side of a rack, my soon-to-be new boss, Stacey* called me to a meeting. When we got to the end of the meeting (about 9am) I'm thinking about how it's my break time. I had been there 3 hours and was ready for my first break. So when she busted out the new Workplace Safety focus, I spouted, "Oh, I already went over this with Rhianna* (my current and soon-to-be old boss). So I already have all this information." As I'm ready to bolt out of the room to take my break, she says, "Good. Why don't you go ahead and lead us through this since you know it." Uuuuuuggggggghhhhhhhh. So after my break (about 930am) I start to go over all the reports with Rhianna. Explaining how to pull them all up and print them. Where they are filed. What the breakdowns mean. How to find trends in different departments. (This is my boss, mind you.) And while we are trying to do this on the computer in the back, everybody and their mother's uncle wants to use that same computer and printer to print their signs. So we keep getting interupted. Then I hear over the walkie, "Kelly, your 10 o'clock interview is here." Deep, heavy sigh. So now I got to go do an interview. I tell Rhianna that we'll pick up where we left off later. Jeez O'Pete. By the time I got done with Rhianna, after my interview, it was lunch time. After lunch, I had to hold a meeting with my team about Safety. So at about 1pm, I went back to scanning softlines. But only for another hour and a half because I leave at 230pm. I really didn't get a whole lot of actual work done today.
Ta ta for now!
I have never had a busier day at work since I started there. Unless, of course, I was busier as a GSTL and I've blocked all those memories out. It started out with the usual Monday morning routine. I had to print all my reports for the previous week's workload. All my numbers are green, by the way. Which is good. I'm hitting all my goals. Then I had to scan out all the work that dropped in over the weekend that we already did on Friday. That's what happens when we get ahead in our work and complete Monday's work on Friday. I went over a few things with Janie*, who is replacing me next week. I can't believe this is my last week doing price change... After that, I attempted to start scanning in softlines. When I got through about 1/3 of a side of a rack, my soon-to-be new boss, Stacey* called me to a meeting. When we got to the end of the meeting (about 9am) I'm thinking about how it's my break time. I had been there 3 hours and was ready for my first break. So when she busted out the new Workplace Safety focus, I spouted, "Oh, I already went over this with Rhianna* (my current and soon-to-be old boss). So I already have all this information." As I'm ready to bolt out of the room to take my break, she says, "Good. Why don't you go ahead and lead us through this since you know it." Uuuuuuggggggghhhhhhhh. So after my break (about 930am) I start to go over all the reports with Rhianna. Explaining how to pull them all up and print them. Where they are filed. What the breakdowns mean. How to find trends in different departments. (This is my boss, mind you.) And while we are trying to do this on the computer in the back, everybody and their mother's uncle wants to use that same computer and printer to print their signs. So we keep getting interupted. Then I hear over the walkie, "Kelly, your 10 o'clock interview is here." Deep, heavy sigh. So now I got to go do an interview. I tell Rhianna that we'll pick up where we left off later. Jeez O'Pete. By the time I got done with Rhianna, after my interview, it was lunch time. After lunch, I had to hold a meeting with my team about Safety. So at about 1pm, I went back to scanning softlines. But only for another hour and a half because I leave at 230pm. I really didn't get a whole lot of actual work done today.
Ta ta for now!
Sunday, June 1, 2008
I am not a professional...yet.
This weekend went by too quickly. I was expecting it to rain, so I didn't water the lawn. Now I have to water the lawn.
Jon and I have been using our Wii Fit this weekend. It is pretty fun and it tracks our progress (or lack there of). There are a lot of neat games to play that give you a little bit of a work out. I have high hopes for it. But only time will tell. But the more time you put into it, the more games you unlock, so it encourages you to keep at it. Jon has put in a little more time than I, and he has unlocked more games.
I borrowed some studio lighting from Jon's dad this week and took it over to my parents' house to try it out. Lauren and Morgan were over there today, so they were my models. It's not quite the 'professional' set up that I was hoping for. I only took one light stand and one umbrella over there, and I did not get the results I wanted. I definitely need two light stands and possibly one backlight or a hairlight. A softbox would be nice too. All in due time. And all when more money is available. I did, however, order a lighting set up today that included a professional backdrop. So I will be able to start taking professional-quality pictures now and start charging for them. (Sorry to those friends who had been getting it done for free up until now. But you will get the 'friend discount'.)
Well, this is my last week as a Price Accuracy Team Leader. Starting Sunday, at the ass-crack of dawn (5am) I will be a Salesfloor Team Leader. But it will be nice to have days off during the week now.
Ta ta for now!
Jon and I have been using our Wii Fit this weekend. It is pretty fun and it tracks our progress (or lack there of). There are a lot of neat games to play that give you a little bit of a work out. I have high hopes for it. But only time will tell. But the more time you put into it, the more games you unlock, so it encourages you to keep at it. Jon has put in a little more time than I, and he has unlocked more games.
I borrowed some studio lighting from Jon's dad this week and took it over to my parents' house to try it out. Lauren and Morgan were over there today, so they were my models. It's not quite the 'professional' set up that I was hoping for. I only took one light stand and one umbrella over there, and I did not get the results I wanted. I definitely need two light stands and possibly one backlight or a hairlight. A softbox would be nice too. All in due time. And all when more money is available. I did, however, order a lighting set up today that included a professional backdrop. So I will be able to start taking professional-quality pictures now and start charging for them. (Sorry to those friends who had been getting it done for free up until now. But you will get the 'friend discount'.)
Well, this is my last week as a Price Accuracy Team Leader. Starting Sunday, at the ass-crack of dawn (5am) I will be a Salesfloor Team Leader. But it will be nice to have days off during the week now.
Ta ta for now!
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