Random Thoughts...

Random Thought from a stressed out paper writer: 1. Why is it that she wakes up happy but comes home from school with attitude?Maybe, just maybe it is the school doing this and I should stop sending her there. Or maybe it is pre-teen angst. Hmmmm. 2. On the other hand, this one wakes up mean as well, you get the idea. Cries at the thought of going to school, which requires leaving the bed where she'd rather sleep till noon, kid after my own heart here! However, offer her a breath mint and she is...

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No Snow!

We can see green people! We have no snow this week and it's so purty I want to cry. The temps actually hit the high 50's today. Never mind that I was wearing a sweater still but hey, woohoo. So I took the girl's dress shopping today. We've found a church and we're back in business! Feeling very good about that. So here are some lovely sights on the way to the nearest mall. Don't ask how far, but The Man thinks that is a good thing. Above the pasture we see the beautiful ---- mountains. Snow capped...

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What a weekend...

Happy Belated St. Paddy's Day. For all my lovely Irish and wanta be Irish friends. Just love this picture, very cute when you don't consider that Mr. Care Bear is totally poluting and such. Oh well, happy holiday.Great visit from The Man. We had some good family time. I baked......see those yummy yummy rolls. (Took the leftovers to work, they Loveeeeeeeeee me now, as never before) We took the fam out for dinner. Ms Princess decorated her leftovers, what fun. What was even more fun was them scrambling...

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Spreading the Love

The week is going so well, I thought I would spread the love. The Man is coming home for a visit tomorrow. Three days of blissful family time. Oh and there is that pesky "honey-do" list that is waiting for him. Yes, this is a good thing. Duchess will finally get training wheels on her bike. Princess and I will get our curtain rods hung (evenly this time). We have planned another Big Person dinner out, hoping that by having the sitter here early, we'll get at least through dessert before I get the...

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Delicately Put...

Everyone strives (I think) to be the very best person possible. I know I do. Which is why this post if about my worst fault (besides the fact that I'm a control freak, slightly OC, and well anyway).....my language. If you have actually spoken to me, you know where this is going. Yes I married a sailor, however that does not excuse my potty mouth. I have no idea where it came from, my mom's favorite cuss word growing up was "clean", maybe it was my oh so southern grandmother with pearls, who named...

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What I Do..

Having been blessed to have landed smack dab in my career of choice field upon arrival to the snowy mountains where we now call home, I have been asked exactly what I do. So here is the version fit for public consumption.I find, recruit, interview people for a large company.Notice that I don't hire, people who have my real big dream job, do that. I am their assistant but I still have a ton to do with the process.Here is my normal day: Yesterday in fact! Upon arriving to work, since I work at a large...

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Still kicking...

I'm still kicking over here. Just had to wrap up a large nasty paper for this class in my spare time (meaning I drool on it, smear food on it and read it on the shuttle to/from work). However, I turned it in and got a freaking B+, my first B since going back to school. All because I forgot to use quotes. I specifically named my sources and pulled info but forgot some direct quotes, yeah I missed the bus on that one completely. Oh well.....Come back tomorrow night, as I'll be describing in detail what it is that I do for a living: With color pictures and hand puppets, lol. Seriously, I got asked...

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Another weekend bites the dust

We started our weekend with a snowy day. As you can tell, it completely repainted the back of the house, funny how living next to a lake will do that. Huh. We managed to keep warm and dry until the sun came out and melted all freaking 3 inches that fell earlier. Still scratching my head over snow, can't believe we actually LIVE here.Once it was pretty again, we decided to take Princess for a much needed trim. After braving Costco and Wal-Mart. Forget weekly shopping trips, now that I'm working,...

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Changes they are ahere....

I started my job today finally. Whew! What a relief to get up at the butt crack of dawn, coax my kids into clothes and spoon feed them breakfast while they are still snoozing at the table. Then put on my "big girl clothes" and go out in the snow and ice for A JOB.It was everything I hoped for and more. Sighhhhhhhhh. I worked like a dog. Getting thrown in is truely the best way and I was thrown all over the place today. Recruiting, hiring processes and lots of meetings. I'm in heaven.However, I forgot that getting off at 5 and fighting traffic to the kiddo's school and then home again was so exhausting....

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