FYI, she is selling the "Entertainment Book" coupon book for $30.00 for her school. You don't have to buy the one for St. Louis, you can buy any city/state they offer and her school can still get the proceeds. If you comment here with your e-mail address, I can get the link for you to buy online, or you can call me about it if you have my number and I can put in an order for you. Thanks.
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Would you attend our wedding if it is at the St. Louis Pirate Festival in 2010?
6 (75.0%)Kyraanne's post today made me realize that I should have posted something similar several months ago. My employer, Sara Lee, has announced that they are outsourcing most of their accounting and IT departments in the US and worldwide over the next couple of years. Unfortunately, the US is first on the chopping block and my position will be officially eliminated as of August 2, 2009. I started putting out resumes and applications at the beginning of the year. I have been spending at least a little time on it every day, and hours on the weekends. So far I am not getting any responses that aren't from Temp agencies. While I have no objections to temping and have gotten a couple of really good jobs out of temping, I am not willing to give up my benefits and small severance package for a temp position. So after my job officially ends, I will temp if I haven't gotten a permanent position before that. But honestly, I am concerned about being unemployed in today's economy. So If you know of something that you think I might be good for, please let me know. I have been doing accounting for several years now and have my Associate's in Accounting and Business Management, but before that I did Admin Support work. I am also willing to go in different directions than I have done before, as long as I am physically capable of doing it (no heavy lifting or standing/walking all day). I am not filtering this. The announcement about the outsourcing was made months ago to the public, so it is no secret that any of this is happening. Any help I could get with the job hunt would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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I feel the need to brag on myself, and I hope you guys don’t mind. I went with my mom this weekend to two craft fairs, just like we planned. I walked around the first one with no break at all (it was small) Then we went out to Mid Rivers. I walked from one end of the mall to the other, on the top floor and then did it again on the bottom floor. I took lots of breaks, but I was still able to walk the next day. My healing foot is too swollen to put the good shoes on this morning, but I wasn’t hurting so bad yesterday or today, that I was bed ridden!!! I seriously feel like I am making progress, and might eventually be able to be a normal person again. :) Yeah!!!
Many years ago, BradHicks told me a story about a research project where chickens were kept in a cage with lots of props, bells, buttons, etcetera and a machine that dispensed food randomly. As time went on, the chickens noticed what they had been doing before they got their food and would do those things over and over again, to try to make more food come. Eventually they had elaborate dances they would each do as they added movement after movement with the bells, buttons and other props. None of these dances worked, as the machine that controlled the food was entirely random. The researchers drew parallels between this behavior and how humans created superstitious rituals as round nature and other things we have no control over. I am not sure of the source of this story, or even if it was a real research project. Knowing the source, it probably is a true college research study. I couldn’t find anything on the web about it, but I didn’t try very hard.
I am seeing this played out currently at work. Our IT department upgraded the main system that we work on about 2 weeks ago. Ever since then, the system has been incredibly slow in pulling up images of the invoices we need to key, and sometimes just refuses to do it at all, freezing our desktops up so that they have to be rebooted. The IT department just keeps telling us that they are working on the issue. So all day, all around me I hear people giving suggestions on making it work faster. From “try not touching the keyboard when your pulling an image” to “you can’t have any other programs open and then it works” None of these suggestions actually work, and none of them are coming from anyone who has any idea what the technical details of the issue are. But all of the chickens keep coming up with superstitions to try to make it work. Don’t you love the human psyche?
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1. Do you like blue cheese dressing? Never tried it and don't want to.
2. Have you ever smoked cigarettes? Yes, but I quit about 4 years ago.
3. Do you own a gun? Yes, but it is blank-firing gun, not live ammo.
4. What's your favorite drink at Starbucks or other specialty coffee shops?Plain coffee with sugar and cream
5. What do you think of hot dogs? The only time I like them is when I really need protein.
6. Favorite Christmas song? Depends on my mood.
7. What do you prefer to drink in the morning? Sprite or coffee.
8. Can you do push ups? Yes, barely.
9. What's your favorite piece of jewelry? an amulet my mother gave me
10. Favorite hobbies? reading, crochet
11. Do you have ADD? Nope.
12. What's one trait that you hate about yourself? I can be too harsh, and expect too much of people.
13. Middle name? Colleen. :)
14. Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment? Tired, need to do a lot, but until I am not sick, it's not going to happen. Hope Jocelyn doesn't get the fever back...
15. Name 3 drinks you regularly drink? Sprite, coffee, Dr. Pepper
16. Current worry right now? Too many to name.
17. Current hate(s)right now? Messy house and Rheumatoid Arthritis
18. Favorite place to be? Library or Renaissance Faire
19. How did you ring in the New Year? Party at a friend's house
20. Like to travel? yes.
21. Name 3 people that will complete this? don't know
22. Do you own slippers? Yes, they are 4 sizes too big, from when I broke my ankle.
23. What color shirt are you wearing? Green
24. Could you ever make it 39 days on the show Survivor? Nope
25. What song do you sing in the shower? Whatever is stuck in my head.
26. Favorite girls names? Jocelyn Grania
27. Favorite boys names? Don't know, never thought about it.
28. What's in your pocket right now? Nothing, I usually don't keep stuff in my pockets.
29. Last thing that made you laugh? My daughter singing to me.
30. Worst injury you've ever had? Broken ankle last September.
31. Do you love where you live? It's OK, but I want a house with a fenced in back yard.
32. How many t.v's do you have in your house? 2
33. Who's your loudest friend? Brad, no contest
34. Does someone have a crush on you? Not that I know of.
35. What's your favorite candy? Imported chocolate.
36. Favorite sports team? Not really into sports.
37. What were you doing at 12 AM last night? Sleeping.
38. What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up today? Jocelyn and how she was feeling.
39. What's your favorite holiday? Halloween (Samhain)
40. What are your plans for tomorrow? Going back to work after 2 days of being sick.
I got them from Z-Coil Shoes at http://www.springactionfootwear.com/. Z-CoiL® Pain Relief FootwearTM; 111 Clarkson Executive Park On Clarkson Rd. between Clayton & Manchester; Ellisville (St. Louis) MO 63011; (636) 230-0990. I LOVE these shoes. And they fit them to your feet while you are there. I know they look weird, but anything that takes away that much pain, is worth looking a little weird to me.- Mood: relieved
This is what it looks like now:
I am now allowed to walk on it without a cane or brace or anything, as long as I am very careful and it is nice out. As soon as it gets snowing or icy or anything, I am under strick orders to use the cane and brace again, but at least I get to walk without it most of the time.
My daughter had a great holiday, first at her father's house and then at my mom's before going to her dad's again for the weekend. He has her New Years Eve and I have her New Year's Day, so I am not sure what we are doing to celebrate the new year, yet. I have heard of 2 parties, so far, the one at the Celestial house, and the one at the Ungoth's parent's house. But since my SO has been busy trying to get his car to work, we haven't had a chance yet to talk about where or what we want to do.
If I don't see you sometime that night, Have a happy new year!!
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I have finally found a home for the wonderful dog that is just too much for me. Je2nyo and AlienZen have decided to take my almost 2 year old Pomeranian. i have been looking for a home for him for a while and I am very pleased to have found one that will be SO good to him. He loves their yard and they seem to really like him. At the same time, though, I am sad and dissappointed that I am not able to provide him with what he needs. I will miss him. It looks like we will be getting a kitten to replace him. I never should have made that promise to my daughter, but <sigh> it will be nice to have a youngster in the house, and I KNOW I can take care of kittens. :) I jsut don't know when we will get one.
Pirate Fest starts this weekend, so I will be occupied for the next 3 weekends straight, since I am on Merchant Committee. This is the first time that I have volunteered for the fair since my Ex and I split up. I hope I am up to it physically. I just have to remember to take it slow and easy.
Well, I am seeing a new RA doctor and actually feeling better than I have in a long time. Yes, he confirmed that I have RA and FMS, but he is also thinking I have Carpal Tunnel, too. Not that there is anything they can do about the Carpal Tunnel, it is from the swelling from the RA, so all we can do is try to get that under control, and get my sleep ironed out. But I should be in better shape for Pirate Fest than I have been in a while. I am actually able to be on my feet for almost an hour without hurting too much, and when I sit down, the pain GOES AWAY - before it just didn't get worse. Also, this doctor spent 45 minutes talking to me during the first appointment and 30 during the second. My old RA doctor never spend more than 7 minutes with me at a time. Yeah for GOOD doctors!!
- Mood:better
Well, since I no longer have access to the e-mail that I set up the other LJ with, and I can't remember the password, I can't get into it. SO I am trying again. Maybe I will keep this one more up to date.
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