OK, so seriously...I really need to get some sleep. If it's not one thing or another I have had so many sleepless nights. Last night it was the photography. The Man and I started talking about what is going on right now and what possible avenues we can go down. Photography has become an overwhelming passion...maybe even an addiction. I can get lost in blog land looking at picture and reading about other's experiences. I have a burning desire to jump into this full force. After this weekend I will have made enough to buy my next lens. After that...some new software, then the indoor studio. I am so close...and yet still so far away. I can taste it. It consumes almost every thought.
April 29, 2009
Sleepless nights
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April 28, 2009
Kindness
So this week is my last with my current company. While it is a little sad because I will miss the people, they are a great group of people, I will NOT miss the drama and craziness. I have had some very kind comments made to me as people hear the news that I am leaving. It truly touches my heart when they tell me that they will miss me.
When I came here, I firmly believed I could change the world and fix all the problems within the company and get it headed in the right direction. Little did I know, they didn't really want someone to come in and change the world. I think they only hired me because they are "supposed" to have an HR person on staff. It really has been quite comical over the last 6 months or so. They want to know the right way to do something, they just want to be able to do it there way...the two don't really go hand in hand.
But back to the kindness. The field guys are up to something...I know it. I had one call yesterday and ask for a photo because he was going to build a memorial :) He said that I was the only one that has ever fought for them. He is right...but that was my job. It was my job to look out for the best interest of the company....AND the employees. It was my job to make sure things flowed smoothly for all parties involved. Anyway....another field guy asked me what size shirt I wear.... HUH?? why in the world do you need to know that? I didn't ask. I figured why ruin the surprise. They are all super sweet. Just a group of good ol' boys...super rough on the exterior but amazing once you get to know them. I think they really needed someone to come in and take care of them and make sure that they weren't always getting the short end of the stick.
They will be truly missed.
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April 23, 2009
Elaborating
Because I said a couple of posts ago that I would elaborate on what I have been waiting for...Here you go.
I am leaving my current job and will start doing some contract HR work. This will allow me to learn more and have a little more stability in my career than what I currently have. It is a great opportunity with two good companies. Plus the people are dynamite!
I will finish out next week here and then move on to bigger and better things. Everything happens for a reason and while I am completely tired of going from job to job, this is something that will hopefully be the beginning of a beautiful relationship.
Whoo Hoo!!
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April 22, 2009
a couple of things
So the next couple of weeks are going to be crazy...and I mean CRAZY. This weekend is literally filled with more activities than are humanly possible...but we will get it all done, or at least most of it.
i also have to, at some point, figure out how to make a toga. I mean a REALLY great toga. I have a couple of ideas and I think I will go tomorrow at lunch to find the fabric.
We have a toga party coming up in two weekends and then a night at Pete's the weekend after that. Lots to do, but it will be a lot of fun too.
Oh.....I'm turning 30 in the next few weeks. Shhhhh...let's not make it a big deal. Last year somehow my birthday got missed altogether. I think that is why i like to just keep it quiet because I don't like getting disappointed. This year we are trying a different approach.
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April 20, 2009
Weekend wrap up
I am not a patient person...if you know me, you know that. I can't stand waiting, when I'm done with something...I'm done with it. I am ready to walk through that next open door and see what it holds for me. I HATE waiting. Hopefully later this week I will have some good news to share...but you have to wait too.
This past weekend we took the kids back home and celebrated my sisters 16th birthday party. I know she was disappointed because we could not do what she originally had planned, due to the weather, but it was a good weekend nonetheless. We went to a sweet little pottery place and the kids painted some stuff and The Man and I did mosaics. I can't wait to have the time to finish them up. It was different, but it was fun. I think kids always have a good time when they can create things and let their little brains work some overtime. I will post pictures once we get the items shipped to us. It was fun to just sit around and chit chat.
We saw the rest of the family on Sunday before we headed back and it went pretty good. There is always some tense moments when we all show our ugly side, but we try to reign it back in quickly. We are so much alike and the things that drive us crazy...well we all do them.
Overall it was a good weekend. I still can't believe that my baby sister turns 16 today. So very crazy.
Later today I will post some of my favorites from my two shoots this weekend over at the MaddiePie Creations blog.
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April 17, 2009
On the road
Blogging while The Man drives...how sweet it is.
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Rain
Rain Rain go away...at least long enough to let us get up to Tulsa safely today. After that...rain all you want...well until Sunday when we have to drive home again.
I HATE driving in the rain. My car DOES NOT do well in the rain. Super cute car, not super safe with wet roads.
My baby sister is turning 16...REALLY??? that just does NOT seem right at all. but then again, it doesn't seem right that my super sweet cousin (who is 17) is planning to attend his junior prom...and it doesn't seem right that I am turning 30 in a few weeks.... UGH!
ok, I am headed off to lunch to knock out a few errands before we leave town.
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April 15, 2009
Good timing
I love it when things work out for the best. Something that has been a big stressor for me over the last couple of weeks...a solution has been found. It's funny how we worry and worry about things but they always seem to be taken care of...one way or another.
:)
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April 9, 2009
April 8, 2009
Reality TV
So, I TOTALLY needed tonight. I am exhausted and I really think that is what has been wrong lately.
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April 7, 2009
Crazy
I need to refocus and find my center...or my happy place...or some sort of peace with the craziness in our lives.
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Moments
I want to be one of those people that can control their emotions. I want to let things roll off my sleeve like it's no big thing. I want to be rational.
But alas...I am not.
I am the complete polar opposite. I get my feelings hurt WAY too easy. If I am having a rough day, you can see it all over me. I have a hard time not getting consumed by the negative.
But I am trying.
I am trying to find peace with everything. I am trying to be a better person. I am trying to find meaning in everything that happens, everything that is said, everything that comes across my path. I am trying to find my place. I am trying to reign in my emotions and not let them guide me.
I love my life, and I am so very blessed. I have a wonderful husband, two beautiful children, family and friends that love me. I have a job. I am capable. I am thankful for everything that we have in our lives.
But sometimes...those other moments get a little too heavy. But tomorrow is a new day and full of new possibilities.
Sorry...I really don't mean to be so negative..I'm working on that too. I just don't quite know how to bottle it up and hide it.
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April 6, 2009
It has been a crazy week or so. Work has spiraled out of control, the kids sports are kicking my rear end, we are just so busy and I swear sometimes I am not treading water as well as I would like.
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April 1, 2009
Back from San Francisco
What a wonderful trip. The Man and I had such a wonderful time. We saw so much and there was still so much to see. We met wonderful people...ABSOLUTELY wonderful people. We drank, we danced, we walked, we saw, we got all dressed up, we walked some more, we experienced an earthquake, we got our flight delayed, and we had beautiful weather. I am so proud of The Man, it was a very big deal and he got some really good face time with some of the people higher up in the company. Good things are to come for him...I just know it.
They made bread into different shapes...this day it was alligators and turtles.
Before the big dinner...
and of course some of the beautiful sites around town
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