Well, I haven't been on this blog in a while. I finally got a job after pretty much harassing them for nearly 2 months. It was a teeny weeny pay cut, but it's less than 10 minutes from my house. I've been told that I am actually fairly good at my job even though I've never really done anything like it before. I'm a very fast learner and like to work with my hands.
R.F. and I have a cooking channel on youtube which is gaining popularity. We have over 100 subscribers. I even have two videos that I've edited that still need to go up, but since R.F. and I are busy, it's nice to be able to upload a video when I want. We also started a food blog to go along with our youtube channel. We'll post our recipes from our videos and also do reviews of restaurants, festivals, and markets that we go to. The stupid thing is that I put the blog on wordpress instead of blogger. I should have used blogger because our email address for our subscriber's inquiries is on gmail. I may end up switching it over to blogger, since we only have one post so far.
Other than that, I can't believe Thanksgiving and Christmas is around the corner again. The upside is that my cousins from South Carolina are coming for Christmas. I love having family around on the holidays. Especially family you don't get to see very often. I've actually never met them, except the oldest when she was a baby.
I'm getting tired now and can't think of what to write. I don't want to write nonsense, so I will end it here for today.
25 October 2010
29 April 2010
Pull me out of this hole...
So, I've been working at my temp job for almost 3 months. I have to make a quota, so if I don't I'll be jobless again. I'm kind of freaking out since I only have 2 more weeks before I find out if I get to keep my temp job for at least 9 more months. I've been trying to kick butt, but I'm not sure if it'll be enough! I hope that it'll be okay so that I can continue to look for a job while working. Unemployment won't pay me enough and I need to pay bills and well...Live...I applied for a job the other day, but what I'm afraid of is that companies don't want to pay me what I need to get by. It's really hard to even find a job that I'm even "qualified" for. Although, they say were coming out of our recession...only the people who have a steady job are "okay". I hope that someone is watching over me whether it be God, Buddha, or some other kind of higher power.
08 March 2010
Getting By....
Well, I got a job as a temporary employee at a distribution center aka warehouse. It's a very automated warehouse and my mother works there, so I know some of the people. Although, my mother had been out of work for 2 or 3 years after injuring herself at work. I still want to have a permanent job somewhere, but for now I can deal with working as a temp because it can last for a year. Either I'll get a job permanently at the place I'm temping at or I'll find a job somewhere else. I'm almost getting paid as much as I was at my last job, so it's not bad.
Other than that, I can't wait for Glee to come back in April and I've been addicted to Chuck! I think that most of the choices on American Idol suck. None of them seem like a real star. The year when David Cook was on, I knew early on that he was the one. I liked David Archuleta, but I didn't think he was as good as David Cook. I've been designing and selling jewelry on etsy.com, but I haven't been selling as much as I'd like. I've done a little bit of photography here and there, but need the Spring to come, so that I can take more pictures. I got some dahlias from one of my best friends and so I plan to plant them and hopefully they'll grow beautifully. I've got one called "dinnerplate" which can grow to the size of a dinner plate and they will be yellow with pink tips. Then, I have one called "cactus" and it's yellow with red tips and looks pointy like a cactus on the end of the petals. I will post pictures if I can manage to keep them alive! Lol...I've never grown flowers before. Well, I've got nothing else to reflect on at the moment.
Other than that, I can't wait for Glee to come back in April and I've been addicted to Chuck! I think that most of the choices on American Idol suck. None of them seem like a real star. The year when David Cook was on, I knew early on that he was the one. I liked David Archuleta, but I didn't think he was as good as David Cook. I've been designing and selling jewelry on etsy.com, but I haven't been selling as much as I'd like. I've done a little bit of photography here and there, but need the Spring to come, so that I can take more pictures. I got some dahlias from one of my best friends and so I plan to plant them and hopefully they'll grow beautifully. I've got one called "dinnerplate" which can grow to the size of a dinner plate and they will be yellow with pink tips. Then, I have one called "cactus" and it's yellow with red tips and looks pointy like a cactus on the end of the petals. I will post pictures if I can manage to keep them alive! Lol...I've never grown flowers before. Well, I've got nothing else to reflect on at the moment.
21 January 2010
Life in 2010
So, the first week of December in 2009, I took a week long vacation. While I was off and at home relaxing, I found out from people at work that they were laying people off. The first time the company had ever in their 33 years had to do something like that. I called my boss and asked him about it that night. He called back and told me that he didn't know anything yet and assured me that nothing was wrong. The next morning, he asked me to come in to meet with him. I went in and was told that I was being laid off permanently. It's very embarrassing to cry in front of people you've worked with for over 2 years. I went to say goodbye and to cry with some of my other coworkers in the building and left broken hearted. Out of 300 employees, 30 of us were laid off. A couple days later I filed for unemployment and have been looking for a job since. It's really hard to find a job these days. I even tried to go back to the job I had before as a manager instead of a regular team member like before. I figured I had worked at the other job for nearly 6 years and left on a good rapport. They said that I just didn't qualify and so it's their loss. I knew practically everything about the company and they just threw me around like a toy for 3 weeks. I have one interview that is coming up that is hopefully promising. I pray that I get a job soon because I haven't been jobless in over 8 years.