So...in anticipation of the release of the movie Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part I, I've been reading Mark Reads Harry Potter and looking at the book through his eyes...very interesting...and, gives me a new appreciation of the books. I started when he was reading Half Blood Prince and think, after he finishes, I may go back to see how he reviewed the other books.
http://markreadsharrypotter.buzznet.com/user/
One thing is for sure, he has been pleasantly surprised at the greatness of these books. He did this first for the Twilight series and really dissed them from what I've heard.
He has shown much restraint as he has read the books one chapter at a time, one per day, and reviewed after reading. I don't know how he can constrain himself! When I'm reading something I'm really enjoying, I just want to keep it up!
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Other matters...no job yet and none on the horizon. Maybe my lot in life is to keep this young one? We have completed potty training...no accidents now for over a week. I told him that if this continued, the pull-ups would come off and big boy pants would come back out. We have reached a good relationship now...I've become calmer and don't let his tantrums get me started...just ignore them and send him to his room and to bed...let him scream and kick and cry...at least it is in his room and now around me. LOL!!!
Peace!
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Friday, October 22, 2010
Bummer
Well...no word on the job and it is almost 5...he wants the person to start on Monday so my assumption is that it isn't mine.
I will just have to continue to search and hope that something shakes loose soon...or that I would at least start drawing unemployment. I so need to get out of here and get on my own...I loved those few hours that I was alone...no kids, no newlyweds, no mother...it was blissful. I would like to try to work on the internet marketing that I started with but can't do anything with it when there are noisy people...I have absolutely no privacy...if I hadn't screwed up, I would be out of here and on my own by now.
There is a reason for everything and I know that the reason will be clear to me in His time, not mine.
Peace.
I will just have to continue to search and hope that something shakes loose soon...or that I would at least start drawing unemployment. I so need to get out of here and get on my own...I loved those few hours that I was alone...no kids, no newlyweds, no mother...it was blissful. I would like to try to work on the internet marketing that I started with but can't do anything with it when there are noisy people...I have absolutely no privacy...if I hadn't screwed up, I would be out of here and on my own by now.
There is a reason for everything and I know that the reason will be clear to me in His time, not mine.
Peace.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Home again...
The newlyweds are home again...things are loud and noisy. I'm already missing the quiet time I've enjoyed since Saturday. Oh, well...if I could just get a job, I have a place to live and could move out and find my peace again. Maybe I'll get a call about the job I interviewed for yesterday.
In the meantime, I'm excited about this!
This is really one of my favorite Disney movies...I'm sure we will pick it up sometime to add to our collection as we don't have it on DVD...just had it on VHS which is gone.
I'm getting ready to read this book...I totally love Anita Blake! If you haven't read Laurell K. Hamilton's books, you really should give them a try. This is #7 in the series.
Pick up "Guilty Pleasures" first and read them in order...totally fab!
Well...Leighanne is fixing supper and the boys are being boys and I think I may retire to my room early this evening!
Peace and out!
In the meantime, I'm excited about this!
This is really one of my favorite Disney movies...I'm sure we will pick it up sometime to add to our collection as we don't have it on DVD...just had it on VHS which is gone.
I'm getting ready to read this book...I totally love Anita Blake! If you haven't read Laurell K. Hamilton's books, you really should give them a try. This is #7 in the series.
Pick up "Guilty Pleasures" first and read them in order...totally fab!
Well...Leighanne is fixing supper and the boys are being boys and I think I may retire to my room early this evening!
Peace and out!
Monday, October 18, 2010
Finally...PROGRESS!!!!
We finally have significant progress in the potty training department! Andrew told me both times today that he needed to go poo! YES!!!
No accidents in the pull-ups at all.
He is staying with Jason's best girl friend along with his brother while Leighanne and Jason are on their honeymoon...Steph brought him to me this morning about 7:15 and we had a great day...no wooden spoon, no spankings, just a bit of a tussle to get him down for a nap at 9 this morning...he was so tired! Slept for 2 hrs without a peep.
I can't even begin to tell you how much I'm enjoying my evening "me" time...no kids, no lovey-dovey couple, just me and whatever I want to do. Tomorrow is going to be fabulous as I won't even have Andrew during the day...just me and the dogs tomorrow after I get home. Ahhhhh....shall I knit or bead? Decisions, decisions, decisions...
On to the work front...I have an interview tomorrow afternoon for a job that I found on Craigslist...I've been leery of using this source due to a couple of scam jobs that I had applied for earlier in my search. However, this one sounds legit...located here in town...I've looked over the website. We'll see how it goes. I just really need to be working in an office...really!
Fabulous chapter meeting tonight...Raeus Canon on Networking...I so enjoy hearing her and she did have some good information and ideas that I will carry with me whenever I enter into a new situation. I'm not as outgoing as I sometimes sound and am actually a bit shy with people I don't know so her tips for breaking that shyness are appreciated.
Have an all-day seminar tomorrow (will be slipping out early due to above mentioned job interview) so need to turn in soon.
Peace.
No accidents in the pull-ups at all.
He is staying with Jason's best girl friend along with his brother while Leighanne and Jason are on their honeymoon...Steph brought him to me this morning about 7:15 and we had a great day...no wooden spoon, no spankings, just a bit of a tussle to get him down for a nap at 9 this morning...he was so tired! Slept for 2 hrs without a peep.
I can't even begin to tell you how much I'm enjoying my evening "me" time...no kids, no lovey-dovey couple, just me and whatever I want to do. Tomorrow is going to be fabulous as I won't even have Andrew during the day...just me and the dogs tomorrow after I get home. Ahhhhh....shall I knit or bead? Decisions, decisions, decisions...
On to the work front...I have an interview tomorrow afternoon for a job that I found on Craigslist...I've been leery of using this source due to a couple of scam jobs that I had applied for earlier in my search. However, this one sounds legit...located here in town...I've looked over the website. We'll see how it goes. I just really need to be working in an office...really!
Fabulous chapter meeting tonight...Raeus Canon on Networking...I so enjoy hearing her and she did have some good information and ideas that I will carry with me whenever I enter into a new situation. I'm not as outgoing as I sometimes sound and am actually a bit shy with people I don't know so her tips for breaking that shyness are appreciated.
Have an all-day seminar tomorrow (will be slipping out early due to above mentioned job interview) so need to turn in soon.
Peace.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Wedding Week
Yes, it's "Wedding Week" in the household...Leighanne and Jason are getting married on Saturday morning although, at this point, it really is only a formality. But, a good one...after all, you only get married for the third time once! LOL...
Babysitting duties have been very difficult lately, although today was better. Monday and Tuesday were spent with the wooden spoon for the most part. *sighs* Definitely need a real job...I'm just getting too old for this.
Babysitting duties have been very difficult lately, although today was better. Monday and Tuesday were spent with the wooden spoon for the most part. *sighs* Definitely need a real job...I'm just getting too old for this.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Job market sucks
I've been in the job market now for almost 2 months...I know, it isn't as long as some folks but, for me, it is an eternity. The fact that I'm not yet collecting unemployment makes the suckage even larger...no income whatsoever but still have bills to pay...*sighs*
Anyway, I posted a bit ago about the scam employment opportunity? Well, I got another one yesterday. I'm beginning to think that maybe Craigslist isn't the best place to search for a job. However, I have gotten a few good leads there so I'll keep looking but just be more selective.
I applied for a customer service position with Scripps Networks but, without any real customer service experience, it is probably not a go...but, it would be a fun job.
Still on potty training...still having accidents and I just hate cleaning them up! YUCK! However, he is on a good schedule right now and seems to have adjusted to it. I have actually gotten him to take longer naps that his dad! YAY ME!
The wedding is a week from Saturday and I have a milestone birthday coming up later in the month...life is good...well, except for the unemployment issue!
Anyway, I posted a bit ago about the scam employment opportunity? Well, I got another one yesterday. I'm beginning to think that maybe Craigslist isn't the best place to search for a job. However, I have gotten a few good leads there so I'll keep looking but just be more selective.
I applied for a customer service position with Scripps Networks but, without any real customer service experience, it is probably not a go...but, it would be a fun job.
Still on potty training...still having accidents and I just hate cleaning them up! YUCK! However, he is on a good schedule right now and seems to have adjusted to it. I have actually gotten him to take longer naps that his dad! YAY ME!
The wedding is a week from Saturday and I have a milestone birthday coming up later in the month...life is good...well, except for the unemployment issue!
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