I want to wish the best bro in the the world (archanglrobriel ) the happiest birthday EVAR

Just a couple of pics of Belle...since I was uploading anyways.

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There have definately been some learning experience with this one.  But at least I've got it done.  It's not perfect but I'm actually happy with it.

Now on to the pictures...

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thanks to clintswan for pointing this out.



Amiga was my first full computer...good memories.

So, even with blizzard con alpha (I'm just bitter).  Today wasn't a waste.

Let's see, I cleaned the computer room, straightened out the "mountain of crap), cleaned the craft nook, Straightened up the dinning room, straightened out the kitchen a bit and did a bit of vacuuming.

Oh yeah, and I did a bit of glass etching.

OK, archanglrobriel started this and I thought it was an awesome idea. 

A list of guilty pleasures that I have…This isn’t everything I like, just the stuff I usually do alone because I don’t want to be teased about… 

Books 
“Paranormal Romance” (i.e. Mary Janice Davidson, Laurel K. Hamilton, etc.) 
“Urban Fantasy” 
Craft Books of any kind (yes, even the schmaltzy ones) 

TV
Anything regarding haunted houses
Home and Garden Network
Project Runway
Top Chef

Movies
*Old* movies
Anything Monty Python
Cheesy cult classics

Foods
Kraft Macaroni and Cheeze
Chocolate chips on peanut butter sandwiches
Celery with that plastic-y cheese you find in a jar in the cracker isle
Olive loaf
Strawberry Quik
Frosted circus animal cookies

Activities
Hanging out at the Mall
Craft stores
Target
Dollar stores
K-Mart (hangs head in shame)
Lying on the floor thinking of what I would do if I won the Lottery (while doing nothing)
Computer games
Doodling during meetings
RPGs

OK, there’s a lot more but it’s all I could come up with off the top of my head.

During Pantheacon, we'll be hosting the GLBT suite.  We're going to be serving drinks and snacks at night in the suite.   Come on by and hang out a bit.

Once we get confirmation on the room number, we'll post it here on live journal, but when you get there, make sure that you check the boards in the registration hall to verify that it's the same room as we confirmed...because information has been so reliable since all this started.  Plus it will let you know what times the suite will be opened.

Also ... I was just wondering ... 

Who on my friend list is going to be at Pantheacon this year? 

BELLE!

This is from a project that I did before Christmas.  It was a present for someone.

Well, finished my project for the evening.

This is the project where I was doing glass etching and glass engraving.  It turned out a lot better than I thought it was going to...and a bit different too.

Ok, Rob and Soren will totally understand this puppy post.

We have PUPPY in the house.

I totally blame Rob, Soren and Ree for this fact.  No not the fact that that we have a dog, just the *type* of dog we ended up with. 

Went to Dayton for T-day.   Had a fabulous dinner with fabulous friends and had a wonderful time.  I really needed this.  For those of you that have been following for a while, you know why.

There was much laughter had, and spent it with some people I care a lot about.  I miss certain people out there that are too far away that have been family for a while, just know that you are in my heart and I miss you a lot and I've been thinking about you all day long.  Love you guys.

We just got home a bit ago.

Now, I'm going to start talking about something that some people might shutter about.   But it's family tradition, please don't knock it because it's one thing that I want to keep alive because it helps me remember my family.

I got out the Christmas tree and the decorations. 

My family always put up the tree at Thanksgiving.  Yeah, it was a way to keep us out of the kitchen when mom was cooking dinner but it's something that's now engrained in me.

When we got home I got everything out, then I was going to bed because there was a mess down there where our tree should go.  I was getting ready for bed and when I went back down stairs, my wonderful husband had cleaned the area so we could put up the tree and put some Christmas music on.  He knows how important it is for me (I love you Jeremy).  So we spent the last hour getting the tree set up and put up a few things around the house to make it feel like Christmas.  Quill even brought down his lone ornament but said we might not want to put it on the tree when we saw it.  It was a Santa on a surfboard.  BWAHAHAHAHA, of course we put it on our tree, it was wonderful. 

Our first Christmas in this house.  I'm going to love it.

I only cried once today... ok, make that twice now. 

I miss you mom.

Well, today I was elbow deep in panties.  Some of them I could hide in my palm ::shudder::  I was helping out in the Distribution Center today, pulling tags and sorting.  Ugh!

I was going through the box, sorting the sizes.  Usually, it only takes about 10 minutes to go through, the panties though, they are a different story, it took me over an hour to get through them...because you can stuff a million butt-floss panties in a box.  The hard part is untangling them.

Unfortunately, as I was going through the pantie box of holding... I bent wrong and pulled something in my back.

owieowieowieowieowie

Last night I did another project.  So I thought I would post pics.

Unfortunately, the etching didn't work out as well.  There are lines from the brush and it's not even.  Though, when it's on the table and no flash bulb, it's a bit harder to see.  I still like the outcome though.  Next time I have to remember that everything is backwards when doing this.  It still works this way but it's something that I'll have to remember going forward.

YAY!!!

I just finished my first glass etching project and it worked.  I am so happy with it.

There were no stencils big enough for this piece so I made one myself.  WOOT!

I think this is the first time where I tried something new and actually really liked the outcome.

So, here are the pics as promised...

WoW goobing...

So, I started up a character.  Been playing for a bit.  One day I looked down and noticed how gay my character is...

I went shopping.

We have a Bath and Body Works store on site and I went and bought a few things.  

One was handcream since my hands are starting to crack (OUCH).  The one I got is Sensual Amber.  LOVE that scent.  It's a bit feminine but I don't care, everyone here know's I'm a "woopsie" anyways.

Next I picked up three Dancing Tea Light Holders (one of each)  YAY!  First Chrismas decorations of the year.   

I don't know if it's because it's the start of a new year or if it's because I'm starting to get real paychecks again.  I really don't care *why*, I'm just glad that it's back.  I want to run out and get some glass etching gel and start on a new project.  I want to get some more fabric and paint to make more flags (do *you* have a flag?) UGH! I still haven't sent Steves project out...I'm such a bad friend.  SORRY STEVE!  I want to do *something*, something pretty, something profound, something cute, something thoughtful...just *something*.  

And for some reason (yes, I started off the sentance (hell, paragraph) with a conjunction...I don't care) I want to show off.  I know that's a vise, but at this point I want to have people go ooh and ahh over my stuff.  Hell, I'd even take ick and blech, just as long as someone notices what I'm doing.

Speaking of which.  I found a wonderful glass etching tool (it even works with metals, stones and even eggs) but I can't justify paying $1,100 on a took that I don't even know if I'd enjoy working with.  My drawing isn't that great and lord knows that the sound would probably drive me up a wall.

But at this point I need to do something.  Probably run out this weekend and at least *look* at stuff.  

I do need to clean the pigsty house that I've let go for a while.  Maybe I can stay off the computer long enough to do both.

Well, I didn't get a paycheck.  Nope, none.  Spoke with HR who spoke with payroll who spoke with HR Direct.  Yup, no paycheck...DUH!

"Well, you didn't clock in"

CLOCK IN?!?!?! I wasn't told I needed to clock in, I was told that I was exempt except that I would be paid .5 pay for each hour over time (yes Jeremy, I told you wrong, I misread the paperwork) which is no problem, I don't expect a *lot* of overtime anyways.  I am due 40  hrs per week even if I work less than that (except for PTO of course)  I was told that I could enter my hours on line (which I don't have access to at this point because my access was being pushed back due to it being a payroll week) and show any PTO I'm taking.

Now they are telling me that I need to swipe my card at the time clock each morning (MRRR?).  SOOOO frustrating.

Now they have to have my immediate supervisor call in (no my HR person can't call in) and verify that I've worked 40 hours.  Unfortunately, one boss is traveling today and the other is in an off-site meeting.  Not only that, their boss is traveling today also.  I'm about ready to cry.  We left messages for them, I only hope that they get it because they need to hear from him before noon.

Now I'm whining quite a bit I realize but truth be told my HR reps here are very helpful and are doing everything they can to get my pay check.  There was some miscommunication but as soon as they saw that there was a problem, they dove right in to help getting it resolved.  Everyone has been really friendly and understanding.  Unfortunately, like any company, there is red tape they have to go through. 

Edit:  I just got a call from HR direct, my boss contacted them and they will have the check by 4:30.

Edit#2:  My HR rep came over and verified that I will get my check today and she'll look into what I have to do exactly for my hours.  I said I couldn't clock into our system yet because it was pushed til Monday, she said "you're right!" she started walking away and said "you're straight"  I looked at her and said "No I'm not!"  that stopped her in her tracks and laughed out loud.  "you are Soooo not right.  Thank you for that laugh".

As I said, I do like my HR reps.

So today at work, we went to an all department meeting.  The meeting was actually fun and only lasted an hour. 

When we got back to our desks, we found vinyl bags at our desks.  They are hot PINK vinyl bags filled with scwag. 

They were filled with:

• Pink and white striped pajama bottoms
• Black Intimissimi shirt
• Panty Pop (panty packaged like a lollipop...totally cute)
• Panty candy (panty packaged like a pepperming candy)
• Lip gloss
• Eye shadow
• Mints
• Caramel Body wash
• Coconut Passion body wash

Everyone laughed and asked what was I going to do with mine.  I told them that we would probably pass it on to Jeremy's family but he'd probably snag the bag to use for his knitting.  I came home and handed it to Jeremy (since he's the one with Family that can fit into these things).  He's sending most of it to his sisters.

He did claim the bag though.

Yay, a job with Schwag.

No, I don't know anything yet. 

At 5:00pm I called my HR rep today to find out if a decision had been made.  Nope, she hadn't heard anything but was going to try to find my boss to ask him.

She came up and entered his office, I figured I had time to run to the restroom...nope, they were gone by the time I got back.  ::Sigh::

Waited around for a bit, got an e-mail...

"HI!   Give me a call when you get a chance so we can talk"

Gave her a call...got her voicemail.  Left her a message that I would be hanging around for 15 more minutes.  15 minutes rolled around, called again and left her another message telling her to go ahead and phone me on my cell.  It was 6:00pm, she had probably already left for the evening.

::sigh yet again::

Hopefully, she'll have an answer for me and not delaying it.

Gods I hate Retro Mercugrade

Today I had my fourth and final interview for the job that I'm temping at and the job in the next cube.  The first three interviews went great but this one was hard to read.  The person who I am working for right now is a bit stoic and very hard to read, so I really don't know what he thought.  They said that they will be making their decision within the next couple weeks so now I'm on pins and needles. 

On top of that the car is acting a little peculiar (making odd sounds and feeling a bit different).  We don't have the money to put it in the shop and it really needs a tune-up.

Speaking of money, we're damn near broke at this time and I just got paid today.  UGH!  I'm a bit of a stress monkey right now.  We have bills due and can't take care of them yet.  I am praying that I get this job so we can catch up a bit.

Tomorrow I have to go into work early because I have to help set up a meeting that I had to do a few requests for.  I'm crossing my fingers that everything goes well.  I'm not sure what to expect when making requests at a new company.

This afternoon, I was on my own (admin perspective at least).  All my admin contacts were at meetings or on vacation.  I was lucky that nothing big came up.  Although, I do have a list of questions for people when they get back. 

I'm getting ready for work and wanted to do a quick post

Work has been going well.  Nothing new that I haven't done before.  Everyone is wonderful here and really friendly.  Everyone was saying what a stress this job is and how busy it is...according to the past couple of days, it's not that busy.  Of course they could just be taking it easy for the temp.

I had my first interview.  There are two positions open in the section that I'm working now, one is for the Admin Asst. and the other is for the Executive Asst.  I'm temping for the Admin Asst. position but when the HR rep saw my resume she said that I would probably fit better in the Executive Asst position.   I really don't care, as long as I get one of them.  One of the admins said that I would fit better in the Exec. Asst. position since I'm so "high energy" (not meaning physically, more of an attitude thing while I'm at work).  But the interview went well and I'm supposed to be waiting for my next interview.  They said the interview process should only take 2-3 weeks.  I'm temping until they get a new person in there.

The two VP's that I'm working for now are polar opposites in attitude.  The sr. one is laid back and mellow and the jr. one is high energy.  It's odd working for two polar different bosses.  But both of them are really nice people, very polite and *very* tactful (from what I've seen so far). Of course I've only worked there two days.

Well, gotta fly to get to work.

There are a few of you that I owe e-mails to.   Sorry, it's been a little hectic.  love y'all

It's less than what I was even making at the Brokerage but at least it's work and I start tomorrow morning.

It's for four weeks with the possibility of being put on permanent at a MUCH higher rate (almost 2x as much) which would be awesome.  We need the money for food and rent so we'll see how it pans out.  Luckily we have enough for rent and groceries for the next few weeks.

From the job description, it is definitely something that I would enjoy doing with a company that I've been wanting to get into.

Wish me luck.

First of all...thanks to all of you who wished me a happy birthday, I had so many of them today that I couldn't go and reply to each an every one of them as much as I wanted to.  I would have been the same thing over and over and that just felt like cheating...of course I'm taking a cheating way out by just responding by doing one post.  ::sigh:: I can't win ;)  ...I feel so loved

Today was rather low keyed, I spent most of the day job hunting and sending out resume's (fun, fun, fun).  I'll be doing more of that tomorrow.

Tonight we all went to Magic Mountain (no, not the one in Southern California) This is an arcade/putt-putt/go carts/laser tag/bumper boats etc.  Had dinner then played some games then went to play putt-putt.  I had so much fun.  It's so great getting together with a bunch of friends and joking around.  I got some good schwag and was with my friends...to me that's a good birthday.  Of course it ended by getting a birthday hug from a cute boy at the store.

Well, 42 here I am.

Love you all and again, thanks for all the birthday wishes, you made my day.  MUAH!

Now onto some fun parts...

We had to start the quote file right off the bat and this time we had to write them down.  Some of these won't seem to make sense but they were funny at the time.  It was nice this year because I wasn't the only one writing, I looked over the notes and found that people picked the book up and wrote some of the ones that *they* heard.  May have to remember that for next year.

Let's just start off by saying the week at Between the Worlds was awesome, I think the best one so far.  I had a great time but I'm worn out.

A lot had happened in the past week and I'll try to post as much as I can over several different posts. Some deep, some funny, but some I won't be able to put into words.  The feelings and emotions don't tranfer well into word form.

To start off though, the set up and tear down was a lot easier than it was last year.  We had everything up in four hours, taking down took a bit more time, but it was more of tearing down a little, sit and chat, tear down a little more.  It was relaxed and not too many tempers flared.  Which was a lot different than last year.

The event itself went smoothly.  Everything seemed to work out well.  Our new security/safety force was awesome.  Had a some great people doing it this year.  One thing that got me, at one time in the event I looked over and saw our three Blade members standing together arm in arm chatting with each other, it was at that point I knew we had a viable team, it damn near brought me to tears.  On top of that, there weren't any major security or safety issues that anyone had to deal with. We had a couple of HUGE compliments on our security/safety group.  This makes me happy.

I was able to sit and relax at this event and I was able to participate in a few things.  I'm sorry for the guys who couldn't make it this year they were sincerely missed, specially since it was such an awesome event.

It was sure nice to come home though.  It was a long week and bed looked so good. 

When we went through the mail I found a box for me.  It was a B-day present (thank you Sara and Andrew, love you both.  I'm  not opening it until tomorrow).  It made me smile.

Well, all the costuming and essentials (at least the ones that I was in charge of) are made for this years BtW. YAY!!!

Now comes the cleaning and packing for the trip.  I have a bunch of laundry to do, I want to straighten up the house and all the packing needs to be done.  I've done one bag (the bedding).  It looks to be a bit chilly in the evenings so I need to find the warm stuff.  Also a bit of "r" in the forecast so I need to locate our seasonal stuff.  Otherwise, the packing should be pretty easy.

Only two more days until we pack the truck and only three days until we take off to set up for the event.  I'm seriously excited about the trip but I'm a bit apprehensive since I'll be working quite a bit during the week.  We're trying something new this year with the security group and it should work out great.  It would have been a bit better with more people involved, but I think it will be just fine the way we have it.

I guess I'm mostly dreading coming back unemployed again.  I'm paid through out this week and half of next week so we'll see how it goes.

Well, off to start the packing/cleaning process.

I hate being out of work.  I feel just about useless.  (Although, I've had plenty to do the past few days...as per my last post).

Luckily they gave me a week severance and my three days vacation.  I have no idea when I'll be getting that check.   It won't be much but at least It will help with next months rent. 

I hate the fact that I'll be unemployed on my birthday...yet again, UGH!  When I get let go, it's usually around my Birthday or Christmas.  I have to admit though, I'm kinda glad it happened, that job really wasn't happening for me.  I think I knew that it wasn't for me because I really didn't personalize my space there like I usually do, but I do hate the fact that I'm searching again, and I'm worried about finances (of course)  Luckily we had some money in the bank so we'll be fine for this month.  I told Jeremy that we could use our saved change for stuff our vacation.  I figured we had around $100 in there.  When I counted it there was over $200...YAY!

I'm not going to let this destroy my vacation. I've only had one true vacation a year for the past several years and this is it and I want to be able to relax (well as much as I can at least).  Although, when I get back I'll call a couple of places again just so they don't forget about me.  Thankfully, a friend recommended me to her supervisor, we'll see how that one goes.  THANK YOU (You know who you are).

Eek!  It's after 1am, time for me to hit the bed.

Maybe it was a good time to be let go at work...I've been extremely busy the past few days and it doesn't look like it's going to slow down until after BtW.
I was able to finish the flag like I wanted, unfortunately, I had to scrap the first one.  Had a few too many snafu's during the creation.  xomec, it's a bit smaller than we first talked about, but actually turned out better than the first one.  this one is only about a yard wide instead of 4'.  I put a back on it with an opening for a pole so it could be hung like a tapestry.  I'll have it for you at BtW.

I've also finished eight Dorics and eight arm bands.

Now I'm working on a helm for one of the events at BtW.  I think I have it figured out, now if I can get it from my brain into reality I'll be a happy camper.  This is my last major hurdle before I start cleaning and packing for the trip.  Only a few more days until it has to be done.  I never understood why certain people were saying "can't wait until it's over with" until this year.  I tell ya, it's been a hard road and I'm tired.

This one is for archanglrobriel...

"It was as if the Weirdness Fairy had landed in his life with a thump, popped him on the head with a rubber chicken, bit him on the shin, then went off to inflict herself on the rest of ..."

For some reason, I found this extremely hilarious.

Face to face interview at 11am tomorrow.

So, today I received one e-mail asking me if it would be alright to call me for an interview this afternoon. Then I received a phone call from my temp service wanting to know if I would like to interview with a company (of course I said yes to both of them).

So yay. Keeping my fingers crossed, hopefully one of these will pan out.

Spirit Animal

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