Happy

I know I know, once again I have neglected this little blog. This time I actually have things to share. First of all, I quit the census job. Honestly, I hated it and they wanted me to work on weekends... not good. They also didn't want to give me a few days off for Thanksgiving and well, it was "suggested" I resign instead. I will still be considered for other Census jobs, so maybe they'll call me again in a few months.

The other news is that we will be spending this Thanksgiving in Tennessee. We are going to visit Mike's dad. I'm VERY excited (and a bit nervous) because I have never met him. It will also be our first long road trip together, including Miss Lilicans. I can't wait! Just two more weeks. I hope I get to use the pea coat I bought at Old Navy for only $22.

And what better than the smell of these molasses spice cookies with a rum glaze, to get into the holiday spirit? I helped my photographer and baker friend Isabelle, bake some cookies for an event she had to cater. And speaking of food, we made a butternut squash soup for dinner tonight... perfect for this wonderful weather we are having today in Orlando.

November

And it's still hot around here... Sorry for the lack of posts, but I started to work for the US Census again, this time as a Recruiter Assistant. I have to find people in my area to apply for Census jobs, find locations where I can administer the test required to be hired and administer the test myself.

I was really freaking out last week, we only had 3 days of training, the rest of the days I kind of helped and listened to other recruiters administer the test. I was at the main office last week, so it wasn't that bad, this week I really need to go recruit and find locations. I also get to administer my first test tomorrow all by myself *gulp*

Other than that, I sold 3 paintings from Sugar Village the other day, that was cool! They were some of my personal favorites too. I don't know when I'll have time to work on new ones now, which sucks! I did however, purchase a set of pens that I use on my paintings, my very first Ebay purchase.

Another thing that I'm a bit embarrassed in sharing is that, I am slightly obsessed with the Twilight books. Yes, I used to make fun of them, until I saw the first book at the library and decided to give it a try. Omg, now I can not stop reading them! I'm on the second book now. How did this happen?! Ok, you can stop laughing at me now...

Well, I guess I better go get my clothes and lunch ready for work and also organize some paper work for the tomorrows test... who am I kidding, I'm just going to go read New Moon, muahahaha!

Just checking in

My training for the second part of the US Census job is over. It was hard to understand the new material and we were in a small and crowded room, which made it even worse. I'm glad that's over with. We should be done pretty quickly with this job, not sure what happens next.

Mike was gone again Tuesday-Thursday night. We've only been seeing each other on the weekends lately. When he is here, he still needs to catch up on more work, so that sucks. We still don't know if he has to go back next week or not.

My boobs started hurting again. Last month they hurt for more than a week, so it made me believe I was pregnant because that never happens to me. Needless to say, I was pretty upset when my period came along. This month I'll try not to get my hopes up so much...

Mid September

Where did time go? Not that I'm complaining though, it means the weather should start cooling off a bit and that my birthday is about a month away :) I sold my camera, so hopefully I'll have the Rebel XSi for my birthday.

One of Mike's co workers had a barbecue this Saturday where even dogs were invited. I had a good time, I really wish we did things like this more often. Even Lily behaved... well, that's if you ignore all the barking she did, she was just wondering why there was people in the water.

It also looks like I'll be working for the Census again. They called me Saturday morning and as much as I wanted to say thanks but no thanks, I really couldn't do that, it's a job after all. I start training (again) next Monday. We'll see how it goes this time around...

Mike will be in Ohio this week which means I'll be playing lot's of video games, catching up with friends, watching girly movies, going shopping for a few work outfits and hopefully getting some paintings done for Sugar Village.

Happy

I am done with the census job for now. I turned in all my materials, badge and hand held computer this past Friday. I'm glad I didn't have to quit and that we were just done with our work. They said we would still be in the system, so if they need help with other things, they might call us back.

I made a few sales at my Etsy store this weekend. I have a weekend deal over at Paper Cakes Finds Blog. That really cheered me up since I've had very low sales lately. Now I feel motivated to keep creating new things. So this week, I'll start working on new designs.

I also noticed that I was on Etsy's front page today, which is a big deal for Etsy sellers! I knew because I had a bunch of new hearts. Thankfully, there's this Flickr page were users upload screenshots of the front page. So I was able to see where I was featured.

This week I'm reading a book called Birth Day by Mark Sloan. I've only read about a chapter so far, but it has very interesting facts about child birth, I think it'll be an informative read. That's all I have for you. Have a great week!

Dessert of the week

We gave our fruit squares a little rest and started making these fabulous lemon bars. The recipe is a bit long but you can find it right here. Changing subjects, I think this might be the last week of work. I really hope so to because I'm starting to hate it. It has been exhausting and very stressful at times. I just want to be done with it. I could go on and on venting about that and other things from this past week but I won't, instead I'll just wish you a good and happy week :) PS Currently reading: Anyone But You by Jeniffer Cruise.

Hello there!

Yes I know, I've been neglecting my blog lately. Nothing too exciting has happened. Mike was in Ohio for a couple of days for work last week. Driving is getting a bit better, I noticed my knuckles are not white and my hands sweaty anymore from gripping the steering wheel so hard. I haven't been painting or photographing anything. This job has sucked all creative inspiration from me.

On the other hand, I did get many interesting books from the library this weekend. The list is long, but I started with Dumbfounded: Big Money. Big Hair. Big Problems. Or Why Having It All Isn't for Sissies by Matt Rothschild. Honestly, I do pick my books based on their cover, 8 out of 10 times I'm right and pick out (in my opinion) good books that way. The author in 27 years old and lives in Orlando. It's about a Jewish boy growing up in the Upper East Side, it's pretty hilarious.

We also got around to watching Slumdog Millionaire this weekend, and of course I loved it. I'm so glad I was not disappointed. Another great movie we watched this weekend was called Phoebe in Wonderland, I highly recommend it. Elle Fanning is such a great actress! I didn't even realize she was Dakota's sister when I saw her in Babel (another favorite of mine).

Ok, that is all, have a good week!

Day 1

Today was my first day of working "in the field". I got a bit lost while trying to meet up with my crew leader assistant. She supervised me in the block I was assigned to canvass. Turns out I do have to knock on every single house, but just so they don't freak out because I'm right outside their house, doing my job. I'm not really asking any questions though.

I got home in the most terrible mood, I was sweaty, hungry, sleepy, tired, etc. I took a nap when I got home and felt a bit better. I also continued researching GPS's. So Mike and I went to Target tonight to finally get one. We decided on the Garmin nüvi 200W, it should get the work done. I don't want to bore you too much with all this new job talk, it's just been a bit difficult to adjust to this new routine and schedule. Good night!

Small Updates

I started training for my new job this past Friday. I filled out a bunch of paperwork and got both hands finger printed. I also had to swear an oath. We were given all our work materials along with this really cool hand held computer that we will be using to get our work done, it only turns on with my finger print scan.

I thought my job would be to go door to door asking people questions, well I was wrong. I think I actually just have to go door to door, updating a huge address list, which is a bit better I guess. It's still going to suck walking in this lovely Florida weather.

I still have a few more days of training to do. It's going pretty slow and it gets kind of boring at times, I just have to remind myself that I'm getting paid. I can't wait to start receiving a paycheck! I'm very excited about that.

Well that's all I got for tonight, I still need to do homework before I go to bed. Goodnight, have a good week.