There will only be capital letters today where word auto inserts them for me. I have a new keyboard and am having issues with the shift key. I figure I’ll get used to it eventually, but I don’t have time to argue with it today. I did actually have some chance to read blogs this week, amazingly enough, despite the crazy at work. This week, I also started taking an online course through coursera. Luckilyread more…
I thought, even as I was on my way home from work today that I would write a real post. When we were headed back from the dog park at 6pm, I still thought I was going to write a real post. In fact, up until about three minutes ago, I thought I had the energy to write a real post. But, I don’t. I’ve spent the last two days trying to help the directors ofread more…
Leaving a Long Term Relationship When we bought our first house, we got absolutely no reception at our new home on our AT&T cell phones. So, we switched to Sprint, which did have coverage in our house. We have been with Sprint ever since- so, 8 or 9 years with the same cell phone company, and the majority of that time on the exact same plan. In fact, we didn’t change our plan until we addedread more…
Day Amount Place Category Tuesday $10.00 Adoption Misc $19.25 stamps Misc $200.00 New Phones Bills $21.50 Rx Medical Thursday $38.75 CostCo Groceries $63.00 Saffron Eating Out $53.50 Gas Car Friday $48.50 Safeway Groceries $15.00 Qdoba Eating Out Sunday $84.00 Gas Car I don’t feel super well today. Not really certain why, but I’ve had a headache all day and pills have not helped. It’s been a pretty okay wee. Our contract with Sprint is finally up,read more…
I actually read a few blog posts this week. Not many, mind you, but some. Work world is still crazy. Our top candidate for the Director level position accepted our offer so that’s great, but I’m about to have a job open for an Associate Director position that I’ll be leading recruiting for, as well. (Luckily, this time, we have an awesome internal candidate in mind- let’s hope she’s interested.) In addition, I’m in budget landread more…
Have you seen this Levi’s commercial? I love beat poetry, so I do like just listening to it, but C has actually watched it and came away asking me- What are they trying to sell? There are some images of people in jeans, but quite a few women in dresses, men in casual suits, etc. The poem makes perfect sense for the brand, but the images aren’t of Levis. How does that make sense?read more…
Back in May, a fellow poster on a message board I frequent was looking for some advice to give his wife on her first phone interview. That was not a big deal, but some of the responses from people just blew my mind. This post is adapted from the advice I gave there (click here to read the whole thread), and is the second in my series about applying for (and getting) a job. You can readread more…
Day Amount Place Category Monday $31.75 Mud Bay Pets $53.75 Safeway Groceries $90.00 CostCo Groceries Tuesday $348.50 VW Service Car Thursday $30.00 Medical Copays Medical $14.75 Safeway Groceries Friday $15.00 Medical Copays Medical $31.50 Pet License Pets Saturday $16.50 WoW Allowance $69.00 Shoes Allowance $96.75 CostCo Groceries $17.50 Safeway Groceries It has been a crazy week here. I was very glad to have Monday off to recover from FinCon12 and get some of our needed shoppingread more…
There isn’t a What I’m Reading post today because, honestly, I haven’t read anything this week. Between doing the interviews for our Director position (hope to make an offer on Monday) and the start of the budget season at work, I haven’t had the energy for much more than a game of Bejeweled or two by the time I get home. For the record, I actually love this part of my job. I am GOOD atread more…
We have had a director level position open in my department for over a year now. This week, we were finally able to bring in 4 good candidates for in person interviews. We expect to make an offer next week. As the Operations and Administrative Programs manager for my department, I have been heavily involved in this process. It’s really the first time that I have been involved in the hiring process from beginning to end,read more…
