Sunday

Today Will is baking Hershey Kiss cookies and rice krispie cookies. I'm working on Chex mix and addressing our Christmas card envelopes.

Goodies

Will and I spent the afternoon in the kitchen baking and making edibles. Will focused on making Sugar cookies and M&M's cookies. I made Puppy chow, peppermint bark and chocolate, butterscotch and vanilla coated pretzels.


The weather wasn't right for making fudge.

Saturday

Its that time of year to start making homemade goodies. Bill and I went to the grocery store yesterday to buy all the ingredients to make fudge, cookies, chex mix, puppy chow, etc.

Happy Turkey day

We've watched the parades and the dog show. Its now time to drive across town to Price's house to feast with friends and family.

Thanksgiving Eve

Today was a short day at school. Numerous teachers were asked to go home early from the lack of children today. I got four hours of work in.


Tonight Will, Tripp, Patricia, Bill and I are going to the art institute for a open house. I am looking forward to seeing where Patrcia's goes to classes five days a week.


I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving. We will be joining Tripp's family tomorrow.

Fun fact

I had to have my fingerprints done to work at the school. Dad escorted me to a fingerprints facility in Dallas. The lady tried to take images of my fingerprints numerous times to no avail. She asked if I had ever been a nurse. I had no fingerprints. From years of changing diapers on my four children and the children in day cares and my fingerprints have worn off.

Balancing act

I have to practice saying hi welcome to Bath and Bodyworks how can I help you. :) I start working on Saturday night.

Its kind of like being a kid in a candy store trying out all the different fragrances. It was fun being in the store after hours for training last night.


I'll have to make sure not to allow the part time job to affect the full time job. If I look tired while at school and other teachers notice I will be asked to give up my part time job. I don't foresee that happening.

Keeping busy

Now that I made it through my first week at Willow Bend. I'm ready for training to work part time at Bath and Bodywork's.

As of yesterday I was assigned to work in an out of control toddler room. The executive director said it was my forte. At felt board story time I had 13 of the 15 toddlers actually sitting down and participating. Not too bad for my first day with this group. :)

I won't have to to write lesson plans or worry about curriculum at this school. There is a teacher that spends her time taking care of that for all the teachers. The toddlers are learning about dinosaurs.

Friday night

Dad and I had a nice dinner with Judy and Rich. Judy had told me about Willow Bend hiring. I told her if I got hired we would take them out to eat.


Dad and I decided to take them Mimi's, there is something everyone would like on the menu.

Wednesday

I have a new job.

I am now working full time at Willow Bend Learning Center in the youngest infant room. There are three infant rooms. The learning center accepts babies starting at 6 weeks old.

I now spend my day with twin preemie brothers named Elijah and Daniel along Ayden, Aiden, Vincent, Jake, Jackson, Matthew and Little Miss Emerson.

Tuesday

Waiting for the telephone to ring about a new job is driving me crazy.

At a theater near you

If you haven't seen Madagascar 2 go see it. Its really cute. :)

Decisions

I have been offered three different jobs. I have a real quandary.

I'm going to need to spend a lot of my weekend praying for an answer.

Yeah

I have a new job. I will start working on Monday morning at Bath and Bodyworks.


Now I have to go to Target and buy black pants, a black shirt and comfortable shoes.

Thursday

I'm waiting for the telephone to ring. I was one of ten ladies that had a job interview at Bath and Bodyworks yesterday. We were spoken to as a group and then sent to walk around the store to find our favorite scent and be ready to tell the manager and assistant manager why we liked that scent during our one on one interview.


The store manager and her assistant told us that they had over 75 ladies fill out job applications and then ten of us were the cream of the crop. That's a nice group to be a part of.


I really hope I get called back. Keep your fingers crossed.

Uh oh

I made a mistake I am not going to get discounts at Old Navy. If hired at Bath and Bodyworks I will get discounts at Limited stores.

Wednesday

I have a job interview this afternoon at Bath and Bodyworks. Keep your fingers crossed and say a prayer.


If I get hired I will have discounts at Bath and Bodyworks of course as well as Old Navy, Victoria's Secret and Banana Republic.

NOVEMBER 4TH

Who will be our next president? I hope everyone takes time out of their day to vote and make their opinions heard.



Its too bad that Tracy and Uncle Steve don't live closer to each other. They could have spent their day off together. Uncle Steve got up early and voted and is spending the day fishing.

Back Home

Tracy, Patricia and I had a wonderful weekend in Arizona with Michelle, Adam and Baby Cain. I wish the time didn't fly by so quickly.


I can hardly put into words how it felt to feel my first grandchild moving around in Michelle's belly. The baby put on a pretty nice show on Saturday night while Michelle rested on the sofa as well as Sunday morning at church when Michelle sang.


I wish Arizona wasn't so far away.