Well, as I posted yesterday, I had a lot to get done and even had a to-do list with great intentions. In the end though, I don’t feel like I accomplished too much. I did indeed make it to the post office and got the state inspection done on our van, with a car wash thrown in as a bonus.
After that, the day sort of fell apart. I spent quite a bit of time driving around town going from quilt shop to quilt shop, only to not find the fabric I needed. I did manage to pick up a couple of specialty buttons I need for a Christmas project, but no fabric. After stopping for groceries, I came home and got lucky, I found the fabric I was looking for online at a shop located on an island in Puget Sound! I immediatley ordered it and it’s been shipped and I will hopefully have it in the next couple of days. I’ll show more of that once I have it.
In the end, I guess it would have been more productive, less time consuming and more cost efficient to have stayed home and done my shopping online!
I’m getting ready to head out the door to complete a long list of errands. I need to get things done today before I start my job on Monday. I’m used to being able to do things when I want, so I’m sure there will be an adjustment period of me getting used to my routine. Of course, once I get through the 7 weeks of training, I’ll be working from the house and so won’t have to contend with commute time!
Today’s to-do list:
Post Office
Get state inspection on van done
shop for phone and headset for home office (required for new job)
shop for backing fabric for the quilt top I finished yesterday
shop for bead and buttons for my 12 Days of Christmas quilt project
pick up some groceries
Of course, my favorite thing is shopping for fabric, and, I’m heading to a quilt shop I’ve never been to before, so I’m excited! I managed to save myself some time by shopping for unique beads online and even found some wholesale gemstone beads at up to 30% discount, that I can use on my 12 Days of Christmas project. I’ll be sure to share photos later.
It’s Friday! It’s also my last day before starting 7 weeks of training, so I have a lot to get done today. First though, I just have to do my absolute favorite meme, Four Foods on Friday.
Here are this weeks questions and my answers:
#1. Share a recipe for something Italian. Well, I consider it a staple of our diet and we eat it probably once a week, spaghetti. Although I do occasionally make my sauce from scratch, I typically brown hamburger with onion and then poor on a jar of Ragu. I have recently switched over to whole wheat noodles and I really like them. The noodles are firmer and more filling.
#2. Jam, jelly, preserves, marmalade, fruit butter or butter. What’s on your toast or bread? I don’t eat toast too often, but when I do, I like it with butter and either strawberry jam or jelly.
#3. What’s your favorite Kellogg’s product? (Since they’re multinational I’m hoping everyone can answer this one. If you don’t have Kellogg’s products, what’s your favorite cold breakfast cereal?) I like the Kellogg’s Special K with strawberries. I like both the cereal and the cereal bars.
#4. Do you like liver? What about liverwurst? I do like liver and onions, although, I haven’t cooked it myself in many years. I ate it recently at a restaurant and really enjoyed it. I’m not a fan of liverwurst though.
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It is official. I attended my job orientation yesterday and I will begin a 7 week training program on Monday. Before I do though, I want to send out a big THANK YOU to the blogger who helped me find this job.
I was dropping Entrecards and, as I do everyday, I visited a particular blog that is, according to her tagline, “A blog for moms who want to work from home”. I visit this particular blog almost every day and have always read her posts with great interest. A week and a half ago, as I was visiting this blog, I read a post that felt as if it were aimed directly at me. The job opportunity was a part time position with a major corporation, know world wide, that would allow me to work day time hours from home and the company would provide all the training, paid. The job also happened to be located right here in the Dallas area.
After thinking it over for a couple of days, I submitted my application online and received an email the very next day asking me to come in for testing and an interview. On Monday of this week, exactly one week after first reading about the position, I was hired.
I am spending today and tomorrow getting my home office set up to meet the job requirements, but I wanted to make sure to take the time to send a big thank you to Lisa at Work at Home Mom Revolution for the wonderful job she does with her blog. Without realizing it, she is touching lives and helping people find ways to do what they enjoy and do it at home. So, Lisa, I thank you!
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