So it has been a while since I wrote on here last. Sorry about that to those of you who keep coming here to see what is new. The lack of blogging should tell you two things....1. not much is new...
2. things are crazy busy. Let me see if I can recap the last month for you.
Thanksgiving was really strange this year for me. Obviously they don't celebrate Thanksgiving in the UK so it is just like any other Thursday. Strange if you are use to eating more than you should and just hanging out for an extra long weekend. I was in the UK last year at this time of year, but it didn't seem to effect me as much as it did this year. It was so strange to be going to work on Thanksgiving and not being in a food coma after eating and eating and eating. It was nice to be able to explain what Thanksgiving was to some of my co-workers but still...just strange to know what was going on back home and not having any one else around you be able to commiserate with about it.
Per my own little tradition Mark and I put up our Christmas tree the weekend after Thanksgiving. I use to do it on my day off, Black Friday, but since that was a normal working day again...the weekend was going to have to do this year. We debated wether or not to go through the hassle of putting it up or not since we were going to be gone for Christmas but decided it just wasn't right not having a tree. So the tree is up and well I think looks pretty stinking good! lol
So the title says it all. My parents have planned a family vacation for us all....yep Jeff is here too...to Disney World. Now you might be thinking aren't you all a bit old for Disney? And well the answer should be yes but in this case it is a big NO! We are a Disney freak family, although Jeff won't admit it he is, and so we are here for 10 days. It is so much fun to be here seeing my parents act like little kids and being able to reminisce with my brother about what it was like 19 years ago when we were here as kids. Some things have changed and others have stayed just the same. I think Mark thinks we are all a bit wacky but by now he knows that so he just sits back and enjoys the show. It is nice to be in the warm weather and sunshine as both are extremely lacking in the UK. In fact I am about to put this computer to the side and go to the pool.
Today the family wanted to go see the Hobbit and well I just don't get why you would want to be in a dark theater on a day like today so the privilege of being an adult and being here is you can say NO! So they all went off to the movie and I am going to go lay by the pool. A win win for all of us I think. I have to meet up with them all at Epcot later on but it makes all five of us all get to do what we want. And for that I am one happy camper.
I still need to do my Christmas letter....so that might get worked on a bit later too....we shall see how good the sunshine feels. So if your Christmas letter winds up being more like a January hello letter you know why. Hope you are all enjoying this season and counting your blessings. Love from Disney World... Peace....Im going to the pool! EEEEE!!!!!!
Sunday, December 16, 2012
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Dinners...
So this post will be mostly about dinner...well dinners. You see I have decided to get brave and start cooking a "traditional" Sunday dinner. I really didn't know people still did that until I got over here cause Sunday back home was always eating out after church. Considering I hadn't cooked anything for myself other than mac and cheese or the occasional frozen pizza the thought of a huge meal seemed really overwhelming to me. I have been here over a year now though and know how much Mark enjoys his huge Sunday dinner when we go up to his parents, so I thought I would give it a try. What do I have to lose?
So the past 2 Sundays we have had HUGE meals. Like Thanksgiving style huge meals. The first one was a turkey, with roasted potatoes, mash potatoes with spring onions in them, yorkshire puddings, veggies, stuffing, cranberry sauce...and one over filled hubby! lol The second one was a roast (beef) with most of the same minus the stuffing and cranberry sauce. They were delicious if I do say so myself and I had a more than happy hubby on my hands. I think cooking is all about having confidence. I would have never tried doing that a year ago...ok lets be honest 3 months ago. But confidence in your own kitchen...knowing how long things take and just working with food makes big things seem so much smaller. I knew how to do most everything I cooked on its own it was just putting it together. I guess I am just thankful that cooking has come more naturally than I thought. While I am no Betty Crocker or Chef Boiardi? (the spaghetti O's guy) I can feed the two of us...more than feed us lol which is a wonderful surprise!
Speaking of dinners... Mark and I went out to dinner 2 weekends ago now. We went to a restaurant where you sit right next to another couple...kind of like in the Oakbrook Cheesecake Factory. Where you have to slide in and out and hope you don't knock over the drink on the table next to you as you and your coat, purse, or big body in my case squeeze through the tiny gap in the tables. Well we were about half way through our dinner when the most random thing happened. These 2 Asian women start coming our way...dressed in well...not much. They are not speaking a word of English and are followed but two older gentlemen. The girls seems to be in there 30's/40's while the guys in there upper 60's. Now the guys where British...spoke only English and all four had wedding bands on. I was SO confused. The girls were talking to each other...and then the one would try her English out...chicken.....wig...wi...wing....Mind I could probably have touched this girl if I stretched my arm out all the way. I get the giggles because it is so random...I can't look at Mark cause that just makes me laugh harder and everyone in the restaurant is now staring at these people. The men are pointing at pictures and saying words loudly while the girls are giggling and trying out random English words. Lets just say Mark and I didn't stay much longer cause I couldn't keep it together. Once we got outside Mark said they were purchased brides. Shipped over to Britain from their homeland to marry these older guys... So crazy to me...so crazy. But we had the giggles the rest of the night with the whole chicken wig...I mean wing scene.
Not much else is new here. Christmas is going to be here before we know it. My grocery store had Christmas music on yesterday which just seemed strange. I mean I love Christmas music but to know they don't have another holiday until then is just wrong. I wish we could be coming home for Thanksgiving but that just wasn't in the plans. I am super excited to be going to Disney soon with the rents...to see them and Jeff but also to see the SUN and feel what warm weather actually feels like. So much to do before then it is ridiculous but I guess that is part of what makes Christmas time so fun. Well I am off to go to work...hope this finds you well. Till the next time!
So the past 2 Sundays we have had HUGE meals. Like Thanksgiving style huge meals. The first one was a turkey, with roasted potatoes, mash potatoes with spring onions in them, yorkshire puddings, veggies, stuffing, cranberry sauce...and one over filled hubby! lol The second one was a roast (beef) with most of the same minus the stuffing and cranberry sauce. They were delicious if I do say so myself and I had a more than happy hubby on my hands. I think cooking is all about having confidence. I would have never tried doing that a year ago...ok lets be honest 3 months ago. But confidence in your own kitchen...knowing how long things take and just working with food makes big things seem so much smaller. I knew how to do most everything I cooked on its own it was just putting it together. I guess I am just thankful that cooking has come more naturally than I thought. While I am no Betty Crocker or Chef Boiardi? (the spaghetti O's guy) I can feed the two of us...more than feed us lol which is a wonderful surprise!
Speaking of dinners... Mark and I went out to dinner 2 weekends ago now. We went to a restaurant where you sit right next to another couple...kind of like in the Oakbrook Cheesecake Factory. Where you have to slide in and out and hope you don't knock over the drink on the table next to you as you and your coat, purse, or big body in my case squeeze through the tiny gap in the tables. Well we were about half way through our dinner when the most random thing happened. These 2 Asian women start coming our way...dressed in well...not much. They are not speaking a word of English and are followed but two older gentlemen. The girls seems to be in there 30's/40's while the guys in there upper 60's. Now the guys where British...spoke only English and all four had wedding bands on. I was SO confused. The girls were talking to each other...and then the one would try her English out...chicken.....wig...wi...wing....Mind I could probably have touched this girl if I stretched my arm out all the way. I get the giggles because it is so random...I can't look at Mark cause that just makes me laugh harder and everyone in the restaurant is now staring at these people. The men are pointing at pictures and saying words loudly while the girls are giggling and trying out random English words. Lets just say Mark and I didn't stay much longer cause I couldn't keep it together. Once we got outside Mark said they were purchased brides. Shipped over to Britain from their homeland to marry these older guys... So crazy to me...so crazy. But we had the giggles the rest of the night with the whole chicken wig...I mean wing scene.
Not much else is new here. Christmas is going to be here before we know it. My grocery store had Christmas music on yesterday which just seemed strange. I mean I love Christmas music but to know they don't have another holiday until then is just wrong. I wish we could be coming home for Thanksgiving but that just wasn't in the plans. I am super excited to be going to Disney soon with the rents...to see them and Jeff but also to see the SUN and feel what warm weather actually feels like. So much to do before then it is ridiculous but I guess that is part of what makes Christmas time so fun. Well I am off to go to work...hope this finds you well. Till the next time!
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Fall is here
Well bye bye summer...although here in the UK it doesn't really seem like we even had one...but hello fall. Unlike Chicago, where the sky is almost always pretty blue in October it has been mostly rain and mist here in the UK. The leaves on the trees are changing and it has definitely gotten colder. Hopefully we will have a few more nice days before the really cold stuff gets here. Work is still going really well. I have learned how to do a few more things...like audio/dvds and newspapers/magazines. I feel a bit guilty saying how much I love it cause I know I could be doing so much more but it is so nice to have an easy job. Yeah I have to move a lot more...like big boxes and stuff to stock the shelves. But the lack of stress (even if that means less pay) and lack of any real responsibility is glorious. I couldn't do this for forever but for now it sure is nice. Work 4 days off 3...and have yet to work a weekend in 2 months on the job. I don't know many retail people that can say that and for that I am more than thankful!
A few weekends ago Mark and I went up to his parents house to celebrate Mark's dad, Eric's birthday. I decided I would bake a cake for him as part of our present. That is what I call stress. The Tetchner's all seemed to think it was great and it did taste ok...moist and well how a cake should taste. But I knew how silly it looked compared to what it could have been. I tried to ice it but didn't have an icing bag...so had to use a ziplock bag. It worked ok but an 8year old probably would have done about the same job. lol The part that made me laugh even harder was the grocery store shop to try and buy cake mix and icing. They literally only have 3 kinds of cake mix and 2 kinds of icing. If I remember correctly we have like half of an isle full of just that stuff. It made me laugh and also stressed me out cause while sometimes too many choices is hard...the lack of choice in what I wanted to do but couldn't do was almost worse. O well...cake was yummy and I guess that is all that really counts.
The past week and a half or so I have been sick...first time in a REALLY long time. I am immune to most things in the states because of being a teacher...or so I think. I can't honestly remember the last time I had a cold or a cough. Well I must not be immune to whatever strand of ick was going around in the UK cause I was down for the count for a few days. Mark got me to take this horrible (tasted like it was from 1920) cough medicine. It made me gag...but he still managed to get the second spoonful in me like I was a small child. Yes head going side ways to stop him and everything...it was comical after the fact but left such a horrible taste. I decided I had to get real cough medicine so went to the UK version of Walgreens. All I really wanted was NyQuil but they don't do that or any kind of cold stuff that I even recognized. I eventually got something that at least said Robitusion on it...even though it was still different from stuff in the states and that seemed to help me not cough every 2 minutes. Thankfully I much better now. The flowers brought home to me by my hubby were a nice get better surprise which makes me think being sick wasn't all that bad if I always get flowers from him in order to help me get better.
Mark has been on a course all this week and I have been working the really...really early shift at work. I think we are both really looking forward to the weekend. I have the house spotless which will soon change with his walk through the door but I am glad I finally have the roommate I always wanted. ;) While the alone time and quiet is nice for the first little bit I miss having someone to talk to after a while. I find it hard to believe that I spent many a years living by myself with such quiet on most evenings. It seems so strange now...funny how time changes things.
Not much else is new. Hope you all are doing well. Seems so strange that I never know who reads this yet you know who you are... and know what is going on in my life. Wonders of the internet. Well Happy Halloween...go eat some candy...and enjoy the outdoors before winter comes! Blessings.
A few weekends ago Mark and I went up to his parents house to celebrate Mark's dad, Eric's birthday. I decided I would bake a cake for him as part of our present. That is what I call stress. The Tetchner's all seemed to think it was great and it did taste ok...moist and well how a cake should taste. But I knew how silly it looked compared to what it could have been. I tried to ice it but didn't have an icing bag...so had to use a ziplock bag. It worked ok but an 8year old probably would have done about the same job. lol The part that made me laugh even harder was the grocery store shop to try and buy cake mix and icing. They literally only have 3 kinds of cake mix and 2 kinds of icing. If I remember correctly we have like half of an isle full of just that stuff. It made me laugh and also stressed me out cause while sometimes too many choices is hard...the lack of choice in what I wanted to do but couldn't do was almost worse. O well...cake was yummy and I guess that is all that really counts.
The past week and a half or so I have been sick...first time in a REALLY long time. I am immune to most things in the states because of being a teacher...or so I think. I can't honestly remember the last time I had a cold or a cough. Well I must not be immune to whatever strand of ick was going around in the UK cause I was down for the count for a few days. Mark got me to take this horrible (tasted like it was from 1920) cough medicine. It made me gag...but he still managed to get the second spoonful in me like I was a small child. Yes head going side ways to stop him and everything...it was comical after the fact but left such a horrible taste. I decided I had to get real cough medicine so went to the UK version of Walgreens. All I really wanted was NyQuil but they don't do that or any kind of cold stuff that I even recognized. I eventually got something that at least said Robitusion on it...even though it was still different from stuff in the states and that seemed to help me not cough every 2 minutes. Thankfully I much better now. The flowers brought home to me by my hubby were a nice get better surprise which makes me think being sick wasn't all that bad if I always get flowers from him in order to help me get better.
Mark has been on a course all this week and I have been working the really...really early shift at work. I think we are both really looking forward to the weekend. I have the house spotless which will soon change with his walk through the door but I am glad I finally have the roommate I always wanted. ;) While the alone time and quiet is nice for the first little bit I miss having someone to talk to after a while. I find it hard to believe that I spent many a years living by myself with such quiet on most evenings. It seems so strange now...funny how time changes things.
Not much else is new. Hope you all are doing well. Seems so strange that I never know who reads this yet you know who you are... and know what is going on in my life. Wonders of the internet. Well Happy Halloween...go eat some candy...and enjoy the outdoors before winter comes! Blessings.
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
In a year...
So a year ago I wondered where I would be...well I knew I would be here...but how I would be doing? Would I survive the new culture? Would I make friends? Would Mark and I still be so happy to just be with each other after dating so long from so far away? Would I be able to cook? Would I fit all my "stuff" into an English house? Would I find my way around town? And many....many more questions.
Well the answer is YES! I am still super happy to be with my hubby all of the time. Going from seeing each other only a few days out of the year to everyday is a most wonderful change! We truly enjoy each others company and I am so thankful for that. I can cook, and drive, and find my way just about anywhere. I am working and making friends. I have gotten our house set up and by gosh with a little effort all of our (I mean mostly my extra clothes) fit...somewhere. While I do miss home, the food, the people, being some place I know...I feel like I have really done well in settling here in just one year. I am so thankful for this experience and how supportive all of you have been for me. So a year in...all is well.
In fact the last 2 weeks have really been encouraging to me. We have a way we do things and it is so great to have someone to share my weekends with...even if it is just staying in our pjs all day. This past weekend we pulled out the bushes in our front yard. They were mostly dead and looking horrible so we finally got permission to take them out. It was a project...but it was so fun to be able to do it together and get it done. Funny moments were had...Mark and I jumping in garbage bins to make it fit in to be hauled away...both of us being afraid of the ridiculously big spiders that we found...showing Mark how strong I really am...tehe...even though he is still stronger. Ya know it was just good. We also moved our bedroom around which gives the room a new (nice and free) look.
Honestly I just can say enough how thankful I am for Mark and how easy he has made this transition for me. I mean I knew this would be a big change and I prepared myself for it...but it is so awesome to see how a year has gone by and that really I don't have one regret about it. Mark has been amazing at reading my moods and listening to me go on and on about how food in the states is better and how I would do it this way if I were home. He is a rock star in my book....(but don't tell him that cause we don't want him wanting another bike out of this ok!) He will always say well this is our home now and when we go back to the states you will feel my pain when I want fish and chips. I don't mean to be cheesy I just have to say he is the best.
With that I need to get myself ready for work. I hope all of you are enjoying the start of fall. The leaves are just beginning to change here at it is so pretty! Hope you all are well.
Well the answer is YES! I am still super happy to be with my hubby all of the time. Going from seeing each other only a few days out of the year to everyday is a most wonderful change! We truly enjoy each others company and I am so thankful for that. I can cook, and drive, and find my way just about anywhere. I am working and making friends. I have gotten our house set up and by gosh with a little effort all of our (I mean mostly my extra clothes) fit...somewhere. While I do miss home, the food, the people, being some place I know...I feel like I have really done well in settling here in just one year. I am so thankful for this experience and how supportive all of you have been for me. So a year in...all is well.
In fact the last 2 weeks have really been encouraging to me. We have a way we do things and it is so great to have someone to share my weekends with...even if it is just staying in our pjs all day. This past weekend we pulled out the bushes in our front yard. They were mostly dead and looking horrible so we finally got permission to take them out. It was a project...but it was so fun to be able to do it together and get it done. Funny moments were had...Mark and I jumping in garbage bins to make it fit in to be hauled away...both of us being afraid of the ridiculously big spiders that we found...showing Mark how strong I really am...tehe...even though he is still stronger. Ya know it was just good. We also moved our bedroom around which gives the room a new (nice and free) look.
Honestly I just can say enough how thankful I am for Mark and how easy he has made this transition for me. I mean I knew this would be a big change and I prepared myself for it...but it is so awesome to see how a year has gone by and that really I don't have one regret about it. Mark has been amazing at reading my moods and listening to me go on and on about how food in the states is better and how I would do it this way if I were home. He is a rock star in my book....(but don't tell him that cause we don't want him wanting another bike out of this ok!) He will always say well this is our home now and when we go back to the states you will feel my pain when I want fish and chips. I don't mean to be cheesy I just have to say he is the best.
With that I need to get myself ready for work. I hope all of you are enjoying the start of fall. The leaves are just beginning to change here at it is so pretty! Hope you all are well.
Monday, September 24, 2012
The interesting world of retail...
So my job has been keeping me busy. I actually like it quite a bit. I am working 30hrs a week...over 4 days. It is perfect for me and I love how EASY it is! At first my feet had to readjust to things...and they daily reminded me of how much they would rather be sitting than standing...but they have gotten back into standing all day shape which makes me a very happy girl. I work as a home and leisure assistant. Really I stock shelves most of the time and help out on the "till" aka register when the lines get too long. Yes...over here when there are lines of 2 or more people they open all the checkouts! I don't think I have ever seen all the checkouts open anywhere in the states...but over here we use all 20 of ours.
It has been really interesting to me to see the ins and outs of behind the scenes at a grocery store. How fast stuff comes in and then goes out to the public...how much people buy of things that you think I only buy this once a month. One of my jobs is to shelve garbage bags...seriously everyday in the morning they are almost empty...who knew that grocery stores stock those types of things daily! Not me! It has also been really interesting to see my near OCD level of cleaning/organizing come out. I am super organized and love making things organized....and well obviously that is helpful when you are putting things out on shelves and making it look nice. I won't lie I am in a bit of heaven cause I like getting it all to fit and to look pretty...it is constant instant gratification for me. Sad as that sounds I really do enjoy it.
What surprised me the most was how much I am appreciated and told that I am doing a good job. In my 9 years of being an educator...especially while I was at District 227...Rich Township...I was very rarely if at all thanked for my hard work in teaching some rough kids, or going out of my way for helping students in need. I don't think I ever got a genuine compliment on my classroom and or a thanks for going out of my way when I spent my own money on supplies. All they wanted was more for nothing and treated me like crap. Here...I do a less important...or less skilled job...and receive more thanks/praise for doing a great job. Sad statement on reality for teachers and sad that it is the truth. I love being a teacher and did it cause that is what it took to do my job I thought well...but to be thanked which takes little time but means the world really isn't all that hard to do. For those of you on the "boss" side of things...it makes a world of difference to those who work for you....to little words that will get you more of what you want for free than anything else....thank you!
Work had filled up my days so the weekends are really great to just kick back and relax. A few weekends ago I went to go see Gemma, a good friend of mine...married to the guy who was are best man. Daz, her husband, is away in Afghanistan so I went to keep her company and spend some long over due girl time together. It was Fabulous! We went to Cambridge for one day and looked around and went into shops that neither of our hubbies would. Meanwhile Mark was chilling with his boys back at our house and got to do boys things...which I am more than willing to let him do all on his own. We both had great weekends and I think made us appreciate the other person just a lil bit more.
With my day off...usually Mondays...I get to catch up on things. Finish washing clothes here, do the grocery shop, clean house...you know do all that kind of stuff. It is great to have a day to get it done without interruption (cause Mark usually has other ideas of how to spend the weekend like looking at cycle stuff and what not). Speaking of cycles Mark is still cycling to work. He does about 25 miles total in a day to and from work...just over 12 miles one way. Because he has proved to me that this isn't just a phase...we bought the most expensive thing we have ever bought as a married couple....Mark's new baby...a Giant TCR Composite 3 bicycle. For those of you who know anything about cycling this is a nice bike. I honestly am impressed with just remembering the name of it there...see I do pay attention...but it is REALLY nice. Mark was like a kid at Christmas...almost shaking when he got his hands on it. I said it earns me best wife status for a good few months...he agreed and lets just say I haven't cooked in 2 days. lol Worth it for us both! So yeah...guess it does pay off to have a second income coming in.
Really not much else is new. The cold weather has come in with full force here....heat is on and coats are needed. Hard for me to believe that I have been here almost a year! If you would have told me half of what this past year was going to contain a year ago I would have laughed...it has been an excellent adventure so far and I can't wait to see what year two brings. Well enough rambling from me...and spelling errors too. Im off to do the grocery shopping. Hope you all are well!
It has been really interesting to me to see the ins and outs of behind the scenes at a grocery store. How fast stuff comes in and then goes out to the public...how much people buy of things that you think I only buy this once a month. One of my jobs is to shelve garbage bags...seriously everyday in the morning they are almost empty...who knew that grocery stores stock those types of things daily! Not me! It has also been really interesting to see my near OCD level of cleaning/organizing come out. I am super organized and love making things organized....and well obviously that is helpful when you are putting things out on shelves and making it look nice. I won't lie I am in a bit of heaven cause I like getting it all to fit and to look pretty...it is constant instant gratification for me. Sad as that sounds I really do enjoy it.
What surprised me the most was how much I am appreciated and told that I am doing a good job. In my 9 years of being an educator...especially while I was at District 227...Rich Township...I was very rarely if at all thanked for my hard work in teaching some rough kids, or going out of my way for helping students in need. I don't think I ever got a genuine compliment on my classroom and or a thanks for going out of my way when I spent my own money on supplies. All they wanted was more for nothing and treated me like crap. Here...I do a less important...or less skilled job...and receive more thanks/praise for doing a great job. Sad statement on reality for teachers and sad that it is the truth. I love being a teacher and did it cause that is what it took to do my job I thought well...but to be thanked which takes little time but means the world really isn't all that hard to do. For those of you on the "boss" side of things...it makes a world of difference to those who work for you....to little words that will get you more of what you want for free than anything else....thank you!
Work had filled up my days so the weekends are really great to just kick back and relax. A few weekends ago I went to go see Gemma, a good friend of mine...married to the guy who was are best man. Daz, her husband, is away in Afghanistan so I went to keep her company and spend some long over due girl time together. It was Fabulous! We went to Cambridge for one day and looked around and went into shops that neither of our hubbies would. Meanwhile Mark was chilling with his boys back at our house and got to do boys things...which I am more than willing to let him do all on his own. We both had great weekends and I think made us appreciate the other person just a lil bit more.
With my day off...usually Mondays...I get to catch up on things. Finish washing clothes here, do the grocery shop, clean house...you know do all that kind of stuff. It is great to have a day to get it done without interruption (cause Mark usually has other ideas of how to spend the weekend like looking at cycle stuff and what not). Speaking of cycles Mark is still cycling to work. He does about 25 miles total in a day to and from work...just over 12 miles one way. Because he has proved to me that this isn't just a phase...we bought the most expensive thing we have ever bought as a married couple....Mark's new baby...a Giant TCR Composite 3 bicycle. For those of you who know anything about cycling this is a nice bike. I honestly am impressed with just remembering the name of it there...see I do pay attention...but it is REALLY nice. Mark was like a kid at Christmas...almost shaking when he got his hands on it. I said it earns me best wife status for a good few months...he agreed and lets just say I haven't cooked in 2 days. lol Worth it for us both! So yeah...guess it does pay off to have a second income coming in.
Really not much else is new. The cold weather has come in with full force here....heat is on and coats are needed. Hard for me to believe that I have been here almost a year! If you would have told me half of what this past year was going to contain a year ago I would have laughed...it has been an excellent adventure so far and I can't wait to see what year two brings. Well enough rambling from me...and spelling errors too. Im off to do the grocery shopping. Hope you all are well!
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Working woman again...
So tomorrow it is back to reality. It has been a great year off. Truly...while I have sometimes been so bored I make up things that need to be done, or have gone on crazy cleaning sprees, I have learned to chill out a little bit. As of tomorrow that will all be over. I officially go back to work...not as a teacher...but as a Morrison's sales assistant. In other words I will soon be working in a grocery store. Funny place when I sit here and type that out considering a year ago I had never really taken notice of one before. As a single lady living in the burbs I ate most of my meals out or over at my rents...so why would I need a grocery store. This year changed all of that. I actually know where things are in our grocery store, can cook, and actually ...yes...I admit it...clip coupons to use at the grocery store. I am not saying I will never go back to teaching, and I am not saying I will stay at Morrison's forever, but I wanted to try something new and not work the crazy hours that a school teacher does when I am still adjusting to life here and while Mark and I are still foot lose and fancy free. With school you have set vacation times and just the number of hours I wasn't will to commit to again. So now I have a job that I can leave when the day is over...take vacation when I want to...and best of all get a discount on my groceries for. So that is it. Tomorrow I start and we shall see how it goes. I am not sure what to expect nor if I will be able to handle how different it is from being in a classroom full of kids...but I will try and if worse comes to worse... the best part is...you can always quit mid way through unlike teaching. So here is to tomorrow...earning money...and a discount on my groceries which makes me smile.
Tell next week...
Tell next week...
Thursday, August 23, 2012
All quiet on the English front...
I have been telling myself for the last 2 weeks that I need to write on my blog....but honestly not that much has happened...and yet every time I think, "oh I'll write something now" I get side tracked and well you know the result. So really not that much is going on. I had 2 interviews a few weeks ago. The first one went well. I got offered the job...but lets just say I decided it probably wasn't worth it. It was a minimum of 6 hrs. a week with up to 15 and I think I might have driven myself mad with the way things seemed to run. My interview was entertaining to me...in fact I probably could have interviewed myself better than they did. They were quite young, which isn't a big deal to me...but when then ask questions like, "Do you think you can handle being busy?" and then follow it up after my long answer about teaching, coaching, and overall being a busy freak with, "Do you think you can multi task?" you have to ask yourself is this really where I want to be working? My second interview went really well and I am hoping for full time employment. I haven't officially got the job...but I have an offer pending my background check. Well, we all know that while I pretend to be tough, my background is as squeaky clean as well...my kitchen floor. lol
Yes, I have a bit of time on my hands in waiting for job two... so with Mark being on nights this week I have had to find things to do to keep me entertained. One of them was washing all of our floors on my hands and knees to make sure they were...you got it...squeaky clean. I am a bit obsessed with cleaning my house...it just looks so nice when it is all fresh and clean. I have a friend that comes over sometimes and keeps saying, "just wait till you have kids....it will all change." I don't know if she is trying to scare me off from the lil ones or what but I dread not having everything in its place...it looks so nice. lol
I know...see this is what happens when you live on your own for too long...get married late in life...get stuck in your habits...and then people say, lets just have some fun and through kids into the mix and toss everything planned, organized, carefree, and sharp edged out the window for a pooping, feeding, crying machine...and then wonder when I look at them like... Really? Really? You want me to give this all up? Now mom don't have a cow....I am not saying we won't have kids nor that I don't want them...I just am saying I am enjoying married, kid free life and thinking do we really want to rush changing this? Again...mom...and dad for that matter...keep calm....and as the queens says...carry on.
Speaking of kids and carrying on....we have these peacocks in our backyard or back garden as they say here. The lil one has grown so much since he first made his/her appearance on the scene. Kido is about the size of a duck now...growing fast. They are in our back yard just about everyday...while I love to watch them from behind my safe window viewing...they do my head in when it is time to go hang the laundry up outside....they come WAY to close! Way to close! The fact that mommas wing span is about the size of me standing up doesn't sit very well with the anti bird Shara.
Other than that...not much is new...hope all is well for those of you who read my ramblings... till later
...me
Yes, I have a bit of time on my hands in waiting for job two... so with Mark being on nights this week I have had to find things to do to keep me entertained. One of them was washing all of our floors on my hands and knees to make sure they were...you got it...squeaky clean. I am a bit obsessed with cleaning my house...it just looks so nice when it is all fresh and clean. I have a friend that comes over sometimes and keeps saying, "just wait till you have kids....it will all change." I don't know if she is trying to scare me off from the lil ones or what but I dread not having everything in its place...it looks so nice. lol
I know...see this is what happens when you live on your own for too long...get married late in life...get stuck in your habits...and then people say, lets just have some fun and through kids into the mix and toss everything planned, organized, carefree, and sharp edged out the window for a pooping, feeding, crying machine...and then wonder when I look at them like... Really? Really? You want me to give this all up? Now mom don't have a cow....I am not saying we won't have kids nor that I don't want them...I just am saying I am enjoying married, kid free life and thinking do we really want to rush changing this? Again...mom...and dad for that matter...keep calm....and as the queens says...carry on.
Speaking of kids and carrying on....we have these peacocks in our backyard or back garden as they say here. The lil one has grown so much since he first made his/her appearance on the scene. Kido is about the size of a duck now...growing fast. They are in our back yard just about everyday...while I love to watch them from behind my safe window viewing...they do my head in when it is time to go hang the laundry up outside....they come WAY to close! Way to close! The fact that mommas wing span is about the size of me standing up doesn't sit very well with the anti bird Shara.
Other than that...not much is new...hope all is well for those of you who read my ramblings... till later
...me
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