PUBLISHED! wooo hooo!

I have been published! Two of my layouts are in Scrapbooking.com Magazine, take a look: http://scrapbooking.com/article/72643

I love these layouts so much. They have such special meaning for me. Family and heritage has always meant a lot to me and having others see this and of course my scrapping lol is AWESOME!

I GOT THE JOB!!!!!!!!!!!

How exciting... the economy as it is and I actually got the job! right before Christmas too.

The second interview went pretty well. Met 2 owners and 2 other guys and was told they had 3 more people to interview that they'd get back to me the next day. Within 2 hours I got a call from the HR Manager (the one who's leaving for another job). She told me they didn't like the 2nd guy and didn't want to interview the other 2 they offered me the job. They offered me what I asked for and gave me 2 weeks vacation. They asked me to start the next day also. So I started Wednesday (1/2 day) and they're paying me all week too (holidays too).

The company seems pretty sound in these times so I'm feeling pretty good so far! I'll miss all the scrapping I was hoping to do though lol.

I'm still going to go to school in January to get my PHR certificate. It will be tough but it's only 1 night a week for 11 weeks to prepare for the test. Hopefully by January I'll get the hang of things at work enough.

Hubby took the kids up north for the weekend so I'm off to scrap my little heart out! Hope everyone has an awesome Thanksgiving!

Luv ya!

Four Days till Thanksgiving!

Although it's not one of my favorite holidays I do like hanging out with Eric's family and the kids love to get together with their cousins. And who doesn't like all the food? YUMMY

Eric is taking the kids up north and I'm having a scrap weekend with the girls. All day Friday and Saturday we're gonna scrap till we have nothing left to scrap... YEA right. I just took Christmas pics of the girls today...

Tomorrow I have a 2nd interview. Hope it goes well!

Huntin's Season still

Eric got an 8 pt Buck. Check it out!

Thank a Vet!

I'm a proud Vet and I'm even prouder of my fellow Veterans.

Thank you very much for your service and dedication!

Penny

Oh my it's November!

Time flies when you're... BUSY! lol





After voting we started cleaning. Seems fitting to send out the old... I put away the Halloween decorations and Eric brought out the Christmas decorations! We start early. It just seems ashame to have these gorgeous things out for such a short time... so START EARLY!





Tomorrow I'm registering for classes... Looks like I'll start in January for my SHRM certification. Hopefully this will help the job situation!?!

Here's my girls and nephew: 2 little Indians and Erkel! We had great weather and the hour just flew by. Probably the first time I wanted to stay out longer! :)

Goodnight!

The weekend

I luv the weekends. I especially luv it when we have nothing to do! Most times I run my circuit on Saturdays. My circuit is the laundry/scrap routine. When I'm not doing laundry I'm scrapping. I got 4 layouts done just yesterday. It cheered me up.

Friday was my last day at work. I knew it was coming and I am excited about my future of returning to school but I seriously had put a lot into that place. I worked with some amazing people. People who deserved better than to lose their jobs!

I found out that I'm going to have 2 of my layouts published at Scrapbooking.com Magazine. I'm very excited because 1 of the layouts is a comparison I did of my Gram and me at around age 19. We look so much alike and I luv being compared to her. I miss her a lot.

Off to finish my circuit ;)

Penny

Time for a monthly blog... lmbo I sure thought I'd post more often but alas I have fallen into the busy working-mother routine & the I have nothing to say thingy...

Been busy with the kids and summer and work and trying to figure out what I'm going to do when i grow up. Thankfully I'm still working... still trying to save up as much as possible until D-day. Which will mostly likely be early December.

Then it's off to school again. A free Master's degree thanks to the government and Plastech. I just need to sit down with a counselor to narrow things down. WOW a master's degree seems so amazing to me... never thought I'd go there.

8O'clock time to get the kids to bed and maybe just maybe... 10 minutes with hubby before he starts snoring. HA!

nighty-night all

Lots of fun things at the Michigan Ren Fest! It was pretty hot both days we went but we had a good time. We took the kids the first time and were able to go just Eric and I went for the Feast again the following weekend.

The feast was awesome. We met some pretty cool people and drank and ate way too much...

I finished one scrap page of the day we took the kids. Hopefully, I'll get time later on today to finish the other one. Heres the first one...

it's been a while...

This summer has been crazy... I've been looking for a job and trying to spend more time with the kids. We really haven't done anything extra-special just trying to get by. Eric was home for a little extra time in July but the traveling is so hard on them. I admit I miss him too but it makes me angry to have to be in the middle. I know he's sad to not be at home and misses them tolo of course.

The job scene stinks! I think I'll be going back to school soon. Maybe I'll get my Labor Relations certificate? I enjoy the HR law more anyway...

As my favorite Uncles says... "you want sympathy? it's in the dictionary between shit and syphalis!" He's right... nothing more lame than pitying yourself eh?

On a brighter note... it's Renaissance time again! It actually started last weekend but because Eric is gone we will go this weekend! WE'RE GOING PIRATE this year matie! AAAARRRRGGGHHHHHH! The kids are almost as excited as I am! lol

Lots of pictures soon!
Penny

New Tattoo!

I did it - Finally...

The tat is located on my right side closer to my front than the back. I will go back and add her sister soon. 4 1/2 hours is enough for one day! lol ;)

I have been wanting to start this for a long, very long time. I am getting tattoo's of my daughter's. Here's the first one, Paige. The artist is Matthew Hockaday http://www.creativestains.com/. He's fantastic, yes???

Hope everyone had a great 4th of July!

Hugs,

Penny

Hump Day!

Wednesdays...
middle of the week
half way to the weekend
Usually it's a fun day but not today. I had to leave work to go get the kids. Bel has a high fever.
A rock hit my window & my phone still isn't working right.

However, Eric is coming home tomorrow evening... halaluyah! The kids miss him so much (i do too).

I have some adorable pics of the kids at Wagon Trails in Ohio. Here's Paige and I feeding a (i think) Carribou. sweet eh?


How do you like this guy? He has one brown eye and one blue and he likes to nuzzle! :)

I love animals. I feel better looking at these pics.

penny

The Picnic

We had our last company picnic yesterday. It was a lot of fun and we laughed so much I hurt. Or maybe I hurt because I was on my feet from 10am to 5pm. Or maybe it was because they BUM-RUSHED ME INTO THE LAKE! Clothes and all in the lake.

My phone was in my pocket! My favorite thing in the world and it still isn't working. I'm having withdrawals from not texting!

The sad part was they kidnapped my daughter to get me down by the lake too. Scared me to death honestly. Truely not funny - don't prank someone like that! I have high-blood pressure! lol ;)

Eric's mad about the phone but I have insurance so it'll only cost $50- I think? Course i have to wait another day to get it though.

Eric told me today that he will be home Friday! 3 days sooner than I expected. Thank you Lord! He makes me feel safe... kinda like a 'happy bubble' kwim?http://www.scrapinstyletv.com/portfolio/view_layout.php?layout_id=107427&user_id=9233

Off to bed. nighty-night.

SISversary June 2008

I don't know what to write but dang SISversary was fantastic. Had a great time meeting all the sisters and hanging. I didn't get a lot of scrappin' done but I sure came home inspired. I have at least 6 unfinished projects! Here's a few of my memories!

Barbara and Helen (po Helen)

Gigi's class (300 page book and I got 2 done lol)

the challenges (thanks Sandra for helping us win and giving me the album - YOU ROCK)

the suspense (driving was difficult when you're that excited, made it there in 9 hours-home took 10 ;)

the presents (the backpack is awesome)and the prizes (seriously, I'm so lucky)

the ice cream(brownies and caramel and fudge...)

the waffle house (hashbrowns, covered and chunked!)

omg I adored Trynity's poem! girl you RAWK!

belly'ing up to the bar with SEVERAL sis's
My car-mates, Mandi and Pam! girls you can chat like noone! I hope i didn't scare ya!? lol

The pink elephant with the glasses and martini! OMG!

My roomies, Misty, you only snored for a few minutes - tee hee

Here's a link to my pics from the event: http://www.flickr.com/photos/27767559@N08/?saved=1

Big Crapola!

I know great thing to say, right? WELL that's what happened... life took a big crapola. My boss told me today that the new company that was supposed to buy our company has decided to close us down instead. NICE?

NOT!

So we proceeded to tell all the employees. The sobbing was so horribly sad and infuriating. I'm angry and so worried about them. The economy is hideous as it is and now I have 3 couples who went home today to their kids knowing they would both be out of a job soon.

OMG I'm angry!

My first blog

I took the jump! I finally see a purpose to having a blog. I actually like sharing with people now. Maybe it's age... maybe it's the internet age and so many of my friends are online now rather than next door. Oh how I miss my BFF next door though...

Anyway, what a great way to share my life with my not-so-close family and friends then to let them in when they have time.

So, what should I write about first? I think the thing on the top of my mind is SISversary.

Less than two days and I'm off to Tennessee to make new friends and scrap with some of the best scrappers in the world... yep even international scrappers will be there. If you've never heard of Scrap in Style (SIStv) check it out! I love it. http://www.scrapinstyletv.com/welcome.php

Off to attend a meeting for now.