Archive for December, 2006
My New Job
I have worked for 9 years at the same company. In those nine years I have moved up, around, down, and over. I am on my 3rd direct boss, 4th Boss’s boss, 5th job title, and 6th cubicle/office location. I am not telling you this in complaint. This is a good thing. I love new and different.
I accepted my current position of less than a month, knowing I could do it, but unsure if I would like it. Would it be a challenge long term? Would I master it in 6 months?
It has taken a full month to transition my past duties over to others. Until the last two weeks, I have had little time for any focus on my new job. But in these two weeks my concerns are gone.
With any job you take your past experiences and apply them to your new ones. My experience in computer support gives me an alignment with the business, knowledge of people and personalities, and a reputation with a distinct advantage to succeed. (Sorry to sound so resume-ish, but I can’t think of another way to say it. Maybe I could have just said “I kick a$$!)
What amazes me is my experience on this blog and helping others relates directly to my new job. As a Technical Trainer, I will be putting together course work with a tool that is very similiar to all the blogging software. My boss and I want to jazz up the layouts, graphics, and formating. Just like all the blog designs I have helped with. And the documentation? My “Blog Basics” series is a mini course on blogging. All these things have been a small taste of what I will be doing on my new job!
I will have challenges. Deadlines to meet, new software to learn and master, and improvements to be made on everything, including my training skills.
I wish I could convey my excitement. I will no longer have to do after-hour support, dealing with problems will not be my primary focus, and I get my own office! Happy dance and a great way to start the New Year!!!!
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(PrimoDonna on
Dec 31, 2006 11:24 PM)
I’m so proud of you. How nice to be excited about your new job. That is great. Enjoy 2007!
(vw bug on
Jan 1, 2007 9:06 AM)
That is great news! Happy New Year!
(caltechgirl on
Jan 2, 2007 1:06 AM)
That sounds awesome! Hooray for you!
PS we missed you guys after the game this year!
(Christina on
Jan 2, 2007 6:40 AM)
That is awesome. Congratulations!
What a neat job.
; )
(Anti-Mil on
Jan 4, 2007 12:17 AM)
“Maybe I could have just said “I kick a$$!”
Works for me.
Apples to Apples
Tonight we played Apples to Apples Junior. The girls received it as a gift for Christmas. In this game everyone gets 5 red apple cards, then one person as a judge picks a green apple card. Everyone else has to choose on of their cards that they think the judge will pick as the closest to the green card on the table. For example, the green card could be painful. Red cards closely matching this might be “Getting stitches”, “a broken leg”, or “high heels”. The red cards go from fictional characters, famous people, things you do, to everyday items.
One of the green cards picked was “Frightening”. My husband put down “Mary Kate and Ashley”.
Another was “Mysterious”. Husband was the judge. I picked “Hammer Head Sharks”. I can’t remember what my oldest picked. I peeked at Youngest’s cards to help her out. I pointed to one and said “You WILL win with this one. Especially since your Dad is the judge!”
She put down “Girlfriends”.
Bou has some gaming fun also!
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Ding Dong, The Witch Is Dead!
Saddam Hussein executed in Baghdad
Other’s blog about it….
Right Side of the Rainbow
Dean’s World (with links to Iraqi bloggers)
She Who Will Be Obeyed
ROFASIX
From My Position
Jack Army
Sgt. Hook
Friction and Harmony
Not Exactly Rocket Science
and Trying to Grok
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Target
I had been working on a post about not shopping at Target, prompted by a post on Rocket Jones’s blog about this article.
Target ended up pulling the cd’s off the shelf.
Then my Anti-MIL told me that there is a lawsuit filed by Williams Sonoma against Target for stealing product designs.
More pointedly, the company says the stocking infringement is part of a “longstanding pattern of copying by Target of (Williams-Sonoma) designs for rugs, linens, tableware, furniture, lamps and other products.”
I even found some evidence of similiarities here and here.
I was going to leave my post with that, but then I read about CalTechGirl’s return experience. OMG!!!
Even worse was the father whose son had received a jacket he really liked but was too small. The kid wanted the same jacket, but this store didn’t have his size EITHER. They couldn’t give him a gift card to go to the other Target in town and get one. AND the jacket had already gone back to the floor while he was shopping, so they wouldn’t give it back to him and void the return. When I left he was warming up to get as pissed off as I was.
And Beth gives us her two cents.
My take? I won’t be shopping at Target. I am choosing to spend my money elsewhere. The sacrafice is small since I don’t shop there much. Their prices for groceries are not competive and the selection is not that great. I do like their clothes, but I can find items I like at other stores. If someone I know is registered there? I can find them something at another store. No more Target for me.
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(vw bug on
Dec 29, 2006 7:50 AM)
Oh my. And I just got a target near me. Luckily I haven’t had that experience, but I also have a Walmart near me.
THE sign of not feeling well….
….not being or feeling hungry. That is a sure sign for me.
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(PrimoDonna on
Dec 27, 2006 6:31 PM)
I guess that means you are not feeling well…so hope you are feeling better soon.
One of My Many Gifts (Lucky chic, am I!)
(Post inspired by justdotchristina)
We have been using my parents old Corel and some of Mark’s old dishes. Knowing that Mark would like to have a say in what we got, I asked for some new dishes with a general theme of blue. Then he could make the final choice and we would all be happy. He ended up picking my favorite that goes with my kitchen decor even better than I thought.
We started with a white tile back splash with little blue accent tiles. With the help of my antiMIL, she helped me with some pepper canisters with a trim to match the tile.
The dishes we chose match with the blue fade theme, don’t you think?
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(PrimoDonna on
Dec 26, 2006 9:05 PM)
They are beautiful! And they taste good to eat out of, too! Ha!
(caltechgirl on
Dec 27, 2006 2:08 AM)
those are so beautiful, and they hold up pretty well too under regular use. My friends chose them as their wedding set, and they use them constantly. So nice!
(Ted on
Dec 29, 2006 7:06 AM)
I like!
(Christina on
Jan 2, 2007 6:41 AM)
I love the blue.
; )
Mooooooon Sand!
Yesterday we celebrated Oldest’s 7th birthday. She had her ears pierced on Friday and showed them off at the party. We meet at THE best Mexican restaurant in town. I think she picked it mostly because she wanted the waitstaff to sing to her and “make” her dance. We invited some families with kids in her class. And all of our families made it. After lunch we went to our house for ice cream cake. Yum! The present she was the most excited about was my least favorite.
Moon Sand. OMG! She begged to play with it that day.
“No, it is to messy.”
“It does not say that in the commercial. It is like the beach without the mess.”
“I don’t think so.”
Then later the commercial was on and she made sure I heard the part talking about no mess.
Soooo….. yesterday I let her play with it. We started out with both the girls. They were fighting over it. So I let Oldest play for 10 minutes and I used the timer. Then Youngest went for 10 minutes.
I have to admit that it was easier to cleanup than Play-doh. At least you can sweep up the sand, while Play-doh sticks to everything. As long as they don’t play with it to long, the mess should be reasonable.
Whew!
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The Last Gift
I am up today to get to Toys-R-Us to find my youngest a teddy bear. I did not overhear this desire when she was talking to Santa since we did not visit him this year. No, I overheard at the dentist when her hygenist asked her what she wanted.
Wal-mart has let me down. No stuffed animals. So off I go to take advantage of Toy-R-Us’s early hours. Wish me luck!!!
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Life is good….
Grocery list ready for shopping tomorrow? Check.
To Do List going mostly as planned? Check.
Mom and Dad arrive safely for the holidays? Check.
House clean enough for visitors? Check.
Time to go to bed and get some rest? Check.
Life is good? Check.
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(Allan on
Dec 21, 2006 10:29 PM)
Merry Christmas to you and yours, Amy.
Peace.
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