A Great Beginning!

                                          

Guess what everyone, I have a job! A close friend of mine got me a job where she works and I start this Monday (Tomorrow!)!!! I am so excited; I knew this was going to be a good year! I don’t want to name any names on here since blogs are public, but what I can say is that it’s a job with a tanning product distributer, and those of you who are friends with me on facebook can get more information regarding that! It is a full time job and the hours are perfect. The best part is the friend that got me this job may also be able to carpool which will eliminate the single car issue, hurray!

This last week was just crazy, especially seeing as this job suddenly became available and I had an interview and everything. My hubby and I, the day before I found out I might be getting this job, were out getting information on the temp agencies in our area. As it turned out that day, all the agencies were done with new clients at 2:00pm, which was when we had left the house, so we didn’t get to go into any place that day. We did find out lots of useful information though, and that information told us we wouldn’t have been prepared anyway. Apparently, most temp agencies want at least two forms of ID, such as a driver’s license and also your social security card and/or your birth certificate. Half of the places we were going to go to also wanted us to complete applications, surveys and profiles on their website before coming in.

My hubby has now completed all the online work for these agencies so Monday (tomorrow) he gets to go in and complete the application process for each place in person. There are eight different temp agencies he is applying to.  In addition, he should get a call this week about volunteering for the corrections place.  Of course, once all of the temp agencies have his information, he will continue applying elsewhere, and networking within his volunteer work. Once he has a job, then we can finally start looking for a “rent-to-own” home! That, I simply cannot wait for! To be in our own place this year would be marvelous. Then we can have a puppy! Okay I’ll try not get ahead of myself here, but everything is looking up!

As far as the New Year’s Resolution goes to attend church, I’ve discovered is going to be more difficult to start than I had previously thought. I realized Saturday night that I didn’t know what time church started at my old church, let alone any other church in the area. I’m sure I can find that information online, but Saturday my computer wasn’t on at all and by the time I remembered I was going to go to church it was bed time. I know that sounds like a terrible excuse, but I will find out the church times this week and try to figure out which one I want to go to. If anyone in the area has any recommendations, please let me know! I would attend my old church, but I’m a little upset at their management right now for not promoting my most favorite pastor, whom now is leaving that church and I don’t know where he will be going. = (

            In closing I’d just like to thank everyone for their help, support and prayers for us to find jobs, it is really helping! As usual let me know if you have any questions, comments, concerns, or suggestions for this blog! I still haven’t figured out how to follow other people on here yet…Take care everyone! Have a wonderful week and God bless!

Happy New Year!!!

I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year and fully enjoyed the holiday season. I have been thinking on what to have as far as New Year Resolutions. For 2012 I will be giving up all alcohol, making it a point to go to church every week, land a job and get into a house of our own. The first two should be fairly easy in comparison to the last two, but if my hubby at least lands a job, getting into a house of our own should be easier, and so should getting a second car so I can get my own job.

It has been an interesting end of the year for us. Most of my family is upset that we don’t have a job yet, and upset that my hubby is only volunteering for Corrections. This caused quite a bit of stress over the holidays but it seems to have simmered down now. I understand that it is hard to see loved ones struggling and not feeling like they doing anything to help themselves because what we are doing has not yet yielded any tangible help, and our work at finding work is not something that they see with their own eyes.  Our plan though, is to hit all the temporary agencies in town and pick up applications at some of the colleges around here and the YMCA. I am even going to be applying this round because we need an income desperately. I don’t know what will happen if we both get jobs and both of us needs the car, but hopefully we can make it work. We are waiting to hear back from the corrections office now about my hubby’s volunteering. They are processing his application and running a background check and all that is supposed to take seven to ten days. Hopefully he will land a job and volunteer at the same time so that he can wiggle his way into the career he really wants while also making some money.

We just got the scrapbooking stuff back into my brother’s room so I can continue scrapbooking when I have time. My hubby got Skyrim for Christmas so we’ve been playing that off and on. It’s actually a good relaxation tool since we’ve been so stressed lately. There’s just something about slaughtering virtual monsters that takes the stress down a couple of notches. Although, according to some of my family members, we shouldn’t have any break from the stress and frustration at all until we find a job. If we were to do that, I would not survive to find employment. We certainly don’t need any more reasons to get jobs, we are motivated to the maximum right now!

A couple things I learned over the holidays are as follows: Oreo cookie balls are really easy and everybody loves them, keeping my mouth shut does more good than not, buying more than one pie is too much for my little family, exercising the task of keeping certain people out of my life but not out of my heart makes life so much easier, and I’m minorly allergic to the fake Christmas tree. In the year 2011 my husband and I graduated college, saw Michael Buble in concert, celebrated our first year together, and learned some hard lessons about family, the economy, and life. All in all I personally think it was a great year despite the stress and problems that we faced. 2012 looks very promising, very good things will happen this year, I am sure.

As usual peeps, if you have any questions, comments, or suggestions leave a comment and let me know. I hope I didn’t bore you to death! If you want the Oreo Cookie Ball recipe let me know and I’ll send it to you! Much Love and God Bless!!!!!