You know you gotta be blue if a quote from Michelle Bachman makes you feel bad about yourself (instead of bad for the state of Minnesota.)  So I see this poll on james_nicoll's LJ--the quote is:

Our nation needs to stop doing for people what they can and should do for themselves. Self reliance means, if anyone will not work, neither should he eat.

and the more I ( Read more... )

Just in time for the revision of the novel, just in time for the kids to get out of school--

I lost my job.

Those of you reading this blog may or may not remember that my husband has been laid off since March 2009 (a really horrible month ( Read more... )

The Amazing SpouseMan has another interview today, with a different company, doing something he'd like even better.

Dear Ancestors and all good Powers, please aid him in showing the interviewer what an asset he could be to their business.

SpouseMan got contacted by yet another company for an interview! I am at a lost to tell you what a relief this is. But I think you know!

Okay, sportsfans! I'm calling in all good wishes, witches, prayers, and crossed fingers! When I went home for lunch today, SpouseMan told me he has an interview Thursday! W00t! This will be, I believe, the first in-person interview he's had since he got laid off last year. If he gets this job, it would mean the world to us ( Read more... )

Thank goodness!

And thanks to Bin (I don't know his last name) for taking such good care of me at the temp agency, The Specialists Group. He constantly got me temp assignments and was always available and helpful and supportive.

I start my new job Wednesday. What a huge relief!

I'm retooling my husband's resume and thinking, Why is this man not hired somewhere?

SKILLS PROFILE
EPA Universal certified ICE Certified (5 Exams: Core, Air Dist., A/C, Heat Pump, Gas Heating)
15 years blueprint reading, 15 years hand tools, 15 years soldering
13 years electrical, 13 years mechanical, 15 years design & sketcher
13 years engineer ( Read more... )

I get them rarely, but I got one now.

I have a new schedule, where I'm working from noon to 5.  This should give me time in the morining to get other stuff done.  Now if I can just haul my carcase out of bed at 6--So that's my new goal.   (I used to do that all the time, why can't I do that now?)

I really want to be able to get stuff down within the ( Read more... )

So I finally fingured out why I'm so miserable--I have a cold! I know that makes me sound like a knucklehead, but while I have allergy attacks as easy as kiss your hand, colds are not something I have a great deal of experience with. I have dipped into my penicillin supply, am megadosing with Vitamin C (again), investigating decongestants, and ( Read more... )