Yes, it is true! I might have a job by the end of the week! So it's time to thank the Universe for coming through for me!
Thank you, Universe! You are Kind! Even when You're cruel, You are KIND!
It is another call center, but I need to do something until I become a millionaire. And THAT will happen when my art is discovered, or I write a book like Erma Bombeck had done -- If life is a bowl of cherries, why am I in the pitts?
One thing I know for sure -- My creditors will be pleased as I start to pay them again! I guess I really LIKE paying bills. Now you all know for sure that I am CRAZY!
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Job Hunting
I have been job hunting since March of this year, but to no avail. I am searching for a job that will not affect my mental or physical health that possibly has some benefits, i.e. insurance. It turns out that apparently one must sacrifice part of one's integrity, health, etc., in order to get a job and keep it. I know that next time I make a mistake, I will NOT be as quick to admit it, or to even use deception to keep the said job.
I actually liked the job I was terminated from. I loved the people I worked with, the job itself was challenging, the benefits were excellent. I thought that my personal integrity would help, i.e., admitting my mistake and ready to take the punishment, but I was wrong.
But perhaps the Universe wanted me to learn a hard lesson, one that you can only learn through experience-- that in order to truly appreciate what you have, you must have it all taken away to appreciate it.
Perhaps I have become too complacent, not thanking the Universe for the things that I have accumulated, the knowledge and the skills that I do have, and to develop the skills I have neglected.
Universe, I want you to know that I get it. I have to give of myself and all that I have in order to serve you and most importantly, to fulfill the plan that you have for me. I will walk that path joyfully and impart that joyfulness to those around me. I now remember the promise I made to you when I was just a little girl -- Thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven.
Thank you for this lesson. I'm sorry it took so long to get back to what I'm supposed to do.
The Universe is Kind...even when It's cruel, it's kind.
I actually liked the job I was terminated from. I loved the people I worked with, the job itself was challenging, the benefits were excellent. I thought that my personal integrity would help, i.e., admitting my mistake and ready to take the punishment, but I was wrong.
But perhaps the Universe wanted me to learn a hard lesson, one that you can only learn through experience-- that in order to truly appreciate what you have, you must have it all taken away to appreciate it.
Perhaps I have become too complacent, not thanking the Universe for the things that I have accumulated, the knowledge and the skills that I do have, and to develop the skills I have neglected.
Universe, I want you to know that I get it. I have to give of myself and all that I have in order to serve you and most importantly, to fulfill the plan that you have for me. I will walk that path joyfully and impart that joyfulness to those around me. I now remember the promise I made to you when I was just a little girl -- Thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven.
Thank you for this lesson. I'm sorry it took so long to get back to what I'm supposed to do.
The Universe is Kind...even when It's cruel, it's kind.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
August 2010 at Grimes Creek
This past weekend, from Friday, August 20 to Sunday, August 22, 2010, I went camping with the church group I recently joined. We were camping in the Idaho mountains near Grimes Creek. It is a beautiful area with pine trees, some old growth pines, steep mountains on either side of the creek, truly a place where you can relax and have a lot of fun!
Some of our fellow campers had ATVs and were exploring the surrounding countryside, while I stayed closer to camp and tried to fish in the creek for the Coconi Salmon that were running in the stream to spawn. This particular type of salmon are bright red with black heads, and even though nearly every one of our party saw or tried to hand catch the salmon, I personally didn't see any, and no salmon were caught, but the fish stories around the campfire were hilarious!
Friday night we had a campfire and everyone was silly, telling stories, trying to think of songs to sing around the campfire, making up lyrics as we made a sincere attempt. It was hard to sing between laughing so hard to the new lyrics, fish stories, etc. We stayed up until midnight when our final camper arrived, then everyone went to sleep.
Saturday I woke up late, even though the sun was up as was the rest of our party. I missed breakfast, but I had some backup food in my cooler. As the day wore on, the heat of the day was getting to everyone -- some jumped in the creek, some went on their ATVs, and I decided to take a drive in the comfort and air conditioning of my car.
Toward dinner everyone congregated at camp, and we made what is referred to as "Stone Soup." Basically, everyone brings one thing to add to the pot of soup, with the moral to the story that if everyone contributes what they have or what they can do, a community can survive and do it well. It's a good lesson, and the soup turned out absolutely delicious with plenty to spare!
After dinner the weather started to turn grey and threatening. We really didn't think much about it until the downpour came and the winds kicked up. Everyone scrambled to secure their vehicles, tents, kill the campfire, etc. Some in our party had heard screams from the next camp over, but were busy securing our campsite. Then some of our party went over to see what happened, only to find a horrible scene of destruction.
Two trees from the other side of the creek had fallen onto the campsite. One tree fell on an ATV that the father of the family was trying to drive to safety, and even after CPR and other life-saving methods, he was pronounced dead. The other tree fell on the family truck where the mother and three of their children, all under 10 yrs, had taken refuge, but by the grace of God, they were all able to get out the vehicle without injury. Unfortunately, they were behind the ATV and saw what happened to the father. The family was devastated in just one micro burst from the storm.
The father was only 34 years old, left 5 children (the two oldest left earlier in the day) and his widow. The whole family could have been wiped out if the mother hadn't moved the children to the truck because the tree that killed the father squashed and scattered the chairs that the family were sitting in.
This event affected many in our church group in a variety of ways. First, when the majority of us had gathered at our camp, the pastor grabbed a candle, lit it and we all gathered around the table the candle was on to pray for the family and the rescue workers; the campsite the family was in was one of the choices the pastor had to hold our gathering; the pastor and her wife and a few others in our group had been at camp since the previous Wednesday and had gotten to know the family, gone ATVing with them; one of our group is a nurse and was one of the people performing CPR on the man, and came back to camp just devastated and exhausted; and those of us who didn't go to the scene for various reasons, felt the family's pain and the pain of our friends.
Sharing this experience with a group such as ours created a new bond between us all. We stayed up until the last emergency vehicle left, comforting each other, trying to make some sense out of what had happened, and trying to quiet the "what ifs" that were going through each of our minds. No one really slept well that night.
Again, I must reiterate, that the Universe is Kind, even when It's cruel, it's kind.
Some of our fellow campers had ATVs and were exploring the surrounding countryside, while I stayed closer to camp and tried to fish in the creek for the Coconi Salmon that were running in the stream to spawn. This particular type of salmon are bright red with black heads, and even though nearly every one of our party saw or tried to hand catch the salmon, I personally didn't see any, and no salmon were caught, but the fish stories around the campfire were hilarious!
Friday night we had a campfire and everyone was silly, telling stories, trying to think of songs to sing around the campfire, making up lyrics as we made a sincere attempt. It was hard to sing between laughing so hard to the new lyrics, fish stories, etc. We stayed up until midnight when our final camper arrived, then everyone went to sleep.
Saturday I woke up late, even though the sun was up as was the rest of our party. I missed breakfast, but I had some backup food in my cooler. As the day wore on, the heat of the day was getting to everyone -- some jumped in the creek, some went on their ATVs, and I decided to take a drive in the comfort and air conditioning of my car.
Toward dinner everyone congregated at camp, and we made what is referred to as "Stone Soup." Basically, everyone brings one thing to add to the pot of soup, with the moral to the story that if everyone contributes what they have or what they can do, a community can survive and do it well. It's a good lesson, and the soup turned out absolutely delicious with plenty to spare!
After dinner the weather started to turn grey and threatening. We really didn't think much about it until the downpour came and the winds kicked up. Everyone scrambled to secure their vehicles, tents, kill the campfire, etc. Some in our party had heard screams from the next camp over, but were busy securing our campsite. Then some of our party went over to see what happened, only to find a horrible scene of destruction.
Two trees from the other side of the creek had fallen onto the campsite. One tree fell on an ATV that the father of the family was trying to drive to safety, and even after CPR and other life-saving methods, he was pronounced dead. The other tree fell on the family truck where the mother and three of their children, all under 10 yrs, had taken refuge, but by the grace of God, they were all able to get out the vehicle without injury. Unfortunately, they were behind the ATV and saw what happened to the father. The family was devastated in just one micro burst from the storm.
The father was only 34 years old, left 5 children (the two oldest left earlier in the day) and his widow. The whole family could have been wiped out if the mother hadn't moved the children to the truck because the tree that killed the father squashed and scattered the chairs that the family were sitting in.
This event affected many in our church group in a variety of ways. First, when the majority of us had gathered at our camp, the pastor grabbed a candle, lit it and we all gathered around the table the candle was on to pray for the family and the rescue workers; the campsite the family was in was one of the choices the pastor had to hold our gathering; the pastor and her wife and a few others in our group had been at camp since the previous Wednesday and had gotten to know the family, gone ATVing with them; one of our group is a nurse and was one of the people performing CPR on the man, and came back to camp just devastated and exhausted; and those of us who didn't go to the scene for various reasons, felt the family's pain and the pain of our friends.
Sharing this experience with a group such as ours created a new bond between us all. We stayed up until the last emergency vehicle left, comforting each other, trying to make some sense out of what had happened, and trying to quiet the "what ifs" that were going through each of our minds. No one really slept well that night.
Again, I must reiterate, that the Universe is Kind, even when It's cruel, it's kind.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
My first post and rant!
This is a brand new adventure creating my own blog. I am older than most of the you reading this blog, so some of the things I write may actually inspire you to have a better life than I have! That is the main mission of this publication.
I love Idaho with only one exception: Idaho is only slightly less conservative than the state of Utah, and is run by mostly the Republican Party and any other ultra-conservative that may be disguised in liberal clothing. As long as someone can ignore the politics, everything else in the state is quite beautiful!
Some of the laws and their associated penalties are a bit strange. For example, I was visited by an Animal Control Officer who issued me a ticket/citation for my dogs' excessive barking. We have tried everything to stop the barking, i.e., training at PetCo, shocking bark collars (they actually enjoyed the shocks after a while, masochistic that they are), and now, after having paid the $215.00 fine, we found the product BarkOff, which worked for a while and now the dogs seem to have an immunity to this product as well.
But $215.00 + 3.00 just to swipe my card to get my money out of my checking acct! It seems a bit excessive.
Last week when I was going fishing with a friend, with the friend driving, we get pulled over by a fine Idaho Highway Patrol officer. We both had to give him our licenses. He stopped us because the driver had signaled less than 5 seconds before entering the off-ramp, the license plate was obstructed by a trailer hitch ball (which we have never used and didn't realize was on the bumper), and I, being the fat rebel that I am, was not wearing my seat belt.
So guess what kind of ticket would be written? FYI, in Idaho, someone cannot be pulled over for a seat belt violation alone. I, the rebellious old woman who likes to fish occasionally, received the only ticket from this officer, and the driver was let go with a "warning."
How much was THIS ticket/citation? $10.00. No kidding, it's a Ten Dollar Fine. And barking dogs are $215.00.
Honestly, I think Idaho has it's priorities messed up.
Just to let you know, my dogs are three little Dachshunds that are cooped up in the house whenever we leave the house, and when we are home, their barking is controlled by us screaming out the door. I wonder how much my ticket/citation will be for "loud homeowner screaming?"
I love Idaho with only one exception: Idaho is only slightly less conservative than the state of Utah, and is run by mostly the Republican Party and any other ultra-conservative that may be disguised in liberal clothing. As long as someone can ignore the politics, everything else in the state is quite beautiful!
Some of the laws and their associated penalties are a bit strange. For example, I was visited by an Animal Control Officer who issued me a ticket/citation for my dogs' excessive barking. We have tried everything to stop the barking, i.e., training at PetCo, shocking bark collars (they actually enjoyed the shocks after a while, masochistic that they are), and now, after having paid the $215.00 fine, we found the product BarkOff, which worked for a while and now the dogs seem to have an immunity to this product as well.
But $215.00 + 3.00 just to swipe my card to get my money out of my checking acct! It seems a bit excessive.
Last week when I was going fishing with a friend, with the friend driving, we get pulled over by a fine Idaho Highway Patrol officer. We both had to give him our licenses. He stopped us because the driver had signaled less than 5 seconds before entering the off-ramp, the license plate was obstructed by a trailer hitch ball (which we have never used and didn't realize was on the bumper), and I, being the fat rebel that I am, was not wearing my seat belt.
So guess what kind of ticket would be written? FYI, in Idaho, someone cannot be pulled over for a seat belt violation alone. I, the rebellious old woman who likes to fish occasionally, received the only ticket from this officer, and the driver was let go with a "warning."
How much was THIS ticket/citation? $10.00. No kidding, it's a Ten Dollar Fine. And barking dogs are $215.00.
Honestly, I think Idaho has it's priorities messed up.
Just to let you know, my dogs are three little Dachshunds that are cooped up in the house whenever we leave the house, and when we are home, their barking is controlled by us screaming out the door. I wonder how much my ticket/citation will be for "loud homeowner screaming?"
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