Think Different

My journey of 3 thousand miles...

Ok so I am totally guessing on the amount of miles... I actually think it was more but hey who kept track? Not I said Nicki.

Friday April 25th: So long, Fare well, ALF-viterzane
GOOD FREAKING BYE Wally World!
After an intense personal struggle I decided I would stop pursuing the Sr. Business Analyst position at Wal-Mart ISD. I was only continuing with this thought/job so I could feed myself and I knew it was the wrong thing for me to do. As of 4/25 I had my second interview with person # 5 at Michael's/agent and he was 70% comfortable with offering me the job I really wanted for Michael's craft store. "person #5" wanted me to drive down to Dallas nest Friday and meet face to face again... I was more than happy to oblige. :)

Saturday April 26th: Nicki packs up her cute little car and it is now known as the "closet on wheels" and heads to north Dallas to spend a week with Aunt Mayme and Uncle Denny. The truth be known..... They worked me hard out on the ranch. So I spent a week at Double Creek Ranch.

Friday May 2nd: Interview #3 with person #5 for the Michael's job. At the end of the interview person # 5 offered me the JOB!!!! Nicki is one happy camper ... even though she doesn't really camp. :)

Saturday May 3rd: Nicki and Aunt Mayme head back down to the BIG D to find and apartment. 5:59pm... lease signed!

Monday May 5th: Road Trip to Hot-lanta to see the family!

Tuesday May 13th: Road Trip back to Arkansas to pack up a U-Haul with all my junk and move to The BIG D!

Thursday May 15th: Head out of Arkansas in a MONSTER U-Haul with my car in tow!
That evening the men from my new ward unload my junk.
* Ever notice how when you move you tend to pack up what I will call "junk boxes" and they never get unpacked? Well this time they must get unpacked as I have no room in my 811 sq. ft. apartment to store it!

Thursday May 22nd: I'm sick of unpacking and I want to see my friends in Houston... I decide to pack my bags and hit the road again.

Friday May 23rd: Still in Houston, TX...
I should be starting my new job on Tuesday but haven't heard from them yet.... SIGH.

* More to come! Stay tuned for updates.

loves - Nicki

This is from www.craftster.org

If I knew how to link it I would so I had to just paste it here. Made me giggle!

***NOT MY WORK***


Building a Meanie Army

I've been doodling around, using up some old quilt scraps that my mother keeps sending to my house. Dolls are just better angry I say! The more I make, the bigger the heads keep getting.



Don't they just make you laugh??? I love them...

Crap day...

Yes... today was a crap day and for that matter so was yesterday. Lets start with Saturday night because it wasn't a crap day.

Saturday - I signed up for a crop (an event where scrapbookers join in their creative efforts and "crop" their photos togethere... aka: scrapbooking) at Sign Sealed Delivered. I was on the waiting list and got a phone call on Thursday saying I was in if I wanted... I wanted. So I got to scrapbook for 7 hours! Had I not already had a hair appointment I would have had a few more hours but hey... 7 is good isn't it? so that night I got 5 pages done. What a feeling of accomplishment!

Sunday - Just flat out in a crappy mood... sick of the whole job hunt thing and sick of talking about it. I stayed for the majority of church and decided I couldn't stand to tell one more person that I KNOW NOTHING in regards to the job hunt. This might very well have been my last day in the Bella Vista Ward... I just don't know!!!!
For those of you who are in my ward and read this blog ...it's not personal. I'm just tired. After church I went home (to Stephanie and Mikes, who are sooooo generous and are letting me stay in their guest room) and took a two hour nap. I got up later, did laundry, dishes, took out the trash and made sure the house was all straightened up for their return.

Monday - aka: Crap Day! Got up, went to work... for what reason I do not know! All of my coworkers relocated their offices to the new building this past weekend....so today there were the remaining Product Development and Souring people scattered through the area.... a Ghost Town. We all started to move to one central location... dubbed the "Refuge Camp"

*Insert happy moment* not in the middle of the day mind you but this very moment. I was sitting here typing thinking it's to darn quiet. I opened a new tab on my browser and clicked on my blog link so I could listen to the music my sister puts on there for me. Thank you KD :) Ok so ..... Wouldn't you know it... one of my favorite songs started.

Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now by Starship

Funny thing... who ever put it on the playlist thing (not KD) said it's Air Supply... NOT. I know Air Supply... My first music love! And this is not them...LOL
Ok back to the crappy day I started with.

Back to the Refugee Camp... I sat there as long as I could stand it... nothing to do, nothing really to talk about other than the job situation. So with that I left! I called home, cried, cried some more, went to Sign Sealed Delivered, purchased a few things, went home, gave Mike and Steph the job update, took a LONG freaking nap. I got up at 7, I think i laid down at 3:30 at the latest... didn't sleep right away but dang if I didn't need that huge nap. I woke up feeling much better.
No matter how I try to stay motivated and up-beat about the job hunt crap I'm still feeling physically tired of this crap.
Oh I forgot my one little funny on the drive home today. I'm staying out quite a ways from town so along my drive I pass cows, chicken buildings... ha! have no idea what to call them.. chicken houses? Anyways... I pass huge water towers, abandoned HUGE developments where the MONSTER fence or large brick entrance was built and nothing more.... And today I passed a DONKEY... yes a burrow, an Ass... Scratching his ear on a metal fence post! Made me giggle and put a smile on my face. I know it was a simple thing... silly... and made me laugh... which I so needed.
Ok now back to the events after my nap.. nothing to exciting. I went to WM, spent 80 bucks... I always have to remind myself when I do that .... that 35 of it is gas... ya know the lovely "buy a gift card, save 3 cents" thingy.... still makes me feel like I RECYCLE to dang much money at WM. Funny how they are all about Sustainability and saving the earth... I recycle... MY MONEY! ...at WM. Sad! Sad! Sad!
I need out...
*Sigh*
So part of that 80 bucks included the movie JUNO.... so darn cute. I love her humor. I so get it.
While I watched Juno I did a scrapbook page of Andrew... black and white... he is of course closing his eyes in the picture. He is so funny... he sees a camera and closes his eyes because he doesn't like the flash. Gotta love it. That brings us to this moment... Now im sitting here on my bed, typing, listening to music and about to go to bed.
I have an internal job interview tomorrow.... can I say I really don't want the job? I want to stay in my chosen career field. Tomorrow I will of course act like I want the job.
At least that is how I feel today.

Loves...

Another feel good song...

Do you remember?

A joyous occasion.....MacBook

I decided it was time for a new computer.
I decided that my tax return was for me to spend.
I decided that my bonus was to pay off bills.
*Those are good decisions*

This is documentation of joining the Mac Family.

Bringing my baby home.

Opening my baby.
Unpacking my baby.

Baby's first picture.
Isn't she BEAUTIFUL!
Not a question... but an answer to an unasked question....

I would like to introduce you to
Blanche MacBook
Kinda like McSomething or another.... LOL