Opening Day, Fingerprints and Rain

Today we headed downtown so I could get my fingerprints taken for my new job. Since I didn't know how long it was going to take, I sent my Mom and K ahead of me to one of the Opening day Pep Rally's. Well when I finally found the place I was suppose to get fingerprinted by, they HR rep hadn't sent over my paperwork yet. So Security called my HR rep and of course she wasn't at her desk. I waited around almost an hour before finally they decided they would take my prints and save them until they got my paperwork. Well they were in the middle of doing my prints when the HR rep called them and goes, Oops, I'll send the paperwork now. UGH!!! So my fingerprints are done! So I headed off to meet up with my Mom and K. I get about a block away from the building I was at when it decided to pour down rain. Well of course I didn't have an umbrella so I ended up soak and wet. Then of course I always wear my jeans big, so they drag a little bit, well they were soaking up every ounce of water out there, so basically they were soaked from the bottom to my knees. Finally I was able to find Mom and K. We made a once around there before heading off to another PepRally on the otherside of the stadium, there we listened to the music and got free beads and some soft baseballs. K got a Arby's backpack. We then crossed back over to the stadium and walked around but decided since there was still alot of people so we headed over to the Fox Channel's pep rally. There we listened to music and got some awesome stuff, like free coupons for Breakfast burritos and Big Mac's, some foam bats and rally towels from my favorite radio station. We then headed back to the Stadium in search of Uncle N's brick that his girlfriend bought him. It took us forever to find the brick but we were so excited once we found it. We then grabbed some lunch/dinner before heading home to watch the game on TV. Of course they canceled the game because of Rain while our team was winning and instead they have the Opening Day Game now rescheduled for tomorrow. Oh, yeah, K got her picture taken by the local TV station and is on their website, it's such a cute picture.

Pep Rally

watching the water fountain

Watching the band perform

having a snack while looking for the brick

pointing to the brick

As for getting the tickets so cheap. I think alot of people are mad right now because they let some fan favorites go during the off season and we now have a re-building team that they don't think will be any good. My thought is, your not a true fan if you don't support them through, the good, the bad and the ugly.

Weekend

On Saturday, we had a photo shoot with K wearing some of the new tutu's that Grandma had made. K had so much fun wearing them. I also love that Grandma can make a matching one for their stuffed toy, like the one Kitty Cat and Bunny have on. We then headed over to our Aunt & Uncle house to celebrate our Cousin's 1st birthday. We had so much fun and K had so much fun getting to play with her Cousin's and the other little kids that were there. We ended up visiting way to long but K and her Cousin's were having so much fun it was easy to loose track of time. Then today we spent taking it easy around the house and I made a whole bunch of hairbows and got them listed on Ebay. Otherwise K spent alot of time playing in her ball pit with Dora. Tomorrow we are heading down to the Opening Day festivities plus since I have to go downtown to get fingerprinted it really worked out. We were suppose to go to the Home Opener of our favorite baseball team but Uncle N's girlfriend ended up being able to get off work, so she took K and I's ticket. But that's ok, I ended up scoring 4 tickets for the April 3rd and the April 5th game for $20.00 total, so I paid about $2.50 a piece for them.

K wearing one of Grandma's Tutu's that she made along with one for Kitty and Bunny

K playing in the ballpit with her Cousins, M&M

K playing with her blower

K being silly while playing in her ball pit

What a Day

First off, I was offered a job as a proof operator at a bank. This was from the interviews I had on Wed. I am excited about this job but I still want my Dream Job. So, I told them I would take the job because it's late afternoon into evening position. So even if I get my dream job, I still plan on working this one for awhile too until we get caught up and some savings in the bank. Now the only thing that could stop me from getting this job is if my fingerprints come back from the FBI with something, which I would think they use the same process as they do for adoptions, so I should have no problem. I go for fingerprints on Monday, have new employee orientation on Monday, April 7th and report to work on Tuesday, April 8th.

Now onto the rest of my day, I was a nervous wreck leading up to my Dream Job interview. Since we were leaving to go out to eat right afterwards, my Mom and K sat in the car, since it wasn't suppose to be more than 15min long. We got there about 245p and my interview wasn't until 315p. So we did some people watching from the car trying to decide who was here for the interview. We were right about one lady, she was about my Mom's age and was wearing this super short, super tight red dress. I guess she thought it was going to be only guys on the panel. So at 3p, I headed inside, so that way I was there early but not too early. Right before 315p, another one of the candidates came in, she looked about 20 and right out of the Hickey Business school for Secretaries. At 315p, I watched them walk the Lady in Red out while she flirted with the Assistant City Manager and they called my name, I greeted them with a firm handshake but was super nervous, there were 5 people on the panel, 3 were women and 2 were men. The women were dressed very conserative, so hopefully I earned some points because of what I was wearing opposed to what the Lady in Red was wearing. Otherwise, I answered the questions as honest as I could and as intellegent as I could. I kept catching myself starting to go "ummm", which is a nervous habit of mine, but then I would stop and compose myself. Otherwise they did like that I knew the big construction areas of the town and that they are trying to revitalize Downtown and after I said that they all smiled and shook there head in agreement. See the late Mayor's dream was to fix up downtown and bring it back to the glory days, well he passsed away 2 weeks ago, so I think I hit a sentimental nerve there. They were surprised when we got to the end and I had no questions for them. I told them that they had explained everything throughly and I am also very familiar with the job that I applied for. Now it's a waiting game, they are calling back people next week for a more through interview, so I guess we will just have to wait and see what happens. And pray like mad that the phone rings for that interview.

So afterwards we headed to America's Incrediable Pizza company, we had a really fun time, K ate a ton of food and we played lots of games. More than anything it was just nice to be out and for those few hours we were there we didn't have anything to worry about, it was all about having fun.

Pay It Forward

Thanks to my blogger friend, Holly, I'm now playing the Pay It Forward game.

How does it work?

Here are the rules:

I will send a handmade gift (of my choosing) to the first 3 people who leave a comment on my blog requesting to join this "PIF" exchange, and who will make the same pledge on their own blog.

The only thing you have to do in return is PAY IT FORWARD - on your own blog. So, if you want to get a homemade goodie from me, and are willing to do the same via your blog, let me know by leaving a comment in the comment section! (Note that you'll need to give me your real (snail mail) address... which you can do by private email.) So, who's up for it?

So Nervous

I am so freakin nervous about tomorrow's interview. I had to rewrite my resume with a salary history, references and my salary requirements. I hate having to put a number on the salary requirement because honestly I want this job so badly I will take the base starting pay without a blink of the eye, so instead I just put negotiable. I guess if they don't like that, then they can ask me tomorrow what I expect and I can state that I am open to starting at base salary. Tomorrows interview is panel style, so that's a little nerve wracking because I just don't know what to expect. I think I'm just making this worse on myself just thinking about it. So instead I spent the day making bows, sewed 2 new outfits for K, played with K and went to the other interview.

After the interview tomorrow we are going out to celebrate my Mom's birthday. Her birthday isn't until April 2nd but our gift certificate for America's Incredible Pizza company expires on 4/1 and you have to use it Mon-Fri and my Mom wouldn't want to go on a Monday because she would have to get up early the next morning, so tomorrow it is. Ok, going to try and go to bed because I need to look good for tomorrow. I made the Ladybug bows and the Yellow Loopy bow in K's hair, both of them I made today trying to take my mind off the interview tomorrow.

Free Stuff is Awesome

Over the last month I have hit the motherload on Free Stuff. Yes, I admit that all these items were by the curb and waiting for the TrashPeople to pick them up. So instead of them going to the trash heap, I decided that they would get way better use by K. I looked over everyone of them to make sure there was nothing dangerously wrong with them and the only thing I can find is that they were faded by the sun, covered in dirt and grim or just something minor cosmetic like the crab's eyes are a little chipped. The only thing I can figure out is that the 2 rich subdivision ($899,999+ houses) that are right near me think if it doesn't look brand new, then it isn't worth keeping. You just gotta love people that are like that.

Step 2 Crab Sandbox/Pool (sun faded & eyes a little chipped)

Little Tikes 3 Wheel Bike (was covered in dirt)

Little Tikes 5ft Slide (needs a pair of screws to secure the bar, otherwise looks brand new)

Barbie Tricycle (great condition but stickers are coming off and a little dirty)

2 Little Tikes Chairs (dirty and some crayon marks, otherwise perfect)

Wow, finally some interviews!

It was really an amazing day, first off my job interview went really well and I ended up having my 2nd interview this evening. Basically the manager told me I was hired as long as it was ok with her boss. When I got home from the morning interview, I had two more messages on my machine for 2 more job interviews. The one tomorrow I'm not really excited about but the one on Friday, I need some huge prayers and positive vibes. The job I am interviewing on Friday is my dream job and I'm so qualified to do it, it's about 5 minutes from my house, right across the street from a daycare so K wouldn't be far away and really good money. It is actually between me and 4 other candidates so basically I just have to WOW them on Friday. So Please keep positives thoughts and prayers going my way especially on Friday!!! I'm so nervous even thinking about the interview.

Otherwise it's raining here and flooding. K was actually a little spooked by the rain and thunder tonight, actually it had us pretty spooked too because it sounded like our house was going to wash away. The water has flooded the whole driveway, sidewalk and is creeping up the porch, thank goodness any entry into my house is about 6 inches above the water, so nothing to worry about. The creek is creeping out of it's banks and is to K's swingset (about 25 feet from it's banks). No way it can reach the house but all that water just makes a big mess for the side & back yards. My Mom's hours at work have been cut because of lack of work to 4 hours a day, not really a positive thing when I don't have an income coming in. I just don't know what we will do if I don't get these jobs.