sorry about that...

I would like to apologize to those who tried to sign into my guestbook and found that has been hijacked...again.

I do believe that I'm just going to blow it away, as it seems to be the one thing that I don't check often, so I never know how long its been that way.

I would also like to say to the joker that has done this... get your own damn site! stop picking on mine.

I now return you to your regularly scheduled day...

85 words @ 12:39 PM | General | 0 |

LIfe goes on :)

Okay so its been a month...doesn't seem to make a difference, no one reads this thing anyway

I've been fairly busy this month with work. I recieved an offer to do on-site training for a vendor who is based in Houston. They need someone who can teach the software I've been certified to teach that can go anywhere in the country... pretty much at a moments notice. I spent 4 days in Dallas doing this.

My hotel room looked out over the West End of Dallas. Right in front of the hotel was the Book Depository. Yup, I was that close to the actual spot of the most infamous shooting of a prominent person... But since I was working every day while I was there, I wasn't able to do any sightseeing...maybe next time.

I've also been contacted about doing additional training with another vendor, but that was 2 weeks ago and I haven't heard back from them...I get the feeling that I won't. I don't really see the need for me to track them down to find out what happened. I mean they contacted me, right? Why should I call them...I told them what I needed from them to be able to do this training, and its nothing that I shouldn't be able to ask for...if they feel the need to not work with the restrictions I've placed...well then, its their loss of income, not mine.

However, I have been contacted again about a 9-5 job in DC for a law firm...one of the top 3 firms in the US. There are actually 2 positions there that this recruiter wants to submit me for...one is for training and one is for an administrator...I can do either.

So, I'm sitting here trying to decide if I want to give up the Independent life and go back to a 9-5 job...

I'm really starting to lean toward the 9-5 thing. I love being able to do what I want and when I want to...but I would rather do it when I don't have people screaming at me about bills I shouldn't have had to pay in the first place...but that's another rant for another time. Maybe, as my wonderful husband put it, I can do the 9-5 thing for a year or so and then re-evaluate things.

In other news... we get to game today! Its only been a month since we've gotten together, but it feels like sooo much longer. We are getting ready to start a new RPG, and I've got my ideas ready to roll...easy background too.

Anyway, its time to poke the husband to see if he's ready to start working on moving stuff around.

TTYL!!!

450 words @ 01:00 PM | General | 0 |

Oh, the Insanity :)

My husband really likes Jeeps...the older the better. We lost the first one to misfortune...and we just picked up another one last fall.

Now, most of you would think Jeep = Wrangler or Grand Cherokee...not my husband...his is a CJ7. That's Scrambler to those out there that don't know. God knows I didn't before I met my husband.

Anyway, these Jeeps are like collectible cards in the hands of little kids..."Ill trade you two of these for one of those" kinda thing.

When we had the other Jeep, we would come out of {insert random place like home, mall, restaraunt here} only to find that someone had left their name, number and the price they were willing to pay for this classic machine...

It hasn't happened in a while, and until today, not with this Jeep...that's changed now...some kind person actually printed (with a printer) a message and put it in one of those clear plastic slip covers...and then stuck it on the Jeep.

I think its cute... I wonder if these people realize how much they would really need to fork over to get him to sell...

I haven't heard of this kind of thing happening with any other vehicle model out there...must really be a Jeep Thing!

He's seriously thinking about opening a Jeep Museum...silly boy!

Oh well, I love him anyway...

224 words @ 07:43 PM | General | 1 |

Whee!

Wow! 2 posts in a month...maybe I'm getting back to the point of being able to post every day...

Things have been busy. The independent consulting has been going well, and I'm more relaxed than I have been in years.

I put in an application at Barnes & Noble, just for evening work for a while and for the security that comes with a steady paycheck...I just heard back from them today to set up an interview for this weekend...wish me luck!

I also had a call from a recruiter...offering me a possible position in DC paying that 6 figure salary...now all I need are the dancing men

It might not pan out, but I think I'm going to be hopeful...now all I have to do is decide what to do about the B&N job.

136 words @ 07:33 PM | General | 0 |

LIfe goes on...

There is a saying "When one door closes, another opens". Seems to fit with my situation these days.

I had a new job, one that I thought was going fairly well, until they decided that we just weren't a good fit (me and the company). So, I'm on my own again employment-wise.

Thing is... I've gotten two different offers that fit with the independent consultant hat I've taken back up

I've just gotten one proposal signed, and as for the other...I just need to show them that I can actually teach the classes. I would get to travel, meet new people, and do it on my schedule...which means that I can spend time at home with the hubby, and go back to school if I want.

Life is to short to spend 20 hours a day on the job...especially when it doesn't pay a 6 figure salary and come with dancing men!

I do wish the company well. As you can see from the calls coming in, I have no reason to be vindictive or nasty. At some point I might even consider doing contract work for them.

Well, its getting late, and I'm getting tired...so I think its off to bed with me.

'Nite!

206 words @ 10:28 PM | General | 0 |

We will see...

Well, I thought it had stopped, turns out I was wrong. What is it with people and the need to poke at other people.

I tried leaving the messages and trackbacks open again...I got hit with those #$#@ poker sites again.

This time I sent a request to the site's admin asking for help. I'm hoping that it will help, but I'm willing to bet my next paycheck that I will end up on 6 million (or so) new email address spam lists. I hope not, and I really hope the admin for the site helps to stop it.

Yargh!!!!

That being said, How's the rest of the world???

109 words @ 02:54 PM | General | 5 |

I was tagged...

Daphne at VillaSantiago tagged me with this Music Mem a couple of weeks ago...Needless to say, its taken me a while to get to it... But, lets see how I do:

Category 1: Artists you wish would stop trippin and come wit' anotha album, soon! Hard to say, I agree with Daphne about NickleBack, but I recently heard that all of the original members of Duran Duran are getting back together... (I was a big fan when they were originally together, and was sad when they split)

Category 2: Artists who need to just "stop trippin". Oh, let's see... Britanny Spears, and the rest of that crew.

Category 3: Artists who have "gone on" that you wish would stay "Gone"! KISS, Motley Crue, Culture Club...sensing a trend yet??

Category 4: "New Artist" who, when you hear em', U swear, sound like somebody you already know! Not any specific bands, but many of the songs on the radio today remind me of stuff I used to listen to years ago.

Category 5: Artists you wish you would've "Tried before you Pryed" open that jewel case! There was one a couple of years ago, but after I copied the songs from the CD I wanted I gave the CD to someone else. Its been a while since I've bought any new artist CDs.

I'll be kind and not tag Daphne, but I am going to tag...Len, Chuck, and Simon :) Never say it doesn't pay to be my friend

Have Fun!

254 words @ 06:24 PM | Mems | 0 |