Thanksgiving

When you think of a Thanksgiving meal, where do you think of eating? Grandma and Grandpa's house, or Mom and Dad's house, or even at your own house, right? I know of about 1000 people who conjured up the thought of going out to eat yesterday at my store. Don't get me wrong, I didn't mind working yesterday because of the good money I made, but seriously folks, when did this become the tradition. I do have to admit that the one's I didn't mind waiting on were the ones traveling on the road; what are you supposed to do, starve? I also didn't mind waiting on Phil's parents and Phil because I requested that they come visit me at work or I wouldn't have been able to see them at all.

Here at the Goldsmith residence, we are celebrating Thanksgiving on Saturday. This is due in part to them volunteering at a local place to serve a Thanksgiving meal to about 350 people, and my work schedule. So all those leftovers you have brought home with you from all the family members won't compare on Saturday for the freshly cooked meal we will be enjoying.

Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving!

Owie

I had a four day weekend this time, and if you've worked in the service industry, you'll know how hard it is to get a weekend off, let alone a couple days tacked on. This weekend has proven to show just how clumsy I am. On Friday, I slipped down a couple steps and jarred my back and pulled several muscles. On Saturday, I forgot that when something is hot you have to either blow on it to cool it or let it sit to cool before diving into it. Saturday's homemade chili got the roof of my mouth burnt so bad i don't want to eat anything for a week; not that that would hurt me (lol). I'm just glad that the mouth is one of the quickest healers on the human body. Today, Sunday, we're supposed to move a bed into the other room downstairs for Phil's brother to sleep in while he's here over the holiday's. I'm sure I'll find a way to hurt myself with that. Each day, I see why Phil just wants to bubble wrap me.

For Pete's Sake

I believe that everyone has had at least one to-do list, or more commonly called the honey-do list in their day. We finally have one in play. Have you ever felt that no matter how far you think you've gone, you are always taking a step back here or there. I didn't realize how lucky I am to have a job right now with the economy the way it is. Phil has been looking for a job for only about 3 weeks, but still there are no calls checking references or call backs for an interview. That is the only thing on his to-do list, but he has yet to be offered a job. His education is a HSD with some time in the air force.

Your to-do list is:

Tell me ideas you can think of to help him find a job, like where to go, what to put on the application, and when to call back to inquire about said position. Is it even worthwhile to put in an application if a place isn't hiring? What time of day for which positions? I know it isn't rocket science, but for crying out loud.

Vacation With My Sister

I know this is like two weeks late.

My last day at my old store was on October 15th. On the 17th I flew from Nashville to Chicago, took a bus from Chicago to Milwaukee. I had this guy who can't take a hint sitting in the seat across the aisle from me who was a republican, non-smoker, and sports fanatic, who tried to relentlessly to bother and include me to his point of view the whole way. Those of you who know me, know that I am a liberal smoker who doesn't even know what a basketball or football is. Me trying to do my Soduko apparently wasn't enough of a hint for him to take. I was so glad to see him get off on the first stop. Then karma got me when I got off two stops after I was supposed to. This was due to poor bus route information on the internet. Then I played Marco-polo with my sister, Regina, with her in a car trying to find me with only the landmarks I was near. If you have ever had someone who almost always drives a stick drive an automatic and forget? I have, I'm not mad, I thought it was hilarious, though she might not think that. Love you :) We then went shopping and grabbed a bite to eat at Noodles. Over that weekend we went shopping a bunch and found myself a coat that I really like and found her a new coat (mentioned later) that I think would look awesome on her (I didn't get to see her in full gear). We also went to get her some things for her office like trim, baseboards, a rug, small table, foot-stool, ceiling light, and table light. I'm sure I'm forgetting some things on the shopping list, but these were the highlights. We had a massage and pedicure each on Saturday; had a bike race on Sunday. I was sooo cold I wrapped up in a sleeping bag. We had some really good coffee at Alltera (may have spelled wrong, will check later). I wanted to go Vegan for the whole weekend but only made it until Sunday morning, when I then transgressed to Vegetarian. I found out that I like tofu and black beans. AWESOME!!!

Then on Monday, Regina drove me to the airport in Chicago and on the way we stopped at an outlet and and found her coat. Phil called and had complications with the witch of a woman from the truck rental place (we were trying to move) so I had to straighten that out. Phil was one hour late picking me up from the airport, but I wasn't mad when I saw he had our two kids in the car with him (Amaya, the grey kitty, and Karma, the black kitty). Laugh all you want; those are my kids. He had arranged it to where I didn't have to go back to Alabama to finish moving. In one day I was in Wisconsin, Illinois, flew to Tennessee, drove through Kentucky, Illinois, and finally to Missouri. Off to the adventure and dog tired. Later I found out that the apartment was not correctly cleaned or emptied. I can only imagine what the bill will be. Honestly they shouldn't charge us anyway with how crappy the apartment is. But it is life to be charged especially when you don't want to be.