Dog sitting

Well my two weeks of dog sitting are coming to an end. We've had lots of fun and excitement and I think Enna's going to miss Kumo when Dana comes to pick him up.




I ended the stay with a bath for both dogs. Enna went first and as always just stood there licking my hand until I was done.
Next came Kumo, he did really well considering he's not a huge fan of water. I'll I had to do was keep a hand on him and he stayed in the tub, but he did make a ton of grunts and sounds I've never heard before. I wish John wasn't at work so he could have recorded a video of it, it was so funny!



I also have the funniest video of Enna and Kumo playing but its on John's phone and its too big to email so I'm not sure how to get it off...if we figure it out I'll put it up.

My lawn, my lawn, my lawn is on fire!

This is what we came home to Thursday night.

I guess our neighbor's trees behind us knocked down a power line and it set our grass on fire. Don't worry though our neighbor next to us said she stood in her backyard with the hose ready to put the fire out if it got worse.

We didn't have power all night, the live wire sat in our yard until the power company decided to come fix it friday afternoon and now we have a huge burn spot in our grass...nice!

My new job

I bet some of you are thinking "FINALLY!" Sorry all! I was waiting for some news before I made a post on my new job.

I work for a place called Nelson Labs, I'm one of 4 receptionist with me being the only full time one (right now one girl is on maternity leave).
I was very lucky that I got this job. I was laid off June 11th from Wasatch Cabinet because business is very slow for them right now. I was devastated, I really thought I had at least SOME job security.

I started looking for a new job right away and had been to two interviews before Sheryl called me on June 19th. She works for a temp agency and said that Nelson Labs was looking for a temp to hire receptionist and her aunt, a dear family friend of mine, said that I would probably be interested. I went to an interview with Areotek (the temp agency) at 4 that day and then was sent to Nelson Labs for an interview on the 22nd. I was then called in for a "shadowing interview" on the 23rd where I impressed one of the receptionist by handling 2 calls at once on their computer operated phones, she gave me a thumbs up and said she'd put in a good word for me. I was then called on the 24th and asked if I'd come in to work in a few hours. A very quick process and I was only laid off for a week and a half! Not even long enough to collect unemployment!

From day one I liked it at Nelson, the girls I work with are friendly, nice and chatty (just like me!) and the owners really try hard to make it a nice work environment. Since I've been here they've done a few fun things, like a watermelon eating contest, ice cream on the 24th of July and they're having a Bee's baseball game sometime this month. They also pop movie theatre style popcorn every day and you know that just makes you the bee's knees in my book!
So now to the really good news. On Monday I was made a permanent employee at Nelson and asked to be the supervisor over the reception team. I have a few things I have to do before I can be supervisor, but its a great opportunity and I'm very grateful.

There are a few things I still miss about Wasatch. I miss that it was a small company and I knew everyone, I miss not having to work Fridays, I miss our lunch time chats and joking with Mike and Steve while copying jobs, and I miss the sales reps from other companies, but in the end it was a good thing I got laid off (just like my dad said it would be :)). I got a really good raise (and who can complain about more money?) and an opportunity that I wouldn't have received if I stayed at Wasatch.

I am forever grateful to Luanne, Jonessa and Sheryl , without them thinking of me for this position...well...I wouldn't be here! They saved me and now I'm going to work my hardest to give them a good name!

New items

So I went on a buying spree and bought some new items for downstairs.

First up some old candles with a new coat of paint to spice them up:


Next are some cute bears that go by the fireplace downstairs:


A little wooden train that doesn't have a real home yet, but its probably going to go in the living room:


Three bears that are going to live in the guest room when its finished:


And lastly an adorable sign for the bathroom downstairs:


Is anyone guessing our theme yet?

Going back to school

*UPDATE*
My transcrips weren't evaluated in time so I wont be going back to school until the spring. Looking at the bright side, now I will have extra money to spend on christmas presents...or not :)


I dont know why but I've kept the info that I'm going back to school in the fall hush hush, I guess its because I dont think I got on the ball soon enough and I'm worried that my transcripts wont be reviewed soon enough or the class I want will be full.

But yes, my plan is to go back to school in the fall for interior design. It is an Associates of Arts degree and I'm all but done with all the classes you have to take to get it. As of right now I just need to finish my foreign language and take figure drawing (yes that is drawing naked people...yay), but thats just to get Associates of Arts. I dont know if Interior Design tacks on some extra things, I need to go talk to someone.

So next month I should be in school,that is IF I can get the stupid "My Page" thing with SLCC to work! It is so not user friendly at all! I'm trying to see if I can register for classes yet but the button SLCC home page is telling me to click on is no where on the page! SIGH! If I'm not smart enough to work the "My Page" page then maybe I'm not smart enough to go back to school!

I think its time to set up an appointment with an acedemic advisor, maybe s/he will do all the registering for me. One can only hope.

Right now I'm VERY excited to go back for interior design. I feel like thats a career I can truely be happy with because it envolves my 3 favorite things: shopping, decorating and spending other people's money :) I'm also hoping that it would mean that I could have my own business one day and set up my own schedule to work around the kids.

Now its time to set aside the money to pay for school ...boooo...so I dont think we'll have any expensive home projects for a while.

Elephant foot

happens to be the name of this plant:

and I want it!

There is one sitting on my new desk at work and I've liked it from day one. Doesn't it just look like a mini palm?

Now I just have to think of where I'd put it since I have 4 house plants already and I have to put it where I'd remember to water it so it didn't die. hmmmm.....

Almost there

The basement hallway is getting there. John, his dad, brother and cousin helped him do some sheet rocking today and after a few set backs they got most of it done.

This picture is to show how dark the hallway was without lights even in the middle of they day. The light coming out of the living room is from the fish tank, with that off it was really dark. We also replaced the doors, if you noticed, for a more updated look.



I am loving the lights! I think thats my favorite part since the height of the ceiling before didn't affect me :)



Here's a view of the new ceiling and a can light, it doesn't have it's decorative trim around it yet.



Here's the laundry room part, we still need to put up doors to the laundry room that we took out almost a year ago.



So now we (John) just need to finish putting up the door way sheet rock pieces and patch some of the holes, mud, prime and paint. I'm guessing it will take another couple of weeks. After this I'm thinking we wont do another big project for a while, this tested a lot of people's patience.

We are going to finish the guest room soon though, but that's nothing major. My sister needs a place to sleep while my parents go out of town....well I guess she could just sleep on the floor.... naw we'll be nice :).