Still surviving!

Yesterday was a very good day! Us podmates (what our little group of co-workers that work in the same pod call ourselves!) If I can figure out how to get it on here, I will post it. The people I work with ARE SO NICE! Of course, I miss my PCI co-workers.

Let's see, Suzie came over last night after her and Kev were done at youth group. We tossed the football around, tried to put up the tree, but failed, and they read poetry (ahh!). It was fun!

Suzie and I stayed up SUPER late talking, but it was good! Kev's home randomly in the middle of the week, when I first say him I was like, "Hi!" and then I was like, "What are you doing here?" I thought it was funny!

Almost done with the week. Jackie is coming home tomorrow night, and we are going to scrapbook at work with mom, 4 hours of OT for me, how cool is that? It will be fun to go to work, and not have to work, and get paid for it! Then the plan is to go shopping, but mom has to work tomorrow night, so we are kind of not sure! I need some ideas for my family. I love CHRISTMAS, and Christmas shopping, and CHRISTMAS music! But not the snow, even though it hasn't really. I just hate driving in it.

Work today went well until later tonight. Our digital (for digital scrapbooking) closes at 8:00, and so for 2 hours its like I have to field those questions, even though I say, "I don't have digital background, so you will have to call back in the morning!" and then they say "Well maybe you could find out!" and soon they start asking more questions and annoying me!! GRRRR!! nathan, the funny one in digital, was laughing at me because I was complaining about what he has to do all day, answer annoying digital questions!!! :)

Well I have to work super long tomorrow (10 hours!) so I need to get to bed, and dad told Kev to wake me up tomorrow, which will not be cool, so hopefully I can get up before him, hopefully! LOVE YA ALL! COMMENT PLEASE! THANKS! :)

Good day!

Survived another day! My shoulder/back/neck feels a little better.Keep praying, and POSTING! Come on people, SERIOUSLY! I've been writing like EVERY day! Yes, I am yelling by using capital letters. But I love you guys!

I do like my job, and the people I work with are nice, so that helps! There is a really TALL, funny guy that works in the digital department and after it quiets down he comes over to talk to us, and he is so funny. His name is Nathan, and yesterday he come over to our pod, and collapsed on the floor because everyone he was talking to was driving him crazy. It was HILARIOUS. He said he probably shouldn't do that anymore because if he really does faint, we will be all, "Oh Nathan, very funny!"

Also it's just nice to talk to nice people. Although I am kind of a perfectionist in wanting to know the answer to all there questions, but I've only been there a month, so....

But yah, I love Christmas music, and it's on ALL THE TIME NOW! I love Christmas, and Rudolph Classic movie, with Hermey the elf. He's SO cute! If you haven't seen the movie before we are going to watch it sometime! I need to get some sleep! G'night! :)

Survived today, BARELY!!

Work was okay! Slept on my back/neck wrong last night, and I'm still in pain. Work was SO busy, almost 20 calls holding at one time! When a consultant calls in her name and phone number pop up, and when the lady got me, she accidentally hung up, so I called her back. she was SO amazed!!! (Go me!)

Just trying to get through the rest of the week, despite it being Monday! Mom and Jackie are going scrapbooking with me at work on Saturday morning, and then we are going to go Christmas shopping. I get overtime too, hooray!

If you know of any good drugs or chiropractors for my back/neck/shoulder, let me know! :)

Great end to the FABULOUS weekend!

What a great day, it didn't start out too well! Sunday School didn't go so well. Kids are driving me nuts, AHHHH! Then mom and i found out that we have one more week to go, when we thought we were done today, oh well! Next week is about getting the kids ready for there Christmas program. Church was good. We had our missionary from the Dominican Republic William, with his wife, visiting, so that was cool. Kinda funny since we had a woman in our church who can translate spanish, and sometimes our pastor would say something to William, and he would have to look to her for a translation!

It was fun to catch up with some of the guys who are away at school, after church. Fun times! Then I went to Sara's, but not without getting into an argument with my brother, some things never change!

Sara and i went to Space Aliens, and then went to FashionBug. It was fun, I got a pair of jeans on sale, since I can wear jeans to work now! YAH!

Then I came home, patched things with Kev, even though he claims he didn't know there was a fight, typical guy! Then I watched some skating, which was good!

What a relaxing day though! I feel ready for the hectic week that is approaching, I've been warned by fellow co-workers how crazy it will be, ahh!! START PRAYING! Love ya! :)

Very RELAXING day!

I am sad to say this, but I literally slept all day! I got 13 hours of sleep, which was WONDERFUl! When I woke up I watched the Sound of music with my family, which was so much fun! And Suzie is coming over soon, and we are going to have a sleepover! YAH!

Tomorrow is the last day of the weekend, ahhhh! :)



SUNDAY PLANS:

Last time teaching sunday school
Church
Shop with Sara
Skating
RELAX, and get ready for the week! I love you all! :)

Great Birthday!

It's official I am 23 years old! AHHH! I'm kinda old! Ha!

I had a good day though. Sister woke me up SUPER early, okay, kind of early, and we watched some Sound of Music features, ate some pizza, and hung out with the fam. When she left I hung out with my parents, and shopped ebay with mom, and gave her some Christmas ideas, which was really fun!

I then met up with Sara at Mexican Village, and got a free meal. Then we went shopping, and went to Shopko. We looked around, and I got some cute Rudolph coloring/painting books. I love that movie so much. Also Christmas music started on the radio, YAH! I LOVE CHRISTMAS, and CHRISTMAS music!

After that I went to the gym, and worked out hard, which felt good. Since my PCI/health insurance deal at the gym ended, I haven't gone all month, so its time to work off the holiday food! HA HA!

When I got home, I hung out with the fam again, and dad and I watched some more Sound of Music clips, we are going to watch the movie tomorrow, because we didn't have time, so I am looking forward to it. We also sang some songs from the movie. My daddy is SO CUTE. He loves the Sound of music, and sings and watches it with me, so it's fun!

I had a great birthday, and just want to thank everyone for your nice birthday messages, I love you all!! Have a great weekend! We still have 2 days, YES! :)

Happy Thanksgiving!

What a BEAUTIFUl, AMAZING, and GREAT day! I love my family SO much! Suzie came over and we had an early lunch. It was fun, we went around and said what we were thankful for and dad started and said, "Family!", then Kevin said, "Ditto!". (shaking my head!) Dad also said the prayer and it was SO funny because he said something about being with the people on land and sea! Jackie and I ALMOST died laughing, whoops!

It was nice to use the good dishes and be in the kitchen with my family. We laugh, joke, and ARE SO LOUD together! It seems like you need to get a microphone just to be heard, over everyone else wanting a chance to say something! Good times! :)

After dinner we played cards, 7up for mom, and then I relearned and taught Suzie how to play cups, this game my parents love. It's hard to explain, but can get wild and crazy, which is the best kind of fun! We also played Big Booty, which is another weird and complicated game. Dad is so funny during these games!

When Suzie left for work, we all watched the Dallas game together, they won! And just hung out. I also found out today about Torii Hunter being traded, so that SUCKS horribly!! I got to open my presents tonight because Kev will be leaving early in the morning. I got 23 gold gifts, by this I mean, a gold purse, nailpolish, sandals, notebook, pencil, etc. The funny one was getting a gold key, and being told to go outside, and on my car there was a gift. It was a little gold 2007 car, which was funny. mom asked if I thought I was getting a car, which I knew wasn't true, so I was just confused about what was going on!!!!

Let's see, what else did we do? Kev had some friends over, so mom, Jackie, and I watched the Incredibles and an episode of the Office in the little room in our house CALLED the office. We also cuddled together, and Jackie was getting annoyed with me or mom and sarcastically said, "So annoyed!" but in a super funny way, and we proceeded to laugh and say it ALL DAY!

Tomorrow I think we are going to have an early PIZZA lunch, watch the Sound of Music, and then Jackie will leave. Suzie wants to go out for coffee, and then I think I am going to Mexican Village with sara for my free b-day meal. I am very glad that I have the rest of the weekend to chill out though!

Well, hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving, and please comment with your b-day messages to me, not intended to be selfish at all! LOVE!

Happy Thanksgiving Eve!!

YAH!! Done with work for the next 4 days, hooray! Work actually went really well today. It was SO long because it wasn't busy, but it was fun to just relax with co-workers. There was one caller who wanted details on some procedures, and I am proud to say that I delivered very well. There was one consultant though that was just rude. She was telling me how to do my job, and then I was like, "I'm sorry ma'am, I'm kinda new at this!" and she was like, "Yah, I know!". I was kind of mad, but then tried to think of it, and act like she was being nice and clueing me in, so I took the comments well!

My sister and brudder are home, so that is fun! I gave Jackie strict instructions to chill out, and not do anything fun with the fam until I got home, and then I get home and Kev and Suzie are out, and Jackie, mom, and dad are ready to go to bed!! GRRRRR!! Mom tried dying my hair with this glaze stuff, and sure enough she screwed it up. She is kind of good at doing that!!

I am so tired, so I think I am going to go to bed!! Hope you all have a beautiful Thanksgiving! Can't believe Christmas is coming up too! YAH! :)

One more day!!

YAH!!

Survived today, so that was good! The people I sit by, are so nice, and in between calls, when it's quiet, we all kind of talk. Mom, don't worry, the managers don't care, since there isn't a lot of quiet time!! HA HA!

I did have one mean consultant call in an order, and she was yelling at me for the totals being off, when the computer does it for me, and I was right! She did apologize, and then she said she was going to pay later, and then called another girl I trained with and told her she wanted to cancel. Jayne, the girl I trained in with, said she was very mean to her too! GRR! There are not a lot of mean consultants we deal with, so when we get the bad one in the bunch, it's kind of annoying!

Kev came home tonight, and he's weird, but a lot of fun. He has this thing about being quiet past 10:00, and he's always like, "SHHH Kristin! What time is it?" he's weird, and that means thanksgiving is going to be SO MUCH FUN because my whole family is weird, weird is good, by the way! Jackie should be home tomorrow night, and then we can all hang out!

Still not sure about my plans after Thanksgiving. Jackie might have to leave early, so we might do birthday stuff earlier, and then I might go to Sara's, but not sure! Suzie wants to hang out, so I think we are going to do that on Saturday, and then on Sunday I think I am hanging out with Sara! Not really sure yet, when I know, or after the fact, I will post! Because I am sure all my viewers are interested, oh wait, no one comments, so not even sure who reads this! PLEASE POST! Do it for my b-day! My golden one on the 23rd, which clues you into how old I am going to be! (I'm so old, no husband, or kids either, then again 23 feels really young, so I think I am going to make it!)

Ha ha! Love y'all!! :)

Survived today, BARELY!!

Today was okay, i just didn't sleep very well last night, so I woke up late, and had to go in earlier because it's mandatory overtime on Monday's! AHHH!

I still ask for help for a lot of things, which is hard for me, because I want to know EVERYTHING, but literally EVERY question I get asked is different, and there is different answer and/or procedure!!! AHHHHH!!

I think I had very good timing of starting a new job around the holidays, plus I get paid! hooray! Today seemed to last forever though, so hopefully the next couple of days go by quickly. i am so excited about the family being together! Hopefully it goes like this: Turkey dinner at kitchen table with nice dishes, and no sports on TV, watch the dallas game, play football with the fam, watch the macy's parade (we always seem to oversleep!), play cards, hang out, talk, laugh, and EAT, of course!

Then with my b-day being Friday, I think we are going to go for pizza (of course!), watch Sound of music, everyone in my family loves that movie, except Kev, give it time though, he'll love it eventually, open presents, have brownies: I'm not much of a cake fan, maybe hang out with sara, and go get my fun supper at Mexican village, stay up late, and hang out Saturday with Suzie, relax on Sunday! YAH! I'm so excited! My family is SUPER great! I better get some much needed sleep! G'night! :)

So-so day!

I did have a good day today, just nothing out of the ordinary. Let's see I did sunday school this morning, and there are some bratty kids in there, but the others ARE SO CUTE! One more week! HOORAY!

Church was really good this morning! About the fruits of the spirit. Suzie led worship, so that was AMAZING! While she was leading she said, "Sing it out!", like my dad did when he lead worship. She said she looked at me and my eyes were SUPER wide, and she couldn't look anymore because I was laughing!!

After church I hung out with the parents! Had lunch, tried to do some Christmas decorating, but dad claims that the back of the family room is his walk-in closet, because he thinks its funny, and it so not! But he refuses to clean, and that is the spot where the tree goes, so.......

I watched some TV, read, did some laundry, watched a little skating, also I shaved my legs, not that u guys needed to know or anything! Then I went to vespers and that was fun! Great worship, as always! Then Suzie and her friend Natalya, and I went to Starbucks, I got some hot chocolate, not a coffee drinker, and talked! It was fun!

Just looking forward to this weekend! Thanksgiving will be fun with the family, and then my b-day, hang out with Suzie, hang out with Sara, and some good skating coming up next week! YAH! Just gotta get through the next couple of days! 3 days hopefully won't drag on! Have a great week! :)

Not much to post as I did NOTHING today, and ENJOYED it!

I was up SUPER late (or early this morning!) slept in ALL Afternoon, which was nice. I just ended up being a lazy bum, which I like to do every once in a while. Hung with mom for a bit. Watched some America's Next Top Model reruns, not sure why!

Hopefully mom and I do Christmas decorating tomorrow. Dad should also be home from chicago, and then probably go to vespers with suzie. I will keep you posted though!

G'night! :)

What a beautiful day, hooray!

So today was a great day all around! It was kind of busy at first when I got to work, but then it slowed down. I think it will be nice when it's busy once I know EVERYTHING, but when it's busy and I don't know a lot of stuff, that can be kind of hard!

The people are SO nice though. I found out one of the girls is friends with Erin, and went to Crown College with her, so she's a Christian. I am SO EXCITED! Isn't the Lord amazing? We sit next to each other, and talked, during downtime, so that was really funy! The girls in our little area are SO nice. They are already trying to plan what our team is going to do for Christmas, during work, so we get some time off the phones to celebrate, so that will be fun! Lot's of really cool benefits at Creative Memories. A lot of the consultants I talked to tonight were really nice, and patient, so that always helps me do better with the call, because then I don't get so nervous.

I am just very excited about how things are going. Not sure what is going on for this weekend, quite yet. I might hang out with sara, but then mom wants help putting up the Christmas stuff, which is SO much fun, so we shall see. Dad just called from Chicago, he went there for a baseball card show, and is very excited about spending all the money he doesn't have, he was saying, "Get Ready to sell the house!" That daddy of mine!

Well, have a great weekend everyone and be safe! I can't believe the holidays are coming up soon, plus my b-day! YAH!!! :)

The weekend is ALMOST here! Yah!

I had a good day today! I could sleep for some reason last night, and with all of the time of controversies, I think I am just going to not go to Florida this coming year, which stinks, but I would rather go to Stars on Ice, but we shall see, dad is still working out some things.

Today was kind of bad at work, because what I sometimes have to do is take orders, and we go page by page on the order forms, and when the page totals don't match what the consultant has, then it takes FOREVER to figure out where either one of us went wrong, so one time I was SO off from the beginning, but the consultant was nice about it, and then another time I had a mean consultant go through some orders, and I always hate when someone says, "are you new?" I think I wanted this order to go well, because of the last one not going well, so I was like, "I have to be able to do orders, this is ridiculous!" Well, I got through it, but she was kind of snotty, and it totally makes a difference if you have someone nice helping you out, or someone who is being rude.

Then later on tonight I had a nice consultant call in to do an order, and this time I was ready. Of course, right away, I was like, "Oh great!" But she didn't have a lot of product and she was SUPER nice, no problems. Didn't even have to look at my cheat sheet, yah! Also it was nice and slow at work today, so I got a chance to breathe!

ALSO, there's more! I think one of my friends that I've grown up with, Erin, she just got married, well I told her I got a new job, and she said she has a friend who works there, and I think I sit next to her friend, and I think they went to the same Christian college together, so if this girl is a Christian, that would just be AMAZING! Praise the Lord!

What a good night though! I've been watching singalongs of mary poppins and Sound of Music, not sure why, but it's really fun!! YAH!

Well, I should really get going, and get some sleep! Pray for me to survive this week, YAH! How exciting! I think I am going to make it! G'night! :)

Still alive!! YAH!

Today was kind of an iffy day! I do realize that there are going to be days where I have to talk to mean consultants, but I talked to a really rude one who gave me her credit card number, and when she gave me to many, she yelled at me, the nerve of this lady. Of course I was all nice, and "Oh I'm so sorry!" But I really feel like she was retarded! Oh well!

Also I got into some scheduling problems, already, and it's only been 3 1/2 weeks. I know they don't know that I am a reliable worker yet, things were SO much easier at PCI to get requests in and know how many days you have and all that, but it's hard because I have to write on an actual time sheet, and not have it on the computer! I have so many things coming up including Florida trip and Stars on Ice, and I think I am going to be a day short, so I need to find someone to swap there schedules, but I don't know anyone super well, and it is SO early to find someone for Feb, so we shall see! I don't want to give up both! I will keep you posted on what happens!

But defintely keep praying! At least the weekend is getting that much closer. Plus, dad is going to be gone for the weekend, and I asked Sara if she wanted to go shopping, but I think she is busy, so I think it is going to be a mother/daughter weekend, so hopefully I can get some good books, and sit by the fireplace! Good times! Maybe suzie will come over too!

Well, I better get some sleep! LOVE YA! :)

Chugging away (at the new job!)

It's going pretty well, actually! I know I am kind of suprised, but usually I panick when I don't know something, and of course, I did panick. But I actually feel pretty good about what I do. Answer questions the Consultants (sellers of Creative Memories scrapbook stuff) like incentives, products, host questions, inactivity, take some orders, and send some replacement orders, etc.

The people we do business with ARE SO NICE, what a change from the distributors I dealt with at PCI!! HA!

There were a couple of consultants that knew I was new right away, which I hate, and they wanted to talk to someone else because I didn't know what they were talking about, but it's kind of like, "I need to learn this", but I guess I understand!

the people are really nice, and my boss Jessica is super nice and funny too! They are pretty laid back too, especially when it's not busy, which they said has kind of been lately because of the holidays, which is fine by me, I guess I came at a good time.

That's my job! My original date to start was supposed to be yesterday, so I am glad that I am already moving along!!!

I'm kind of excited about this weekend, not sure what is going on, but I need some jeans (we get to wear jeans at work, and guess who doesn't have a lot, and had to dress up today, GRRR!), so I will probably go to Fashion Bug with Sara, at least I hope so!

Friday:
It will be weird to work so late on Fridays, I always worked until 6:00 on Fridays at PCI, but after that maybe get together with Sara. Dad is going to be gone for the weekend, so maybe mom and I will do some catching up, since I am working late!

Saturday:
If don't get together with Sara on Friday, probably Saturday! No MORE WORKING SATURDAY'S, hooray!

Sunday:
Church/sunday school
Hang with Suzie?
Bum around
Vespers

PLEASE COMMENT, so I know others are reading this, and that it doesn't feel like just a journal! THANKS! :)

Beautiful day, hooray!!

I was so nervous before work, I even took some pepto bismo, because I was feeling so sick, but the GOOD NEWS, it went SO well! YAH!

The people I work with are so nice! They help me out, and just are so great! YAH! My boss wanted to talk to me, and I thought I did something wrong, but she just wanted to say that I'm doing a good job, and that I sound really professional! That was so exciting! I think I am going to like working at CM, I just need to get more things figured out!

I talked to Salvy this morning, was trying to convince him to get a job with me! We shall see!

When I got home I found out that Hanley wrecked my room! GRRR! He is so charming, its ridiculous! I miss him and brother, they are SO funny!

Well, keep praying! I know I will have bad days, and good ones, so keep at it! I'll try to keep the worrying to a minimum!! HA HA! :)

The great weekend continues, and panicking about my 1st official day!

Wow! What a great day today! Suzie and I went to the early service this morning! I was going to go to Westwood with Jenny, but then Suzie and I ended up hanging out! She's going through some rough times, so....

Sunday School was okay, but there is one kid who is a little brat, but my mom put him in his place, by yelling at him! He also broke his brothers arm the other day, and he's only 7! When is Sunday School over?!??! The other kids are SUPER cute though!

After church Suzie and I hung out, and played a little football! She was around all weekend, but I didn't get to see her a lot since she was with Kev, so it was kind of our time to catch up!

After she left, I watched some skating! I found out later that Bria was waiting for me to come back to the church, so we could eat lunch at the fellowship dinner, whoops! kev told me when he got home last night! Talk about feeling badly! :(

Then later on I just sat around, ate some supper, watched some TV with my parents, and ended up going to Vespers. I met Suzie, Jenny, and suzie's new roomate there! I ended up staying pretty late, which was nice to catch up with Jenny, since I haven't seen her for a couple weeks!

When I got home I was about to go to bed, when I found out that Hanley was coming over with Kev! That was SO much fun! Haven't seen him since he left for school over the summer. He's his same, crazy self! I kept teasing him for finally getting facebook, because he said he never would! HA!

When Hanley spends the night, he sleeps with Kev in his bed, and it's SO cute! I took a picture too, even though Hanley was against it!!

Well, now it is Monday morning, and I am feeling very nervous and nausecous about my first "official" day on the floor! AHHH! I need all the prayers that I can get! The people are really nice, but I just want to know what I am doing, even though it's only been 3 weeks!! I will fill you guys in when I get home on how it went!!

Love ya all! :)

The great weekend, continued!

Wow, what can I say about today, "It was LAZY!" Which I enjoyed very much!

I got plenty of sleep, which was wonderful!! When I woke up Kev, Suzie, and my mom were watching Man From Snowy River, and that started the movie day! I caught the end, which is okay with me, I don't think it's the greatest movie out there!

After that dad convinced us to go for a drive to the gravel pit, which was okay, but of course the guys LOVED it! Us girls were just like, "Can we go yet?"

Ha ha!

After that we watched some football! I hung out with Suzie, and dad ordered pizza, while we were waiting I helped suzie get ready for her date with Kev, and she looked SO cute, even though she ALWAYS does! She had a meeting to go to, so when she left we watched Remember the Titans, and then her and Kev left, and dad made me watch Psycho, which was an odd movie!

After that I just bummed around with my parents, and I also took a bubble bath with a book, and now I am getting ready for bed! I am kind of getting nervous about going back to work on Monday, so if you could pray for me, I would really appreciate it! Tomorrow will probably be a continuation of what went on today! Church, not sure which one though, might be Kimball, might be Westwood in St.Cloud, I'll let ya know! Watch some skating, study my training manual, watch the Cowboys with the family, and go to Vespers, which I haven't been in a couple of weeks, so that will be good to go to, especially because I get my new night schedule, so it will be nice to sleep in again! YAH!

Well, have a good night everyone! Love ya! :)

What a great day!

Thanks to all who've been praying for me these past couple of weeks as I've began to transition from an old job to a new one! Today was actually a very good day! We started out scrapbooking, which was a lot of fun! We also had a pizza party. Kind of a farewell to training and all that!

After lunch we got on the phones, and I was kind of nervous, but I know it's just going to take time to get into the swing of things. The people though are super nice, and are always ready to answer questions, which is helpful to me, since I haven't been the new person in 3 1/2 years! AHH!!

Also, little Zac called me when he was on break, so we chatted for 10 minutes during our breaks, that was cool!

I just came home tonight, and I am just relaxing, and it feels really good. I am so tired, so I think I might head to bed soon! Tomorrow I think suzie and I are going to go shopping, and more relaxing! Kev's home, so that's been fun, even though I haven't seen him since he got home.

Well, here's hopping I don't forget everything over the weekend! I'll keep you updated on the things going on around me! Bye! :)

I keep telling myself to breathe through it!!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!


(I think I can, I think I can!)

I was on the phones ALL DAY TODAY! Needless to say it was quite stressful! I had a trainer with me all day, but it is hard to hear someone in one ear, and someone else in another ear!!! Now I know if I ever train again, when I figure this stuff out, I need to work on that!!

I was on the phone by myself for the last half hour, and it went okay! I kind of hung up on somebody, accidentially. The phones are on the computer, and it's going to take some getting used too! But I did take an order, and that went well, so yah!!! (I Hope!)

Well, my weekend seems to have gotten a bit busier!! I think Suzie is coming over tomorrow night, and Saturday night! And my friend Jenny wants me to go to church with her, and my mom wants me to go to the early service of our church, so I feel like double has been added to my weekend, and I just want to study my training manual, and relax, so we shall see what happens!

Tomorrow is a relaxing day though, we are scrapbooking until 2:30, having a pizza party, and then going on the phones from 3:00-6:30, so I will probably be by myself, so please keep praying for me! It is greatly appreciated!!! :)

What a day!

It started out good! Met up with my co-workers and we got a tour of the factory, so that was pretty interesting, and LOUD, and BIG too!!

After that we went back to the home office, which is what they call it, and then we got trained on a few more things, took a lunch, and were told we were going to get on the phones!!! AHHH!!

It went good though. I had a nice girl sitting with me, and she was very helpful and nice!! Some others didn't get the nicest girls, so I was glad for me!!! Tomorrow we are going to be on the phones with a buddy, and then by ourselves, so I could defintely use the prayers!!

After work I went to Sara's and she gave me cheap tickets, so we went to see some stupid Martian Child movie, if you go, DON't!! Some parts were funny, but for the most part it was lame!! I'm just saying!

Now I am home, and not feeling so well (Maybe because of tomorrow?!?!) not really sure, but hopefully things continue to go well!! The Lord has blessed me so much, so I hope that I continue to catch up!! It's A LOT of info, it literally took 1 1/2 weeks to get trained on the basics, yes I said THE BASICS, once we feel comfortable we get trained on other components, such as the digital world and custom framing worlds! The framing seems cool, but is very complex, so we shall see!!

but I better get some sleep! I am so TIRED! G'night! :)

Someone please comment! Thanks!

I am still surviving! YAH!! Work went pretty good! I think I am more anxious to get on the phone, so I can get it out of the way, and not worry about it!! Ha ha!

I went to sara's after work because I have to go to our CM factory and take a tour, but I am not quite sure how to get there, so Sara drove me out there tonight! We are going to go see a movie tomorrow night, so I'm excited about that. Break up the routine a bit!

This weekend is crazy, ready:

Friday:
Work: Scrapbook day, yes it is true, I get paid to scrapbook on my last day of training, just to get used to the products and stuff!!
Hang with sara!

Saturday:
Shop with Suzie
Suzie comes over later for a sleep-over (after her date with Kev!! Yah!)

Sunday:
Church/Sunday School
Potluck, I think, probably just if Suzie goes!
Watch skating! Yah!
hang with Suzie
Go to vespers, haven't gone in a couple weeks because of working early for training, so I am glad that I will be working later, and can go again!!

also I might be getting together with a girl for dinner on Thursday night, so many plans, not enough time!!! AHHH!

Better get some sleep! love ya! :)

Still hanging in there!!

I survived my first Monday at Creative Memories. It was funny how my day started out though. Suzie spent the night, and she got up before me, and when I got in the shower, the power went out. I kind of got the conditioner out, but not really!!! GRRR!! suzie is a hair genius though, and she made me look decent!

Work went okay! We learned some interesting things about consultants, which took literally 4 hours, but it was the same woman that trained us last week, her name is Lisa, and she is really funny and energetic!!

I also got my new cubicle today, so that was cool! I can start bringing in pictures, and decorating. It only took me 1 1/2 to get a desk at PCI!!! HA HA! No radios are allowed though, I'm not sure what I am going to do in regards to no Christmas music, and no Twins games next year, AHHH! At least I have until next year to figure it out!!

I bring home my materials I get from work each day, and I kind of feel like I am catching on, so that makes me feel better! They just have so many systems, it's ridiculous!!!

They want us to get on the phones on Thursday, and all of us looked at each other like, "Are you kidding?!?!" It was kind of funny! At least the trainers are really nice and supportive!!

Well, I should really get to bed, I didn't get a lot of sleep last night, and chances are that I won't get up in the morning because the power will go out or something. I got home and it was freezing because of the fireplace not working, and the oven was broke, so we couldn't cook!! AHH! But I kind of hung out with dad and watched some sports stuff, I am kind of shocked, but I kind of like football now, crazy I know!!!

Also, it snowed, not hard or anything, but I was crabby about that too! Also, I can't get rid of this darn cold!! AHH! When is the insanity going to stop!! Keep praying! :)

What a beautiful day!

The lord is fabulous, isn't he?!?!

Went to church with Kevy, so that was good! Was a little late due to oversleeping, but still helped with sunday school for awhile!!

After church Suzie came over, and while she studied I looked over training stuff, and watched the race and football games with dad and Kev!

mom made french toast, which she never does, since she doesn't cook! We watched the cowboys play, and they won, and Tony was great!! YAH!

At halftime Suzie and I went and got ice cream, again a good time was had! We are making plans to go shopping next weekend, so yah!!!!

Kevy was fun all weekend, so that was good! Sometimes he can be moody, but this time he was "Mr. Family Man!"

I just wanted to write everything, because I should be sleeping, but I woke up, and thought I would write to y'all, and now I am going back to bed!! G'night everyone! :)

Good weekend continues!!

what a great weekend!!

It continued last night with a talk with Kevy! He is so cute, he was all saying the whole, "I'm a family man, I've changed!" because it is SO funny! I love when he comes home, we always have good conversations!!

Today was more of a relaxing day! I read, watched some TV, and took a bubble bath, and just chilled out!! It was very nice! Also, we are getting to get an extra hour of sleep!! I am so excited!!

Well, i think I am going to study up on some work things, and go to bed!

Sunday:

Church
Sunday school with mom
Hang with Suzie!
Go to vespers!
Get ready for the work week!

I feel okay about my job, I know once I get some calls under my belt and learn more about the systems and stuff, I should be okay!!!

Thanks for your prayers, and keep PRAYING!! :)

A great was to be had!!! YAH! :)

It started out kind of rough with doing some review games on the MANY programs we've learned this week, and my team is not doing well, so that kinda stinks, but then we got a full tour of the building, not just CSR's (Consultant Services Rep!) area upstairs, so that was cool.

We also got trained on the digital programs, even though we won't be answering questions, so that is nice, so we got to play around with the programs, and stuff, and it was pretty cool!! Lot's of cool programs!! There are a lot of nice people there, the lady training us on the digital stuff, is so nice and really funny!! She sounds kinda southern!

They are so understanding though about overloading us with information, but the better news is that we've been trained on almost everything, so it's nice to know that next week we will just be trying to remember everything!! So I feel good about today! I think I can do this!

I feel like I am getting a cold though, so I think this weekend I will study Creative Memories stuff, relax, and try to get over this cold. I have cough drops and orange juice. If there is anything else I should be drinking, eating, or whatever, let me know!!

Thank you for your prayers you guys! I feel like, in Jackie's words, "Kristin can do anything she puts her mind too!!" Running joke in our family, is that only Jackie thinks that, which isn't true, but I know my families been praying, and i want to thank them and others who have! I feel like I should get some recognition for surviving my first week! i'll let you know when I get on the phones, and we will go from there!! Have a great weekend! :)

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Happy Belated Halloween!!

I actually had a really good day yesterday! Still surviving at the new job. actually after I got done at work, I went back to PCI to drop off some 401K transfer forms and I got to see everyone, and that was both hard and fun, and a little sad too! Of course Scott was all mean about me being there and all, "Former employees are not allowed to be on the floor!" but he said it jokingly. I got to see him, little Zac, Salvy, Jessamyn, Heidi, Andy, and others. It was SO fun!!! It was nice to be there, and not have to work! I was there for about half an hour, but it was so hard because I don't work there anymore, if that makes sense!!

When I got home though, Jackie was around, so that was fun, and the Suzie came over, and it was fun!! We are trying to plan what we are doing for Thanksgiving, because we still are not sure if we are going to grandma's or not, so we shall see!!

Today was an okay day too!! Everyone in our training group is feeling drained, so I think that helps, because I don't feel like I am the only one not catching on, because there are so many programs, and things to learn!!

But there are so many good benefits of being at CM: Could go to regional convention for consultants and get paid, could volunteer for 2 days every year, and get paid for it. I got a cute cubicle (or pod as they call it!) The people are super nice, and next week we have a scrapbook day, and get paid for it, and then on December 1st I get overtime to go in and scrapbook, a lot of benefits, just gotta get used to the work!! Which hopefully will come SOON, I am not very patient!!!

GUESS WHAT?!?!?


The weekends tomorrow, and I don't EVER work weekends again! YAH! :)