Enjoying the Fall Day

We where able to go outside and play a little in the leaves. Will raked them in a pile while Chloee enjoyed her first time jumping in the pile! It was funny to watch her, and many times she forgot to shut her mouth while Will was raking the leaves, and some leaves attached themselves to her tongue! Overall, the day was great outdoors!

Went Shopping

Today, after I took Chloee to Penny's house, I decided I wanted to do a little shopping. I went to Target which is always a disaster and I always spend lots of $$ there. Then I went to Farm & Fleet and got in just about as much trouble as Target! However I can say that Christmas shopping for Chloee is complete!!

I also bought a new phone for in the kitchen. We have been having issues pretty much since we moved in 2 1/2 yrs ago. Now we have Frontier for internet, the cordless phone is always staticky when you pick it up. I got tired of going to the bedroom to use the phone so I picked up a wall mount. As I am trying to thread the new cord through the wall hole, I found some wood splinters and they found my finger!! I have not had a splinter forever...I really almost cried it hurt so bad. After 1 hour of digging with a sterile needle I was able to get it out.

That was my day ..... :)

That uneasy feeling

You know that uneasy, gut feeling you have about a situation. You can read between the lines, sense that something is not quite right?? Well that is the feeling most of us at my work had been having the last couple of days...speculating about things especially if any of us will have a job come Friday. Well that realization came true today!!

All 11 of us recruiters had a 'team meeting' and where told that as of Friday our positions no longer existed. They where closing our office/section of the company!!

WOW! I have been fortunate to never be unemployed, this is a whole new experience for me. As much I disliked my job and was looking and applying for other opportunities, I think the fact that I know I don't have anything else lined up is what makes me the saddest. I have had many long talks with a now past co-worker Gretchen about this...how nice it would be to stay home with Chloee, etc. Now that it is here....I am scared and not sure I really want this! I know it will be ok, we will make it, but some little part of me for some reason feels like I failed at my job, which is NOT the case at all. It was a business/financial decision and reading between those lines, I completely understand why they had to do this.

Who would have guessed.....Pork Chops?

Of all things I have attempted to get Chloee to eat at lunch and dinner, she decided last night that she loves Butterfly Pork Chops!! Really?! I have tried to get her to eat chicken, hamburger, hot dogs, soup, lunch meat sandwiches that are not from Subway. Like every night, I ask her if she wanted to try some Pork Chop and she said 'yes'. Now I am expecting her to at least put the small portion in her mouth and spit it back out telling me she does not like it, not the case this time. She just kept asking for more, so I kept giving her more!! She would not touch the rice, since I put mushrooms in it, sometimes I wonder if she really is my child!?

One thing is for sure, she inhaled the Pork Chop last night now we will see what else she might figure out she likes, besides MY chocolate!!