tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41817887142034405842024-03-05T08:23:38.223-08:00Hubinahubinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18037721617035992607noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4181788714203440584.post-29159745000605322192017-06-27T19:39:00.000-07:002017-06-27T19:44:35.020-07:00BIG Changes to Come !!JICNation will be changing to Jewelryscents.<br />
when I get more information, I will let everyone know my new web site.<br />
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and all you lucky people get to come on my new adventure with me.<br />
much of the same products, with even more new items as well.<br />
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JICNation had candles.. and wax tarts... and bath bombs.. and body scrubs.. and face creams.. and wrinkle erasers.. and more.. and more..<br />
Jewelryscents has candles.. and wax tarts.. and bath bombs.. and soaps.. and more.. and more.. and more..<br />
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JICNation ends 11:59 on June 30th (Friday)<br />
they still have available inventory. but once it's gone, it's gone.<br />
so do your shopping NOW at discount prices (JICNation.com/store/hnoyola) and see you all next month<br />
๐๐๐๐hubinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18037721617035992607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4181788714203440584.post-70709502646018002792017-06-23T22:10:00.000-07:002017-06-23T22:10:06.277-07:00NEW RELEASES THIS WEEK : 6/19 - 6/23<img alt="FLASH SALE" height="146" src="https://www.jicnation.com/image/data/banners/categorypage-banners/flashsale17-banner-extended.jpg" width="400" /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">FLASH SALE</span><span style="color: #741b47;"> </span><span style="color: #38761d;">EXTENDED</span></b>
<br />Surprise! We're extending our FLASH SALE! Don't miss
out on BUY 2 GET 1 FREE on Jewelry In Candles, The
Basics, and JIC Naturals Products! Sale Excludes items in
the Pink Flame, Alex Madison, and Jewelry Sales Event
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<br />Attention: All Father's Day SuperDad candles & tarts
include Bonus Prize Codes and a chance at the Grand
Prizes! Don't wait to enjoy your products, because ALL
PRIZE CODES MUST BE ACTIVATED online by Sunday
July 2, 2017, 7/2/17! Don't wait! Celebrate!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><b>MAHALO &</b></span> <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>BIRDS OF PARADISE</b></span>
<br /><b>BASICS RELEASE</b>
<br />Fill your home with the tropical scents of <b>Mahalo</b> and <b>Birds
of Paradise</b>! Feel the Hawaiian breezes with Mahalo's tropical
blend of orchid, tuberose and awapuhi, vanilla, sandalwood
and a light musk. Fall in love with the exotic, sweet floral
aroma of Birds of Paradise with base notes of fresh fruits
and vanilla. Now available in Basics (without jewelry). All JIC
candles and tarts are made with 100% Soy wax, infused with
natural essential oils, and are hand-poured in the USA.</span><br />
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<img alt="https://www.jicnation.com/store/hnoyola/c/100" height="153" src="https://jewelryincandlescomplg-wxhost.netdna-ssl.com/image/cache/data/banners/homepage_carousel/june-sotm-banner-1143x439.jpg" width="400" /><br /><b style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">SCENTS OF THE MONTH</span> - <span style="color: #b45f06;">20% OFF ALL MONTH LONG!<br />MANGO TANGO SMOOTHIE</span></b><span style="font-size: large;">: A tropical blend of mangoes, zesty tangerines, and red raspberries balanced with sweet vanilla. </span><br /><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;"><b>MAHALO</b></span><span style="font-size: large;"> A tropical blend of orchid, tuberose, and awapuhi with a hint of vanilla, sandalwood, and a light musk. </span><br /><b>21 oz candles and 5.5 oz tarts are 100% all natural soy wax and come with womenโs jewelry options (Necklace, earrings, rings size options).</b><br />
<br />hubinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18037721617035992607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4181788714203440584.post-18082448866321044952017-06-19T04:20:00.000-07:002017-06-19T06:29:54.080-07:00It is Monday! Keep Calm and Carry On!<i>shop with me @ jicnation.com/store/hnoyola</i><br />
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<br />hubinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18037721617035992607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4181788714203440584.post-39191528125737722202017-06-18T00:00:00.000-07:002017-06-18T20:27:45.104-07:00**FLASH SALE** Buy 2 Get 1 FREE <div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">The </span><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Buy 2 Get 1 Free Flash Sale</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"> continues through Sunday night at 11:59 pm ET!<br />BUY 2 GET 1 FREE on Select Items: <br />Jewelry in Candles, JIC Naturals, & the Basics</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><br />excludes items in the Pink Flame, Alex Madison, and Jewelry Sales Event categories</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"><br /><b></b>Use Code: </span><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">FLASH<br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">Don't miss out on </span><b><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">BUY 2 GET 1 FREE</span></b><span style="color: #cfe2f3;"> on Jewelry in Candles, the Basics, and JIC Naturals Products.</span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">PETALS OF SPRING Basics and Classics Release</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> <br />Unleash fresh spring fragrances balanced <b></b>with freesia, jasmine, lily of the valley, honeysuckle, and base notes of plum and raspberry, all in the BRAND NEW fragrance of <b>Petals of Spring</b> now available in Basics (without jewelry) and JIC Classics (with surprise jewelry)! ALL JIC candles and tarts are made with 100% Soy wax, infused with natural essential oils, and are hand-poured in the USA.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">SCENTS OF THE MONTH</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> - </span><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">20% OFF ALL MONTH LONG!
<br />MANGO TANGO SMOOTHIE:</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">
A tropical blend of mangoes, zesty tangerines, and red raspberries balanced with
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A tropical blend of orchid, tuberose, and awapuhi with a hint of vanilla, sandalwood,
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><i>shop with me at </i><u><i><a href="http://jicnation.com/store/hnoyola">jicnation.com/store/hnoyola</a></i></u></span></div>
hubinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18037721617035992607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4181788714203440584.post-21808627514699186222014-12-17T15:26:00.000-08:002015-01-12T09:42:51.465-08:00the fun doesn't stop<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">like, really.. it just doesn't :(</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Monday morning I did my daily walk.. then went to a local apartment complex to look for more empty boxes (it was supposed to start raining that afternoon and I wanted to grab as many 'pre-mush' boxes as possible). while out searching, the realtor called, she said that escrow had questions - so I rushed home to find the phone number. called them for wire instructions as there was a problem with my GFE deposit - rushed to credit union to wire it out. I missed 10:30 deadline, so had to settle for next-day funds. got back home and emailed title that wire was requested - was after deadline so would be effective the following day. </span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Tuesday <em><u>afternoon</u></em>, realtor called again that title was still waiting on closing documents from finance. called finance to find out they are waiting for corrected documents from <u><strong>title</strong></u>. :P title also had 2 other documents we needed to sign/initial.. and an extension form - now we won't be able to close by the 19th.. hoping for 29th..</span><br />
<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">we planned to be in by this weekend for some quick repairs, and do the full move-in on Christmas weekend.. now we <strong>hope</strong> to be out before New Year so we don't have to pay another month of rent.</span></em><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">oh the stress..</span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><em>there is a possibility (with luck) that we can close by 22nd, and still be in for Christmas - that just leaves us little-to-no time for repairs before move-in.</em> </span><br />
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<span style="color: cyan; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">received an email yesterday on an accounting assistant position I applied for in Valencia - they opted to go with an internal candidate.</span><br />
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<span style="color: cyan;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">today is my deadline to send my transcript for the office secretary position at CoC. haven't received in the mail yet..</span> *<strong><span style="font-size: large;">hopefully</span></strong>* <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">it arrives with today's mail, and I can quickly scan it & email it to her. Otherwise, I'm out.. Hart High will be the only option at this point. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: cyan; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I will reapply with companies in the new year. once I'm in Frazier Park and have more time on my hands. when we first move, I'll be unpacking, settling, acclimating. all the critters will be freaked for the first few days, possibly the first couple weeks. I can start doing outside trips for couple minutes.. then an hour or 2. don't want to leave for 10 hours.. at least not right away.</span>hubinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18037721617035992607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4181788714203440584.post-1378180201022328462014-12-10T07:22:00.001-08:002014-12-10T07:22:17.472-08:00scads of paperwork<span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">boy.. will this paperwork ever end?</span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">we've done 2 more stacks of paperwork.. not even sure what it all is. </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">the appraisal came in right at our purchase price (A*W*E*S*O*M*E!)</span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">so far, we're still on track.</span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">got the insurance quote yesterday.</span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">we will start moving some items up to a friend's house, store it in their shed.</span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">we expect the big move to start Christmas morning.. through to the weekend (until Saturday hopefully).</span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">the packing started Monday.. cleared out the bathroom.</span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Tuesday, started cleaning out kitchen cabinets. (still more to go)</span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">today will be ALL DAY packing.</span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">gotta keep busy.. Christmas is only 2 weeks away (O!H! B!O!Y!) :O</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">have put job-hunting on hold. </span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">once we move, I need a week to stay with the critters. </span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">so they don't flip out in a new place. </span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">then I can continue looking in Santa Clarita/Valencia.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">already have an application in at Hart High & CoC</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">CoC requires a college transcript showing my AS - - waiting for that to arrive from ITT.</span>hubinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18037721617035992607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4181788714203440584.post-26748718590210020512014-12-02T21:58:00.000-08:002014-12-02T21:58:58.548-08:00O.K. been a month now :(<span style="color: purple; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">oh what an update I have. we found a house. 'ages' ago. we had seen it on a Saturday, 1st day.. emailed Stacey right away, called Stacey, called Stacey's assistant. Sunday we drove out and looked at it at 9am. 3 bed, 2 bath, huge living room, huge kitchen, awesome garage (with a loft!), decent sized yard. listed at $134,900</span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">we went back to Stacey's office to fill out our offer. that in itself took hours as well. lots of paperwork goes into an REO property, bank-owned property. offered $130,000</span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Monday waited, Tuesday waited.. then find out it has to be on the market for 5 days first before we can submit an offer. </span><span style="color: purple; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">waited 3 more days, then Stacey resubmitted our offer.</span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">then we had paperwork.. and more paperwork.. and more paperwork. </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">we did our inspections Monday (yesterday). home inspection, & termite inspection. </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">escrow started December 1st (yesterday). </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">when filing the offer, we requested November 28th as finance deadline.. and we requested December 19th as close of escrow.. we also requested termite and septic covered by seller (bank). when offer was accepted they denied our request for termite and septic, and adjusted finance deadline to December 19th (same day as close of escrow).</span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">now we wait. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">NOTHING new on the job market - zero still. </span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">applied to more positions, no luck as yet. </span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">keep ya posted..</span><br />
<br />hubinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18037721617035992607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4181788714203440584.post-57969372257209467312014-11-04T11:06:00.001-08:002014-11-04T11:06:04.656-08:00okay - so I've only missed ONE week..<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Life is just 'go-go-go'</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">between house hunting.. job hunting.. keeping up with my <a href="http://heidinoyolaavon.blogspot.com/">Avon</a>.. I'm busy busy busy</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> but what do I have to show for it ???</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">not a whole lot</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">we looked at more houses on October 25.. some we'd seen online but wanted to see inside..</span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> 2 we hadn't seen before, and didn't know about..</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1 of those.. 3 bedroom.. 1 bathroom.. good kitchen.. great yard - plus a separate open lot in back. it's been a rental & the owner has gotten frustrated with tenants.. the last 3 tenants were evicted.</span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">we offered based on the tax assessment.. the owner wasn't having it.. he wants to keep renting it out- okay.. that's your choice. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">we considered going for another house. we'd seen it prior. little cozy place - 2 bedroom/1bathroom. 1/2 acre land (comes with a tractor!) dirt road in and out (including uphill driveway). we could even enlarge the house - a little in front, a little to the side, a little to the back. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">another house we saw was in perfect condition. no repairs necessary. big front room. big master bedroom. 2nd bedroom.. 2 bathrooms.. open kitchen.. open view of mountains, not a busy street (dirt road again) </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> not much yard & no garage..</span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">this seemed to be the house SHE wanted us to buy. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">after being turned down on the rental, we decided on the tractor house.. that was the one we mentioned with her. we planned out our own changes to make over time.. </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">she emailed a little while later for an offer on the '<i>perfect condition</i>' house. we researched the houses in the neighborhood. we looked up tax assessment value, and Zillow-website property value -- based our offer off of that. they acted like we majorly insulted them. they countered only $1000 from their list price and stated the wood-burning stove would probably be removed (thereby making the house even less valuable to us.. the wood-burning stove was the best part of that house) </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">we told her no - not interested.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">back to zero again.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">on the job market - zero luck still. applied to several more positions over the last 2 weeks, my options are thinning out. </span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">drove up to Valencia/Santa Clarita/Newhall.. drove thru the industrial centers, business centers.. came home with company names, looked on company websites.. no luck </span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">drove back again the next day, writing down more company names.. looked on more company websites.. still no luck. </span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bakersfield was my next choice.. not really likin' my options..</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">not one interview - still.. someday soon (hopefully). if I find a job beginning December, my insurance benefits kick in beginning March. my old benefits end beginning March and the new can take over..</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">if I <u>don't</u> find a new job beginning December, my insurance benefits will end beginning March, and I'll be uninsured - that leaves me with expensive COBRA or expensive CALIFORNIA CARE..</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">choices.. choices..</span>hubinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18037721617035992607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4181788714203440584.post-85913888122184452172014-10-20T11:22:00.000-07:002014-10-21T11:54:54.587-07:00geeze.. what have I donewhat HAVEN'T I done?<br />
well.. for one thing, I haven't posted all October (bad me!!)<br />
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so the first weekend of October was Faeriefest in Solvang.. didn't make it to Faeriefest although we were really looking forward to it. drove up to Lake Cachuma Saturday morning, took a while to get on the road.. then once we did, we took a wrong turn at Lake <b>Casitas</b>. 20 minutes off course, 20 minutes to get back on track.. once we got to camp - unpacked and got settled in - we didn't want to pack up to leave again to go to Faeriefest..<br />
Sunday, had a simple breakfast.. then off we went to Solvang.. walked around, stretched our legs, got exercise. our go-to restaurant ended up NOT being dog-friendly :P so we chose elsewhere. a lot of places up there <u>are</u> dog-friendly so it all worked out okay. we definitely got our exercise. Nona <u style="font-weight: bold;">definitely</u> got her exercise.. back to camp to relax and chill out. Nona took the best nap of her life :D<br />
then we found a little itty-bitty. Ron saw him first.. wandering the roadway at camp. I saw him walking on the road, then he lay down in the shade (still <u style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">in</u> the street).. I walked over towards him.. he watched me, but didn't move. I crouched down and he came running, tail wagging, huge smile on his little face. we nicknamed him "Muttly". Nona loved him, and he totally respected her.. they were little buds. he was a nibbler, but was fine on a little cable-line.. we called the camp-ranger to let them know we'd found a little dog. about an hour later, a little boy came around looking.. "Muttly's" really name was Toby. they were frantic to find him - no sooner did the little boy taking him back to camp, then they packed up and left..<br />
later that evening, we decorated our jack-o'lanterns.. that was LOADS of fun! can't wait to decorate another one again this weekend..<br />
Monday, quick breakfast yet again.. than pack up and come home.. such a fun vacation, but it was over way too quickly.<br />
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when we got home, Mike came over to hang out, talk about his house-hunting/house-buying..<br />
Tuesday, I did all the laundry and unpacking from camping. back to the normal daily grind..<br />
Wednesday..<br />
Thursday..<br />
Friday..<br />
Saturday, I had my walk in Santa Clarita for the 'Walk to Stop Diabetes'.. came home recovered from that, then to Lemon park for Relay for Life..<br />
Sunday - chill out day !! I live for those<br />
Monday..<br />
Tuesday..<br />
Wednesday..<br />
Thursday..<br />
Friday..<br />
Saturday, run at Simi Town Center for ToothFairy 10K.. was supposed to go to houseparty at 3 for 'thirty-one'.. I was so worn out, too exhausted from my 10K.<br />
Sunday was another laid back day - brunch at El Torito.. then the movie Fury at Regal theaters..<br />
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time is flying.. the house hunt changes day to day.<br />
our dream house had been taken off the market.. we found another we liked - a mobile.. but then realized it wasn't much room for us.. same as living here, and still no garage space.<br />
we found another bigger mobile - still requiring lots of work to be more comfortable.. and close to Mike & Ana's expected house. they are already in escrow with their awesome house.. we - not so much.<br />
we then found another optional house - <u>not</u> a mobile, still no garage, but awesome yard with tons of potential. also a fcl like the 2nd mobile we planned on.<br />
yesterday we discovered that fcl house & original mobile are both sold.. with no response from the realtor.<br />
our 2nd mobile is still an option.. but haven't been able to see the inside. Sunday evening I found another house, block away from dream home, with a garage, & only a little bit bigger than this house we're in now. we could buy that house outright - no mortgage, no monthly payments other than insurance & utilities. but, again, no response from the realtor.<br />
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this is where we're at now.. Ron has not been feeling 100% since Saturday. last night, at the neighbor's house, he discovered his blood pressure is off the charts.. 180/100.. not cool!<br />
we went to Walgreens for a blood pressure monitor.. he tested again. a little bit better.. but, life is getting too stressful - me not working is a <b>BIG</b> factor in that. I wonder if house hunting is not a good plan right now. <br />
this next dream house - with no need for mortgage payment.. we could forgo the 60 mile commute and leave our jobs.. but that's a big difference in life..<br />
no job, no insurance?<br />
little job, no insurance?<br />
30 mile commute to working closer?<br />
we shall see what happens next ...hubinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18037721617035992607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4181788714203440584.post-11233229400391797402014-09-29T19:03:00.000-07:002014-09-29T19:03:10.613-07:00seems to be a vicious cycleTuesday - our "dream house" was pending. I called the realtor, and she said that probably means someone made an offer, and they aren't accepting any others. we'll need to move on to something else (or wait it out)<br />
Wednesday - the house was off the market. I suspect the owners received another unsatisfactory offer and took the listing down.<br />
Thursday - we chose new listings (Mike and Ana stole a bunch of mine) and planned for another trip to Frazier Park.<br />
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Saturday - back up to Lebec & Frazier Park.. we saw 4 houses by ourselves (from the outside)..<br />
1st house - cute mobile, simple.. yard would need some work. but had lots of potential.<br />
2nd house - another cute mobile.. owners were there. he showed us around. very cute double-wide with an addition.. it's a "double double-wide".. lots of potential lots of possibilities.<br />
3rd house - another cute house but teeny tiny rooms.. asking more than seems likely. crossed that off the list.<br />
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then met the realtor in Pine Mountain Club - a drive through a loooooooooooooooooong mountain road.<br />
1st house.. a mobile.. cute, but needs work.. also in Pine Mtn Club so would have an HOA fee -- so not worth it for the condition of the house. crossed that off the list.<br />
2nd house.. huge.. owners are divorced, and the house is in shambles. they started construction but has a long way to go. vacation home so they are not there consistently working on it. they also refuse to go down in price. once the renovations are complete, the price will go up. crossed that off the list.<br />
back into Frazier Park:<br />
3rd house.. 2-in-1 package deal. not easy to see as house is still occupied. looks better than listing showed. could be a possibility with upgrades and progress.<br />
4th house.. cute but very close to road. street parking unless you have a teeny-tiny itty-bitty car. also has the most interesting neighbors. we heard the strangest sound when out on the deck. turns out the neighbors have a sheep - a black sheep. they also have chickens (eggs for $3/dozen)<br />
5th house.. long dusty road.. downhill, steep, narrow. once we got to the house.. it's 7 lots !! cute & cozy house.. beautiful artwork detail. 3 sheds on the land. even comes with a tractor.<br />
6th house.. a mobile.. a bit dated but also has charm. on a corner lot, making it bigger. has excellent potential.<br />
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so now we wait. the realtor is going to set us up with her finance guy.. to see what is required for a mobile.<br />
more studying today - 20% down still required? still a 30-year loan?<br />
still need to get loan approval - need to get to the bank on time.<br />
also there is a law based on when the home was built.. we know it was built in 1976.. but was it built before June (pre-law) or after June (post-law).<br />
only time will tell ..hubinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18037721617035992607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4181788714203440584.post-62848449668448114972014-09-23T16:10:00.000-07:002014-09-23T16:10:47.545-07:00well, I think I'm getting better.. right? aren't I?last week was usual.. not much to tell. cleaned house, did laundry, walked every morning.. the usual.<br />
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Wednesday, I got a call back on a job opening in Valencia that I applied to. Thursday morning I called her back (I hadn't answered the phone as it was an "unknown" number, and she left a message). the HR lady called me back a little while later and we spoke. she wanted to find out my background, go over my resume and work experience. then she said she will forward my resume to finance and if they see something of interest they will call me in for an interview - - how long do I wait before calling her back and bugging her ??<br />
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Friday, met my parents for lunch. Dad had a follow-up appointment and scan with his cancer doctor. the scan was at 11, and I thought his followup appointment was at 11:30.. reread the text, and his f/u was at <u style="font-weight: bold;">1:30</u> :( my mom texted me at 2:05 that they were back at the house.. I jumped in the car and drove to meet them for "lunch".. hour later, was finally at the house.. 40 minutes later, I was eating my taco and enchilada at El Torito.. man-o-man, was I starving! had a piece of toast at 7:45am - nothing since! hung around the house until about 6:30, then came home.. snails pace on 10.. snails pace on 405 overpass.. then flying by, until the 101.. again, snails pace from 101 to 118.. then flying by on the 118.. got home at 7:52 :P<br />
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Saturday, we went to Frazier Park !! saw several houses (some for us, some for our friends).<br />
1st house - iffy.. didn't even go in because the people live there and the place was a mess (from the OUTSIDE)<br />
2nd house was weird.. the inside was kinda cute, but the house was on these stone "stilts" and was just a maze of doors and stairs.. and stairs and doors.. had potential but would require lots of work to make it "normal". I'm not looking for "work", I need a place away from work (when I find a job that is)..<br />
3rd house was cute.. kitchen was awesome.. breakfast nook was awesome.. the stairs were steep and shallow, and the upstairs was kind of strange.. almost seemed unfinished (?) wasn't comfortable flow that you look for in houses.<br />
4th house was nice.. also had potential but not much yard.. the house itself was huge and "bass-ackwards".. the upstairs was down and the downstairs was up.. the Nona would be confused because there's no regular access door. I'd have to take her out, and bring her back in.. the upstairs living room & kitchen -- all HUGE.. then the downstairs bedrooms were teeny.. not very relaxing.<br />
5th house was <b><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">awesome</span></b>.. just what we wanted.. exactly what we wanted.. so perfectly what we wanted.. rooms forever and lots of potential.. laundry room <u>inside</u>.. awesome garage.. bigger yard than Nona's known in 8 years..<br />
6th house was a 'go-between'.. just a look from the outside. noisy dogs, nosey neighbors - um.. no.. <i>besides</i>, <i>close to friends I used to know.. a little awkward, that would be!</i><br />
7th house was nice.. AWESOME yard !! awesome sauna inside !! the house was skinny though.. skinny halls.. skinny rooms.. a move-in nightmare !! great view, on top of a hill.. no one to bug you.. a great big garage, & RV parking as well.<br />
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came home and stewed.. talked about it.. what we'd do.. what we should do..<br />
went to Mike & Ana's for BBQ - - more talking and planning.. getting more and more tired (the day wore.us.out!!)<br />
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that night (Saturday night) I couldn't sleep !! my brain was going and going, thinking of all the things we could do with house 5. I was up until about 2am wide-awake with wonder. <br />
Sunday morning - Ron was started to feel against it. "can't do it unless you find a job.. can't stay here unless you find a job either.. it is what it is". I started to worry.. and stress.. he's been SO stressed about me being unemployed. I still have severance, and I still have unemployment.. but that all will eventually end. we had no life when I was working.. no pleasures.. no fun trips.. now would be even worse.<br />
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Monday he went back to work, and I didn't bug him about anything - - but Mike did.. they put an offer on house 7. they talked to their insurance guy and figured out how much their mortgage would be. we're about a million steps behind them. I need to get Ronnie added to my account (for "asset" purposes - that's our down payment!). we need to get pre-approved with his credit union (or with mine..). <i><b>BUT</b></i> last night, he was back to being psyched about the whole thing. <br />
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I applied on another job - Account Clerk with the City of Santa Clarita<br />
I'm really hoping that something will pan out.. I NEED a job, and I'd prefer it not to be Motel 6 or Carl's Jr. <br />
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I don't like this house anymore (haven't liked it for a very very very long time) and we need to figure something out for the future.hubinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18037721617035992607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4181788714203440584.post-8333939501066431342014-09-16T15:22:00.001-07:002014-09-16T15:22:24.946-07:00I'm loony.. like, totally.. fer shuremy plan was to update weekly.. not that my life is all that interesting.<br />
but it makes me do stuff, so I have something to talk about..<br />
force a social life.. to write about your social life.<br />
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so after that fun-filled, non-holiday weekend.. we needed to have a fun-filled HOLIDAY weekend.<br />
and what happened?? nothing !! like totally, fer shure..<br />
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<b>Friday</b> was a lay-low night.. good thing cuz I wasn't all there. that night was spent in the bathroom every 5 minutes for a whole lot of nothing.. got about 2 hours sleep, and was up since 1 am..<br />
<b>Saturday</b>.. still sort of in the bathroom, didn't want to go anywhere.. need to stay local.. at least I was in the bathroom every 20 minutes, instead of every 5.. woo-hoo! that's progress!<br />
<b>Sunday</b>.. went to our friends' apartment.. they live about 10 minutes away, so it's do-able. yummy bbq-d grubbing.. music & conversation.. life's good.<br />
<b>Monday</b>.. lay low, enjoy the last free day before Ron had to go back to work<br />
<i>besides it's been hotter than hell - like, literally.. so needed to hide from the sun for one more day.</i><br />
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<b>Tuesday</b>, went for my morning run.. changed clothes, and went walking with my friend. came home and felt SO lazy.. oh well, maybe still on weekend-mode. no big whoop (especially after Friday night, think I was still recovering from the lack of sleep). started having cramps.. which turned into stomach pains. by later afternoon, I was in miserable pain. took a gas-ex pill hoping to satisfy the pain.. by bedtime (10pm..) the pain was really annoying and I was too tired to care.<br />
<b>Wednesday</b>, woke up okay, wasn't in the mood for a run though.. went walking with my friend, and when I came home I felt SO lazy again.. took a nap for about 4 hours! :P got up and finished accomplishing <i>something</i> for the day..<br />
<b>Thursday</b>.. same. woke up okay but wasn't in the mood for a run.. went walking and came home tired.. took a 6-hour nap.. then got up and accomplished something for the day.<br />
<b>Friday</b>.. same.. woke up okay.. no run.. went walking and came home and took a nap.. 7 hours.. got up and moved from couch to bed.. slept 4 more hours.. got up and socialized with the neighbors. had my gatorade, my ginger ale, and sat listening to them all talk.. got fresh air (out of the stuffy house) and sat in the dark where there was no sun (still warm, but not hotter than hell)<br />
<b>Saturday</b>.. woke up 1am to throw up, dry-heaves (<i>NO FUN !!</i>) - painful.. back to bed and slept.. spent the whole day on the couch.. ate a smidge of breakfast about 2pm.. not in the mood for food, not in the mood for anything.. listened to the TV (hurt my eyes to "watch").. in and out of naps all day long.. throw up again 9pm.. not dry heaves this time (thankful for that..).. in bed usual time.. slept thru the night.<br />
<b>Sunday</b>.. woke up normal time.. felt a little better.. had some real food.. still not in the mood for food.. another day on the couch.. not 100% though. parentals came to pick up their foo-foo midget dog "Misty".. once they were gone, <i>THEN</i> I could sleep and be lazy..<br />
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back to normal grind.. Ron leaves for work, I get up to silence the squawking pigeon. still haven't gone running. hard to get back into routine after being out of it for so long.. and this heat is just insane.. by 7:30 it's already too hot.. running would just make that so much worse. still walking with my friend 8:15.. 4 days a week (haven't seemed to get a whole week in there.. maybe next week?)<br />
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once I'm home from my walk.. turn on the a/c.. sit at the computer job-hunting.. yeah.. loads of fun, I know. can't find a job if I don't apply.. now, if they would just call me back for interviews, I'd be one step closer to 'gainfully employed'. <br />
had 1 interview my first day home.. my sister-in-law.. job paid $7 less than I was making, and would have been a major financial struggle to make ends meet (although job would have been <i style="font-weight: bold;">AWESOME </i>otherwise).<br />
had 1 interview exactly 1 month later.. former BAC employee.. new company.. would be new job (they still haven't had an opening yet..) hot muggy Woodland Hills.. no talk of pay.. only talk of what position would be. we went over my past experience, my skills.. what the job 'would' entail.. but, again, no job opening yet.<br />
been sending my resume on anywhere from 6 to 9 job openings a day (except for the week from hell above).. not one call back. received some 'decline' emails, but even then, most give no response.<br />
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this Saturday, we are looking at houses in Frazier Park. our shrinky-dink shoebox house is going to be outside our price range.. even <u style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">WHEN</u> I do find a job, it won't be the pay I was making, we won't be able to pay rent, let alone other expenses. we have to find something cheaper. I can't buy a house (since I'm job-less) but getting something under $160K, with the downpayment in my savings account(s), our mortgage payment will be cheaper than rent we pay now.. leaving more money for the gas we'll spend commuting :P<br />
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as it stands now, I will probably still be unemployed in Frazier Park.. my severance will end at some point.. so will my unemployment income.. but all that is banked up for living off of until I <u style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">FINALLY</u> find a J.O.B. !!!!!!!! which of course, doesn't account for the medical insurace :(<br />
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oh, please, help me..<br />
let that perfect job come along..<br />
fingers crossed..hubinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18037721617035992607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4181788714203440584.post-31526268314826605082014-08-25T18:36:00.000-07:002014-08-25T18:36:32.996-07:00fun-filled non-holiday weekendthis past weekend.. friends were coming over.. bbq was planned.. food was bought..<br />
Friday came around.. no one showed.. hmm.. oh well<br />
nice quiet Fridays are still nice.. no chaos, no d.d<br />
NiCe!!<br />
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<span style="color: #ead1dc;">so <b><i>Saturday</i></b>, we planned the bbq-ing.. big, BiG, BIG beef brisket (14 lbs +) </span><br />
<span style="color: #ead1dc;">Ronnie started cutting logs for bbq, with his "new" miter saw (yeah.. ya see where this is headed?) </span><br />
<span style="color: #ead1dc;">while I'm inside working on 'stuffs'.. I hear a 'ka-thud' (uh oh).. then he continues cutting (phew..)</span><br />
<span style="color: #ead1dc;"> then another 'ka-thud'.. saw turns off.. he comes inside.. </span><br />
<span style="color: #ead1dc;">ow.. ow.. I know I hurt myself.. ow.. ow.. </span><br />
<span style="color: #ead1dc;"> we look.. his finger is red.. like, <i><b>real</b></i></span> <span style="color: #990000;">red</span><br />
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<span style="color: #d9d2e9;">yeah.. something's not right..</span><br />
<span style="color: #d9d2e9;">do <u style="font-style: italic;">not</u> cut a log on a miter saw..</span><br />
<span style="color: #d9d2e9;">not if you're holding it down by yourself..</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #cfe2f3;">stick a pin under your nail..</span><br />
<span style="color: #cfe2f3;">stick <u>another</u> pin under your nail..</span><br />
<span style="color: #cfe2f3;">then squeeze, squeeze, squeeze..</span><br />
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<span style="color: #d0e0e3;">continuing on with the day (yeah. really)</span><br />
<span style="color: #d0e0e3;">dumb stupid log on the fire.. </span><br />
<span style="color: #d0e0e3;">meat on the grill.. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #d9ead3;">okay, stick a pin <u>in</u> your nail</span><br />
<span style="color: #d9ead3;">stick <u>another</u> pin <u>in</u> your nail.</span><br />
<span style="color: #d9ead3;">then squeeze, squeeze, squeeze..</span><br />
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<span style="color: #fff2cc;">measure.. compare..</span><br />
<span style="color: #fff2cc;">& squeeze some more..</span><br />
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<span style="color: #fce5cd;">it's turning purple.. </span><br />
<span style="color: #fce5cd;">it's consistently leaking..</span><br />
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<span style="color: #fff2cc;">the peoples are over now.. </span><br />
<span style="color: #fff2cc;">are we crazy? </span><br />
<span style="color: #fff2cc;">no trip to urgent care? </span><br />
<span style="color: #fff2cc;">what will that cost? </span><br />
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<span style="color: #d9ead3;">no proof of insurance </span><br />
<span style="color: #d9ead3;"> (crazy Kaiser..)</span><br />
<span style="color: #d9ead3;">need to check paperwork for policy #</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">
a 14-lb brisket is good eatins'!!</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
steak rolls.. </div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
bbq sauce.. </div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
ketchup.. </div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
tomatoes & lettuce</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
yumm-yumm-yummerz!!</div>
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<span style="color: #d0e0e3;">does Kaiser have urgent care around here? </span><br />
<span style="color: #d0e0e3;">what time do they open on Sundays?</span><br />
<span style="color: #d0e0e3;"><u>are</u> they open on Sundays? </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cfe2f3;">hydrogen peroxide..</span><br />
<span style="color: #cfe2f3;">foamy finger..</span><br />
<span style="color: #cfe2f3;">paper towel with duct-tape..</span><br />
<span style="color: #cfe2f3;">tie it all together..</span><br />
<span style="color: #cfe2f3;">go to bed and try to forget about it..</span><br />
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<i><u>Sunday</u></i><br />
<span style="color: #d9d2e9;">finger is more purple.. </span><br />
<span style="color: #d9d2e9;">leaked all through the night..</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ead1dc;">Kaiser does <u>not</u> have urgent care around here..</span><br />
<span style="color: #ead1dc;">the closest one is 20 miles away..</span><br />
<span style="color: #ead1dc;">the paperwork has no policy#..</span><br />
<span style="color: #ead1dc;">replacement medical card <i>not</i> received yet..</span><br />
<span style="color: #ead1dc;">copay alone would be $20.. </span><br />
<span style="color: #ead1dc;">x-rays alone would be $50..</span><br />
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<span style="color: #d9d2e9;">more squeezing..</span><br />
<span style="color: #d9d2e9;">more leaking..</span><br />
<span style="color: #d9d2e9;">blue nail..</span><br />
<span style="color: #d9d2e9;">purple finger..</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cfe2f3;">feels like a squashed grape..</span><br />
<span style="color: #cfe2f3;">rattles inside..</span><br />
<span style="color: #cfe2f3;">pretty sure it might be broken..</span><br />
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<span style="color: #d0e0e3;">jeepers.. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #d9ead3;">head to toe hives..</span><br />
<span style="color: #d9ead3;">swollen lip..</span><br />
<span style="color: #d9ead3;">swollen tongue..</span><br />
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<span style="color: #fff2cc;">drill through the thumb..</span><br />
<span style="color: #fff2cc;">grazed the bone..</span><br />
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<span style="color: #fce5cd;">smashed finger..</span><br />
<span style="color: #fce5cd;">possibly broken..</span><br />
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<span style="color: #f4cccc;">need to keep that boy insured..</span>hubinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18037721617035992607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4181788714203440584.post-13337885458391143402014-08-19T09:33:00.001-07:002014-08-20T07:40:35.502-07:00again.. been a long time..<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I don't know why it takes me so long in between posts.. no excuse.. no reason..</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> it's not like I'm busy.. cuz I'm not.. not really..</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I haven't worked since June 20th. it has been an awesome summer!! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I interviewed June 23rd, but the job didn't pay enough (I have living expenses).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I had an interview July 23rd (month apart!!) that was awesome, but the position doesn't even really exist. it is a start-up mortgage company, of all Bank of America ex-employees. they may need a finance research assistant -- that would be me. but, the position doesn't really exist yet.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I've sent my resume on multiple jobs-every-single-day. gotten 2 rejection emails and 1 rejection letter.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">but nothing otherwise. sent my resume-AGAIN-to Neil at PennyMac.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I applied for unemployment on July 23rd, have received 2 payments so far (1 half, 1 full) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I signed up with Select Staffing on August 14.. what an experience that was.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">she emailed me, for me to come in and fill out a profile.. 10:00 appointment with "Jannet".</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">got there AT 10:00.. lo-and-behold, I'm EARLY, 30 minutes early! Jannet isn't even there yet..</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">10:30.. watched safety video (this is about the time Jannet arrived)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">then.. filled out my profile</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">then.. waited in the lobby for Jannet to be ready.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">then.. met with Jannet for about 3 or 4 minutes for her to look over my paperwork.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">she was to call me Friday once all my information is submitted and confirmed (approximately 24 hours)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>I haven't heard from her since</i>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I am to contact Simi (and T.O. and Canoga offices) to look what jobs they have.</span><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">the whole appointment that was to take 1 hour, took 2 hours.</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">then, they don't call me.. I call them.. what?? </span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I signed up with them, for THEM to find me the openings</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i>
<i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">first week of summer: I did nothing.. wore my jammies all day.. sat at my desk with Facebook & AOL watching tv.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">second week of summer: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Monday I ran 1/2hr @ 7am.. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Tuesday I ran 1/2hr @ 7am & swam 1hr @ 10am.. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Wednesday I ran 1/2hr @ 7am & biked 1hr @ 10:30am & swam 2hrs @ 3pm, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Thursday I ran 1/2hr @ 7am & swam 1hr @ 10am.. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Friday - I ran a 5K !!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I ran a 10K on Aug 10th.. I have a 10K on September 28th in Moorpark.. a 10K on October 18th in Simi.. a 10K on November 21st in TO & (<i>hopefully</i>) a 5K on Thanksgiving morning in Simi</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">the weeks have dwindled down.. I don't run every day.. haven't swam in awhile.. on the days I don't run, I try to walk.. but even that isn't consistent. haven't ridden my bike since that one day.. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">it will be SO much harder to go back to work.. if anyone calls me, I'll dread getting up for work in the morning. I get up now, normal time (okay.. 20 minutes later probably, but I'm awake - I'm just not "up"/out of bed) and go to bed normal time.. trying to keep a consistent schedule, so going back to work won't be so hard.. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">it's been almost 2 months since I left.. and I don't want to go back.. honestly, I'm enjoying my free time.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">life is what it is..</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">found 2 acres of land in Somis that I LOVE !! $102,000.. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">want to get it, but there's no house.. I have no money for a house..</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">after going to Kennedy Meadows in June, I have ideas.. but no money..</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">then Ron saw "something" on Santa Susana Pass Road.. I looked it up, found a 1bd/1ba house for $345,000, it has a guest house on the property PLUS a workshop (set up for a music studio)..</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I emailed the realtor Saturday for a viewing.. he called back Sunday that he is trying to get ahold of someone to see it (there are tenants living there..)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">he also emailed me the name of a financer that I can get pre-approved with (I'm not working.. I was pre-approved awhile ago for $200K but I'm not working.. Ron was pre-approved for $200K as well, that was awhile ago as well).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">realtor called again today if I spoke with the financer.. I just wanna see the house.. now he won't leave me alone :P</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">a friend (former co-worker) still orders Avon from me.. my first week off, I got NO orders.. it freaked me out!! then slowly people are ordering again.. I have to bug them. in the past, seeing my face would remind them of my wrath (just kidding!) but now email is all I have.. that is my only way to bug them for orders. at least my mom and 1 sister have ordered. I'm not completely abandoned. my plan was to build my Avon business in all my free time.. but I'm not enough of a sales person to do all that I could. I have ordered more books, which is just more papers to throw away after a month.. new people moved in behind us - can't bring myself to put a stack of books on their doorstep.. someone will see me walk up there.. I made the baggy of books weeks ago, I already took out an expired one and put in a new one.. in 2 days, I'll have to remove another expired book.. went to our old apartments and dropped off books in the laundry rooms.. no response.. I think I will pick a neighborhood each day to drop off books.. maybe 1 neighborhood in morning, 1 neighborhood in afternoon. today I delivered 3 orders, and gave them books, hopefully they share (1 lady is going on a cruise this week.. she may not have time to "share"). </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I need to come up with more ideas to get myself out there. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">one lady suggested <a href="https://instagram.com/hubina1">Instagram</a> - I started doing that.. nobody seemed to care.. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I already have a </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/heidinoyolaavon" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Facebook</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">.. which seems to be going nowhere.. several friends from my primary profile have "liked" my Avon profile - but NO BODY orders..</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">the same lady also suggested </span><a href="https://twitter.com/hubina" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Twitter</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">.. that's not as easy.. not saying it's not possible, just not as easy.. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">maybe, possibly, perhaps by <a href="https://pinterest.com/hubina">Pinterest</a>? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">what other social-media outlets are there??</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">hmm.. thoughts to ponder..</span>hubinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18037721617035992607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4181788714203440584.post-50488115033148636902014-05-03T14:03:00.000-07:002015-08-19T17:59:53.540-07:00where to begin.. its been SO long since I last posted. Life has been busy. I work 40 hour weeks, clean house Monday, Avon Tuesday (plus dog park), pet-rescue Wednesday, more of everything Thursday, and lazy Friday (yesterday was swimming Friday!)<br />
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Ronnie's job got bought out effective April 1st but he still keeps his job. he will also now have benefits, and paid sick, and paid vacation time. I, on the other hand, have lost my job.<br />
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the building closes this year and we have to be out by the end of August. all year now, there have been various lay-offs in different departments. all around us the room was getting emptier and emptier.. then March 12th, they laid-off 6 people in my group (including 1 of the team leaders). 2 weeks later, the assistant VP was laid off, along with the VP's boss.. okay, now life started getting serious. 2 weeks later they laid off from another group near us, but no one in our group. then.. 2 weeks later.. I got my notice :( I am 1 of 12 who are being let go (including another team leader) 60 days left of work, then I can file unemployment & collect my severance. severance will include my medical & dental benefits.. and since I've been there many, many years -- my severance will last me a good amount of time.<br />
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it will be weird not being there.. it's all I've ever known. my 1 and only job in Corporate America. I've been thinking of going back to school to learn medical billing and coding-- now's my chance. we have 2 camping trips planned so far, and many more to come. a friend told me of a medical billing job here in town.. a few other friends have let me know of openings in collections, but that's not for me. for now I'll enjoy my time while I can :)<br />
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<br />hubinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18037721617035992607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4181788714203440584.post-91618530773179400932011-09-03T14:16:00.000-07:002014-08-07T12:37:56.026-07:00so....last Sunday, I wrote an update.. hadn't saved and my computer crashed - all was lost! =(
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Ronnie's rash had gotten nice and crazy by last Friday (August 20-something-eth). I was at work. He was at work. Then I got a phone call from my "mom-in-law". Since I didn't answer my cell-phone while at work, I got a text message from my "sis-in-law". I received the call & text around 11:45 - both messages said he had checked into "ER a couple hours ago". I told my teamleader and signed out for the day. I called Gale as soon as I got outside the building. He had left before 10am and no one had heard from him since. He hadn't come back, and his cell phone was turned off (normal protocol for a doctor's office or hospital).
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By the time I got to Northridge ER he had already checked out - they weren't very nice about it either (I would expect people to be stressed when their loved ones are in ER - a little sympathy would be nice..) I drove to Ronnie's work - Gale had called me while I was on my way there. He didn't do a whole lot of working (Fridays are slow days for him anyway) and stayed in A/C'd offices as much as possible. Then we came home and spent the whole weekend inside the cool dark house (of course, it had to be the hottest weekend yet of summer).
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Monday morning came way too fast.. back to work.. the grind stone.. slave labor.. I had a babyshower to go to. I had found out on Friday (before leaving work) that I had been <strong><u>UN</u></strong>invited to the baby shower. I told 2 friends, who told my boss, who talked to her boss (the hostess'.. not the guest of honor) I received a text message later Friday that everything had been worked out and I was still able to go to the shower. It still wasn't the happiest of times. the hostess was still giving me the cold shoulder and giving me dirty looks - but I wasn't there for her, I was there for Brittanny. I didn't take every gift that I'd planned to give.. just didn't have enough hands.. and it was a surprise shower so I couldn't be so "big" and cumbersome.. I kept part of the gift here, it will have to go to another person that has a girl.. probably my other friend who's wife is due in January. The only other girl I know that's pregnant is due in November but they don't want to find out what it is. I can't give a bunch of girl clothes, then she'll end up having a boy.. just because of me. =)
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Brittanny's last day was Wednesday - that is the first day I started helping out there - to help take over where she left off, so I could keep track of her progress. It was fantastic to finally have work to do again. Every day is a busy day. Every day is no question of my schedule... don't have to keep track of every second of my day, every moment of my time.
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Ronnie and I just worked our way through the week.. looking forward to our 3-day weekend. well, things weren't as nice as we had hoped. Thursday, Ronnie hurt his shoulder helping his mom with a new tv (both shopping, and installing). took a pain-pill before bed. 1 a.m., he woke up with another rash.. again.. ((not that the pain pills were to blame)). Today he went to the doctor (finally, a real General Practitioner). They determined that he didn't give enough time for the medication to clear his system. They are claiming that the antibiotics - Cephalexin - that is what he is allergic to. He had gotten prescription Benadryl (dephinhydramine) and a steroid (prednisone) after the ER last Friday. Today the doctor extended his prescription for the steroid, and we will get the benadryl from Walgreens. We will just have to double up on the benadryl - the over-the-counter will be half-strength.. and the new diphenhydramine is half-strength too.. so it will be 4-times-a-day, instead of 2-times-a-day. that way it can be consistent in his system - not 2 big doses, but 4 smaller easy-peasey doses. So this is our life until the doctor gives him the all-clear. I'm hoping to still go camping in a month and a half - it will be nice to get away from it. It is for Ronnie's birthday and I <strong><u>know</u></strong> he needs a break from it all - if even for just a weekend.
hubinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18037721617035992607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4181788714203440584.post-69986179735242710572011-08-21T08:45:00.000-07:002014-08-07T12:38:53.906-07:00the weekend part 2so, things got worse.. spreading down his legs, and his upper lip swelled up over night.. on a comical note, he looks like a Simpson character.. but the internet says that it is an anaphylactic reaction.. urgent care it will be (once they open..).. the big mystery is what the allergy is. Nothing out of the ordinary - normal food, no new soaps, no new laundry detergent or fabric softener.. we thought it was a plant, but nurse-friends are saying 'food, not plant'. there is some strange item growing in our garden & Ronnie was pulling veggies on Friday.. will still need to determine what that strange plant is. we feared it is/was poison oak, but too young to tell.. all the pictures we found are mature plants..
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<span style="color: #ffcc99;">update: doc's diagnosis is allergy.. either an allergy to the cephalexin.. or the eggs in the mayo from our tuna fish sandwiches.. he got a shot of steroid, a shot of adrenaline, a shot of benadryl.. benadryl and staying cool (avoid sweating) - those are the "prescriptions". I'm thinking perhaps, the cephalexin lowered his immunity making him more sensitive to the eggs in the mayo..</span>
hubinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18037721617035992607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4181788714203440584.post-60042564043847337532011-08-20T17:26:00.000-07:002014-08-07T12:43:35.854-07:00oh.. what a weekend..I know it's been a while since I've been on last.. the night before <i>last </i>Tuesday (over a week ago) Ronnie was incredibly nervous.. so we didn't get much sleep. Then that night, we didn't get much sleep because he was in such pain and discomfort.. I can't believe the doctor didn't give him any pain medicine! He ended up getting some from his friend that afternoon, but by 2am that had all worn off.. so for a whole week he was "getting-by".. oh, and he was still working every day (no chance for recovery time)
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in the middle of that week.. last Saturday to be exact.. we had a problem with our fence.. the neighbor's dog split a piece of wood on the fence between us. I had to go to meet my parents for my mom's birthday.. so Ronnie was stuck fixing the fence by himself. He had actually tried calling Mike (busy with family stuff) and Daniel (working) and Doug (no answer) but he was stuck. He left 30 minutes before I did - or so I thought. I went outside and discovered his van was still here.. and, he was sitting behind it, with the crow-bar removing the lugnuts off his flat tire. The man who can barely get onto the ground on a "good day".. I helped him lower the spare tire from underneath the back of his van. Then he sent me on my way to meet up with my mom who would be irritated with my tardi-ness.
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5 hours later, my friend told me that Doug was meeting up with him to fix the fence. 2 hours later I came home because the guilt was getting to me. the fact he was working alone was more of an issue to me than it was to them. He and Doug were just working on the fence. I found out that the "flat tire" incident was worse than I thought. Not only was the tire flat, but the spare tire was flat.. and he had to pump it up with a bike pump.
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This week, he was <em>finally</em> feeling better, no more antibiotics, no more pain and sensitivity. Life was finally getting back to normal. Then this morning, all changed again. He woke in the middle of the night, itchy.. in the morning, major rash! lots of research but no self-diagnosis. was going to go to urgent care but decided against it.. put calamine lotion on, and took some Benadryl.. left to help a friend as planned. 8 hours later, comes home and it had spread!
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well, 2 seperate diagnoses from friends said it's food allergy reaction.. more calamine and cortisone-10-plus.. it seems to have gotten better.. oh, and an epson-salt bath..
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let's see how tomorrow ends up..
hubinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18037721617035992607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4181788714203440584.post-83445015966060426172011-07-27T17:10:00.000-07:002011-07-27T17:22:02.374-07:00"terrible two's-day"so Tuesday - not much out of the ordinary.. I did actually have work (which was awesome! - the having of work, not the work itself) I kept getting interrupted by the lady I used to train.. she's allowed to ask me question still, whenever she wants.. but yesterday's questions were of a different nature.. 2 were on errors she'd made that she wanted me to help fix.. 3 were on computer-troubles that she wanted me to help fix.. I'm quite sure my boss is going to start rethinking this ask-questions-whenever-you-want "dealio"..<br /><br />today however, I'm already out of work - so I got a new project, that I'm all confused about.. and lady is still asking me strange questions.. someone asked her a question yesterday and she wanted me to answer for her - excuse me? I have my own research questions to answer.. she's gonna have to learn to handle her own 'stuff'.<br /><br />former co-worker starts Monday but he'll be in a different area than I thought. he's not in my old job, or my new job.. so I have no clue what he'll be doing..<br /><br />yesterday, also.. a girl ordered Avon from my 2 weeks ago.. I received it that weekend and brought it to work last Monday - she was out on vacation all last week.. so I emailed her this past Monday to let her know I still have it at my desk. I emailed her around 2:30.. but she responded at 7pm (I leave work at 4) if I could please bring it by Tuesday when I'm leaving work.. I went to her building and called from lobby up to her - she wasn't at her desk.. I waited and called 2 more times - still wasn't there. So I took her stuff home with me, and brought it back to work today.. I emailed her at 3:30 I still have her stuff - tried to bring it by but she wasn't at her desk when I called. I also said that I would bring it by again around 4, but would call first to be sure.. called at 4:03 - she wasn't there again..<br /><br />and again.. yesterday, got the mail from mailbox - found a whole stack of mail from previous tenants (in front unit) who moved out almost 3 months ago.. some was new mail, some was stuff I'd already returned.. how is the post office not understanding "not at this address".. this time I wrote "DOES NOT LIVE HERE" and put back in mailbox.. I'm about to trash the stuff - is that a Federal offense?? I've tried to return it, but the USPS isn't listening..hubinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18037721617035992607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4181788714203440584.post-28839991709881414952011-07-25T18:00:00.000-07:002011-07-25T18:02:43.440-07:00aarrgghh!!so back to Manic Monday.. <br /><br />Monday morning is always slow in my new job.. so, like last Monday, I sat and sat and sat. Last Friday, I had given my numbers to my "new" boss. Last week was, of course, small productivity in my new job.. Today she said my numbers are too low. She had me scheduled as Monday & Tuesday with my new job giving me a productivity quota of 60 loans - I did 13.. If I don't have 60 loans, how can I say I did 60 loans? <br /><br />Okay, not liking this job so much anymore.. it doesn't give me enough work.. <br />Today I didn't get any numbers again - so, I won't meet my 30-per-day quota, again.. <br />Also, my last week's loans.. just following up on those whenever the closers decide to close their loans..<br /><br />is it Friday <strong><em>yet</em></strong>??hubinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18037721617035992607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4181788714203440584.post-84978584638166369822011-07-24T14:48:00.000-07:002011-07-24T14:51:24.773-07:00Wednesday & Thursday, I was in a funk.. wasn't feeling so well at work, at all..wasn't the kind of thing to take off work for though so I had to just stick it out and bear with it. <br /><br />things at work were definitely going much better. my new job has been slow and my old job has been busy, so I was back to helping out the old team.. I will continue with that tomorrow at work, until I get my "new" work in the afternoon..<br /><br />Friday was a pretty boring day.. just work, work, work, and loads of laziness.. then came home and attempted to accompish something productive - cleaning, lundry, organization.. that sort of mumbo jumbo..<br /><br />Saturday morning was shopping and then pool party at a friend's house. that was "<strong>LOTS</strong>" of fun.. I never actually went in the water (just put my feet in twice). lots of talking and mingling and socializing.. it was a good time, can't wait to do it again. came home from the pool party to a stinky house. took out the trash, and watched you-tube videos.. then off to bed.. <br /><br />got up this morning and it was still stinky!! looked around for what could be the problem. finally found it..<br /><br />we had gone to the asian market "Island Pacific".. what did we buy? geeze, what DIDN'T we buy?? beef bones, fish, shrimp, spices, herbs, veggies.. I think there was lots more to it.. I just know we had to un-pack the fridge, re-arrange the fridge shelves, and re-pack the fridge to fit a lot of it in. That's when we left for the pool party..<br /><br />This morning.. nasty smell.. still made Ronnie nauseous.. I started desperately searching for where the smell was coming from - finally found it on the kitchen island - grocery bag with 2 produce bags inside - inside those "produce bags"? large shrimp & medium shrimp - nasty smell!! now the dumpster trash can stinks.. thankfully WM comes tomorrow.. but it's 90-something outside.. those rotten shrimps are cooking out there! ick!! =P<br /><br />really not looking forward to going back to work tomorrow - why is work never fun? i really wanna home job so I can do my job without dealing with office politics & office drama..hubinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18037721617035992607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4181788714203440584.post-26207916257539344272011-07-19T17:58:00.000-07:002011-07-19T18:21:11.564-07:00I can totally hear again these days.. all is normal is again.<br /><br />one of my friends that is getting canned - he has an interview tomorrow 10am in my area.. not sure where exactly the openings are.. I don't know if he'll be with me.. or with my friend Ben. it just so happens that in his department, everyone (yes, <strong>everyone</strong>) got laid off.. they have 2 weeks to find something, or they end up on unemployment (after their severance money runs out). <br /><br />yesterday was a very boring day at work.. we get the new weekly report on Monday afternoons so I always have to occupy my time until then.. 5 hours of ??? yesterday the report didn't come so that was 8 hours of ??? at 3:20, I got a list of loans to help someone else out. but i have no clue what he does, so i wasn't much help.. then today, i got another stack of 'wait' loans.. yep, still waiting on those too. tomorrow, I finally get real work - 2 days of nothing is not fun.. i miss my old job. stressful, yeah.. but always busy!hubinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18037721617035992607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4181788714203440584.post-45448625163943115602011-07-17T22:06:00.001-07:002011-07-17T22:06:51.032-07:00boy, where did the weekend go? <br /><br />saturday was kinda busy.. garage-saling in the AM.. subway for "brunch" then home for a nap. off to Walmart we went for shopping.. then tomato sauce and pizza for dinner. <br /><br />today, Ronnie did oil changes on both cars.. then he worked on the gate.. I went to the beach with Michelle and Dougie with the doggies.. that was fun.. a little awkward at times, but fun. Target for some fun shopping.. and then the weekend was gone =(hubinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18037721617035992607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4181788714203440584.post-53757735467858822972011-07-15T21:50:00.000-07:002011-07-15T21:53:27.335-07:00so.. today.. let's see..<br /><br />Ronnie woke up early to get to the valley early.. so I woke up alone =( ((he was still home, but already up and ready to go)) so I got up and got ready on my own.. cleaned Lillie's water.. gave kitties and 'Nona water too.. fed the kitties but didn't have time to feed 'Nona. ran out the door and off to work. <br /><br />pretty normal workday/Friday most of the time. Left for lunch and saw "HUGE" smoke cloud to west.. there was some big fire on the 118 freeway (or by the 118 freeway).. came home to spend time with my babies.. then back to work..<br /><br />oh.. in the morning, my cubicle-mate told me that 1 department in the buiding is "closing". they gave them 2 weeks.. they have to be re-hired as contactors (instead of Legacy-Countrywide employees that "merged" over to Bank of America). so all day I meant to tell another co-worker.. but kept forgetting.. so around 2:30 she called me because she'd heard the sad news. I didn't specifically know of anyone that was canned but worried of who might be. <br /><br />so found out around 3:00 that my nephew (actually Ronnie's nephew) was given 2-week notice yesterday (w/$7000 severance pay). then found out another good friend was also given 2-week notice (don't know about his severance package). attempted to email both, but my nephew wasn't at work - told my friend we have/had an opening in my area. he should call my manager & teamleader to try for 'em. i then emailed my manager, she said there are 2 open requisitions. I emailed him back for his resume.. got it at 3:56 and forwarded to her at 3:57.. she's already signed off for the day =P<br /><br />but, oh well.. got home to try to organize this house.. that of course didn't happen (when does it ever?) went to bank after money for spending cash.. then straight home to look up garage sales.. I researched 'em all, planned out what's where.. mapped it out.. stupid sucky printer won't work.. so i'll try again in a.m.<br /><br />I can hear a little bit now.. some of my hearing came back.. but I can still feel "gunk" in my ear so I still have to keep up with the drops..hubinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18037721617035992607noreply@blogger.com0