Whether your interest is scrapbooking, using a Cricut, taking photos, or just visiting with a cool writer/artist, be sure to check out this new website. It is so new that the construction phase is just started - but already I am anxious to see the product develope.
I encourage all to check out D's new www.covetedcutz.com site!
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Scrapbooking and Blogging
I am soooo addicted to blogging and reading blogs(more than writing). I love following the scrapbooking blogs and responding to the many suggestions and ideas. I have also found hundreds of great scrapbooking sites through those blogs.
I recently won an Earth Day prize on a blog site from Sooke, BC. All I had to do was answer what year Canada started to celebrate Earth Day and I get a great scrapbooking gift.
I can't wait to receive my pressie.
I recently won an Earth Day prize on a blog site from Sooke, BC. All I had to do was answer what year Canada started to celebrate Earth Day and I get a great scrapbooking gift.
I can't wait to receive my pressie.
Friday, April 23, 2010
Changes
One course completed with just the final grades to post. No teaching till May 3rd - whoo hoo! I am so happy to have a break. But, May 3rd is 3 hrs, 4th is 4 hrs & 6th is 4 hrs and off I go again.
I had decided to take a one year sabbatical from EBS. If there is a job at the College full time, then I may challenge that role. If there isn't, then I will take that time to finish my PID and maybe even start my Masters. Sounds confident right? With LH being offered a job, I get to reevaluate and offer her the Office Manager position. Originally all I could think was - here we go - every time I want to make a change for me, something pulls me back into the office. But now, maybe this is the answer to that need for change. Maybe this will jump LH into the management position T was worried about and free me to move on.
Now LH just has to agree . . .
I had decided to take a one year sabbatical from EBS. If there is a job at the College full time, then I may challenge that role. If there isn't, then I will take that time to finish my PID and maybe even start my Masters. Sounds confident right? With LH being offered a job, I get to reevaluate and offer her the Office Manager position. Originally all I could think was - here we go - every time I want to make a change for me, something pulls me back into the office. But now, maybe this is the answer to that need for change. Maybe this will jump LH into the management position T was worried about and free me to move on.
Now LH just has to agree . . .
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Life and Choices
It is a quiet Sunday morning. The kids are all playing quietly, Tom is on his computer and D&S are downstairs. Kids have been fed, coffee made, all is good.
So my mind goes into superdrive. And the prevalent thought is "How do I avoid EBS this week?" Now that is just wrong. It is our busy "season" and the staff are beginning to feel "taken advantage of". Yes, I am the boss and can do what I want since they are being paid to be there, but there is the need to have mutual respect and I am definitely losing theirs. So does it matter? Hmmm . . . probably.
I refuse to play the I am sick card. Have to save that one for the days that I am actually under the weather. I can't "blame" my family since they are all making my life so much easier than it has been in ages. I guess I could use the "working at home" but then what about my appointments? That just makes it appear as if my staff don't have the authority to make appointments for me. And then there is the fact that I do have to get the work done! LY has not been dependable due to the family illness and I do need to get things done.
So how does it really look? This moving out of EBS? What will my day look like? How do I do it? The idea of getting out of the business is soooo very appealing. But I have to continue to pay my dues . . . guess that is the responsible thing to do.
Damn I hate being a grown up!
So my mind goes into superdrive. And the prevalent thought is "How do I avoid EBS this week?" Now that is just wrong. It is our busy "season" and the staff are beginning to feel "taken advantage of". Yes, I am the boss and can do what I want since they are being paid to be there, but there is the need to have mutual respect and I am definitely losing theirs. So does it matter? Hmmm . . . probably.
I refuse to play the I am sick card. Have to save that one for the days that I am actually under the weather. I can't "blame" my family since they are all making my life so much easier than it has been in ages. I guess I could use the "working at home" but then what about my appointments? That just makes it appear as if my staff don't have the authority to make appointments for me. And then there is the fact that I do have to get the work done! LY has not been dependable due to the family illness and I do need to get things done.
So how does it really look? This moving out of EBS? What will my day look like? How do I do it? The idea of getting out of the business is soooo very appealing. But I have to continue to pay my dues . . . guess that is the responsible thing to do.
Damn I hate being a grown up!
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Family is . . .
After reading through my family's blogs this morning I am touched by the power of our technology today. Although I live in the same city as 3 of my children, and I get to spend time with them all the time, their blogs allow me to catch a glimpse of them as the mature parents and adults they really are. Somehow when I am with them I tend to see them as my kids . . . although I am proud of the adults they have become!
When your children become your best friends (when they are adults), you enter into a very special relationship. Unlike other friends, these ones are lifers, they will never go away or betray you. But, they also have the secrets to your soul. They know from experience just where your buttons are and how to push them. But that works both ways - I too know how to push their buttons. That is where the respect comes in. Because we respect each other and we are proud of each other, we tend to forgive the button pushing and see it as just a simple "slip of the finger", shall we say.
Most families do not get to this point in their relationships and when you see another, it is almost a bonding experience. I have identified a couple of parent/adult child relationships that share this same bond and it is beautiful to see. I automatically respect that parent and child a little more. I hope others see that same relationship when they observe me with my family.
So love your family, value your family, respect your family and be proud of your family. They are special.
When your children become your best friends (when they are adults), you enter into a very special relationship. Unlike other friends, these ones are lifers, they will never go away or betray you. But, they also have the secrets to your soul. They know from experience just where your buttons are and how to push them. But that works both ways - I too know how to push their buttons. That is where the respect comes in. Because we respect each other and we are proud of each other, we tend to forgive the button pushing and see it as just a simple "slip of the finger", shall we say.
Most families do not get to this point in their relationships and when you see another, it is almost a bonding experience. I have identified a couple of parent/adult child relationships that share this same bond and it is beautiful to see. I automatically respect that parent and child a little more. I hope others see that same relationship when they observe me with my family.
So love your family, value your family, respect your family and be proud of your family. They are special.
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Birthday cake - gluten free
So the white cake with nutriwhip frosting and lemon filling was so very tasty, but there was something different about the texture. It seemed spongey and powdery. Odd for D to not have a complete success. We will have to check out what was different about this one.
It was still a successful birthday cake!!!
It was still a successful birthday cake!!!
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