It’s Almost Time!

February 20, 2012 By 15 Comments

We are moving this week. It has been a a hectic, stressful last several months!

We had the stress of whether or not we would qualify for a second mortgage. I question our sanity for even thinking of doing this!

Then we had to get a renter and lease signed before we could close.

Now we are almost packed and have to load up and move!

We went up this past weekend and found this tire swing in the woods near the park – cool.

I have to say, I haven’t slept much these past few weeks. I can’t wait until we are moved and mostly unpacked and I can finally get back into a routine with the family.

I have and will have a few more guest posts during all this transition. Please enjoy them and bare with me. I have some cool “green” posts in store…

Happy Birthday to Me!

January 31, 2012 By 18 Comments

Source: etsy.com via Junia on Pinterest

 

 

Okay, it’s my birthday and yes I’m 40. It’s only a number, right?

Our New Home… w/w

January 24, 2012 By 50 Comments

We are moving next month to Ponte Vedra, Fl, near Jacksonville. It will be about 5 hours north of where we are right now.

Okay it’s not ready yet, but here a few pictures of work in progress. This first one is us on the land back in August.

This last one is the latest picture. It’s not painted yet on the outside. It should be all ready for us at the end of February. We are super excited!!

In Need of a Job?

January 23, 2012 By 16 Comments

 

I’ll be leaving my job of almost 12 years next month. It’s not because I’m dissatisfied, but we are moving five hours north. But there have been times in the last twelve years I’ve thought about another job, I’m sure I’m not the only one to do this.

I wish I would have found out about Global Response earlier. I think I would have at least gone on an interview. They have customer service call centers that work with many wonderful companies like, Crate & Barrel, National Geographic, Blue Cross Blue Shield and JC Penny, just to name a few.

What is a call center? When you call a company, like your insurance company, you get put through to a call center. Things can happen fast at a call center, there lots of employees answering the phones at the same time.  When I make calls to insurance companies I can sometimes hear others in the background. Everyone is usually very polite.

I was checking out Global Response and see they offer good benefits and on-site child-care. This would be a HUGE benefit for me. My daughter is only a few minutes away from me now, but to have her on site would be awesome! They have a 401k, which I would love to have had at my current job. Health and dental benefits are offered, as well as vacation, sick and personal time. They have picnics, team spirit days and it sounds like they really care about their employees. Check this out- after 20 years, you get a trip for two anywhere in the world.

Maybe I should re-think my move! Just kidding…

Their main headquarters are located in South Florida, and they have two smaller call centers in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. If you’ve ever thought about customer service careers and live in these areas, check them out!
After our move, I am hoping to take some time off working outside the home and really focus on my blog. Savannah will be going to pre-kindergarten in August, so I may get a part time job then. Maybe there is something similar in Jacksonville.

 

 

 

 

Will I Go Back to School?

January 12, 2012 By 21 Comments

I’ve always wanted to become an elementary teacher. However, after high school, I didn’t really want to go to college. I took a few classes, but wasn’t into it. I wanted to get married and have kids. Thankfully, that did not happen. I wasn’t as ready as I thought I was.

Then I decided I would be a nurse. I was dating my husband at the time and he was a firefighter/paramedic. I thought it would be cool to be in the medical field with him. So I went back to the community college and took some more classes. Man,  I did not like the science class or the math classes. So not my thing. So I stopped and went to work full time and starting raising his family and forgot about it again.

Fast forward ten years, when my son was 2 and I wanted to start taking some classes. I looked into financial aid and thought about quitting my job and take classes full time. I did take a “class in a box” which was basically watching DVDs and taking a few tests. That was easy.  Then my step son passed away and so did my drive for school.

So – eight years later, we are moving and starting anew in a new place and I do not have to go back to work right away!! Yeah!! So…. will I go back to school? There are some colleges on line. I feel too old to go back, I mean I am almost forty! lol But seriously…. maybe, we’ll see. I would want to study education or computers, not sure.

 

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Has anyone gone back after 40? Am I nuts?

 

 

 

 

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