It's been awhile....bad me!

It's been tough with starting the new job to get a chance to blog! Sorry about that....well, here we go....

Not too much going on other than work stuff....I passed my big test with a 99%! I was soooo proud of myself! I was really worried, they crammed so much information into three days and tested us on the third that I just didn't know if I would be able to remember it all!

I start some new training stuff tomorrow, including first aid and cpr, along with med training going through wednesday....Thursday I actually get to start my shift and shadow for a few days before being on my own about the middle of next week, I cannot WAIT to get started for real!

I just finished a cute ATC for a contest on TallyScrapper, and I don't know what to do with it.....if you want it leave me a comment and I will randomly pick one person whom I will announce next weekend.....

Just a quick one.....

To let everyone know that I am still alive!
I have been at orientation all this week, and it is SOOOO overwhelming going back to work after so long....I am just exhausted! And all I have done is sit in a room and listen to people talk!
I start some more hands on training tomorrow, learning the practices of the hospital in not so good situations, I have to learn how to restrain people safely....should be interesting!
Next week I have CPR and First Aid training which I am VERY excited to have!
Anyway, I miss you all! Sorry I am not around much, I just have homework and stuff from the orientations and just plain tired....can't WAIT until my regular shift starts and I can fall into a routine!

Goooood Morning Sunshine!

Hey all! It's Friday! I am feeling gooooood too! Marissa is coming home today for the weekend, Chris will be off, I start work Monday which means I get to go shopping for new clothes AND my neighbor is training my puppy....she is doing soooo well, that we may NOT have to get rid of her at all! Yipppppeeeeeeeee!
I got two packages this week, yep, two......some random stuff from Tally including some bling and Scrapperie's June Kit The Lake House....I am LOVING them both! The kit at tally comes out Sunday and it looks ROCKIN'!!!! (my tallygirls get it)
I wasn't planning on ordering it when I saw the sneak peek, it's soooo bright, but when the AMAZING girls on the DT started showing it off I just couldn't help myself! I cannot WAIT to get my hands on this one! It looks like sooooo much fun!

Hey there!

I know, I know, it's been awhile since I posted, but I have NOT been feeling good! I finally went to the doctor's office yesterday and all but got yelled at....I have a "MASSIVE" ear infection (her words not mine) and a sinus infection.....hmmmmm......I guess that explains why I can't hear right? LOL
I got some anti-biotics and hopefully will feel better before I start the new job next week! Alot of you have asked what I will be doing......
I will be working with children with mental disabilities ranging from Autism to ADD/ODD and other behavioral stuff.....I am VERY excited! As most of you know, my daughter Marissa struggles with ADHD and Bi-Polar disorder and I have been through it ALL with her....I just wanted to give back a little to other kids that may be having similar problems, I want to be for them what some of the people where Marissa is have been to her.....does that make sense?
Anyway, Chris is doing GREAT at his job, he is loving being back to work and is a MUCH happier man!
The girls are doing good, Hannah is a holy terror, the epitomy of the terrible two's.....Olivia is her sweet princess self, and Marissa is doing GREAT learning to cope with her emotions and should be home for good by the end of the month!
The only other big news here, my husband and I.....after long and tortorous consideration, have decided that we can no longer keep Juno, our huskey mix puppy. She is such a sweet girl, but she still pees in the house, despite our best efforts AND she has run out the door 5 times this week ALONE! With me going back to work, Chris working, we just don't think we can handle her any more.....it breaks my heart, as she is MY puppy and was a gift to me, but we just can't handle it anymore......we will be taking her to the humane society this weekend, and hopefully she will find a good home with a large fenced in yard and a doggy door very quickly......
I do love her.....I hate doing this............

I GOT IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I GOT THE JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WoooHOOOOOOO!
I got hired at my first choice! I start on the 16th and they even offered me 15cents an hour more than the base wage! Not too shabby considering I have never worked in the field! I am soooooooooo excited!
I start orientation next week on day shift, and then the following wednesday I will start my normal 3-11 shift! WooooHOOOOO!
I am seriously soooo excited I can hardly contain myself!

I probably just pissed everyone off.....

BUT I DON'T CARE! How are you going to post a pic or layout of yourself being flirty with a military man and have the guts to appologize to his wife if he sees it? WTF....

Letting go.....

I don't know if any of you have experienced this, but it's a first for me....
I have this one site that I frequent....I used to LOVE going there and now......well........the politics of it just piss me off to no end!
I don't know what to do, because certain things about this site I LOVE, but other things are really starting to grate on my last nerve.....not sure if I should just let it go or if I am being stupid....I don't want to go into specifics or name this site, I don't want to ruin it for anyone who may still find some pleasure in it......I just had to get it out.....
I find that the cliques are ridiculous....AND I feel that stuff is getting judged unfairly.......I don't like that there are people there who I am SURE are lying......I cannot STAND that...but it seems to happen more and more and no one seems to catch on! I don't know....perhaps I should just stop going there, but it just breaks my heart to do that because of a few when there is nothing wrong with the majority....know what I mean?
Sorry for the ramble peeps, but any advice will be greatly appreciated!

Soaking up the sun!

That is pretty much what we did today! I went into work this morning and on my way home saw that someone was GIVING away some stuff since they were moving! I hate to get free stuff sometimes cause LOTs of it is CRAP...and I have enough of that for a small country! LOL..

BUT, they were giving away a little tykes pool and playhouse! I grabbed that stuff up QUICK! I took it home and cleaned it up, then we all headed to wally world to get bathing suits for the year! The girls had a BLAST playing outside with their new toys....

and then there was my wonderful hubby, who was just happy to spray himself with the hose!

And for today at least, I am their favorite! LOL

To top it off, I won a cute little chipboard album over at YMBD for the crop they had last weekend! What a GREAT day!

I hope everyone has as a good a day as I am having!

Ice Cream Social

I just got to announce the first crop that I have ever hosted! It's over at Scrapperie....I am having sooo much fun coming up with challenges and putting it all together with the help of the lovely ladies that moderate with me there!
I have taken everything I love about all the crops I have ever done and tried to meld them into one big SUPER Crop!
If you are not a member, you should REALLY go check the place out! Sandi puts together AWESOME kits, at a very reasonable price, considering that she packs them FULL of goodies!
Everyone is super nice and there is ALOT going on each and EVERY week!
Hope to see you There! IF you hunt me out....just like everywhere else, I am Rajah1116!

THE phone call~

I heard from the job I had interviewed for this morning, and the lady said she is ready to make me an offer but she has to talk it over with her boss as to what that offer will be....I am soooo EXCITED! I cannot WAIT to start there! I had such a GREAT time shadowing.....
Other than that the day has been slow so far....Hannah is napping, Olivia and Marissa are playing the Wii and I am scrapbooking! I am hoping to get TONS of pages done this weekend and next as I would be starting the new job on the 16th!
Thanks to all of you for the well wishes and support....it really means alot to me!

Let's see.....

I just got back from shadowing for the new job I really hope I get! It was AWESOME! The kids were great and I felt right at home, I really really really hope I get this!
Chris worked for the first time today in MONTHS! He came home filthy but happy! He seemed excited to be out earning his keep again, I like a happy hubby!
I only got to work on one card today, and I only got it half done....Hopefully I can bang a few things out tomorrow!
Not much else here, Marissa is home tomorrow for the weekend, I can't wait to scrap with her! She is also bugging to go out and play ball....boy, what torture to spend an afternoon passing with my baby! LOL
I hope the weather holds!

Summer Showers

The rain comes quickly,
wshing away the grunge of the city.
Tiny drops fall quietly,
adding luster to the black pavement below.
The teardrops grow larger steadily becoming torrential
drowning the sins of the world beneath.
The rain comes quickly
Cleansing the earth, making it new....
once again.

Angry Layout...more info

Okay, I didn't want to go into it too much on any sites, as this is pretty graphic....I did this layout for a challenge on Tallyscrapper that involved music and a pic about highschool....well, I got knocked up in highschool by "my first love" and I use that term loosly....

These are pics of his prom....he was 18 I was 15....yeah, shoulda known better, but didn't....anyway, he got me prego when I was 16 and TOOK OFF! I cannot forgive him, I am a pretty nice person, and I like to give second chances, but I just CAN'T!!!!!!!!!!

So here is the layout, and the journaling....the song I used was Everclear's Santa Monica, check it out if you don't know it, GREAT song....

"You fucked me over

You son of a bitch!!!

How could you??

Leave your CHILD, didn't care what happened...

I fuckin' HATE YOU!!!

I can't forgive it that makes me hate you MORE!

Screw you you SON OF A BITCH!!!!!!! ROT IN HELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Okay, I feel better now.....

Adolescence

I don't know if I spelled that right...but here goes, this is a poem I wrote while looking at a picture of my oldest daughter Marissa....she is just growing sooo fast....

Out of the Cocoon
The butterfly
Emerges;
takes flight.

A once humble
fuzzy insect
limited;
to earthbound days.

Out of the cocoon
Beautiful wings
open;
embrace the world.

Fly beautiful creature
take flight
fly;
discover the world.

Please take it easy ladies, I write for me, but I am posting this for a challenge....Thanks for understanding!

Second time around

Well, I got a call today from my first choice for future employment...they pay better and I would just LOVE to work for the company, I believe in their mission and have had first hand experience with their organization....well, anyway, they called me for a second interview! I go tomorrow, I am sooo excited! Honestly, this was my first interview in like 3 years, I was totally nervous and I was SURE I had blown it! Fingers Crossed!

Things here are going well, I am getting ready to make my mixed drink for my Cock Swappers group....minds out of the gutters peeps, we are swapping drink recipies! LOL....I will be making mine tonight and taking some cool pics of it....and what really sucks is I will HAVE to drink it afterward....man, that is gonna be TOUGH!

I am sooo busy right now on all my sites, moderating, ATC swaps on two, recipie swapp on one, two crops this weekend and planning another!

I just wanted to include this cute pic of Olivia that I took over the weekend and this one of Hannah when she was sick....gosh...I LOVE Picnik!

Planning and Planning.....

I am busy planning to host my first crop! I am sooo excited, it's a cyber crop, and man, I didn't realize how much work went into putting one of these together!

I will not mention where yet, as the big reveal will be FRIDAY, but I will post more about it as the reveal is made! Let's just say it is going to be YUMMY!!!!!!!!!!

This weekend has been CRAZY! I have done nothing but scrap....I have gotten a ton done, but man, I am getting burned out! I still have a few more layouts to complete for my crops, but I don't know if I will be meeting my personal goal! We'll see!

The kids and the hubby are feeling a little better, but now MY nose is running! I swear, if these heathens got me sick....well, someone better be spoiling me!

My fish have had babies, as many of you know, and now the babies are getting big enough to take pictures of! There are a TON of these things! I didn't know that sooo many babies came at one time! LOL....hey, if you live in or around Central PA and would like a fish, please, let me know....they are very quickly outgrowing the four tanks that we have!

I guess that's it for today....back to scrapping!

Sick kids

Wow....my kids and husband are a mess! They are all soooo sick....coughing, congested just generally miserable and bitchy! On the bright side, I have been working on two crops this weekend and I have gotten a TON done and am still working!

I did this one on Tallyscrapper where I had to make my own sketch, I really like the way it turned out, except the flowers look kind of stupid! LOL....I am NOT an artist! But check out this cool sketch!