busy... busy... busy...

It is rather amazing how busy I have gotten now that I am working full time. I think this is the reason that I had thought that I would love a part-time or 3/4 time position. That way I would be able to keep up with the sewing/quilting/blogging items that I love and work to support these habits... Nice thought, just didn't work out that way ... so far.

It looks like I will only be in this position for another (maybe) six weeks as the person who is out sick is undergoing an operation today. I hope that she comes thru very well and that her recuperation is smooth. Of course I will then be looking for work once again when that happens... but we will cross that bridge when the time comes. In the meantime I am enjoying myself doing what I'm learning about here.

I need to start planning a few baby quilts this week and finish off the art totes for the kiddo's before the new baby is here on the 3rd of April.

On that note I need to get back to work as my lunch time is over...

Thanks for stopping by! Ciao for now :)

J :)

Work Week

So I have been among the missing this week. I have been trying to adjust to being back in the working world. It is rather strange, after being out of the corporate loop for the past 14 months. Though I was only there for less than 90 days. Prior to that it had been six months. Still, I am not even in the healthcare field any longer, not research, not management. I am very tired from being at a 8 am - 4:30 pm job. I am driving to work, which adds to the day, and while it is not a lot of traffic, it is much more than I was doing before.

I was hoping to be able to fit in at least 15 minutes an evening sewing, but I'm not so sure that is going to happen for awhile. I also want to go to the gym on a regular basis... That too is going to take some time.

In the meantime, I am on my way to sewing tonight!!! Yea!!! And going to work on the new baby quilt and start the quilting. Looking forward to see the ladies :)

Thanks for stopping by, Ciao for now!

J :)

1st day...

So I have been searching for work for over a year... Today was my 1st day back in the corporate working world.

I have taken a temporary position, which I am happy to say, Was very nice to start at today.

I will be sewing/quilting on the weekends as I am wiped out from not working a straight 8.5 hour work day. Add to that the 1st day jitters... Makes for a slightly stressed day. But I survived and am looking forward to tomorrow.

In the meantime, I need to get the baby quilt for our new (April 3rd) grandson, basket liners, and a few crayon totes for the big kids done between now and the end of the weekend. I hope to do at least twenty minutes a night... We will see how that goes. Also want to make a mini quilt for the wall in my cube :)

Thanks for stopping by, Ciao for now!
J :)

Slumber Saturday...

It has been a roller coaster of a week. I live just outside Boston, Massachusetts and the weather this week has gone from the low 60's to the low 20's within days. Crazy weather! We also had a dumping of snow... Not as much as my friends in New Hampsire, but enough of a reminder from Mother Nature.

In addition I was out in that snowy weather for interviews, filing out paperwork, and accepting a temporary position. As of Monday, I will be among the corporate working, once again. No, I will not be giving up on my creative side, I have to work within the corporate world to support my creative world.

Now I need to create some clothing for me to wear. :) Such a problem... I am still going to follow the UIU pledge as my stash has to shrink down to a regular closet size. I would like to set up the 'hidden room' that I use right now, as my crafting space. I will really need to cull through me stash of fabrics, books, craft items, and such to create my space.

I saw a 'pin' on Pinterest the other day that really hit the nail on the head. It stated 'Pinterest is online Hording' and I have to agree. I want to aim to have that space as the only space that looks like I am hoarding.

Ah well, time to get up and start the weekend...

Thanks for stopping by, Ciao for now!

J :)

Work...

Work may refer to:

  Human labor:
    Employment
    House work
    Labor (economics), measure of the work done by human beings
    Manual labor, physical work done by people
    Wage labor, in which a worker sells their labor and an employer buys it
    Work (project management), the effort applied to produce a deliverable or accomplish a task

  In Film/Media:
    Work (1915 film), a 1915 silent film co-starring Edna Purviance
    WORK (FM), an American FM radio station licensed to serve Barre, Vermont
    Work (professional wrestling), a staged event
    Work (painting), by Ford Madox Brown
    Work: A Story of Experience, a novel by Louisa May Alcott
    Work, a 1978 play by Ron Milner

  In Music
    The Work, band
    Work Records (aka "WORK" or "The WORK Group"), a music label under Sony Records
    Work 1989-2002, a release by the electronic music duo Orbital
    "Work" (Ciara song), a single by Ciara
    "Work" (Jars of Clay song), a song by Jars of Clay
    "Work" (Jimmy Eat World song), a song by the rock band Jimmy Eat World
    "Work", a song by Bob Marley from his album Uprising
    "Work" (Kelly Rowland song), a single by Kelly Rowland
    "Work" (The Saturdays song), a song by British pop group The Saturdays
    Work Work, a song by N Dubz
    Work (album), an album by Shout Out Louds

  Working may refer to:
    Working (musical), a 1978 musical
    Working (TV series), a situation comedy
    Working (book), a book by Studs Terkel
    Working!!, a manga by Karino Takatsu
    Holbrook Working, a statistician and economist

After all of these references to work you must be wondering why... Well, it is a fact that I have been looking for work, and would love to have a part-time position to support my quilting/fabric habit as well as some bills that need to be paid. One does need to eat after all.

This reminded me of the book by Studs Terkel "Working" (it is within the above list) published in 1976. It is about People talking about what they do all day and how they feel about what they do...

Work is about a search for daily meaning as well as daily bread, for recognition as well as cash, for astonishment rather than torpor; in short, for a sort of life rather than a Monday through Friday sort of dying. Once you become active in something, something happens to you. You get excited and suddenly you realize you count.- Studs Terkel

Anyway, I was looking for the meaning of "Work" because today I found out that the latest position that I went out on an interview for, last week, is looking at an internal candidate. A tad frustrating as I had not known prior to going to the interview... But, I would have done the same in their situation.

A known quantity is much stronger than an unknown quantity.

Still... Ah well, the exercise was a good one... It cleared the mind, It gave me a chuckle,

~♥~ Someday everything will all make perfect sense. So for now, laugh at the confusion, smile through the tears, and keep reminding yourself that everything happens for a reason. ~♥~

Ok, back to working on my projects :) That list of mine is not getting any smaller :)

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you are enjoying your coffee break :)    

Ciao for now :)

J :)