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Writer's block...

…or rather “Blogger’s block”.

I keep wanting to post about what we’ve been doing, share a recipe or two and give a sampling of the photos I’ve been taking. But instead, every time I sit down to the computer, I feel like I should be posting job applications, sharing my resume and giving a sampling of who I am and why a high tech company should hire me. So, I post, share and give but not to my blog.

I’m missing my blog, I am missing the friendships that have formed from being a part of the blogging world.

But, I feel like my voice is being swallowed up by the desire and need to find a job. Wednesday it will be two months. Two months of not feeling like myself. Two months of feeling guilty that I am not accomplishing enough in my day – even though I feel like I am constantly on the move. Two months of not getting great projects done because the “need to find a job” cloud is hovering close over my head and mood.

On the bright side…

I am taking a ballet class twice a week. And that is AWESOME.
I am getting to pick up my girls from school each day and I get to be the one to hear about everything that happened. (Something I never want to let go of).
I’ve enjoyed reading a lot of really good books (of course that means I’m not going to sleep so I’m a bit on the tired side).
My tulips have gotten planted – finally.
I am interviewing with several really fantastic companies and have been approached about some really fantastic jobs
For the first time in 6 years, I’ve gotten an awesome tan even with SPF 30 sunscreen.
My girls have a sun tan to match mine.

So, my post my remain infrequent but I promise to share when I can. And now, I’m off to apply to a position a friend told me about today. Wish me luck.

In the meantime, here’s a sunset from our weekend in Lake Powell. It is one of the few pictures I have taken a minute to edit…

School is in session...

I’ve been a bit absent lately. I am going to do my best to do a better job of being present in my little corner of the web. It has been an interesting and fun few weeks. But the point of this post is to share something that we do each year to make the first week of school special…

I can’t believe my baby is in kindergarten. She has been asking for months about her first day of kindergarten. It was a relief to finally be able to say “Next week” instead of “In THREE months!” She laid out her clothes for the first day a week before and was having pretend conversations with her friends that she knew would be in the same class. There were three days that Jade was at school and Ivy wasn’t. Those three days were filled with talk about what her first day would be like and the hugs that she would share with her friends.

Then the morning of her first day came. She was a little bit more scared than I expected her to be. All of her pictures have that “deer-in-the-headlights” look. But we managed to capture one that I loved enough to welcome her home with.

Each year, we take pictures in the morning before school. Then I blow my favorite up to 16×20 (Costco $5.99) and put a congratulations message on the bottom of the photo. This poster is then hung in a window on the front of the house. Then the kids are greeted with their adorable face.

Here is Ivy’s from her first day of Kindergarten….

Jade started third grade, so we took her picture on the third day of third grade. (Costco had some printer issues so she wasn’t greeted by her smiling face until after dance class.)

This photos hang from their closet doors the rest of the year. They LOVE these posters. And I love having the posters documenting how much they have grown each year.

Flying friends

I do like working and I feel like I am a better mom when I am working. But right now, I am LOVING being home with my girls.

It has been five working days now since I was let go. We have had a great time and a productive time. And because I have a super amazing mom, I have had some special guidance on some fun crafts.

The other day we made “flying friends”. I don’t know if they actually fly because my girls put them on their fingers, in their hair and have decorated their rooms with them.

You start out with fun colored paper cut into squares. We had 3 inch and 5 inch squares.

Accordion fold them from corner to corner. (you will need two squares per butterfly).

Fold a pipe cleaner in half, pinch the middle of the two accordion squares and wrap the pipe cleaner around it. Be sure the pipe cleaner is twisted tight on both sides of the paper.

Curl the pipe cleaner tails like butterfly antenna.

Spread out the wings and pop them out just enough they stay open.

I Heart Faces - Water

It has been a while since I’ve entered the I Heart Faces contest. But now that I seem to have a little more time on my hands, I thought I would. After all, I will have time to comment on some of the amazing entries.

Jade is my little water bug. She seems to be happiest in the water and she actually likes her green hair. I took this picture on Saturday morning. The sun was behind the wake boarders most of the morning, and I have yet to master the sun flare. So, only part of her face is lit. And I’m also not great at photoshop so I couldn’t put more light on her face.

Guess, I’ll quit letting things go…

I used to be really busy and feel like I wasn’t getting to spend nearly enough time with my girls. And then guess what happened? I got laid off. So after 4 months of working for a company that I felt like I was sacrificing too much for, they gave me 2 weeks severance and my accrued vacation and sent me on my way.

The next day I went and spent the day in the sun, playing in the pool and visiting with my uncle and sister. It was AWESOME. Even though my sunburn doesn’t feel quit so awesome now.

And on Friday – the girls and I ran several errands. Including getting me a new phone number. It was very frustrating having to say goodbye to my phone number of 6 years all because I would have had to take on the terms of the contract with my old phone number. It was not worth 20 months without a decent phone. My job would have let me buy my old iPhone for $300 but I could get a new one for $200. Instead, I’m using an old blackberry that has letters that don’t work and the volume is weak. But, it is better than spending a huge chunk of change when I just lost my job. So I’ll adapt.

I’ve reached out to several people about job possibilities, but I haven’t made my list yet of the top 10 places I would like to work. It’s been a shocking adjustment for me. Totally and completely unexpected.

Today I am not viewing it as a bad, “woe is me” type of situation – yet. The first night, I didn’t sleep and it kept running it through my mind what I did wrong. But, now I feel like it was a blessing. I wasn’t happy only spending 1 1/2 – 2 hours a night with my girls (unless we let them stay up late). It was frustrating not having time to run any errands. We had not gone to the grocery store for several weeks. When I was home, I was tired and discouraged because of things that had been said to me that I felt were totally uncalled for. Although, I was excited about the potential of the “new” company and the series A funding that had been raised.

So now I’m looking for a job, spending lots more time with my girls, hoping to scrub and organize the house, weeding (instead of using weed killer), and planning on working out at least some.

Hopefully, it will also translate into more time to blog and hopefully more time to pursue photography. I even plan on creating a photography Facebook fan page.

Thank you so much for all of the encouraging comments last week on the blog. It helps to know that we are not alone and it is okay to let things go.

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