Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.
So I LOVE reading all my blogging friends "Not Me Monday" blogs- BUT I'm not a mom, so I felt left out ;) BUT lo and behold my friend Crystal challenged me that I STILL can write one :) so hear I go!!!
It definitely wasn't me who asked a 5 year old girl to braid my hair b/c I miss my hair being played with, no way- WHO would do that? CREEPY!
It was NOT my husband that made us drive to Rite Aid, CVS, Wal-Mart & Staples until he found his perfect mechanical pencil. No way- who is that crazy? He definitely wasn't dead set on not doing homework until he had his 5 mm mechanical pencil that he's "had since highschool".
It wasn't me that set 2 interviews up at the same time- who would do that? Anyone trying to get a job would be more careful then that!!
Thank goodness it isn't our shower that wasn't pouring out sulfur water but now instead has been treated with chlourine so now we smell like the YMCA every time we get out of the shower- or drink pool water. That would be miserable!
Oh and most importantly THANK GOODNESS it isn't me that has a "farmville" on facebook! Who would waste so much time in their life to be a "virtual farmer" PATHETIC!!!!!
:)
I want to hear about your "not me monday" moments!! Heather I'm sure you have a million!! ;)
Mother's hold their daughters hands for a little while, but their hearts forever.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Friday, September 25, 2009
Job Interview #1!
My job interview today went well! It was at Ithaca Medical Group which is a private practice that helps cancer patients. The office is actually IN the hospital here in Ithaca, but they aren't directly associated with the hospital. Basically a girl is going on maternity leave and they need a temporary administrative assistant to fill in for her- BUT the position would be for 9-12 months, with a GOOD chance of continuing to work there after.
I felt like the interview went great. I was asked A LOT of questions- "What are you strengths/weaknesses", "How would your previous coworkers/boss describe you", "What is the biggest work challenge you've faced?" All the annoying typical questions!!! :) Don't worry one time I forgot what I was answering!!! LOL I don't think she noticed but I was just like "Oh my gosh Kelly come ON!" :) just typical me.
My face always hurts after I interview too... there is just way to much smiling going on!!! :) It was SO NICE to mess up my hair and put on a hoodie and sweats after!!
Okay so anyways- it REALLY did go well and I TRULY hope to hear back from them! It's a 8 hr day including a paid lunch :) anyways- I'll tell you more about it if I get it!
I have 2 more to knock out next Tuesday and hopefully I will hear something from one of them!!
Okay so onto something totally different :)
My friend Crystal made a "Bucket list" yesterday and so I'm going to copy her! Here are 10 things I would like to do/achieve before I go to be with the Lord!
1. Have a healthy family that is raised in OK ;) (sorry T.J.)
2. Bring as many people as I can to the Lord
3. Live on 200+ acres in a house T.J. and I build :) (his DREAM)
4. Travel to as many places as possible! (Australia, Africa, I could go on and on)
5. Get a job that I am HAPPY at
6. Stay very close with my family
7. Live in God's will (okay sorry this should be #1) ;)
8. Be on Wheel of fortune (YES I SAID IT!)
9. Stay FIT
10. Love the Lord my God with all my heart, all my soul and all my strength!!!!!!
On to ANOTHER note :) I mentioned yesterday that I like to have a picture in every blog and now I am "without" a picture SOOOOOOOOO I'm going to post a picture of one of my best friends ever- Sara Schakelaar. Sara is in Slovenia right now serving our Lord. She is ironically living with my cousin Brooke (Brown) Stevens and Brooke's husband Johnny (who are both missionaries in Slovenia.) She has been there around 4 months now and will be there until December. Can I ask you to pray for her on some certain things??
*God's will for Sara! (Sara needs to hear God's calling on what he wants for her after she leaves Slovenia)
*Her ankle- Sara was training for a 1/2 marathon and rolled her ankle (pretty bad) and needs to rest awhile... she is afraid that with the time off she won't be able to do the 1/2 marathon. I have TOTAL FAITH she can. I experienced having to take time off while training for a 1/2 marathon and God carried me through that race!!
*Her health- Sara is very healthy but she did have a sinus cold/infection- just that the Lord will keep her healthy as she is serving Him in another country.
*Her outreach- Sara has done SO GOOD in meeting people, making friends (which is obvious b/c who DOESN'T want to be Sara's best friend?!) But that the Lord will show these girls that there is something special about Sara (and that is the Lord's life in her) and that they will come to know His life.
Here is Sara's blog if you want to check her out ;) Let's continue to pray for her and her time in Slovenia! He can do WONDROUS things through any of us!
I felt like the interview went great. I was asked A LOT of questions- "What are you strengths/weaknesses", "How would your previous coworkers/boss describe you", "What is the biggest work challenge you've faced?" All the annoying typical questions!!! :) Don't worry one time I forgot what I was answering!!! LOL I don't think she noticed but I was just like "Oh my gosh Kelly come ON!" :) just typical me.
My face always hurts after I interview too... there is just way to much smiling going on!!! :) It was SO NICE to mess up my hair and put on a hoodie and sweats after!!
Okay so anyways- it REALLY did go well and I TRULY hope to hear back from them! It's a 8 hr day including a paid lunch :) anyways- I'll tell you more about it if I get it!
I have 2 more to knock out next Tuesday and hopefully I will hear something from one of them!!
Okay so onto something totally different :)
My friend Crystal made a "Bucket list" yesterday and so I'm going to copy her! Here are 10 things I would like to do/achieve before I go to be with the Lord!
1. Have a healthy family that is raised in OK ;) (sorry T.J.)
2. Bring as many people as I can to the Lord
3. Live on 200+ acres in a house T.J. and I build :) (his DREAM)
4. Travel to as many places as possible! (Australia, Africa, I could go on and on)
5. Get a job that I am HAPPY at
6. Stay very close with my family
7. Live in God's will (okay sorry this should be #1) ;)
8. Be on Wheel of fortune (YES I SAID IT!)
9. Stay FIT
10. Love the Lord my God with all my heart, all my soul and all my strength!!!!!!
On to ANOTHER note :) I mentioned yesterday that I like to have a picture in every blog and now I am "without" a picture SOOOOOOOOO I'm going to post a picture of one of my best friends ever- Sara Schakelaar. Sara is in Slovenia right now serving our Lord. She is ironically living with my cousin Brooke (Brown) Stevens and Brooke's husband Johnny (who are both missionaries in Slovenia.) She has been there around 4 months now and will be there until December. Can I ask you to pray for her on some certain things??
*God's will for Sara! (Sara needs to hear God's calling on what he wants for her after she leaves Slovenia)
*Her ankle- Sara was training for a 1/2 marathon and rolled her ankle (pretty bad) and needs to rest awhile... she is afraid that with the time off she won't be able to do the 1/2 marathon. I have TOTAL FAITH she can. I experienced having to take time off while training for a 1/2 marathon and God carried me through that race!!
*Her health- Sara is very healthy but she did have a sinus cold/infection- just that the Lord will keep her healthy as she is serving Him in another country.
*Her outreach- Sara has done SO GOOD in meeting people, making friends (which is obvious b/c who DOESN'T want to be Sara's best friend?!) But that the Lord will show these girls that there is something special about Sara (and that is the Lord's life in her) and that they will come to know His life.
Here is Sara's blog if you want to check her out ;) Let's continue to pray for her and her time in Slovenia! He can do WONDROUS things through any of us!
Thursday, September 24, 2009
GOD IS GOOD! :)
I just ran down the hall singing "God is good, God is good, God is good!" :) yes all by myself.
Okay nothing THAT HUGE happened but to me it was GREAT!
Okay nothing THAT HUGE happened but to me it was GREAT!
The past couple of days T.J. and I have both been like "okay... I REALLLLY need a job now" and last night I started freaking out and I just started telling T.J. how we REALLY need to be praying about this and just GIVING it to God and all that! Well I haven't heard back from anyone in awhile and so I've been feeling a little discouraged.
Well I woke up this morning and just "gave it up" to God again and NOT EVEN 5 minutes later my phone is ringing- it is Ithaca Medical Center wanting to set up an interview with me! :) YAY! So THANK YOU LORD! I have an interview with them tomorrow at 9:30. The lady was REALLY nice and I'm excited to meet her.
Okay that's it really- oh and I don't really like posting without a picture b/c that's not fun but I don't have a picture of me prancing down the hall so I decided I would post this picture. It's a picture of Jade :) she was sleeping like this but opened her eyes when I took the picture- this was when we were moving in and she was all doped up on medicine from her bee stings. :)
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Hard boiled eggs
Do you know the smell of rotten eggs? You're driving down the road (especially around 63rd and Rockwell somewhere in N. OKC!) and you smell sewage or just that ROTTEN EGG SMELL?! :)
WELCOME TO MY LIFE!!!
In case you didn't know if you have sulfur in your water this will make your water SMELL and TAAASTTEEE like rotten eggs. At first it wasn't bad, it started in the bathroom sinks... but now it has taken over the water in the washing machine and this is where it has to end... THE SHOWER. OH MY WORD. So the WHOLE time I'm taking a shower this morning I am just telling myself that the smell is actually hard boiled eggs and not rotten eggs so I could "make it through" the shower w/o gagging!
ANYWAYS- the landlords are supposed to fix this, they actually pay a service to MAKE SURE there isn't sulfur in the water and they obviously aren't doing the job! So they'll fix it soon hopefully!! I pray it's not like this when my mom and James come out!
The only good thing is that mosquitos won't bite you if you drink sulfur water... so I guess that's good?!?!?! Thank goodness for our Brita!
Okay that's it :) just annoying part of the morning!!
Here is a picture of Ace doing what he likes to do best- getting into the TRASH!
WELCOME TO MY LIFE!!!
In case you didn't know if you have sulfur in your water this will make your water SMELL and TAAASTTEEE like rotten eggs. At first it wasn't bad, it started in the bathroom sinks... but now it has taken over the water in the washing machine and this is where it has to end... THE SHOWER. OH MY WORD. So the WHOLE time I'm taking a shower this morning I am just telling myself that the smell is actually hard boiled eggs and not rotten eggs so I could "make it through" the shower w/o gagging!
ANYWAYS- the landlords are supposed to fix this, they actually pay a service to MAKE SURE there isn't sulfur in the water and they obviously aren't doing the job! So they'll fix it soon hopefully!! I pray it's not like this when my mom and James come out!
The only good thing is that mosquitos won't bite you if you drink sulfur water... so I guess that's good?!?!?! Thank goodness for our Brita!
Okay that's it :) just annoying part of the morning!!
Here is a picture of Ace doing what he likes to do best- getting into the TRASH!
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Fall is here- officially!
Well according to KLOVE fall is officially here around 4:18 pm. We definitely have been feeling it here! During the day the weather is ususally PERFECT but in the mornings- OH MY GOODNESS, it is SO COLD!!!! It was 37 the other night in a town nearby. BRR!!! I have heard it's in the 60's in OK- that sounds SO GREAT! Today it is kind of drizzly and rainy- which I LOVE :) so I'm hoping it stays that way for awhile.
This blog will be very random b/c I have a lot of randomness to talk about! :)
Let's see- I'll start off with church. We found a great church we decided to stick with! The church is called Bethel Grove Bible Church. The church is about a mile down the road from us which is really nice. We go to "Sunday school" (I'm not sure what they call it) and that has been good. We are going over 1st Corinthians right now. The church has 2 different "services" in the morning and I think maybe 200-300 in each service, but it doesn't seem that big. We have met 2 different couple that have invited us to do things. This past Sunday we hung out with an older couple and had venison chili (it was really good!) they had a daughter that was a sophmore in HS and so she hung out with us for awhile too. This was the first couple we really felt was "on the same page" with me and T.J. and I'm not going to lie- that was a comfort! :) The other couple we met is a couple years older then me and T.J., this Saturday we're going to go to their house and do s'mores :) we're excited. ALSO in the next week or 2 the church is starting a "young couples" home bible study so we'll be glad to get involved with that. SO needless to say we're really excited about getting involved and "plugged in" at this church and love meeting other couples.
Okay on to the job front- same ole same ole :) I have been actually GOING OUT and submitting my resumes to some places, so we'll see if that makes a difference in landing a job. T.J. and I feel that if I don't have a job by the first week of October that I'll probably say yes to Tony and Jen (our landlords) and watch their kiddos from 2-5 every day and do some other things for them- what would be IDEAL is if I could do that and have a part time job in the morning!
Skype anyone? :) Mike and Debbie, and my mom and James (which of course includes Heather and Brynn), Julia, Carlie & Sara are our only "friends" on Skype that we have video chatted with. It is SO EASY. If you have a MAC you have NO EXCUSE not to download Skype for free at Skype.com b/c you have a video camera IN your computer :) if you don't have a camera in your computer (we didn't) we bought one at Best Buy for 39.99 and it works GREAT! This is a great way for us to communicate with our friends and family and we love doing it! Think about it ;) If you do have it- add us as a contact, our name is "NYNEWBIES" :)
T.J. is swamped with school work as usual- especially this week. He is even going to miss Biggest Loser tomorrow night!! :) He has to go to a lot of extracurricular activities that normally you wouldn't go to- but he needs to "network" and do it for the department he is involved with... I am able to help him input a lot of data in Excel so I'm glad I can help him a little at least!!
I don't have any new pictures but I do have a video I took of T.J. and the doggies the other night- nothing that fun but just a "ritual" they do all the time. I caught them AFTER the dogs were freaking out attacking him :) but notice the doggies little tails WAAAGGGGGGING :) lol
2 random things that are different from OK-
#1 People in the north don't tend to say "bye" when you get off the phone- this makes me laugh really b/c I "got on" to Susan Werner about this when I lived with them in NC- I WAS NOT used to people just HANGING UP without a salutation- I NEED an "okay- see ya!" or "buh-bye" but you don't normally get that here :) Susan started saying goodbye after I told her I need that, lol but I just got a message from Jen our landlord and it made me smile b/c she just ended a sentence and hung up- no goodbye or anything. What is with that?! :)
#2 I don't know what brought this up but I was talking with T.J. last night and he was telling me how he's learned so much more vocabulary being up here. Here is the bottom line- yes, people are smart up here (Cornell is an ivy league school so that's obvious) BUT the difference is that they MAKE IT KNOWN. I have noticed this a little but T.J. has seen it a lot more. When you talk to people it's like "what crazy long words can I use to look as smart as possible"? :) Obviously as you can tell this REALLY gets on my nerves. But I am not a smarty pants, I want to understand what you are saying. There is no way I am going to try to impress you and make you think I'm really smart. That is how I feel a lot of people here are ;) But they probably honestly don't even think about it- they are just thinking I'm hick or something, and that's fine! I just am used to the smart people in OK that don't try to broadcast it.
Alright I'm off to do some more cleaning today! Yesterday I swept, swiffered & wet jetted all the floors/stairs (I have a blister to prove it!) and so today I am off to do the bathrooms and dust.
One funny quote from T.J. this week that made me laugh, "Kelly can you buy me some underwear this week, I've never bought them before- do they come in boxes, bags??? I'm 24 and I've never bought my own underwear....I don't even know what size I wear" :) HAHA Debbie I can blame you for this ;)
This blog will be very random b/c I have a lot of randomness to talk about! :)
Let's see- I'll start off with church. We found a great church we decided to stick with! The church is called Bethel Grove Bible Church. The church is about a mile down the road from us which is really nice. We go to "Sunday school" (I'm not sure what they call it) and that has been good. We are going over 1st Corinthians right now. The church has 2 different "services" in the morning and I think maybe 200-300 in each service, but it doesn't seem that big. We have met 2 different couple that have invited us to do things. This past Sunday we hung out with an older couple and had venison chili (it was really good!) they had a daughter that was a sophmore in HS and so she hung out with us for awhile too. This was the first couple we really felt was "on the same page" with me and T.J. and I'm not going to lie- that was a comfort! :) The other couple we met is a couple years older then me and T.J., this Saturday we're going to go to their house and do s'mores :) we're excited. ALSO in the next week or 2 the church is starting a "young couples" home bible study so we'll be glad to get involved with that. SO needless to say we're really excited about getting involved and "plugged in" at this church and love meeting other couples.
Okay on to the job front- same ole same ole :) I have been actually GOING OUT and submitting my resumes to some places, so we'll see if that makes a difference in landing a job. T.J. and I feel that if I don't have a job by the first week of October that I'll probably say yes to Tony and Jen (our landlords) and watch their kiddos from 2-5 every day and do some other things for them- what would be IDEAL is if I could do that and have a part time job in the morning!
Skype anyone? :) Mike and Debbie, and my mom and James (which of course includes Heather and Brynn), Julia, Carlie & Sara are our only "friends" on Skype that we have video chatted with. It is SO EASY. If you have a MAC you have NO EXCUSE not to download Skype for free at Skype.com b/c you have a video camera IN your computer :) if you don't have a camera in your computer (we didn't) we bought one at Best Buy for 39.99 and it works GREAT! This is a great way for us to communicate with our friends and family and we love doing it! Think about it ;) If you do have it- add us as a contact, our name is "NYNEWBIES" :)
T.J. is swamped with school work as usual- especially this week. He is even going to miss Biggest Loser tomorrow night!! :) He has to go to a lot of extracurricular activities that normally you wouldn't go to- but he needs to "network" and do it for the department he is involved with... I am able to help him input a lot of data in Excel so I'm glad I can help him a little at least!!
I don't have any new pictures but I do have a video I took of T.J. and the doggies the other night- nothing that fun but just a "ritual" they do all the time. I caught them AFTER the dogs were freaking out attacking him :) but notice the doggies little tails WAAAGGGGGGING :) lol
2 random things that are different from OK-
#1 People in the north don't tend to say "bye" when you get off the phone- this makes me laugh really b/c I "got on" to Susan Werner about this when I lived with them in NC- I WAS NOT used to people just HANGING UP without a salutation- I NEED an "okay- see ya!" or "buh-bye" but you don't normally get that here :) Susan started saying goodbye after I told her I need that, lol but I just got a message from Jen our landlord and it made me smile b/c she just ended a sentence and hung up- no goodbye or anything. What is with that?! :)
#2 I don't know what brought this up but I was talking with T.J. last night and he was telling me how he's learned so much more vocabulary being up here. Here is the bottom line- yes, people are smart up here (Cornell is an ivy league school so that's obvious) BUT the difference is that they MAKE IT KNOWN. I have noticed this a little but T.J. has seen it a lot more. When you talk to people it's like "what crazy long words can I use to look as smart as possible"? :) Obviously as you can tell this REALLY gets on my nerves. But I am not a smarty pants, I want to understand what you are saying. There is no way I am going to try to impress you and make you think I'm really smart. That is how I feel a lot of people here are ;) But they probably honestly don't even think about it- they are just thinking I'm hick or something, and that's fine! I just am used to the smart people in OK that don't try to broadcast it.
Alright I'm off to do some more cleaning today! Yesterday I swept, swiffered & wet jetted all the floors/stairs (I have a blister to prove it!) and so today I am off to do the bathrooms and dust.
One funny quote from T.J. this week that made me laugh, "Kelly can you buy me some underwear this week, I've never bought them before- do they come in boxes, bags??? I'm 24 and I've never bought my own underwear....I don't even know what size I wear" :) HAHA Debbie I can blame you for this ;)
Friday, September 18, 2009
2 more weeks!
In 2 little ole weeks my mom and James will be here- FINALLY!!! We are SO EXCITED to get them here! Not sure really what we're going to do but HANGING OUT is really the only thing that matters to us! Not sure what the temperature will be like when they're here but I know the leaves will be GORGEOUS! :) YAY!
So tonight T.J. and I are going to see the movie Love Happens, I love Jennifer Aniston so I'm excited! I like Aaron Eckhart too though! Hopefully it's good! I bought the tickets already and was NOT happy when I realized they are $10 a piece for just general admission! UGH NY prices STINK!!!
T.J. decided to take off about 3:30 today which I was REALLY happy about- even if that means he's napping right now :) he needs it!
Here are some pictures that I took of T.J. when we visited the Esopus Creek last Saturday. It's about a 3 hour drive there (did I MENTION he'll be there all next summer?!) So I'm going to have to learn that route so I can visit him every other weekend or so!!
I wish I would've taken a little bit better of pictures! :) T.J. and his advisor took some awhile back so I'll have to post those later. Honestly I haven't really thought about him not being here basically all summer next semester... and I don't want to until I HAVE to :) That WON'T be fun... We have FOUR yes FOUUUUUR weddings we are in or want to go to next semester so hopefully we can do that- so much love! :)On the job subject I have 2 "opportunities" I guess you could say that have come my way! One of them I'm not quite sure about yet but the other opportunity is with a financial planning group- I have an interview with them the 29th- so we'll see how that goes!
Okay sorry I don't have any fun/silly stories this time! :) I just wanted to send a little note out! and by the way! I am curious- T.J. was asking me last night how many ppl read this blog, and I told him "21" b/c... hey! that's how many "followers" I have- but then I started thinking there are ppl who read this that aren't "followers" so :) to satisfy my curiosity will you leave a comment on this blog if you read it? Come on- don't be shy!! Just comment as an anonymous user (but tell me who you are!) Thanks guys!!!!
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Breaking out the Uggs!!!
Okay I know this sounds so dumb to some but I've been waiting to "break out" my Uggs since... awhile now :) But hello you just CAN'T wear Uggs in 100 degree weather! So it was a brisk cool morning today and I decided why not?! In case any of you don't really know what the big "hype" is about Uggs this is it- they are 100% SO COMFORTABLE and once you buy a pair you don't take them off :) Isn't that right Ugg owners?! I am trying to convince T.J. right now that I need a "normal" pair of Uggs (here) and I think he is starting to see my reason! :)
Yes, it might be an investment at first but when you wear them EVERY DAY that is like.. what? MAYBE $1 a day if you wear them for 6 months (the winter IS 6 months long up here!!!) so :) we will see! I HATED Uggs when they first came out (I thought they were so ugly) but they're just not so ugly when they are SO PRACTICAL :)
Okay sorry... enough.
So- TWO BLOGS IN ONE DAY! :) That is CRAZY! I am going to post a couple pics and try to attempt to upload a video. We met a couple named Titus and Amy- Titus is doing his post doc work under T.J.'s advisor Dr. Fisher and that is how we met- they are about 30 or so and have a little CUTE boy named Tor (seen below) we watched him one afternoon as they unpacked a room or something at their house. We had a lot of fun but even though Tor was PERFECT we were just like "okay- YES this is why we don't have children yet!!!!!!" I mean we literally watched him for like 2 hrs and were worn out afterwards!! But I have to tell you watching Tor reach up to T.J. and going to sit next to him was ADORABLE and it warmed my heart :)
Okay- also, Ace found a little friend, a baby chipmunk- don't worry he was just playing with him!!! He finds the STRANGEST things!!
One more thing- if you ever question my love for T.J. (which you won't) :) I took a picture below to have proof that I do in fact make him corn- and FRESH corn on the cob that is too! If you know me AT ALL then you know I HATE corn... I can't help it- I just do, it makes me gag really bad and it is just GROSS. And if I didn't like it ENOUGH it has to be all hairy! Ewwwwwwww!!!!!
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