I say yes, you say no, OR People are Strange

hugs Sandy. Hoping for better news soon.

Loved that day lily, Blue. I've never seen one with such gorgeous colors.

Chickadee, you told me once how you handle mail when traveling, but I forgot and now I need to know. Would you mind telling me again?

We are near San Diego now. Will stay for a few more days before starting up the coast toward home. I'm already missing the warmth!

Good Afternoon Ladies,

Gumby ... I am so jealous.  I would love to be back in San Diego right now.  I miss my grandsons so much.  I hope the weather is cooperating with you.  It would be so great if you could go to the San Diego Zoo.  It's awesome!!

Enjoyful ... How's your arm doing?  Got to be careful flinging all that horses--t with your bad arm.  Also, did your ankle heal up? I am so happy you and Sampson and Bindi are going to SC.  You are way overdue for two months of fun and horsey stuff.  I'll let you know when/if I can get down there.

Sunnyflowers ... It's cold here and we had some flurries .. more up in Roanoke.  But no snow now.  Everyone was so hyped up for the storm here.  I saw 13 snow plows out on my way north this morning.  They were just sitting by the side of the road waiting.  I think the weather people screwed up for our area.  Mr. Tim is in Columbus and said the weather is horrendous up there.

I better get moving, I actually have work to do! Yay for me!! 

hugs,

Bren

Gumby ... so happy to hear you are going to be able to get to the Zoo.  When I lived in San Diego, we had yearly passes so we could go at any time. It's such a wonderful place ... and the gift shops have really cool stuff too.

hugs,

Bren

Hey Guys!

I have great news ... I was offered a position with the company I applied with last week.  It's a psych account and the position starts on February 4th.  It's a new account for the company, so I have not heard the doctor speak ... don't know if he/she is regular English or ESL.  And much to my surprise, the pay is in the okay, but not great range.  I was told it was in the suck range. And this company also counts spaces as well as regular keystrokes.  We get paid X amount per line and a line is considered 65 characters.  Yay for me!!

The H/R manager is going to call me tomorrow morning and we'll hash out the details.  One really neat thing is they pay you regularly every two weeks and do a direct deposit.  It's a full time position and you've got to transcribe a minimum of 1,000 lines a day.  That's a lot.  It's going to be a challenge for me.

Thanks for all you kindness and support ... really appreciate it.

hugs,

Bren

Sounds like consistent pay for consistent work.  Yay for you Bren.  

Jackie

Bren, AWESOME!! Congrats! 

Bren,

Congratulations on getting the job!  That company is very fortunate to have you.

Congrats, Bren. Raising a glass of wine!

Bren, things are looking up for you.  Wat to go!  

Lassie, I think the letter was actually from her BIL.  Just my thought.  

Oh PiP - that's an excellent thought. He has been lurking around a lot and looking very devious, and he was the one who gave them the tickets to the opera which is where they had just left when the photo was taken. I must pay more attention!  Blue has a good point too about the plot mirroring a thread on Bones. The shows were about the same time so it may not be that one copied another.

Thanks everyone for all your great wishes and support. It means a lot to me. 

Just talked to the H/R person and I start on February 4th.  Have training scheduled for next Tuesday morning.  I'm anxious to get started and start paying down all those credit card bills we ran up from when Tim was on medical leave for so long last spring. He had that surgery and was off work for 8 weeks with no freakin' income.  Now ... it's catch up time!

It is really cold this a.m.  The big storm that blew through yesterday only left about a 1/2 inch of snow on the ground.  The sun is out, but it's so damn cold, the snow isn't melting.  I wonder how it was for Alexandria, Enjoyful and Sunnyflowers and if they got hit hard by the storm.

Suzie .. I was so afraid I had bombed the test.  I asked the H/R lady how I did and she said I did a great job!!  That made me feel so good.

Kad2kar .. Not sure how fast I type.  Pretty fast though.  I also use the autocorrect function in Word to make shortcuts.  So for a long word such as "information" I only have to type "info" and it spells the word out for me.  Cool, huh.

hugs to all,

Bren

Bren,

I haven't been outside yet but I can see plenty of snow and ice.  The front desk told me not to go outside because it's bitter cold.  (Just checked the temp - 6°!)

Congratulations on the job!  You must be so relieved!  

E

Enjoyful .. it is about 23 degrees here and the snow is not melting even though the sun is out.  I need to walk the dogs cause Tank is kind've chunky, but it's hard to breathe hiking back up the hills in this cold.  I hope you were able to get things straightened out up there and you're not freakin' homeless in this weather!

And ... yes .. I am relieved.  Scared too, but very relieved!

hugs,

Bren

Lots to think about Bren. But it seems that you are on a good roll!