this week

well this week was a ok one i guess. here's the updates
Weather:
at night now it drops into the 20's.its cold, especially when i work at night and don't get off until 11pm. of course i don't have a jacket or sweater on and when i walk out of the store the cold hits me hard..lol.. When we left this morning to go to work there was ice on the jeep. Had to use an ice scraper for the first time.
Work:
work is going ok i guess, the department manager is showing more of the stuff a department manager does and lets me do them, so i can learn it.breaking down all those cardboard boxes from the toilet paper is still kicking my ass. it just slices my fingers up. They bleed everyday,all over the cardboard. lol..This lady came up to me the other day,she barely spoke English she spoke Russian,and she wanted me to help pick out a strong toilet paper and in a 24 pack..lol..all she could say was strong,24( you had to be there to know how funny this was.)..lol..i'm tired of helping people pick out cleaning supplies for them.Its like they think i'm some sort of cleanser expert..helped some chick today pick out a mop.ugh..anyway..
Life in general:
on Nov.21st it was the one year anniversary of moms passing...all i got to say is it sucks not having mom around...we hate it...
we went down to the lake tonight and watched the sunset..its so cool. there were tons of geese on the lake. it was really neat, and they were loud.
Heres an album of pics from the tonight.just click to pic to see them all

mont lake 11/08

Here is a video from tonight. if you cant click this in the email just head over to the blog to view( its a pretty cool video).

11/17/2008--i got to think of better titles for these things..lol..

Things around here are going about the same. the weather is still on the cool side. the high is in the 40's, no snow yet. Heard about the fires back home.that sucks hope everyone is alright.

The last couple of weeks have been kinda tough. haven't been sleeping all to much, migraines are back, ulcer is acting up. i think it has to do with the fact the 1 year anniversary of moms passing is this Friday. its all i think about.i cant believe its been a year already. some days feel like its been a year and others feel like it happened yesterday. its going to be a hard week this week.

Work is still the same. They are still looking for Gina's application. like we have said before everything runs at a snails pace here. here's another example of that, at work i had my 90 day evaluation on day 45 of me working there. i asked why is this my 90 day if i haven't worked here that long. they told me it takes them that long to get the evaluation into the system..lol..My evaluation went pretty good. it was the department manager, me and the manager above her. They told me that they want me to work towards being a department manager in a few months. they said i'm a rare find around here,i have a brain and most around here don't i guess..lol, they told me that they wish they had 10 more of me and shit like that. my department manager told me she wants to mentor me and help make the transition to manager.thats cool and all but i don't get it. I've only worked there 45 days and haven't done anything extraordinary, i have actually been fighting it the whole way, only doing what i need to to get by, and totally ignoring calls to the register.weird.. being manager would be cool but I've been thinking do i really want to do this. i would have to dealing with all these yahoos that work there and try and tell them what to do.what do you guys think?should i do it or not?

Check out this picture,we put our hamster 13 in a stocking..lol..he loved it.

11/11/08

ok here's whats been happening.
Weather:
Its still cold and cloudy. Been raining most of the last few days. no snow yet, that sucks.Trees have little to no leaves left.
Pets:
All the pets are doing good. no new ones.
Work:
It still blows. I'm getting all cut up and bruised.I was unloading some chicken broth( they had me work the grocery side of the store the other day) and got my finger caught between a couple of cases and cut it open..lol.i sliced open my other finger with cardboard, of all things,the other day when i was unloading bleach and bleed allover the boxes.lol.When i went to work yesterday i had to clean up the bottle of downy that someone just emptied onto the floor..anyway. Gina reapplied so hopefully she will hear back soon. told the department manager about her and they said they were going to look for her application.
Other stuff:
The town is starting to put Christmas lights on the trees near "downtown" or whatever they call that area.lol. gas is down to 1.89 here.a week or so ago(maybe longer) we went to Mont lake to watch the sunset and we saw a blue heron fly across the lake. it was really neat.so hows everyone back home doing?
Pics:
to view some pics from blue heron park,all of us playing in the leaves in blue heron,or news pics of 13 click the pics below.

blue heron park

playing in leaves at blue heron park

13

11/3/08

Well here's the latest update.Halloween has come and gone. it was kinda neat here. it was cold and there was leaves all over the ground, it looked like something you would see in a movie..at he bottm are some pics of the Halloween decorations the forkers had up(just click the pic to see all the pics).the weather is about the same with some rain tossed in there. work is about the same too, it sucks..but i guess i should be grateful to have a job..here's a couple of pics we took which we thought came out nice.its 13 and the leaves that have fallen off the tree right outside the apartment.

halloween2008