Oh, goodness, it's been waaaay too long since I posted on here. =/ Plenty has been happening, but I don't really feel creative to write about it. But I'll try.
Three weeks ago I landed myself a job at Jo-Ann Fabrics! So I've been working away at that, mostly at the cash registers. I wasn't too great at first, and had to keep calling a coworker up to help me, but I think I'm getting better. I worked yesterday 9:00-1:00, and only had to call for help ONCE, and that was because the horrid computer suddenly quit working. My boss said she's going to start me on cutting counter soon, which I'm just a bit worried about, since there's so much more that can be done wrong there!! But I think (hope) I'll do okay there. =)
My parents and sister went to Las Vegas for a week! No, they weren't there for the reason most people go to Vegas. ;-D Sis had a gemology lab class there (Diamond Grading! She got to work with around 20 diamonds over the couse of the week. :), so they made it into a vacation, Mom and Dad sight-seeing around the area while she ran her fingers through piles of diamonds. ;) They went to a Ghost Town, Red Rock Canyon, and the pawn shop from The History Channel's "Pawn Stars."
While they were off doing that, I went to the church Barn Dance and started my job.
So that's what's been happening to me over the past three weeks.
And tonight, we're going to see PAUL COLMAN!!!! IN CONCERT!!!! =D I'm really excited about that. He's been in the general area three times over the past year & three months, and I had a chance to see him last summer that I was forced to pass up. He was in IL twice last month, and now he's doing two shows here in Wisconsin. True, it's about 2 hours away, but with seven of us chipping in for gas (AND it's a free show!), this won't cost us more than $5 each. =D =D =D
Well, I have some stuff to go get ready before we leave in 6 hours, so g'bye for now!
~Kiwifruit~
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Saturday, October 9, 2010
Friday, August 20, 2010
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Oh, goodness, I didn't realize it's been son long since I blogged! I'll try to catch you up with what's been going on with three things I've done since I last blogged:
1. I spent a week at my friends' house in Illinois working at VBS. I helped with the 4th-6th graders this year, which was a bit different from what I was used to. Firstly, up until this year, VBS always went from 9:00-12:00, but this time they chose to try 5:30-7:30. I don't think it worked as well. The kids were more tired, the workers were more tired, and having it in the evening made it feel like VBS took up the whole day. That doesn't make much sense, but it's like we spent the whole day waiting for VBS to come along, and then we did VBS, and then it was time to eat and go to bed! Okay, it wasn't that sudden, and we did stay up late, it was just different.
But still a lot of fun!! We made tye-dye shirts one day.
The offerings the kids brought were collected and given to my friend, Miranda (whose house I stayed at), for her trip to Honduras. (She went to Honduras yesterday, and she will be living with a missionary family there, helping them educate their son, and also helping them with their various ministries. Miranda will be back in the U.S. in November, then return to Honduras come December.) The first day, over $100 was raised, the second we had over $200, but, of course, I can't remember the total amount collected. But it was pretty high.
2. The week after I returned from VBS, I stayed overnight at a friend's house. My friend, Queen Lucy, was in Mongolia with her father on a short-term missions trip, and so I spent some time at her house, helping with her younger siblings. That was a fun time! I am a little ashamed to say that it's so much easier to get along with OTHER people's younger siblings than my own! I guess it helped that at least three out of the five of them were absolutely thrilled to have me there. =) [Not sure if the older two were "thrilled" or not, since their older and their boys and so they don't come sit with me or give me hugs....I think that'd just be a little weird...lol]
So I was glad to be able to go and help Lucy's mom and give her a bit of a break.
3. Play Practice!! We've had two practices for our Talent Night Play so far, and then we'll be doing another one tomorrow at 1:00. The actual show is tomorrow at 6:30, but I don't know what order the acts will be in. So far it's all going relatively smoothly, although the third practice is very needed. We haven't gone through the whole thing without a stop yet, which Really Needs to be Done, since we can't very well just stop and start over again in front of the audience!
So that's most of what I've been doing lately. That and driving myself places, applying for jobs here & there, and making play props. What three interesting things have you done in the past week or two?
~Kiwi~
1. I spent a week at my friends' house in Illinois working at VBS. I helped with the 4th-6th graders this year, which was a bit different from what I was used to. Firstly, up until this year, VBS always went from 9:00-12:00, but this time they chose to try 5:30-7:30. I don't think it worked as well. The kids were more tired, the workers were more tired, and having it in the evening made it feel like VBS took up the whole day. That doesn't make much sense, but it's like we spent the whole day waiting for VBS to come along, and then we did VBS, and then it was time to eat and go to bed! Okay, it wasn't that sudden, and we did stay up late, it was just different.
But still a lot of fun!! We made tye-dye shirts one day.
The offerings the kids brought were collected and given to my friend, Miranda (whose house I stayed at), for her trip to Honduras. (She went to Honduras yesterday, and she will be living with a missionary family there, helping them educate their son, and also helping them with their various ministries. Miranda will be back in the U.S. in November, then return to Honduras come December.) The first day, over $100 was raised, the second we had over $200, but, of course, I can't remember the total amount collected. But it was pretty high.
2. The week after I returned from VBS, I stayed overnight at a friend's house. My friend, Queen Lucy, was in Mongolia with her father on a short-term missions trip, and so I spent some time at her house, helping with her younger siblings. That was a fun time! I am a little ashamed to say that it's so much easier to get along with OTHER people's younger siblings than my own! I guess it helped that at least three out of the five of them were absolutely thrilled to have me there. =) [Not sure if the older two were "thrilled" or not, since their older and their boys and so they don't come sit with me or give me hugs....I think that'd just be a little weird...lol]
So I was glad to be able to go and help Lucy's mom and give her a bit of a break.
3. Play Practice!! We've had two practices for our Talent Night Play so far, and then we'll be doing another one tomorrow at 1:00. The actual show is tomorrow at 6:30, but I don't know what order the acts will be in. So far it's all going relatively smoothly, although the third practice is very needed. We haven't gone through the whole thing without a stop yet, which Really Needs to be Done, since we can't very well just stop and start over again in front of the audience!
So that's most of what I've been doing lately. That and driving myself places, applying for jobs here & there, and making play props. What three interesting things have you done in the past week or two?
~Kiwi~
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
The Other Day...
The other day, I figured out that if I found a job that pays minimum wage (just over $7/hour), and that job gave me 3 hours, 5 days a week, I would make $100 every week, minus $10 tithe. $90 a week times 4 weeks is $360 dollars per month. Times 12 months in a year equals $4,320 each year. I know that's not much to all of you who make more than that, but someone like me, who only gets $5 per week, I'd say that $4,000 is a bit more.
Any guesses as to what I'd do with the first $200 I earn? (Just for the sake of fun, let's say that I'm going to use that two-hundred right away, shall we?) One of those small laptops they show in the commercials. Yeah, it's smallish, but it'd be mine. No more "get off, it's my turn," no more "but you need to get off because I have schoolwork..." More blogging, more chatting with friends, more emails.....ahhhhhh.
If only I could find that job.....
~Miss Moneybags~
P.S. Since I forgot/didn't have time/didn't have space for the 100th Post Party in my last post...
PARTAY!!!!!
CAKE!!!
LOUD MUSIC, DANCING, AND FESTIVITIES!!
Don't worry about the mess, invite some of your friends over! We've got room for them all!
Dance like no one is looking, sing like no one can hear...wherever Kiwi goes, that's where the party's at!
No awards yet, but they will be arriving shortly!
Oh, and my blog's first birthday was on the 10th. I can't believe I forgot to mention it! So, you know what we need to do now, don't you? Of course you do!
DOUBLE PARTAY!!!!!!!!!
MORE CAKE AND FESTIVITIES AND DANCING AND ALL THAT FUN STUFF!
Alright!
~Kiwi da Partayer~
Any guesses as to what I'd do with the first $200 I earn? (Just for the sake of fun, let's say that I'm going to use that two-hundred right away, shall we?) One of those small laptops they show in the commercials. Yeah, it's smallish, but it'd be mine. No more "get off, it's my turn," no more "but you need to get off because I have schoolwork..." More blogging, more chatting with friends, more emails.....ahhhhhh.
If only I could find that job.....
~Miss Moneybags~
P.S. Since I forgot/didn't have time/didn't have space for the 100th Post Party in my last post...
PARTAY!!!!!
CAKE!!!
LOUD MUSIC, DANCING, AND FESTIVITIES!!
Don't worry about the mess, invite some of your friends over! We've got room for them all!
Dance like no one is looking, sing like no one can hear...wherever Kiwi goes, that's where the party's at!
No awards yet, but they will be arriving shortly!
Oh, and my blog's first birthday was on the 10th. I can't believe I forgot to mention it! So, you know what we need to do now, don't you? Of course you do!
DOUBLE PARTAY!!!!!!!!!
MORE CAKE AND FESTIVITIES AND DANCING AND ALL THAT FUN STUFF!
Alright!
~Kiwi da Partayer~
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