I have been in my new job for a little over a month now...Do I like it? Yes and No.....
Let me explain. I work on a computer doing billing all day long for a fortune 500 company. I work in a room with 11 other people. We each have a small table with a computer and no windows to see outside. In a sense I have moved from one cave to another....In my last job I had no windows and now in this one I don't have any either. Not much of a change. If I had windows I would probably spend more time day dreaming out of them rather than doing my job. :)
Although I have a lot of time throughout the day to think about what I am going to do once I get home. The last thing I want to do is be on the computer. ***Ugh*** to have to stare at a screen longer than I truly have to.
Right now I am putting together the last of my garden. Tomatoes, cucumbers, Strawberries for Kirby and MonkeyDude Jr. I have more than that I just can't remember all that is out there.
So many things to do so little time....
Our landlord offered us a lease to purchase option on the house this week. Unfortunately the house is worth $430K and we just can't afford it. I know the Seattle market is leveling off, and this house is gorgeous and I would really like to have it and all the acreage it is on...but I have to give it up....The landlord is going to try to put it on the market for 90 days and see what happens. If it doesn't sell then we can try again in a year to buy it (see if real estate goes down a bit) or work really hard to come up with a hefty down payment. Right now I am working on a side business besides the one I already own with my ex husband and it should bring in a nice supplemental income for savings for a down payment.
We again will have to wait and see what happens. When I set my mind to something I usually accomplish it and right now I am on the right track and things seem to be going in the positive direction...
Life seems to be a waiting game....Ever notice that?
Right now I am waiting for Kirby to come back from his dad's house for the week so we can spend some much needed quality summer time together....the summer schedule changes...He is with his dad full time and with me every other weekend where as during the school year he is with me full time and with his dad every other weekend....Luckily we get along very well and Kirby gets the best of both of us....
Waiting again! :)
Until next time.....
~Kasey~
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Summer is Here!!
The school year has ended and Summer has finally flooded in! With it finally the temperature is just above 68 degrees! How I wish it was so much warmer!
I know this weekend my wish will come true! It is supposed to get up to 81 Degrees! Now that is finally reaching temperatures I can handle. I will finally thaw and the moss that takes residence on the north side (you can assume any side you want) will finally disappear. The webbing between toes and fingers will finally disappear as we Seattlites finally get the summer we have so been longing for! Ok...Ok...I have so been longing for it, I am not sure about the rest of Seattle but I know I am not the only one looking forward to it.
With the end of the school year came grades....for both Kirby and myself. I am still waiting for his report card in the mail since school got out just a week ago...My grades came in though much higher than I had anticipated. I won't argue with them but I don't think it is a fair evaluation of how I truly did in one class.
Math 3.4
Psychology 3.8
Economics 3.7
All in all not bad at all! However, I know the economics class was graded on a curve, again I am not arguing, but on all of the assignments given I got a 50% or just above on each of them. Having earned a 3.7 in the class I must have been at the high end of the learning curve. Midterm and final I was above a 50% on both but again I must have been at the high end of the curve having earning a 3.7 in the course. The comprehension is what I am most concerned about. I think I am going t0 take some time over the course of the summer and re read the book so I have a head start in the fall.
I know Kirby passed, but still I am anxious as a parent to see how he fared.
It's the waiting game all over again.
~Kasey~
I know this weekend my wish will come true! It is supposed to get up to 81 Degrees! Now that is finally reaching temperatures I can handle. I will finally thaw and the moss that takes residence on the north side (you can assume any side you want) will finally disappear. The webbing between toes and fingers will finally disappear as we Seattlites finally get the summer we have so been longing for! Ok...Ok...I have so been longing for it, I am not sure about the rest of Seattle but I know I am not the only one looking forward to it.
With the end of the school year came grades....for both Kirby and myself. I am still waiting for his report card in the mail since school got out just a week ago...My grades came in though much higher than I had anticipated. I won't argue with them but I don't think it is a fair evaluation of how I truly did in one class.
Math 3.4
Psychology 3.8
Economics 3.7
All in all not bad at all! However, I know the economics class was graded on a curve, again I am not arguing, but on all of the assignments given I got a 50% or just above on each of them. Having earned a 3.7 in the class I must have been at the high end of the learning curve. Midterm and final I was above a 50% on both but again I must have been at the high end of the curve having earning a 3.7 in the course. The comprehension is what I am most concerned about. I think I am going t0 take some time over the course of the summer and re read the book so I have a head start in the fall.
I know Kirby passed, but still I am anxious as a parent to see how he fared.
It's the waiting game all over again.
~Kasey~
Saturday, June 14, 2008
The End is Near....
It is the end of another school year for both Kirby and myself.
So many things to look at and consider. So many changes to make and move forward.
I have recently taken a new job that has moved my commute from 14 miles one way down to less than a mile a day round trip. It lets me be home with both boys before school to get them on the bus and then I can leave for work. They are both home before 4:30pm and I am home very shortly thereafter.
My first year of college is now over as of tonight. My final test has been completed and I am waiting for grades to be posted now. It is only another week and I can look them up to see how good or bad I have done. I know for math I have accomplished a 3.4 average. For my economics and psychology I am not sure. I know I am in the 3.0 or higher range. It's a wait and see game....
I have also been offered a lease to purchase option on the house we are renting. I want to keep everything consistent for Kirby, however, I don't know if I can afford this house. Right now it is valued at $430,000.
I am moving into some online sales part time to see if I can supplement my income so I can come up with a heavy down payment for a house. I would have to put almost $100K down. I will have to see what I can do with my sales techniques before I can figure out what I can or can't do.
Wish me Luck!!
If you are a book fan check out KaseysCornerBooks on Blogspot I will be posting my inventory of books for sale. I currently have over 700 books and Growing Rapidly....If you have something you want and it's not on our list let me know and I will try to find it for you.
I only deal with hardback books with sleeves in good to excellent condition.
Happy Reading!!
~Kasey~
So many things to look at and consider. So many changes to make and move forward.
I have recently taken a new job that has moved my commute from 14 miles one way down to less than a mile a day round trip. It lets me be home with both boys before school to get them on the bus and then I can leave for work. They are both home before 4:30pm and I am home very shortly thereafter.
My first year of college is now over as of tonight. My final test has been completed and I am waiting for grades to be posted now. It is only another week and I can look them up to see how good or bad I have done. I know for math I have accomplished a 3.4 average. For my economics and psychology I am not sure. I know I am in the 3.0 or higher range. It's a wait and see game....
I have also been offered a lease to purchase option on the house we are renting. I want to keep everything consistent for Kirby, however, I don't know if I can afford this house. Right now it is valued at $430,000.
I am moving into some online sales part time to see if I can supplement my income so I can come up with a heavy down payment for a house. I would have to put almost $100K down. I will have to see what I can do with my sales techniques before I can figure out what I can or can't do.
Wish me Luck!!
If you are a book fan check out KaseysCornerBooks on Blogspot I will be posting my inventory of books for sale. I currently have over 700 books and Growing Rapidly....If you have something you want and it's not on our list let me know and I will try to find it for you.
I only deal with hardback books with sleeves in good to excellent condition.
Happy Reading!!
~Kasey~
Monday, June 02, 2008
Almost to the End...
Almost to the end of the final quarter of the year. I am not sure who is more excited about getting out of school, myself for my quarter to be over, or the boys for their year to be over. So many things have happened in such a short amount of time.
Life's challenges when you end one thing and start another...I recently changed jobs due to financial reasons. I didn't have more than a 23 cent an hour raise in 3 years. Financially with prices of everything rising I couldn't afford to work with the people I enjoyed any longer. Respect for your manager unfortunately doesn't pay the bills.
I found a position that pays much more, but the loss of enjoying who I work with has been great. I am in a corporate position that is surrounded by corporate gossip, back stabbing, underhanded deceitful activities. Amazingly enough I stay out of it. I don't talk about anyone but I am friendly with everyone, I will listen to someone speak but not repeat anything they have said. I won't let the negativity rub off on me, I will keep smiling and saying, "Good Morning, Hello to everyone everyday." Whether I like them or not will not matter; they will never know. Remain quiet and friendly.
With this new position comes new working hours. It makes many things challenging...
Kirby and I have discussed changing schools and moving to a school much closer to home. He isn't really excited to have it happen but he understands the reasons why it may have to happen. With Wolfman's hours changed now, it leaves Kirby standing outside for an hour after school each day at Grandmas and Grandpas house. He has no problem with it but I do. I can't see him doing that each day for the next school year. Especially during the fall and winter months.
**Sigh** Decisions, decisions...trying to do what's right for him and what's right for the good of the whole family.
I think with the new responsibility of taking on the business books again and all that entails, school, the kids activities, home, boy scouts, work and all that life throws out there...I think I am overbooked again. I will take things one day at a time and hope that everything comes through as we go along in our day to day world....
A positive note form Kirby...he is still in love with the same young lady he has been smitten with for the last year and a half and at the age of 13 and a half has asked me if he could ask her out on a date.
**Yikes** Dating already??? Not only that but he is shaving too! Egads!!! Shaving??? He shaved for the first time the other day...only to knick himself and walk out of the bathroom with the standard tp stopper...How do you deal with that? How does it become part of the norm? He is even talking about driving....NOT YET!! Slow down a bit!! I need time to catch up to the fact that he is growing up. :)
Signing off for now....
~Kasey~
Life's challenges when you end one thing and start another...I recently changed jobs due to financial reasons. I didn't have more than a 23 cent an hour raise in 3 years. Financially with prices of everything rising I couldn't afford to work with the people I enjoyed any longer. Respect for your manager unfortunately doesn't pay the bills.
I found a position that pays much more, but the loss of enjoying who I work with has been great. I am in a corporate position that is surrounded by corporate gossip, back stabbing, underhanded deceitful activities. Amazingly enough I stay out of it. I don't talk about anyone but I am friendly with everyone, I will listen to someone speak but not repeat anything they have said. I won't let the negativity rub off on me, I will keep smiling and saying, "Good Morning, Hello to everyone everyday." Whether I like them or not will not matter; they will never know. Remain quiet and friendly.
With this new position comes new working hours. It makes many things challenging...
Kirby and I have discussed changing schools and moving to a school much closer to home. He isn't really excited to have it happen but he understands the reasons why it may have to happen. With Wolfman's hours changed now, it leaves Kirby standing outside for an hour after school each day at Grandmas and Grandpas house. He has no problem with it but I do. I can't see him doing that each day for the next school year. Especially during the fall and winter months.
**Sigh** Decisions, decisions...trying to do what's right for him and what's right for the good of the whole family.
I think with the new responsibility of taking on the business books again and all that entails, school, the kids activities, home, boy scouts, work and all that life throws out there...I think I am overbooked again. I will take things one day at a time and hope that everything comes through as we go along in our day to day world....
A positive note form Kirby...he is still in love with the same young lady he has been smitten with for the last year and a half and at the age of 13 and a half has asked me if he could ask her out on a date.
**Yikes** Dating already??? Not only that but he is shaving too! Egads!!! Shaving??? He shaved for the first time the other day...only to knick himself and walk out of the bathroom with the standard tp stopper...How do you deal with that? How does it become part of the norm? He is even talking about driving....NOT YET!! Slow down a bit!! I need time to catch up to the fact that he is growing up. :)
Signing off for now....
~Kasey~
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