Me + Interview= Disater

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Yes, I know this is surprising.  Yet, sadly it is very, very and most emphatically true.  I suck at interviews–both being interview and interviewing someone.  It really is one of my weakest talents and abilities.  Interview scare the living hell out of me.  That is not why I suck at them.  I sucked at them long before I knew I sucked at them.  It has only become recently that interviews have started to scare me.  At this point the stakes are high.  When I was younger, I was far too stupid to really care about the interview to even notice I sucked. 

I don’t think this whole sucking at interviews is new.  It still freaks me out.  As far as I am concerned, I am lucky to get any job.  Maybe I am not as bad at this as I seem to be, but I am pretty sure I am.  I have always gotten jobs and that has been okay.  Why am I worried now you ask?  Continue reading →

A Day at the Park

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While hubby was out playing golf today, Minnow and I went to Art in the Park. It is a little art show in our local park with live music and food. Minnow had a blast and it was great to get to enjoy our Indian Summer–I think it touched 90 today. Minnow ate ice cream, danced, played ball, pet a horse (by far the highlight of his day) and wore himself out on the playground. All in all it was an awesome day. The kind of day that makes me love being a parent.

Garage Sale Profiling

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Never would I have guessed that when the little old lady (I’m guess late 70’s) walked up to our yard sale this morning that her two purchases would be a cd–Dr. Dre’s Chronic–and a hat–tall, joker style covered with pot leaves.  I guess you never get too old.  Maybe she has glaucoma.

How Quickly They Learn

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After picking Minnow up from the sitters we stopped to get a frozen beverage–in all seriousness I wasn’t planning on sharing with him at all.  He asked sweetly for some “pweeze uice”.  So I shared.  Well share is certainly the wrong word.  As I asked if mommy could have it back–he shook his head so fiercely I feared it might fall off and did so each time I asked for it.  Needless to say–I got it back when there was nothing good left…Next time I am so not sharing….

Bad Parenting Moments #927 and #928

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Well they go together.  Minnow has learned to climb up on the coffee table and subsequently learned how to through himself off–I sadly watched the whole thing–certainly not knowing what was going to happen.  When I saw him up on the table, I quickly told him to sit down and to get down–well he got down without sitting.  I guess I should be grateful he listened….

Minnow can climb up onto one of our couches.  He was up there sitting nicely reading a book.  It was quite cute.  I turned to answer the phone and as I turned back, he was “walking” off of the couch to get the ringing phone.  Again, I was watching.  I certainly will not win any parenting awards today. 

I’ll try again tomorrow.