A post from your long lost blogger

Well, it's been about 2 weeks since my last post.  I've missed blogging dearly and the girlfriends I have met on here.  For those that are close to me, add me to Facebook.  I get on there just a tiny bit more than here, but not much more.

I've had many questions about my new job, so I guess I will talk a little about that first.  Obviously, I can't say much about it, but I can tell you that it's going pretty well and I am just crazy busy everyday-all day.  Which is why I am not blogging every day anymore.  I lost an employee last week and now I have two positions to fill on my team.  I spent the week interviewing, putting out fires, and trying to generate leads for our team.  It was a pretty busy week, I put about 46 hours in this week, which isn't too terrible.  My goal is to stay under 45 every week, but that won't always happen. 

On a different note, I am more than excited about today's events!  I have a wedding to go to that I think will be pretty fancy-fun and I have an annual Halloween costume party to attend at one of Shawn's friends house.  We went last year and it was a blast.  I will be attending as Alice in her red and white costume from the Newest Alice in Wonderland movie.

If you read my blog long, you would know that I love Alice and Wonderland.  Two years ago I went as the Red Queen and had a Halloween themed party as Alice and Wonderland.  Here is a photo from 2 years ago.  Get ready, I was about 50 lbs heavier:



We had several people that attended that night.  This is just the 5 that followed the theme (all are my closest friends).  I could not for the life of me get Shawn to dress up in Alice and Wonderland.  He still won't this year.  So, I'm going as Alice, and as of right now he has no costume for this evening. 

Pictures to come.....  Hopefully, on Monday!!!

Mixed Emotions

I've considered surrendering my blog.  I know it's going to be difficult to post daily and even every other day with my new position.  Though, I would miss some beautiful relationships I have built with some of my ladies on here.  I feel like every day I miss in blogging, I become less missed in the community.

Ultimately, I will get back on the weight loss band wagon and I will be interesting again.  I mean I look back and think about what I have already accomplished since I had my daughter.  I lost 32 lbs last year after having Brynn and this year I have lost 40 lbs.  I still have 60 lbs to go....  I just needed a break from it for a while.  I hate to make a commitment that I couldn't keep, so I think on Monday I will start working out again, but no programs that I feel I have to be dedicated to while I get used to my new job.

The great thing about this position is that it keeps me so busy throughout the day that I eat way less!  I used to eat a lot of chocolate from our director's candy bowl and NOW I have my very own bowl where he provides me all the candy I want and I don't even think about it.  It sits right in front of me and I am not even the slightest bit tempted. 

So, my first week as boss lady wasn't too terrible.  I feel like I have a lot of support from all my coworkers.  I did run into some issues over vacation request, but I got a quick handle on those at the beginning of the week.  I think my boss is pretty impressed and a little ashamed that he didn't promote me sooner.  I was promoted into a role that has been open for 6 months.  I applied when it first came available, but he didn't want to consider me at the time.

Since Monday I am down 6 lovely pounds.  It makes me incredibly happy seeing that I don't have much time to work out.  Here's hoping for another week next week like this one!

I hope everyone had a good week and I'm sorry to be missing in action this week.  I hope to post more next week. 

Girl Talk Tuesday: Always Kiss Me Goodnight

LAYYYYY-DESSSSSSSSS.  My question of the day is......  Is there something that your man does that NO other man in your life has done before?  It would have to be something that would separate them from the rest.

Whether I am exhausted, sick, already in bed, mad at each other, etc.  My hubs always remembers to kiss me goodnight.  It's weird, but WAY sweet.  If I don't tell him goodnight, he will make a point, wake me up and kiss me.  He'll usually say something to the nature of, "You didn't tell me you were going to bed."

Shawn isn't perfect, but really, what guy is, right?  Just us women can be perfect.  When someone asks me why I am with him, I always have to defend him, because he is the sweetest guy I have ever dated.  He's genuine to me and has his moments where I can tell he just gets me.

It's incredibly charming in my opinion.  I have never had a guy care about me so much that they want to end the night with a kiss-EVERY NIGHT.  Gush. 

So, that is mine, what does yours do that just makes you melt?

XO-Skinny Gal...  Somewhere.

Time To Pull Up My Big Girl Panties

It's time to pull those big girl panties again and take charge.  That's right people, I received my offer for my promotion!!  This is going to take me from an Indian to a chief. 

I am VERY nervous. 

Why you ask?

I work for a company that is very by the book on their policies.  I am going to be forced to do things I may not be comfortable with doing for once in my life, but management comes with responsibilities and it's something I will have to adapt to while I am in this role.

Here are my fears:

• My friends/work family will despise me for policies my company writes, even though I am just the messenger
• The elders will not respect me, since I will be their "younger" supervisor.
• Failure.
• Not accomplishing the expectation that has been set for me.
• Not being properly trained.
• Jealousy.

Is this a feeling everyone experiences when they move up to management? 

On the other end, I am on cloud nine right now!!!  Not one other applicant made it all the way through the interview process and they interviewed a ton of people and had about 200 applicants.  I had a total of 4 interviews to get this promotion, which is why I have been missing in action the past week in the blogging world.  You'd think I was taking a position that made 6 figures given the difficulty of the hiring process.  I interviewed on the local, district, regional, and national level. 

I mean...  WOW.  They picked me.  That in itself is a great feeling and I am proud! 

So now I just have to get past my fear, hold my head high, pull those spanks up of mine and take charge.  GRRRRR. 

I had many employees congratulate me and others who said I was nuts, since it is a tough job.  I spent today working on cleaning my new office.  CHECK. IT. OUT.  I am in heaven!  For the first time in my career I have a freaking door!!!  How cool is that?!?

It's amazing how a door can make someone so happy.  Before my gorgeous new office, I was working in basically a closest space room of cubicles with 10 other employees.  Let me tell you, you hear conversations that you sometimes just don't wanna know about.  You also get frustrated, because sometimes your co-workers won't STFU!  :)

Any who.....  I am nervous, but very happy.  This is going to be such a great opportunity for my career and listen to how snazzy this sounds....  Director of Recruitment....  Awwwww....  I'm stoked.

XO-Skinny Gal... Somewhere.   




 

 

Friday Favorites

The topic: Friday Favorites

I don't have a video up yet, but I wanted to get something in for today.

What's your name?
Stephanie

What's your favorite fast food meal?
Oh, fast food...  AKA "The Devil".  I'd say my favorite fast food has to be something Mexican related.  I like Moe's and Qudoba quite a bit.  For those who live in larger cities, it's like a Subway for burritos.  YUM!  Chicken queso burrito, right up!

What was your favorite music video on TRL?
I was a teen through the boy band era, so I'd have to say "Everybody" by the Back Street Boys.  I would get up and do the dance they do at the end, sing along, and I loved the dress up parts of all the halloween-esk outfits.

If your house caught fire, what is the one favorite material object you would take out with you?
I'd say my albums of pictures.  Pictures are memories and you can't get those back!

What is your favorite workout?
TurboFire!  It's kickboxing and dance and it's the ONLY workout program I have ever been able to stick to every week.

What is your favorite food in your pantry?
At this exact moment???  I'd proabably say there isn't anything, because I haven't been to the store in quite some time.  Usually, I go for chocolate.  Nothing particular in mind really.  I get bored easily with the same foods, so I usually try to change it up.


What is your favorite gift you have ever received?
My gift from God!  My little dumpling daughter-Brynnie.  She is my everything and the only person I need in life.

Girl Talk Tuesday: How I Met My Wife (Part 2)

I had just gotten out of a 2 year relationship with a slut  girl who couldn't keep her legs closed.  I suspected that she probably cheated on me the entire 2 years we dated.  I would often catch her with naked photos on her phone, that I KNOW she wasn't sending me, so why else would she have naked photos of herself on her phone?  It was like she was starting her own bus route and giving every guy a ride.   

Then there's also the fact that she left me for another guy who was twice my size in weight.  She said she was always attracted to a "Burley-type guy", and this guy was no Paul Bunyun.  He was just a plain-fat.  I like to keep my stomach in my jeans and not spilling out the tops of them.  Put it this way, there's no way this guy could see his own trouser snake, I have no idea how he even reached it to take a piss.    

I was out at a local concert with a buddy of mine and afterwards decided to text an old friend to see if she had wanted to go karaoke singing with me.  She said she had to work, but that they had karaoke there, so I decided to check it out.  She said she was at the Brickhouse. 

So, here I am going into my first gay bar...  Not that I would have a problem with it, but I know I'd have a look of "fresh meat" on my face.  It's kind of like that drunk person that everyone has seen or been before.  The individual who knows they're so drunk that they can't walk straight, but yet they're trying everything they can to not show how drunk they really are, even though they still have a "wobble" to them.....  In my mind they were probably all thinking "Look at this awkward straight white guy walking into the gay bar".

I just get there and I have one beer.  The upstairs was dead, because the drag show had just ended.  All of a sudden this girl sits down beside me with this BLUE dress (It was black, I didn't own a blue dress at the time, but he swears it was blue...  God love him...-SGS).  She instantly, starts talking to me about the Yankees since I had a Yankees screensaver on my phone and then she wanted to add me to Facebook. 

All I could think of is, "Who is this weird girl?"  I was taken back, because she was so outspoken and women usually just don't dive in head first with conversation.  It was obvious that she was NOT shy.

So, the bartender and myself go downstairs after all of this and hit up some karaoke.  All of a sudden Stephanie walks back in and tells us her story about Bob and how inappropriate he had been.  My description of Bob would be one of those idiot-young 20 year olds that think they are hot shit and that they can say and do whatever they want with women.

Over time this beautiful girl wore into me and I let my guard down.  I was apprehensive at first, because I had just gotten out of a relationship and felt like women were the devil.  In the end, I was just dating the wrong type of women.  I realized this when I met Steph.  She's driven, responsible, and committed to us.

I love her!

-The Hubs