Forty Toes Photography is hosting a giveaway to the tune of $875 cash!!!! Who can't use a little extra money at a time like this! I know I could for our wedding/an awesome anniversary or birthday gift for the sweetie or a ticket home to see mom and dad! The possibilities are infinite for this girl with that kind of unexpected dough :-) You can enter by clicking the link below:
http://www.fortytoesphotography.com/2011/12/win-875-dollars-in-cash-giveaway-from.html?showComment=1324882217918#c1854261885923508810
I hope that you all enter and enjoy since I know there are some frugalistas reading this blog :-) Good luck ladies!
Monday, December 26, 2011
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
working during the holidays
We are getting ready for our first Christmas (really) since living together. Before the Army got in the way of us spending this holiday together and then last year at my old job I worked 12 hour shifts December 23-26th...It was a lot like watching other people be excited for Christmas time and not really being in the spirit since Sweeties whole family came to town and i was able to see them for about an hour before needing to go to bed. This year I have a new job and a new lease on life. We are in a much happier place and we will be able to go to his family Christmas because I work the overnight shift and am very happy.
Has anyone else ever worked for a total scrooge/dream squashing/clueless dictator/favorite playing psycho...or is that just me and the people I used to work with? How do you deal with that? My old boss was so rude to the majority of employees and was clueless to our needs for getting our jobs done but also just having a personal life at all. I literally had 2 days off in 3 months because I was called in every day off I had because her favorites were calling in to go to hockey games and drink. Needless to say, I did not lose any sleep when I lost that job. I found out that the 6 of us that worked constantly and asked her for a little recognition and went over her head to disclose the issues of absent employees and being taken advantage of all got fired by her though she did not give anyone a real reason. And then 15 people quit in the next 5 weeks...I'm smiling as I write this because she made our lives miserable and I hope for a minute maybe she thought the problem could have been her.
Well that vent felt good...
I'm sure I'm not the only one who has suffered through the holidays with a boss that forgets that their employees have families and traditions that they would like to get to participate in also. Aside from going home for Christmas to New Hampshire I think this is the best I can get right now and I'm ecstatic!!!! I love it :-) 12 hours with family. No worries or cares just happiness and love.
I don't even know how many readers I have but I hope you all take advantage of the time you have if you work during the holidays and don't let this time of year become a series of chores. Have the girls over for a cookie bake-off and swap and maybe a wrapping party...if everyone brings their gifts and a roll of paper/bows/tape/ribbons and add wine..BOOM Party! Bake some cookies and give them to coworkers and friends and be happy that you made someone happy! Dont identify everything with "Gahh I still have too...." and then "I have to do this and that." No, put some exclamation points in your life and love the little things you GET to do!!! so go bake and wrap friends! wait..Go bake and Wrap, (comma) friends...!!!!!
Has anyone else ever worked for a total scrooge/dream squashing/clueless dictator/favorite playing psycho...or is that just me and the people I used to work with? How do you deal with that? My old boss was so rude to the majority of employees and was clueless to our needs for getting our jobs done but also just having a personal life at all. I literally had 2 days off in 3 months because I was called in every day off I had because her favorites were calling in to go to hockey games and drink. Needless to say, I did not lose any sleep when I lost that job. I found out that the 6 of us that worked constantly and asked her for a little recognition and went over her head to disclose the issues of absent employees and being taken advantage of all got fired by her though she did not give anyone a real reason. And then 15 people quit in the next 5 weeks...I'm smiling as I write this because she made our lives miserable and I hope for a minute maybe she thought the problem could have been her.
Well that vent felt good...
I'm sure I'm not the only one who has suffered through the holidays with a boss that forgets that their employees have families and traditions that they would like to get to participate in also. Aside from going home for Christmas to New Hampshire I think this is the best I can get right now and I'm ecstatic!!!! I love it :-) 12 hours with family. No worries or cares just happiness and love.
I don't even know how many readers I have but I hope you all take advantage of the time you have if you work during the holidays and don't let this time of year become a series of chores. Have the girls over for a cookie bake-off and swap and maybe a wrapping party...if everyone brings their gifts and a roll of paper/bows/tape/ribbons and add wine..BOOM Party! Bake some cookies and give them to coworkers and friends and be happy that you made someone happy! Dont identify everything with "Gahh I still have too...." and then "I have to do this and that." No, put some exclamation points in your life and love the little things you GET to do!!! so go bake and wrap friends! wait..Go bake and Wrap, (comma) friends...!!!!!
Friday, December 16, 2011
Planning is hard!
Well we are planning the wedding in advance of the engagement since it's a cross country affair. I've been following several blogs that I will link everyone too in my next post tomorrow. For now, my Favorite The Knotty Bride by Alison. She is hilarious, smart, insightful, and has giveaways here and there. Today it is a $75 dollar gift certificate to The Little Bride! enter here :http://theknottybride.com/28309/comment-page-1#comment-33208
and while you're at it start following the amazing Alison!
-Janna Lee
and while you're at it start following the amazing Alison!
-Janna Lee
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Wow...it's been 3 years.
The last 3 years I took a break from blogging...I can't believe how fast those years went by. To catch you up: Myself and the profile are still very much together and this New Englander girl moved to North Dakota in the Summer of 2010 to be with my sweetie. One deployment, 3 years of military and a cross country move have gone by. I'm still in school- getting my Masters in Public Health and the sweetie will finish his degree in May with me! I've decided to redirect this blog to more accurately reflect my wide array of interests. The Army will officially be a past part of my life when Sweetie finishes his last reserve weekend in January. Some things you can expect to see from me are wedding planning things, crafts for the home, DIY wedding stuff, fun children's things (clothes, toys, products) and so many other things.
To start: We are not engaged but the wedding will be in my hometown in New Hampshire so I'm allowed to plan certain things now since his family will be traveling quite far to attend. North Dakota is as cold as you think and then a bit colder after that. My cousin - the one that introduced me and sweetie- sent me an article this morning about the coldest cities in the United States. Needless to say, ours was one it and all 3 of the cities we are considering moving to once we finish school in May. My fashion has changed from heels and cute dresses to jeans, flats, and sweaters the majority of the year. It is WAY too windy here to wear the same light summer dresses of yesterJanna. <-- oh that...yeah, that's my name. Janna, not yesterjanna. I may occasionally ask for advice of how to deal with cold, a 6 year old boy with the attention span of a fruit fly, a love of my life that loves video games, in-laws to be that I love but live across the street and own our rental, how to maintain relationships with family and my best friends 2000 miles away and all sorts of things as well as offer up tips for what I have learned. I find that if you are close to your family it is hard to be away. Thanks to travel and the economy, more people than ever live away from their families. I'm here to help with that! That's all for today but I am excited about this new direction :-)
To start: We are not engaged but the wedding will be in my hometown in New Hampshire so I'm allowed to plan certain things now since his family will be traveling quite far to attend. North Dakota is as cold as you think and then a bit colder after that. My cousin - the one that introduced me and sweetie- sent me an article this morning about the coldest cities in the United States. Needless to say, ours was one it and all 3 of the cities we are considering moving to once we finish school in May. My fashion has changed from heels and cute dresses to jeans, flats, and sweaters the majority of the year. It is WAY too windy here to wear the same light summer dresses of yesterJanna. <-- oh that...yeah, that's my name. Janna, not yesterjanna. I may occasionally ask for advice of how to deal with cold, a 6 year old boy with the attention span of a fruit fly, a love of my life that loves video games, in-laws to be that I love but live across the street and own our rental, how to maintain relationships with family and my best friends 2000 miles away and all sorts of things as well as offer up tips for what I have learned. I find that if you are close to your family it is hard to be away. Thanks to travel and the economy, more people than ever live away from their families. I'm here to help with that! That's all for today but I am excited about this new direction :-)
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