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A Little Recognition

This is just a little blurb. a little ditty of the sunshine in my life that blossomed 10 minutes ago. My co-workers will still hate me for it but I DON'T CARE! I have the best visual execution my boss's boss and her boss have ever seen. Point. Blank. Period. BOOM! In retail its not often the workers get the praise they deserve. Self serving managers and corporate entities only care about themselves and the bottom line and less about the development of their key people. I've been fortunate at my current stint of employment to have had 2 managers that do support my wishes and career aspirations, both in and out of retail. At this juncture in my life, I'm not abhorring the idea of a retail career but it has to be the right fit. And while I love the people I work with, the hours and pay don't always match my level of dedication. So I fell back. Because why bother right? Well,  because my parents always told me to do things with integrity, and to the best of my ability...

Life Revamping

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Lord... I miss posting. It's embarrassing how long its been, but nevertheless I feel now's as good as time as ever to begin again. I'm realizing in my older age that I must have some form of ADD because my mind hops from project to project and I'm lucky if anything I'm NOT getting paid for gets finished. Like the laundry on my living room floor that was abandoned for curtains that I didn't buy to pick out paint for all the open contractors white walls, and OOOooooOO Pinterest!!! Pinterest is the root of my problems. I have no money for the problems Pinterest causes. It made me look for another job. No lie. I need more money for all this DIYing I plan to do now. Seriously. One thing I realized via Pinterest is just how 1996 my house (yay we survived the first year!) really is. I mean oak and brass is still lingering in about 50% of my home in the form of 14 doorknobs and my entire kitchen's cabinetry and banisters. If glitter is the herpes or cra...