My First Week

Last week was my first week of full-time self-employment. So how did it go? In a word...AMAZING!

*I love my new schedule! I'm up before the sun rises already getting work done.

*I got to exercise everyday!

*I got to spend more time with Harley :)

*Orders keep coming in...making me happy with my decision!

*And best of all, I didn't feel stressed and guilty over the weekend when I wasn't working every minute. We got to enjoy time with family and friends. And I knew come Monday I'd have plenty of time to get work done :)

I do think I might be working myself a little too hard though...I broke two nails working on projects last week...LOL :)

 How was your week?

A Day in My Life

I realized the other day that all of my posts lately have been business/etsy/crafty related and I haven't posted anything personal for a while. I like to include a mix of topics for my posts to keep it fun and interesting. And I like my readers to know the face behind the posts and the artist behind the work :)

I haven't had anything interesting to say about my personal life lately...because I haven't had one! Jesse and I have worked tons of overtime lately and haven't done anything worth blogging about. And trust me, you don't want me blogging about my job...LOL :)

So I thought I'd give you a Day in My Life post. I work night shift, so my days are a little backwards!

7:35pm...Alarm goes off

Shower, get coolers packed, load dishwasher/sweep/laundry if I have time

8:30...Leave for work

9pm-7:20am...Work (I'll spare you the boring details)

I'll just tell you that I'm a machine operator in a factory that makes semi transmissions.

7:20am...We usually have a few errands to run after work.

8 or 8:30...Jog (most days)

9am-11:30am...Do any cleaning/household tasks that need done that day

CRAFTY TIME :)

11:30am...Cook lunch

Eat lunch while I catch up on final computer stuff for the day

12:30 or 1pm...Bed Time.

Pretty exciting, huh! Now you understand why I haven't had many personal posts lately...LOL! I'd love for you to do a Day in My Life post as well and link to it in the comments :)

Work and House Updates

Well...not much to update on the house, unfortunately! It's been pretty rainy and windy here in Iowa all week. We did get our power line buried, but now we have to wait for the crew to come take down the old line still attached to the house...so that is delaying us also. We've done a little finish work here and there, but for the most part, not much work this week. As for work...I think that needs a daily update sometimes! Tomorrow I will start back on day shift in a different department (assembly). I will train on days for 3 weeks and then go back to night shift. Supposedly I am scheduled to go back to my old job (the job I am supposed to be doing this whole time, but got downsized out of) in mid November. I am keeping my fingers crossed that this happens. I miss my old job! And if all goes as planned (fingers crossed again) I will be on vacation Dec. 21, 22 and 23!!! My parents arrive Dec. 19, so that will mean extra time with them :) I hope you have all had a great week and that the coming week is even better :)

Work Update

Yay! I survived my first week back on night shift! Some nights weren't easy, but it was kind of nice to get back into that routine. Overtime has already begun. Which I guess I can't complain about because the money is nice...and that's why I'm there after all. I volunteered to work ten hour days to help out in hopes to have the weekend off. That plan kind of backfired as I got mandated to work on Saturday...Welcome back to the corporate world! At least they let us go in early and leave early :) On a great note...they decided to call 45 more people back to work!!! We knew they were going to be calling some...but that amount is awesome. This will allow them to start up a second partial shift on the assembly line and alleviate some of the overtime that department has been working. I haven't heard whether this will affect me or not. I am in a temp. position and the person who has that job full-time will be called back in this group. So I may have to learn a new machine again. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that maybe this will get me back to my old permanent job! Hope you all have a wonderful Saturday...I'm off to work on windows all day. Of course...more pics to come :)

The Night Shift

Sunday already! Gosh...these weekends sure do go fast now that I'm back to work! And I start back on night shift tonight, so I have to go in to work at 11pm tonight! But I'm prepared :) I've got all the laundry done, I've got a roast in the crock pot, I've got the alarm set and the coffee preset ready :) Night shift has its perks. It's nice to get off work on Friday morning and be done for the week :) Plus, it is the shift that Jesse is on and I've missed him this week while being on day shift. It's hard going from seeing each other every day to not seeing each other until the weekend! So I will be happy to spend more time with my man :) Plus, night shift is a quieter shift. There are less people and less management in the plant at that time. We currently don't even have an assembly line running on the night shift...which makes it a lot quieter. So I'll have to do some changing around of my schedule and get used to a whole new one, but it will be worth it. And it's a schedule that I was on for over 6 years, so I'm hoping it won't be too difficult to get back into the swing of things. On another note...I did apply for another job with my current employer. Hopefully I will hear about that on Monday or Tuesday. It will put me back on day shift, but it will be a less physically demanding job. It's an office job, but on the shop floor. So I get a little bit of both worlds. This job will change my schedule again...but I'm ready for whatever this life has to hand me :) Hope you all have a great Sunday and get to relax before the week starts. We're goin' airboating :) Catch ya later!