A horse is a horse of course of course...

Only 2 sleeps!! Woop.

I beat James in our Aria tipping competition last night. He is now my manslave forever, wait, he already was. I pipped james at the post by picking Claire Bowditch and Bernald, yey. Here's that picture of James and Bernie at Splendour again, just because I think it is funny...


I have to go out to Chermside for a bit of training again tonight. This will be about the 4th time I have walked home from Chermside in the past 2 weeks.

We cleaned the house from corner to corner on the weekend so we only have to do a quick once over when we move out.

I have also picked up the guitar to start learning again. The frustrating thing is that James broke my guitar so I am using his and everytime I get the inspiration to practice James then decides he wants to play too so he takes the guitar off me.

I'm off to work now, only 4 day left. Can't wait.

Peace Out.

Sparkle Goat

Tis true ladies and gents - I have a new job. Yey for me. It is not the job I applied of but a better one. Out of 40 resumes I rocked out the most so they offered me the position of 'Production Manager' which means I get to hang out the back of the shop and operate the brand spanking new 4-head embroidery machine. I am so excited to be surrounded by walls and have other people to work with and not have to deal with annoying customers all the time. They have plans to employ someone to operate the machine when the business takes off and I will end up in charge of them and get to focus predominantly on designing for embroider and screen printing. They're even going to send me to TAFE to learn some new graphic design programmes. I'm stoked. I have been thinking a lot about studying design but it just hasn't been a practical thing for me to do and now I have a job where they are going to pay me to do it - Yey!

I have, however, been overcome by a little bit of fear. The pay at the new job is $1 an hour less and 4 and a half hours less a week. This equates to around $80 a week less in my pocket in an average week. With mortgage repayments so close around the corner I'm freaking out a little bit but we will be ok. The benefits are that I am now full time so I will be paid for all those public holidays and sickies and I am also getting paid super. My pay will also go up after 3 months and then when I move into a supervisory role and I can expect bonuses. My boss here promised me all the those things here but I have just begun doubting his ability to deliver on them. The more capable I have proved myself to be the more responsibility he has loaded upon me but this responsibility does not come with any benefits. I am promised things when the store succeeds but the store doesn't succeed because he doesn't run it very well and he doesn't listen to me. Its farked and I am very grateful to be getting out of here, it is really starting to do my head in - I have been stressed, tired, frustrated and anxious on a daily basis for the past couple of moths and its time for new beginning. No more calling James crying in the middle of the day because I hate the job so goddamn much.

In response to my letter of resignation (the first I have ever written) the boss gave me a lecture on stealing customers and files relating to these customers - I told him that his customers drive me nuts and he can keep them. He then offered to sell me the store (he has Arab contacts who can help me with finance) to which I laughed and politely declined. He then told me he was disappointed and that he had such high hopes for me, I rolled my eyes and said 'whatever' (we were chatting over messenger at the time). Anyhoots the new job is at the sexy new EmbroidMe store opening up at Chermside along Gympie Road, just opposite Ray White. Pop in and visit sometime. Opening day and my starting day is the 6th of November. There are 5 sleeps until settlement!! Everything is running smoothly at this stage. Our house is almost all packed up. We/I decided that we're going to sand and polish our new floorboards ourselves. Yes I know that's crazy and yes I know its very hard and yes I know it won't look as good a pro job but the bottom line is that it will cost us around $1000. That's a lot of bucks right now and we need every cent. I can't wait to get in there and cut sick on the place. Our Home :) That is all I have to say for now except for 'be cool, stay in school'. Peace Out.

P.S. James and I are starting a band called Sparkle Goat. He is to provide the rhythm and I am to provide the stunning good locks back by my mind blowing interpretive dance. ROCK.

...

Dear Alex and Sheree,

I am writing this letter to regretfully inform you that I wish to resign from my position at the Cap Factory Brisbane City – my last day being Friday the 3^rd of November.

I would like to thank you for employing me, teaching me and giving me the opportunities that you have. I have thoroughly enjoyed working for you however I feel, and I hope you understand that I have outgrown what the store is able to offer me in terms of growth, promotion and learning.

I have been offered the role of Production Manager at the EmbroidMe store opening up at Chermside which I will commence on the 6^th of November. This is an awesome opportunity for me as it will lead to supervisory role, great pay rewards, further study and eventually I will be predominantly working with software as a designer for screen-printing, heat press and embroidery – this is something that I have always wanted to do.

I am very sorry for leaving, especially at this time – coming into Christmas etc. however this is an amazing opportunity that I cannot miss. I wish you the best of luck with the shop in the future and would once again like to sincerely thank you for everything you have done for me.

Warm Regards,

Nicole Lee

Have you ever shaved yourself with a fork?

Moving/buying a house, changing job and planning a wedding would have to be three of the most stressful things a person can do in a lifetime. You would have to be a 'full mong' to be doing all of them at once wouldn't you? Mmmmmmm.

Rootin' Tootin'

I have a job interview at 8am on Thursday morning. Whish me luck. I need new clothes.

Last night I polished a wardrobe in my underwear, played Hero Quest and baked fudge brownies. I don't know how i fit so much into a Monday night.

I went swimming this morning, swam 4 laps and got out because I was pissed of with the budgie smuggling corporates that swim in the Valley pool. Will stick to walking from now on.

On the weekend I planted 10 hippeastrum bulbs and my penis peppers. We also got our loan docs signed and bought a christmas tree.

2 weeks and 1 day until settlement.

Its my birthday soon too. Very quiet one this year.

I want a puppy.

And new tattoos :)

Rock.

Heroes In A Half Shell

This morning I sprayed hair spray on my armpits insted of deoderant, I thought things like that only happened on the tv.

Why is it when nothing is going on I have time to blog and nothing to blog about and when lots is happening I can never find the time to blog.

Lots is happening at the moment.

3 weeks until settlement.

I applied for a new job yesterday. And embroidery/promo products store opening up at Chermside. I am excited by the concept of working in a 'showroom' insted of at a 'kiosk'.

I think I need to sell my soul on eBay to pay the bills at the moment. We are putting twice as much money into our savings as we normally would to replicate the mortgage paying situation. Soooo poor, I don't know what kind of fools would let us buy a house. Why is it that we strive to live comfortably and once we get into a situation where we can live comfortably we create more debt for ourselves and make things tight all over again. Once the wedding is 'out of the way' things should be ok again, those things aint cheap. Apparently the average Australian wedding costs around $30,000. Ours will be about half of that but that's only because I am a DIY ninja.

James got me really drunk on Sunday night and I was upchucking a lethal combo of prawns, sausages, curry, ginger beer and goon at 4 in the morning. I'm off the drink for a while. Quite a while.

I have to go find my togs now so I can go swimming this afternoon - no more excuses

Peace Out.

There once was a man from Nantucket

I want to get married in an inflatable church but Lovertits wont let me. Harsh.

27 sleeps till settlement on our house.

dum dum dah dah

Booking this band for our wedding.

Check them out.

Ragh.

Oh and I like these flowers, hippeastrum...


I have to go to work now. Peace Out!

Last Night...

saw Dallas Crane @ the Zoo. Rock. I love them. Great night until James drank too much and started talking in tongues again and I had to haul his intoxicated arse home. At least I didn't get blamed for his hangover today.

Big family weekend. Saw my aunties and a cousin yesterday and my mum dropped by on the way home from the coast yesterday. She gave me a sewing machine for my birthday. Yey!

We saw the mortgage broker yesterday to go over things before we signed our loan docs because i am paranoid. Turns out the bank sent us paperwork for the wrong loan! Eep, but its ok. Plenty of time still.

I'm going now to settle in for Idol. Yarrrrrrrr.

Here's to another week at work *yawn*

I want to be a rock star. I wonder if sleeping with a metrinome going at night will give me rhythm? I am a weiner.