Shrinkin' Violets- Part 2 Read Here

[kity 2]

OOO Jen,

I am sooo sorry honey...that totally sucks! I can't believe it. Worst part is I have no great words of wisdom...just don't give up. We love you!

[Kat817 19]

Awww Jenn----the best thing I can think of at this point, is it is laid off, not fired. Clients come and go, and it might be related to this horrid stock market/financial center fiasco----so maybe when things begin the upswing, it will either bring the client back, or another to re open your position.

2 weeks ago, just before the dinner with the boss--they told Rick to be thinking about his department, he might be looking at layoffs. He was very unhappy about it. Without equipment, the entire place is in the crapper, but they don't see it that way. So at the dinner the boss is talking about how the company owns hunting ranches, and the company owns hunting dogs--and time shares, and on, and on, and on. Majorly pissed Rick off. He is having to decide who to lay off, and they are spending money buying dogs!

So he has been freaking out over his 401K, but we had moved it not a week ago!!! So we didn't get hit hard-----but he calls me today, and they picked up several billion dollars worth of work here for Conoco Phillips, so he has to hire an entire crew and get his shop ready to roll 24/7. Now they are working 12 hour shifts. He fights to find one experienced hand---and is now needing to hire no less than 14!

So----while I know this is shocking and scary, and would make me mad as hell too----don't despair yet, we are in some turbulent financial times -- and many companies are making adjustments. This is your year, it WILL work out!

I read this thread----reading about the loves of our lives, and the simple thought of trying to put into words what Rick means to me---how to impart the heart of the man he is, reduced me to tears!

Rick is the owner of my heart. He is a true man....one not afraid to try, not afraid to fail, not afraid to express his love, his fear, his hopes. He supports me in ways I cannot seem to support myself. He loves our families, he loves me enough to love me in spite of how mean I get about our families!!!! He is smart--also very political! He is an incredibly gifted mechanic. He gets calls from head hunters quite frequently, he is in demand for his job. He is handy---he has built on to our home, and built garages for both sets of parents. Not to mention he looks hot on his motorcycle, has a really cute butt (but Judy and I discussed this before!) and keeps me a smiling happy wife!!!

All that said----the man can be irritating as hell! The TV volume is always on HIGH! He always wants the same thing for dinner--'I don't care' or 'it doesn't matter' or sometimes we have 'whatever'!

And while he was wonderful and fair minded disciplining our kids, he lets the grandkids go wild---makes me the bad guy! UUURRGGG

Gotta go peel some potatoes for tonights I don't care!!

TTYL~~

Kat

[TracyK 3]

Tracy we have the same name AND the same addiction! Ice cream is my heroin....not crack...HEROIN. I would have to use drugs and have a long hospital stay to get off of it!!

Jenn-I am SO sorry. I do not know what to say!

The best part of our other half? My dh is my best friend, lover, confidant, shoulder to cry on. He lifts my spirit, supports me in most everything I want to do, laughs at my jokes. He cleans the house, washes my car, makes my coffee every morning that he is home, helps with Macy (yes I am spoiled). He fits in perfectly with my family and they all love him too. (or at least the ones in the family that count, lol)

Here is the good news...I AM COMING TO GRUENE! DH is not too happy about it because he is worried about me going off with people from the internet I do not know, but I have tried to explain to him that you all are not strangers to me and I feel like I am going to more of a family reunion!! So, I am going and that is that!!!

Have a great night violets~

[Daisalana 33]

Tracy if needed, call us and let us talk to him, let him see we're not crazy. Just don't put Judy on the phone mwhahah!

YAY YOU'RE COMING!!

Jenn I'm so sorry, I don't have any good words of wisdom either Sounds like you need to relocate. You know, cost of living in the south is 1/3 what it is up north (at least) and pay is the same. My bestfriend moved to South Carolina from NYC once she finally believed me. I told her for years they need to move, sure enough, she went from renting an overpriced apt, to owning their own house.. and her husband's job is the exact same! Hang in there girl! You can only get so low, before things HAVE to go up!

[Daisalana 33]

I just had the weirdest thing happen with a customer. And I mean weird. Normally, I mean, in general, it's 100% business. They want the best deal, they fight and moan and try to BS us to get better pricing. They want it free, really.

So I have this new account, HUGE HUGE.. possibly going to be my biggest account, they bought out huge former clients of ours. I'm trying to start off really well with them. I call and talk to him about cutting deals, etc.

Well I quoted something wrong to him, I gave it to him significantly cheaper than I should (I quoted the wrong item). Since it's the first job, I signed off on it, we'll take the loss in anticipation of lots of jobs from him. Well today he re-quoted the same thing at a huge quantity, and it ended up being more expensive to do the huge quantity than the current quantity (doh, I didn't notice this). So I just told him, I quoted the wrong item originally, but I wasn't going to change the price on him after he put the job in here.

He writes back.............wait for it............ And tells me to charge the higher price. .... ... .. Whaaa?

Never in the history of workin here, have I had a customer that would ever say such a thing.

[Kat817 19]

:Dancing_O_o::Dancing_sad::Dancing_biggrin::Dancing_O_o::Dancing_biggrin:YAY!!!!! Tracy is goin' to Gruene!!! We not crazy----we just strange!!!

LOL~~ This really DOES make me so happy---I picked out all the Gruene (Green) dancers!!!

Kat

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[TracyK 3]

Laura-I have had customers do that too. The only thing I can figure is they have the mindset that "its not my money"

[TracyK 3]

Oh....and I forgot to say happy St Spongebob day everyone!!

LOL Kat!!

[TerriDoodle 6]

Ya'll are cracking me UP!!!!! My daughter keeps saying, "MOM!! WHAT ARE YOU LAUGHING AT?????" (She thinks I am so weird sometimes...that's why she loves me so much.)

Except for you, Jenn -- you are NOT cracking me up! I am in shock!! But I do second what Laura said! The economy is rockin' here in TX and has been for quite some time...(except for our health care system that the illegal aliens have crippled.) I know you are really wanting to stay put for your daughter's sake...but you gotta do what you gotta do. I'm really, really sorry, sweetie!

Ok, ice cream is my crack too. I admit it. I do eat 'no sugar added' vanilla @ 90 cals/half-cup....then put Hershey's Lite Syrup on it...but I never ever miss a day. Some nights it's the only thing I get down, so I don't worry about it too much!

We're all addicts. Oh. Except for Judy!!! Little Miss Goody Two Shoes!

[Daisalana 33]

I'm going to see Horton Hear's a Who. My friend I caught up with last week (so excited), he called and asked if I wanted to go see it tonight! And, we talked about it at dinner and he said he doesn't like kids movies, so I thought that was really sweet he's willing to go see it with me. DH won't!!! Yeah, big jerk face hahaha.

One of my exes emailed me tonight, haven't talked to him in years.. wanted to show off his 2 year old daughter. And man, she is CUTE. Really cute.

I'm torn, I have had 400 calories today with b'fast, lunch, dinner. Going for a GREAT day, now I have to decide.. a martini, popcorn, candy? Nothing? Waaah. I must pick something low cal, which is none of the above.. maybe I'll bring my own snack. Where's the fun in that though?

[Suziecat 379]

Jenn, So sorry about the job. Hang in there.

TracyK, Don't have your hubby call me. I AM CRAZY.

Day did progressively get better. Now I'm off to bed because I have to pull my 2 hour shift at 6 am. Keep your fingers crossed for my Doc appointment. Let's hope for a good loss.

My Hubby puts lotion on my back whenever I want it. :thumbup::Dancing_biggrin:

[Jennifur 0]

going to bed

hope everyone has a better night than I am

medicated myself so i can sleep

[Suziecat 379]

Can anyone guess what number I am thinking of???

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[kity 2]

Hey V's~

I just called Tracy to say that I am soooo glad she is coming. I was heart sick when I heard she wasn't, but now I am sooo excited for our trip! (I left a message cause I forgot it is 9pm here...sorry, it is still light out here).

I had a conference call at 3:30. Then I had to go to the store and buy a shitload (a new unit of measurment) of popcorn for our Power Point presentations tomorrow. The kids did an AMAZING job w/ these. There are 5 on different natural disasters. Mind you, these kids are 2nd and 3rd year in the country. They are presenting to the principals, librarians, councelors, and a few teachers. We are having popcorn for our audience! I love teaching ELD and love my ELD kids the bestest!

Well, while I was in the popcorn aisle, I found something that made me soooo mad. DID YOU KNOW SOMEONE MADE WASABI chips? ??? I am sooo pissed that I found them. Guess what I had for dinner? ?? Yep, even worked out (yes, that is 2 days in a row for those who are counting) and then had chips for dinner!!! Wonder why/how I put on all this weight???

What # Susie???

There are too many TV choices tonight??? What to do...what to do???

Go play scrabble then come back and check in on the Violets...that's the ticket!

Oh yeah, I was gonna mention about the guests that come in and read our drama...we are not as weird as we appear. That was pretty funny today!

BBL

[Kat817 19]

There is one guest....that is in here spying on me!!! Information gets back to family, and things tossed in my face----and I don't care! What I say is either totally true, or how I FEEL about things, and that is not arguable, they may not agree with how I feel, but it is MY feelings not theirs!!! Let them read it all----and know I am sick of their crap!!! LOL!!!

Be back in a few---Rick is sick---he has a horrid cold, gonna go rub some Vicks on his chest.....and that my friends is love. I am allergic to menthol....but he just thinks I don't care to use it myself! Hahahahaha!!!

Kat