It is almost Friday!!!

Today was a good day because I interviewed for a new position at work today and I got it. It was sort of easier because I was the only person who applied for the position. Go me! I think I will like it better and I will actually be doing Social Work. There are a lot of changes going on. Next year I will be eligible to have my Master's degree paid for if I stay with the Agency for as long as it takes me to finish school. OH my, Trump fired all four of those people in the boardroom, anything to boost his ratings.

Dinner, chores, and television.

Tonight I went to dinner with the mother in law for Vo-tech's fall fest. The brother in law is in the culinary arts program and we were able to sample a buffet of food the students cooked. It was pretty good although I thought the pasta salad and pierogies were the best. I am watching Martha's apprentice and Jim is such an idiot! He is so getting fired tonight.

Ahhh, I have so much laundry to do and I hate folding laundry. Oh well, someone has to do it right. The husband is at his friends and the cats are being crazy. I think I will make some tea for myself. Tomorrow I have an interview for another position I applied for and I hope it goes well. I get really nervous and get tongue tied. I will think positively and be optimistic. I would really like the new position better. I am so behind with my work it is ridiculous and I don't want to work so much over time.

I am glad for the weekend!

Yay it is Friday! This week sure did fly by for me. I was able to work out 3 days this week and I am so happy!! Not sure what I am doing tonight but tomorrow morning will be spent with the mother in law at an antique show. I want to go to a haunted house with my sister and nieces tonight, but we will see how things go with that. I am on lunch right now and on my way to Meadville for some business so I will be back later.

I feel great

I feel great and full of energy. Today is the second day in a row I went to the gym did some tummy exercises and swam. Tomorrow I may go to the gym and do pilates after work. Maybe Thursday Pam and I will play some tennis. I am really trying to eat healthier too although today, I barely ate anything. Anyways, I am excited about Halloween! Once a year you can be anyone you want to be and I will be the same Martini glass I was last year. I am trying to decide on what color wig to wear. Last year I wore a blonde wig so, I may try a green or red wig. Not sure yet. I am leaning toward blonde again. It's not often that I get to be my true color.

Oooh, the movie Pride and Prejudice is coming out in November. I remember having to read that book in High School. I don't think that I read the whole book though, maybe I should borrow it from the library and read it. I need to read something. I am trying to have hobbies and occupy myself instead of doing nothing and just watching television. So, I have been crocheting while watching the television. It is very soothing. So far I can only do scarves. I will attempt to make an afghan soon. I need to figure out for who and what color. Hmmm, maybe I will make one for my mother for Christmas. She would really like that. I will do it with red and beige yarn. Or if they have some kind of multi red colors I could go with that.

No one has heard anything about that new position yet and I am getting antsy waiting for someone to get it. I hope I will know whether or not I get the position this week.

How to be a good house wife...

Today I had a training on how to engage father's to be involved with their children and their relationships with women. We were given this excerpt and it tickled my funny bone because it seems society has come a long way since the 50's. In a sense I sometimes think like this however, I don't always perform this way. This is totally grama's guide book. She actually accused herself of being a bad house wife because the freezer in the basement had some black stuff on the door.

The following is from a 1950's home economics textbook intended for high school girls, teaching them how to prepare for married life:

How to be a good housewife:

1. Have dinner ready: Plan ahead, even the night before, to have a delicious meal - on time. This is a way of letting him know that you have been thinking about him, and are concerned about his needs. Most men are hungry when they come home and the prospects of a good meal are part of the warm welcome needed.

2. Prepare yourself: Take 15 minutes to rest so you will be refreshed when he arrives. Touch up your makeup, put a ribbon in your hair and be fresh looking. He has just been with a lot of work-weary people. Be a little gay and a little more interesting. His boring day may need a lift.

3. Clear away the clutter. Make one last trip through the main part of the house just before your husband arrives, gathering up school books, toys, paper, etc. Then run a dust cloth over the tables. Your husband will feel he has reached a haven of rest and order, and it will give you a lift, too.

4. Prepare the children: Take a few minutes to wash the children's hands and faces if they are small, comb their hair, and if necessary, change their clothes. They are little treasures and he would like to see them playing the part.

5. Minimize the noise: At the time of his arrival, eliminate all noise of washer, dryer, dishwasher or vacuum. Try to encourage the children to be quiet. Be happy to see him. Greet him with a warm smile and be glad to see him.

6. Some Don'ts: Don't greet him with problems or complaints. Don't complain if he's late for dinner. Count this as minor compared with what he might have gone through that day.

7. Make him comfortable: Have him lean back in a comfortable chair or suggest he lie down in the bedroom. Have a cool or warm drink ready for him. Arrange his pillow and offer to take off his shoes. Speak in a low, soft, soothing and pleasant voice. Allow him to relax and unwind.

8. Listen to him: You may have a dozen things to tell him, but the moment of his arrival is not the time. Let him talk first.

9. Make the evening his: Never complain if he does not take you out to dinner or to other places of entertainment; instead, try to understand his world of strain and pressure, his need to be home and relax.

10. The goal: Try to make your home a place of peace and order where your husband can relax.

Anxiously awaiting...

I am anxiously awaiting for an answer about the new position I applied for. I had an interview a week ago and have not heard who got it yet, hopefully I do. In the meantime I am applying for another posted position just in case I don't get the other one.

Here is a list of stuff that I need to buy:

-Winter coat
-Winter clothes
-Perfume
Not much of a list, but it is a start. I missed the gym today but maybe tomorrow I will make it to tennis with Pam or go to Pilates.

Off to the gym I go.

It is getting cold out there now that it is October, oh how I love the changing of the weather. I have decided to utilize my membership to go to the gym on a regular basis and swim. I am hoping to build up my endurance and be able to swim non-stop for a long period of time and shape myself up. I am going to start eating healthier too...I should have been doing this already. I hope it works out for me and here's to ot a happier and healthier me!

Do I look like her?

I was at K-Mart today and the cashier told me that I looked like Phoebe Cates. I hadn't heard that in a while. Do we look alike? Maybe the hair looks like mine and the eye color. I am really tired tonight because I had a very long working day. I worked until 8:30 tonight.