Months and Months

I'm sure you're wondering what's new with me since December. Let's recap the last you knew I was finishing my Internship at the Utah House and I didn't have another job lined up . I hadn't decided yet if I was going to go back and give them another year or if I was going to move on to something new.
Here's the update since then. I decided not to go back to the Utah House. I wanted to start a career and I needed a job that paid me something that I could pay my bills on. I went through December and most of January without a job which was super difficult. I then got a nanny position that paid some of the bills. It was good for the few weeks that I worked. It was twice a week and I only had one little girl that I had to keep track of. I still needed something more. The family decided that they needed to save money and wanted to spend more time together so I was out of work again by the middle of February. At that point I didn't know what to do. I wasn't about to give up but I didn't know where to start either. I had been looking for work for three months now and I had no offers that I felt good about. I was running out of options and had turned to applying almost anywhere.
With March now coming to a close I have good news. I have found a job and I am loving it. I finally decided to follow the promptings I was given. It's been a lot of work for the passed few weeks and I have a lot of stuff still to learn but I'm looking forward to a long and happy career.

B

While cleaning up my desk area I found this quote I had saved:

" Volunteering can be an exciting, growing, enjoyable experience. It is truly gratifying to serve a cause, practice one's ideals, work with people, solve problems, see benefits, and know one had a hand in them." Harriet Naylor

I found this quote about a month after I started my Job here at the Utah House. It reminded me why I took the job and gave me a new perspective on service. I can only hope that my service this past year has made a difference.

B

A Chapter Ends....

With the year coming to an end so does my internship. Today is my last day here at the Utah House. I have loved almost...every minute of it. I'm sitting here at the now clean desk with all of my stuff packed away and I can't believe how quickly this year seemed to go. I hope that this next chapter is as fun and that I have a good job like this internship. I enjoyed the time here at the house with Jayne and Lori. I'm going to miss there motherly wisdom they shared with me this year. They are amazing to do all that they do as mothers and still work full time.

I still haven't scored a new job yet but my resume is out there. I'll keep you up on the latest happenings with that. Hopefully it won't be too long before I find a good job fit. Lori and Jayne have said that I'm welcome back at the Utah House so that's an option I'm keeping on the table if I don't find anything that looks too promising in the next week or two. I'm almost feeling though that it's time to move on to something new and hopefully more permanent.

I've learned a lot form this experience and I'm very grateful that I got to have this opportunity. Thank you everyone for all of your support.

I'm on the Hunt...AGAIN....

I'm sad that the year is already gone. My internship ends Next week. I can't believe it. It's literally flown by. Which brings me to the larger pressing issue at hand. Next week I will be unemployed...Tear.....Truly. The good thing is that I won't be working for free anymore. When I signed up for this lovely adventure I misunderstood how long the stipend would be for. I thought for sure I had until the end of the year or at least the end of November. Payments unfortunately ended on the 10th of November, but I still have to finish the 1700 hours to receive my scholarship money that will help pay off some of my student loans. Not all of them of course, but some.
Here in lies the problem. I have been looking for work and even found some interior design oriented job openings. But my labors are feeling fruitless. I haven't had a call back on any of them. At this point I'm desperate what do I do now? I know job hunting is a necessity, but I don't really like it. I need some stability people.
Count your blessings if you are employed in a stable situation. I hope to one day be as lucky.

p.s. keep your ear to the ground and if you hear of any openings that you think might suit me let me know.

Love ya,
B 

Back to the drawing Board

I told you I was green when it comes to blogging. the pages I've created aren't what I wanted. I wanted it to be like another blog. It would be more like an extension of my current blog or a blog inside a blog. A page is more like making a single page that you don't intend on changing too often. Like I said earlier that is not what I want. I need a blog inside of a blog. is that possible? How would I go about creating something like that? I'm going to keep pondering. If any of you have any solutions I would appreciate a comment.

Thanks,
B

Organizing

I'm becoming more blog savvy...which is great. It's what I've wanted to do and I'm not as green as a once was to it. If you notice I've made a few changes with the hope of being more organized and to be able to share more with my valiant reads. Even though there's only a few of you I appreciate the time you take to read my thoughts.

The changes; If you look above to where my title and description are you will notice just below that I have discovered how to add pages... Yeah!!! It really was an exciting moment when I figured it out.
I'm trying to stick to the ed theme, so I've added a cooked page(which is going to display my time in the kitchen) and a styled page(which I hope will give you a sense of my style and my journey in discovering my true self). There are sure to be more pages and blog updates added in the future to truly make my blog rock. I hope you all enjoy.

Thanks,
{b}

Nearly there...

It's finally starting to feel a bit more like fall. Well Utah fall which means snow and freezing temperatures. For the last 2 weeks we've had this interesting Indian summer effect. The warm weather has been nice just because I don't think I was quite ready to let go of the summer. Not that the summer was all that exciting this year. I'm just sad to see it go.
There is a plus to this colder weather though. I get to wear my cute winter clothes and put on all my layers. I love love love it....I'm especially excited for my new orange coat. I wore it to Church on Sunday and it didn't even match my outfit.