Jeeze, vanish for a couple days and come back to 568 notifications. Time to ketchup.

I just finished listening to the book drive. And this issue of mindset was discussed in it too. Was a really good book with ideas beyond mindset but that aspect is so important.

On one hand i say yes, but on other dd17 very much wants a maplea doll(Canadian version of ag dolls). So my answer is, does she want it? At least wuth ilder girls you know they will take care of and appreciate a $100 doll haha

The concert was so stinking cute. And they livestreamed it so family 2 hours away could watch it too

OMG OMG I am going to the Garth Brooks concert in Feb. He is coming to the city and sold out of his initial 5 booked shows in under an hour (51thousand seats sold in under an hour), so he opened a few more shows. Tickets went on sale at 10am today, the one I first tried to buy tickets for sold out in the 10 minutes it was trying to find me tickets and another show opened up. 3 pm feb 25th I am going to the concert, and I bought a pair for my folks for their xmas gift. Prepaid for our parking already too. So excited. The last big concert I ever went to (and the first) was back when I was 16 and went to Bon Jovi. I have always wanted to go to a Garth Brooks concert. My budget may be crazy tight but this was so worth the money (Just under $80 per ticket). I am so excited, even more than when I got to get my pic done with Tony Horton and do a live workout with him back in October haha. Also it is dd9's school christmas concert tonight. Very excited for that too. I am enjoying this day, even if it is full as always, and dd9 forgot her backpack and lunch at home (swinging it by the school shortly on my way to work). Still a good day.

I still have the old edition, i didn't know there was a new one

Yup, own it. Keep saying i am going to read the books it says to but haven't yet

I worked, I stretched, I jazzed. Now I must do laundry and go to bed, I was going to leave it, but then no one would have clean clothes for tomorrow apparently.

Yes, she is just on mat leave. But when she is there she is a lazy micromanager that likes to point out all your flaws and take credit for your work. The big boss lady is starting to realize a lot of this stuff, but i refuse to eotk under her again. I only stayed this year because she was leaving.

Okay, I feel like all I go is vent lately. So before I leave to have small needles stabbed into me on purpose, I will say only 8 more working days until I get 2 weeks off-ish. I say that because I still have some things I need to get done at home over the break for work but it's not the same. I can do them whenever I feel like it. I was trying to think the other day how it is the other lady that was director was able to leave at 430 each day and not have work to keep going. a few things occurred to me, a) she had me. Even when she was director I did all the grocery shopping, all the laundry, all the prize shopping, programming, all the trips to and from the shed etc. B) she only did office hours and not direct hours with the kids, where as I do more direct hours and fewer in the office. C) I came in on days off/ breaks etc to do all the cleaning, organizing, etc. D) while she was the one to ultimately write someone up for infractions, it never really had to happen because I was the loudmouth that kept the staff in line, she seldom had to be bossly about stuff like that. No wonder she thought it was a piece of cake to get everything done as director. I am still doing all of that while also now doing all the office aspect, and all the rest. What I need is a clone of me...or a super hero cape. Because I am freaking rocking this gig, haha. Also when I leave next year and she returns, she is so screwed lol (they decided not to open a new center in my town, and I refuse to work under old director when she returns, so I will be moving on for a new career for next fall). So I am going to buy myself a pack of gold stars when I get to the dollar store today and everytime I accomplish one of the above things I am going to award myself one hahaha. Yup I think that break is in order, I may be losing my mind :P

Note to self, stop reading threads from the bottom up and read slower. Because in my fast skim reading backwards I read this as paint the emergency room. And had to do a double take.

That's what I have been doing. I think of goals I wish to reach that month when I am beginning a new month's spread. I have a large bucket list at the front of my book (50 by 50), and I will review that to see what things I had on there that can be reached in a month's particular goals. It also means I do not feel like I am forced to reach something unattainable. I can move them to another month, add to it, delete things completely. And every month it is re-evaluated, to see if I am on track, completed one, or need to reconsider one etc.

Kids are gone to school now (daycare kids, and my female children). Completed another section of work for accreditation (have a phone meeting this afternoon about it). Bought myself a coffee so I can caffeinate myself this , I have about 45 more minutes to get some office work done here. Then off to the the small city about 45 minutes away for my acupuncture appt. Then back to work to get some crap done, do the phone meeting and then all the kids get back after school. I have stretch and jazz classes tonight. At some point I need to actually teach ds13. Kid is supposed to be homeschooling, but I have been so danged busy. The 3 olders are taking a knife making class this weekend thanks to 4H, maybe I will list that as industrial arts lol. Seriously though, there is always so much to do something falls through the cracks. Right now the focus has been on work, and trying to get the house in order (to set up the xmas tree, but also so I can finally bring in a worker to fix the furnace- basement is almost ready for him- not looking for it to be perfectly done, but with a clear path to the furnace, and nothing all around it like there is now would be a good thing). Maybe during the 2 week "break" I can get lots done with him and start the new year off fresh. Then I wouldn't feel so guilty having to work so much.

Hey it's hump day, halfway through my insane work week.

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Since my last post, licensing walked in for an unannounced visit. Passed just fine. Missing staff showed up, late....her reason. She slept until 3 pm. I suspended her for rest of month. She can try again in new year after we reopen after the break. No mornings though. Told her it was because it was xmas so i was feeling generous, but not to blow it because i am not usually so. Now time to get dd9 home while middles are at art.

Heard back from big boss lady, its up to me essentially. If I can get her in for a meeting and she has a good enough reason in my eye I can just suspend her. If not I can write up a letter of termination to mail to her.

I am supposed to me working right now, but it is boring. And my yummy mushroom/green bean lunch gave me gas. And it looks like I might have to be the ultimate meanie boss and fire someone today. Waiting to hear back from big boss lady (lady I have to fire is her friend and hired as a result of that, but you can't just not show up to work, even if you are a good staff when you are here).Big boss lady is int he city so communicating via text about it all (she is usually in charge of hiring and firing, but I am capable even if I don't like making people be out of work right before xmas). Would have just suspended her but old boss lady put on the last staff incident report lady would be fired if no show again since she is still on probation, and lady signed the form agreeing. So I am within just cause, but have to confirm with big boss lady. So instead of doing my work and such I am on here reading posting and replying lol

Me too. Funny enough I still have lists everywhere, still working on consolidating. Like taking bits of what is on my work lists and putting them on stickies to put on my daily lists, to move as needed and most importantly, garbage when done (confidential issues sometimes on lists). And lists on my phone, and in my purse from when I am out and about and don't have my bujo with me (since it is still mostly new to me). It's handy having all those receipts in my purse at times lol. But can't just toss them when cleaning out my purse without double checking whether or not I have written on the backs lol.

I have always drooled over TOG. Once upon a time we had a poster on these boards that used TOG with her 2 kids, and she always posted photos of the work they were doing in each 9 week term. So drool worthy. But now with only 1 homeschooling, and too much curriculum in my house thanks to my addiction and leaning towards eclectic I can not even consider it, even if I can finally afford it (which I could not do when I was drooling over it haha)

make sure you make a layout for it in your BUJO haha. I have mine listed as resolutions because I had started my list before you had your thread :P

I had to google what that word meant thanks to your comment, haha. I just was going along assuming it was a german word that I didn't know and not caring lol.

Left dd17 behind when we went today. Hit a dead deer on the highway but didn't f*ck up my car and still got to work on time. Had a staff no show again. 4th time in 6 weeks. Problem is she is good friends with big boss lady so she is not fired yet, but I do have to have a serious talk with her this afternoon. DD17 is in the better mood now at least. Got the groceries, turned the beef broth into beef vegetable soup for tonight (on to simmer for rest of day), ate a very yummy green bean and mushroom saute for lunch. Much better day than it started. Have to head back into work in about 20 minutes, and hoping it goes well too. Middle 2 have art class tonight and I have tap class. Last week until after the holidays for most extracurrics.

DD9 has dress rehearsals all day for her first school christmas concert. She is up and ready to go. DD17 is being a wicked b word about having to be up (have to be anyway, I have to open the daycare again) and is snarling at everyone. She has made dd9 cry twice today. I can not be held liable for my reaction if she makes her cry a 3rd time just out be being a spiteful brat.