Been a long day

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I have been up since 5am EST and I am tired. I had a 2 hour drive to Orlando for orientation this morning. That was actually the most entertaining orientation I have ever been to, lol! I start at my work site on Monday morning. I am excited and still a bit intimidated. I will be working at a female prison about an hour away. The drive is not bad, really. I have never worked at a prison before, so it’s kinda scary. I know all will be well though. I am a secretary there. Yeah, I have a M.A. degree but there are just no jobs in education around here right now. Besides, this new job is a State of FL position which means benefits such as retirement!!! YAY!!!

I plan to enjoy the rest of the weekend finishing up a couple of projects. And I will throw in a couple hours for church on Sunday (or as one of my cousin’s likes to call it: sun-dee, ha) of course! Here are a couple of progress pics on Week-end a Paris:

Before detailingIMG_1792

Partial detailingPA285677

It is official! I have found another stitch I don’t care for ~ couching! UGH!!! It looks nice, but it is time consuming and confusing trying to use 2 needles at once. Maybe with time and practice I will grow to like it. For now, it’s almost up there with the dreaded French knot.

Another Blogger is hosting a new Challenge for the year 2012. This challenge coincides with the dates of the Full Moon and makes us accountable for our WIPs! I only have a handful at this point, but they are quite large. Look for my “Page” tab for the 2012 WIPocalypse coming soon. Since I only have about 4 or 5 WIPs at this time, and quite possibly into 2012, I plan to spend much of the year on smalls. I really want to do some ornaments for my nieces and nephews. I have 3 nephews, 2 nieces, 2 grand-nephews, and 3 grand-nieces. That’s a lot of ornaments. Plus, I want to stitch one for each year since their birth. That amounts to somewhere in the vicinity of 24 ornaments, LMAO! We’ll see…

I am not sure how often I will update my blog between now and the end of the year. With the start of the new job, Mon – Fri 8am to 5pm and an hour each way, I may wind up only doing a weekly post for a while. At least until I get acclimated to the hours.

Until next time…

Comments

Parsley said…
Congrats on the job! The stitching is amazing!
October 28, 2011 at 4:26 PM
Mindi said…
Congratulations and good luck on the new job, I'll be entering the job search arena in a few weeks.

I really love your Weekend in Paris piece, I've never seen it until I started following your blog. Who is the designer?

I joined the 2012 WIPocaplyse just because I do have soooo many WIPS, and a lot of them BAPS.
October 28, 2011 at 4:50 PM
Sharon said…
Congrats on the job! Your Paris piece is gorgeous!
October 29, 2011 at 5:03 PM
Jennifer M. said…
Congratulations on your new job! I'm sure everything will be fine. Your Paris piece looks awesome. I have never done couching before but I will take your word for it that it is not fun. :)

Jen
October 30, 2011 at 9:50 AM
Terri said…
Congrats on the job! I work as a secretary in an adult male prison. I'm sure you'll do fine!

Love the stitching!
October 31, 2011 at 8:38 AM
Jules said…
Thanks all! My first day went well and I don't feel quite as intimidated, lol! I will post a proper update over the weekend.
October 31, 2011 at 4:52 PM
Siobhán said…
Good luck with your new job! It sounds scary but I'm sure all will be well--and benefits? Fantastic. Good for you.

I joined the WIPocalypse, too. I am also hoping to do a lot of ornaments. Here's hoping! ;)

Love the WIP!
November 6, 2011 at 5:54 AM
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