My Heroes

I want to take a few minutes to just share with all those who will read this just how lucky I am to have the BEST parents ever. Right now seems like a fitting time to mention how great they are. My Mom's Birthday was on the 14th and she is AMAZING. She's one of my best friends and always my shoulder to cry on. I love her so much and I am constantly reminded by her how much I mean to her, and just how valuable I am. When I don't believe in myself she still believes in me, and it's great to know that I am significant to someone. So Mom I love you and I'm so grateful for you!
My Dad is INCREDIBLE. Last Sunday he was released from being the Bishop of his ward. He had been the Bishop for almost 6 years. To see the love and concern he had for his ward was AWEsome. I have so much love and respect for him, and the commitment he had to the ward. He was truly called of God to lead the ward for that time and he did so with inspiration. I'm so lucky to have a father that holds the Priesthood does so righteously.
I love my parents so much. They raised me right. I've always felt loved and taken care of. We are a close family and that is entirely because of the love and respect they have given their children, and each other. Mom and Dad, I love you!!! Thank you for being the best folks a girl could hope for! :)

It's been awhile

I am still here, just been crazy busy. I had the chance to go home last weekend for my mom's birthday. It had been since Christmas since I had been home so it was a long overdue trip. My mom surprised me and on Saturday my Mom, Dad and I went to The Hale Center Theater and saw the play "All Shook Up." It was a play filled with all of Elvis's hit songs. 2+ hours of Elvis songs..... Yes please. Not to mention it was really good being just a small Theater company. What fun. Unfortunately the weekend was far to short, and in the blink of an eye I was heading back to Vegas. It was fun and relaxing however and I loved hanging with the family. I've also been re-watching one of the best TV shows that ever graced the airwaves. Veronica Mars. If you've never watched this TV show before do yourself a favor and rent it, you'll thank me later. Such quick wit. LOVE IT! Anyhow here I am. No need to send out a search party! :)

Rant of the day

The Last few weeks have been a blur. I've been a busy little bee. We've had some crazy things that have happened at work, least of which is my broken hand. For any that are wondering, luckily I don't need a cast the break was very minimal, however the pain hasn't gotten any better, and now they are afraid something is wrong with my tendon, so I need to go in for an MRI. Such is life, but I digress. On 2 separate occasions we've needed to call the paramedics and have 2 different teachers taken to the hospital, needless to say I've been doing a lot of covering of shifts, and working extra hours, which I'm more than willing to do considering these instructors don't just have a case of the sniffles. Here's where my rant comes in. It seems there are only a few teachers that are willing to help carry the weight, and some are bugged when they are asked to work even 5 more hours a week, bringing their total hours to a whopping 40 hours. (That's not even overtime, right?) So what is their excuse? "I have a family....It's easy for Jeannine to work extra, she doesn't have a family." So my question is because I don't have a husband, boyfriend or children does that make my life insignificant? Maybe I wouldn't be upset if I was only working a few hours extra, but 1: I'm doing a good 10 hours overtime, and 2: These instructors need coverage. It's literally a life and death situation.... Hello....Paramedics....hospital. (Oh and P.S. I have a family, what do you think I was created in a petri dish? Or maybe I'm a robot?) Why can't people help a little? These same people get angry when people won't cover for them because they "aren't feeling well." Needless to say sleep for me has been futile. It's hard to get off work at 10:30 and turn around and go to work at 8:00 a.m. If anyone knows me well, they know that I'm a cranky girl in the morning. Sleep doesn't come easy for me in the first place and knowing I have to be to work early, when I get off work late, makes it hard to sleep. However there is an AWESOME silver lining. Tomorrow I don't have to be to work until 4:30. That means I can sleep in a little, do some much overdue laundry, and, run some long overdue errands. First on my To-do list....face the music, and head back to weight watchers. It's going to be a sad day tomorrow, but I'm ready for that commitment again. Enough of this rant, the teachers will be back tomorrow, and maybe we should consider blessing our building, since I'm starting to wonder if it was built on an Indian burial ground. :) Forgive my brief negativity. Next blog it's going to be about our awesome design team try-outs.

Pay it forward!!!!

So, here's how this game works-the first 3 people to leave a comment on this post will receive, at some point during the year, a handmade gift from me. What it will be and when it will arrive is a total surprise! The catch is that you must participate as well. Before you leave your comment, write up a pay it forward post on your blog to keep the fun going (or be lazy and copy and paste like I did). Then come back, let me know you're going to play (either leave me your email in the comment or email me jerber410@gmail.com with your address ) and sit back and anticipate the arrival of your gift! Remember, only the first three get a gift, so you have to be super fast!