a little work and a long way to go.

we are trying to see how much wood we have. We have cut most of it into pcs that are useable....but we still need to get a log splitter. I'm hoping to have about chords of wood set up. I would love to get my hands on some oak and well I can't remember the other one, but they last longer. they are the harder woods.

I'll have to post more later....I'm going to go to bed. I have to go in early to do some SOC info and then work 2 shifts.....then off for 3 whole day!!!!! JOY JOY JOY!!!

Yet another long day.

Today's reading

8752-8704 = 980 wph in the past two days. It is amazing what shutting the water heater off, not running the dryer and spending most of the time outside does for ones energy usage. Incase anyone hasn't done so, change your fans around. On hot days they should be set to clockwise. This will force the air down and away from your body.

I thought I posted yesterday but obviously I hadn't. I'm so very very very disappointed that it is going to rain tomorrow, mon and tue. Those are my day off.

Starting Wed, I start working 5 days a week. I'm very excited about this. This will give me more time in the afternoon and possibly allow me to go out in FSM another time durning the week. It will also give my family a more stable set structure.

Well going to go, I have stuff to do.
Katy

Today was fiercesome...

It is amazing how one mistake can set a 2 hour rollercoast ride off track. When one person decides NOT to stay in their freaking position as they should it hurts everyone. One person trying to stock set us back pending more than 4 at one point. Then we had another who was certainly not living up to potential. Why do we want such people to continue to work. If they don't like thier job and they are not going to do a good job, why don't they try to find one that they do like. Life is too short to work at a place that drives your blood pressure up and makes you unhappy. Leave....I say all this and my BP was way up there today. There is nothing worse than seeing a coworker who you are moderately close with struggle so much and not be able to do anything to help. It was like she was drowning and I couldn't even throw her a life perserver. If I had things to do over, I would. It was so hard today because of 2 people.

Today's reading is 8575 - 8548 = 1227..that's more like it!!! yehaaaaaa. 1787 monthly.

Well I'm really excited to report that my lettuce is coming along really really well. I checked on of the pots upstairs and sure enough it was really coming up as it is in the peat pot shoe boxes down stairs.

Well it's time for bed, I have to be up really really really early to go to work and it isn't going to be a fun day. I hate being at work 3 times on Sundays, but it has to happen. I'm really tired, my uniform is in the washer.

I really miss my kiddos...I can't wait for Mon, two day with my family is so close yet feels like soooo far away!
Night
Katy

Indiana Labor Law...

Are employers required to provide breaks to employees?
Indiana state law does not generally require employers to provide rest breaks, meal breaks, or breaks for other purposes to adult employees. Minor employees (under 18 years of age) who work six or more hours in a shift must be given one or two breaks totaling at least 30 minutes. These breaks may be taken at any point during the minor's shift. Indiana Administrative Code 610 IAC 10-3-1 requires break logs to be maintained by the employer to document all breaks provided to minor employees.

Certain other categories of workers, such as airline pilots, truck drivers, and workers covered by a union collective bargaining agreement may be entitled to mandatory breaks under other applicable regulations or by contract. Check with the appropriate regulatory agency or with your union representative.

http://www.in.gov/dol/2345.htm#B4 <----website it came from..



Question: When must breaks and meal periods be given?

Answer: The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) does not require breaks or meal periods be given to workers. Some states may have requirements for breaks or meal periods. If you work in a state which does not require breaks or meal periods, these benefits are a matter of agreement between the employer and the employee (or the employee's representative).


http://webapps.dol.gov/dolfaq/go-dol-faq.asp?faqid=317 <-Department of Labor webiste

I'm so sick of people talking out of their ears...when they have no idea what they are talking about. We are only required by law to give meal breaks to those who are minor....and there goes the smoke breaks...they aren't required by law. Now if they want to move to a state that allows it they can find those facts on the DOL.gov website.

I love it when I'm right, while that doesn't happen often, I'm right about this!

Me.

long day...lots of energy. :(

Daily reading was 8095 YIKES Oh my, that is really not good.

70kwh 2917 wph.....oh my, oh my, oh my.

We had a mgr meeting today, this next week is going to be interesting. Today the store was late getting opened, the mgr was really really late. I really wish the openers would have called me.

Okay, I need to go to bed, it's late.

night...

Third time is the charm...

That is how many times I clocked in and out at work today...I certainly hope that this isn't every Sunday...Although I really enjoy being able to go to the meeting here in town and would do what I can do to make that happen. I'm really pleased with the meeting today, Br. S did a wonderful job!

I'm feeling very under the weather. I picked up some more cough drops, vit C drops and some cough drops for the baby. There isn't any cold medicine that I can give him, he is either underweight (which is what our doc said is most important), under age or both. So for now it will be breathing treatments, motrin/tyl. switch, vit C and rest. Speaking of rest...time for bed.

Night!

Yet another long day....

So I opened this morning. NO one called me to tell me that I didn't have a prep person, D said that she didn't have my number nor access. To top it all off, another mgr changed thier schedule totally screwing me. The deal is simple, if I get to leave for my meeting, I can come back and help during truck. If I don't I have to drive nearly an hour away and can't come back for truck. I thank B and D for helping me make it to my meeting...I only wish that other mgrs would help out.

I'm getting sick, my throat hurts, my chest hurts and I am exhausted. After tomorrow I will have worked 46 hours this week...not my idea of fun. While we need the money but don't I really would rather not work that much, it makes for little time for my faith and my children. The baby is still sick, he is cought, well both of them are. We started breathing treatments to help break up the stuff in their lungs. One is crashed out and the other seems as if he is going to. I took a few hour nap today, thankfully! The time change has screwed everybody up in one way or the other...mine is sleep.

I'm really really really sad about my plants, it has now been determined that it was the children who used scissors to cut the plants for some unknown reason. They are nearly a total loss and I will have to start over tomorrow. I will use the peat pots again since the germination time is nill.

We have decided that as long as I use the gym, I can sign up. This will be a month to month thing. As long as I still go, I can keep paying the dues.

Daily reading is 8025.. That's 41 kwh or 1708 wph. better!!!! It was cold today so the heater was running and the dryer a bit. It is vital to keeping the usage down by turning off the water heater off...

Well I must go, I need to go back to work in about an hour...not sure how long I will be there.

Horrible day...

Well, the car isn't fixed, the day was so long at work, it was so bad it isn't even funny. Why are we forced to settle for substandard?

Christian is getting worse, he is still funning a fever, he is even more cranky, his eyes are reddened, he is stuffy, coughing and conjested. Poor little guy. Time to do the humidifier stuff. I think we will give him a treatment in the morning...speaking of which, the time change is today, I need to hurry and get my stuff done...

07984 tonight's reading...OUCH! -7890 94kwh in a day... 3916 watts per hour. Okay, so let's face it, we have been heating the house with the dryer and space heaters, it is going to be high. That leaves our 4 day average at around 1885 per hour. which isn't really bad, but isn't good either. We will work on this...

ON a more sad note, apparently my plant hating cat had gotten into my bedroom, he broke and chewed up all my starts, they are all now trashed and I have to start over tomorrow. The good new is that the peat pots only take a week or so to germinate. We will put the shelving unit this weekend, install grow lights and start nearly completely over. I was happy to see a few of either cauliflower or broccoli had made it, but that was probably it besides one of the green bean plants.

This was Sat post.....forgot to hit the publish post button.

ye-ha!

First of all I really want to say that I'm so happy that my adorable kitty came home. I really missed him, he shows me affection when I'm just sitting doing nothing and the boys get a big kick out of feeding him and opening the door for him to come in or go out. He is a wonderful member of our family that will never be able to be replaced!

The Ye-Ha...I bought some coupons off the internet the other day...off ebay. They were for those totino's pizzas. The local little store had a special 5 for $4.00. That means that they were 80 cents each which is a huge savings from even save-a-lot or Walmart at 1.25 each. Then...with my coupon I saved $1.00 for every 3 that I bought, which means that if I bought 15 then I would save $5.00 off the $12.00 bill leaving a difference of $7.00. This would have made each pizza only 47 cents vs the reg price. Over all I'm very pleased with my coupons and savings...

Today was a rough day...I got up at 10 til 3 this morning and started my day. I picked up CB and had her come in a hour early so we could get prep done. It was nice to have it all done in the first thing in the morning. It gave us a good start to the day and got it off on the right foot. I'm irritated at the people who constantly stand around or lean over everything instead of doing their work...if you are bored find something to do. How would they like it if I asked them to work off the clock and not get paid? Why should they get paid for doing nothing? It really is one thing if they are totally done with their work, the store is clean and there is nothing left to do, but I see an excess of laziness. While I admit that I have a few moments where I stand, I'm seeing it a lot in the crew and some of the mgrs. Quit being lazy, find something to clean or sweep...or go home. If your going to be a waste of time and manhours...why even come in? Okay, enough with that...I was happy to leave early and come back, but it made for a really long day. I had to stand during the meeting to stay awake and try to stay out of pain.

I was very happy that my wonderful Duck let me take a nap..the boys were so cute, they came up and woke me up, they were so loving and adorable.

I need to go, I want to get some things done.

Toodles...

Good thing....

Duck wasn't awake to see that...Mandee just pulled two keys off my laptop trying to jump up on my lap. Grrrr. Silly girl! She is still trying to get used to us and finally using her box again..thank GOD. She decided that she didn't want to climb the stairs anymore so we moved it down stairs. I will say that the pine litter is really nice, you NEVER smell the cat dropping. My fott is still killing me from when I stepped on the megablock the other day..ouch..then lastnight I got something stuck in my eye and I think I now have it infected. It was oozing and pussing last night...I know TMI. I nearly overslept this morning, apparently no one heard my alarm which has been going off for over an hour. I must have been really tired. Smiley slept on the top bunk last night, he didn't wake up until I asked Duck where the baby was, he must have heard me. I work until 4 today which is a much different shift for me, but I'm really looking forward to it. I do like working Thursdays with the acception of the few bad apples that try to spoil it for everyone it usually makes for a really nice day. I certainly hope that today is no different. I kinda think that it will be busy since people are going to be out shopping for the secular holiday. I had a long discussion with my dad about this holiday. The sad thing is that he agrees with me except for the fact that he thinks no matter what we should celebrate Jesus Christ's birthday, I gotta figure out how to show him that the bible doesn't approve. He knows that it is a false god worship day (the sun god) but he says that it is too hard to changes since everyone else does it. He seemed kinda peeved that we don't celebrate. In due time he'll understand, even if it takes me to the end of this system to show him. Well I need to scoot, I have to get ready for work...toodles!

Vaccine...

So after talking to one of the people at work, she was contact multiple times by the school in regards to getting her 6 yr old girl vaccinated with the H1N1 shot. I found it interesting that the schools are harrassing parents to get this shots for their children, I would not have put up with it at all..thank goodness I kept Sunshine home this year. I read at a local new station that they have recalled 800,000 doses of the vaccine for children. Siting that they believe they aren't even potent enough to protect children from the virus. SO let's look at they cycle here...child unwillingly gets stuck with a needle, full of a concoxation that is not believe won't prevent them from getting sick, they still run the risk of getting sick due to the vaccine, get stuck again since most kids need two shots and still wind up sick with the flu. HUM...where is the logic here? None the fact that it hasn't been tested enough. The most alarming fact of this virus is the range of people that it is attacking, and most that it is very deadly for pregnant woman. All the same...I'm really glad that I don't have to worry about my children who are being presurred into getting this vaccine.

I'm off to rearrange my upstairs. I want to get the boys new special beds made tonight and on top of what happened yesterday I'm ready to get my home clean and NOT leave. We got stranded in the local town about 25 minutes away. We were stuck in our cold car with only blankets and waiting for 30 min for a wonderful brother from the Hall to come and rescue us. He spent most of the evening with us, we had to stop 2 times to charge the car battery enough to just get us home. The alternater is going out....and the worst part is that a remanufactured one is 125.00 OUCH. We will pull one off the parts car and replace it at tax time. We are going to be putting 15-20 fuel cells in it and try to run it soley off of water...I wanted to get it hooked up for solar/electric but Duck wants to try the cells first since we'll have to pull parts off for the electic anyhow.

The semester ended today, we'll get him set up for classes for next semester today. He'll be set up for 12-15 hrs this time. He should graduate next summer. I'm not sure if he is going to transfer his credits over but I can't wait for him to get a job. I long for the time when I can aux pioneer and pioneer fulltime. I've been going out a lot more recently and the joy it brings me is amazing. Well I need to get working on the boys room, I'm working a lot tomorrow and won't be able to do anything else.

Katy

A week of tantrums, little sleep and insanity...

It has been rough at work for a while. I'm doing as best as I can at work. I would have never thought it would be possible for a 40 year old to throw a bigger tantrum than my two year old...but I saw it with my own eyes. All in all it was hilarious. I need to remember that it isn' nice to laugh in people's faces when they are acting stupid. I'm try to work on that...it has always been a weakness that I've had. We are trying to work on getting all of our policies in line, I know that while every restaurant can do it, I also know that they don't. So what is the harm in working on it? It is a work in progress, not something that can get changed in one day, one lunch or 3 hours. Enough said...it was a funny day...and worse than that some people have nothing better to do with their lives than to try to make other people misearable. How sad for them that they feel they need to do such things.

The assembly today was rough to say the least. Duck started getting very nauseous, I think it was a mixture of heartburn, heat and greasy breakfast. Poor guy! Sunshine was beside himself, he has actually started sniffing his food which indicates that he thinks I'm hiding medicine, which means that he is sick or getting sick. He has had two breathing treatments tonight so....it seems he needs to go into the doc. Smiley on the other hand has moved from terrible twos to totally terrible three's. His attitude needs to be put into check. He's learning so much and he's so adorable, but I can't let him get away with everything...he'll start walking all over me if that happens. All in all he's a bright young boy.

I'm thinking about asking for a few days off of work. I need to get some things done when Duck is on break. I also need to remember to find out if Sunshine has a skin condition that I can't even spell. If so I'm needing to find him a particular soap.

Okay, well I've got a lot to get done tomorrow, so I need to get off of here and get some rest.

Katy

Kicking myself in the butt.

So Today I was suppose to be at work at 4 and I never heard the alarm go off. I feel awful, I can't believe this happened, I'm so mad at myself. I got up a little after 6:30 and called in first thing praying that someone was reached, mortified at the amount of trouble I'm in. CRAP. I can't believe this. There aren't enough words to say how sorry I am, this is not my character and I can't believe this happened. DARN IT. So I'm picking up one of the managers shifts that came in early today to help cover. I haven't been in yet to see the extent of the damage that I created nor the amount of trouble I'm in. Considering I don't have a running vehicle when Duck takes his to school. I'm beside myself...I laid back down to try to calm my very racing heart back down after I called in this morning and laid there for about an hour before I finally dosed back off. This is not going to be good, but I will accept any dicipline given, I have no other choice, I made the mistake. I'm still really ticked at myself. GRRRRRRR.

Going to be another long week..

So the other day I found out that my theory about why everyone is mad at me is correct. I could really care less, I was doing my job and I'm quite frankly tired of feeling like I have to defend myself. The point was made to me that they felt it wasn't fair since they always joke inapproiately and this was the first time anything was done about it. Okay..he physically touched another employee inapproiately and nearly did it to another who would not have welcomed such an inapporiate gesture. So is this why it's quiet all the time? It is because they don't feel comfortable joking like that around me? HELLO!! This is work, not a bar. And this person made the choice to leave the job which is something that I found out today, it wasn't that he was fired, while I new they quit, I didn't know it was their decision. I am easy to get along with, I just want people to do their job, that's it! I was told today that my performace was appreicated and good, that I should keep it up. That was a boost.

The meeting was great tonight, I can't wait for the special assembly. I have no idea how I'm going to get Sunshine dressed for it, but I've gotta do something, I have to figure this out.

I almost looked up receipes for cat today. I may have no other choice but to build a large cage for Mandy if she doesn't quit peeing. This is getting so old I can't imagine going another couple of days like this. The very next time she will put in the bathroom at night and I don't know where during the day. We may just put a door on the laundry room and put her in there. I'm at a loss....I can't wait until she can go home...I'm sure that she would be happier there. She does come out when the boys are asleep and cuddle with me and let me pet her.

I'm going to bed, I have to be up early.

night,
me.

What's good for the garden???

So I did a research part today on what to compost. So I found out that in Britian they pee on their compost piles. Yummy. Can't say that I plan on doing that anytime soon...too public.

So I've worked the past two days, infact the past 4 have been really nice considering. There have been a few minor unhappy points, but overall, it's been good. I'm really happy to see everyone starting to pull together. It's about time we real team work going. Sat was great and today we wonderful as well. I've been so overly happy at how well things have been going.

Anyhow, things are chugging along, not nearly as I'd like but I've gotten a bit of an eye opening thought. What if, and the way the economy has been, it got a bit better and then went so much worse...like the great depression. A sister today made a comment that some analysists are predicting that to happen and happen within the next year. So what can be done? On an individual basis and on a group/global basis?

Well I'm going to try to get the boys up really early to possibly go into FSM.

Toodles.

Me.

Oh happy days....

Okay, so first of all..work...you could cut the tension with a knife. While people are starting to follow one policy it makes me happy to see that it is really starting to work, but there are those who still blame me for what happened. First of all I want to say this: Sexual Harassment is against the law, and it absolutely can't be tolorated in any work enviroment, allowing such horse play and harrassment go on leads to lawsuits frivilious or not. Second..it wasn't my decision to let said individual go, I liked that this person worked, said person seemed to work well, and it was sad that the uppper managment had to take the steps that they did, but said individual left, they weren't terminated. By not reporting this event it would set me up for all kinds of potention trouble. The other manager who didn't report it would have faced the same blame. I did what I was suppose to and I'm again getting cut down for it...how is this right? Horse play has no room in the restaurant period. I want to have fun while I work, I want to have a good time, but I don't want to put my job at jeopardy doing so. It is time for everyone to just move on, do their jobs and either have fun and not make others miserable. I refuse to be miserable at work because of any of this. I'm serious about getting the job done right, but I can have fun doing it. I think that others take me wrong, they seem not to care to get to know me, otherwise things might be different. I so tired of getting critized for things that others do, I won't ask someone to do something that I wouldn't or don't do. I'm not going to be leaving any time soon, I won't be forced into leaving, if others are that unhappy that is very unfortunate. I want everyone to be happy at work, what else can I do?

We got new phones, I'm really happy with the phones but not so sure about the plan. I'm nervous signing contracts but the plans seems like it is going to fit. All in all, I think it is going to work out fine for us. We dropped the home phone to practically nothing and the cells will have 550 plus our extra.

Tomorrow I'm going to enjoy the day off with the boys. I'm going to have a good time getting their bedrooms ready for remodel and getting things moved around. I want to make sure that I get all the windows taken care of as well. We've pretty much given upon the idea of the wood stove, we were misled into thinking this would work with our current system, although I kept saying mixing gas fumes and potention fire particles doesn't make much sense.

Well I need to scoot, computer is about to die and I want to get a head start.

Thanks to everyone who did a good job today and who tried to do a good job. I notice things, even when I don't say anything...I notice.

K

How do you...

teach an old dog new tricks? Work was yet again rough. We need so people who know what they are doing, and are willing to do the job that they are bing paid to do with very little to no lip. I will be looking into policies to see what I need to brush up on myself. There are some things that I've been taught how to do the wrong way.

Smiley is sick, he's running a fever again. I will need to call the nurse tomorro and see what they want to do about it. This isn't a huge concern yet, but I found out that he has been exposed to three people who have had and recovered from h1n1. I'm not going to freak out about this, I must protect Sunshine though. He is unable to take any of the flu meds as they either aren't for people with breathing problems or they are penicillin dirivatives. (not sure if I spelled that correctly)

I'm really tired today and if my arm isn't any better by Friday I will see if I can get into the doc myself. I wonder if I've torn my shoulder. The pain isn't always intense, but it isn't going away.

Well I need to go, I want to I want to wash a couple loads of laundry tonight so I can hang it out first thing in the morning.

Toodles.

Crappy day...

I feel like my shoulder is dislocated. It hurts, not as bad as it did last night, but it still aches. The rice pad worked really well, it feels better with rest. I have to work tomorrow and certainly hope that it is more fun that it was today. I certainly wish that I could drop a few packages of midol in the stores water supply. Some days the employees are more rude than the customers. And for the record, I don't want anyone's job, if I did, they'd know it. I'm happy in my current position and I don't intending on making this job a life long adventure. I'm happy that right now I'm getting as many hours as I'd like and happy that I can get the days off that I really need.

Gotta run!

Toodles.

Drama, drama, drama...

We are never in short of McDrama. I just love to hear the rumors that float around that aren't true. If people can't say tell the truth....they need to keep their mouth shut. All in all while I dropped the ball at the beginning, I learned a very important lesson today, two actually. One is to act quicker and don't forget to ask the questions that no one else is asking. All in all, what go handled must be handled.

Tomorrow I plan on finishing up the laundry, finish changing out the clothes for winter and get the rooms moved around.

I also want to get the wood moved and the heater put in the basement. We want to cut about 30 - 50 cords of wood next summer. That is an obscene amount of wood that will take about 3 or 4 years to season. This should help us a bunch, and we will only need to cut about 5 cords a year to get what we need.

Anyhow, I need to fold some clothes and get ready for tomorrow.

Me.

Have you ever????

Had one of those days that is okay? When you have to go to work when you'd rather be home playing with the kids, but you at least try to make the best out of it? That's how my day started. I still work with people who can't follow simple procedures, come on folks, it isn't that hard. And no, every single procedure isn't followed so saying you are going to do it when so and so does it is redicilus. Why not start the chain? Why not set the good example? Why not do what you are suppose to do? Anyhow, I didn't let any of that bother me today, I just consider the mentality of those who refuse.

Then I come home, Duck isn't ready to go to the meeting and the baby is asleep, I decide to take Sunshine and I have to FIGHT with him to get him into the building. This is something that is very important that he starts making part of his routine. Then we sit down and BK says, "Welcome friends!" And then of course Sunshine says something. Instead of his usual, hi or cute saying (being a retorical statement there is never a need to comment) he, boos. And just incase no one heard it the first time, he did it again. I was mortified, humiliated beyond all belief. I got up, grabbed his arm and we went to correct his attitude. I could not believe that he did that. I was sitting there trying to figure out where that came from, where he picked it up as he had never done it before. I later took him back to the bathroom and we sat in a rest area part and discussed why it wasn't okay to do that. That he really had to say he was sorry, it is really mean to do that and he hurt BK's feelings and mommys too. After the meeting was over I made him go up to BK and say he was sorry he was almost in tears and I was already in tears. It is hard to admit when you are wrong and say your sorry, worse yet when you child is wrong it not only makes you feel guilty but makes you feel helpless since you know or may not know that this is something you child has picked up from you. All in all it was rough! So then I went to the local store and picked up a few things like diapers and such and we ran into a sister who didn't hear him, I'm praying that is the case with most but that horrible dead silence moment would lead one to believe that the whole 50 or so of us heard it. And then we ran into a guy that I recently worked with.

This has been a really taxing day, I'm spent!

Night,
Me.