Lately
Posted by Kate on Monday, June 25, 2007Today makes a week that I have been in my new full-time position as "Product Flow Coordinator." So far I really like it and I am glad I let the store manager talk me into it. I basically check in the daily shipments that we get from UPS and FedEx and such, help unload the weekly truck (which I was doing before anyway), and keep the back room organized. Its just the right amount of dealing with people and working on my own. Plus I have weekends off. Yay.
The past couple weeks our yard has been overcome with Japanese beetles. I am constantly out there catching them off of my hibiscus and rose bushes. If only I could sell beetles. I would be so rich. We sprinkled the yard with toxins to combat them. So unfortunately the cats can't go out anymore. They are not happy about this turn of events. I really don't like using pesticides but the bugs were hovering over the grass and swarming all over the plants. Now they are just swarming the plants. I guess I need to spray the plants, but I was hoping the bug bags we got would take care of them. We empty the full bug bag everyday and still my roses are covered. When talking to some locals they confirmed that the beetles were especially bad this year. So at least its not just us.
Next week I will be in RI. Wahoo! I am going up on the 3rd to be around for the 4th celebrations and then Pat will be joining me on the weekend to celebrate my sister's wedding. Kim and Anne are getting married on 07.07.07. In MA, so that they will get all sorts of rights and tax benefits and such. They really wanted to wait until it was legal in RI, but with a little one on the way, they figured they better get some legal status sooner rather than later. I am very glad that we get to celebrate with them. Kim changed her last name to Anne's while they were still out in Michigan, so I missed that event. I am really happy for them. Anne has been a member of our family for a long time now, this just makes it a little more official.
So all kinds of excitement around here. Tomorrow will be Pat and my three-year anniversary. We have been together for nine years. We are some lucky people.
Labels: Employement, Homeownership
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