I think I can, I think I can, I know I can!

Trying to convince my husband that I AM going to get a job is a job in itself. Too bad I can't get a paycheck for it! I know I will get a job...the process has just been a little delayed due to my being sick. All of my friends are looking out for me. I have new job lists sent to me daily and I scour the internet everyday. I know THE right job is out there and I am going to get it very soon. I am still taking every freelance job I can get whether it's flyers, postcards, business cards, logos, or photography, but I need an additional 25-30 hours a week permanent work.

As far as Craigslist goes, I could be a dancer at the "Solid Gold" nearby...(You can imagine what kind of dancers they might be!) but I doubt they are taking 47 year old "fluffy" women. Apparently there is a need many sign spinners...hmmm don't know if I could even get a sign under my arm, much less spin it. Although I am sure my baton twirling talents would come in handy. However, I have gotten even more uncoordinated as the years go by.

So, remember me if you know of anyone in the Clay County area that needs a personal assistant, marketing or administrative assistant. You can contact me at opdesignworks@aol.com or give me a call!

Aprons...yes, Aprons!

I am not so much into cooking. I love to bake, but lately it gets harder and harder. I keep making mistakes and my cookies don't turn out or I just do dumb things. Even today I made a simple recipe for my Dad, Zucchini Bran Muffins to take to him in the hospital. I can't even admit to what I did, but luckily it didn't effect the final product! It just makes more work for me and causes me total humiliation.

That is where aprons come in handy! I still love aprons! I only have one that is really "mine". It was a gift at one of my bridal showers 26 years ago! A friend of mine that I worked with at Disneyland made it for me. It has jungle animals on it, I guess because we both worked in Adventureland. I thought I had a photo of me in it with a chefs hat on, at our first apartment back when we were newlyweds! (just had the memory) but when I searched the photo albums, it is Louie in the apron and hat!!! I will scan it and add it here when I get a chance.

I am a messy baker, so aprons are great. However, I don't know how the June Cleavers of the world did it back in the day. They wore those stiff, neatly pressed dresses, panty hose, which I am sure weren't "panty" hose then, they were probably the kind with the garter belt (yuck). Plus, they wore the high heels. Then of course the apron, so they didn't mess up their pretty dresses.

When my Nanny passed away no one wanted her aprons, but I did! I even got one of my Mom's apron's from when she was little and it has her name stitched in embroidery thread on it. I LOVE these aprons!!! I also have a few from when my girls were little. I bought them at yard sales for them to play dress-up. They really got more than 50 cents use out of those aprons too!

One thing I have noticed is the different types of aprons. Some are very matronly. Some people would argue that they all are. Some are more the BBQ type. Well, I have a few that I am wondering why they are aprons and not lingerie! They are made out of the same fabric and they are see through! My thinking is that perhaps housewives back in the day wore those over there dresses AFTER the meal was cooked only while they served the meal when they had company or a dinner party? If anyone knows why they would have those kinds of aprons, please reply! Maybe they weren't made for the kitchen at all? hehe.

On the Sandra Lee cooking show the other day (food network), she had on a crossword puzzle apron! I am sure someone on her staff made it because she had a window valance that matched it. She is not usually an apron wearer. That is one reason I like her show, she does "theme" shows. Like in this one her whole set was black and white, then she used crossword puzzles on her table scape. She also makes things semi-homemade, that is what I am into these days. No time or energy to cook from scratch.

Here is the photo I use for myself on Facebook.

That is me...yeah, right ;)

Where has time gone?

Guess I haven't been too good at blogging! Things got busy at the end of the school year and then the beginning of summer. Then I haven't been feeling so hot (thanks Fibro). Wendi is home for the summer! She got a job at Patches, a wonderful gift shop that sells Vera Bradley, so she is in heaven. She loves her job. She is working full time and seeing friends full time. TJ loves having her home. She is so good to him, they are really great friends.

News on the whole "slip" investigation. "People don't wear slips anymore" that is from Oprah herself, yes, the one and only. Not a direct quote, but the best I could do. Yep, she said it. So my question has been answered.

My Dad broke his hip the other day and had to have a full hip replacement. I expect nothing less than the Bionic Man moves from him now!



It will be a long road of physical therapy, but he has a good outlook on life, so I know he will do great. I think this is going to be a good thing for him. He was having a lot of pain in his hips anyways, so I hope this takes care of that.

Nap time!