Has it really been over 2 months since we last posted?!?! Wow, time flies!!!
Jesse is done with regular classes for the summer, he finished his finals about two weeks ago and has been working at the help desk. Last week, he worked 50 hours!!! He's going to be taking a summer course the last two weeks of June on the Psalms, and he's really excited about it! He's also going to a Rush concert with his dad, so that will be fun for them too! He is looking into getting us a new car for my brother in law Dustin to help him work on, so he may be home quite a few weekends this summer if it works out!
I've still just been working at Hair Cuttery, but it looks like things around there might be changing soon as my boss said yesterday that she was putting in her two weeks! Clareese was there, and they were talking in the back room when I got off work, so I don't really know what happened yet. I will keep you all posted, but please keep the salon in your prayers these next few weeks as we all get adjusted to the changes! Ever since I stepped down, I have considered trying to move to a Hair Cuttery closer to our house, so that thought has been running through my head a little again.
We got to come home for two weddings in April and May, so it was really nice to spend time with our families and a little time with our friends! We aren't really sure when we will be home again, possibly not until I take some vacation time for our birthdays and anniversary at the end of July! We are planning on having Jesse's sister Aubrey and her husband Aaron up for the Fourth of July, so that will be a blast!!! Also my family has mentioned that they want to come up soon to visit, too, so we may have a lot of visitors this summer!!!
Some exciting news in our family is that we found out that we are going to be an aunt and uncle! My sister Krista is pregnant and is due on December 28th!!! We are really excited and happy for them! Also my friend Breanna is getting married December 27th, so Christmas time is going to be really busy and exciting for us! Last year, there was a ton of drama involved in me trying to get off work for Christmas, so I would really appreciate it if you all could say a prayer for us now (and whenever you think about us) that all of that will work out this year!!! I already told Clareese about both things, so hopefully giving her 7 months' notice will help!!!
I think that's all for now, thanks for reading!
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Sorry it's been so long again! I've been wanting to post some pictures, but we just don't take pictures very often, and also, it's not very often that our house is clean enough to take pictures of to show off...
Anyway, things have been a little different since I stepped down from my ASL position. At the end of the year, everyone's hours had gotten cut who wasn't management, so my hours got cut after I stepped down. I am now working 30 hours a week instead of 40. It's kinda nice because I'm not so tired after work and have more free time, and I have actually still been doing pretty good as far as my numbers at work! I tried to get a job at Starbucks and there's a long story there, but it ended up falling through. I really don't know what to do, if I should keep trying to look for another part time job or if I should just stick with working the 30 hours a week at Hair Cuttery and just doing some hair out of our house for our friends and stuff. I would definitely appreciate your prayers and advice on this!!! However, one good thing is that I haven't been feeling nearly as stressed out as I used to! There's still drama at work, Clareese is still basically insane, but it's been a huge weight off my back not to have to worry about it anymore! We have 2, possibly 3 girls leaving soon, so please just pray that we fill those spaces with people who will work as a team and have good attitudes!!!
We got to go home last weekend, my brother Evan was in the musical at Leo called Wonderful Town, and it was such a fun musical! It's always so fun to watch people that you know, it makes it that much more hilarious! We spent Saturday with my family and then went over to Kevin and Julie's after church on Sunday. Sunday night, we got together with some of our friends for coffee, and we ended up getting back to Chicago at about 1 a.m....it was SO NICE to be at home with our friends and family! We will be back at the end of April for Jesse's cousin Chanda's wedding.
Jesse's on spring break right now, he'll go back to school next Tuesday. He's still been working at the help desk, and the crazy thing is that he's been working from 7-12 so he doesn't even get to sleep in on his spring break!!! But at least he can come home and relax, right???
Well, I think that's all for now, I'll try to get our house decent and post some pictures soon, we haven't posted any house pictures since we moved in and there were still boxes everywhere...it looks completely different now!!! I hope you all have a wonderful Easter with your families, we will be here celebrating at our wonderful church and then with some friends afterwards! By the way, if any of you are interested in checking our church out, go to www.gracechicago.com. There is even a sample on there of the cd that the worship ensemble put out in December of some songs that we do at church, it's very unique and we love it!!!
Anyway, things have been a little different since I stepped down from my ASL position. At the end of the year, everyone's hours had gotten cut who wasn't management, so my hours got cut after I stepped down. I am now working 30 hours a week instead of 40. It's kinda nice because I'm not so tired after work and have more free time, and I have actually still been doing pretty good as far as my numbers at work! I tried to get a job at Starbucks and there's a long story there, but it ended up falling through. I really don't know what to do, if I should keep trying to look for another part time job or if I should just stick with working the 30 hours a week at Hair Cuttery and just doing some hair out of our house for our friends and stuff. I would definitely appreciate your prayers and advice on this!!! However, one good thing is that I haven't been feeling nearly as stressed out as I used to! There's still drama at work, Clareese is still basically insane, but it's been a huge weight off my back not to have to worry about it anymore! We have 2, possibly 3 girls leaving soon, so please just pray that we fill those spaces with people who will work as a team and have good attitudes!!!
We got to go home last weekend, my brother Evan was in the musical at Leo called Wonderful Town, and it was such a fun musical! It's always so fun to watch people that you know, it makes it that much more hilarious! We spent Saturday with my family and then went over to Kevin and Julie's after church on Sunday. Sunday night, we got together with some of our friends for coffee, and we ended up getting back to Chicago at about 1 a.m....it was SO NICE to be at home with our friends and family! We will be back at the end of April for Jesse's cousin Chanda's wedding.
Jesse's on spring break right now, he'll go back to school next Tuesday. He's still been working at the help desk, and the crazy thing is that he's been working from 7-12 so he doesn't even get to sleep in on his spring break!!! But at least he can come home and relax, right???
Well, I think that's all for now, I'll try to get our house decent and post some pictures soon, we haven't posted any house pictures since we moved in and there were still boxes everywhere...it looks completely different now!!! I hope you all have a wonderful Easter with your families, we will be here celebrating at our wonderful church and then with some friends afterwards! By the way, if any of you are interested in checking our church out, go to www.gracechicago.com. There is even a sample on there of the cd that the worship ensemble put out in December of some songs that we do at church, it's very unique and we love it!!!
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
A little update...
After much prayer and thought (not to mention frustration and stress), I have officially decided to step down from my position as Assistant Salon Leader! After the whole situation at Christmas, there were some more major changes right at the end of the year, and at that point, I decided to give it the month of January and see after that what I wanted to do. Well, it's February, and I have more than enough information to make my decision! I absolutely LOVE doing hair and I don't want to quit altogether and I finally realized that I was much happier just being a stylist! I'm only 22 years old, I have plenty of time to get "management experience" under my belt (and I've already got almost a year's experience). Ultimately, I'd love to have a little shop out of our house someday anyway, so that wouldn't even require me to be a manager, except to myself! Right now, I really want to just enjoy my career! Please keep me in your prayers the next week or so as Lisa comes back from her vacation and I break the news to her!!!
On a lighter note, Joan Cusack was in our salon again a few weeks ago! Once again, she brought in her little boy to get his haircut. It was so funny, I was doing this lady's hair and she was there with her friend who was getting her hair done in the chair next to mine and they were whispering back and forth to each other "that looks like Joan Cusack!", "it even sounds like her!", "well, they do live in Chicago, you know, it could be her"...my face was getting so red and I was getting so nervous! I mean, she's obviously not there to throw her fame around, she is there to be a mother and bring her little boy to get his hair cut! After she left, my boss ended up telling them that it was her, and they freaked out, it was hilarious!!! Who knows, maybe his Uncle John will bring him in sometime???
On a lighter note, Joan Cusack was in our salon again a few weeks ago! Once again, she brought in her little boy to get his haircut. It was so funny, I was doing this lady's hair and she was there with her friend who was getting her hair done in the chair next to mine and they were whispering back and forth to each other "that looks like Joan Cusack!", "it even sounds like her!", "well, they do live in Chicago, you know, it could be her"...my face was getting so red and I was getting so nervous! I mean, she's obviously not there to throw her fame around, she is there to be a mother and bring her little boy to get his hair cut! After she left, my boss ended up telling them that it was her, and they freaked out, it was hilarious!!! Who knows, maybe his Uncle John will bring him in sometime???
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Christmas weekend...
Hello, everyone! I hope that all of you had a wonderful Christmas! Ours was great, it was so nice to be home with family! We got to leave late Friday night after I got off work, so we got to my parent's house around 2:30 Indiana time. Saturday, we had Jesse's dad's family Christmas in the afternoon, which was a blast! His grandma had rented out part of the commons at Indiana Tech, and so there was air hockey, foosball, pool tables, and even a 6-lane bowling alley! Saturday night, my parents had my uncle Josh and aunt Bonnie and my cousins Caleb, Kallie, and brand-new little baby Corban over! He is so cute and so precious...it had been a long time since I held such a tiny baby!
Sunday, we went to my dad's family Christmas at my aunt and uncle's house. We possibly started a new tradition by doing a white elephant gift exchange instead of a traditional gift exchange. All kinds of stuff was in it, like a fish scaler and a paper-mache penguin...it was really funny to see who ended up with what! We went to a birthday party that night for a little girl whose parents (Joey and Karla) are good friends with my parents. (Karla is my mentor and was also in our wedding.) My grandparents came into town that night, so my parents house was just full of out-of-town guests!
Monday, we spent most of the afternoon and evening over at Kevin and Julie's, just relaxing with everyone, having a yummy dinner, and opening our gifts. All of the kids drew names and did a gift exchange this year, which was fun! Lucy didn't want to go to bed, she kept coming back downstairs, and eventually decided she wanted to sleep down there! Her parents told her Santa wouldn't come unless she was in bed, and she just said "I don't care!" She's so funny and cute, it's hard to believe that she will be 5 years old in just a few months!
Christmas day, we spent the day at my parent's house. My mom made an awesome breakfast and we opened presents that morning. It was so nice to have my grandparents there, and my grandma Kanoshia even came down for a little bit! My aunt Monica and uncle Kevin came over in the afternoon with my cousins Erica and Logan, and then Josh and Bonnie came over later for a little bit. It was so nice to see everyone...all the kids are growing up so fast and are all just so stinkin cute!!! Jesse and I finally left around 7:40 our time, and so we got home around 11.
I know this has been long already, but I also wanted to share a prayer request with everyone! I know some of you already know about how we almost didn't get to come home as planned last week, because of a mix-up with our new District Leader, Clareese. She has only been our DL for a few months now, and has been extremely difficult to work with! She's very intimidating and difficult and is making everyone in the salon stressed out with everything that she's trying to change. Even my co-workers who have hardly had to deal with her dread her coming in! You feel like you're walking on eggshells when she's there, trying to do and say everything perfectly, and it is very stressful! I just don't know what to do about this all, I feel like maybe I am at the salon "for such a time as this" to witness to her and be an example to her, but it's just so hard! I feel like she doesn't like me anymore because of the whole Christmas situation, and I feel like she's just going to be watching me like a hawk, waiting for me to "mess up" so that she can get me in trouble or something. I've considered giving up my position and going back to just being a stylist, thinking that I won't have to deal with her as much, but I don't know if that's a good idea or not, and I for sure don't want to just jump to that solution and then regret it later. I know she is new in her position, so she is getting used to this all, and I also know that ultimately, she wants what is best for each salon in her district, but she is going about this whole thing the wrong way! Our company calls people district "leaders" and salon "leaders" and assistant salon "leaders", NOT "managers" because we are supposed to be LEADING people to excellence by encouraging and supporting them, not managing them, and I feel like she is being more of a dictatorial manager right now. I would just really appreciate it if everyone could pray for this whole situation...for patience for everyone involved in the situation and also for wisdom, discernment, and kindness for me in dealing with her and that I can be a light to her and my whole salon. Please also just pray for her, that if there are any situations in her life that need healing, that she would find healing through Christ. Thank you all so much, and I will keep everyone updated!!!
Sunday, we went to my dad's family Christmas at my aunt and uncle's house. We possibly started a new tradition by doing a white elephant gift exchange instead of a traditional gift exchange. All kinds of stuff was in it, like a fish scaler and a paper-mache penguin...it was really funny to see who ended up with what! We went to a birthday party that night for a little girl whose parents (Joey and Karla) are good friends with my parents. (Karla is my mentor and was also in our wedding.) My grandparents came into town that night, so my parents house was just full of out-of-town guests!
Monday, we spent most of the afternoon and evening over at Kevin and Julie's, just relaxing with everyone, having a yummy dinner, and opening our gifts. All of the kids drew names and did a gift exchange this year, which was fun! Lucy didn't want to go to bed, she kept coming back downstairs, and eventually decided she wanted to sleep down there! Her parents told her Santa wouldn't come unless she was in bed, and she just said "I don't care!" She's so funny and cute, it's hard to believe that she will be 5 years old in just a few months!
Christmas day, we spent the day at my parent's house. My mom made an awesome breakfast and we opened presents that morning. It was so nice to have my grandparents there, and my grandma Kanoshia even came down for a little bit! My aunt Monica and uncle Kevin came over in the afternoon with my cousins Erica and Logan, and then Josh and Bonnie came over later for a little bit. It was so nice to see everyone...all the kids are growing up so fast and are all just so stinkin cute!!! Jesse and I finally left around 7:40 our time, and so we got home around 11.
I know this has been long already, but I also wanted to share a prayer request with everyone! I know some of you already know about how we almost didn't get to come home as planned last week, because of a mix-up with our new District Leader, Clareese. She has only been our DL for a few months now, and has been extremely difficult to work with! She's very intimidating and difficult and is making everyone in the salon stressed out with everything that she's trying to change. Even my co-workers who have hardly had to deal with her dread her coming in! You feel like you're walking on eggshells when she's there, trying to do and say everything perfectly, and it is very stressful! I just don't know what to do about this all, I feel like maybe I am at the salon "for such a time as this" to witness to her and be an example to her, but it's just so hard! I feel like she doesn't like me anymore because of the whole Christmas situation, and I feel like she's just going to be watching me like a hawk, waiting for me to "mess up" so that she can get me in trouble or something. I've considered giving up my position and going back to just being a stylist, thinking that I won't have to deal with her as much, but I don't know if that's a good idea or not, and I for sure don't want to just jump to that solution and then regret it later. I know she is new in her position, so she is getting used to this all, and I also know that ultimately, she wants what is best for each salon in her district, but she is going about this whole thing the wrong way! Our company calls people district "leaders" and salon "leaders" and assistant salon "leaders", NOT "managers" because we are supposed to be LEADING people to excellence by encouraging and supporting them, not managing them, and I feel like she is being more of a dictatorial manager right now. I would just really appreciate it if everyone could pray for this whole situation...for patience for everyone involved in the situation and also for wisdom, discernment, and kindness for me in dealing with her and that I can be a light to her and my whole salon. Please also just pray for her, that if there are any situations in her life that need healing, that she would find healing through Christ. Thank you all so much, and I will keep everyone updated!!!
Friday, November 02, 2007
A brush with fame...
So the other day, it was kinda busy at the salon, and I was doing a color, so I wasn't really paying attention to the lobby. I got done with applying the color and while it was processing, I went back to the back room to fold towels and I propped the door open. I glanced up and there was this lady sitting there behind her son who was getting his hair cut, and I thought "she looks familiar". But no makeup, hair pulled back in a clip, and athletic clothes on...just some lady, right? WRONG!!! I kept stealing glances at her, and then I heard her talking to the lady who was cutting her little boy's hair and I was like "I DEFINITELY know that voice"...but I still couldn't talk myself into the fact that it was truly her! Then, the girl who was cutting her little boy's hair finished and went to ring them up and was having trouble with the credit card machine (it's old, and you have to swipe it just right), so I went up to help, knowing that this would be my opportunity to find out FOR SURE. I glanced at the credit card, and what did it say??? JOAN CUSACK!!! It was hyphenated with her married name, of course, but it was definitely her! I felt like such an idiot, and I didn't say anything, just made small talk while I finished ringing them out. I didn't know what to say without looking like the idiot that I felt like...I mean, Joan Cusack was sitting in my salon and no one noticed!!! Now, I'm sure that had she come in dressed like she was in a US Cellular commercial, we would have recognized her. But sometimes, people look completely different with no makeup and their hair done differently...which is probably what she was trying to achieve, ya know? So anyway...
The only other exciting thing to report is that in one of Jesse's most challenging classes, his professor read his paper aloud in class because he was so impressed with it! Jesse was so excited when he told me yesterday, because it is such a challenging class!!! I'm so happy for him and proud of him! :)
We painted our living room and got a new couch a few weeks ago! It looks really good, and it just makes it feel more personalized. I'll have to post pictures after we finish getting pictures and stuff on the walls.
My family is coming into town next weekend! I was randomly able to get next Saturday off because my boss needed me to cover for her that Thursday, so what a perfect opportunity! They had been saying they wanted to come up again, so it works out great. Hopefully, we'll have decent weather...last time they were here, it was SO miserably hot!!! I know we don't have to worry about that this time, but I at least hope that it's sunny and not freezing!!! As of right now, it's looking like low 50s, but no rain, so I won't complain.
I think that's all for now, I'll post pictures from my family's visit next weekend, and hopefully some pictures of our renovated living room! Have a great weekend, and we will see some of you over Thanksgiving!
The only other exciting thing to report is that in one of Jesse's most challenging classes, his professor read his paper aloud in class because he was so impressed with it! Jesse was so excited when he told me yesterday, because it is such a challenging class!!! I'm so happy for him and proud of him! :)
We painted our living room and got a new couch a few weeks ago! It looks really good, and it just makes it feel more personalized. I'll have to post pictures after we finish getting pictures and stuff on the walls.
My family is coming into town next weekend! I was randomly able to get next Saturday off because my boss needed me to cover for her that Thursday, so what a perfect opportunity! They had been saying they wanted to come up again, so it works out great. Hopefully, we'll have decent weather...last time they were here, it was SO miserably hot!!! I know we don't have to worry about that this time, but I at least hope that it's sunny and not freezing!!! As of right now, it's looking like low 50s, but no rain, so I won't complain.
I think that's all for now, I'll post pictures from my family's visit next weekend, and hopefully some pictures of our renovated living room! Have a great weekend, and we will see some of you over Thanksgiving!
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