Hey...
Well, just got my first paycheque... I'm making $10/hr and should be up to $10.25/hr next paycheque. Yippee! And I'm already being put on Bagels and Sandwiches (food prep.) for Monday.... I just really started training full scale today, but I've already gotten pretty good at it, so the manager is making me the Monday Bagel person. It's a nice change from till and tandem. And Melanie, the other new-ish person, who has been there a week or so before me, who was just becoming bagel person for half the time, just became monday back prep. She makes sure I have everything I need for me to make people's food order. It'll be an interesting monday ;) I'm loving having weekends off, which has never happened to me before for a job.
Ryan has his buddy from work, Larry, over helping to wire the house with CAT 5 E wire, or something.... it's a networking cable that will allow me to send my music downstairs to the X-Box so I can play music downstairs, that's all I know :) This weekend we want to get most everything done, and the kitchen flooring and the dishwasher happen next week... then comes the after pictures. :)
Wedding pictures could be up at any time.... keep a look out.
Anyhow, just wanted to tell my good news about more money!!
Thursday, October 26, 2006
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
A little bit of news....
Over the past little while we've seen a few movies.... just wanted to give a brief little "yay or nay" to them......
Saw this when it first came out... We liked it. It was clever. It was mysterious, well-acted and interesting, with the right balance of drama, so's not to be too weighty. I would suggest this to anyone wanting to see some good acting and a bit of mystery.
Borrowed the movie from the grandparents and watched it a couple nights ago. Definately not nearly as good as the first one. Shame.
Ryan spoiled me and took me on a date on Saturday to see Flicka, as I'd wanted to see a horse movie, and this was a new one. Though it is definately updated from the book the movie was good, and I enjoyed my horse flick. It was a good date night. :) Thanks hun :) Now I want a ranch.
This movie makes Wyoming look good Mel ;)
This we went and saw on Sunday... Ryan's movie pick, that I'd also been interested in.
It was dark and kinda heavy, but a very interesting story... Good acting. I'd suggest to people to see it, if they don't mind a bit of dark dramatic content. Just don't see it if you're in need of a pick-me-up.
Lately we've been watching Perry Mason episodes.... yeah black and white 1950's TV show!! It's alot of fun actually, and we now can't wait for Season One Part Two to come out in November... we've already advanced ordered it in for the grandparents... then we'll borrow it from them like we have the Part One. :)
Saw this when it first came out... We liked it. It was clever. It was mysterious, well-acted and interesting, with the right balance of drama, so's not to be too weighty. I would suggest this to anyone wanting to see some good acting and a bit of mystery.
Borrowed the movie from the grandparents and watched it a couple nights ago. Definately not nearly as good as the first one. Shame.
Ryan spoiled me and took me on a date on Saturday to see Flicka, as I'd wanted to see a horse movie, and this was a new one. Though it is definately updated from the book the movie was good, and I enjoyed my horse flick. It was a good date night. :) Thanks hun :) Now I want a ranch.
This movie makes Wyoming look good Mel ;)
This we went and saw on Sunday... Ryan's movie pick, that I'd also been interested in.
It was dark and kinda heavy, but a very interesting story... Good acting. I'd suggest to people to see it, if they don't mind a bit of dark dramatic content. Just don't see it if you're in need of a pick-me-up.
Lately we've been watching Perry Mason episodes.... yeah black and white 1950's TV show!! It's alot of fun actually, and we now can't wait for Season One Part Two to come out in November... we've already advanced ordered it in for the grandparents... then we'll borrow it from them like we have the Part One. :)
We went and watched this film a while ago, when it first came out. It was well done. Didn't follow the true historic story perfectly, but then, what does now a days?? It was still good.
Other than that, the house is coming along great and I will be ready to take the after shots by the end of the month :) Bruce said he was loading the pictures onto the server tonight, so in 24-48 hours they'll be available. He apologizes profusely for the delay. Work is going alright, though I've been really tired this week 'cause my sleep is always interupted lately... but today I got to start learning bagels and sandwiches, which I like... it's a nice change. I like most of the staff, and even though I've only been there for, what, 3 weeks now, I've been pretty much solely in charge of training two new people.... so yeah.... met the owner... she tandemed (got drinks, etc) for me while my tandem person went on their break, earlier this week.
So lifes pretty good for the most part... we're doing alright, and work isn't that bad, though I'm still adjusting, and it's been a bit of a rough week.... tomorrow Ryan get's a day off to rest, so I'm guaranteed a ride to and from work. :)
So lifes pretty good for the most part... we're doing alright, and work isn't that bad, though I'm still adjusting, and it's been a bit of a rough week.... tomorrow Ryan get's a day off to rest, so I'm guaranteed a ride to and from work. :)
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Continuing from my other post.....
So yes, the new place and the new job...
These are pictures of it in it's un-altered form.... we've been working our butts off, with much appreciated help from the grandparents here, and mom (Cheri) and Shawn, to try and get this place up to our standards. The kitchen is our priority right now so that we can make food here. We've been painting alot, and sanding and and stuff..... there will be reno. pics coming... these are the before shots. I'll have the reno and after shots up at some point, after the work gets done.
The office/spare bedroom.... this is where Shawn stays when he's visiting Stephanie on the weekends. We don't mind, 'cause he helped us paint. :)
Our messy bedroom... it's already come along way. A dresser newly acquired helped immensly. Mel, I think you'd love this room. :)
Our living room is a disaster right now, all covered in plastic to help protect it, etc... but this is the general layout of it...
A better view of the layout of the livingroom.
Our biggest project right now. Just wait till you see the after pics!
The downstairs bathroom... this will be a project for later.
Another view of the former kitchen colours, etc.... can't wait till we're done. :)
The place..... an idea of what it's like. The banisters/railings are so getting updated.
Upstairs bathroom... one day we'll re-tile, etc...
Looking down from the bedroom into the livingroom.
Looking from the closet side of the bedroom....
Looking into the bedroom from the top of the stairs....
And the whole job story.......
I handed out 7 resumes last Tuesday, and had one interview that day as well, that led the way for a work interview the next day. So on Wednesday I had the working interview at Tim Hortons from 10-2. You basically work for 4 hours, see how you like it, and they see how you work and how the other employees work with you, etc... You get paid for those four hours. Then I went for an interview at the country grocer from 2:30-3:30, and it went well too, but I didn't like them as much. Then from 3:30 till 4 something I had an interview at Francelli's coffee, in which they basically just asked how to get me to work for them, and offered a dollar more than Tim Hortons and promised me Sundays off. Then Ryan picked me up, we got home, I checked my machine and the Howard Johnson wanted to interview me for a front desk/weekend night audit position, so I walked down the drive and had that interview, and they wanted to start me on Sunday, if I wanted the job, with a bit better pay than the other places, but still, two graveyards, Fri night and Sat night, and then two day positions Tues and Wed is pretty rough, though it would have been different experience. Then I had an interview with Subway friday, which took like, 3 minutes, where they clarified my qualifications (what I did for Starbucks) which covered most of the manager requirements for Subway, and they said they'd call me. I think I was over qualified. LOL So then Tim Hortons and Francellis coffee were fighting over me. I was leaning towards Francellis, so I went in there again friday after my Subway interview and just watched, but because it's a small family owned business, it doesn't have the organization and professionalism that I'm used to, and so I'd want to change things, and I don't know how that would go over... they want to learn from me, but a new comer in staff coming in and implementing more standards and stuff for the staff would not create the best team I think. So I called Tim Hortons back, and they have promised me $9.50 to start (matching Francellis) and a guarenteed Mon - Fri 7-3:30 schedule that won't change unless I ask it to be so I can have a day off during the week if we need to go somewhere... with a strong possibility of becoming Training Manager in not to long... I'd be in charge of training, and that's pretty much it... I'd get into a managerial position, get a nicer uniform, etc. And the uniforms are free, and they have benefits that start after six months, and my pay would go up probably after 3 months of working there. So I couldn't really hard to pass that up. So I sat and thought it out, and in the end I decided on Tim Hortons... Never thought I'd say that, but I started at Tim Hortons at the wage that my Shift Supervisor position was paying me. We get 30% off plus free drinks, when we work, and it's SO easy to learn. I had NO problem with the four hour shift I worked there as an interview, catching on to the drink aspect of things in less than a half an hour mainly. So yeah, I'm a Tim Hortons employee.... Weird huh? It's different and yet the same, as Starbucks, and I like bits of both worlds, and don't like bits of it, but that's life. I've already after 2 days gotten a pretty good idea of how the till works.... It's a little bit to get used to, especially the early mornings, but me and Ryan get up and have breakfast together (there 'cause our kitchen is busted right now) and then I work. It's not bad.
These are pictures of it in it's un-altered form.... we've been working our butts off, with much appreciated help from the grandparents here, and mom (Cheri) and Shawn, to try and get this place up to our standards. The kitchen is our priority right now so that we can make food here. We've been painting alot, and sanding and and stuff..... there will be reno. pics coming... these are the before shots. I'll have the reno and after shots up at some point, after the work gets done.
The office/spare bedroom.... this is where Shawn stays when he's visiting Stephanie on the weekends. We don't mind, 'cause he helped us paint. :)
Our messy bedroom... it's already come along way. A dresser newly acquired helped immensly. Mel, I think you'd love this room. :)
Our living room is a disaster right now, all covered in plastic to help protect it, etc... but this is the general layout of it...
A better view of the layout of the livingroom.
Our biggest project right now. Just wait till you see the after pics!
The downstairs bathroom... this will be a project for later.
Another view of the former kitchen colours, etc.... can't wait till we're done. :)
The place..... an idea of what it's like. The banisters/railings are so getting updated.
Upstairs bathroom... one day we'll re-tile, etc...
Looking down from the bedroom into the livingroom.
Looking from the closet side of the bedroom....
Looking into the bedroom from the top of the stairs....And the whole job story.......
I handed out 7 resumes last Tuesday, and had one interview that day as well, that led the way for a work interview the next day. So on Wednesday I had the working interview at Tim Hortons from 10-2. You basically work for 4 hours, see how you like it, and they see how you work and how the other employees work with you, etc... You get paid for those four hours. Then I went for an interview at the country grocer from 2:30-3:30, and it went well too, but I didn't like them as much. Then from 3:30 till 4 something I had an interview at Francelli's coffee, in which they basically just asked how to get me to work for them, and offered a dollar more than Tim Hortons and promised me Sundays off. Then Ryan picked me up, we got home, I checked my machine and the Howard Johnson wanted to interview me for a front desk/weekend night audit position, so I walked down the drive and had that interview, and they wanted to start me on Sunday, if I wanted the job, with a bit better pay than the other places, but still, two graveyards, Fri night and Sat night, and then two day positions Tues and Wed is pretty rough, though it would have been different experience. Then I had an interview with Subway friday, which took like, 3 minutes, where they clarified my qualifications (what I did for Starbucks) which covered most of the manager requirements for Subway, and they said they'd call me. I think I was over qualified. LOL So then Tim Hortons and Francellis coffee were fighting over me. I was leaning towards Francellis, so I went in there again friday after my Subway interview and just watched, but because it's a small family owned business, it doesn't have the organization and professionalism that I'm used to, and so I'd want to change things, and I don't know how that would go over... they want to learn from me, but a new comer in staff coming in and implementing more standards and stuff for the staff would not create the best team I think. So I called Tim Hortons back, and they have promised me $9.50 to start (matching Francellis) and a guarenteed Mon - Fri 7-3:30 schedule that won't change unless I ask it to be so I can have a day off during the week if we need to go somewhere... with a strong possibility of becoming Training Manager in not to long... I'd be in charge of training, and that's pretty much it... I'd get into a managerial position, get a nicer uniform, etc. And the uniforms are free, and they have benefits that start after six months, and my pay would go up probably after 3 months of working there. So I couldn't really hard to pass that up. So I sat and thought it out, and in the end I decided on Tim Hortons... Never thought I'd say that, but I started at Tim Hortons at the wage that my Shift Supervisor position was paying me. We get 30% off plus free drinks, when we work, and it's SO easy to learn. I had NO problem with the four hour shift I worked there as an interview, catching on to the drink aspect of things in less than a half an hour mainly. So yeah, I'm a Tim Hortons employee.... Weird huh? It's different and yet the same, as Starbucks, and I like bits of both worlds, and don't like bits of it, but that's life. I've already after 2 days gotten a pretty good idea of how the till works.... It's a little bit to get used to, especially the early mornings, but me and Ryan get up and have breakfast together (there 'cause our kitchen is busted right now) and then I work. It's not bad.
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