Christmas and Blizzard of 2009

Well I remember 1987 and the last major snow we had. Boy were those that days sledding down the street behind a truck!!! Oh yes we were living on the edge LOL. Well here are some pictures of Hayden over the last week and with Santa.



HAYDEN WITH SANTA AT SCHOOL!!





HAYDEN AND I AT THE HARN HOMESTEAD WITH SANTA!!





HAYDEN READY FOR THE SNOW AND DIGGING OUT MY CAR AT OUR HOUSE AND CLEANING THE TRIBBEY'S HOUSE




OKLAHOMA BLIZZARD OF 2009 FROM MY PORCH!!

2009 Review

The time has come to review what 2009 brought to me...

January: Hayden turned 3. Planned a party at Chuck E Cheese and the Ice storm hit so had to cancel. Rescheduled it and the Tornado went thru Chuck E Cheese so his party was at mom and dads and he was happy with that.

February: My sister got married!! Feb was a busy month with Denise Tribbey and Scott's birthday, Valentines day and my sister wedding. It was a beautiful wedding and am very happy that she and Cash are together.

March: OMG I turned 30!!! Went out with friends to cousins and had a wonderful time. Thanks to Cash, Trevor, Cory, Jennifer, Misty, Buddy, Jenny and Emily for celebrating my 30th birthday with me. Scott and I celebrated our 1 year anniversary as well on the 20th. March was a great month for me.

April: Things at work started to not look so good as our contract was up for renewal and we were all getting butterflies that it would not turn out well but still had hope that we would all have jobs come June. Mom and Leigh had birthdays as well. Big news Hayden got glasses. He did a great job adapting to them and was very happy for my big boy. Scott and I were League champs along with Gene and Rick. It was a great year bowling and so glad that Scott said he would join my team. Go TEAM JEGAR!!

May: VACATION..Scott and I went to Port Aransas for a week. It was the best week ever. We so needed a vacation. We played golf, layed on the beach and spent a day at the pool. I can speak for Scott when I say we would go back in a heart beat if we could. Hoping to have Buddy and Jenny come with us next year. May 11th we found out that we lost our Contract with OKCPS. That was the start of a hard months to come.

June: Started cleaning up and packing 10 years worth of information to send back to ARAMARK. June was not a great month knowing that I was going to be unemployed come June 30th.

July: Spent the 4th with the Tribbey's. Now that I am not working I took July to have a garage sale and do some work for my dad. Hayden helped with the garage sale prep and I made mega bucks thanks to my mom. Melanie thank you for your help on Friday and the coffee too. You are such a sweet heart. Mom I could not have pulled it off so well if it were not for you. Thanks to you and your effort. Lonzetta come over on Saturday of the Garage sale to help and we had a blast. I know her grandson got a great gift after she went shopping.

August: Starting to freak out because I need to find a job. I had been working temp jobs and that was all well and good but I wanted something permanent. Iapplied at my church and got the receptionist job (not what I wanted) but it was a job and I would take anything at this point. Then Jack Coleman called me and asked about the Dictionaries that I had worked on at OKCPS. We talked and mentioned I was unemployed, Jack asked to see me on August 20th and I started at the Biltmore Hotel on August 25th. So happy to have a job and a higher position then I had, had before.

September: Work was going well just meeting after meeting after meeting after meeting I was going nuts with meetings. Hayden was growing like a weed and talking more and more and more...Such a big boy.

October: Hayden carved his first pumpkin this year. He was so happy to help mommy... he also decorated 6 more that were on display at the house. He went as spiderman this year for Halloween and loved every min of it. We spent Halloween at the Tribbey's house in Oak Tree. Hayden was so cute going up to the houses and asking for candy. So polite as well. Will post pictures soon.

November: Holidays starting. Thanksgiving was held at my parents in the morning for breakfast. Then off to the Tribbey's for dinner. It was a nice fun filled Thanksgiving and a good memorable one.

December: Hayden is sleeping in big boy under ware at night and only 1 accident in the last 3 weeks since we started this. I am so proud of him. He is growing up so fast. I can not believe that he will be 4 in a month...that is crazy before I know it I will be writing another post for 2010. Christmas this year is going to be a wonderful one. We are planning on church at 4 on Dec 24th, My parents at 6 for dinner and then to the Tribbey's for Christmas there. Christmas day mom and dad will come over to our house for Hayden and do gifts and then to their house for the rest. New Years we will be out with Buddy and Jenny again like last year. What a wonderful couple love them to death and look forward to another New Year with them.

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL MY READERS.

My Grandmother

Keep my Grandmother in your prayers. She was in the hospital last week with an appendicitis and had surgery. She came home and just got word that she is back in the hospital with phenomena and heart stress. Like my mom said we hope that she does not go "Home" before Christmas. We lost my Grandfather July of 2008 and I know that this year has been hard for her. I hate that she is so far away. I know that she is strong and will overcome this. Please just keep her in your prayers.

To all my OKCPS Girls

Hey girls!!

It was so great to see all of you yesterday. I miss you all. Job is going ok just at times wish you all were here to help me. I know for sure who to call when I get my own company and need employees!!! Robin, Lonzetta, Amanda and Deborah. You all have no idea how much you have touched my life while I was there. Each of you hold a special place in my heart and always will. My life has changed because of you. I thank each of you from the bottom of my heart for being such wonderful friends to me.

Come see me sometime when you all are off and I will buy you lunch!!!

Love you all.

Christmas/BIG NEWS!!!!

It is Christmas time again!! OMG where has this year gone. Just seems like yesterday we were celebrating my sister wedding and that was at the end of February. Well Hayden is going to have a good Christmas this year. He wants an jet plane that fly with a remote control. That is what he has told all 4 Santa's he has seen this year so he GOT IT. Can't wait to see his reaction on Christmas morning when he sees that Santa got him what he wanted. When Santa would ask if there is anything else we wanted for Christmas he said just my jet and a happy family. OH (tear) I have such a sweet boy.

BIG NEWS!!!!
OH this is the best news ever!!
I am so excited to share with everyone!!
I never thought this day would come!!
I have never been so happy as I am now!!
Can you guess???????

Hayden is out of pull-ups and sleeping in big boy underwear at night and has had 1 accident in over a week. Such a good boy!! I am so happy I can save money now.
When I told Hayden how happy I was and that it means that mommy can save money!! I told Hayden that I was so happy he could buy a toy now that mommy does not have to buy pull-ups anymore his response "mom if you had told me that like long time ago I would have been a big boy already to get toys" NOW WAIT ONE SECOND he is 3 but very smart. I just smiled and said that if mommy had thought about it she would have said it to him a long time ago. SO he got a new PS2 game for being a good boy and sleeping like a big boy!!

Come on Robin you think I would announce what you were thinking on here and not call you!! :) Love you Robin miss you tons too.

Bad Hair/Good Hair

So I went to have may hair done last week....I wanted to be blonde which I was partly already blonde but wanted it all over. I asked my hair dresser to put the blonde in my hair that was already in it. I sat there and thought this is going to look great.... HELL NO!!! SHE BLEACHED MY HAIR!!! I was pissed but then thought it would darken a bit.. what was I thinking. I was so humiliated that I wore a hat all weekend and looked like a trashy stripper with my WHITE hair. Hayden asked me why I had white hair and when I told him that they messed up he said..."you are still beautiful to me mommy" That just made my day.

So it was so bad that I could not go to work yesterday and be seen with this hair. SO I broke down and went to Schardein and company to have it fixed. BROOKE is awesome and did a fantastic job to make me look great. I was so humiliated that I could not look at myself in the mirror all weekend and even yesterday when I was in there getting it done. After she colored it and (cut it off) I was able to look at myself in the mirror again. Thanks Brooke Pickett you are so wonderful and my new hair dresser!!! Will save the money now to go see Brooke....:)

Great News!!!

Talked with my attorney on Sunday about Shawn. What she had to say made my day. Here are the stats as of today 10-27-09

Last Saw Hayden: January 10th 2008
Last heard form Shawn: July 6th 2008
Tried to set up time for him to see Hayden up until July 2008 and he always made something up on why he could not make it. (WHATEVER)

So I am getting the best of both worlds.

1. Hayden has a father/dad Scott Tribbey
2. I am getting Child Support
3. Do not have to worry about Shawn
4. Scott can adopt Hayden after we have been married for a year without any problems.
5. Life is great and I am happy

Long time no Blog

Ok so it has been a long while since I have blogged. SO her is what has been going on.

Work:
It is going well. Things have slowed down a bit but still busy. Not as many meetings as I was having when I first started so that is a great thing because I do not have time to sit in meetings all day long. I have a few big events coming up that I have booked and very happy to be her and do what I do.

Hayden:
Is growing up way to fast. I can not believe that he will be 4 in January. He seems so much older then that. He is talking up a storm and our conversations are longer and longer every time. He can write his name and a few letters out of the alphabet. He can say his numbers almost to 30 now. He can read a few books and is one smart kid. I am so blessed with a wonderful child.

Scott:
We are doing well. Could not be happier with anyone else ever. He is such an amazing man and father to our son. He loves Hayden so much and is so good with him. We are bowling again this year together so that is nice to have some time with him every Monday night while we bowl. Our team is doing well and love Mondays.

I will post some new pictures soon when I can get them to the office.

So that is what has been going on. Robin it was great to see you yesterday!! Hope to see you again soon.... Miss you muches.

I'm the BOSS!!!

OMG I was called Boss twice on Friday. Ok now that is cool but strange at the same time. I love my new job and so blessed to have it. I have a lot of people (ie my old bosses) that know I can do this. I will definitely take how they were and apply it to my job and hopefully can be as good of a boss as Gary and John were to me. They are wonderful men and I am so thankful to have had them both as my boss.

Jaimie: Yes I am the boss and it is strange but kinda fun at the same time.

Two Weeks Down

It has been two weeks now since I took my new job and OMG!!! I am running around with my head cut off. It is stressful and non stop going and going and going but I will make it.

I have a team of 4 ladies who work for me. I am trying to rearrange the office and trying to make sure that our goals are met each month. They are not computerized either.

HOW CAN WE FUNCTION WITHOUT COMPUTERS!!!!

Ok so I created a few things on the computer so that we can function correctly and when I am asked for stats or a report I can pull it off the computer and not have to go back and hand write everything out.

I am trying to get pictures updated, the look of the Hotel ETC. This is a great job and I am blessed that I have it. Keep me in your prayers that I have the strength to go on.

On a better note:

Hayden is doing well. He is in daycare/preschool and loving it. He is growing like a weed. He is wearing 4/5 size clothes and is not even 4 yet. He is a cute and loves to talk, talk, talk. He comes up with some stories that he has worked hard to think about but are so cute. He read to Scott and I last night instead of us reading to him. It was so cute.

Scott and I are doing well. We have been looking at houses for us. With the tax credit and his discount with Ideal Homes we have been thinking about buying now and taking advantage of it. We agreed that we would not live together until we were at least engaged so that has to come fist then the house. I am excited to look for a house that we can live in together as a family and raise Hayden.

I got a JOB!!!

Ok so it is about time!!! I finally got a job. After almost 2 months without one I finally found one and a good one at that. I will be the Marketing and Sales Director for the Biltmore Hotel. I am so excited and can not hardly wait. This is going to be a hard job but one I know I will do well at.

No what to wear on my first day..... Oh I hate this after 5.5 years of wearing jeans, shorts, t-shirts and hats to work I have to dress up again. It is like the first day of school. What to wear and what not to wear. Oh well I will find the perfect outfit soon.

I will update tomorrow after my first day on the job and tell you all about it. For now I have to finish cleaning the house and hang my curtains I got for my Birthday (yes Robin I know that was back in March) Get over it!! :) I am just now getting around to doing it. Off to cleaning.

Robin and Zetta it was great to see you girls today. I really miss you both and wish I could bring you all to my job so we could all be together again. Maybe I will see what I can do.. HUM that would be great. Love you both and will see you soon. I am just down I-40 from you all so not far to come and see me.

For Robin

Here you go Robin.

It has been a while since I posted anything... so here is what has been going on since my last post.

Last day of work at ARAMARK was June 30th. It was a sad day and one I thought would never come but it did. It was a Tuesday and for the rest of that Tuesday and week it was hard to think that I didn't have a job to go back to. Felt a bit like a Vacation and I would be back to work that following Monday. Well I decided to have a garage sale and use this time off to look for a job and get my house together.

I had a huge Garage sale and with my mothers help it was fantastic. I worked so hard and was up so early both Friday and Saturday. Once it was over Mom and I packed everything else up and took it to the church for good will. I was done and didn't want to hold on to anymore of it any longer. I have been known to be a pack-rat and I was glad to see it all go.

I have continued to look for jobs. Been on a few interviews but nothing is panning out. I have applied for a job at my church as the All events coordinator (which was my mothers job that she resigned from June 30th) And also as the Church Secretary. At this point this is the only lead that I have and will have my second interview tomorrow Monday August 17th. It has been nice not working but now that severance is over (only 3 weeks) and my Vacation payed out I am in need of a job. I worked at State Farm as a temp with my dad's company for a week and that was a lot of fun. But I can not keep doing these temp jobs. Hopefully I will have an answer tomorrow night.

Hayden is growing up so fast. He is now 3 years 7 months old and is so smart. A few weeks ago at church Robert (our Pastor) gave Hayden the "box" which he gives a different child each week for children's time. They are to bring something in the box to surprise us and that is what Robert focuses the children's lesson on. Well when I asked Hayden what he wanted to bring he said "shoes" Why shoes I asked....(in a voice like you are so stupid mother) he said "because it is a shoe box" I just started laughing. So Hayden took one of his shoes and one of my high heal shoes. It was a good sermon and good laugh for the congregation.

Hayden is now talking about Santa and that he is coming and he has to be a good boy. That is a good thing because i need a good boy every day.

Scott and I are doing great. We are going on 1 year and 6 months in September and I could not be happier with him then I am. Hopefully we will be hearing wedding bells soon and buying a house in the next year. Hayden and I alone are too much now for my little house and to add one more would be hard. Scott works for Ideal Homes and they have some of the best houses that I have seen for new home construction. So we have thought about building a house. Where not sure yet because one thing is where is it best for Hayden to go to school. He has three more years at Village Montessori before he starts 1st grade. OMG 1st grade that is freaky..... Time flys when you are having fun.

Well I will get off here now and post more later Robin... I will also post some pictures of things that have gone on with Hayden, Scott and the rest of my family.

I NEED A JOB!!! oh AND GARAGE SALE TIME

First and foremost I need a job!!! Please let me know if you hear of anything!!!

Second I am having a Garage Sale on Friday and Saturday July 17-18 at my house. Tell everyone you know to come and go shopping....especially those who have boys/kids I have a ton of stuff and Christmas stuff and my clothes as well. It will be HUGE so come and check out and buy everything!!!

Last day with ARAMARK

Today was my last day with ARAMARK at OKCPS. It was a sad day to say the least. I got up and put full makeup on hoping that it would help me from crying all day. Well no it didn't matter I was going to cry no matter what so it was a waste of time this morning. My mom made breakfast for my team and it was nice to have that to share with my ARAMARK workers. I started in January 2004 and seem like I have been there since I started working in 1992. My ARAMARK co-workers have been the best people to work for.
Gary- Quick on his feet and his sayings I will remember always.
Dennis- My big brother no matter what. I loved giving him a hard time and was good at it. I will miss Dennis. Thanks for great years and Thank you for serving our Country like you do.
Jeff- Thank God you came along. I was about to just go nuts with the Grounds department. You are a wonderful man and very talented. It was great working with you.
Leon- My other Dad it seemed like. He always called me CJ and I like it. Leon you are a fantastic person and have a great since of humor. You will be missed. I will learn Gary's Chick song and call you up to sing one day.
Jim- Oh Jim. You are so funny and so much fun to be around. You always knew what to say and always made me feel better no matter what. Thank you.
Steve- Oh boy Steve... Man you are just a Nut. You made coming to work so much fun and enjoyable. You have so much energy and you bring it with you always. Thanks for the talks we had and the laughs we shared. I will miss you.

Then it was off to talk with Robin....That is when the tears started. Robin has been like another mother to me and she is such an amazing person and has strong spirits. I will miss her a lot. Like her card said we are just playing hid and seek, I'm just going to be a little harder to find. Love you Robin and will miss you muches.

Then it was on to Lonzetta....Tears again...What do I say about Zetta. She always has a smile on her face no matter what life throws at her. She is taking care of her mother and working full time. She has been an inspiration to me over the last 5 1/2 years. Zetta you have blessed me in so many ways. Along with Robin you have been my other mother and I will miss you so much. Just remember that "Joe's Crab Shack...I got a pound of crabs for you fried or raw just let me know" LMAO I will always remember each and every one of you no matter where I end up.

When God shuts a door he always opens another one. I just have to wait and see when that door opens for me but I know it will. Thanks again to all my ARAMARK co workers and to all my OKCPS workers. I will miss you all. Love to each of you and keep in touch.

4 working day's left

So as of today June 22nd, I have 4 working day's left here with ARAMARK. I have to say this has been the best job I have ever had. My co-workers are so wonderful and make coming to work so much fun! I will miss them very much. Well it's time to get back to packing up 10 years worth of files and making sure I get all our stuff done and out of here.

I love SMILEBOX!!

Misty took Hayden and I on a photo shoot in May. I did not have any good pictures of Hayden and I that I didn't take myself. She did a fantastic job and I thank her from the bottom of my heart for the best pictures ever.

Smilebox is so much fun. I love this app that my Mom happened to come across and sent to me. Check out smilebox.com and make cool scrapbook, slides, cards and more to share with family and friends. Here are a few that I made from the wonderful pictures Misty took. You need a photographer Call Misty Marie Steed. Or email me and I'll pass on her info to you.

Enjoy.

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

First Rejection Letter Ever!!!!

So I have been looking for a job for a few weeks (really hours) now and I applied at The Foundation for Oklahoma City Public Schools. I have worked with the Ladies over the for the past year and they are AWESOME! So when they had a position open I applied for it. Along with getting an FYI about the job as well. So with that I submitted my resume to The Foundation. Mind you I have never applied for a job before in my LIFE. Yes I said it never applied for a job. Not that it's something that I am proud of just on my own have never applied for a job. So all my job's have been thru either my dad's staffing service or how I got this job thru Talent Tree Staffing. So to say the least I was excited when I got my first rejection letter. Not that its really a rejection but kinda is. Robyn with the Foundation called me Monday to let me know personally before I got the letter. I love you Robyn! She has been so wonderful to work with and will miss her and all my girls at the Foundation dearly. So since I was so excited about this letter I had to blog about it. I did get a nice hand written extra note on it that said " Thank you for being such a good friend to The Foundation" No matter what I will still help with the Foundation as I can.

So my job hunt continues. The position I applied for with ARAMARK in Texas has been filled as well but they are to contact me about another one they have in mind. I will have to see what that is and what the pay is to make the move. I am a bit excited about the thought of moving. I have never lived anywhere but OKC and no more then about 10 min from my Family (ie Parents and sister) I told ARAMARK that I would be willing to relocate but with restrictions. I would go anywhere in Texas due to the fact that I have family all over Texas so would still be close to someone. Or no more then an 8 hour drive from OKC. Being a single mom I still wanted to be able to come on and spend a weekend with my parents and friends. Now I am excited about Temple Texas, It's (per Map quest) Temple to OKC 5 hours 6 Min... Temple to Austin (where my cousin is) 1 hour 11 in... and then Temple to San Antonio (where my Aunt, Uncle and Grandmother are) 2 hours 27 min. That to me is perfect all the way around. I could spend a weekend with my Cousin Nicole and then the following weekend with My Grandmother, Uncle and Aunt Fon, then come home the weekend after that.
Now I know you are thinking what about Hayden and what about Scott and what about my parents and what they think. Well.................
Hayden: He would stay with my parents for a bit while I found a place and got settled in. Then he would come with me there and it would be the two of us again.
Parents: All for it!! Well at least my mother is all about it. She would miss Hayden and myself of course but thinks its a great move and the perfect timing to do it. Daddy not to sure really but thinks it better then St. Louis when I mentioned that to him.
Scott: He is not to happy about this at all. He does not want to move but would move with us if that was the only job I found and it was worth the move. He would not come down right away either and I would not expect him to. I would hope that he would find a job and then move down. I would all ready have the house all he would have to do is come on down.

Please pray for me and my family at this time. It will be a hard decision and choice to make for myself. I will keep you posted on everything and what I find. Also if you hear of any job opening let me know.

SodexHO!!! Rant.

So I have 23 working days left here at OKCPS. This week Sodexho or the "HOES" like we call them have been here. THEY ARE RUDE!!! This guy comes in yesterday to introduce me to some chick that will be helping them and then DEMANDS (oh hell no) that I answer her questions. 1. NO one DEMANDS anything from me 2. I don't work for you ass 3. I don't have to do anything.

Oh that just set me off yesterday. My own boss doesn't even DEMAND things from me. Hayden is the only person who can demand something from me because well he is 3.

So with the HOES around its a bit strange. I will answer questions for them the best that I can but I WILL NOT AND REFUSE TO BEND OVER BACKWARDS FOR THESE HOES. I mean I will be professional so don't think I'm going to trip out, but I mean really. WTF was the district thinking... OH WAIT THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO THINK (Debra and Amanda I love you all) ARAMARK has been here at OKCPS for 10 years. We have done nothing but do our best to make this the best school district in OKC. Now some things we have not been able to do but its not ARAMARKs fault its OKCPS they will not fork over the money to fix things right. They just want to pity around the situation because all they care about it the money that goes in to their pockets. I have now been instructed by my POM Manager to direct the "HOES" to him. They are to ask him for things and not me. Now if any of my Managers or my boss ask me to do something for them that I will do no matter what. But the "HOES" can just sit back and keep staying away from me.

I have 6 days of PTO that I will be taking so will be in and out of the office over the next 23 days. Wish me luck over the next 23 days that we ALL can handle the "HOES"

Answers to my Poll

1. At BMHS who did I have a crush on? PABLO PINZON
2. What 3 schools in order did I attend? Casady, Heritage, BMHS
3. What was my first car? station wagon
4. Who at HH did I have a crush on? ALEX ROLLER
5. What is my Favorite Color? PINK


Nice to see the answers that people came up with. Don't worry I will come up with more poll questions. Thought it was fun. Hope you all enjoyed it.

POLL TIME MUST DO!!!

Ok so thought I would have some fun and add a few poll's to my blog to see who knows me well and remembers things from grade school and high school. Make sure you keep up with my blog because I will post questions randomly to see who remembers way back in the day. Also something fun to do while at work.

Love all my readers!!!!

Count Down!

So my Boss Gary has had me install countdown clocks on all our computers. So it is now T-Minus 31 days 1 hour 56 min and 28 seconds until June 30th and ARAMARK is OUT OF HERE!!! ok that is 31 working days until we are out of here but I know that we will all be out before those days are up. Just keep your fingers crossed that I find somehting in the mean time.

More Pictures

More Pictures from Port Aransas.
For you Jaimie

After coming back I wish I just stayed there and found a job instead of coming home. My first day back to work after a week Vaca was also going to be my last day of work. Well not really since we are contracted until June 30th and will work until then, but still not a great way to come home from a fantastic vacation. Here are more pictures from our trip. Enjoy.


Scott and I at the Pool


Scott and I on the Pier over the ocean.


Ocean View


Me Playing Golf!!


Dinner... Yummy!!! Oh so good.


What a hott Golfer I am...


Laying on the beach.


Scott and I at dinner Tuesday Night


Snakes!! Thank goodness I did not see any!


These birds were right next to us making so much NOISE!! Get a room damn it!


Wanna go back and never come home....


Love of my life!!


Oysters! ALL MINE!!! so damn good.


Scott got CRABS!!!


Night time at the beach. My favorite Picture of all.



Waves


Arnold Palmer Golf Course.

It's Official!!! ARAMARK lost our contract

I LOST MY JOB!!! Ok so now it's on to bigger and better things. After a long wait the Board of Education decided last night to go with the HO'S of Sodexho!!! So keep me in your prayers and if you hear of anything job related please let me know.

Thanks to all of you who have keepd up with me on this since it started.

First night and day at the beach

After a long day of flying we final made it to Port Aransas. Such a great family place to come and enjoy great food and time together. We are stayting at the Holiday in Express which is 1.5 miles to the beach. So you can walk or get a permit which is only $12 for a year and so that is what we did. Here are a few pictures from today our first day at the beach and some of the places we hit last night while driving thur town.