Aloha Friday #87

Welcome to this week’s edition of Aloha Friday hosted by An Island Life. In Hawaii, Aloha Friday is a day to take it easy and look forward to the weekend. So on Fridays we take it easy on posting, too. Therefore, we ask a simple question for you to answer. Nothing that requires a lengthy response. Visit the Island Life Blog for more Aloha Friday Questions

I'm still looking for the perfect first career job. There's so many jobs I'd love to do but I need to start out at the bottom and work my way up. What was your first career-type job or first job as an adult (ie: not working at McDonalds in high school)? If you haven't worked yet what is your ideal entry-level job? And I know this is supposed to be a quick question, but if you have more time tell me about how it led you to your current job.

Not Me! Monday

This is my 5th time participating in Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

I did not procrastinate writing my Not Me! Monday post until Monday at 9pm my time. Because I definitely have not been neglecting my blog ever since I started using Twitter . I am not currently following 300+ people and trying to read all their tweets. I did not stalk follow the birth of Dooce’s baby. I certainly wouldn’t have endlessly refreshed her page and shouted encouraging tweets at her during labour. I did not stay up late wondering if I’d be one of the first people to catch the birth announcement. I am not on twitter enough that I would see when she went into labour, when she had given birth, and rush off to her website the minute she announced the name. I was not insanely jealous that she had over 100 comments in the first 2 minutes after posting and over 500 in less than an hour. (Speaking of famous bloggers, I did not get excited when I got an e-mail from MckMama. And if I had I wouldn’t have tweeted about it) Ahem. I certainly am not addicted to the internet.

I do not spend more time looking at job postings and talking about applying for jobs than I do actually applying for them. I did not have a dream about a really well paying job that came with a Porsche. The only catch was that it would be a 3 hour daily commute. I’m glad I don’t actually have to make that decision in real life.

I do not think that all our problems will be solved once we move out of our cramped apartment to our new house. I am not looking forward to the kids having a designated play area instead of taking over our living room and kitchen with their toys. I am not overwhelmed by the choices I need to make concerning paint colours. I am not also overwhelmed by the choices I need to make when I redesign my blog in Wordpress. I am not thinking of articles and blog posts to write but waiting until the new site to publish them.

And now I am not off to clean my house for the sole reason that there is a babysitter coming over tomorrow.

Not Me! Monday

This is my 4th time participating in Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

My husband was gone this weekend on a mens' retreat. I was not secretly looking forward to a few days of alone time. When he came home I was not temporarily distracted while in bed with my husband with thoughts of blogging. I did not wonder, just for a second, if I could blog about what we were doing, because that would be scandalous. I do not let my husband go to bed alone every night so I can stay up and read and blog. I do not spend too much time reading other people’s blogs and run out of time to write my own posts. I am not excited to only have 200 unread blog posts in my Google reader. I would never have over 1000 unread posts in my reader at times.

Sweet Pea does not have a black eye. She did not somehow fall into the computer hard drive because I follow her around all day to make sure nothing like that happens. I do not wish she was still crawling and unable to walk and climb. I do not miss having a non-mobile child. I do not look forward to her morning nap every morning so that I have time to clean go on the computer or sleep. And since my oldest does not nap any more I do not distract her with tv while her sister naps so I can have alone time.

My husband and I did not go shopping for new bedding for our room and girls rooms. And if we did, we certainly wouldn’t have picked up all three sets at the first store we went to. I always look around and comparison shop everything we purchase.

I have not procrastinated on sending out resumes this last week. I definitely wasn’t hoping that I would I would get the one perfect local job that I applied for. I do not secretly wish I could be paid to be a blogger.

I have not just started using Twitter . I certainly don't need another thing to keep me on the computer.

This is not a picture of Princess eating a chocolate cupcake at a party. If it were her I never would have let her have some of the KFC fries that were also served. Because my kid eats healthy all the time just like her mom.



And I am most certainly not promoting my own giveaway that ends tonight for two boxes of Beech Nut Toddler Food.

Not Me! Monday

This is my third time participating in Not Me! Monday! I didn't know that this meme was on holiday during memorial day so I still wrote a Not Me! Post for last Monday. This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

I did not have a first birthday party for my youngest this week. It was not planned two days in advance because I am way more organized than that. I am not sad that she is growing up and I certainly am not thinking about getting pregnant so I can experience the baby stage again. I have not been too busy to post pictures of her party yet. (Except for the one below) Our outfits were not both from Walmart, and my top certainly didn't come from the juniors section.



I have not been eagerly waiting for summer to hurry and get here so I can go outside more with my girls. And now that it is finally here, I am not complaining that it is too hot. I am not already regretting not enjoying my time home with the girls more, now that I know I will have to start working at some point.

I have not been procrastinating about getting a job for over six weeks since I finished school. I do not regret getting a Bachelor of Arts degree and am not wishing I had some marketable skills and job experience. I am not reluctant to job search because I am not having any guilt about leaving my babies (ok toddlers) for 40 hours a week. I am not nervous about what it will be like to work a full 9-5 for the first time in my life. I do not secretly think that a job might be easier than being home all day. My husband did not promise to let me spend my first pay check on a new wardrobe in order to motivate me to look for a job. But only after we move, so I have closet space to put the clothes in.

I am not completely sick of my home and its lack of space. I would never need more than one drawer in the kitchen. I do not care that my youngest is sleeping in our storage room. I have not completely given up on trying to make it look nice while I wait for our new house to be finished. I am not completely blessed to be able to move into a beautiful new house.

And last of all, I did not stay up way too late just to write this post.


I am also not running my first giveaway. You should NOT click here unless you want to win some Beech Nut Toddler Food

Tired

I'm about to go to sleep at the early hour of 12am. Normally I'd be up for another hour or two, sometimes even three, but I'm exhausted. Sweet Pea's birthday party was tonight which was a lot of fun. I took over 100 pictures and will be sure to post some of the best ones soon.

I also finally got around to writing my resume. I applied for one job and it would be amazing if I would get the first job I applied for. I'm not getting my hopes up too high though. So between baking and decorating dozens of cupcakes, shopping for party supplies and looking for a job I've been staying up late and skipping naps. At this point my body has had enough and is forcing me to go to sleep. zzzzzzz