My Sanctuary is Now Clean!

It was a long time coming but it finally hit - my motivation to clean my room!

Up this morning, got my coffee, then began attacking the piles of clothing that needed to be handled. Sorted out clothes to be tossed, including ceremoniously tossing into a large black bag the garbage that was formerly known as my logo work wear. Damn that felt good.

Once clothes were put away, I changed the bedding, organized, and dusted. Lit a candle and called it done!  One more item off my to do list.

Hello Fall

Got my hair colored this morning. Since it's fall, I had Abbie add in some more brown lowlights to break up the blond.  She does such a great job!  Always fun catching up with her as well.

The Mask

Felt my skin needed a pick me up so got a collagen face mask from Walmart.  Had it about three weeks and finally decided to try it out. 

Opened the package and unfolded the two part mask - one for the upper part and one for the lower.  Carefully placed it on my face - pretty wet with product. Laid back and waited 20 minutes for the miracle to occur.  Pretty picture huh?  Tomorrow morning I go in to have my hair colored.  Damn, maintaining a youthful appearance is hard work!!

Opportunity in Unexpected Places

Yesterday ran some errands, including stopping at the copy place to get a few copies made.  Per my usual practice, I asked if there were any job openings, mainly so this info could be included on my unemployment claim. The nice front desk gal said yes, there actually was a potential opening and I should return after 2pm to speak to the owner.  Uh oh. Didn't expect that!

Finished my tasks around town then hit the employment office to update and print my resume.  So handy they have computers available to type documents, browse job openings, and print items. It's normally library quiet in there but yesterday a mom and her daughter loudly sat across from me, supposedly working on a resume but mainly focused on gossiping with each other.  Thankfully I was almost done. Grabbed my resumes and hit the door.

Arrived back at the copy place and met with the owner.  He read my resume and obviously my skills were far beyond what they needed.  However, we had a good conversation and he said he is going to hang on to my resume just in case he hears of any HR jobs. The front office gal said I seemed to have high integrity and would fit in with their team. Nice comments from a lady I had just met.

So, an interesting experience and you never know what door may have opened from it.

Blinds and Beavers

Here's a taste of the hunting life.

Steve sent me a pic of one of his duck blinds that is ready to go. At some point this year I'll be experiencing the blinds up close and personal. Only been duck hunting once on Puget Island back in my 20's.  Up early, sat in a slough side blind, and froze off my ass and feet. Thankfully Steve's blinds are all set with chairs and heat.

Steve also traps for a variety of animals that cause damage - beavers, moles, etc.  He was telling me about a recent beaver kill so I had him send me a picture.  I expected blood and gore but it actually isn't too bad. And no, while sitting in a duck blind is acceptable, there won't be any trapping in my future!

Cute To The Max!

Been taking Stubbs with me on short trips around town or for fishing trips. His favorite spot to sit is on the left of my lap with his head out the window.  Isn't he cute?

Gettin Reel

Recently had my reel refilled at Bob's and it's been giving me a hell of a time. Always snaggling where the line has to be pulled out and cut, resulting in tying on a new set-up. Yesterday Stubbs and I hit the river to do a little fishing.  On one of the first casts that line tangled up and I was unable to unravel the sucker. Gave up and decided to get the reel refilled once again.

Returned to Lexington to the hardware store to try them out. The young guy doing it was having a hell of a time getting it going. Worry set in and it came to fruition when he turned around and showed me my mangled, crushed reel. Guess he got a little carried away.

Thankfully he stepped up and said they would replace the reel. He then grabbed a very nice $70 model from the case and began filling it. Now, I wasn't going to argue because they were giving me awesome customer service. However, my pole and reel combo only cost me $22. But hey, they wrecked it so an upgrade worked for me!
Got my reel, thanked them and was back up to the river to fish.

First cast out was awesome but ended up having problems reeling it in. Not due to the reel but due to the set up and drag. Ugh! It was like a comedy of errors trying to fix it. Finally took it as a sign that fishing was not meant to be so packed it in and returned home. Will have Steve set it up properly for me so I will be back in business.