So we have almost been here for 5 months and I just thought I would do a quick re-cap so everyone was on the same page. Daniel has gotten his promotion at work. It comes not only with a new title of Regional Manager but also with longer hours. He is still home when I get home but is still going it at 5 am so it makes it a long work day for him. He also gets health benefits, they pay for his gas ( well in his work truck and as soon as we have a place to park it he will be bringing it home), paying his phone bill (he is now on Verizon) and he will be getting another raise after his training period since he is barely making more than he was as a tech and they don't think it's fair to have him working so much and not getting paid for it. Right now he starts up pools, goes to the pools that specifically ask for a manager, works on the pools that have algae and picks of the slack of his less than motivated colleagues. The boy who took over Daniel's old route ( It is a very long route and has the most pools) will tell Daniel that he is further along than he really is or lies about where he is on the route, doesn't finish and doesn't tell anyone that he is having difficulties and so a lot of people aren't getting their service completed and are getting annoyed, so Daniel or Ryan (who is the Manager over Daniel) have to go out and do his pools that he claims to have already finished so that he doesn't get into trouble. It is very frustrating for Daniel and he has to check up on him daily. We hope the he will get back into his groove and get to work or they will have to start looking for a replacement.
I am trying to look for a part-time job so that we can bring in $500 extra a month so we will be able to get a larger loan for a house. So far I have only interviewed with Gap and they didn't call back so I am guessing they have filled their 5 positions with someone else. We are toying with the idea of opening a small clothing store here and that can be my job. I am thinking it will be more of a boutique and we may have tables that we can sell to other people who are interested in doing like a consignment deal with jewelry or things like that. That way they could rent a small portion and would help us. I am thinking of the name being Auntie K's or something like that....
We are in the process of consolidating Daniel's student loans and have reduced all of our monthly payments considerably; not having to pay Daniel's phone bill; lower truck payment; no credit card payments and we are hoping that with the consolidation of the student loans that will give us the edge we need to get a home loan. Our new goal is to be able to have Thanksgiving at our house.. wish us luck!
Hmm what else. I was called as Second Counselor in the Primary Presidency. The Primary Program is October 23rd. So once that is over with I think it will calm down a bit. I am the counselor over Cub Scouts. That is a lot more detailed than it used to be. I had to to do Youth Protection Training and they want me to earn some of the religion patches as well. And they all say the thing... Well Kevin knows all this. or You're Kevin's daughter-in-law it will be easy. or Daniel's done all this he'll help you. On Sunday I got.. Well you work with Gray he can help you out. Hopefully it won't be horrible as I am thinking it will be.
Our nights have gotten a little less full of tv. During this past summer we had a million shows going on and now we are sad and have to find new shows to watch. Our old line up was Sundays- Big Brother 13, Drop Dead Diva, Keeping up with the Kardashians, Big Rich Texas and Jerseylicious. Mondays- Design Star and Pawn Stars. Tuesdays- Chopped and Teen Mom Wednesdays- Big Brother 13 Thursdays- Big Brother 13 Saturdays we would watch the Project Runway that was new on Thursday. Now this Sunday is the season finale of Drop Dead Diva, and we still have Big Rich Texas and Jerseylicious. Mondays we have nothing. Tuesdays Chopped and Teen Mom ends this week. Wednesday we started watching Survivor and New Girl ( pretty decent so far) Thursday is Big Bang Theory, and we want to try Whitney (it comes on after the Office) and then we still have Project Runway on Saturdays. We also watch Cupcake Wars, Extreme Chef, Iron Chef America and Picker Sisters and Dance Moms. We usually watch these shows right before bed or while we are getting ready for bed. We also watch Heros on Netflix. I am looking forward to the day of watching tv on a couch again.
But that is really all that is going on. We aren't that interesting but hopefully soon I will have our shirts finished for our football games and we will be blogging about house hunting and decorating and the hassles of moving.
So three weeks ago Daniel was cleaning up behind his work. He didn't notice but he must have brushed against some poison ivy. He noticed it two days later he went to the doctor. Daniel is very allergic to poison ivy and has to get shots before it gets really bad. So the first time he went, they told him they couldn't give him the whole steroid shot because he has had it too recently (when he fell earlier this summer). So they gave him half the steroid shot and some cream to ease the swelling. He was really cautious and didn't want it to spread to me so we watched very closely to make sure it didn't blister.
