Monday, September 28, 2009

Funniest Cakes Ever!

On MSN's homepage, I found an article about blogs that post hilarious photos of different topics. I died of laughter all morning checking out cake wrecks, especially the ones with misspellings. As an editor, I just appreciate them more and find them ten times more hilarious than the average person would. Here are a few of my favorites (they are much funnier with the blogger's sarcastic comments, so check out the Web site too):

Instead of "Woo Hoo, Tommy!"



As the blogger said, sounds like something from Taco Bell, doesn't it?







Hilarious if you read it right and in a serious voice with a straight face! haha



This is just so funny. I would cry of fright if I were that 5-year-old kid!

Sunday, September 20, 2009

First Day at Work

Yesterday was my first day at Party City. I was in charge of the costumes and Halloween items. I got to pick out some accessories to wear: an overpriced-but-free-for-me red and black feather boa and a flapper girl headband. Never wearing a boa again! It kept unraveling, and I almost choked myself once. Anyway, I pretty much spent the whole time getting costumes for people to try on. It was very fastpaced, which I like, and fun. I had a good time! No bad customers at all, and the time flew by. My legs and feet hurt from standing all day, though. And cleaning up was frustrating because I didn't really know what to do with certain items. I was just thrown into the arena without any training. So I tidied up the best I could.

I only made one friend that day, the girl I took over for at the costumes, and she is LDS. She saw my CTR ring and there was an immediate bonding between us. I love that about our church!

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

The Good: Justin and I participated in a research study today. For two hours of our time, we were compensated with $60!

The Bad: To celebrate my employment, we went to the dollar theater to see Up. The theater was having major technical problems. Our movie did not start until half an hour later. The problem took only a few minutes to fix, but they took forever to get to our theater.

The Ugly: Because the movie started so late, we had to leave early so that Justin would get to work on time. So we don't know how the movie ends! Grrrrr.

Party City's Newest Employee

Yep, I finally got a job. I applied to Party City, next to the Walmart a few blocks away from our home. When I turned in my application, the guy talked to me briefly, and I could tell he liked me. He invited me back for an official interview, and I could tell he was going to hire me. And he did.

Getting Sundays off and working with my tutoring job are not problems. The only problems are I get minimum wage and the job is temporary, because Halloween is the busiest time of year. After Halloween, they permanently hire only a few of the seasonal workers. Hopefully one of them will be me or hopefully I will find a better job by then.

I also need to go on a shopping spree, because I don't have the required clothing in my closet. Not really looking forward to it: I don't really like khaki pants, I hate sneakers, and who wears black shirts in Arizona, even in winter?

I start next Monday. Tune in again soon to hear about my first day at Party City!

Sunday, September 13, 2009

Close Call

This morning before we left for church, I had the distinct thought to bring my purse with me, which I normally do not do unless Justin is sick. I thought that maybe I would need to drive home or use my camera or receive a phone call. I grabbed it and left it in the car during church. I didn't think about it again until we got home. Justin and I were talking in the car, so I reached over and turned off the engine to save gas. We got out a few minutes later, and I thought, "Well, I guess I didn't need my purse after all." Immediately after that thought, Justin said, "I locked my keys in the car!" Since I had turned off the engine, Justin forgot to take out his keys. Luckily, I had my purse and thus my keys with me! Otherwise, we would have had to walk to the housing office in our church clothes (and white heels for me). Yay for promptings from the Spirit! I'm glad I listened.