I like working at Kohls.  My feet are adjusting and I bought a memory foam mat to stand on (folded in half to make it twice as thick) and I have special insoles.  So I have made me feet as comfortable as possible and I can enjoy the company of lots of new people.  I enjoy having a little extra money to buy baby clothes (teens and pre-teens are too hard to buy for) and I've got three new babies coming this next year.  There are other things I need to save my money for, so I had better be careful not to spend it all on baby clothes. 

Some of the new people I enjoy are Beverly, Gina, Della, Rosanna, Elvira (really a sweetie), Dominique, Cheryl, Kelly, and lots of others whose names I don't remember. 

My work schedule
11/26 Monday  - off
11/27 Tues.   -    off
11/28 Wed.  -    10 am to 3 pm
11/29 Thurs. -   off
11/30  Fri     -  9am to 5pm
12/1 Sat.    - 8am to 1pm

12/2 Sun  -  off
12/3 Mon - 10am to 3pm
12/4 Tues -  off
12/5 Wed -  off
12/6 Thurs - off
12/7 Fri   - off
12/8 Sat  - 7am to 3:30 pm

My work schedule

Dear Family and anyone who cares,

Since my work schedule at Kohls varies so much from week to week, I thought I'd post it here so people will have some idea of when I am available.


I started working at Kohls about a month ago (mid-October).  My schedule for Tues. 11/13 is noon -4:30,
Wednesday 11/14 is 8a - 1230p.  I don't have to work the rest of this week.

The next day I work is 11/21, Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving from 11a - 5p.  The store is closed on Thanksgiving until 1130p and I have to work from then until 730a on Friday morning. I go in again on Saturday, 11/24 and work 9a - 5p.

The schedule for the week after Thanksgiving is not out yet. Luckily, I have been able to trade off hours so that I haven't had to work as many hours as they have me scheduled.

Wednesday night (11/14) we have a YW service project and this Thursday night I am supposed to go teach with the Sisters.  There is a baptism on Saturday, 11/17.

Love you all.

My living room full of junk from the middle bedroom

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I painted my kitchen that has been in a sorry state for about a year. I even put new carpeting on the floor (Joel think's that's crazy, but it only cost me $50 for the new carpeting and Dad and I are not old enough yet that we spill a whole lot).

Then I started on the middle bedroom. I emptied the contents of the bedroom into my ivingroom and the food room (used to be "play room" and before that "the back bedroom").

At the airport - ready to leave Phoenix for NYC

At Rockefeller Center at night

Times Square at night

Grand Central Station's Grand Hall (Looks like Prince Charming's Castle)

Eating a soft pretzel at Grand Central Station

I've had a busy summer.  In June I went to NYC with Arinda.  It was lots of fun and Arinda was a darling!  We never heard one word of complaint about anything.  However she did have a hard time with the tenement museum, especially when they talked about the babies dying and the poisoned milk.

At the end of June I was home one whole day and then Greg's girls came for our Family Reunion.  I'm really glad they came.  We went up to Flagstaff and stayed in Gina and Scott's house while they were at the lake in their houseboat. We came back home on the 7th of July and the girls flew back home on the 13th.  Anna came back out on the 12th to teach Master Classes for a Summer Intensive at Gina's dance studio in Flagstaff.  David and I went up to spend time with her and Gina.   It was hotter in Flagstaff than I expected (but still cooler than Mesa) and Anna was either very busy or wiped out from working.  David and I mostly just sat around and did nothing.

Anna and Arinda at Grand Central Station's Grand Hall

This spot was interesting.  If you whispered into the wall at one corner. . . .

You could hear it as clear as a bell in the opposite corner.