The Time is Flying!!!

Oh my! Time has just flown by. Of course work has been uber busy ... christmas at a toy store *shrugs* who would have known >.< . So much has happened since Tori's recital. Let's see if I can recap.

ummmm.... I burned my forearm with a pot of hot coffee! It left a pretty bad first degree burn. I am in the icky part of healing where the skin is forming and peeling off every day. The night i burned it was a night I was also taking Tori and Johnny out to the parade of lights (christmas parade at night with lighted floats). Even though I was burned I just couldn't not take them ... Tori looked at my arm and then looked into my eyes and asked me if I was ok ... her eyes knew that I was hurt pretty bad but was hoping that we would still go to the parade. She was so adorable that I just couldn't let them down. I grabbed a bag of frozen veggies from the freezer and we went to the parade. We had a blast! ^.^

Again work has been very busy. We had our christmas party last sunday. It was sooo much fun! We actually rented a ranch and went horse back riding at night and had smores around a campfire. I got magic cards!!! Yay me! (magic=nerd game) ^.^



Santa came to the store and and me and the kids took some wonderful pictures that I am totally in love with! I need to see if I can get them scanned sometime so I can show them off! They had a great time with him. It's soo wonderful to see them not afraid of him like they use to be. Now they are all excited to see him. I got three great pictures ... one of them even has me in it! ^.^

I was given a very wonderful offer today by my bosses. They can not explain how happy they are with me at the store. They threw out an offer of a salaried position to me. No specifics were mentioned. They have never offered this to anyone. They kind of want to be able to step back from the store and feel safe having someone else run it while they spend more time with their family. They of course know about my relationship with Shar and that I will be moving out there. They said that they were thankful that I have been open with my intentions and they thought that they should offer this as an alternative to whatever my future holds for me. (I have to say that they are actually very happy because I had told them I was leaving in the beginning of march and then that moved to the beginning of June and now it's more like the end of August. They will take every moment that they can get from me and of course I will work as hard as I can for them for as long as I can) I was very flattered and honored by the compliment of them offering me a salaried position. Jessica was very honest and said that they would do what ever it takes to get me into that position...even if it means taking pay cuts themselves. I had to chuckle because one of my bosses stephanie (who is not at all emotional or sentimental) was talking to my other boss Jessica ( who is emotional and sentimental) and told her that she enjoys working with me because things just seem to click when i am here and things get done and everyone is just happier overall. ^.^ But that's me ... I'm wonderfully contagious like that!

I am just about done with my christmas shopping. I need one more big gift for Tori! I am at a loss on what to get her. There is a doll that I keep eyeing but... its a little expensive. 90 bucks... but it's soo beautiful... and she loves dolls... I keep mulling it over and rethinking it... oh well we will see.

I am most excited because in five days I will be flying out to see Shar and Gabe. I miss them soo much. I am sad that I did not have enough money so that Tori and Johnny could come with me :(, however I am glad that I will get to be with my baby again. It's going to be an awesome two weeks. I am looking forward to meeting all the important people in Shar's and Gabe's life! It's a very long list ^.^ . I also am looking forward to kidnapping Beth for a day! She is pretty high up on that list.