Don’t get me wrong. I love all things British. I love their accents, the charming way they say certain words, their quirky sense of style, their hot royal young men. I do not however, enjoy one of the most famous shows on television today. The show of which I speak is Top Gear. I am sure you have heard of it if you have a man in your life. I am sure you know about the funny way they talk about cars. Lorie anyone? Boot? Does ANYONE know what I am talking about? Is anyone out there feeling my pain? My boyfriend is obsessed with this show. Like Ob. Sessed. It has come to the point where when I hear the first 5 notes of the theme song for the show I run screaming from the room. I can’t take it anymore. Why TV By Direct ? Why must you provide us with this lovely British cable channel? WHY?! On the plus side I would like to see more of Jude Law and Posh and Becks and their adorable brood of athletic, handsome children. Maybe BBC isn’t so bad after all.

We can plan a weekend away somewhere for them to go fishing, as it will be much more cost efficient. Then I can start putting away money each week and plan out a nice, long vacation to Hawaii! I wanted it to be a get away for just me and John, but if I can save up enough, then I will make it be a little bit longer vacation and take Trent with us.

Its a good thing people like to call in at work, as I forsee me taking on some other shifts come this summer. If I do, then all of the extra money will be put into a special vacation fund account.

I now need to find my cord, so I can hook it up to the computer and install the updates. If I only knew where I stashed it!

The newest trend in online social media is www.linkedin.com. I have a friend who is a recruiter for a large corporation and she swears by LinkedIn as the latest and greatest in finding a great job in this tough economy. I had no idea that LinkedIn was such a big deal until I got online with http://www.wildbluedeals.com/ at home and started checking it out. There are news articles written about the success of LinkedIn and how it has made for a great way to connect with business acquaintances. If you think about it this kind of site kind of makes the world a little smaller in a way. You can reach such a large audience and be connected to people that you normally wouldn’t have any connection with at all. Since I decided to join LinkedIn and really started paying attention to my profile and keeping it updated I have received many emails and phone calls from recruiters in my industry who are interesting in talking to me about positions they have available. In my opinion LinkedIn is doing its job if I have people searching me out on an almost weekly basis!

I thought I would like this book, but I had a really hard time getting into this book. I have tried several times to get into the but it just wasn’t for me. But if you are into sci fi books, check it out and let me know if you liked it.

On the back cover:

What does a transformed life actually look like?
In his follow-up to the critically acclaimed Imaginary Jesus, Matt Mikalatos tackles this question in an entertaining and thought-provoking way—with MONSTERS!!! While Christians claim to experience Christ’s resurrection power, we sometimes act like werewolves who can’t control our base desires. Or zombies, experiencing a resurrection that is 90 percent shambling death and 10 percent life. Or vampires, satiating ourselves at the expense of others. But through it all we long to stop being monsters and become truly human—the way Christ intended. We just can’t seem to figure out how.

Night of the Living Dead Christian is the story of Luther, a werewolf on the run, whose inner beast has driven him dangerously close to losing everything that matters. Desperate to conquer his dark side, Luther joins forces with Matt to find someone who can help. Yet their time is running out. A powerful and mysterious man is on their trail, determined to kill the wolf at all costs . . .

By turns hilarious and heartbreaking, Night of the Living Dead Christian is a spiritual allegory that boldly explores the monstrous underpinnings of our nature and tackles head-on the question of how we can ever hope to become truly transformed.

You can read more about the author Matt Mikalatos at his website, but click on his highlighted name.

I want to thank Tyndale House Publishers for my complimentary copy of this book for review purposes. If you would like to have your own copy of this book, I have 1 free certificate for one lucky reader; just leave a comment and I will use random.org to generate a winner

Today I had to go and do some health assessment tests, and left out of there with several band aids, from shots and getting some blood drawn. The drug screen process, was a little tricky as my bladder wanted to be “shy” as the tech put it. I was able to go, just not enough to register a temperature reading. So I had to sit around for a while and drink lots of water to try again. Thankfully I was able to succeed on the second try! We finished out the rest of the paper work and I was on my way.

I always get turned around when I leave that hospital. While this one is located in a very nice neighborhood, there were several houses that could really make a phone call to one of those removal places like: Houston Junk removal! I am thinking that maybe, just maybe there was some renovations going on and that is what all of the stuff was in the driveways! If I was brave enough, and if it was during the evening hours, I would have gone “dumpster diving” as I saw a few things that I could have put to good use in my home! Next time maybe!

You just have to make sure you have some time to browse, and not really have anything else to do, as once you start browsing and pinning, before you know it, hours will have gone by! Today, I should have been working on some knitting projects, but while I was waiting for the dryer to stop, I logged on, and wasted an hour! I will admit, I did find a few more new recipes to try out, as well as a fun knitting pattern!

So if you want to get sucked into an addicting site, let me know and I will send you and email invite, as right now the only way you can get in is if someone invites you. I am off to do some more pinning!

I want to bring up this procedure, San Antonio Invisalign, for my bottom teeth, as they are crooked again, but I don’t want to go with the traditional braces, as they aren’t so pretty! But knowing this new guy, he’s going to say that we should worry about the other two teeth first before we even discuss me checking out orthodontics.

So I am preparing myself for this coming Tuesday for the “talk” he will have waiting for me! Oh joy!

In the meantime, I have been searching through the job section of the paper, on Craigslist, other business’ websites. One of these days someone will hire me! Technologists & Technicians Jobs keep popping up in different emails I have been getting, but this isn’t up my alley.

If only I kept up with my medical assistant stuff, I wouldn’t be having the trouble I am right now trying to get hired.

What a fun thing to do! Not really! With the way the economy is, there just doesn’t seem to be any jobs out there. I have been applying anywhere and everywhere, only to be told I am not qualified, or over qualified. Really? I haven’t worked outside of the home in over 16 years, so not sure how I could be over qualified for anything that I have applied for. I think the biggest shock was when I applied at Toys R Us only to be told, sorry, but you aren’t hire able, Hmmm.

After running my daycare for 16 years, I think I may be switching gears from watching little kids to going into elder care. I have been looking into the nursing homes to see if any of them have the CNA classes, like they had in the past, but so far I am coming up with nothing.

Most of the places have you fill out the applications online, and I think with the way they have the questionnaire portion set up it hurts you. The questions are very tricky, in how they ask you the same things over and over again, but only have the questions worded a little different.

If I were to get a job, then we would have to work so many things out with how to get Trent to and from school, as well as to his job he now has. Maybe I should just wait to find a job, once he gets his license and possibly a car.