Still humid today but in the 80s only. What a relief! I believe all our relatives on the East coast are suffering, however, with triple digit temps today. Just wait a day or two, cooler weather, even rain maybe, is coming...
Yesterday I bought two suits at the suit sale at Dress Barn. Why did I try them on? Not meaning to boast, but they looked so great on me! The sales managers said "That suit was made for you" and "You are meant for suits" and all such flattery that I just HAD to buy them. I did turn down a third one, though, which made my husband happy. It wasn't as well made though it was a three-piece--jacket, skirt and pants. Oh well. I like the new suit styles which are curvier and more feminine. They work much better for my body type. Anything boxy and I feel like a man. I am having fun with this stuff!
Also, with the suits I now intend to look for a good part-time job (where I can perhaps wear them regularly). I am at the point where I want it all! I'm going to homeschool the kids part-time in the mornings, send them to school part-time in the afternoons and then hope to find a job and work part-time. Partly I am looking forward to wanting to send Eli to St. John's Prep School for 7th grade, just three years away, and an endeavor that will not be cheap. I figure I better have a good job to pay his tuition.
But also I am ready to do more outside the house. I really enjoy all the volunteer work and neighborhood activism I am doing, but I am finding myself really wanting to get paid for something. I will still volunteer, of course. My neighborhood in particular is near and dear to me and I have too much vision for how it can be made even better. Some things I am currently helping to organize in the 'hood are a neighborhood-wide garage sale in September, a clean-up and lunch in October, and a Home Tour of a few of our lovely historic homes in May.
I am also working on a campaign to urge MnDot to include good pedestrian and bike access on Hwy. 23 when they re-do it in 2009. Hwy. 23 connects my neighborhood and our neighborhood lake, Lake George, to downtown businesses and the new library which will be built just off the hwy. in a year or so. It's a major throughfare but it cuts right through our city and we need to make sure actualy people are not too intimidated to cross it. Actually, the work looks promising and I think the state will make the investments necessary to give us at least some of what we'd like. The City and Mayor are behind us, too. That helps!
But with all this volunteering I have gotten a taste for working with people and getting out of the house. My dream is to find a job in our wonderful downtown, go out to lunch more often (!) and wear my suits at least sometimes! Oh, and to make some money while helping others, enjoying life in the world. I may even just apply at the nice downtown department store, Herbergers, just to be downtown and to be in customer service.
I'll keep you posted!
Yesterday I bought two suits at the suit sale at Dress Barn. Why did I try them on? Not meaning to boast, but they looked so great on me! The sales managers said "That suit was made for you" and "You are meant for suits" and all such flattery that I just HAD to buy them. I did turn down a third one, though, which made my husband happy. It wasn't as well made though it was a three-piece--jacket, skirt and pants. Oh well. I like the new suit styles which are curvier and more feminine. They work much better for my body type. Anything boxy and I feel like a man. I am having fun with this stuff!
Also, with the suits I now intend to look for a good part-time job (where I can perhaps wear them regularly). I am at the point where I want it all! I'm going to homeschool the kids part-time in the mornings, send them to school part-time in the afternoons and then hope to find a job and work part-time. Partly I am looking forward to wanting to send Eli to St. John's Prep School for 7th grade, just three years away, and an endeavor that will not be cheap. I figure I better have a good job to pay his tuition.
But also I am ready to do more outside the house. I really enjoy all the volunteer work and neighborhood activism I am doing, but I am finding myself really wanting to get paid for something. I will still volunteer, of course. My neighborhood in particular is near and dear to me and I have too much vision for how it can be made even better. Some things I am currently helping to organize in the 'hood are a neighborhood-wide garage sale in September, a clean-up and lunch in October, and a Home Tour of a few of our lovely historic homes in May.
I am also working on a campaign to urge MnDot to include good pedestrian and bike access on Hwy. 23 when they re-do it in 2009. Hwy. 23 connects my neighborhood and our neighborhood lake, Lake George, to downtown businesses and the new library which will be built just off the hwy. in a year or so. It's a major throughfare but it cuts right through our city and we need to make sure actualy people are not too intimidated to cross it. Actually, the work looks promising and I think the state will make the investments necessary to give us at least some of what we'd like. The City and Mayor are behind us, too. That helps!
But with all this volunteering I have gotten a taste for working with people and getting out of the house. My dream is to find a job in our wonderful downtown, go out to lunch more often (!) and wear my suits at least sometimes! Oh, and to make some money while helping others, enjoying life in the world. I may even just apply at the nice downtown department store, Herbergers, just to be downtown and to be in customer service.
I'll keep you posted!
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