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10月29日 The Retail Goddess Rides Again !I was hired on the spot today for a sales job at a store that 's opening on Nov 15th.
I go to orientation this weekend and then I also help set up the merchandise next Monday.
The money isn't spectacular , but it's more than I have ever made and once I stay past the next few weeks , it's upped. I can also start a 401 K.
I get to wear all my nice clothes and jewelry ( no vests or complexion dulling monkey suits ) , so that 's an added benny. In two and a half days I'll be further into my forties ( Wednesday is my birthday) , but life is definitely looking more interesting again. 10月26日 Job Hunt Phase 2Still looking for some retail work.
I have never had to keep putting in applications.
I was always hired without much hoopla, I've never had to look this hard.
I had an interview Wednesday and I felt good about it, but they chose someone else already ( for two positions in the store).
I thought I was a good fit for them -- it melded my personal passion for healthy food and supplements with my years of retail experience .
Either the interview didn't give them what they wanted ,or they found someone who was just plain better .
I'm dejected , and worried that for some unknown reason I have become unemployable .
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10月22日 Gratitude AttitudeEveryday that I wake up over the past week , I am feeling gratitude like never before in my life .
The turning of the leaves is an exquisite ritual and something I had been craving
for several years during our stint in Houston.
Roses all year round were quite seductive , but the cool season was just way too short .
I yearned for changing seasons with all that I had after the second year there .
Last year on Oct 22 ,we were on our way from Natchitoches ,Lousiana to York ,Alabama where we proceeded
to have one of our less comfy nights on the trip ( there were 2 more).
We needed to break free from my parents , the emotional toll kept going up and so we did something neither of us
thought we would ever do -- walked away .
It's been a transitional year fraught with change , disappointment , fear , longing for stability ,small triumphs and loneliness .
The natural beauty of this area has smoothed over many a rough day.
Everywhere we look out of this rental home the forest , the neighborhood and surrounding hills keeps filling in with more colored leaves .
When we first rented this house last year , the leaves were long gone and the large trees framing this property were elegantly bare .
Witnessing their colors this year has been bittersweet , with the innate knowledge that
their brilliance is short lived before the advent of yet another long ,hard winter .
Instead though ,I am focusing on the joy and peace these intense colors bring me .
Let winter come whenever it wishes to ,for today I have not a care .
10月16日 Raw DealMore blood testing reveals more no-no foods for this allergy beleaguered family.
We now get no cultured dairy ,no 'shrooms , smoked or preserved meats, cider, alcohol,dried fruits,
foods pickled or in brine , no leftovers older than 24 hours.
It's a mold found in these foods , or that grows in these foods in time.
I'm actually almost too confused to know what I can actually safely eat now .
Mostly just extremely fresh, raw food I guess.
   If we feel better and our immune system doesn't have to do so much overtime, then it will all be well worth it.
I always have a plugged nose , and Steff was constantly tired.
We took tests to rule out stuff ( anemia etc) , and these blood tests revealed all these food allergies ,
and for me environmental as well.
I'm like some over bred dog !
Good grief.
Being a serious foodie, this all really puts a crimp in my style.
We'll survive because we are sturdy , adaptable and versatile lot.
Still this is a turn of events none of us could have foreseen.
A lot more inconvenient than a few dust mites and animal hairs.
Surprises are highly overrated.
10月5日 The Last Ones StandingTuesday's marketing netted these local berries .
I believe they are the last of the season.
We bought 2 containers, ate the first one for dessert and the second ones were marked
for my family famous muffins the next morning..
I work mostly with spelt now due to my grain allergies , a mixture of white and whole flour so they don't sit in your tummy or the oven like a brick .Also you have to add an extra tbl of baking powder to get the lift.
These are made with a nice amount of local foods:
Raw milk from Greenfield
Eggs from Southampton ( hillbilly chickens running wild and free --hey --that 's what it says on the carton...)
Raspberries from Westhampton
The flours, baking powders ,walnuts, raw sugar and canola oil come from all over the US as far as I know.
I believe the butter is from New Zealand.I have no clues as to the origin of cinnamon .
I am getting quite the rush from being a local hero and supporting local businesses.
  10月3日 The BeginningAutumn foliage peeked around every corner ,ancient mountains visible from every footstep
taken outside looked like a "Sound of Music " double take .
Her tall and handsome co-worker drove up and opened the car door for this young slip of a girl just shy of 18 who had been crushing on him for weeks.
In a surprise twist that had never happened in her life to date , the crush had asked her out.
It was a Monday afternoon , they were both off and he had suggested the local swimming pool for a tet-a-tet .
Totally unsuccessful in finding a swimming suit in her family's storage room , she was forced to tell him that they'd have to find something else to do in this quiet Alpine village .
They headed to the middle of town in his blue Ford with rock music blaring out the open window ,as she tightly gripped a plastic bag that contained a doll bought that afternoon.
Normally she was long past collecting dolls , but this one had spoken to her at the shop across the street from her parent's apartment.She named her Ginger.
He parked and they walked for a bit, he was faster than her and their paces didn't match as he was nearly a full foot taller with long , sure strides .
She scrambled to keep up while wearing sleek looking strappy sandals that made a great leg , but were quite useless on the pavement and a disaster on cobblestone.
They found an outdoor cafe attached to a fancy hotel and sat down at a small bistro style wrought iron table .
Beverages ordered through an attentive waiter behind them, the mating ritual began.
Bad jokes, nervous laughter and shy glances punctuated the hours spent together .
The afternoon wound down to it's end .
Only for the day , because over the next few weeks love showed up , and never left again.
Oct . 3, 1981
Tom & April
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