And so it goes...

Sunday, August 18, 2013

Well no one said it would be easy.

Nearly 5 months later and I am still not working.  My severance is long over and my unemployment is nearly through.... I have been applying to jobs, I have been reading everything I can about jobs and still... I have no job.

I have been making my bears and have sold a few...2 fur bears made from a vintage fur jacket, and  3 "memory bears" made from the shirts of a deceased loved one.......Finally, I am now ready to set up my etsy shop.

I am knitting my little fingers off, now just about completed my second pair of socks and will start on a pair for Peter.....

Dang

July 2 2013

I cannot believe I just wrote a whole post and it has gone missing into the black hole of who knows where.

I promise I will write again soon and get you up to date on what has or has not been going on in my life.

Au Revoir for now!

May 28, 2013

It's all about the bears.

So far the job search is going nowhere.  I really do NOT want to go back into retail.  There are loads of retail jobs out there, I know, but then I would be back in the same hamster-wheel life of work, eat, sleep, repeat.  I know I can do better, I just know that I can.

I have been making my teddy bears again, and since returning from Florida in mid-April, have given them their own Facebook page.  I have sold one bear, and am working on an order for 2 black sheep for my cousin Linda.  A slow start but it is something.

Peter is being very supportive and loves that I make teddy bears.  He is so concerned that I take good photos and price them to make a profit.  Now if only I could actually make a living this way, I would be a happy camper!!!

Thursday April 25, 2013

Well it's been just about a month since I became unemployed.  I must say there are a LOT of Job Boards out there, and you can spend hours reading through the jobs.  Sadly it seems that whatever job  I find that looks interesting , has 49 applicants already.  There are an awful lot of sales jobs, but the majority seem to be in finances or other areas in which I have no experience or interest whatsoever.

This job search looks like it's going to take longer than I thought.  If only I could get paid to stay home, clean the house, read emails, knit, and make teddy bears.

I have started making my teddy bears again, after several years.  That's Kirby up there at the top of the page..... I even set up a Facebook page for them: Teddy Bears Picnic.  My goal: make about 12-15 bears and start up a site on Etsy.

Who knows?  Perhaps I may end up working from home... One never knows.  Maybe I really need a part time job.  I think I would make a great administrative assistant.... Heck, I KNOW I would.  The trick is finding the person or persons who need ME.

Today is Tuesday.  The sun came out and it was glorious and warm, like a Summer day.  I had very little experience of this actual glorious ness as I spent most of my day indoors, taking part in 3 separate "webinars" that are supposed to help me to write the most perfect resume, learn how to market myself like a valuable asset, and try to figure out just what the heck I want to do now.

It is quite overwhelming.  I am told I should find a job that I can FLOURISH in.  I must make lists of what I don't want to do, what I might want to do, what I DO want to do.  I must make lists and fill in questionnaires and take tests that will help me determine just what it is that I ought to be doing with my life.

Phew.  Thank goodness it's time to get dinner started, I can't think about this any more today.

Today is the first day....

Yes, today is the first day of the rest of my life.  That's what they say, isn't it, when something has made a change in your life.... Usually not a planned one.  I was not planning at this point in my life on getting laid off from my job.  

I had been thinking, however, and not in the all that distant past, of LOOKING for a new job.  I somehow thought that I would be the one making the decision of when I would leave, but here that decision had been made by someone else.

I have to say that at first I was shocked.  I was surprised and very upset.  I worked at this job for nearly 8 years.  8 years out of my life spent in the crazy world of retail.  Then I became angry.  Angry that they could do this to me.

It took me a few days to let it all settle in.... Days that I had to spend at that job, as I had been given my "notice" nearly a month before my actual last day was to be.  Finally I came to terms with it and realized that this was the BEST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN TO ME.