Hey Everybody,
Well, I had been saying for a couple of years now, that I was "flying under the radar" every time there was a lay-off. So we (my family) had "off and on" tried to get prepared. Regardless of how hard you try, you're never actually prepared, for the mental part or the money part. But anyway, I had told my husband, Ted, that I wanted to paint the inside of our house, while I was out of work and trying to decide what to do. In mid-February, we bought a bunch of paint, brushes, rollers, etc. So, on March 3rd, I got busy. So far, I have painted our kitchen, hallway, bathroom, and livingroom. This week our daughter, Brianna, is out of school for spring break, so we have been able to spend some time together. I've been working on bedroom closets while she's here to help me, especially with hers. We took everything out of them and I painted the insides of all 3. That was tough! Next week I'll paint our bedroom and the following week, I'll finish up with her room. Then the painting job will be done for several years! The walls are not so bad but the trim work and ceilings have been the hardest. Oh yea, Ted showed me how to use a caulking gun. That was actually fun. Well, maybe not fun-fun.
We have also started our garden. So far, we have planted cabbage, onions, green peas and potatoes. It's bad when you go to the grocery store and buy a can of peas for $1.08, but you can buy seeds to grow enough to last all year for about $2.00. Canning is a lot of hard work, but it is nice to step to the basement and get your veggies in the winter.
I have to go to ESC Monday to start my signing up. I've checked on the school thing. There are a lot of rules, regulations, deadlines, etc and it seems every step has to be approved by Raleigh. Since I am undecided on what sort of classes to take, I have to take a test to let a computer program decide what I am best suited for,..... I think it will be interesting to see what the computer program says. Maybe it will say I could become a rocket scientist, or a brain surgeon (hahaha). I'll post again, when I find out what the results are.
-Cindy
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Monday, March 17, 2008
Jury Duty
Well so far jury duty is a breeze!
As required I called Sunday night to find out when I was to report for duty. Yes my civic duty to listen to evidence and decide if some one is innocent or guilty of who knows what dyer crime.
Any way the recorded message told me that Rockingham County did not need me or any other jury member for Monday. Well hip hip horray! I have a free day to do what ever I want to do. I could have been at my new job, but no that was postponed for good of the free world and democracy. I will take the free day and enjoy it by cleaning out the chicken coops. The joys of living in the country.
It is nice to know that in my little corner of the state crime is not running rampant and clogging up the court dockets. My only instructions, to call back on Monday night after 5 pm.
So once again after 5 pm, I called to find out - when am I to report for duty sir. I am so glad that Rockingham county is a sleepy little county far from big city crime. I also have Tuesday off . . . what luck! And the coops are all clean! The barn was cleaned up last week so with little else to put straight I guess I will tackle the biggest mess of all . . . gasp . . . my bedroom! Run for the hills and back up the dump truck.
Wed, March 19 - the saga continues
I finally received instructions on when and where to go for my Jury Duty. The original summons was for Monday, Courtroom-A. You already know that I did not have to show up on either Monday or Tuesday. Today was the magic day. The recorded telephone message - after playing it 3 times so that I could understand the muffled message - instructed me to arrive at Courtroom 'C' at 8:30 in the morning.
Now if you worked with me as all of you have you know that I have to be early, just in case. Like the world would come to an end if I was late once in a while. Any way I arrived at 8:10, failed the metal detector at the visitors entrance, got the wand treatment and never found out what tripped the metal detector. Had my case searched, was carrying a copy of JavaScript & Ajax sixth edition. I thought I would learn some web scripting while I was waiting. Last time I had jury duty was in Cincinnati and I was there all day for 5 days any only on one trial. The rest of the time I was in a room with all the other jurors with nothing to do but watch a TV. So I came prepared for a long boring day.
I was directed to Courtroom-C at the other end of the building and on the second floor. Oh the Rockingham County Court House is an OLD building no elevators - keep this in mind. So I get up to the second floor, Courtroom-C is locked, I park my butt on the steps going up to the third floor and wait. A few more very happy (not) people arrive and wait with me in the hall. Eventually an official looking person shows up to inform us that the trial has been moved to Courtroom-D. First floor at the front of the building. We all trudge downstairs and wait in the hallway outside of Courtroom-D. This room was quickly opened and we all filed in as plopped down on wooden church pews.
I opened my book and started to read again. About 15 mins latter a bailiff come in, tells us the person up stairs (Courtroom-C) doesn't know what they are talking about and send us back up the stairs to the second floor. Of course by now all the church pews in Courtroom-C are filled and I have to stand and try to fill out a form that said who I am so that I can get credit for showing up. Try writing on a piece of paper with a ball point pen while holding the paper up on the wall. Some one handed me a bible to use for a desk, I thanked him and scribbled out the required information and returned the bible to one of the fortunate seated jurors.
The judge shows up thanks us all, tells us its not really Jury Duty but Jury Service. Right, if you must know it is Jury you gotta do it or you're gonna be in trouble. The court 'some body or other' puts in a VCR tape in the TV and the judge leaves the room again. We watch a 16 min 12 second or was it 12 min and 15 second . . . movie on what a Juror's responsibilities are. So I am propped up against the wall just wanting to slide down to the floor and sit down and doze off during a high school civics class. After the movie the bailiff informs us that the bathrooms are down in the basement two flight of stairs down the two back up . . . if anyone needs one. She (yep a female bailiff) tells me that I can't keep my case if I am chosen for a jury and that I will need to take it to my car at the next break, while the lady next to me has a huge purse and nothing was said about it. OK, it's your court room I'll take it to my truck. Of course I don't have any pockets for my keys and wallet but I'll just hold it in my hand all day if necessary.
The judge returns, tells us the lawyers for the two parties are considering having the judge make a decision on the case and waiving the jury trial. To be continued. The judge has us all sworn in and leaves the court room again.
The big purse lady complains that she has things to do is not accustom to waiting. I inform her that she is a juror and she really can't do much about it but wait. Return the judge. The lawyers have agreed to waive the jury trial, the Judge thanks us all and dismisses us for the rest of the week. Big purse lady now lets everyone know that she was really looking forward to being a juror. I suggest she volunteer her services and maybe they will let her serve next week. Gathering my thing I quickly exit the building before anyone can change their minds again.
So there you have it, the whole sordid affair. Now I don't have to worry about Jury duty until 2010.
Of course that 2 hour period (my entire time spent on Jury Duty) delayed my starting work by two weeks. I could have started on the 10th if it wasn't for my Jury Summons.
So what is everyone else up to?
As required I called Sunday night to find out when I was to report for duty. Yes my civic duty to listen to evidence and decide if some one is innocent or guilty of who knows what dyer crime.
Any way the recorded message told me that Rockingham County did not need me or any other jury member for Monday. Well hip hip horray! I have a free day to do what ever I want to do. I could have been at my new job, but no that was postponed for good of the free world and democracy. I will take the free day and enjoy it by cleaning out the chicken coops. The joys of living in the country.
It is nice to know that in my little corner of the state crime is not running rampant and clogging up the court dockets. My only instructions, to call back on Monday night after 5 pm.
So once again after 5 pm, I called to find out - when am I to report for duty sir. I am so glad that Rockingham county is a sleepy little county far from big city crime. I also have Tuesday off . . . what luck! And the coops are all clean! The barn was cleaned up last week so with little else to put straight I guess I will tackle the biggest mess of all . . . gasp . . . my bedroom! Run for the hills and back up the dump truck.
Wed, March 19 - the saga continues
I finally received instructions on when and where to go for my Jury Duty. The original summons was for Monday, Courtroom-A. You already know that I did not have to show up on either Monday or Tuesday. Today was the magic day. The recorded telephone message - after playing it 3 times so that I could understand the muffled message - instructed me to arrive at Courtroom 'C' at 8:30 in the morning.
Now if you worked with me as all of you have you know that I have to be early, just in case. Like the world would come to an end if I was late once in a while. Any way I arrived at 8:10, failed the metal detector at the visitors entrance, got the wand treatment and never found out what tripped the metal detector. Had my case searched, was carrying a copy of JavaScript & Ajax sixth edition. I thought I would learn some web scripting while I was waiting. Last time I had jury duty was in Cincinnati and I was there all day for 5 days any only on one trial. The rest of the time I was in a room with all the other jurors with nothing to do but watch a TV. So I came prepared for a long boring day.
I was directed to Courtroom-C at the other end of the building and on the second floor. Oh the Rockingham County Court House is an OLD building no elevators - keep this in mind. So I get up to the second floor, Courtroom-C is locked, I park my butt on the steps going up to the third floor and wait. A few more very happy (not) people arrive and wait with me in the hall. Eventually an official looking person shows up to inform us that the trial has been moved to Courtroom-D. First floor at the front of the building. We all trudge downstairs and wait in the hallway outside of Courtroom-D. This room was quickly opened and we all filed in as plopped down on wooden church pews.
I opened my book and started to read again. About 15 mins latter a bailiff come in, tells us the person up stairs (Courtroom-C) doesn't know what they are talking about and send us back up the stairs to the second floor. Of course by now all the church pews in Courtroom-C are filled and I have to stand and try to fill out a form that said who I am so that I can get credit for showing up. Try writing on a piece of paper with a ball point pen while holding the paper up on the wall. Some one handed me a bible to use for a desk, I thanked him and scribbled out the required information and returned the bible to one of the fortunate seated jurors.
The judge shows up thanks us all, tells us its not really Jury Duty but Jury Service. Right, if you must know it is Jury you gotta do it or you're gonna be in trouble. The court 'some body or other' puts in a VCR tape in the TV and the judge leaves the room again. We watch a 16 min 12 second or was it 12 min and 15 second . . . movie on what a Juror's responsibilities are. So I am propped up against the wall just wanting to slide down to the floor and sit down and doze off during a high school civics class. After the movie the bailiff informs us that the bathrooms are down in the basement two flight of stairs down the two back up . . . if anyone needs one. She (yep a female bailiff) tells me that I can't keep my case if I am chosen for a jury and that I will need to take it to my car at the next break, while the lady next to me has a huge purse and nothing was said about it. OK, it's your court room I'll take it to my truck. Of course I don't have any pockets for my keys and wallet but I'll just hold it in my hand all day if necessary.
The judge returns, tells us the lawyers for the two parties are considering having the judge make a decision on the case and waiving the jury trial. To be continued. The judge has us all sworn in and leaves the court room again.
The big purse lady complains that she has things to do is not accustom to waiting. I inform her that she is a juror and she really can't do much about it but wait. Return the judge. The lawyers have agreed to waive the jury trial, the Judge thanks us all and dismisses us for the rest of the week. Big purse lady now lets everyone know that she was really looking forward to being a juror. I suggest she volunteer her services and maybe they will let her serve next week. Gathering my thing I quickly exit the building before anyone can change their minds again.
So there you have it, the whole sordid affair. Now I don't have to worry about Jury duty until 2010.
Of course that 2 hour period (my entire time spent on Jury Duty) delayed my starting work by two weeks. I could have started on the 10th if it wasn't for my Jury Summons.
So what is everyone else up to?
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Job Posting - Production Graphic Artist
http://www.careerbuilder.com/JobSeeker/Jobs/JobDetails.aspx?pg=2&dv=dv&APath=2.21.21.0.0&sfascc=photoshop&IPath=QHKGCV&sname=&jrdid=&lpage=2&job_did=J8D1GS75GDQBH6J8CSP&ff=21&jobcount=50&strcrit=QID%3dA3851719138864%3bst%3dA%3buse%3dALL%3brawWords%3dphotoshop%3bCID%3dUS%3bSID%3dNC%3bTID%3d0%3bENR%3dNO%3bDTP%3dDRNS%3bYDI%3dYES%3bIND%3dALL%3bPDQ%3dAll%3bJN%3dAll%3bPOY%3dNO%3bETD%3dALL%3bMGT%3dDC%3bSUP%3dDC%3bFRE%3d30%3bQS%3dSID_UNKNOWN%3bSS%3dNO%3bTITL%3d0%3bJQT%3dRAD%3bJDV%3dFalse Production Graphics Artist
Concord NC
QUALIFICATIONS:
Bachelor's degree (B. A.) in graphic design from four-year college or university with one to two years’ related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Must posses the following computer skills:
•Advanced proficiency in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator CS2,
•Additional experience in PowerPoint, Excel, MS Word, 3D studio Max, Solidworks, Corel Draw and Web design a plus.
Production Graphics Artist
Company: Motorsports Authentics
Concord NCQUALIFICATIONS:
Bachelor's degree (B. A.) in graphic design from four-year college or university with one to two years’ related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Must posses the following computer skills:
•Advanced proficiency in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator CS2,
•Additional experience in PowerPoint, Excel, MS Word, 3D studio Max, Solidworks, Corel Draw and Web design a plus.
I ALSO Have a Job
I start Monday the 17th at M.J. Soffe in Fayetteville. Pretty much doing what I was doing at Liberty except its more building art along with color separating and doing some design as well. The pay is ok but there is also, (I'm told), opportunity for lots of overtime pay. I know you other artists reading this might not know what those words mean coming from Liberty, (HA!) but at some places, when you work over your 40 hours, you get something called "overtime pay" which is time and 1/2 of your regular hourly pay.
Also found me a little 2 bedroom house to rent in Hope Mills - which is right beside Fayetteville - that I have to move into this weekend. Everything is going very fast. Here's the house:
Good luck to everyone and start posting some stuff on here so we all know what you guys are up to!
Also found me a little 2 bedroom house to rent in Hope Mills - which is right beside Fayetteville - that I have to move into this weekend. Everything is going very fast. Here's the house:
Good luck to everyone and start posting some stuff on here so we all know what you guys are up to!
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
I have a job!
Well I have secured a job at Pharmagraphics in Greensboro. Prepress of course for offset and flexo presses. The pay is good the drive will not be to bad.
Pharmagraphics looks like a good company to work for.
I start on the 24th, after my week of jury duty which is from the 17th through the 21st.
I can't wait to get back to work. Wish me luck.
How is everyone else doing?
I have a temporary website up for photohsop retouching at
http://www.geocities.com/marlagoldnc/mg08.swf
check it out. I'll post the final website address when I have it up and running.
Pharmagraphics looks like a good company to work for.
I start on the 24th, after my week of jury duty which is from the 17th through the 21st.
I can't wait to get back to work. Wish me luck.
How is everyone else doing?
I have a temporary website up for photohsop retouching at
http://www.geocities.com/marlagoldnc/mg08.swf
check it out. I'll post the final website address when I have it up and running.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
JOB POSTING -T-Shirt Artist - Charlotte, NC
http://jobview.monster.com/GetJob.aspx?JobID=68811099&JobTitle=Apparel+Designer+%26+Separator&q=artist&sid=59&brd=1&cy=us&vw=b&AVSDM=2008-02-21+13%3a39%3a00&pg=1&seq=15
Posted on Monster.com
H3 Sportgear has since become recognized as the leading provider of Licensed and Custom headwear, apparel and accessories to the Corporate and Retail Markets
We are looking for 1 headwear artist with at least one year's design experience and 1 t-shirt artist who is knowledgable in all phases of graphic design develoment including color separation. We work on an Apple platform using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.
Posted on Monster.com
H3 Sportgear has since become recognized as the leading provider of Licensed and Custom headwear, apparel and accessories to the Corporate and Retail Markets
We are looking for 1 headwear artist with at least one year's design experience and 1 t-shirt artist who is knowledgable in all phases of graphic design develoment including color separation. We work on an Apple platform using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.
JOB POSTING Silkscreen Artist - Outter Banks
http://jobview.monster.com/GetJob.aspx?JobID=69490384&JobTitle=ARTIST+%2f+ILLUSTRATOR+%2f+DESIGNER&q=photoshop&rad=20&rad_units=miles&sid=59&brd=1&cy=us&vw=b&AVSDM=2008-03-07+16%3a07%3a00&pg=1&seq=35
as posted on Monster.Com
ISLAND XPERTEES IS THE LARGEST SCREENPRINTER ON THE BEAUTIFUL OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA/
WE ARE LOOKING FOR A T-SHIRT ILLUSTRATOR WITH AT LEAST ONE YEARS EXPERIENCE AND A DESIGNER WHO IS KNOWLEDGABLE IN ALL PHASES OF APPAREL DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING COLOR SEPARATION. WE WORK ON A MAC PLATFORM USING ADOBE PHOTOSHOP AND ILLUSTRATOR.
as posted on Monster.Com
ISLAND XPERTEES IS THE LARGEST SCREENPRINTER ON THE BEAUTIFUL OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA/
WE ARE LOOKING FOR A T-SHIRT ILLUSTRATOR WITH AT LEAST ONE YEARS EXPERIENCE AND A DESIGNER WHO IS KNOWLEDGABLE IN ALL PHASES OF APPAREL DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING COLOR SEPARATION. WE WORK ON A MAC PLATFORM USING ADOBE PHOTOSHOP AND ILLUSTRATOR.
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