http://www.mistymtn-online.com Blogging from the top of the world... Sat, 11 Oct 2008 10:44:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'll be the first to say that sometimes I am not really that organized.  Okay, I am not that organized most of the time.  Though planning isn't my strong point, it doesn't mean that I can't get it done once in a while or with some prodding. You see, ... http://www.mistymtn-online.com/2008/10/10/late-night-wedding-planning/ Let me tell you upfront that I am not a morning person.  In fact, I hate to get up early in the morning, but since I am a parent, I don't have much choice.  My son needs to get on the bus early in the morning, and sadly it is ... http://www.mistymtn-online.com/2008/10/09/waking-up-in-the-morning/ I am happy to say that I am on the path to becoming an instructor at a local hair school and hopefully I will be able to teach the next group of students that will be starting in a few short weeks.  This will be my first time as a ... http://www.mistymtn-online.com/2008/09/29/teaching-at-a-hair-school/ One of the most frustrating things for me is that some of the world is on metric measurements, while the rest is on imperial.  For us that grew up during the supposed period of changing from one to the other, sometimes we can feel very confused with some of the ... http://www.mistymtn-online.com/2008/09/20/simple-conversions/ For most of my adult life, I've really had no problem finding a job when I needed one.  Besides having a well-rounded skill set, I also have an excellent resume that is paved my way to many job opportunities and interviews.  In fact, I never thought that I would ever ... http://www.mistymtn-online.com/2008/09/19/no-luck-finding-a-job/ One of the biggest things that my uncle's employer is concerned about it their safety.  Not only is being safe an essential thing on their job sites, but by being safe they are able to save a lot of money.  You see, he works in construction and though they try ... http://www.mistymtn-online.com/2008/09/17/safe-work-conditions/ It amazes me sometimes when my children make their lists for their birthdays that they can often end up with some pretty crazy items on their list.  But quite often, they also have reasonable requests as well and I do my best to buy them those things that they want ... http://www.mistymtn-online.com/2008/09/16/thomas-the-tank-engine-gifts/ One of my biggest pet peeves is software that fails to deliver the features that they promise.  It has happened to me a number of times to the point where I no longer buy software on a whim - I need to see what others have said about it first. ... http://www.mistymtn-online.com/2008/09/10/spyhunter-delivers-as-promised/ There is one thing that I like to do more than any other thing and that is to travel. I have seen much of the world, though not as much as I would like to. I have recently started my own travel blog, so I could both give and get ... http://www.mistymtn-online.com/2008/09/08/less-selfish/ For the past few months, the sales of TV screen protectors in our store have slumped while sales of flat screen televisions have skyrocketed.  I was a little concerned as to why this was happening, but I wanted to turn the sales around and convince our customers that they needed ... http://www.mistymtn-online.com/2008/09/07/trying-a-new-marketing-tactic/