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I received some very exciting news today. Some of you already know I work for Volt, a contingent company inside John Deere. Deere often uses Volt to hire employees on a contract. Some of you probably forgot that or just assumed I work for Deere. For the last 22 months I have been working through contracted companies like TM, Inc and Volt, and recently I began applying for positions at John Deere. I had my first John Deere interview two weeks ago, and have patiently (not) been waiting to hear the outcome. I have had so many thoughts running through my head from the time I got the interview request on a Monday to the following day when I had the interview, and for the last 2 weeks while I have waited to hear something! Waiting. Wondering. Worrying. Did I do a good enough job during my interview? Did I forget to mention something crucial? Did I say the wrong thing? No. I did the absolute best I could in the short time I had to prepare myself, and I wou...
I don't know how much explaining is really needed here, but this next writing prompt requires an explanation for my blog name, so here goes. When I first started this blog, I decided to focus on keeping my loved ones up to date on what's going on in the my world. I knew that most of the posts, intentional or not, would focus on parenting, and all that comes with having this little person who flipped my world upside down, as well as the relationships I have. "And Baby Makes 3" simply means that what was once a relationship between two people who had nothing to worry about, but themselves and each other has turned into a new journey with a third party--and she is quite the party:) One person can completely rearrange your priorities. Putting this little person we created before ourselves and everything else. It really made things feel complete adding baby to our life together and becoming a family.
I stole this idea off of my friend's blog (thanks, Karah). Prompt: Current Photo, Introduce, 15 Interesting Facts Current Photo: This photo was taken at Piramida in Waterloo. We were out for a friend's birthday. Pictured from left to right: Melissa, Jess, myself and Heather. Introduce: I'm a 27 year old from Dike, Iowa. I reside in Waterloo with my daughter and husband. I work in Waterloo at one of the Deere facilities in Supply Management. In my spare time I enjoy your standard activities: hanging with family and friends. I love to entertain, and I'd consider myself a foodie because I have a great deal of interest in food: I like to make it, eat it, serve it, entertain with it, and so on and so forth. I enjoy reading, listening to podcasts, traveling and going to see as many shows centered around comedy as I can. 15 Interesting Facts: I can't promise these will be interesting, so lets call this interesting or strange, and hopefully you will...
I've been wanting to post for some time now, but have been beating myself up over not getting photos up as promised from Syrie's 2nd birthday in SEPTEMBER, so I've been avoiding the blog basically. Long story short, uploading photos hasn't cooperated with me (or maybe it's the person behind trying to upload photos that's the real problem) and I put so much work into her party, that I really wanted to share with you all! Oh well, maybe another time. On Monday I started another kickboxing class in Waterloo. I haven't worked out since the summer, and I have to say, I'm ecstatic because for the first time in my life I feel like I can join the rest of mankind by being able to say it feels awesome to work out! I'm in such a good mood after the gym, I keep thinking to myself, "Who is this person, and what have you done with Haley?!" I've never..ever been the type to say I enjoy working out, and in all honesty, I've always kind of gagged ...
I just wanted to post a quick update regarding some Very exciting news for me and my family. I was offered a new job at Deere today. I am beyond ecstatic! I interviewed last week and got the call today. As you might recall, a year ago in August I took a Supply Mngmnt Planner position at Deere through a company TMI and had a "No compete" contract for one year. I've been looking for jobs to apply for within Deere after my anniversary on 8/22, but wasn't finding much. I reached out to a contract company that has a very high reputation of hiring employees who then get hired on through Deere thereafter, and lucky for me this opportunity arose shortly after with Volt. My new title is Suppy Mngmnt Specialist and rather than working with 8 Deere factories, I will be limited to just Waterloo. I can't express how grateful and excited I am for what lies ahead. All this college is finally starting to pay off:)
Some of you would be surprised to know while others of you already do that David is quite the crafty guy. Now that I am married and no longer live with my mom who do I go to when I need a button sewn on or help finishing a Halloween costume? Why David of course! I don't know if he's always been this way or if it started with his love of ripping out car stereo systems and revamping them, but the guy's definitely got a knack for this sort of thing, and for that I thank him. On Saturday David and I took advantage of Syrie taking a nap by....doing crafts. I found this cool door decoration that I wanted to make, courtesy of, Pinterest and since we already had all the supplies we went ahead and got to it. Here is a collection of pictures from the QT we spent together. We started with a simple cut out of four square cork boards. Next we used colore...
Life is pretty good right now-staying busy, that I know. This coming week will be fun because David is treating himself and I to a little vacation in Vegas. We leave on Thursday and get back Sunday afternoon. Our original intentions for this trip were to go to a UFC fight- Hendo vs Jones at Mandalay Bay, but due to a torn MCL, Henderson had to back out. This is the first time in 11 years a UFC fight has ever been cancelled, and on top of that we also booked two tickets to see a couple of our favorites Joe Rogan and Joey Diaz do some comedy, but because of the UFC being cancelled, Mandalay Bay opted to cancel the comedy show too--and that my friends, is what we call Murphy's Law:-) I'm not going to let it bring me down though. So what if we spent a bunch of money on shows we can no longer see, and so what if we probably won't get reimbursed until after we return from Vegas:) Maybe David and I will get lucky on a slot machine or something... Oh wait, that's right, you hav...
One week ago our little Monkin' surprised us with something I never thought I'd consider a gift...she peed and poo'd in the potty!!! Now to some of you this may not seem like a big deal, but as parents you wait impatiently for this day to come, and when it does it's hard to contain the excitement you feel. I have been sitting Syrie on the potty occasionally for a while now. On this particular night, I got home from the gym and thought, I'll do it real quick before I put her to bed. Well I sat her down and said, "let's listen for the pee" hahaha, yes I really said that. Then out of nowhere WE HEARD THE PEE! (insert screaming excitement here). I was so ecstatic that I grabbed my phone and started snapping pics. I proceeded to send the picture to a few people and as I was doing that, I guess she decided to go number 2 because I lifted her off the potty and to my surprise there was a...surprise:) I was so happy and proud I shouted as loud...
Syrie turned 1 and ½ on Friday, and in my opinion she is more awesome everyday. I haven’t talked about her in some time now, so I figure I’d dedicate this post to her. Some of her favorite shows on tv right now include Sesame Street, Yo Gabba Gabba (don’t worry, I didn’t know what Yo Gabba Gabba was until I had a toddler either) and Sponge Bob Square Pants. We DVR the first two shows every day and she usually watches an episode per night. The child loves tv. If I try getting her attention during Sesame Street , well, I might as well not because she isn’t going to respond to anything or anyone when her show is on. When she’s in the zone, that’s just it, she’s in the zone. She loves to sit with a big sippy cup full of milk or juice in her leather chair and soak up some Elmo or Brobee. Syrie hasn’t been measured or weighed in a couple months, but I’d say she’s right around 30 lbs and pretty tall—always in at least the 95 percentile for height. ...
It’s been a long time since I’ve made a post, so I’m sorry. I feel overwhelmingly busy with my day to day life, and haven’t made time to sit and write. It’s naptime at the Oswald’s and David is at the gym. My heart is weighing heavy on one particular subject, so I thought what the hay, might as well get back to it. My mom’s mom, my grandma Diane Kopsa recently moved into assisted living at Bickford Cottage near my mom’s work. It’s interesting how when you look back on a change you thought happened out of nowhere, you then realize it was really happening right before your eyes, slowly, but surely. To set the scene, my grandpa Kopsa passed away in November 2006. The last few years of his life were stressful and busy for my grandma as she was in charge of taking care of him. Bringing him to Dialysis every other day, along with any other doctor appointments he had, etc. and if anyone knew my grandparents, you knew they argued a lot. Haha, I can’t help but ...
Life with an 11 mont h old is exhausting. Yes, it can be exciting, joyful, and yes, I have my proud moments too, but today it’s, well, exhausting. The people around me most often I'm sure would say, I tend to hop on the frustration train the moment Syrie starts to act out or they might say I just get down right angry, and they’re right. I never claimed to be World’s Greatest Mom, but today I tried another approach. I stayed calm, didn’t lose my cool, and yet still she seems to be impossible to satisfy. Maybe satisfy isn’t the right word because I’m sure that leaves some of you thinking, I spoil her and give her whatever she wants the second she tears up, but that’s not true either. I had the television off, phone put away, and all of my attention on her. I was trying to keep her mind off of whatever it was that made her want to whine and fuss, but nothing worked. I tried ignoring it, but I’m learning that she doesn’t care what ap...
Day 9 (Monday): Beginning Day 8 I had to take the Peaches n Cream Fiber Drink again and will have to until the cleanse is over (Tuesday). Man, I did NOT miss that stuff. It’s so disgusting to me. I almost threw it back up this morning. I know I can do it one more day, but jeez that stuff is nasty. I’m wondering if this is something I’ll have to take for the remainder of the 24 Day Challenge. I guess I hadn’t thought or looked that far ahead, so I really don’t know. It’s no fun when you hear people cracking open a can of soda or smell someone cooking something in the microwave at work. It just makes me appreciate all the things I was allowed to have before. I’m such a Debbie Downer through this process, but that’s because food is my life. Some people enjoy exercising, others enjoy reading. The thing in life that makes me happiest (outside of family and friends) is food. I love food. I realize though, that in order to really keep...
If you've been following my blog you may have caught on to a comment I made in an earlier post. Things are going to be changing in the near future because I accepted a position through TM Inc. to work at John Deere in Waterloo at the Donald Street site. David and I, and our families are very excited. I've always wanted a job at Deere and going through TMI is a great way to get my foot in the door. I start on August 22, and while I'm very sad to be leaving VGM, I'm excited to start my new career. I'll be working with suppliers that John Deere utilizes for parts.
Day 5 (Thursday): Woo hoo! Half way there J I wish I could say this has been easy as pie, but then there I am again, thinking about pie. I will need to go on a no fruit diet after this cleanse because I’m so tired of fruit. I keep telling myself it’s what’s good for my body. Day 6 (Friday): I didn’t write much yesterday because I had a lot going on (more to come on that in a future post), but I did almost crack last night. I was crabby and hungry and I came home to David making a pizza. The last thing I wanted was fish and veggies, but I sucked it up and made some tilapia- not the greatest thing in the world, so I think I’ll stick with cod- it was delicious the last two nights I made it. Today and the rest of the weekend are going to be tough. Weekends are tough anyways, what with all the opportunities to drink and eat food, bad food , late at night. Why is it that I can’t go a day without getting a headache? This is getting old. I’m crabby, so you’ll have to excuse the attitu...
Day 3 (Tuesday): I should be ecstatic right now because today was the last day of the dreaded Peaches n Cream Fiber drink until Day 8, but instead I’m feeling a little crabby. Not sure if it’s because of the diet restrictions or if it’s totally unrelated. I talked to Melissa, the one who got my cousin, Lindsay and I involved in this Challenge, and I’m feeling good about that because from the sounds of it, I’m doing everything right. Turns out, there was a booklet that came in the package I received on Saturday with all of my Advocare items, BUT I threw it out with the box. I guess I should be more careful from now on when opening things up. 9 A.M.-I just received an email from a good friend from college who just finished reading my blog and had to email me to tell me she’s on Day 8 of the cleanse J I guess this diet is more popular than I thought. She mentioned that after Day 3 she had a hard time sticking to the strict food regimen and was fee...
Many of you that know me know I'm battling with this baby weight still. I've got a good 10 lbs to lose yet after gaining 45 lbs during pregnancy. After seeing the results of both my cousin and another familiar face whom have tried Advocare's 24 Day Challenge, I decided to give it a go. I mean with results starting a short 10 days after beginning, how can I go wrong? Remember, I'm going to be in Jamaica in under 6 weeks, and the gym just wasn't giving me the results quick enough. For those of you who don't know what the 24 Day challenge is, here's a snip-it about the product: Your 24 Day Program Breakdown Days 1-10 Cleanse Pack internal cleansing & increased nutrient absorption amino acid sugar free energy protein to nurish muscle & support metabolism Days 11-24 Max Pack probiotics, appetite control, omega 3's and more ...