Cowgirl Katherine

Grandma and Grandpa Tossell came over and had Thanksgiving dinner with us. Grandma Sherrie went to stay a few nights with her sister, Susie so Katherine had Grandpa Gary all to herself!

He wanted to go buy some new cowboy boots for himself. The minute that we walked into the store, Katherine found a new pair of boots, a new hat and a little horse. All of course... PINK!!

How could you say No?

My Holiday Goal

Does anyone have any goals for the holidays? Mine is to be able to fly my mom and dad out for Christmas.

When my dad was 59 years old, he had his first big stroke. He has had two more since and a countless number of mini strokes in the past 5 years. The first stroke left him paralyzed on his right side and with each stroke, his short-term memory less and less.

Christmas is my dad’s absolute favorite time of the year. With the immeasurable number of hospital visits, their move into a handicap accessible home, medical supplies, in home nurses, and my dad not having the ability to work anymore, my mom and dad have less and less money.

I am not sure how many more Christmas’ we will have left to celebrate with my dad as once you have had one stroke, you will keep having them until they eventually kill you.

So, my ultimate goal is to be able to fly them out to celebrate Christmas with the family. I am looking forward to seeing my daughter to see the joy in her grandfather’s eyes at Christmas time.

I would like to accomplish my goal by being a successful Chocolatier at my in home Chocolate Tasting Parties.

So with the school year underway, the sport season in full swing and the holiday rush lurking around the corner… get the girls together for a night out. Celebrate the joy of chocolate while indulging on chocolate treats and drinks.

So, that is my holiday goal. Does anyone else have a goal?

It's Been Awhile...

Oh, I cannot believe how long it has been since I last wrote. Many, many things have been going on...

I have had some very successful chocolate parties. So I think that is where a lot of my time is being spent. I am doing awesome in California but would love for it to take off here in Arizona. I know in due time it will. For now though, I am keeping busy in CA which has been nice because I have been able to see my mom and dad.

Tinkerbell left Katherine her Halloween costume. We had one busy weekend. Friday night we went to her school to attend a little carnival. On Saturday afternoon we packed up the truck with two dogs, one little girl and two adults and went to the Halloween celebration at the vet's office. Katherine won cutest costume. Sunday night we went Trick or Treating with the twins across the street. Katherine wasn't done Trick or Treating until her bag was full. She handed it to me when we got home that night and she has yet to ask for a piece of candy. :)

I finally got my car out of the shop for the hail damage. Total cost: $9,700. Crazy, I know. It took over 4 weeks to repair and now it needs to go back in for some touch ups as well as ANOTHER recall. This time the breaks. I used to love Toyotas... now not so much. I just found out that the Smart Key isn't so smart. The battery died and left me stranded. Not fun at all.

We spent a few days out in California while Brett had to work. It was nice to see everyone but I really don't miss the weather out there. Cold and humid. I have learned that if I am cold, my personality becomes cold.
We made it to Disneyland one last time before our passes expire. I thought that it would be the perfect time to go with Halloween done and finished and Veteran's Day the following weekend but that was crazy thinking. When we left the park at 9pm, the trams were still full of people getting on to go into the park. Gone are the days that you could just "walk" on the rides. We still had a fun day, though.

Still don't have a office job. I went to a employment agency and not too sure about them. I had to take a test for Excel, Word and PowerPoint. Since my last two jobs were pretty much Excel, I wasn't too worried about that until I started the test. It was impossible. I asked the lady about it who gave me the test and she replied, "It is an intermediate test. You should be fine". But after I finished all of the tests, she said, "I gave you the proficient level. I am sorry. Do you wan to retake the test?". So, I did the test again and did awesome on it but still no leads from them.
I had an interview with an Event Management company. The largest one out here in Phoenix for and Admin position. Only down side of that position is that you are expected to work Saturdays. That will be a little hard for me since Brett really doesn't have a schedule and if he gets called out on a Saturday, it would be hard to find someone that could watch Katherine all day and through some of the night.

So, in a nutshell... that is what has been going on.

Hopefully I won't fall so far behind going forward.