We are headed down to Sanibel Island, Florida on Saturday for a week. Will be celebrating my niece's graduation with family. My sister and her family, my brother and his family and my Mom will all be there. Unfortunately Michael and Scott won't be there, wish they could be, especially since it is a family celebration. Scott finished up school in May and recently started a new job, so can't really take the time off right now. And Michael has a few things going on in Atlanta that he really wants to be there for, and doesn't get much vacation either.
Still, looking forward to a fun week of beach and sun and family!
My latest obsession is still going strong, I am still loving my Cricut. I have made a few cards and done a little scrapbooking. Here are a few pictures of some of the things I have made.
First is a fathers day tool belt card/gift card holder, made for Greg's dad, although I am not sure he could really appreciate how cool it is (at least to me.) It could have used more eyelets to make it look more realistic, but I still love how it came out.
I made this card for mother's day (along with another I forgot to take a picture of):
And I love this card I made to go with a Big Give for a family going on a Disney Cruise:
And this scrapbook layout from our trip to Atlanta to visit Michael. I made more pages, but didn't take pictures.
I have also made some decorations and cards for Lizzie's graduation celebration next week. Maybe I will post pictures of those after the party. They came out pretty cute as well.
There is so much you can do with the cricut, in fact I wish I was more creative so I could take advantage of even more it can do, but I am learning and trying. And or course always buying more stuff to go with it.
I've also been given a new job at work, from 'Thermal Media Manufacturing - Product Engineer' to 'Thermal Media Development - Systems Engineer'. I am still transitioning, and will probably continue to support both areas, but it is keeping me busier and will likely be more rewarding as a result. It also has the potential to be a safer spot to be, because if they decide to shut down the manufacturing plant I support in Rochester they will likely still keep the development group to support manufacturing in Colorado. Although for right now they have announced that they do not intend to shut down our manufacturing plant this year. Of course that could be the kiss of death - I've certainly seen it happen before... they can change their minds next week if they want to.
Over 22 years of employment with Kodak I have seen so many downsizings and shutdowns I can't count them. I think when I started with Kodak there were over 40,000 employees in Rochester, down from over 60,000 in the early 80s, and we now stand at somewhere around 6,000. So yes, I have seen my share of people losing their jobs, and they have almost all moved on to better places, so I just keep telling myself it won't be the end of the world. And the funny thing is they may keep me til I have my 30 years, just to spite me for changing retirement plans back in '95. I only had 6 years with the company and I was absolutely certain I could never make 30 years so I switched when they offered the choice. One never knows what the future holds, that's for sure.
I didn't ask for this most recent job change, but I think it will work out fine. They tell me what they want me to do, I do it, so far that has kept me employed all these years.
And just to be sure nobody thinks I've stopped sewing, here are some outfits I made for the family going on the Disney Cruise, apparently they do a villain show one night on the cruise and these will be for them to wear to that:
I just love how these came out, but they took a lot of time to do. I can't wait to see pictures of the family receiving them!
Well there you go, I went from no blogging at all to a huge post. More later....not sure how much later.
