Cedar Chest of Dreams

Got a visit from our district manager. She was fun. I seemed to have run out of steam around mid day. Nothing that a nap after work didn...

Tonight the menu is pan seared chicken breast, broccoli and cauliflower medley with cheese sauce and buttered noodles.  Dessert will be vani...

The rosebush in my yard was beautiful this year. I kind of hate to see the blooms drop off one by one. Maybe it will bloom more before the s...

 Five years ago when I first moved to Washington , life had shook me up pretty badly  and I had lost all confidence in who I was.  I was a s...

  Ahhh, I've had a relaxing day today.  I'm off today and the next two days.  Haleigh is going to call me when she wakes up in the m...

  Oh my goodness, I'm so excited to be home tonight before eight o'clock, I can hardly stand it.    I got home at six thirty!   AND....

.........why I'm so excited to start work in my new store tomorrow.  Friday night it took me two hours to get home and last night an hou...

   I've had quite an interesting week.  First of all I guess I'm what you'd call  a "Fair Weather" employee since I...

  We've been hit with a really early winter storm.  In fact as I sit here at 4:30 in the afternoon the temp is 27 degrees and snow cover...

  My accent never goes unnoticed .  Mostly my customers wait until we are done with our transaction and then they'll ask "Where doe...

.... ...That I have a mountain view from my house?

  I don't really know why but when I first started working at the store I'm working in now, I had such a hard time.  Everything seem...

  One of the greatest perks of working for this company has for me always been the fact that we get free glasses.  I've not bought my ow...

  Irene is the newest addition to my little cottage.  I'm in love with her.  I didn't name her, she is Irene by Lazy Boy.  Her color...

I have a kitchen table and chairs. My kitchen cabinets are IKEA and so that is also where my table came from. I like IKEA. It fits and ...

I worked all weekend and then I had Monday and Tuesday off and I'm back to work today.  I work 1 till 8 which means I will get home afte...

  Working in Renton is a little more stressful which makes me appreciate that I started off again in a slow paced store like Lacey.  I would...

  I'm off today and I've worked in the new store for two days and I like it.  The customers are very different, kind of yuppish, pro...

  I'm a little nervous this morning.  I'll be meeting my new boss and co-workers today and I guess that is why.  Also every manager ...

  Yesterday was such a bad day for me that we're not going to talk about it, in fact in my world, September18th didn't happen.  What...

I didn't even have any vases for my flowers so off to Goodwill I went and while there not only did I buy vases but I couldn't resis...

Fall Flowers from an early morning special visitor.

Last night's drive home was long and hard. It rained the whole way but most everyone was driving carefully around me and it is always th...

I don't leave for work today until nearly one o'clock. I've been up since pretty early. I've watched a movie, walked Sweet...

The first picture is one I posted a few years back just because I thought it was cool. It is an English cottage back deck. The second ...

  I've overheard different people say things lately about doing something or finishing something "before the rainy season starts....

  Well, my time in the Lacey Wa. store is coming to an end.  The District Manager, the one who origionally hired me called me yesterday morn...

  Well, the weeks just roll by don't they?  This week I will find out if I stay where I'm at in the store I work in now or maybe get...

   Yesterday was exhausting for me.  Haleigh came around lunch and around two o'clock after asking if she could paint my nails and I sai...

  Today is just a lazy Saturday for me.  I needed that.  Haleigh is here and spending the night.  She is satisfied right now watching the Di...