November
30
2011
When I first started working in high school, I was an operation assistant for an insurance company. My job including answering all calls that came in to the insurance company, inputting policy date into the company’s database and assisting in marketing assignments. My second job was at the Family Christian Bookstore where I was a sales associate. I was a cashier and also did extensive work with ordering and maintain stock in the store. After going to college, I worked as Barista for two years. I started as a barista for Starbucks and then was promoted to a learning coach and eventually a supervisor. After transferring schools, I worked at a day care performing child care and child development assessments. After graduating from school, I was hired on at my current position. I am now a Staff Assistant, Policy Liaison, and internship coordinator for my Congressman. Of all of the jobs I have had, I best liked the day care position and my current position at the Congressman’s office. I enjoyed working for the daycare because there was action all the time and I was able to create strong relationships with my coworkers and the children that were in the daycare. I enjoy my job now the most because I am given great responsibility. I am also working on policy and outreach in areas that mean the most to me. I have enjoyed the jobs that have allowed me to create meaningful work and meaningful relationships.
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November
24
2011
If I could take a vacation to anywhere in the world, I would go to England. Of the many countries in Europe and the UK that I want to visit, England has all of the things I am looking for in one place. England is both modern and ancient. It includes urban and country areas, allowing for a well-rounded experience. I want to see the fast-paced urban lifestyle that is found in London and all the tourist attractions that come with it. I would make sure to visit all of the past and present royal tourists spot, including Parliament, the royal palace, and the tower of London. England is also currently taking back their native cuisine and modernizing it in upscale restaurants, and I would want to eat at a few of these restaurants. For a slower paced experience on my vacation, I would slip out to the country and experience the land. I would visit local farms and try the food that is indigenous to the land and native to the country. In the country, I would also visit the beautiful architecture of ancient castles and burial grounds.
November
22
2011
A Panic Bolt (also known as a Panic Bar) is a fire safety device used on double doors. The bolt or bar is usually spring loaded and it set to release the doors when pressure is applied. They are sometimes called “Crash Bars” because of the idea that they will open with someone or something crashes into them. Numerous countries make it a law that they are installed on fire and emergency exits to aid in escape. Most of these door panic bolts are attached to one-way doors, since another device is needed on the opposite side to “crash” the door the other way.
November
21
2011
When I was in high school, I was terribly, painfully shy. It was a carry over from my first elementary school, where everyone teased me horribly. I was outgoing as a small child, but I lost all trust for people after my friends turned against me and formed hate clubs about me. My husband never believes me when I tell him that, and I think that many others might have a similar problem. College and my time in Ukraine have driven much of the shyness out of me, as it is hard to stay shy in the adult world. At times, my shyness flares up a bit, but at least I can no longer say that there were people I knew for 5 years or more that I had never spoken to of my own initiative.
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November
18
2011
When I finished college and was applying for jobs, I had to go to my boss for the worst question of all in job interviews: What are your strengths? I’ve never been good at talking about the good things I can do. But people need to have good opinions about themselves, and know what they are good at. So here goes! I have a good attention to detail, and I am good at expressing myself through writing. I am good at working without close supervision, and I am good with children. I am a good cook (although I need to expand my repertoire) and I have a good memory for what I read. As to looks? Well, I’m not beautiful, but I have good skin (apart from freckled arms) and I love my natural hair color, a sort of reddish brown. I have pretty hands, and ok feet (I think feet are ugly). I am also pretty well proportioned, though I am definitely not what you would call skinny. Is this bragging?
When I finished college and was applying for jobs, I had to go to my boss for the worst question of all in job interviews: What are your strengths? I’ve never been good at talking about the good things I can do. But people need to have good opinions about themselves, and know what they are good at. So here goes! I have a good attention to detail, and I am good at expressing myself through writing. I am good at working without close supervision, and I am good with children. I am a good cook (although I need to expand my repertoire) and I have a good memory for what I read. As to looks? Well, I’m not beautiful, but I have good skin (apart from freckled arms) and I love my natural hair color, a sort of reddish brown. I have pretty hands, and ok feet (I think feet are ugly). I am also pretty well proportioned, though I am definitely not what you would call skinny. Is this bragging?
November
15
2011
I love a visit to the library. I’ve always been a big reader, and my husband and I can’t afford to buy lots of books and videos right now. Besides, I don’t buy books until I have read them first, unless it is a sequel to something I already have. So we make regular trips to the library for books, audiobooks (for my husband’s commute) and children’s videos for our baby. Books are my favorite form of entertainment, they require so much imagination. The library gives me a regular supply of books I haven’t read, books I loved as a child, and books I want my husband to read. I always look forward to our next library visit.
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November
10
2011
This Saturday, I went a little nuts on my apartment. It all started with the oven. The oven is ours, we got it from my mother-in-law, and it’s needed a good cleaning ever since we moved into our new apartment. I even had an aluminum sheet to put on the bottom all ready to go, I just needed to clean the oven. So, I plopped my little boy down with his favorite show to keep him out of the way of the chemicals, and sprayed the oven with some oven cleaner. Once the oven was clean, I decided to sweep and mop the floors. Before I could do that though, I needed to clean the counters and wash the dishes. When the dishes were done I ate lunch and fed my baby, then put him down for a nap. While he was sleeping, I swept and mopped the floors. Then I needed to clean the living room, because of all the stuff I had moved in there from the kitchen. First I decided to vacuum the rugs for the kitchen and entryway. The vacuum woke my little boy prematurely, and he wouldn’t go back to sleep, so I put him on the couch while I vacuumed the front room after tidying up his toys. He didn’t like the vacuum much (I usually use a little Shark that makes no noise), so that was fun. By the time I was done with that, I figured I should clean the bathroom. Can you see where this is going? By the time my husband got home at 4, I had cleaned every room in the house, except his office, and there was a nice big pile of garbage by the front door for him to take out to the dumpster. I think I got a bit carried away.
November
10
2011
All new buildings that are constructed with a steel frame are required to have all the steel components of that frame sprayed with a fire retardant spray. The fire resistant fire retardant spray will prevent the steel components from being heated during a fire and either expand or melt which could cause a catastrophic failure of the structure. This heating and melting of the steel super structure is what caused the world trade center in New York to fail and collapse. Firefighters also know that when entering older steel superstructure buildings not to trust the trusses in those buildings because of the lack of appropriate precautions taken during the construction phase.
November
7
2011
What is the true problem in the world today? What is the driving factor behind all the wars, and riots, and heated debates that turn into feuds? It’s hate. Whatever happened to agreeing to disagree? To losing gracefully, whether a political battle, or economically? The reason that things are so messed up politically and socially is because of hate. People try to blame the world’s problems on other peoples politics, on religion, or on lack of religion, where the true problem is hate on any part. Christianity doesn’t cause all the woes of the world, but some Christians who hate anyone who does anything that they view as wrong do. Whatever happened to do unto others as you would have others do to you? If I could change one thing about the world, I would take the haters out of the equation, take the crazies out to the edges where they belong, and let the moderate sensible people be leading. Because without hate, compromise and progression are possible.
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November
3
2011
I love music, I always have. I was in choir throughout grade school, and played the violin for several years. I think that music can change the entire feel of a place and therefore I choose my music carefully. I want my home to be a refuge for myself and for my family, so I prefer music that has family values. Lately I have been listening to a lot of country, particularly Brad Paisley. Country music often has themes of family and patriotism, love and normal life. Of course, some songs are preferable to others. For example, I prefer “Anything Like Me” to “Ticks.” But overall, country seems to be family safe. Music I try to avoid would be hard rock and rap, largely because of the profanity, and crassness involved. I want my children to grow up without having foul mouths, and if we listen to that kind of music around them, they will learn those kinds of words. I’m not advocating any form of censorship. I believe people have the right to listen to, or watch what they choose. I just don’t want my children exposed to that kind of thing, until they are old enough to choose it, or reject it, themselves.