Thank you so much for eveyone's prayer and thoughts for me. I have start a new job on Monday in Boulder City. It is through a temp agency but something is better than nothing. It is full time and not the part time they told me about originally.
I will still take the state test on June 1st. Just realized the date conflict. I will have to call the temp agency in the morning, they are closed already.
I love you all so much and I will keep you informed of what is going on.
Thank you!
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
WEC
For all Woman in the Las Vegas Valley, Check it out:
The choice in complete health and wellness event planning.
MISSION:
Our mission is to provide quality, informative, educational and fun wellness events, in order to enhance the health and wellness of the community. We aspire to provide events that encompass complete health such as:
•Preventative health screenings
•Personal health
•Education
•Insurance options
•Pre-planning
•Early detection
•Exercise
•Financial health
•Safety
•Beauty
Our Core Values:
1.Customer Service: We will always strive to meet and exceed your expectations during all phases of the event.
2.Value: To give you value for your dollar
3.Exposure: To positively promote your name to the best of our abilities
4.Reputation: With a combined experience in working, hosting, and coordinating 500 + events, we have seen and done it all!
When: Thurs, May 28, 2009
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Where: Red Rock Casino, Resort & Spa
Located in on the Charleston Ballroom at 11011 W. Charleston, Las Vegas, NV 89135
Click here for map
When: Wed, August 12, 2009
9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Where: The Fiesta Henderson Casino Hotel
Located in on the 2nd floor in the Cancun Ballroom at 777 W. Lake Mead Parkway, Henderson, NV 89015
The choice in complete health and wellness event planning.
MISSION:
Our mission is to provide quality, informative, educational and fun wellness events, in order to enhance the health and wellness of the community. We aspire to provide events that encompass complete health such as:
•Preventative health screenings
•Personal health
•Education
•Insurance options
•Pre-planning
•Early detection
•Exercise
•Financial health
•Safety
•Beauty
Our Core Values:
1.Customer Service: We will always strive to meet and exceed your expectations during all phases of the event.
2.Value: To give you value for your dollar
3.Exposure: To positively promote your name to the best of our abilities
4.Reputation: With a combined experience in working, hosting, and coordinating 500 + events, we have seen and done it all!
When: Thurs, May 28, 2009
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Where: Red Rock Casino, Resort & Spa
Located in on the Charleston Ballroom at 11011 W. Charleston, Las Vegas, NV 89135
Click here for map
When: Wed, August 12, 2009
9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Where: The Fiesta Henderson Casino Hotel
Located in on the 2nd floor in the Cancun Ballroom at 777 W. Lake Mead Parkway, Henderson, NV 89015
This is interesting . . .
Have you ever worked for a toxic boss before. I seem to find them in almost every job I have. I thought this article by monster.com was very interesting.
Ten Warning Signs of a Toxic Boss
By Margot Carmichael Lester, Monster Contributing Writer
We've all heard stories about the nightmare of working for a toxic boss. Some of us have even had the unique displeasure of doing so ourselves.
Red flags to such behavior often appear as early as the interview process. We've compiled 10 warning signs of a toxic boss. Watch for them in the interview and you might be able to avoid a negative work environment -- or at least know what you're in for:
Disrespectful Behavior: "Don't overlook unprofessional behavior, such as emails that aren't returned or disregard for stop and start times for the interview without apology," says Anna Maravelas, president of TheraRising.com and author of How to Reduce Workplace Conflict and Stress. "These mini-moments are microcosms of your potential supervisor's style."
Visual Cues: "If your boss scans you from head to waist versus waist to head as they extend their hand in greeting you, they are intuitively sending a message that you are smaller than they are," explains Zannah Hackett, author of The Ancient Wisdom of Matchmaking. Though subtle, it's the nonverbal equivalent of a belittling comment. "This is not a good sign that your talents are going to flourish in this environment."
Defensive Body Language: "An insecure boss will find you threatening if you are good at your job and will use the power of the position to make your life miserable," says Pamela Lenehan, president of Ridge Hill Consulting and author of What You Don't Know and Your Boss Won't Tell You. Watch for constant shifting, avoiding eye contact or rifling through papers as you talk, she notes.
Bad Attitude: If your interviewer exhibits a general lack of enthusiasm or interest in the company, watch out, warns Donna Flagg, a principal with human resources and management consulting firm The Krysalis Group. It could be a bad day, or it could be a bad boss. "Ask for company turnover [data] and turnover [data] for that individual manager," she suggests.
Excessive Nervousness: Don't ignore extreme behavior, cautions one worker. "My boss used to eat sugar packets and raisins, and she downed them with large cups of black espresso," she recalls. "And she spoke in triplets: ‘hi, hi, hi,' ‘good, good, good,' ‘when, when, when.' Her stress level telegraphed to everyone in the department."
Distrust of Others: A toxic boss "openly displays a lack of trust in people, especially for those on the team in which he or she is supposed to lead," notes Gregg Stocker, author of Avoiding the Corporate Death Spiral: Recognizing & Eliminating the Signs of Decline. Ask what the company's problems are and what their causes might be. "If the answers to these questions consist of blaming others in the organization, especially those on his or her team, the person lacks trust in others."
Fear Used as a Motivator: Ask the prospective boss about others on the team with whom you will be working -- specifically, how well they work together, stay focused and meet objectives, Stocker advises. Be wary if the response identifies a lack of respect for people. When managers disrespect and distrust others' motivations, they resort to extrinsic means with which to motivate, such as threats, public humiliation and comments about layoffs.
Word Choice: "Your ears are your best hunch barometer," Hackett says. "Our choice of words sets up a dynamic that can raise or lower the energy in a room. If they begin every sentence with a negative message and then try to diffuse it somewhat, it is likely that negativity prevails in their life and carries over into work."
Extreme Friendliness: "It may sound odd, but what should have tipped me off was how nice she was," one administrative assistant says of her toxic boss. "I compare it to children being lured into dangerous situations with candy. How many kids don't want candy? And how many adults don't want to work for a boss who is nice? It was a trap I could've easily avoided had I caught on earlier."
Self-Absorption: "If his ideas seem to be more important than finding out about your ideas, or if you provide an answer and the interviewer tells you you're wrong or interrupts with his own answer to the question, it may be an indication that he will be difficult to work with," notes one technical support staffer.
Ten Warning Signs of a Toxic Boss
By Margot Carmichael Lester, Monster Contributing Writer
We've all heard stories about the nightmare of working for a toxic boss. Some of us have even had the unique displeasure of doing so ourselves.
Red flags to such behavior often appear as early as the interview process. We've compiled 10 warning signs of a toxic boss. Watch for them in the interview and you might be able to avoid a negative work environment -- or at least know what you're in for:
Disrespectful Behavior: "Don't overlook unprofessional behavior, such as emails that aren't returned or disregard for stop and start times for the interview without apology," says Anna Maravelas, president of TheraRising.com and author of How to Reduce Workplace Conflict and Stress. "These mini-moments are microcosms of your potential supervisor's style."
Visual Cues: "If your boss scans you from head to waist versus waist to head as they extend their hand in greeting you, they are intuitively sending a message that you are smaller than they are," explains Zannah Hackett, author of The Ancient Wisdom of Matchmaking. Though subtle, it's the nonverbal equivalent of a belittling comment. "This is not a good sign that your talents are going to flourish in this environment."
Defensive Body Language: "An insecure boss will find you threatening if you are good at your job and will use the power of the position to make your life miserable," says Pamela Lenehan, president of Ridge Hill Consulting and author of What You Don't Know and Your Boss Won't Tell You. Watch for constant shifting, avoiding eye contact or rifling through papers as you talk, she notes.
Bad Attitude: If your interviewer exhibits a general lack of enthusiasm or interest in the company, watch out, warns Donna Flagg, a principal with human resources and management consulting firm The Krysalis Group. It could be a bad day, or it could be a bad boss. "Ask for company turnover [data] and turnover [data] for that individual manager," she suggests.
Excessive Nervousness: Don't ignore extreme behavior, cautions one worker. "My boss used to eat sugar packets and raisins, and she downed them with large cups of black espresso," she recalls. "And she spoke in triplets: ‘hi, hi, hi,' ‘good, good, good,' ‘when, when, when.' Her stress level telegraphed to everyone in the department."
Distrust of Others: A toxic boss "openly displays a lack of trust in people, especially for those on the team in which he or she is supposed to lead," notes Gregg Stocker, author of Avoiding the Corporate Death Spiral: Recognizing & Eliminating the Signs of Decline. Ask what the company's problems are and what their causes might be. "If the answers to these questions consist of blaming others in the organization, especially those on his or her team, the person lacks trust in others."
Fear Used as a Motivator: Ask the prospective boss about others on the team with whom you will be working -- specifically, how well they work together, stay focused and meet objectives, Stocker advises. Be wary if the response identifies a lack of respect for people. When managers disrespect and distrust others' motivations, they resort to extrinsic means with which to motivate, such as threats, public humiliation and comments about layoffs.
Word Choice: "Your ears are your best hunch barometer," Hackett says. "Our choice of words sets up a dynamic that can raise or lower the energy in a room. If they begin every sentence with a negative message and then try to diffuse it somewhat, it is likely that negativity prevails in their life and carries over into work."
Extreme Friendliness: "It may sound odd, but what should have tipped me off was how nice she was," one administrative assistant says of her toxic boss. "I compare it to children being lured into dangerous situations with candy. How many kids don't want candy? And how many adults don't want to work for a boss who is nice? It was a trap I could've easily avoided had I caught on earlier."
Self-Absorption: "If his ideas seem to be more important than finding out about your ideas, or if you provide an answer and the interviewer tells you you're wrong or interrupts with his own answer to the question, it may be an indication that he will be difficult to work with," notes one technical support staffer.
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Church Today
I went to church today. It was a nice day at church. I had a hard time waking up at first but by the time sacrament meeting was over, I was good to go. I spoke to my Bishop today. I got some really nice council. Sunday school and Relief Society were nice too. I saw some younger woman in Relief Society and realized BYU is out for the summer.
A young boy came up to me as I was standing in the hall. I thought wow what a brave young man. He wanted to show me how me can make a paper airplane super fast. I asked if it could fly. He was so sure of himself and said 'of course its a plane'. So he tried throwing it a few times put it wouldn't fly. I then ripped a piece of paper put of my notebook and gave it to him. He asked me what the paper was for. I told him to make another airplane. He ran to his sister and had to show off the small piece of paper. It was cute.
I went to a YSA Conference fireside they were having locally. The place was packed. There were 2 speakers. The first one took his time and the second one talked super fast. While they were talking my friend was adding the scriptures to my palm pilot thing. Which I thought was super nice of him. Then after the fireside they served ice cream. It was a mad house. I thought the talks were nice. The theme song someone wrote was really awesome.
A young boy came up to me as I was standing in the hall. I thought wow what a brave young man. He wanted to show me how me can make a paper airplane super fast. I asked if it could fly. He was so sure of himself and said 'of course its a plane'. So he tried throwing it a few times put it wouldn't fly. I then ripped a piece of paper put of my notebook and gave it to him. He asked me what the paper was for. I told him to make another airplane. He ran to his sister and had to show off the small piece of paper. It was cute.
I went to a YSA Conference fireside they were having locally. The place was packed. There were 2 speakers. The first one took his time and the second one talked super fast. While they were talking my friend was adding the scriptures to my palm pilot thing. Which I thought was super nice of him. Then after the fireside they served ice cream. It was a mad house. I thought the talks were nice. The theme song someone wrote was really awesome.
Friday, May 15, 2009
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Happy Mother's Day
Happy Mother's Day to all the Mother's out there.
I don't want to forget about the soon-to-be Mothers or the women that one day will be Mothers. Happy Mother's Day to you too.
Mother's Day is a world wide event. It is celebrated differently in every culture. It isn't like Christmas where it is the same day everywhere but it is a good day none the less.
This is a link to the History of Mother's Day according the Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother's_Day
Here is a nice poem I found for this special day:
M... is for the million things she gave me,
O... means only that she's growing old,
T... is for the tears she shed to save me,
H... is for her heart of purest gold;
E... is for her eyes, with love-light shining,
R... means right, and right she'll always be.
Put them all together, they spell "MOTHER,"
A word that means the world to me.
--Howard Johnson (c. 1915)
Thank you to all the women who have acted like my Mother and to the one woman who is my mother. I love you all!
Today's Horoscope
I'm a Cancer. I have the igoogle page set up and with that I have the daily horoscope. I usually don't pay to much attention to it but I really liked todays:
You may surprise yourself today because you are so willing to be involved in someone else's plan that you aren't worried about relinquishing control. You may even be eager to take your role as a passenger without trying to be a back seat driver. It really doesn't matter much what activities are on the day's itinerary. It's just the act of doing something new and different now that makes you smile.
You may surprise yourself today because you are so willing to be involved in someone else's plan that you aren't worried about relinquishing control. You may even be eager to take your role as a passenger without trying to be a back seat driver. It really doesn't matter much what activities are on the day's itinerary. It's just the act of doing something new and different now that makes you smile.
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Oatman, AZ
I went to Oatman, AZ this morning with my Daughters of the Nile group. It is just outside of Laughin, NV / Bullhead City, AZ. It was a nice ride there and back. It is a very good day trip. They have about 20 shops with Route 66, Oatman, AZ and old miners themes.
We ate at the local restaurant which has $1 bills stapled to the wall every where. It is more than the wall paper. I had my first buffalo burger. It was so good and so lean. I wouldn't mind eating it again.
We saw an old fashion gun fight with the Outlaws of Oatman, AZ. I took several pictures with my friend's (the Queen) camera so I will get copies later.
Just before we left one of the shop owners told us if we show a carrot to one of the local wild mules (yes they walk every where and get into everything, they don't care) then put the carrot behind our back she will give us a kiss. Which I did, the mules name was Dotty and she gave me a kiss. My friend got a great picture of it. I can't wait for a copy.
The local mules were nice. One tried to eat the cell phone in my friends purse. You are not allowed to feed the baby mules (mainly because they will choke on the carrots) so they have stickers on there heads. Some of the mules hung out at a center store front, later discovered because they had a huge fan blowing nice cool air out the door. You could see there were 2 or 3 mules that were about to have a baby.
Oatman has a tattoo shop but it was closed for the summer. I thought that was super funny (specially since it is the beginning of May).
The gun show is twice a day, Noon and 2:15 PM. The Outlaws who do the show do it to raise money for the Shriners Children's Hospitals. Our Nile group went with some Shriners from Las Vegas. They received a check for the hospital the Las Vegas temple is over (I think its the Salt Lake City one but not sure). After the show they pass there hats around for donations as well as sell Outlaw bandannas and hats. At the Noon show they introduced the whole group. We got a picture of all of us with the Outlaws. I can't wait for a copy of that picture too.
All in all it was a nice day and a very nice trip. I would do it again and I would encourage others to go as well.
We ate at the local restaurant which has $1 bills stapled to the wall every where. It is more than the wall paper. I had my first buffalo burger. It was so good and so lean. I wouldn't mind eating it again.
We saw an old fashion gun fight with the Outlaws of Oatman, AZ. I took several pictures with my friend's (the Queen) camera so I will get copies later.
Just before we left one of the shop owners told us if we show a carrot to one of the local wild mules (yes they walk every where and get into everything, they don't care) then put the carrot behind our back she will give us a kiss. Which I did, the mules name was Dotty and she gave me a kiss. My friend got a great picture of it. I can't wait for a copy.
The local mules were nice. One tried to eat the cell phone in my friends purse. You are not allowed to feed the baby mules (mainly because they will choke on the carrots) so they have stickers on there heads. Some of the mules hung out at a center store front, later discovered because they had a huge fan blowing nice cool air out the door. You could see there were 2 or 3 mules that were about to have a baby.
Oatman has a tattoo shop but it was closed for the summer. I thought that was super funny (specially since it is the beginning of May).
The gun show is twice a day, Noon and 2:15 PM. The Outlaws who do the show do it to raise money for the Shriners Children's Hospitals. Our Nile group went with some Shriners from Las Vegas. They received a check for the hospital the Las Vegas temple is over (I think its the Salt Lake City one but not sure). After the show they pass there hats around for donations as well as sell Outlaw bandannas and hats. At the Noon show they introduced the whole group. We got a picture of all of us with the Outlaws. I can't wait for a copy of that picture too.
All in all it was a nice day and a very nice trip. I would do it again and I would encourage others to go as well.
Going Second
My friend Josh Alfaro is in a band called Going Second. They are based out of Utah. They finally came to Las Vegas and played a show here last night. They played at The Dive Bar where my Senior prom date and friend Antero Medrano is a bartender. It was nice hanging out a little bit with some people from Blythe.
The show was really good. I meet the members of the band and a good friend of Josh's. It was nice talking to everyone.
The band is on Facebook, Myspace and they have their own website www.goingsecond.com You should check them out. They are a rock band on the happier side of things. They have a really great sound and I wish them the best in the music industry.
The show was really good. I meet the members of the band and a good friend of Josh's. It was nice talking to everyone.
The band is on Facebook, Myspace and they have their own website www.goingsecond.com You should check them out. They are a rock band on the happier side of things. They have a really great sound and I wish them the best in the music industry.
Friday, May 8, 2009
The El Gizarettes
For those of you who know me, you know that I am once again, President of the El Gizarettes. The El Gizarettes is a dance unit in the Daughters of the Nile, Las Vegas, NV #139 Temple. This is my second term as president. Since I have become president I have created a central email address, online calendar, documents that members can print from the email address, as well as a website and a blog. I hope the next president keeps it up in the future.
This is the blog address:
http://elgizarettes.blogspot.com/
This is the website page address:
http://sites.google.com/site/theelgizarettes/
You should check it out and see what we have been up to.
This is the blog address:
http://elgizarettes.blogspot.com/
This is the website page address:
http://sites.google.com/site/theelgizarettes/
You should check it out and see what we have been up to.
American Superstars
This last Saturday night I went to the show 'American Superstars' at the Stratosphere. I won the tickets at the fashion show that I was a model at. I took my friend Karen.
The show was really good. It started off with Elvis Presley, then Tim McGraw, Rod Stewart, Christina Aguilar and ended with Michael Jackson. It had the 4 show girls in and out of the whole show. You could take pictures with all of the performers after the show.
We then went to the top of the Stratopshere and walked around. It was nice. It was Karen's first time up there and my second. We looked over the railing. It was crazy to see how high we were.
Then we took pictures. The pictures were cute. I will upload it as soon as I can scan it in.
The show was really good. It started off with Elvis Presley, then Tim McGraw, Rod Stewart, Christina Aguilar and ended with Michael Jackson. It had the 4 show girls in and out of the whole show. You could take pictures with all of the performers after the show.
We then went to the top of the Stratopshere and walked around. It was nice. It was Karen's first time up there and my second. We looked over the railing. It was crazy to see how high we were.
Then we took pictures. The pictures were cute. I will upload it as soon as I can scan it in.
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