FINALLY... I've waited soooo long to post this...

I FINALLY GOT A NEW JOB and no it's not at Timmy's. I start Aug 13 at an Optometrist's office in the city. I will be an Opthalmic Technician and I'm sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks to everyone for all your prayers and support over the last 6-7 months. It is greatly appreciated. This is a full-time job (yay so Brad gets to stay in school). God is great!!!!! We are so amazingly blessed. He completely has opened a new door for me and I can't wait to go through it. Thanks again everyone...well, anyone who reads these anymore...Thanks :-) So the "eye" profile shot is very fitting. Who knew!! Mich

Anyone read these anymore?????

Just a quick note. I had a really good job interview today and it's for a full time job that I think I would really enjoy. Please keep me in your prayers. Much appreciated!!!!!

Hey Cheryl...

This one's for you!!! Thanks oodles and oodles for all the love and support you show not only my kids but all the kids at kidz church. Thank you for all the time and effort you put into loving my kids and sharing Christ with them. God bless you my friend. Sorry I didn't get on tape the full song but I was also in charge of photo taking as well so the video got kinda cropped. :-)

Nobody blogs anymore...except for maybe Darren.

Everyone is "facebooking" now and I for one do not want to see the Blog get jealous or feel left out. So in the fine tradition of Blogging...go to www.facebook.com for updates on everyone who no longer blogs!!!!!!!

Thank you! :-)

Hey, guess what???

Yep, another job interview!!! Thursday. Pray it goes well. I'm getting so frustrated with all of this. Oh and the girl who took over my homecare position at the lab quit. So I may get to do the homecare again at least for the summer now that Brad is done school till September.

Well, we'll have to wait and see.

God is good!! M :-)

Thanks for all the prayer and support...

The job search continues...I'm still putting out resumes and making some phone calls but I have to admit I'm kinda discouraged and am losing the desire to keep looking. And that's not good. I did finally pick up an application for Tim Horton's but my husband hid it somewhere??? Anyway, I am really enjoying being part-time and it gives me more opportunity to do more with church and spend more time with God which I really needed. So thanks for your interest, everyone who has asked. I'm really uncertain right now just what it is God wants me to do for a living (what I'll be when I grow up!) but I trust He will show me. Maybe He already has and I missed it but with Brad's schedule I'm totally unavailable for evenings and that can put a kink in things.

I know something will come up, but maybe timing is everything. The Niagara Hamilton Association recommended Brad to the BCOQ for his credentials after the meeting he had with them last week. Brad meets with the BCOQ on Tuesday for his credentials so who knows, maybe we will be going to another church and another city before long!!! And if not that's ok after all Jesus wasn't rich and He did just fine. We will too!! :-)

HELP, I need advice...

Okay, here is where I am right now...uncertain, nervous, anxious and afraid.

I am still working part-time for the lab - 17.5 hours a week. Financially I needed another job or a new job about 3 weeks ago. The office I have been training in since last Friday (training without pay by the way) has in fact offered me the position...but...it is a contract position. I would not be an employee of this doctor. I would be responsible for a great deal of work (time consuming) for less money than I currently make at the lab. I would be required to travel to the US on occasion for training sessions (remember hubby works every evening and attends school during day so who do I leave kids with for 3-4 days). If I take this job I would have to quit the lab and I am only being guaranteed 4 days a week. I would be responsible for arranging my hours to meet the needs of this job and the schedule of the clinic the job is at. My job is clinical trials and I would be responsible for "drumming up clients", advertising the trial and paid based on how many I bring in for the trial. Some trials can take up to a year to complete. Because I would be a contactor, no deductions will be made for income tax, EI, Canada pension etc. I have to be available by pager at all times. And I have no assurance of liability protection as I am an independant contractor if I take this.

I like the work. But there is a lot of it. With family and church there is no way I could continue at the lab. If I don't bring in the numbers required I may not get paid and/or I may be terminated. Some of the aspects of the position I don't feel I'm fully qualified to do. And the "talk" in the beginning went from learning the job and doing it with someone to starting next week doing it all on my own. I feel really unsure about all this but I realistically HAVE TO HAVE THIS JOB. I feel like if I don't take it I'll be letting my family down, especially since we've been scrimping as it is. But for some reason, the more I'm at this place the more I get an uneasy feeling and I don't really want to be there.

My FABULOUS husband is being great. He doesn't want me to lose my mind over this. He said he trusts my instincts implicitly and feels unsure too. He suggested talking my concerns over with the Dr but the contract the Dr has given me to sign that outlines all this is pretty straight forward. I have a feeling it is written the way it is for a reason. I'm doubtful he would be willing to alter it too much, but I will talk to him about my concerns before I sign anything.

Sorry for the ranting but I'm really uncertain about this one. Why would God give me this ONLY offer (after three months of looking) if I weren't supposed to jump at it!?!

Thanks in advance for any input you can offer. You will be helping a partially insane woman avoid becoming completely insane. And for that I will be eternally grateful.
Thanks :-{