If anyone is actually still reading this I'll be surprised. I feel like I live in my office and on Interstate 30 traveling back and forth from Dallas to Little Rock which leaves little time for blogging. I can't tell you how many times I've said to myself "today is the day...I'm going to blog" but next thing I know I'm wrapped up in something else.
Quick update on the Beene clan:
Taylor: Miss thing got her braces on Oct 29 and let me tell you she looks as if she's aged 5 years. I'm not ready for her to grow up.
Jakob: He has started wrestling in Maumelle and loves it. He's a strong little sucker and at 8 is ripped with muscles head to toe. His first meet is tentatively Dec 5. I can't wait!
Lulu: Lu is just Lu! She's constantly singing a song or making up a scene for the movie going on in her mind. She will be a superstar one day and hopefully support her momma and daddy.
Daddy: our daddy is doing great. He's running himself around doing the job of two parents. He says he's ready for me to be in AR. Truth be told, I don't think its because he misses me, I think its because he needs a 2nd set of hands!
And me: I've had quite a bit going on myself. As most of you know I was a weather forecaster when I was in the Air Force. Loved it. I will always be a weather nerd. :) I had a brainstorm that with all the weather presentations I have done and the lengthy education, I wondered what it would take to forecast on the news. So, I sent out emails to all the local channels with my resume. Guess what...I got a hit!
Ed Buckner of CBS Channel 11 emailed me back. What a nice man. Truly. Everyone in LR should watch Channel 11. He invited me to the station and I spent the afternoon helping him with that nights forecast and graphics. I had such a great time. I asked him what it would take for me to be considered for a position if one were available. He said my education/background was more than enough and he could teach me any camera work I might need. So, once I get a job in LR, I will try to meet with him at least once a week or so to get a resume tape together. They will be hiring a 4th forecaster sometime in the next year or so. I'm hoping by then I've wow'd them enough to be considered. We will see!
Ed Buckner of CBS Channel 11 emailed me back. What a nice man. Truly. Everyone in LR should watch Channel 11. He invited me to the station and I spent the afternoon helping him with that nights forecast and graphics. I had such a great time. I asked him what it would take for me to be considered for a position if one were available. He said my education/background was more than enough and he could teach me any camera work I might need. So, once I get a job in LR, I will try to meet with him at least once a week or so to get a resume tape together. They will be hiring a 4th forecaster sometime in the next year or so. I'm hoping by then I've wow'd them enough to be considered. We will see!
My other big news is I have been interviewing with a company in Little Rock for an Executive Assistant for a CEO. Great company...great job. I've made it to the final rounds and should know something by weeks end. My stomach is in knots knowing that this 2 year separation of our family could possibly end in the next month. What a relief it will be.
Anyone have any big plans for Thanksgiving? We are staying home (in Texas) and working on our house. Remind me next time we buy a fixer upper that we need to start one project at a time...we have about 20 started and very few finished. So while you are enjoying your time off this coming week just think of JD and I slathered in paint and boo boo's from all the construction/updating we will be doing. If you are bored...come join us. I won't hold my breath...but if you are good friends and family you will show up...I'm just sayin. :)
Happy Thanksgiving!
