I'm Going Quiet

I have a post scheduled to appear here on Friday, but apart from that I'll be quiet until next Wednesday late afternoon/evening. To start with, I'm dog sitting at my mum's from tomorrow until next Tuesday and she doesn't have internet access.

Wednesday I have an interview in Northamptonshire for a home-based job. It's the first time anyone's wanted to meet with me about a one since I became unemployed again last October. I never realised how hard it would be to get seen. Even employers who had a simple telephonist job that I have years of experience for, wanted some new fandangled qualification and JobSeeker Direct couldn't give me more details unless I had it! Good grief, I left school 24 years ago. Age and experience counts for not a lot nowadays. So, please think of me on Wednesday at 10am and keep your fingers crossed that the job really does have as many prospects as it had on screen and if so, that I get it.

HAPPY EASTER TO YOU ALL

and don't go eating too few eggs

Keep safe and well

Love and hugs as always

Sarah C xoxo

Catch Up, But No Craft To Show

Sometimes life is a series of hills and mountains that need climbing. After getting (almost) over my virus, I'm jobless!. I never got the one at Cambridge or one they put me in for at Histon. I got asked if I'd like my CV putting forward for one at Papworth, but I can't get there on the bus and don't have daily access to a car. So, here I am waiting to hear if I can get Job Seeker's Allowance and Housing Benefit again. Until then, I'm living off the money I saved from the work I have done this year! I did have details of a job that; if I got it, would have set me up for the next phase of my life. But, after ringing a mobile several times to be told the inbox was full, I found out that they'd had at least 100 people ring and were ploughing through them before opening it up again, if at all! Until a job comes along and inbetween job hunting, I'm free to talk to and see family and friends, catch up with my friends on forums, blog and blog hop and of course craft!!!

After 2 weeks of being mostly indoors, I've been lucky enough to have 3 days out and about where I've taken some Autumn photos. Don't faint, but I've even managed to update my photo blog with some of them.

I spent 2 days/evenings making some Christmas cards this week. One of my sisters had hoped to have a stall at a local fete. She asked if I'd like her to try and sell some of my cards in return for looking after her children while she did it. Of course I said yes. The chance to have some time with my niece and nephews was enough, but it had the added prospect of maybe making a little money. Unfortunately it never happened, so I'm left with quite a few cards looking for homes. My plan B is to see if David's Dad still wants some cards to sell at his church to raise some funds and split the proceeds. Will be good if he says yes, but I have a plan C which is to keep them and add to them over the year and then have a stall myself somewhere.

That's my catch-up. See you here again soon.

Take care, love and hugs

An award, a job, holidays and a catch up

Thank you to everyone who is kind enough to visit me and leave me comments. You are all so lovely. I've also been lucky enough to receive some wonderful awards from some of you. They can all be seen lower down on the right. Here's the latest award I've received from my blogging and forum friend Emma. We're all asked to pass it on to 3 fellow bloggers, so after deliberating for ages, I'm passing it on to Tee, Juliet and Shell.

I hadn't realised how long it had been since I blogged. My life changed overnight almost 2 weeks ago. I saw a job advertised on the JobCentre website at lunchtime one day and applied. In just over an hour I was in an interview and half an hour later, I had the job which started the following morning. Was great, but so quick. From being someone who didn't work and could choose how I spent my days, I became a full-time working lady with no spare time at all! What's my job? Well, I'm employed by an agency and at the moment am a customer services administration assistant. It's ok and should last until the end of June after which, I'm hoping that the agency will be able to find me something else.

Went away at the end of my first week working. My youngest sister's in Birmingham studying and invited me to stay with her for the Bank Holiday week-end. We had such a fantastic time. I went to my first all-you-can-eat Chinese buffet followed by a waltzer ride at the fair. I do have a few photos of that week-end (not many as the weather was mostly dull and rainy and I was too busy enjoying myself to keep snapping away!). Some of these piccies will be on my photo blog in the next couple of days. I got home Monday evening very tired and sad to have had to leave as I was having a great time.

I really want to do some blog hopping, but I'm too tired for that tonight and must do some crafting tomorrow. I will visit you all soon I promise. I'm so looking forward to next Monday (9th) as I'm off to Tee's for 3 days.

Hope you're all keeping well. See you here again soon
xxx