On the job front, I had an interview with the Montana Dept of Transportation on Monday the 22nd of December. This was actually considered the 3rd round (1st = application qualification, 2nd = written exam, 3rd = initial interview, 4th = interview with supervisory staff). I actually "studied" like crazy for the interview...spending hours preparing answers to typical behavioral interview questions. I was the first of five candidates to interview on Monday...not good news for those of you who may know that the last candidate to interview can typically be the one selected. However, the interview is conducted by three individuals who score each question individually. Those scores are tallied and you must receive a score of 70% in order to "pass." WELL FOLKS, I didn't pass...according to a rejection e-mail I so kindly received the next afternoon. This completely bummed me out for the next.....well.... I'm still pretty depressed about it. I feel like I can do pretty much any office job thrown my way and nothing makes me feel worse than being rejected. A big blow to the professional ego I have definitely sustained!
On the Webkinz front you'll be happy to know that Charlie (female collie), Gilda (panda), Gary (panda), and Oliver (striped alley cat) are doing well. They are taking classes at the Kinzville Academy are excelling in every subject except Creativity (painting class). That one is TOUGH! They also enjoy making and serving pizzas...this one is challenging me and I will DEFEAT it! Those temperamental customers just won't let me pass a certain score...
Those are just my personal Webkinz. You may also be pleased to know that the girls' Webkinz are doing well. Samantha has 6 Webkinz and Riley has 8. Yeah, thanks to Aunt Misty for starting this whole darn craze in our home! It all began one year ago Christmas when Aunt Misty introduced a tiger to Riley and a pink poodle to Samantha. We had never heard of them before and didn't even set up their accounts until late March. It has been a lot of fun since then and I have become addicted myself. My fascination is really with the games. I've loved games all my life and when I get bored with one there are always others from which to choose.
So, you want to know all of the names for the girls' pets?
Samantha has Pearl (pink poodle), Jewel (black stallion), Snowflake (white poodle), Leia (white yorkie), Rayla (charcoal cat), and William (pink whimsy dragon...the only boy in the bunch!)
Riley has Jimmy (female, tiger), Ila (brown arabian), Olive (frog), Sarah (cocker spaniel), Lily (white persian), Bubble Gum (female, golden retriever), Cocoa (female, brown horse), and Eunice (white unicorn)
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The girls enjoyed their Christmas...I hope everyone else did as well. Ben and I let the girls open their gifts under the tree on Christmas Eve. It was a total surprise to them...they had no idea. The look on their faces was priceless. Ben had to work on Christmas Day, so that is the reason we strayed from protocol. Christmas morning was relatively calm since they only had their gifts from Santa to open and not the entire mountain of gifts. It was more fun for me that way...seeing them thoroughly focus on and enjoy Santa's gifts.
I am posting some pictures of the gift-opening and also of our plentiful snow in Great Falls. Apparently, we are lucky enough to be blessed with a record-breaking December...we got something like 25 inches of snow for the month. This was also the first "white Christmas" in many years. LUCKY US! OK, I'm being sarcastic...I don't enjoy the snow unless I can just look at it and say "OOH" and "AAH." Seriously, it's not often you can experience the kind of snow where you can really see each snowflake landing and make out the entire design. It is really, really beautiful at that moment, but not so much when you have to drive in it OR when you are stuck inside for more than a week because it is too darn cold to even venture outside to retrieve the mail. Yup, I counted it...I left the house twice in the last 10 days. That's completely pathetic and making me CRAZY!!
Samantha is very excited to get back to school in the morning. She can't wait to show off some of her new outfits...one of which you can see in their pictures in front of the Christmas tree. Of course, Riley has an identical outfit...who can resist matching kids?!
Enjoy the pictures and know that we all wish you the best of everything for 2009!
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