My Baby is 4!

Denim had her 4th birthday. I was on my last week of OJT so I was working 40 hours that week. Wayne was really cute and the night before her birthday he got an idea to decorate the kitchen and kitchen nook. He put up streamers and balloons all over. When she woke up and went downstairs she was so happy. He really made it a fun day for her. We missed the McBrides not living close.

“Hoppy” Easter!

This year, for Easter we went to the Seven Hills party (that is where our construction property is located). The party was on the golf course. It was beautiful. They had an adult egg hunt and they had prizes including at $50 gift card. I figured...I can do it! On your mark, get set, go! I ran, of course not to the closest eggs but a bit farther where there was a small group of 3 eggs. I bent down to pick up the first one, then the second and as I was bent over this lady pushes me over! She pushed me so hard that my lower back where she hit me HURT. I got up an as she was looking in her egg I turned around and shoved her and said, “What is your problem?” Well I guess she wasn’t expecting me to fight back but I did! She backed off. Wayne was proud that I defended myself.

Denim got Enchanted in her Easter Basket this year. We watched it before church. Denim said, “Mom, Edward has big elbows,” speaking of his puffy sleeves.
When I got her dressed in her cute pink Easter dress with puffed sleeves, she didn’t want to wear them because, “The elbows were too big like Edward!”

Funny Dillon Story

As I am working on my blog if I think of funny stories from my past I want to share them so I always have them. At my first parent/teacher conference with Dillon’s teacher this year, she said, “I wanted to meet Dillon’s parents. I didn’t know if you were rock stars or what. Every time Dillon goes down the slide he puts both hands up with #1’s and yells, “Whoo HOO!”” That’s my boy.

OJT

I just finished my fist week of OJT (that's On The Job Training). It was WAY fun! I really enjoyed it. I would get so excited after lunch time was over and I would go out to the counter and there was a line of people to help. This next week I head back up to Seattle for my last week of "book" training. I have one more test, a cumlitive final... 100 questions... scary. I really like all the fun stuff Alaska has going on. This week there is an "Alaska Spirit Party" how dang fun does that sound?!?! It is in Seattle and I just happen to be in Seattle so I am there baby! The Las Vegas crew are going to have a picnic in April. I also have a secret buddy that I get to get to know! I am totally psyched! I will write more after next weeks graduation party!

1st Week of Training in SEA!

I had a great time! It is so fun to be studying things that I like. My roommate is Colette from here in LAS. She is great! We study A LOT! I took 2 tests last week and got 99.2% on the first quiz and 100% on the second! We have to get 90% or better to continue with training.

We went to downtown one night (other nights were spent studying). It was fun. It was Myself, Colette, and Erin (a ramp agent in training from ANC). We found a great yummy little place to eat and met very friendly people. SEA (Seattle) is so beautiful. I have always wanted to live there and it is even more beautiful than I thought it was going to be. There is so much green and water!

My trainer is Tiftin. She is so GREAT and I am not just saying that. She is also LDS and we are going to go to the SEA temple this week. She is very energetic and she is easy to learn from.

I got to meet Bill Ayer. I regret that I didn't snap a photo of us together but I was more star struck. Bill Ayer is the CEO of Alaska Airlines. He is very nice and down to earth. Although he didn't say it, it is rumored that we might soon go into SLC. Time will tell.

"I WAS ROBBED!"

“I was robbed!” I have used that phrase many times, mostly when I play games and I don’t roll the numbers or pick the cards that I want. This past week this sentence has become all too real. After a great time at a Mini-Family Reunion with the Dittbrenner’s, we spent the night at my sister Tiffany’s house before driving back to Las Vegas. We parked the car in the parking garage for her apartment complex. We came out Monday morning and the back window had been smashed. We had indeed been robbed in Provo. The thief took my purse and our 2 kids DVD players.

Here is what I have learned from my experience. Hopefully you can learn from me and glean from my new albeit forced knowledge:

- NEVER leave a purse in sight in your car
- That goes for DVD players too
- Don’t assume that a parking garage is safer than the street...it’s not
- Gift cards are the same as cash (I know you know this, but if you are like me you may have TONS in your wallet right now)
- Farmers Auto insurance doesn’t cover cash and gift cards or portable DVD players
- Farmers Homeowner insurance may...that is still TBD
- Receipts for returning items are not covered as they are not a physical loss (It must be mental because it is killing me!)
- Don’t ever carry your Social Security Card in your wallet (Now you may be saying...Amy you are so dumb...of course you don’t do that! I know, however when you are going to start a new job as I am doing on Monday, then you need to take it with you!)
- (Along with previous) Don’t go get a Social Security card during their office lunch hours
- Buy expensive purses on clearance for 90% off because replacement value is great
- Don’t make your car look enticing to rob...I am thinking about caring some fake poop or vomit to lay out on the seats of my car.
- Rental Cars don’t have car alarms
- Credit cards ROCK! You can cancel them quickly and they will refund any unauthorized purchases.
- Always rent a car with your American Express and don’t go with the optional insurance provide by the rental agency. Amex will cover your deductible.
- Don’t assume that all people are good and decent and nothing evil happens...even in Provo!

I flew on Alaska Air for my first time! Last Tuesday I few to Seattle to have a drug test and fingerprinting. I know this is one test I am going to pass! It was fun to see Seattle but a bit on the borring side as my plane was delayed over 1 hour on the way there and over 2 hours on the way back. I hope to start my new job on February 25th (If not the 25th then for sure on March 3rd).