So Pinterest Knight was held on last Thursday and I didn't really know what to expect going into it. I am a huge Pinterest fanatic so I was excited when I saw that ETK was actually hosting one! I walked into the ballrooms by the Mensa with Jaclyn at 6 pm and the place was already booming! There were separate little stations for each project and in the opening of the doorway was a table full of "I <3 Pinterest" pins.
The first table Jaclyn and I went to was the hot cocoa snowman making one. We filled out little jars with hot cocoa and marshmallows and mints and glued the jars together. We added little ribbons for scarves and little puffballs for the coat. They also had little googly eyes. Our second table was the picture holder thing. It's kind of hard to explain, but there were many different colors of clothes pins and you grabbed the colors that you wanted. Then you grabbed a piece of cardboard and cut a big circle. Then once you have done that, you cut a smaller circle inside the bigger circle. Once done with this, you hot glue the clothes pins all around the circle facing out so you can put pictures on them. It created a sun. Our last table was the coasters. This one was my favorite because it was fast yet really cool to do. You picked certain sheets of scrapbooking paper and then grabbed however many coasters you wanted to make. Then you would cut the sheet into the size of your coaster. Modge podge was provided at the tables so you would take a little of that and put it all over the front of your coaster. Then you laid the scrapbook paper over it and put modge podge over that as well! It looks white over your scrapbook paper, but it dried clear. You waited a good 5-10 minutes and you would have yourself a pretty coaster. I thought this was an excellent way to meet new people and work together. It was very fun and I hope they host a night like this every year!
Sunday, December 8, 2013
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Oh! The struggle
Everyday, girls criticize themselves on their looks, appearance, weight, intelligence and many more things that most likely are not even an issue with them at all. Girls are their own worst critiques and more and more girls are having self-esteem issues. Why is this do you ask? Girls feel the need to compare themselves to other girls. This is not okay. Everybody's body is built differently and different people have different genetics. Why do girls feel the need to do this constantly and have their thoughts change about their body? Why do girls lower their self-esteem over something so unimportant. Everybody is different and every girl is beautiful in their own unique way. Girls in today's society are so down on themselves and don't understand that each and every person is different. People are all beautiful or handsome in their own way. Everybody had different things about them that makes them beautiful. I believe that girls just need more confidence.
I use to have this problem in high school a lot. I would look at other girls with the expensive buckle jeans, and nice shirts and their hair done nicely and I always thought that even though I tried, they always looked better than me. I always looked down at myself and wondered what was wrong with me. Why do these girls not want to be friends with me? Yes, I get my clothes from Platos Closet, a use clothing store, but they are still in good condition, still cute and inexpensive. I curled my hair when I wanted to and dressed presentable almost every day. After I built up my confidence, I started to realize that a lot of people first judge you on your appearance. A person's first look at you could mean "hey she's kinda cute" or it could mean "wow she looks like a b****". Girls tend to judge more than guys do, but why do girls not give other girls the chance? Why do they not talk to them first before judging them on their appearance? I will never understand this, but what I can tell you is that people will have a lot more respect for you if you have confidence in yourself. All a girl needs is a little confidence and everything else in their life will follow.
I use to have this problem in high school a lot. I would look at other girls with the expensive buckle jeans, and nice shirts and their hair done nicely and I always thought that even though I tried, they always looked better than me. I always looked down at myself and wondered what was wrong with me. Why do these girls not want to be friends with me? Yes, I get my clothes from Platos Closet, a use clothing store, but they are still in good condition, still cute and inexpensive. I curled my hair when I wanted to and dressed presentable almost every day. After I built up my confidence, I started to realize that a lot of people first judge you on your appearance. A person's first look at you could mean "hey she's kinda cute" or it could mean "wow she looks like a b****". Girls tend to judge more than guys do, but why do girls not give other girls the chance? Why do they not talk to them first before judging them on their appearance? I will never understand this, but what I can tell you is that people will have a lot more respect for you if you have confidence in yourself. All a girl needs is a little confidence and everything else in their life will follow.
Sunday, December 1, 2013
Working at Pancheros
I started working at Pancheros in Dubuque, Iowa two years ago. It seems like I have been working there a lot longer but I guess it wasn't that long ago. I was training there by a crazy named Nicole. I was 16 at the time and she was 18. Now I am not saying she was crazy because I thought she was, she was crazy to everyone! She was strict about everything and would constantly pick on me especially when I first started there. Some of the stuff I didn't even know what to do or know how to handle situations and she would yell at me. I felt like such an idiot sometimes, but in the end she trained me into a hard worker at Panch.
When I first started at Pancheros, I mostly worked the night shift because I was still new to everything and usually nights were a lot slower. I was put on dish. We had 4duties at the time which were dish, dining room, front of house, and the manager who just kept up with the meat cutting and cooking it. I was on dish my first night and I was stressed to the max. So many dishes all the time and I didn't know how I had so many. My first couple nights I worked with Nicole, so I always felt like I wasn't going to make it in the burrito making business. Well I was sure wrong because look at me now! I also would like to say that Nicole was a crazy because she was going into the air force in January and quitting at Pancheros. She was a "hard ass"(sorry for the cuss word!)
As I started to move along in my Pancheros career weird things were happening. My good friend Erin who I worked with at Pancheros who helped me get the job at Panch quit and left to work at a rec center in her home town. I found out that the 22 year old, Brittney, was gross and weird. Again, I am not being judgmental, but my boss would constantly tell her she cannot wear a dirty shirt to work. She also would not shower for days and would have slick,greasy hair. She also liked to pick on me so one day I final had enough and went up to her and said, "If you have a problem with me please say it to my face." After that I have heard nothing but sweet things from her. Sometimes you just have to stick up for yourself in situations like that.
I also worked with people like Kayla, a girl my age who is pretty cool, a guy name Chris who was a year younger than me, but super laid back, two twins named Courtney and Caitlyn who were also my age with bright red hair (they were stoners so we never talked a whole lot), Trevor, a guy who is two years younger than me, but super energetic and free-spirited; he was a very funny kid! There were other people as well, but these were the main people that I enjoyed spending my time with and who were working at Pancheros before me. As of today, only Kayla and I are still working at Pancheros. She became a manager because she is going to a community college so she is close to town. I was suppose to become a manager , but with my decision to come to Wartburg, my boss thought that I should stay a worker till next summer when I have time to get the training in to become a manager.
I really enjoy working at Pancheros because it is quick-paced and there is always something to do. You do not sit around and wait for something awesome to happen like at other jobs. I am an active girl so always moving and keeping myself busy is in my nature. I don't know if I will ever leave Pancheros anytime soon because my boss relies on me for many reasons. He said himself he misses me working because I was his best worker and how he appreciates me coming home to work over breaks. I think I will stay up until my Junior year and maybe I will find a different job when that time comes. I will forever be known in the Mensa to my cross country teammates as the best burrito roller around though ;)
When I first started at Pancheros, I mostly worked the night shift because I was still new to everything and usually nights were a lot slower. I was put on dish. We had 4duties at the time which were dish, dining room, front of house, and the manager who just kept up with the meat cutting and cooking it. I was on dish my first night and I was stressed to the max. So many dishes all the time and I didn't know how I had so many. My first couple nights I worked with Nicole, so I always felt like I wasn't going to make it in the burrito making business. Well I was sure wrong because look at me now! I also would like to say that Nicole was a crazy because she was going into the air force in January and quitting at Pancheros. She was a "hard ass"(sorry for the cuss word!)
As I started to move along in my Pancheros career weird things were happening. My good friend Erin who I worked with at Pancheros who helped me get the job at Panch quit and left to work at a rec center in her home town. I found out that the 22 year old, Brittney, was gross and weird. Again, I am not being judgmental, but my boss would constantly tell her she cannot wear a dirty shirt to work. She also would not shower for days and would have slick,greasy hair. She also liked to pick on me so one day I final had enough and went up to her and said, "If you have a problem with me please say it to my face." After that I have heard nothing but sweet things from her. Sometimes you just have to stick up for yourself in situations like that.
I also worked with people like Kayla, a girl my age who is pretty cool, a guy name Chris who was a year younger than me, but super laid back, two twins named Courtney and Caitlyn who were also my age with bright red hair (they were stoners so we never talked a whole lot), Trevor, a guy who is two years younger than me, but super energetic and free-spirited; he was a very funny kid! There were other people as well, but these were the main people that I enjoyed spending my time with and who were working at Pancheros before me. As of today, only Kayla and I are still working at Pancheros. She became a manager because she is going to a community college so she is close to town. I was suppose to become a manager , but with my decision to come to Wartburg, my boss thought that I should stay a worker till next summer when I have time to get the training in to become a manager.
I really enjoy working at Pancheros because it is quick-paced and there is always something to do. You do not sit around and wait for something awesome to happen like at other jobs. I am an active girl so always moving and keeping myself busy is in my nature. I don't know if I will ever leave Pancheros anytime soon because my boss relies on me for many reasons. He said himself he misses me working because I was his best worker and how he appreciates me coming home to work over breaks. I think I will stay up until my Junior year and maybe I will find a different job when that time comes. I will forever be known in the Mensa to my cross country teammates as the best burrito roller around though ;)
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