Today, Barb is: feeling as though the gauntlet has been thrown down and accepted!

well Jim, I accept your challenge.

"You will never post every day this month."

That is part of the comment he left for me in yesterdays blogging.
So today is going to be the start of a great rest of the week. One of the VPs here is gone which means there will be fun to be had!!!

Plus tonight is Dad's school retirement party. it should be fun.
other than that things are going well, minus the horrid phone interview. bleck.
OOOHH! i forgot to tell you this. so the bank has this thing called "bank lunch" where the bank pays for the whole place to have lunch on them and this coming friday (as in 2 days from now) we get bank lunch at ...
wait for it.....
CHIPOTLE!!!!!!!!
Yum!

Today, Barb is: having a good day. an ok day. maybe a day for the history books? naaah.

so the Jim is doing this thing where he is going to be trying to post everyday even if it is about nothing. i like that idea and so i am going to steal it also.
i thought of making it into a race, but i am already 4 days behind him, so it wouldn't be fair.
so here is the first post of my month long (hopefully) postings!

guess what i did today?
i had a phone interview. it is with RSM McGladrey for an HR Representative. I don't think it went very well, but you can never tell. I would like to say that it is in the bag, but i honestly don't think it has been my best interview. i am a much better in-person interviewer. people get to know me that way. people like me more when they get to meet me face to face. at least that is what i tell myself so i sleep good at night! :-)

i miss the song Convoy. i like the rubber duck part of it.
big bear this here's rubber duck.

i want to be rubber duck.

Today, Barb is: having a pretty good day.

things are going well in the land of barb.
the lease has been officially signed and we begin moving in to the new place approx July 23rd-ish.
the car is still great and beautiful and i love it.
Kim is still pregnant. Cori is still pregnant. Erin is still pregnant.
Basically everyone is pregnant.
Work is going ok.
I have applied for another job that i REALLY want. So I will keep you up to date with that.

Mom and dad will be leaving for about 2 weeks for their cruise to Alaska come the 10th.
that means barb will be all by herself.
any one want to come over and keep her company? :-)

I don't really know that there is anything else going on lately.
I have a wedding that I am going to this weekend. They are the rich family members so it will hopefully be a good time.

Today, Barb is: bored out of her gourd!

So in the banking profession we have these people called 'AUDITORS'.
There are yearly audits and quarterly audits, as far as I can tell.
If there is one thing that everyone in the banking world can agree on, is the fact that the dreaded 'a' word will send the most calm, easy-going bank employee into a downward spiral based upon stress, worry, and just general chaos.

Well, guess who is visiting the bank this week?
Yep, you guessed right, we are being visited by our lovely 8-all-male-FDIC-auditor-squad.

Now it my assumption that they only come once a year, and let me tell you that is a good thing. I don't know if I can take my uppers being this crazy. We can't have fun. We can't really chat.
Basically the 'a-words' have sucked all the fun out of the bank this week.

Not for Barb though!
I apparently seem to be much more twisted than I had originally assumed because I love seeing the uppers squirm!!!! It is really funny to listen to the 8 guys shoved into our little board room. They talk really loud, sometime swear(!), and cause undue stress to all the VPs of our little world. All in all, its great!

Ok, the other reason that I don't mind them is because a couple are actually cute.
Who would have thunk it?

Well the weekend for myself was awesome, just like I expected it to be!

I have some links and such that I am working at putting up, and will let you know when I get them figured out. I'm not going to lie, I can be really computer-stupid sometimes, even with things as easy as a blog pre-made layout.
There, my dirty confession of the day!

Today, Barb is: excited for tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why you might ask?
Well! Let me just tell you my schedule!
Listen up, there will be a test at the end.

9 am - work at the bank ( i know, you are all thinking, what the crap? why is she excited about having to go to work on a saturday morning of all things? But, I got thursday afternoon off and it gives me a chance to do most of my monday morning stuff so i get an easier day!)

noon - come home and take a nap.
yeah for naps! just me, my bed, my cats and maybe a book!

4ish - meet my friends for an early dinner. we are meeting at Pizza Luce where i have never actually been, but have heard nothing but good things about.

after pizza, going to go and stand in line for RollerGirls!!!! they are giving away free water bottles to the first like 400 people and i intend to get one!

Minnesota RollerGirls are having their last bout for the season and I am dragging a few of my buds along with me! after that there is a possiblity of heading over to the after bout party at O'Garas in Saint Paul.

yeah for barb and her fun plans!

now the hard part.
what will barb be doing on Sunday?

HA!
i didn't tell you that part! But i told you there was going to be a quiz!

Today, Barb is: feeling the cuteness!
so i went and got my hair cut.
i'm not gonna lie, i look cute!

Today, Barb is: confused and cold.

ok so i know that everyone and their mother are talking about the Virgina Tech shooting.
it is a given.
if you haven't heard about it, you are either
a - living under a rock - or -
b - ignoring every possible stimuli option (radio, tv, internet, newspaper)

basically a guy went crazy and killed a bunch of people.

so the thing that sort of bothers me is the fact that there are people calling for the resignation of the president of the school and the chief of police. they did not kill anyone!
they didn't do anything other than have the misfortune of being in a place of power when a troubled young man decided to make some horrible choices.

i went to a smaller school.
the only reason that i knew the president is because i worked on campus at a very visable job, and i was really active on student senate and she made a point of being involved with it.

a normal student really didn't have a whole lot of interaction with my president, even though she was called the 'students chancellor' (we call our university presidents, chancellors, but for the sake of this i have changed to president, and when our chancellor died and the replacement came in, we didn't see him a whole lot)

there is no way that the president or chief of police can be held responsible. there is no way in the whole world that they would have been able to change anything that happened. was it their responsibility to talk to every single student? granted there was the teacher who was worried about him, so there was some sort of warning flag, but on a university campus, it is hard to keep in touch with every single teacher and student.

ok. there is my rant for the day.
over and out 10-4 good buddy!

Today, Barb is: dreaming of a white... um... a white.... Memorial day?

WHAT THE CRAP!
So it is April 11th 2007. Let me double check that. Yep April. And we have snow. Snow. FREAKIN SNOW!
What is going on?
Who can I blame?

Myself becuase of the increased rate of global warming?
Mother Nature?
WHO?

Other than that I have one thing for you people out there.
When you are walking into a bank and are talking on a cell phone. Be kind and hang the damn thing up!!!! If you are interacting with someone else take the cell phone away from your face and give that person your full undivided attention!!!

'nough said.

Today, Barb is: having the song, My Sharona running through her head alllll day long.

so yea.

first off we had this guy who came in to get his interest from his cd and he smelled like a combination of ammonia and what i would expect embaling fluid to smell like. needless to say i was VERY GLAD when he left my desk and i was able to spray my disinfecting stuff.

second we have gotten the paternity results and for all you out there in cyberland, Larry is the father of Anna Nicoles baby. That is the blond guy, if anyone cares.

thirdly, i forget how much i LOVE john stewart. I know that i always enjoy watching him and the Daily Show, but i always forget to watch it. but the past few days i have been able to watch it. love it. that is all i can say.

fourth,
if you haven't heard, then you haven't talked to me lately but
I AM GONNA BE AN AUNTIE!!!!
Can you tell that i am excited?
Yep ladies and gentlemen, my wonderful lovely sister-in-law Kim is pregnant!
Come October, I will be an auntie. It seems that October is the baby month becasue that is when my best friend growing up is having her baby (whoo hooo Erin!!!!) and that is also the month (i think) that my other friends Cori and Brett are going to have poppin out their second kid!!!

October is just going to be a baby filled month for me, and I can't wait! :-)

that is all.
barb is over and out.

Today, Barb is: thinking that Mother Nature is going hormonal!!!!!

snow, rain, nice weather, back to rain and then snow again.

either mother nature is going crazy or she is punishing us for something we have all done.

ok so three things.

i was watching John Stewart last night and remembered why i love him so much.
i had two other things that i was going to talk about but now i can't remember what they are. they will come to me.
later maybe.

Today, Barb is: a little bit on the cool side, but that would make sense since it is COLD outside.

i thought it was supposed to be spring. what a load of mularky.

On Friday night I was exposed to the new love in my life, Minnesota RollerGirls!
It is now my mission to drag every last one of my friends to a bout atleast once in their lives.

Other than that I don't have a whole lot of new things to report in my life.
I did happen to find this one thing online....I find it interesting, and I have joined. Will you?

Remember Horton Hears a Who? All the Who's make a noise at the same time, and even though they are small they get heard? A number of us bloggers want to try an experiment. We want to gather 30,000 bloggers together to shout all at once, and see how loudly we get heard. Why 30,000? Because that is the number of people originally represented by 1 congressional district in the United States. It is a small number when you think of it, but it can have a huge voice.

Interested?
Go here.
http://quipspot.blogspot.com/2007/03/need-your-help-for-experiment.html

Yea so i am not smart enough to figure out how to make the little 'here' button pop it up. Sue me.

Just a random thing,
apparently Arnold Schwartenegger and Rush Limbaugh are attacking each other. One seems to think the other is a 'closet liberal' !!!!!!!!

Today, Barb is: having to go to the bathroom!

to much information?
i don't care.

so there isn't a whole lot new in the life of barb.
still has her cute little car!
going to be moving into an apartment with her friends Eric and Ryan in August.
saving money for all the things that i will need to buy for my apartment.
list being
-new tires (maybe)
-new computer
-new bed and frame
-other random furniture that will probably be from Ikea since it is kinda cheap
-other random stuff that is needed to decorate the new place

that is just the tip of the iceberg.
more lists will come as it gets closer to moving time.

good news is that they are going to let us paint! they have 6 specific colors that they let us chose from (becasue if we use those, we don't have to pay for it is get repainted) and they are going to buy us the first gallon!

other than that, things are still going well.
not working at the Depot anymore. enjoying having nights and weekends to myself. we will see how it goes with the new place. right now my budget is looking good. enough to pay for everything and still be saving. but if i got a part time job, then i would have more money to put away and save for a townhome.

ok. barb over and out!

Today, Barb is: sorta feeling high.

the people across the small hallway in our building are painting their offices.
the smell has permeated the air.
normally i like the smell.
not anymore.
i kind of feel like i am going to be sick, or like i am getting high.

work is good.
mom and dad are gone for a few more days.
we are supposed to get bad weather this weekend.
i get a half day off tomorrow!

Today, Barb is: feeling joyful!

Why might you ask?
Well I have just finished my first Post It Note pad!
I figure that is a true sign of being gainfully employed!

YEAH!
Oh, and mom and dad left for thier cruise.

Boo to them.

Today, Barb is: needing your help!

My bank is starting a new Remote Deposit Capture product!
The bank I work for will be offering a new product early this Summer which will enable our Commercial Deposit Account customers to make their deposits without ever having to leave their place of business. They will have a scanner at their place of business and throughout the day they can run the checks they receive through this scanner and electronically submit their deposit to us. All without ever having to fill out a deposit ticket or leave their business to come to the bank. They’ll also have until 7:00 p.m. (I will confirm the exact time at a later date) to make these deposits.

Some ideas so far are:

Desktop Banker

Banking…when you want, where you want

Branches? You say where and when!

Your bank
Your branch
Your location

Be your own bank

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So anyone out there have a good idea? I would love it! :-)

Today, Barb is: feeling lonely, oh so lonely.

not really.
but i am wondering if people even read this any more. or if this is just one of those blogs that is published and is never found by anyone in cyber space.

maybe i should start saying profound things, or talk about my experiences at work.

naaaah, that wouldn't be me!
so i hope you all had a good valentines day.
i went out with some ladies from work and we had a good time.

Today, Barb is: being bombarded by the news!

Breaking News!!!
Anna Nicole Smith is dead.

She was found unresponsive in her casino hotel room, it was either Vegas or Flordia. I don't know. But so that is your big news of the day!

Today, Barb is: feeling like a change is in the air, and diggin it.

so i have decided that i am in the mood for a change.
since the person who gives me my needed directives is out for the day, i really dont' have much to do. so i decided to update my blog, if you couldn't tell.

i am feeling better which is always a good thing!
i still have some nose and throat things going on, but i am sneezing and coughing crap up, so atleast it is getting out of my system.

not much else is going on.
i still love my car!
i still really like my job!
the 'rents are going a a cruise in a couple weeks so i will be watching the homestead to make sure nothing goes wrong.

i still need to get my pics up from atlanta, and then i need to take pics of the aveo and put those up also!

by the by, i am still looking for names for the aveo, and thoughts? let me know.

Today, Barb is: wishing she could rip her nose off and drain it.

so i am sick.
stuffed nose, the ear thing which leads into TMJ.

i went and got my car yesterday.
i love it alot.
it is identical to my brother joes car.
i didn't realize that it would be. i figured it was close, but not a dang replica.
oh well, yet another aspect that i have copied my eldest brother in.

Today, Barb is: working at a gold mine, goin' down down down.

so technically, a bank could be considered a gold mine.
but whatever.

So this is my 4th day here at the bank and I enjoy it.
It is starting to make more and more sense the more and more that I do the things that I am going to be doing. I am balancing the ATM, balancing the cash in the morning from the day before, opening new accounts i.e. CDs, checking, savings etc, and dealing with the incoming and outgoing wires.

Those are just some of the things that I am going to be doing. But so far I really like the people I work with, and I really like the customers that I have encountered.
So needless to say, Barb is having a good time with her full time job.

Other than that, there isnt a whole lot. As you all know I graduated.
My mom and I went down to the ATL for our trip. I will try and get all my pictures up on my site for everyone.

That is another thing, Joe paid for my picture site so there is another year of updated pictures (hopefully). I am still working at Home Depot on the weekends. Hopefully I will be able to keep that going and bank everything I make at the Bank and then hopefully live off of what I make at Home Depot. That is hopefully my plan.

Ok, well time is winding down and it is starting to get to be quiting time. I will be back eventually. Hope all is well for everyone~!
-b