Job hunting

I've been on the hunt for a job for a few weeks now. I have had my first interview this morning. It has been a few years since I've interviewed for anything and I had forgotten how exhausting it is! The interview went really well and I get great vibes from the owner of the company and from all the staff. We'll see how things go!





It feels good but strange to be entering into the professional work force again. I really miss Rackspace (my previous employer) sometimes. I realize what a great company I was working for. Hats off to you Rackers. You work really hard, but you have it pretty good. I learned a lot during my time there and my time there was invaluable to me.
Also I miss working with my sister. That was pretty fun too.


Me and Phil are going to a young adults church retreat this weekend so we will be gone a few days. Hopefully sometime next week we will be able to pick up our belongings from shipping! They have arrived in Auckland and are currently going through customs. It's kind of a headache, but I am so excited to have the rest of my shoes, clothes, and ALLL my crafting stuff! It has been too long since I have been without my craft supplies. Ahhh it won't be long now!

In the meantime... cross your fingers for the job hunt!

xoxo
Talia Christine

P.S. - Thinking about cutting my bangs fringe shorter. What do you think? Opinions?

Yard Sale: Conquered!!

Dear Yard Sale,
We powered through. You have been conquered.



This weekend was so hectic and the outcome so rewarding! I love yard sales and really had no idea how much work went into putting a yard sale together. We were out from morning till evening on Friday and Saturday and it was a complete success!! It was hard at first to go through all my things and prepare to let them go, but in the end it was good to let things go and mentally prepare for our new lives in New Zealand.

Our preparations began the week before as we made tons of trips back and forth from my storage unit pulling out my things and sorting through them. Phil and the boys loaded all the furniture up and out. Phil and I tagged and put prices on everything. Our work was cut out for us and we were ready to get the garage sale going and behind us. We put up signs. We put up ads. We put up a listing on Craig's list and started to cross our fingers.


Day 1: Feeling optimistic and ready to go!

We woke up bright and early and lugged out all of my worldly possessions onto the lawn. Before we could even finish pulling stuff out onto the lawn people were already swarming in! And let me tell you people... yard-salers are animals. Yikes. I had no idea! Nobody warned me!!




The lovely Miss Ashtin Paige stopped by too! She brought us slushies and hugs and bought a few things too! Thanks, Ashtin! Those slushies were a life saver! YOU ARE THE BEST!



In the end we sold almost everything. The only big items that were left were some large bookshelves, which we may keep here at my mom's house. It was incredible! I was blown away by the success of the yard sale. We were truly blessed. This was a huge answer to prayer.



Here are my two favorite pictures of the day. My two favorite helper boys!!
Boots and Phil:



We made it through! We are still recovering.

Hope your weekend was wonderful!!

xoxo
Talia Christine