Bobbie's break out

Above - the whole McFee clan.

Finally - Bobbie quit her job. She's been "Les Miserables" at her place of employment. Okay - I'll say it, as it was one of my former places of employment - Gits Manufacturing, where she was the big kahuna accountant.

But the biz was sold in the past couple years and the new owners are a public company. They seem to be all about the $$. Not about the people. Big changes - constantly. Lots of people have quiet out there. Wages have been adjusted. The economy has been brutal too of course.

So it's not been a fun few months (years...) for Bobbie. Hubby Jeff farms - long hours there too. Sometimes I think Paul and I - in our crazy separate town lifestyle - see each other more often!

Good news - Bobbie got a new job right her in Crestonia at Vanmark. I'm sure it won't be perfect. Every job has its own foibles, politics and huha. But it's a fresh start! Yeeha. Now we just need to get Bobbie some hobbies!

Remember last weekend when I was all melancholy? I finally shared my angst with Pablo my very own Poolboy/analyst. Just talking it over with him helped me feel better.

Then my buddy and name doppelganger Alt Leslie Goldsmith read my blog. She shared that she too was feeling angst - perhaps it's the name (and we were missing our daughters). But she said she got this photo from her daughter Rebecca (who is a model) sent her that day. This pic helped lift her spirits, which also helped lift mine! Rebecca said she strolled into a Barnes and Noble in Union Square in NYC - and "there she was" - in a magazine.

We're going out tonight to celebrate with Bobbie and Jeff - cuz that's what friends are for.

Dibs N Dabs

I still say there's no better way to start a day than with my homegirls. I actually debated skipping today - to get a headstart on my workday. Then I thought to myself - workday schmirkday. Friends are what's important in life! Garbage can wait. And it did.

As the snow recedes from the roadsides like an old man's hairline, deer carcasses are revealed.

Last Saturday was the YMCA's Home and Garden Show. After an excruciatingly long winter, the people of southwest Iowa ventured out - reminding me of the Munchkins popping out after the big storm and the wicked witch's house dropping down in the Wizard of Oz. "you're out of the woods you're out of the dark you're out of the night" The world was in color! (even though it was raining outside).

My hair has reached emergency stage. (thanks Woody and you're freaking curling iron) It's so bad, I must avert my eyes from the mirror until my hair appointment. I am lined up with someone a few Crestonians go to - at Sahar. When I called to make my appointment, they thought I was ALG (Alternative Leslie G) I had to straighten them out. Then I texted her to let her know I was letting her pay my bill! LOL