SNOW

Welcome to MN. I love snow! Tomorrow is the first day of April so I suppose the boss of nature wanted to squeeze in another foot of the fluffy stuff. Looks cool though and it'll be 50+ in a few days.

Wow Kathy sounds like a long process to get that job down there! But I guess what you are saying is that when Brea and I finally make our reunion visit, we will have a place to stay? :)

Tammy, I wouldn't worry about that HR job (I'm sure you are not). You gave it a shot and I would imagine that something like that is difficult to get into anyway since there is just one opening and several applicats, not to mention I think it would be a difficult position without prior experience or education in that field. But the HR team in my office manages over a thousand people so that is pretty much all I'm basing my opinion on. Hopefully something else will come up for you soon. Maybe you should move somewhere warm with your sister. My mom would probably gladly join you both.

Shay, how's the foot? Getting a lot accomplished are ya? :) Heard the voicemail you left Brea yesterday about the fundraiser dream. That was pretty funny.

What's up with Ed? I talked to mom yesterday and asked how Grandma is, and then I asked how's Ed just to be polite and then she told me what was going on and it sounded like I was the only person who didn't know. i also didn't know he had colon cancer seven years ago so there you have it. I just hope that whatever health issues he has now are not stressing grandma out.

Fargo was fun. The rodeo was prety fun, I knew it would be. I love cowboy hats!

job searching

kathy, WOW! you are really looking to get out of here and not just talk about it. way to go. nikki, when you pull the blog up, there should be a sign in spot. hit that and it will allow you post something. it took me awhile but i just kept trying stuff til i figured it out. if i can do it anyone can. as far as the h r job. it was given to someone with h r experience. imagine that. oh well, we have a couple nurses quitting again so maybe we will get to take the tma class. who knows. i'm thinking of taking the next class whether they pay for it or not. it's about $400 but it will pay for itself in no time. yap at ya all later.

Foot!

So I tried walking today and it didn't really hurt, which leads me to think that there is no way it's actually broken. I am rather tired of it being a mystery though, especially after seeing two different doctors already. But tomorrow morning I have an appointment with a specailist, and maybe I shouldn't, but I am counting on it being my chance to get to the bottom of this foot pain. I tried walking around the house a little bit, and it didn't hurt while I was walking really at all, but it did hurt a little bit afterwords, so I'm not gonna do too much of that.
But now I have tickets to come home next week so I might as well just use em bad foot or good foot. It's sort of annoying though, that it should happen to feel alright the day after I buy a plane ticket. But worse case scenerio, I'll come home and have a good time and just make it a short visit instead of an all month visit.

But way to go mom on your interview. That's so exciting. But don't hype it up in your head too much. You don't have to make a decision right away if you get the job, and if you don't get it, then I guess the answer is that you were supposed to stay in MN for a little while longer. Dont' get me wrong though, I do think it would be awesome if you got the job. Just saying, it's not life or death. But either way, they'd be damn fools not to hire you. You're a perfect canidate.

I"m glad you tried for that job Tammy. Even if you don't get the job. Not to say that you won't. But I can tell you first hand, I go to intense job interviews all the time (aka auditions) and everytime I walk away from them, no matter how it went, I'm always really glad I tried. Because I came a heck of a lot closer to it than I would have not leaving my apartment that morning. So consequently I feel like a big fat loser now that I never ever leave the apartment.

Jenny, I will try to think of some ideas for fundraising for you guys. One really useful thing I've seen around town is to put a flyer and an empty candy jar at a shop or store or something. I don't know if you can do that as a private participator, but if you have any ties to any places with a cash register, I'm sure people would put money in a jar you set up next to it. Otherwise there's always the garage sales and bake sales. Grammas really great in the event of a bake sale. Best thing to do is to look around for some sort of even, like a community theatre play or something where you can set up your goodies, with permission of course. And if your feeling really ambitious, there's always the benefit dinner. Problem with that is that it'll cost you some money to set it up, but you sell tickets for like $20 and just rent a dining hall or something, get your friends and family to help out with the food preparing and serving. Hire some entertainment. like mitch doing magic tricks and influence some young people you know to put on a play or something and you've got quite a party. It'd be a totally great way to raise funds as long as you're sure you can get enough people to go. But I'm sure you could. I guess I'm out of ideas now. I raised all my money for my fieldtrips just going door to door selling things. I think that's something that was jsut open to me as a kid in school. Although I still look like one so I might still be able to pull it off.

Longest email ever.

Love you all, and here here Tammy, if there's something they didn't know, it's their fault, and we can't be hearing anymore of this "no one ever tells me these things" stuff.

job search

Tammy- ya never know about the job. Maybe you'll get it afterall? Let us know. I've been looking. I've been like a teenager. Full of angst. I don't know if I want to stay around here or venture out. I just don't have the patience to stick around here and make snail-slow progress of catching up bills. I've been looking on line for good-paying teaching jobs. I had been thinking of going east, but the pay is just too low. So.....
I'm on the 4th stage of the application process for Clark County School District in Nevada. It's the fastest growing district in the country and they are recruiting from all over the country. The pay is good, the incentives are good and the benefits are awesome! The housing seems reasonable from what I've seen.
Benefits include: No state tax, no sales tax, no local taxes. District pays my social security, my health insurance, vision insurance and dental insurance. They also pay my retirement fund-which is huge! They have the best retirement program in the country.
So far, I have sent a form indicating my credentials and interest. Then They sent me a password to get into the application site. I filled that out (all 11 pages of it) and submitted it. They have now contacted me via email, I called them, and I have an interview set up for April 13th at the Embassy Suites in Minneapolis.
I'm a little scared about it, and all of this stuff, but I am anxious to make a change in my life, now that the kids are grown. EEEEKS!
I will report back when I know more. I have to get all my forms in order in the next couple weeks. And work on my speel of why they can't get along without me:)
E-talk at ya later- Kiash

professional butt wiper

i'm pretty sure i won't be getting the hr position. she asked me about my experience with a whole bunch of stuff i have no idea how to do. but i had to give it a shot. she is going to interview today yet and make a decision friday. but i'm pretty sure my phone call will be "thank you for your interest in this position but i have decided to go with another applicant." but that's ok. i tried. i really like what i do, it's just demanding of the body and i think it's time to let the kids do it.they hired a couple nurses too so there goes the tma. i really doubt they will offer that class again now cause there is really no need. so, i guess i will keep doing what i do for awhile yet. jen, you will be fine at the rodeo. it's not as bad as you are anticipating. i enjoy watching it occasionally on tv. there is no dress code so you will be fine there. as far as the pig roast goes, i believe jeanne and tim had one last summer. shayla, sorry to hear about the 7hr er visit. glad you're coming home though. hope to catch up with ya while you're here. as far as people not using this blog, well, that's their problem if there is something said on here that they didn't know. i dont want anyone saying "i didn't hear anything about it" cause they would have if they would come on here once a week. here ya go jen, yap at ya all later.

yappers

howdy weigels! Ok I'll be the first to admit I was one to say there's no reason not to stay in touch on here and then I forgot about it for a while. I've been meaning to get on for the past several days but then every time I checked my email or bank or whatever I forgot what else I wanted to do, which is come here.

I skimmed the last few messages so I probably missed a lot that maybe I'll read later but haven't yet.

Shay, sorry about the stress fracture. Ice and heat should help?

Tammy, report the @SS!!!! Either he was having a bad day personally and took it out on you, which certainly happens, or he's a big meany head (sounds like something a Paradeis kid would say) and he wouldn't have a clue who reported him because he's probably a jerk face (another Paradeis term) to everyone. And it sounds like the general stereotype of troopers is that they are not the nicest although I can't personally say from experience.

Did everyone have a good Easter? I went to Jeannie's; we had prime rib, bbq ribs, creamed carrots, cheesy hashbrowns, shrimp, eggs, carrot cake...all the goodies. No ham or candied yams though.

So I get to see Brea this weekend...goin' to the rodeo, yee haw! I told her I don't have any shit kickers and she said that's ok, she doesn't either and they'll take our money just the same. :) I think there should be some type of hillbilly dress code. I think I get to borrow one of Blake's cowboy hats so I'll feel better with that. ;)

So my daddy-o is having a pig roast (speaking of hillbillies, grilling a whole pig is a little country, right?!) in six weeks or so when the house is finished. Can't wait. I love pork. Just kidding. :) Actually I do love pork, and the last time we did that was his 50th bday and it was crazy good, but I'm really looking forward to the house being done. I've never seen that house without it being in the middle of a project. Anyway, it'll be a huge soiree so I'm sure some Weigel presence will be required.

I think all else I have is about the 3day...I think you all know we are doing that since it is Brea, Jessi and I and from the looks of it, only Tammy, Kathy and Shayla Rae see this and if you three don't know about it then I have some teammate butt whoopin' to do. Anyway, we need $$ and we need help. We are thinking up some cool things to raise the money other than by just asking for the money. I told Jessi to reconnect with her girl scout roots. :) So here's the thing, we each need $2200. If a person wants to make a donation, the best thing that we can pass around is the team page link. http://08.the3day.org/goto/walkinweigelwhippersnappers When you go to it, you will be forced to click on one of our names and then you can see what donations we have each received (by clicking on each name) and then a donation can be made to any of us. The objective is to have people look at all three and then donate to the person with the lowest funds at that time. So, if you want to throw some money at us, feel free, ;) or if you are all good at this kind of thing and have some ideas, throw those our way. We need 'em. Connie suggested making all pink bracelets; we could make them for about $3/ which is oodles cheaper than her investment in "Lu's Beads" or Lu's Beads, Barry Edition" (not its formal name). I'm hesitant to do that because I'm not good at selling them; I know a lot was raised for mom and a lot has been raised for Barry too but Connie knows the right people I guess. I'd have to try to sell them on ebay or something. So I am thinking about sending a chain letter to the few people I know by email and ask them for $1 and ask them to pass it along to everyone they know to see how many people will donate $1 for breast cancer and just put the team link in the email. What does anyone think of that?

Oh yeah, Tammy...didn't read it all...anything happen yet with the HR job??

That's all from me today, as if it's not enough. Hope you all are well. Happy yappin' at ya'll. Still my new favorite word. :)

Yeah, I agree with ya Tammy, where is everyone? Not that I don't enjoy hearing from you and my mom, but seriously, that's like 3 out of 15. Once a week would be great.
Good luck at your job interview. I totally agree with Jessi. And the fact that they called you in has to mean something! As for my foot. I'm still waiting to see a specialist on Friday. I went to the emergecy room a couple nights ago and it was a total waste of 7 hours. Frusterating too. He basically said I should see a specialist. But I've decided that I am going to come home, because either way, I can't walk on it for at least a few weeks and I'd much rather be around friends and family while I'm cooped up. So I'm buying plane tickets today, probably for next week sometime.

Hope everyone's good.
Shayla

interview

as some of you know, i applied for an HR job at the nursing home. i figured i didn't have much of a shot but filled out the ap anyway. i really like my job but i'm getting too old for this as it is very physical and demanding work. i was kinda undecided as to whether i would accept the job if i should happen to get it offered to me but i didn't hear anything in over a week so i figured i didn't get it. but i got a call today for an interview tomoro before work. so... i still don't think i have much of a shot but i did get an interview so maybe i do. she knows i don't have experience but that can't be much of an issue if i got a call back right? well we'll see what happens tomoro i guess. part of me feels i have a shot and part of me feels she is calling all who applied. i'm nervous but we'll see soon i guess. as you can see, i'm not overflowing with self confidence but jessi said "if you want it bad enough, you'll get it". i will really miss the people i work with though. they can be a pain in the butt sometimes but so can we all right?as far as the trooper goes, either mom lu or jessi said i should report him also. we went to play bingo tonight and i was talking about it and one of them said i should report him. knowing me, i won't do anything about it. it'll just piss him off and he does have my plate number and address. not that he will stalk me or anything but i don't really care to meet up with him again if he knows i turned him in for being a prick. shayla, i hope you get your foot fixed, a splint or meds or something until it heals up for ya. where is everybody. i thought we were gonna use this. even if everyone gave an update or just say hi once a week would be great. yap at ya all later.

Easter

Yeah, I gave gettin out of the apartment a fair shot today. And now I can honestly say that getting around on crutches out here really sucks. I ended up taking cabs everywhere, which got really expensinve and I've decided I'll be staying home from now on, at least until things improve. Plus Jesse has been there to help me, like carry stuff for me and help me up stairs and out of cars. I have no idea how the hell I'd have done it otherwise. But like mom said, I'm pretty set on going into urgent care on Monday. So I'll know what's up at that point. If it's gonna be like this for more than a week or two I'll be flying back to MN. Now that I know that Max would make some time for me. :)

I did make it to a few auditions, but most of them were so busy that I didn't get seen. One of the two(out of a dozen or so) that I did get seen for did go really well, I made it to the final callbacks, but haven't gotten a phone call yet, it's only been a week so that doesn't really mean anything. Man it would sure be sweet if they did call, I'm afraid that's about the only chance I've got to getting a summer stock job, the way it's looking now. Well hopefully not.

trooper trouble

Tammy- You should have his badge number on your warning ticket. Report him. Not only did he harrass you, but he didn't even help you! That's what his job is, the jerk! Sorry that you had so much trouble! You would have been home safe and sound if you hadn't given me a ride home.
On a happier note, we're going out for Easter dinner tonight. Barbeque chicken pizza. We are so traditional.
I talked to Shayla today and her foot is hurting terribly. I think she is going to go to urgent care and get it treated. She shouldn't wait until Friday for them to get back to her. It's only going to get worse! Hang in there Shay. I told Max you may be coming home for a while and he is looking forward to seeing you, if that should be the case, and sends you his love either way.
So more snow. Is anybody hating winter as much as I am this year? Hasn't it been 8 months long already then we get more *&^&** snow!! GRRRRR!
Later dudes-
Kiash

shayla, sorry to hear about the ankle. not good. glen said all troopers suck. they put their little uniform on and turn into god. i had a few things i wanted to say but figured i best just keep quiet. have fun getting caught up on your reading. did you get any calls on the auditions you've had so far? you got a few in right?

Bummer Dude

Man Tammy~
That really sucks. I really can't stand rude state troopers. It's like, yeah, "I went in the ditch on purpose just to piss you off, how could I be so inconsiderate?" Actually, one of the things new york has given me is the sarcasm and brutal honesty to battle back in situations where the authority figures are being downright rude, which is probably a good thing that I don't drive in MN too often cause I would probably get into trouble. But seriously, what an ass. I'm glad you made it home ok.

It turns out I have a stress fracture. Which means I probably will be out of the game for a while. I'm seeing a specailist next Friday, so hopefully I'll know then how long I'm off me feet. But it surely sucks, I can't work, can't audition, and truely don't feel too good about leaving the apartment since I'm not too graceful on crutches and there are people everywhere out here. It's hard enough to get through the crowds when I'm not injured. So in the case that I am in this condition for more than just a week or two, I think I'll just come home. I'm really bummed though. I was just starting to feel geared up and ready to really claim my little piece of success out here. The timing really couldn't be worse.

But I'll look at it as an oppurtunity to catch up on my reading at least.

shayla, good luck with the auditioning. sounds like your getting your foot in the door anyway. tell jesse to be nice. although that does have a cute little ring to it, the shrimp with the gimp. hope it's getting better. hi everyone. oh yeah. kathy, i went in the ditch about 10 miles from home. the road was good for about 2 miles on 18. the rest of the way sucked big time. 35-40 miles an hour all the way home. i was somewhere between chico's and hucklebucks and the car started sliding and spun around and in the ditch i went, and during that period of probably 30 seconds, that seemed like 30 minutes, i hung on to my seat belt cause we all know that if you roll and you got both hands grasping your seat belt you wont bump your head on anything. i had my head tucked to my chest, eyes closed, saying please dont roll, please dont roll. and the car just kept going and going. i didn't roll. but it seemed like i went a mile before the car finally stopped.i didn't get stuck in the ditch, so i was trying to get out, i would get right to to the egde of the road and just spin. so i'd back down into the ditch and try again. as i was doing this, i was thinking if one of these pickups would stop and hook up to me i could get right out. guess what happened next? a pickup stopped. being the good samaritan that he was he rolled down the window and said for $40 i can yank ya right out of there. i asked if he would take a check as i didn't have any cash, he said sorry, can't do that. good luck. nice guy. and then a girl stopped, and tried pushing me out but that didn't work either. god love her for trying. then i got the attention of a nice state trooper. anyone who has ever had the opportunity to meet one of these guys knows i am being very sarcastic cause he was NOT NICE. he said, besides going too fast, what happened? i said i was only going about 35 and i lost control. at this point, he raised his voice and said you were driving too fast, i've been up and down this road all night and i didn't go in the ditch. look at that car right there, he's not going in the ditch. at this point he took my license and went back to his car. i'm thinking of course everyone is driving slower. what would your reaction be if you seen a car in the ditch, slow down so you don't join them there right? plus there's a cop on the side of the road. people gotta slow down to see what's going on. he kept my license for a long time so i walked up to the road to ask for it back and he got out of the car and gave it back to me along with a nice little warning ticket. again belittling me by saying i should give you a ticket. you have a class a license and i hold you at higher standards than other drivers. i'm just giving you a written warning. i thought oh thank you kind sir. he let me know he would stay there until he got another call. because now that i went in the ditch, other people are gonna go in the ditch in the same spot. nice fellow. glen shows up with the bulk truck. i'm thinking, this aint gonna please this young man. but he didn't say anything. he just sat in his little car. i drove back up to the road, glen hooked the chain on and i drove right out. as he was unhooking the chain, the trooper rolls his window down and says, stay warm and drives away. needless to say, i put my flashers on and drove 20 miles an hour the rest of the way home. i have never lost control before and i was pretty shook up but i made it, obviously. so that was my penence for calling in sick when i wasn't sick. that'll teach me. yap at ya all later.

Sorry to hear about your uncle. Man it certainly has been a rough couple of months. How's Gramma?

On a happy note, however. I had a very good week last week. I got a couple of call backs for a theatre compant in upstate new york. And even if I don't get the job, which I'm still waiting to hear about, it has still left me in really good spirits for auditioning this week. It was a really busy weekend at work. St. Patty's is a pretty big deal at an irish restaurant in hells kithchen (go figure) and I made really good money the two out of four shifts of mine that I was able to work. But unfortunately I did something to my ankle last week while I was running and it's just been getting worse since. I hope it's nothing that doens't just go away if I take it easy. But I'm relieved that work was nice enough to give me a couple days off. I never would of thought it a possibility on one of the busiest weekends of the year. I'm really hoping it starts to feel better, Jesse's been calling me the shrimp with a gimp.

funeral

i posted this already but it didn't show up so i'll try again. clarence's funeral is on monday, at the ka funeral home. i think that's the name anyway. it's at the same one that sheila's was. same time, 2-5. lunch to follow at the firehall. kathy, right now ed is planning on going, if that's the case, it will be kinda crowded with three in the back seat so maybe we can ride together.

funeral

mom/gramma left a message that the service is on monday at the ka funeral home. veiwing from 2-4. service 4-5. dinner to follow at the firehall. kathy, yes, we can go together. right now ed is planning on going too so if that's the case maybe you and i can go together and mom lu and ed can go in another car. it will be kinda crowded with 3 people in the back seat don't ya think?

Uncle Clarence

In case you don't already know, Uncle Clarence, Grandma's oldest brother, died last night. Don't know the funeral arrangements yet. That poor family! So close behind Sheila. Tammy, give me a call if you want to ride down together again. I expect the four of us can carpool again?

Hi Everybody-
How goes it? Not much new here. We did have a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner last week for the locals. Each of us invited a friend that we are thankful for and we cooked up a 20 pound turkey with all the trimmins. It was fun. Not quite the real thing without Bre and Shayla home, but close. Oh, yeah, and it was in March. Well, there's that. We have plans to do a few more holidays in a non-traditional season/way, too. Kind of looking forward to it.
So, are the three walkers getting geared up? I am proud of you all. Good Luck and let us know how we can help you out. I like the team name you've chosen, by the way.
Nice to see new rellies on here! Say something:)
etalk at ya later- Kiash

wildebrand

My guess is that it's a combination of Krista and Maddy, since Krista's last name is Weigel and Madison's is Hildebrand, but I could be wrong. Krista, is that you?

one more thing. who is wildebrand?

kathy, jessi is on now. i just read my email and she said she got on. no need for the re-invite. gotta go to work

hi all. i have nothing to say really, just figured i would say hi. jen, i missed mondays deal or no deal so i dont know if anyone won. i'm guessing not or it would have been mentioned on the recent shows. i know they're back to one case. once again, i am very proud of you girls for stepping up to the 3 day for the weigels. good job. kathy, jessi cant get on here so could you re-invite her? thats all for now. here ya go jen... yap at ya all later. thats how i would sign my letters, back in the letter days.

Krista

Hey mom, Kristas email is kspain@leapofaith.org. I think you have to invite her.

Thanks for the pep talk Jenny. I'm trying to get through this time, it's not so bad really, it'll be a lot better when the weather doesn't suck, for sure. You guys would all get a kick out of this, last Friday we had a "whole bunch of snow" (3 inches) and the new york weather channal was saying "New yorkers, stay inside your apartment today, it's dangerous out there. Don't go out unless you have to." What is this Arizona or something?

But yeah, congrats on your 3-day walk. I would also be willing to help out when you get all of your information.