The Renaissance Woman

All this makes me think of is gross stickiness. Ew.

Thanks for writing my caption for me, Sarah!

The Rice Krispy Treat Diet is really getting a following. Down with sugar, up with sugar! Oh, wait…

One of the more recent changes that has kept me busy is my new job. At the end of January, I started working at Microsoft as a full-time employee (FTE).

Most of you know that I worked for two years as a vendor at Microsoft. While I worked on the campus, I technically worked for another company. Then, last year, I worked as a contractor. This meant I could only work for 1 year and then I had to take a mandatory 100-day break. While I hoped that I could get another contracting position after my 100 days, I also aimed a little higher and tried to land an FTE gig.

There were a lot of interviews and some delays. There were many stalled moments where I was sure I wasn’t going to get the position (I had also interviewed for 2 other FTE positions). However, I had a second round of interviews and a final interview a few days later and was told at the end of that process to expect an offer.

My position is “Senior Human Resources Assistant” and I often describe it as having some general admin components, but mostly a reporting and data guardian. There is also some project management as I help drive some of the Rhythm of the Business functions in HR.

I think my passion in the job is mostly related to data and reporting, and I may have an opportunity in the near future to move into a reporting-heavy role, but we shall see. I am very happy to have long-term employment that allows me to really focus on developing a career in a field I enjoy – not to mention regular income and great benefits!

One of the reasons I love Pinterest:

So much prettiness. (Those search collages are linked to the searches, so click away and enjoy the pretty.)

(link may be NSFW)

Don’t you want to eat your vegetables, baby? Aaaaawwww yeaaahhhh.

“I love God and no I don’t want to force it down your throat, but have some HUGE CAPS, passive-aggressive attempt to do just that.”

“Secrets of a super mommy” and “fun” sounds awfully close to kidnapping techniques. I imagine “Santa did this to make sure they stayed in their rooms” followed by a healthy “bwa ha ha ha…” and “fun” spoken as though it is written with scare quotes. Heck, just imagine the whole caption as read by Vincent Price.