Christmas Grocery Shopping

Turkey, ham, potatoes, corn, green beans, cool whip, mini marshmallows, graham crackers, chocolate chips, holiday pretzels, caffeine free mountain dew, frozen blueberries...... and about a million other things--whew! what a day of grocery shopping. Fun.

Mom and I took in the sights of downtown B-town first however. Coffee/book shop, lady's clothing store, eclectic (read as expensive) home decor, an odd little toy shop, Hallmark, a quirky pet store and just when I was starting to wonder about our sanity---a really cool european style cafe Homemade seafood bisque and 1/2 an egg salad sandwich. MMMM--gave me energy for the grocery shopping in the afternoon!

A good day all around.

I HAVE A NEW JOB!!!!!!!!

I am now officially a job coach for Northeast Contemporary Services, Inc (NCSI--no jokes from the NCIS fans out there!) I start on Friday January 4th at 8:30 A.M.

My responsibilities will be varied--assisting consumers with work, in house or in communinity; teaching social skills, rec skills, and cooking skills classes; assisting other job coaches and staff in other skills classes and larger projects.

I am soooo excited!!!!!! Pay is decent, Benefits are inclusive and included at no additional cost to me. 3 weeks paid time off the first year, one day more each year I work to a maximum of 5 weeks! And the possibility of going back to school and getting some of it paid for.

Mental Map II--Hope

So here it is--Mental Map II--Hope.

Hope--wish, dream, want, desire, faith, feeling, joy,

Wish=something wanted, but not expected, Christmas, desire

Dream= unconscious longing,

Want=desire, something not needed,

Desire=longing, needing

Faith--belief, brings joy, something to be desired

Feeling--something intangible, helps us to be whole

Joy--see previous post!

Mental Maps--Joy

So I was talking with a friend and describing a process/idea session that Lydia reccomended for me to use with words like Joy and Happiness. So I thought I would redo the one on Joy here and then try a few new ones--Dreams and Hope.

JOY

contentment, peace, joy in the journey, Mamma, calm.

contentment= accepting what you have/are, a lack of envy, a feeling of well being

peace=a lack of strife, feeling of satisfaction, dove, white snow, quiet

Joy in the journey= process, never still, changing, always new

Mamma=steadfast, peaceful, calm, content, open with others, knew herself

Calm--peaceful, still, quiet, not chaotic,

Satisfaction=acceptence of self, acceptence of life, a full feeling.

Dove--a quiet, sad kind of sounding bird, bird representing hope,



This is a bit hard to do in a blog form--it's usually done as a word web--with connection lines between things and much more visual....but getting some of the word down is nice. Hopes and dreams to come soon....