Some Like It HOT!!!

Our Very First Watermellon

Garden Update 6/1/2010

One of the gardens as of last night...

Basically, what you are looking at is tomato plants, yellow squash plants, pea and green beans, chili peppers, collards, lettuce, mint... AND...
.

Honeydew... we have 3 of these growing

Watermelon :)

RTS - Address Unknown

A shot of a small area of our work room floor

There were several titles floating around the house for this post.  My husband threw out the following:

Postage Stamps to Food Stamps

Shipped Out Priority (or something like that)

Fourteen years ago, when I was 19 years old, I quit my job at Wal-Mart for the far better paying job at the United States Postal Service.  It was a good move for me, I was in college and the pay was great.  I made "career" status a year later and I was set.  Secure employment, making enough money to keep me in school and living on my own.  I met Rob there, and it provided us the means to have the house we do, the cars we do, and the lifestyle we do. 

On April 2, 2009 (happy birthday to me!), the USPS announced that they were going to close our facility.  We always somewhat knew that we were a temporary installation - but initially it was supposed to close after 5 years.  We lasted for more than 14.   Pretty good run.

This was my home (or one 500 or so just like it) for 14 years

The catch - we were always told we would have no problem just sliding over into a Phoenix installation.  As it turned out, there were no Phoenix jobs extended to us.  Instead we were offered the same job, located in either (our choice) Salt Lake City, UT or Wichita, KS.

!!!!  Unacceptable !!!!!

We are not sure how it happened, or why the contractual language "within a 50 mile radius" was ignored, but it was.  There were some type of loop holes that allowed them to extend the radius to 1500 miles, and therefore finding us jobs that we were "uniquely qualified for" and to them, problem solved.

So, for many of us, that meant we had to resign.  Not by choice, but because the "solution" was unacceptable and a hardship.  They did pay out any remaining vacation time we had, which was a few weeks for me.  Our union is fighting at the National level right now to get us severance.

So, here I am.  Unemployed.  It's been three days and I'm incredibly bored.  I don't know what the next thing will be in my employment future... but I'll keep you posted.

What's All This Green Stuff???

We've had a ton of rain this winter... as a result, green stuff!

March in the Garden

We've gotten a lot of rain this year... lots of new babies in the garden!

Rob - playing in the garden

Tomato...

Black Beauty Eggplant...


Parsley...

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Flower update

Remember the flowers we planted in the front of the house? After a slight watering change and a couple of replants... here they are today. :)

Time to plan(t)

I've been working overtime quite a bit lately... and last night, while I was working - my very handy hubby made me two new garden boxes.


What to plant...what to plant!!!! :)

New Project: Flowers @>---;--------

Garden Update... 11/11/09

The vines are growing like crazy... Taking over - :)

In this pic, there are squash, pumpkin and cucumber vines.


The only fruit so far is squash...

Bridge over Hoover Dam

The bridge over Hoover Dam is going to be pretty awesome when it's done! These were taken September 13, 2009...

The Fish Will Play....

When they fill the lake, the fish like to play. Click on the pictures to enlarge them.

Jen's Beer Can Chicken

Let me clarify.

It's not my beer. Ugh. I do NOT enjoy beer.

BUT, it was my chicken. I made the bbq sauce - from scratch - and it turned out great!

Beer Can Chicken by Chef Rob

Mmmmm....

Adventure Jen reports on food

So my next adventure in the world of blogging is my new food blog. I will be throwing out different foods that I enjoy that are good for you. Enjoy, and be sure to participate in the poll on the side bar, or comment!

http://adventurefoods.blogspot.com/

Go there. Go there now!

The Grill...

Rob's mom won this in a drawing at Home Depot and gave it to Rob for Father's Day. We've used it quite a few times since bringing it home.

album 06/11/09 (27 photos), by Jen Fournier

I'd like to share my Snapfish photos with you. Once you have checked out my photos you can order prints and upload your own photos to share.
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Ducks... can't find the lake

These are the baby ducks that aren't so "baby" anymore - they seem to know there is a lake behind these houses, but can't figure out how to get to it. They just keep walking back and forth across the fronts of these 2 houses... They originally came from the lake behind my house, crossed the street, and have been wandering around out there for a while now... Not sure where the mom duck is...

Meet the sleuths who fix your postal mistakes in Arizona - Phoenix Arizona news, breaking news, local news, weather radar, traffic from ABC15 News | ABC15.com

Meet the sleuths who fix your postal mistakes in Arizona - Phoenix Arizona news, breaking news, local news, weather radar, traffic from ABC15 News | ABC15.com


BE SURE TO CLICK THE VIDEO ON THE RIGHT TO SEE US... well, not me personally, but it is my workplace and people I know.

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