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Apr 12, 2011 05:31AM
you guys don't have real liquor stores they are all chains? OMG we have them like 6 to each town mostly privately owned. The only chain type we here in Ny that i can think of is Stew Leonards or Costco which ours doesnt sell Liquor anymore. :(
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This one is for Tara :) Besides reading I apply for new jobs! I have been with my job for 7 years (HR) and I'm not happy anymore. So I applied to another HR job in a different company, and they called me the next day! Had a phone interview, then was brought in for a face-to-face interview. Got an email last week wanting to bring me in for round 3, and round 3 happened today where I met with the VP and the CEO and CFO's executive assistant! It seems like they like me because they are doing the background check and they called 2 of my 3 references!!! WOO HOO!!! I should hear by the end of the week if the job is MINE!
Kourtney wrote: "This one is for Tara :) Besides reading I apply for new jobs! I have been with my job for 7 years (HR) and I'm not happy anymore. So I applied to another HR job in a different company, and they..."
AWESOME!!! Congrats! It's hard to go to work when you're not happy.I know you will get the job Kourtney!!!
I got lucky and my position was cut. I don't have to go there anymore, well since last October. I am a much happier person and I am sure you have heard all about the DW from Stacy. :)
Thanks for sharing Kourtney! :)
Thanks! Stacy has kept me well informed and I must say those people are CRAZY! I'm really hoping I will get this job for what I am asking for. I will have to take a paycut, but in the long run it gets me back on my career path of choice!
Kourtney wrote: "Thanks! Stacy has kept me well informed and I must say those people are CRAZY! I'm really hoping I will get this job for what I am asking for. I will have to take a paycut, but in the long run it g..."Sometimes it's better that way! At least you will be happy and the career path you want to be on!
Yes, those people (at least two of them) are CRAZY! I'm glad I don't have to see them anymore. :)
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Kourtney, like you, I've been applying for TONS of jobs, but I'm not good enough for a phone call. :)
Congrats though!!! I'm so happy for you!!!! You've got it in the bag!!!
Kourtney wrote: "This one is for Tara :) Besides reading I apply for new jobs! I have been with my job for 7 years (HR) and I'm not happy anymore. So I applied to another HR job in a different company, and they..."
Congrats Kourtney! Fingers crossed for you.
Thank you everyone! But no congratulations just yet - I don't have it QUITE yet, but oh man am I hoping I do. I have my email wired to my Blackberry, so every two seconds I'm checking for that flashing red light that will hold the key to my future :) And just so you all know - a watched Blackberry never pops up with an email you want!!!
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Thank you everyone for your kind words and fingers being crossed...it paid off.I GOT THE JOB!!!!!!!!! WAHOOOO!!!!
I got a call from the VP today (my new boss!) and I turned right around and put in my 2 week notice :) This time in 2 weeks I will be FREE! I'm really excited for this new period of my life :) :) :)
(And Stacy and Tara - I won't be saying anything on FB until it is announced to my coworkers tomorrow! Then you will see my big farewell suckas speech!)
Kourtney wrote: "Thank you everyone for your kind words and fingers being crossed...it paid off.I GOT THE JOB!!!!!!!!! WAHOOOO!!!!
I got a call from the VP today (my new boss!) and I turned right around and ..."
Congratulations!!!! I knew you would get it!!! :) I am so excited for you....YAY!!!
I won't say anything on FB until you do. I can't wait to see your speech!!!
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Here's hoping SOMEBODY calls me for an interview, I applied for a couple of really promising sounding jobs this morning on Monster.
CONGRATS KOURTNEY I AM EXCITED FOR YOU. KEEP US POSTED ON THE PROGRESS.
Fingers crossed for you now Stacy!!!I'm waiting for the boss to come in and the news to be shared so I can skip around the office :)
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I'm waiting for the boss to come in and the news to be shared so I can skip around the office :)"
I'm so jealous of you, I SO look forward to that day myself.
Kourtney wrote: "Thank you everyone for your kind words and fingers being crossed...it paid off.I GOT THE JOB!!!!!!!!! WAHOOOO!!!!
I got a call from the VP today (my new boss!) and I turned right around and ..."
Mega Congrats, Kourtney! Are you popping the champagne (or the flavored vodka)?
Nice going, Kourtney! Big congrats and much luck in your future position:)
THANK YOU EVERYONE!! The countdown to this new period has begun :)Stacy - it's ok to be jealous - I'm jealous of your engagement!!! I knew we were twins!
Beth - after all that talk of flavored vodka, I looked around my house and found 2 bottles of rum, some beer, and wine. I feel almost alcoholic (almost) so I opted to not get the flavored vodka's until I drank some of the wine and the rest of the beer. So I raise my cabernet to myself for now!
Hmmm I feel a bit more alcoholic as I just realized that I typed "flavored vodka'S...as in plural...as in more than one flavor...sounds yummy though
Congrats Kourtney! A new job is always exciting and scary. It sounds like it will be a great change for you.
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Congratulations, Kourtney!! Sounds like the right move, so I hope everything works out as you want it to. And, belated congratulations to you, too, Stacy! :) I'm not a liquor girl, but I'll raise my glass of pinot grigio to both of you!Anyone else watch the Royal Wedding this morning? I'm a little bit in love with William and Kate right now...and feeling in a very British chick lit kind of mood.
Jen B wrote: "Congratulations, Kourtney!! Sounds like the right move, so I hope everything works out as you want it to. And, belated congratulations to you, too, Stacy! :) I'm not a liquor girl, but I'll raise m..."Yes Jen! I watch it from 4AM and on. I agree it makes you want to read British Chick lit. Aren't they the cutest couple? I can't believe how much William looks like his mom. He is shy like she is.
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Thanks Jen!
Actually, I've been avoiding anything Royal Wedding related because I was listening to the radio talk about how much this and that cost and it made me sick. With all the poverty there is in the world and they spend $8K on a cake? Sorry, I'm being grumpy and cynical about it, but seriously, there are better things to spend money on (like books, lol). I know they're not responsible for starving children, but still, no need to flaunt it like that.
Ok, I'm done now. Sorry, a bit of a grump lately. Sick & tired of being sick & tired. :(
Thanks everyone!I'm with Stacy on the royal wedding. I'm a bitter single girl who has been reading a lot of young adult books to avoid romance for a while :)
Stacy wrote: "Jen B wrote: "Congratulations, Kourtney!! Sounds like the right move, so I hope everything works out as you want it to. And, belated congratulations to you, too, Stacy! :) I'm not a liquor girl, bu..."Nice Stacy! You are a downer!!!! LOL!
If you had that kind of money you would spend it to....not on cake but shoes! LOL!
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I'm with Stacy on the royal wedding. I'm a bitter single girl who has been reading a lot of young adult books to avoid romance for a while :)"
Wow, we really are twins. LOL! :)
Question for the group: Are you all on Twitter? Everyone keeps telling me I need to join but I can't figure out if I should. Every time I see a Twitter feed I just get confused with all the RTs, @s, and #s.
Beth - I am on Twitter, but I am not so popular on there. I use it follow my favorite authors, anything Cougartown related and the local news that tells me the traffic. It is a great promotional tool though (although it can cause hurt feelings - Cathy Yardley was following my tweets but dropped me when my tweets got sobby when my boyfriend broke up with me...not that I'm bitter...I still like her books...but I guess in her eyes I'm disposable! Seriously...not bitter)From what I know:
RT: retweet - I love what you said so much I wish I was smart enough to say it, and I've decided I want to share it with all of my friends
@ - for some reason it starts the name of the person you are talking about, talking to, meh I don't really know (but I pretend to be down with the kids these days!)
# - still not sure but I think that it has something to do with when a group of people want to show up on the trending topics, so they all use the hashtag to "organize" and make themselves heard! For example - we would to promote you all tweet #lovethewalrus
This concludes my Twitter lesson for the day (anyone else feel free to correct me because I'm not going to pretend to be an expert! And find me on Twitter @adorrable524 but please don't leave me if I get sobby!)
Oh - it's also where I keep up with Courtney and her new baby since she tweets a lot of really cute pictures :)
So it is courtesy to follow everyone who follows you? Because it seems like most people follow maybe a few hundred people, but will have thousands following them, which must mean they are not following everyone who's following them!
I tend to use Twitter more professionally and so primarily follow book & TV industry folks. I most definitely do not follow everyone who follows me. Some people are following me simply because they want to have an extra entry in a giveaway I'm doing; those people do not get followed because they're strangers whose kids I really don't care about.To elaborate a bit on Kourtney's explanation (which is great & would've been so helpful when I started):
Using @ before someone's handle makes it appear in that person's feed. So I'll post something like "Review of [book] by @[author] from @[publisher]" so that my followers as well as the author and publisher know the review is up. If the @[handle] comes at the beginning of a tweet, it's usually part of a conversation.
And there are two kinds (at least that I've discovered) of retweets. You can do the RT where you post your own message to go along with it. Or you can simply use the retweet button which puts the person's tweet into the feed of everyone following you.
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Beth wrote: "So it is courtesy to follow everyone who follows you? Because it seems like most people follow maybe a few hundred people, but will have thousands following them, which must mean they are not foll..."I don't think it is. New authors will ask to follow me in hopes that I will in turn follow them. But that is just people trying to get a numbers game. For instance I follow 30-some odd people but only 16-ish people follow me...Kathy Griffin has a bazillion followers but doesn't follow anyone. You would be notified if people use your handle with the @ symbol regardless if you follow them or not.
Stacy wrote: "I am on Twitter as well, but I don't use it often because I always forget about it. I think most of my tweets are connected to Goodreads and Facebook. :)"Mostly goodreads Stacy...that's how I keep up to date on your books!
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Mostly goodreads Stacy...th..."
LOL, maybe I should get on there more often....
:)
Kourtney wrote: "Thanks everyone!I'm with Stacy on the royal wedding. I'm a bitter single girl who has been reading a lot of young adult books to avoid romance for a while :)"
I am also a bitter single girl who has been reading a lot of YA to avoid romance! ha!
Thanks for the Twitter tutorial everyone.
Suzanne wrote: "Kourtney wrote: "Thanks everyone!I'm with Stacy on the royal wedding. I'm a bitter single girl who has been reading a lot of young adult books to avoid romance for a while :)"
I am also a bi..."
Yay Suzanne! Go us! I've been so focused on the job lately I'm hoping to ease out of the bitterness, but for now it feels somewhat comforting that I'm not alone :) WE CAN MAKE IT THROUGH!
Beth wrote: "Thanks for the Twitter tutorial everyone."You're welcome :D
So has anyone been reading this website? http://internationalchicklitmonth.com/it is really good! Has great articles by chick lit authors.
Yes I have been there. Cathy and I write for chicklitclub.com one of the sponsors. Glad you like the site.
Joanne wrote: "So has anyone been reading this website? http://internationalchicklitmonth.com/it is really good! Has great articles by chick lit authors."
It's awesome, right? I keep checking every morning to see so many more guest posts on everything from reading to writing...so fun!! And I noticed there's 4 book giveaways already!
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I'm going to check my library to see if they have them....
Skinny Italian: Eat It and Enjoy It - Live La Bella Vita and Look Great, Too!
Fabulicious!: Teresa's Italian Family Cookbook
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Skinny Italian: Eat It and Enjoy It—Live La Bella Vita and Look Great, Too! (other topics)Fabulicious! (other topics)
Will Write for Shoes: How to Write a Chick Lit Novel (other topics)
See Jane Write: A Girl's Guide to Writing Chick Lit (other topics)
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Cathy Yardley (other topics)Sarah Mlynowski (other topics)
