For our weekly meeting, we went with the value of the month: fun & enjoyment. We held a staff talent show, everyone got 3 minutes of fame.
It was alot of fun, and my amazing talents of 1- water glass music (inspired by Miss Congeniality) and 2- signing the song "some say love" (inspired by Napoleon Dynamite) got me First Place Prize!
This Thanksgiving I was most grateful for pie :) YUM!
Then my niece explained that there are more important things to be grateful for. Like Family.
I accepted that, but explained that I was still grateful for food items... also. :)
Quinton and I celebrated our 2 year anniversary. Our original plans fell through of going up to Park City for 2 days, but that's okay. We had heaps of fun. We did an all day date that reminded me of high school where its go go go all day, then the dance at night. First we went ice skating. We were practically the only ones on the ice! Then we headed down town and had fun on Temple Square taking pictures and playing at the visitor center. Later we went out to dinner at the Olive Garden. There I took time to pump, so I disappeared for a while and the waitress thought I ditched Quinton, lol. When I came back, I felt like the waitress thought we should be done. And I was starving and ready to EAT, and she is offering dessert. When I asked for another bowel of soup, she told me, "you know you can't take that to go." I thought that was rude! Anyway, dinner was good, even though I didn't like the waitress. LAST, we went to Studio 600 and danced. That was a shocker. All those young people have so much energy, the dance floor was alive! And we were the old fogies that knew no moves, lol. Definently out of practice. By 11pm I said I'M DONE! I was so sore from being on my feet for stuff all day! So we packed up and wend and got our daughter and went home. Goodnight!
This year my work wend prehistoric and we all dressup like cave men and women at my branch. I'VE NEVER HAD SO MUCH FUN ON HALLOWEEN!
OOGA
BOOGA
MOOGA
UGG
EEEK
My Crazy Family
Cuddley Bunny Analisa, Dumb Cave woman Laura, Pretty Princess Krystalina, Scary Mother in Law Kathleen, cute niece Azlynne
My work did an amazing thing and gave me 5 consecutive days off! So, I drove down to southern Utah to a little town almost on the map called Toquerville! There, my bestest friend Tami and I played and played!
First fun was their ward's Halloween Party. Never such a good time!
Second fun was up Zion's Nation Park at Weeping Rock!
Third fun was Tami's photo shoot of my baby girl. She did an AMAZING JOB.
Besides these, there were many many fun things!
JUST AN FYI FROM A CREDIT UNION
1. When I say Hello and how are you, your response should not be your account number. Hi. I am a person. If you do give me your account number at this time, trust me, my smile is now fake.
2. When I do ask you for your account number, you should not be surprised by this. You should not have to look for it for five minutes. I do not want to look it up by your name. Believe it or not, there is more than one Maria Sanchez, Mike Anderson, and John Smith. Chances are you are not as unique as you would like to think.
3. When you want information or cash back, do not expect me to know you by name. Sure I know some members. And I recognize a lot of faces. But unless I know you off hand by name, ID please. And don't be offended I don't know you as well as you'd like. Do you know how many people I help on a daily basis?
4. When you want information or cash back, do not try to explain your way out of not showing me valid ID. If you want me to do you that kind of favor, don't be mad if I do everyone else that favor from Your account.
5. When I drop my pen and dive under the counter to retrieve it instead of grabbing one of the dozens I have in the spinner next to me, it is because you smell really bad. And I need some air. I can only hold my breath for so long.
6. If I explain that I cannot do something and I apologize for the inconvenience, that means no. Do not try to explain more or try to talk to someone else about it. You really can't cash a check when your loan is very delinquent, and you really can't pay on your loan within the grace period to avoid a late fee when your checking is negative. That is just the way it is.
7. If I explain that I cannot do something and I apologize for the inconvenience, do not tell me its been done before or that another branch always does it for you. I don't care, I still won't do it. In addition, I'll put notes on your account so it not likely anyone else will do it for you again either. Good luck.
8. When I ask you how you want your change back, don't say, "all in pennies" unless you really want pennies. Its really not that funny for you to say that.
9. When I ask if there is anything else I can do for you today, don't respond anything that includes giving you a million dollars. Again, Its really not that funny for you to say that.
10. Also, when I ask if there is anything else I can do for you today, don't respond with, "yes" and then walk away. Either learn better English or pay attention to what I am saying.
11. Do not come into the branch 3 minutes before we plan to close and expect to do a wire transfer, apply for a loan, close on a loan, or have us go through all your transactions for the month and balance your check book for you.
Twelve weeks went by Too Fast. I had to go back to work finally. I arranged to have Mondays and Fridays off, and Quinton has Wednesdays and Thursdays off. That only leaves Tuesdays (only when I'm scheduled) and Saturdays that we need someone to watch our baby. Good plan. 
One problem. My baby is Such a good breastfeeder! She does not recognize a bottle as a source of food!! A week before I was scheduled, I started offering a bottle once a day. She would play with it, gag on it, push it out of her mouth, or just flat out scream and cry. Sucking on it is a rare thing, and usually short lived. Her biggest achievement was drinking one ounce. I don't think its been repeated. 
We've tried everything and every nipple. I think I'm just a sucker (at least one of us is!) because whoever has her will end up bringing her to me at work and I'll take a break and feed her. Which is nice that I can do that, but hindering the bottle battle. Someone needs to tell my baby that its the SAME MILK no matter where its coming from. 
