Have you started Christmas decorating?

I haven't even started decorating for Christmas yet! I usually have everything up by the Sunday after Thanksgiving!  This photo is from last year...or was it the year before that?  I hope to at least start this weekend!  Have you started yet?
I've been so busy job searching. I've had one great phone interview with HP today and tomorrow I have a phone interview with Google!!!!  Google!!! Yes

Show and Tell Friday!

Welcome to Show and Tell Friday and Happy Thanksgiving! I hope everyone had a great one!!!
I made Weight Watcher's lemon pie so that's what I decided to share today!  I thought it was really good.  My daughter, Lauren, wasn't so fond of it. She said it was a little "too mushy"...maybe I've been dieting too long...I could have eaten the whole thing!  Just don't make the same mistake I made and

Happy Wednesday!

Hi everyone!  As you can see I still have roses growing in my garden!  Even my Eden rose has buds! I'm hoping they bloom before the weather gets too cold. 
I thought I would give you an update on my job search.  I've sent out over 30 resumes and I've only received two responses.  One was from a temp agency which I don't want to do yet. I will consider temping if I don't have a job by February.  

Show and Tell Friday

Welcome to Show and Tell Friday
It's sort of a sad day for me today.  It's my mom's birthday (Nov. 17th)...the first birthday without her! I think about her every day but today even more than usual.  I was so lucky to have such a wonderful mother!
This week I'm sharing my Thanksgiving table from a few years ago.  I love my little turkey candy dishes that I use to serve soup in.  I learned to do

Show and Tell Friday

Welcome to Show and Tell Friday!

This week I'm sharing a new book I just bought!  For those of you that watch the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills you may recognize Lisa Vanderpump.  The Real Housewives shows on Bravo are a guilty pleasure of mine!  My favorites are the California shows (Beverly Hills and Orange Country).  Lisa is my absolute favorite housewife on all the shows!  I love her

A Visit to The Ritz Carlton - Half Moon Bay

Photo courtesy of The Ritz Carlton website
 A couple weekends ago, my guy and I were on our way to spend an afternoon in San Francisco but half way there we decided to go to Half Moon Bay.  It was one of those spur of the moment decisions that led to a wonderful and oh-so-memorable afternoon!

After having lunch and walking around Half Moon Bay, we were headed home when I asked my guy if he

Show and Tell Friday!

 Welcome to Show and Tell Friday!  This has been an emotionally exhausting week for me.  In between the tears and feeling sorry for myself, I've been fine-tuning my resume and looking through job postings! 
I submitted my first resume...and guess where I sent it? Google!!!  I actually used to work in one of the Google buildings before Google moved in there! I still have a lot more resumes to send

A sad day!

My company had a re-org today and unfortunately my job was eliminated.

It's a very scary place to be with the economy the way it is. I found this job almost 10 years ago after being laid off during the dot-com bust in 2001.  I'm hoping I have the same good luck finding a job this time!

If anyone in Silicon Valley (San Francisco Bay Area) knows of an open Executive Assistant or Administrative