ISFJ

Today my new manager wanted me to go to a Myers & Briggs Workshop to find my personality type. For those that don't know the Myers & Briggs instrument is used to help you understand your personality type. You take this assessment and after scoring it, it's supposed to tell you what type of person you are. It's supposed to help at work in that after you take this you will know more about yourself and if you know what type other people are, it can explain why they act the way they do. I was pretty sure that this was not going to tell me anything but a bunch of crap! There's no way to tell what type of personality you have by taking this assessment! After taking the assessment, here are my results.
My personality type is ISFJ and here is a small description of that personality type:

Quiet, friendly, responsible, and conscientious. Committed and steady in meeting their obligations. Thorough, painstaking, and accurate. Loyal, considerate, notice and remember specifics about people who are important to them, concerned with how others feel. Strive to create an orderly and harmonious environment at work and at home.

Guess who is now a believer in the Myers & Briggs Instrument Assessment? For those that know me, know that description is pretty right on!!!!
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Tonight I walk in my friend Leslie's house and Maggie (her 5 year old) says "Hey Kelley, you did your hair!" I said "yep, sure did" and she says "YAY, it's PURPLE!" Kids say the darnedest things!

Doing the DO!

Some of you may remember my late October hair crisis - well today it was FIXED! and fixed up REEAL GOOOD! (that's Bullitt Co for real good) Not only did my girl cut the hair right and STYLE the hair right, she also knows a little bit about color! She asked me "Do you want, oh that's red?" or "OH WOW that's RED!" I think we all can tell which one I chose!
The place - Southern Comforts Salon, just ask for Kristie!

MO FOG

Last Wednesday before I left work, my supervisor told me that the manager that I interviewed for a couple of weeks ago for a job that I didn't get wanted to talk to me again on Monday (yesterday). I said OK and so on Monday, I went in to talk to this manager, only it wasn't the manager, it was another BA. She said she wasn't able to be in my interview but was in all the rest. We talked, pretty casual, mostly about the job that I "didn't" get and then at the end of our talk she goes on to tell me that the person that they had offered the job to originally had gotten promoted to another dept. So I was like OK? wondering if I was the only one they wanted to talk to again. I felt good about the talk and went on about my day. So today, my supervisor comes up and tells me that they want to offer me the position now! well hot dog!!! I do believe I got some FOG around me! So write this one down folks - they said they wanted to give it to someone else, God says NOPE! They said they wanted to give it to someone that already has their degree because it's in the IT field and you can't be in the IT field without a degree, right?! God says YES you can! So who's got the declaration list.... jobs and BETTER JOBS...check....raises AND bonuses...check, check....I need the list, I just know there's more to check off!

The Dance

ok, I really need to get married just so I can do this:

My Christmas tree

I got a "new to me" Christmas tree this year that is about a foot and a half bigger than my old one. Last night I had some trouble putting it up so I had to call a friend for reinforcements! If only I had a camera last night! It was pretty comical -at one point the tree actually fell on top of me! We got it up tonight and I just finished decorating it. I had to decorate it differently than I normally do so I'm still not sure if I love it or not. I like it but I LOVED my old one!

For some reason, Coney didn't like the Santa suit I bought him! I'll keep trying though!

Thanksgiving Recap

Things you should know about my family Thanksgiving Gatlinburg trip (Take heed folks, this might help you on your family trip!):

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• Unless you have a reservation, seating a party of 21 is sometimes difficult.
• There are a LOT of people that celebrate Thanksgiving in Gatlinburg!
• Two words for TN Hwy 441 : TRAFFIC CONTROL!
• Christa thinks that guacamole can be a type of sandwich and the words “It’s the law” is a good defense when playing Scattegories!
• My 5 year old niece Samantha has a bit of my mom in her - she gets REAL giggly when she’s sleepy.
• My sisters will throw you straight under the bus to tell your parents something you did and got away with while living under their roof! (Good thing I'm thirty-something now and can't whoop me!)
• The redneck reindeer hunter in the Dixie Stampede show reminded everyone of my brother PJ!

Well needless to say, the trip was good times had by all! I love being with my family, they are a lot of fun to be around! Sure we have our moments of drama but in the end we love each other and have a great time! Can't wait until Christmas! Speaking of that's what I'm going to do today - put up the Christmas tree!

Check myspace for more pics!

Thanksgiving

This year for Thanksgiving we are doing something new. The family (18 out of 20 of us) have decided to head out to Gatlinburg, TN for the Thanksgiving holiday. We've decided to have Thanksgiving dinner at the Dixie Stampede, so I don't think we're even having turkey. I'll be leaving today after a short day at work. I'm riding with my sister, her husband and her two kids. I think I'll take flash cards so I can show Samantha the difference between a deer and a kangaroo! Keep my family in your prayer for traveling graces and I'm sure I'll have lots to write about when I get back!

I thought about trying to list all the things that I was thankful for, but suddenly realized that the list would be miles long! I can't even just list a couple of general things because I end up thinking "oh I need to mention this or that" so just know this - I'm thankful for you! Thanks for taking time out of your day to read about my little ole life! I hope you and yours have a very Happy Thanksgiving! Take time tomorrow to actually sit and be still and think about all that God has done for you and thank him for it!