Tag: Me

March 14, 2024

Last-day at work

It’s been coming for quite some time, and I’ve been unhappy and been bullied and put down by my current team leader. Today has definitely been my last day and I’m having the freedom now to do what I think is best for me. I’m a bit sad that I could not tell some people that I really valued with in the Faith and Belief Network and in the Union. However the Union is aware of me leaving as I had representation from them. It’s not what I wanted. I wish I could tell you everything but the NDA prevents that. I’m happy to say that the people who supported me are still my friends. I hope that will not change.
February 21, 2024

Work is nasty right now

For the last 12 months I had the most horrible team leader at work. She is a nightmare. It caused me to get depressed and develop anxiety and bad sleep during the night waking up several times fearing I got to go back to work the next day. The whole environment has been really toxic for over a year and I am really looking to change companies. It’s been the most amazing place to work for two years until team leaders and HEO changed and became worse every month. The only reason I hold out at the job is that I have other duties such as PCS Union Representative on Wednesday and Thursday and the Faith & Belief Network on a Friday. Those are the only reasons I keep this job. It’s mostly because on those 3 days I work with the most amazing people. This job is stressing me a lot at the moment and is playing with my mental health and I know it’s something I need to think about. However, the job is secure I mean it’s not paying great but it is paying, but is it worth it at the end of the day?
September 8, 2023

From Hot Water Bottle to Fan

Ever since I moved from London to Whitley Bay some 3 years ago I’ve always felt cold at home. My home never reached more than 8 to 10C in the spring/summer without adding heating. Even with the heating on it’s never been more than 17c/20C. so quite cold and most of the time I used to sit at home around with two jumpers on or two pairs of socks or a hot water bottle or a blanket. Whenever I went to bed even during the summer I went to sleep with a hot water bottle to keep warm. A couple weeks ago a friend at work suggested to buy two Dehumidifiers one for the back and one for the front of the apartment. The two should solve the problem and you should get a warm apartment my work colleague said. It has worked miracles really. I’ve had those two dehumidifiers work day and night and in general I need to empty the water bucket twice a day and they are full each time, and the average temperature in the apartment went up to 20-24C without everything. No need for putting the heating on or sitting with a hot water bottle. Having grown up with Air Condition in all rooms ever since I can remember, I’ve not been used to the concept of Dehumidifiers in a home as an air condition filters humidity automatically and that was something totally new to me. But it has worked. the last couple nights it was so hot in the apartment I was sweating. That has never happened to me before since I moved here from London I was always cold. Honestly I’m rather hot than cold and I had to open the windows during the night and turn the dehumidifier off because google said it won’t work properly with the window open. It is one amazing experience. as I said I got two of them, one is sitting in my living room that works for the living room, kitchen and entrance hall and the other one is standing in the back hall and covers the two bed and bathrooms and the office. It cost me something in the £500’ds to buy them both but it was a really good investment and I expect my gas bill to go down as I won’t need to put on the heating in the evening as I had before. I always had the heating on even in the summer from 4am to 7:30 and from 7:30 to 10:00pm. At the same time saying that maybe my electricity bill might go up because the two machines are running almost 24/7. But I am getting the humidity levels down. when I started off the humidity was at 75% to 90%. Now it is down to 55 – 60% which is a great improvement.  How do you like my Blog? Please before you go leave a comment on my blog to let me know you were here.
September 7, 2023

Busy Week

Wednesday I was back at my day job working from home on my Union day. I so much wished my vacations would have lasted a bit longer it was definitely to short, but hey Christmas is coming soon and I booked the 20/12 to the 7/1 off. So I really hope I get all the days I was booking…  I’m really glad it’s Friday tomorrow and that the week is over. I know you’s say it was a short week but well enough to do. Thinking of Christmas I have designed a lot of Scratch Cards lately to give to my faithful customers. So I made branded cards for Avon, Amway, Nutrilite and The Body Shop. Maybe it was a task a bit to big and not thought through properly I could have just made one or two with just my own branding on. But this way, I can make it more related to what people purchased from me. Not sure what’s better really. I’m happy with my designs, and some you can see below. I can’t believe everyone is already talking about Christmas it’s still quite a while but the shops already sell advent calendars and Christmas packaging. What a strange time. The next thing that was going on was Ralf. My Lurcher dog, I decided after I have been fostering him for some time to adopt him so when I get paid next month I will take the steps necessary to officially adopt Ralf as my pet. He’s so much a member of the family already and I can’t imagine him that someone else would adopt him. He’s such a wonderful dog and yes he has issues from his past but I have enrolled him in Reactive Dog classes with the Dogs Trust and an extra sessions with behavioural specialists. Its not cheap but as every member of the family and as the commercial for Olay says He is worth it… On the next side you see some pictures of Ralf I am sure he won’t mind them being shown… This afternoon I tried the first print run of the scratch cards, on my Minolta Bizhub c450i printer and the business card cutter, in fact the cards are going to be business card size and at the back they’re going to have my contact details so customers know who gave it to them  but the margins are still a bit off so will be going back to the drawing board tomorrow afternoon and make sure I fix the problem, and then hopefully the back and front page will aline properly and I can get it printed. It’s been a long run to get that far. It is however very satisfying feeling to know it’s been done and now I can print it… I was hoping to get some training Videos to watch and get my Cameo 4 Pro that I purchased for my Birthday. Can you believe I still have not used it? Well with having started to re-design my MWP-Design Website I’ve not really had the time for that. I hope I can manage maybe this weekend. I would really like to know how to use it especially since I purchased the Business License for the Silhouette Studio yesterday. At least it’s only a one time license and not an annual fee a lot of software you have to re purchase every year now but by the looks of it with them it is a one time thing and you need it to run the Cameo 4 Pro.  Anything you want to read about? Why not post an reply to this blog post?? Just let me know you’re reading it.
September 3, 2023

Sunday

Hey ya’ll. I hope you had an as amazing Sunday as I did today. It was a perfect day sleeping in, taking a walk with Ralf along the coast of Whitley Bay. I love those days and I really love taking walks along the beach or coast. It was amazingly sunny and pretty warm with about 23C that’s about 73F, it wasn’t too hot or too cold just right. Like a mild sunny day in spring at home. But considering that we’re already in September it was great. Weather here in Whitley Bay is not really what I call in my comfort zone, it’s ways toooo cold for me. The hottest day we had this summer was 25C that is what we have in April at home, it’s usually quite cold here. The only really nice thing is the sea and beach. However unlike in Miami you can’t swim in the sea because the water is too cold. Living here for me is a big compromise, and I would trade it for Miami, or Los Angeles, or Texas any time. When it comes to temperature my comfort zone is starting at 24c or 75F below that it’s not really something I like I can tolerate it as I can put multiply layers on but nothing I would choose really.  If you like my blog, just share it with your friends. Can I please ask you to leave a comment??? Let’s see who’s first.
August 31, 2023

My Atlanta

WorkUSAAtlantaLife Hello beautiful people. Today I am writing about some beautiful memories that I really feel I want to share with myself and friends.  In 2009 that’s a while back already I worked in Atlanta, GA and I really enjoyed the time there and I loved the climate, the people, food and well work was cool too. I have stayed with some amazing people close to the city center. I worked downtown and while I was there met great people and made some new friends. I’ve often looked back at my time in Atlanta as I wanted to stay there for longer. Work was wonderful experience and got me a bit more behind the scene of a big TV network and news. I learned a great deal and it was fun on top. Although, people at the company expected you to be there all the time, and available even when you had your day off but it was great. The learning curve went up really steep and if you know Atlanta then you know what news network is based there and you can guess where I used to work. International news was fun.  Well I hope it’s not too much to share 30 pictures but yeah I thought they were nice and give some good insights into my Atlanta experience.  Do you like my blog? Is there anything you want to read? Just post your questions or answers below.
August 30, 2023

Another Post today

Probably you’re getting bored but I must admit I think that no one really reads my blog except myself. But that’s okay it’s a great tool to express myself and to write stuff down that’s on my mind. It’s the first day of my annual leave and I already regrett I did not book more than 5 days off. But that’s something I can’t change right now… Some of you know that I’m part of a dating platform called Mutual. I’ve over time written with a couple ladies but nothing seemed to have been working out so I’m really thinking about deleting my profile maybe I am meant to stay single who knows but at times it’s really frustrating. There’s so much really I want to share but I guess I can share it with my blog. It would be really nice to have someone to go out with and do things together or plan things… we’ll never mind. As you know my Mum is visiting and I enjoy her being here. I mean at least my Guest bedroom is getting used and she likes the “Paris” room as I call it because it is furnished and decorated to remind me on when I lived in Paris. I too really like the room. It is small but cosy. However sometimes I wish she’d pack her bags and go back home again soon… But she is going to stay while her house is getting renovated in Vienna because she does not like the dust and noise from the construction work that is ongoing for at least the next 12 months. So lets hope they finish quicker than that… Guest Bedroom – Paris As I said the Paris room is a really nice and cosy room I like it a lot and it is the guest bedroom in my apartment. I think I decorated it okay… What you think? The black dress picture is an original design from a fashion company and I was lucky to get it. Then I found the Paris picture with the fall leaves and the Eiffel Tower light and the crystal ceiling light complement the room. I really do like it….  If you’re wondering what this blog is about, it is about me and me alone. Nothing to do with my business, or anything this is just my way to write things down to share what I think is 
August 15, 2023

Where I have lived

This I am asked a lot Especially when the people find out that I am not English then the next question usually is where are you from and the one that follows is usually where else have you lived by where did you like it best…. People are made so simple… Same questions all the time… So first things first, I was born and raised in Vienna Austria. I have served a 24 month mission in the Montreal Canada Mission. So if we stay in North America for a while. My family has a holiday apartment that we use for our family holidays in Miami Beach at Seacoast Towers and as long as I can remember every school holiday or Christmas holiday we went to that apartment. So from age 4 onwards I’ve been to Miami at least twice a year. It’s a nice 4 bedroom penthouse with two balconies, and a large living room. I studied in Provo, Utah at BYU to get my BA and MBA. and lived in Salt Lake City, Atlanta GA, New York NY, Washington DC,  San Francisco CA, Subiaco AR, Gethsemane KY,  Denver Co, Dallas Tx, Texarkana TX, Miami FL, Fort Lauderdale FL, Springfield MO, Los Angeles CA,  Here in Europe I’ve lived and worked in several places. Munich Germany, Berlin Germany, Leipzig Germany, Vienna Austria, Linz Austria, London UK, Northampton UK, Whitley Bay UK, Paris France. Where I liked it best I think it is a difficult thing to put your favourite place in one sentence but generally if I take everything into account such as then it has to be the US, the people are generally much more friendly then here in Europe, easier to talk to, and weather wise well you can’t get it any worse then here in the North of England where it’s even only 20C in the summer.  American food is generally good and the prices are lower than in many European countries. While all the immigrants that came to the US over the centuries have left their traces in cooking and culture. Honestly I’ve not experienced such a rich culture anywhere else. Yes here in Europe we have a great past but we have in many places forgotten to take that past to the present. So this is a little bit about the places I have lived, I could probably write many more posts about each and every city I’ve lived at which I might do in the future. This blog is young and I will see what is going to happen with it. If you like my blog, why not post a comment or ask a question….
April 27, 2023

Birthday

The annual big event of my birthday is coming up next week on May 3rd and I am still having my shopping list at Amazon it’s the same I had for the last couple years and over time friends and family got me stuff off the list for my birthday and Christmas and other events. Yes I still like the stuff and still like to get things off the list so if you don’t know what to get for me there is a good chance that something on the list is in your budget too… Amazon Wish list