Reds

It's my favorite time of year folks...Baseball Season. And Adam & I are hitting it off right....pardon the pun. Today we visited Cincinnati on a trip with his coworkers. It was a great game. Many big catches by their right fielder Bruce.  And Adam loves any game when the Cardinals lose. He's still bitter about the 2006 a World Series when they beat the Tigers. We also watched Joey Votto hit the first home run of the game. And despite being from a ridiculously small town, a guy who went to my high school was the active service man honored at the game. Very awesome.

Hey stranger!

It's been quite a while since I've used my blog. I seem to be spending more time at the gym these days and reading blogs about the gym & health too. I've been doing the gym thing now since last September.  But have recently gotten more serious with it. I joined a 6 week strength training overhaul type group at the gym. It's a ladies only program where we lift heavy and train hard. I'm very much enjoying it. I don't think my stamina is better than it was in high school, but my body is back. Maybe even a little for the better. I also am more mindful about food too. But this is only week 2 of it and there's 6 more to go. I promise. I will do better at this blog thing. I've missed food blogging!

Happy Joy!

So quick post before the storm comes in tonight.  I forgot to share with everyone.  A couple weeks back, I sat down with the HR manager at Enkei.  She gave me my offer for after my 6 month contract is up!!  Woo hoo!!  Guess I'm staying in Bloomington!

5S audit

It's crazy stuff at work. Our owner comes over twice a year from Japan for a company update & 5S audit. 5S is a big deal. In Japanese, its an acronym for seiri, seiton, seiso, seiketsu, & shitsuke. The American-ized translation is sorting, straightening out, shining, standardizing, and sustaining the practice. My first 2 weeks of work consisted of primarily helping prep for this event. Plants & trees were brought in, gold fish added to our conference table fish tank, everything that is white was either cleaned or touched up with paint, displays & signs created for EVERYTHING. It's a big deal! The goal is for every room to intrigue all 5 senses. So its has to look good, smell good, candies are all over so it "tastes" good, music is playing so it sounds good, and it has to have a lot of "hands on" things. All this work for 5 minute tour. Mr. Suzuki's time here is scheduled to the minute, because he is only here for 2 days. It has definitely been fun so far!

New job

I finish my last week at Shambaugh next Friday, and then get to dive into the automotive world. I'll be working for Enkei as a solid model designer & FE analysis girl. Enginerding at its finest. I'm a lil geeked about it all ready. The whole thing still feels surreal. In 2 weeks, I had made negotiations with the recruiter, been approved for the interview, prepped for the interview, had the interview, received & accepted their offer, signed the contracts & put in my 2 week notice. So crazy! Either they're desperate, or I knocked it out of the park in my interview. Either way, I'm stoked! After 2 years of "living" in Bloomington, I'll actually be LIVING IN BLOOMINGTON!

Knitting project numero dos

This one went a lot quicker than the "engagement scarf" for Adam. This yarn worked perfectly though. It was so big and fluffy, I couldn't bare parting with it. But I did, and its new home is with my sister.

Mobile blogging?!

Maybe this will make blogging easier!