It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...in Hobby Lobby (but it's been Christmas there since June!) and also in my little monogramming corner of the house! I've been having fun making Christmas tee samples for the web site and I'm not done yet, but thought I'd share what I've done so far.

I did a shirt similar to this one last year that Juliette wore at Christmas time and I love it, so I just had to make her one for Christmas this year, although I used new Christmas fabric this time.


This sample tee will go to Juliette's friend Hannah back in West Monroe. I figured Juliette didn't need more than two Christmas tees, so I've started making samples for other people's kids, although I suppose I should limit how many I make or I might not have any business!! :)

In other news, I went for a job interview at the charity hospital yesterday and it went amazingly well--so well that I am positive they would have offered me the job except for a little pay issue. It seems that they can only pay $8-9 an hour, which is around $18k a year. Less than half of what I used to make...and about what I am currently making on unemployment. I was REALLY bummed about the pay because I think I would have really liked it there. But, it's out of my control, so I just have to move on. My next prayer request: to get an interview at UL for Assistant Director of Alumni Affairs and for that job interview to go really, really well!! Applications for that job are due Friday, so please pray I'll get a call next week for an interview!

Also, it looks like we might not be closing on our house this Friday, which was the 2nd time the date had been pushed back. We've had a contract on the house since the end of August, so we're getting a little frustrated that it still hasn't closed. If it doesn't close by the 15th, we'll have to pay the mortgage for October, and we REALLY don't want to do that, so please pray that it closes this Friday or next week before the 15th!

That's it for now. Thanks for the prayers!

Melissa