May your stuffing be tasty,
May your turkey be plump.
May your potatoes ‘n gravy have nary a lump.
May your yams be delicious,
May your pies take the prize,
May your Thanksgiving dinner stay off of your thighs!!
HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL!
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Happy Thanksgiving
Ed and I want to take this time to give thanks for all the new friends we have met on our journey the past 2 years. We also give thanks for our family. We love you all and wish we could be together today. We are cooking a turkey dinner for ourselves with all the trimmings. Because we only have a small oven its a very small 9 lb bird. We will be watching the parade and the Patriots play.
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Update
I know I have been really lazy about keeping this blog updated. We have been working a lot and on our days off we have the normal things to do like laundry, grocery shopping and just trying to rest before it all starts again. Last week we had to take the motorhome to have another recall on our refrigerator taken care off and we also had a problem with our microwave/convection oven and we were able to get that taken care off.
Things are a little easier here in Kentucky than they were last year in Kansas. We are only working 10 hours a day. This time last year we were working 11 hour days and they still wanted a 5th day. You wouldn’t think that one extra hour would make a difference, but it does when you are doing physical work like we are here. It’s not our feet that hurt when we get home but our upper backs. We work on a waist high table and although the boxes come down a conveyer, you still need to get them to the table. The challenge come with the larger boxes. Some are heavy but most are just bulky and sometimes its hard to get the merchandise out of them.
But the people here are so nice. The training has been great and they treat the workampers really well. We are not expected to work overtime, its voluntary. Last week we worked an overtime day but this week we decided to take our 3 days over the holiday and really relax. Maybe we will work some overtime next week.
Right now its raining and I have pumpkin bread in the oven. It’s weather like this that I like to bake. Maybe I’ll make some cookies too!
Things are a little easier here in Kentucky than they were last year in Kansas. We are only working 10 hours a day. This time last year we were working 11 hour days and they still wanted a 5th day. You wouldn’t think that one extra hour would make a difference, but it does when you are doing physical work like we are here. It’s not our feet that hurt when we get home but our upper backs. We work on a waist high table and although the boxes come down a conveyer, you still need to get them to the table. The challenge come with the larger boxes. Some are heavy but most are just bulky and sometimes its hard to get the merchandise out of them.
But the people here are so nice. The training has been great and they treat the workampers really well. We are not expected to work overtime, its voluntary. Last week we worked an overtime day but this week we decided to take our 3 days over the holiday and really relax. Maybe we will work some overtime next week.
Right now its raining and I have pumpkin bread in the oven. It’s weather like this that I like to bake. Maybe I’ll make some cookies too!
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Second year at Amazon.com
We’ve started our second year working for Amazon.com. I know we said last year that we would never do this again (never say never) but, this year we decided we would try Campbellsville, Kentucky instead of Kansas to see if it would be different. So far so good!
We do have a better park. They will deliver propane to us, we are level, FHU’s, great water pressure and 50 amp power. We can also get our mail right here at the park. However, it is a new park so it is all gravel with no trees. With the storm that came through yesterday, there is still some standing water but nothing like the swamp we had in front of our door last year!
We have had our orientation yesterday and today we started our training. Our training here is much better than it was last year. Last year we were taken to the receiving department and had a few hours of training on the fly. Here they are really taking the time to train in the reasons why we do things the way they do. Much easier to understand. We have 2 more days of training…working only 5 hrs a day. We then will be working another 3 days at 5 hrs a day before we start working our 10 hr days. They call this ‘conditioning’. Maybe it will help. By the time we start working our 4 10 hr days, we almost expect the be working an extra 10 hr day for overtime. Amazon’s peak will be mid Nov to the week of Christmas.
So far, the weather has been great (except for the storm that went through here yesterday). The area around Campbellsville is much nicer than the area in Kansas. I will try to get some pictures of the area in later blogs. We have also been able to reconnect with some of the people we worked with last year. That’s always a great perk!
So go to Amazon’s web page and take a look at some of the items available. There’s not much you can’t get from Amazon.com!!
Till next time…..
We do have a better park. They will deliver propane to us, we are level, FHU’s, great water pressure and 50 amp power. We can also get our mail right here at the park. However, it is a new park so it is all gravel with no trees. With the storm that came through yesterday, there is still some standing water but nothing like the swamp we had in front of our door last year!
We have had our orientation yesterday and today we started our training. Our training here is much better than it was last year. Last year we were taken to the receiving department and had a few hours of training on the fly. Here they are really taking the time to train in the reasons why we do things the way they do. Much easier to understand. We have 2 more days of training…working only 5 hrs a day. We then will be working another 3 days at 5 hrs a day before we start working our 10 hr days. They call this ‘conditioning’. Maybe it will help. By the time we start working our 4 10 hr days, we almost expect the be working an extra 10 hr day for overtime. Amazon’s peak will be mid Nov to the week of Christmas.
So far, the weather has been great (except for the storm that went through here yesterday). The area around Campbellsville is much nicer than the area in Kansas. I will try to get some pictures of the area in later blogs. We have also been able to reconnect with some of the people we worked with last year. That’s always a great perk!
So go to Amazon’s web page and take a look at some of the items available. There’s not much you can’t get from Amazon.com!!
Till next time…..
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