I AM Writing An Ebook Cookbook!!

I know this doesn't have anything to do with trucking, but, hey, it's my blog!  Heh... 

Anyway, it will be on Amazon as soon as I get it finished and I hope you will take a look!  It has recipes, but, mainly, it's about my cowgirl exploits in the kitchen.  Most of which are funny.  Maybe not so much at the time, but, later on, absolutely hilarious....

I'll post here as soon as I get it published and hopefully, you'll take a lookie-loo!! 

There Are PLENTY Of Trucking Jobs!!

Just in case my readers didn't know, I quit a trucking job a couple of weeks ago.  The reasons were the new manager made the office into a hostile work place. 

Now, you might wonder, if I'm out on a truck, how can the office be hostile??  It can.  It can when you go into the office and the manager actually uses the words "F*ck", ass, assh*le AND then tries to come around the desk to get physical with my husband.  That is how it happens.

So, I was wondering what to do next.  I filed for unemployment because my hubby made some decisions not to drive a big rig anymore and I can't tarp a load by myself.  If I were 20 years younger, oh, hell yeah, I'd be up on the load wrasslin' that tarp around, but not at my age!!

Anyway, back to the subject....  I put my application online.  I didn't know if anyone would be interested in me.  Holy moley...are they interested??  Hell, yeah, they are interested!!  I've had almost non-stop calls from Covenant to JBS to Panther to Ican'trememberthemall to someone who is a recruiter for several companies.  I know, some of those mentioned (and not) aren't the cream of the crop but, if you are looking for a job in the trucking industry, you CAN find a job!  They are there! 

Depending on your situation, you may have to drop back and take any job to put food on the table, or, if you can afford to, sit back and be picky then negotiate a better job/pay. 

There isn't any reason a newbie or seasoned driver can't find a job.  One recruiter told me I'd be lucky to find what I wanted.  Okaaayyyy.... (she did tick me off with that 'tude) only to find an almost perfect fit for me on my state's employment website.  Not too far from my home and home almost every night.  I do have to take hubby into consideration.  I'm not losing that swell guy for any job!! 

I don't know if I'll get the unemployment or not.  I tend to be the type to want to do things on my own, not owing anyone (or state) anything. 

So, if you really, really want a trucking job, they are there.  Put your app online, sit back and see what happens. 

That's another thing, to you newbies out there, keep your record clean, don't job-hop and you'll always be in demand!! 

Drive safe!! 

The greatest country in the world: Bacon milkshake now available « Hot Air

The greatest country in the world: Bacon milkshake now available « Hot Air

This is just wrong on so many levels!! Count me out!

Heavy snowstorm hits Colo. on its way east - CBS News

Heavy snowstorm hits Colo. on its way east - CBS News

Everyone stay safe!! Either put chains on your rig or park that baby till later in the day.

Drive safely. It was never my driving that bothered me, it was everyone else out there. If I-70 is shut down, well, you have to stay put. Probably best anyway.

My Other Blogs, Please Read!!

I realized I have never cross posted my other blogs.  Maybe they'll be interesting to you, maybe not...  If you would take a look, I'd appreciate it.

The first one is http://lostadventuresincooking.blogspot.com.  Cooking is not a natural state of affairs for me.  I can read a recipe and what it says to you, says something totally different to me.  Hence, my cooking boo-boos can be highly entertaining.  Not to mention, my tech savvy stuff is very questionable.

The second one is http://lostadventuresingreatdeals.blogspot.com.  This one is still in the experimental stages, so, it's kinda like a poor, pitiful doggie you see at the shelter.  You just want to take it home and make it all better.  Welp, that would be my blog here.  I'm working on it, but, as before, since I don't know what I'm doing, well...maybe it's better I don't know what I'm doing, know what I mean?? 

At any rate, please read and enjoy and pass the links on to your friends and/or enemies. 

Drive safe!! 

My Daughter Is Going To Trucking School

I'm very proud of her!!  Truth be told, she's a bit too much like me, in that she likes to do a job and doesn't like to be micromanaged.  We are of the "give me the damn job, then get out of the way" ilk.  Always we've been this way. 

So, while I've been driving a truck, for quite a while, she's been casting about, trying to find a good way to make a living but not having to sit behind a desk.  I kept telling her about trucking.  Well, finally, late last year, she got around to asking me for more info.  I happily told her. 

Now, she's on her way to school and within a couple of months, she'll be on her own, in her 'own' (read: company) truck and making a living. 

I have given her all off the downsides I could think of.  She has had my phone calls when I called her, on the verge of tears, about something that wasn't going right, so she knows there will be that in her future.  We've talked of DOT regs and the pain in the ass (PITA's for short) people who work at weigh stations.  About dispatchers who will push her to drive illegally and then try to blame her when something goes wrong.  About looking after herself FIRST.  She needs the CDL for her future and without it, a lot of money goes down the drain, so, it behooves her to take care of herself first and foremost. 

She has traveled extensively on her own and isn't afraid of the unknown.  Sometimes to her detriment.  I think she gets that from me....  Anyway...we both have a wanderlust about what is over the horizon.  Trucking has done great things for me.  Trucking has done horrible things to me.  Quite a bit of it was my bad judgement.  She's been warned of sex traffickers, drugs (she's light years ahead of me on that stuff), shrinking logs, etc., etc..

I've told her if she has a bad gut feeling about something, don't do it.  Work around it if needs be.  The load must get to whereever but no need to put herself in mortal danger.  Park in safe parking, on/off ramps won't do!   She knows self defense and can kick ass.  She knows to run her passenger seat seatbelt through the door handle and secure it.  No one can open the door from the outside. 

Too much to post all we've talked of, but, I'm proud of her for taking the step.  The one thing I can think of the new regs and scrutinazation (sp??) of trucking, maybe trucking will get safer, and, as a mother, I won't worry so much about her. 

So, to any newbie out there reading this, if you need a decent job, you will start at the bottom but there is plenty of room to go up.  Trucking, for me, has been for the most part, very good for me.  I'm glad I could pass this on to my daughter. 

Drive safely!! 

Well, Am Doing Well, I Must Say

Since we lost our driving jobs, I've been worried about money, of course.  But, in the overall scope of things, things couldn't be better.  My health has improved, I feel better and have a better outlook on life. 

After some personal things get settled, I'll be out beating the bushes for another driving job.  But, this time, I'm looking out for me.  It's just a job, nothing more.  I fully understand the concept of capitalism and the trucking industry, but, I'm an anachronism.  I live too much in the past and that's not good.

There are some local companies and I'll hit them up, later this week.  Actually, I think maybe this all happened for a better reason than I could have thought of in the first place. 

Thanks to all my readers.  I appreciate you and will keep posting!!  The focus may change a little, but, it'll still  be me and my imprint on here. 

Thank you very much.  Drive safe!!