Need a Job?

I'm jealous of anyone who actually lives close enough to get a new job at the Charlotte Store.

If I could I'd apply for a nice 9-5 co-worker position . . . but alas my studio schedule, the kids & their schedule . . . not to mention the 3 hour 1-way commute would kill me.

Anyways . . . it looks like they're getting everything logistically underway and actively looking to fill some of the 400 positions that will be needed at the Charlotte IKEA.

http://www.ikea.com/ms/en_US/img/ikea_near_you/charlotte.pdf

if you read the schedule in the link above it looks like they're getting ready to hand over all of the HR stuff to new staff & will be setting up the actual HR Department in just a few weeks!
Floor Positions will start work in December . . . DECEMBER!!!
The final phase of initial hiring will be January (Food Services) . . . next thing you know I will be packing my camping gear & be parked in their lot waiting to open.

I swear this is the 1st time ever I wanted the summer to just hurry up & end . . . just so I can look forward to next Spring!

I have 1 more weekend in MD . . . then I'll be back in December . . . THEN & I'm hoping & praying that the store would be open in time for my kids' spring break . . . either way I'm going to IKEA whether it be MD or NC at that time . . . regardless I WILL be there on opening day, you can count on that . . . I'll sell a kidney if I have to!

My Summer Shopping Spree!

I've had a MARVELOUS summer so far living back in the land of 3 Ikeas within driving distance . . . otherwise known as Maryland. But I glance at the calender and realize my time here is quickly coming to an end and pretty soon I'll be back to my home, my husband, my friends, my job & my students . . . all of whom I love & adore.

So far I can't even count the trips I've made to College Park. I plan on hitting Baltimore just once (it's a small store but I am kicking myself for missing their tent sale last weekend).

The majority of my daughter's birthday presents came from the blue & yellow store, not to mention I made some purchases for the studio . . . I also stockpiled on whiteboard pens for my little one entering 3rd grade (dry erase markers are pricey . . . theirs are $1.99 or a 7-pack people!).

I still have a lot more I want . . . far more than what I can afford between now & the next 2 weeks . . . I WOULD have had a lot more to buy but unfortunately my hot water heater AND Air Conditioning died within a few days of each other . . . so I have to go without my Malm black-brown bedroom set yet again! I'm just glad I wasn't there to witness it . . . my poor husband!

I only pray he finished painting the living room like he promised he would . . . I have tons more for him to help me with when I get back . . . MY POOR HUSBAND!
LOLZ!

AND WE HAVE AN ADDRESS!!!

The new 2009 Ikea Cataloge is comming to a mailbox near you . . .

unfortunately it won't be in those mailboxes for another few weeks . . . BUT . . .

You can access it online!
I luvs the interwebs!


& according to the new cataloge the Charlotte store will be located at:
8300 IKEA Boulevard
Charlotte, NC 28262

Program your GPS now people . . . although the GPS people probably won't have their crap together soon enough to get you there on opening day anyway . . . you know how it is with accessing new roads . . . UGH!