Today I'm feeling... productive... sort of...
So much has happened in the past few days, I don't know where to start!
First, I've talked to dorkfish about garage doors for 2 two days in a row. She won't sell me one, but I'm sure that she had fun hearing me complain about it. I'm still amazed at how she sounds like she's 12 years old on the phone. She's going through a lot right now but she seems to be doing it with style. So much so that she finally got off her arse and finished my CJ... the one from earlier this year, lol! I got that in the mail this past Saturday and it brought tears to my eyes to see it. That's another blog at another time... I don't want to get mushy at work.
Let's see, I cultivated my first zucchini on Saturday, he was just over 9-inches long... get your minds out of the gutter!... I discovered that there about 10 more coming along nicely. I took tons of pictures of my lovely garden as well... of course I forgot to post them... I'll do that later.
I listed some things on the Bay. I need to accumulate $600 by August 20th. Wow, that's a month away. I need to do this for my Chicago trip as I can't rely on any of the 'family' income for this trip. So far I'm at $150... I just need to get off my butt and list things... my MIL's impending visit (that she keeps cancelling) has really been putting a cramp in my power to focus on what I need to do! I'm just going to start throwing things on the Bay and letting the money pile up. Actually, I think that given Paypal's record for deciding to freeze your account for questionable activity once you get a certain amount of money in it, I will transfer the money to my bank and withdraw it... I'll just keep a cash can. Plus that way I won't be tempted to spend it on things I stumble upon... like the set of Zig Markers I got for $30... can't have anymore of that. The good thing is that I have been asked to create a digital scrapbook of the venue for the site that is sponsoring the Chicago meet and greet! Lovely... only I would turn fun into work.
What else? Hmm... I cleaned my ass off yesterday. I got up at the buttcrack of dawn and started cleaning downstairs. I overhauled the kitchen, all that I have left in there is to remove everything from inside of the cabinets and reorganize them. I overhauled the family room and tossed a lot of clutter out, steam cleaned the carpets too. Tristan did laundry all day as well as helped me. Shayne? Oh him... yeah... well, he had to go into work for 6 hours and when he got home he helped sort through all of the clutter in the family room until he decided that his tummy hurt and he couldn't do anything but go take a nap. So I finished the room myself. The boys are putting all of the newly cleaned and dusted furniture back... before I get home infact... or they'd better not be in the state. Tonight, I'm scrubbing down the 3 bathrooms and clearing my boxes of Ebay ripe stuff out of the upstairs hallway. There is something refreshing about having a hallway with nothing in it.
Lastly, I went to the football team meet and greet on Friday. It was alright. Shayne of course made it unbearable with his lack of planning or consideration for the comfort of his family. He only brought 1 adult lawn chair and 1 chair for Jo. So imagine how much fun it was eating.
On a serious note... I really need to put forth a lot more dedication to working out. I'm tired of being heavy. I am 5ft 9" tall... I can carry a lot of weight well enough, but I don't want to carry a lot of weight. Now that the family room carpet has been steam cleaned, I should be able to do my floor excercises with little complaint... It was filthy! I can't believe that the boys don't clean up after themselves! I showed Shayne the dirty opaque water and he just shrugged! 6 months worth of spilled coffee, soda and lord knows what else! I am so getting lighter colored carpet soon! The dark green color lets them get away with too much!
Anyhoo! I guess I go and finish up my work here so that I can maximize my goofoff time later. No scrapping tonight I predict... I still have to make a card, but it has just gotten easier to not scrap... I did come up with a few cool sketches though!
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First, I've talked to dorkfish about garage doors for 2 two days in a row. She won't sell me one, but I'm sure that she had fun hearing me complain about it. I'm still amazed at how she sounds like she's 12 years old on the phone. She's going through a lot right now but she seems to be doing it with style. So much so that she finally got off her arse and finished my CJ... the one from earlier this year, lol! I got that in the mail this past Saturday and it brought tears to my eyes to see it. That's another blog at another time... I don't want to get mushy at work.
Let's see, I cultivated my first zucchini on Saturday, he was just over 9-inches long... get your minds out of the gutter!... I discovered that there about 10 more coming along nicely. I took tons of pictures of my lovely garden as well... of course I forgot to post them... I'll do that later.
I listed some things on the Bay. I need to accumulate $600 by August 20th. Wow, that's a month away. I need to do this for my Chicago trip as I can't rely on any of the 'family' income for this trip. So far I'm at $150... I just need to get off my butt and list things... my MIL's impending visit (that she keeps cancelling) has really been putting a cramp in my power to focus on what I need to do! I'm just going to start throwing things on the Bay and letting the money pile up. Actually, I think that given Paypal's record for deciding to freeze your account for questionable activity once you get a certain amount of money in it, I will transfer the money to my bank and withdraw it... I'll just keep a cash can. Plus that way I won't be tempted to spend it on things I stumble upon... like the set of Zig Markers I got for $30... can't have anymore of that. The good thing is that I have been asked to create a digital scrapbook of the venue for the site that is sponsoring the Chicago meet and greet! Lovely... only I would turn fun into work.
What else? Hmm... I cleaned my ass off yesterday. I got up at the buttcrack of dawn and started cleaning downstairs. I overhauled the kitchen, all that I have left in there is to remove everything from inside of the cabinets and reorganize them. I overhauled the family room and tossed a lot of clutter out, steam cleaned the carpets too. Tristan did laundry all day as well as helped me. Shayne? Oh him... yeah... well, he had to go into work for 6 hours and when he got home he helped sort through all of the clutter in the family room until he decided that his tummy hurt and he couldn't do anything but go take a nap. So I finished the room myself. The boys are putting all of the newly cleaned and dusted furniture back... before I get home infact... or they'd better not be in the state. Tonight, I'm scrubbing down the 3 bathrooms and clearing my boxes of Ebay ripe stuff out of the upstairs hallway. There is something refreshing about having a hallway with nothing in it.
Lastly, I went to the football team meet and greet on Friday. It was alright. Shayne of course made it unbearable with his lack of planning or consideration for the comfort of his family. He only brought 1 adult lawn chair and 1 chair for Jo. So imagine how much fun it was eating.
On a serious note... I really need to put forth a lot more dedication to working out. I'm tired of being heavy. I am 5ft 9" tall... I can carry a lot of weight well enough, but I don't want to carry a lot of weight. Now that the family room carpet has been steam cleaned, I should be able to do my floor excercises with little complaint... It was filthy! I can't believe that the boys don't clean up after themselves! I showed Shayne the dirty opaque water and he just shrugged! 6 months worth of spilled coffee, soda and lord knows what else! I am so getting lighter colored carpet soon! The dark green color lets them get away with too much!
Anyhoo! I guess I go and finish up my work here so that I can maximize my goofoff time later. No scrapping tonight I predict... I still have to make a card, but it has just gotten easier to not scrap... I did come up with a few cool sketches though!
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posted by Essentially Jae' at Monday, July 24, 2006
1 Comments:
Dude...I've been waiting ALL day today to sell you a garage door...but alas...nothing. *sigh*
I SO want to see your sketches...email them over...I need some inspiration. I SO want to scrap tonight...just hard in the limited room I have going on. :)
Boys are filthy...I think it's just part of their genes..regardless.
hey what happens if I push the handicap man down there??
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