Busy day as usual. Mostly phone calls during the day, then a short nap and an awesome Brown Bag Party with Marissa and her friends. $800 + party, 3 bookings and 3 possible recruits. I do love my job. But it's late and I'm headed to bed. Forgot to weigh myself this morning, so can't wait to do it tomorrow. I'm beginning to see some of the tummy going down which is giving me even more willpower :)
TTFN
Friday, April 9, 2010
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Day 7
Wow. It's already been a week since I started blogging. Still undecided about my blogging 'fate' but we'll see where it takes us.
Woke up this morning before Bobby. That doesn't happen very often, but it was nice to check my mail before he did LOL.
The garbage men had me laughing so hard this morning I was crying. To make a long story short, I made a headboard for a bed that we will be using as a prop in our Ladies Night Out Expo this Wed. at the Mid America Center in Council Bluffs, IA. I decided to assemble it on Easter Sunday as it was nice and quite at our house that day. I thought I had purchased everything needed for my project. Wrong. I bought a large bag of batting, buttons, needles, dental floss (to sew the buttons on with), bolts, screws, staples for staple gun, etc. The idea was to pad a piece of wood to make a "tufted" headboard like they had in the 1950's. I'm not thrilled with the fabric I used, but forgot to get new fabric and had to use some that I already had lying around the house. That should have been my 'omen' to put it off another day. But I'm not a procrastinator, so Easter Sunday it was to be. I cut the batting and layered it on the board. It wasn't nearly thick enough and there wasn't a store in town open to purchase more. So I went digging in the storage bins and found an old comforter. Ah ha! I thought I could just cut down the comforter to size, put it on top of the batting and add my fabric. Good idea ~ wrong comforter. It turned out that this comforter was filled with itsy bitsy teeny weeny feathers. So when I cut it, feathers went flying...literally all over my house! Bobby thought this was hysterical and I was just about to have a nervous break-down. So........added the comforter, got the board covered, tufted it with the buttons, covered the back and the headboard is done. In cleaning up the feathers we filled 2 trash bags! Forgot all about the ones in the trash (we're still battling finding them all over the house) until the garbage men came this morning. Bobby was upstairs getting dressed, and I was downstairs at my desk when the trash men came. I don't know why, but we both looked out the window as they were picking up our trash. Well when they dumped the 1st can into the truck, feathers were flying everywhere! It looked like it was snowing in our front yard and the men were frantically waving their arms trying to stop the flying feathers. They were laughing and we were bent over in hysterics watching them. Probably isn't as funny reading about it...much funnier in person, but had to share.
It does, however, remind me of a similar incident with my children when they were young. (we have 5) I was in the hospital for surgery and we had been operating an in-home business that required us to ship a lot of things in packing peanuts. So we had about 2 dozen enormous (like 7' tall) bags of packing peanuts stored in our garage. Our daughter Kristen decided to pop all the bags and go "swimming" in the sea of peanuts. Popping the bags filled our garage about 4 1/2' deep. When she found that she couldn't actually swim in the peanuts, she decided to play hide and seek with our 2 lb yorkie. So she threw the dog in the peanuts and proceeded to find her. This was fun for awhile, but then all of a sudden she couldn't find the dog. Knowing she would be in big trouble for losing the dog, she ran to get the other kids. T.J. had the brilliant idea of opening the garage door thinking the dog would run out and they could get her. Well....we had incredibly strong winds that day and the second the garage door was opened ALL of the peanuts went flying out the door! The good news: the dog was found. The bad news: it literally looked like it had snowed for a 2 block radius of our house. The neighbors were so displeased that they called the city and the children were out picking up peanuts for weeks! Now I thought this was funny because I was lying in the hospital and didn't have to help with the clean-up. In fact I laughed so hard I popped one of my staples. But Bobby didn't laugh so much and neither did the kids.
Bobby is off running errands this morning and I need to get busy, so I'll add more later.
10:30pm The feather fiasco continued all day. Suffice it to say that I had to modify the headboard as my drill wouldn't go through the fabric and batting and that feathers once again infested my house. To make matters worse, as Bobby was trying to help vacuum them up, the vacuum clogged and it switched from "sucking" mode to "blowing mode". Imagine thousands of feathers being blown into the living room and then imagine my mood after that. Not great.
Took a 4 hour nap, woke up, went back to work and all is now well with the world.
I'm doing parties the next 3 nights in a row, so my days will be filled with computer/phone work and trying to pull the finishing touches together for the expo. Will be a busy 3 days, but that's what I thrive on :)
Woke up this morning before Bobby. That doesn't happen very often, but it was nice to check my mail before he did LOL.
The garbage men had me laughing so hard this morning I was crying. To make a long story short, I made a headboard for a bed that we will be using as a prop in our Ladies Night Out Expo this Wed. at the Mid America Center in Council Bluffs, IA. I decided to assemble it on Easter Sunday as it was nice and quite at our house that day. I thought I had purchased everything needed for my project. Wrong. I bought a large bag of batting, buttons, needles, dental floss (to sew the buttons on with), bolts, screws, staples for staple gun, etc. The idea was to pad a piece of wood to make a "tufted" headboard like they had in the 1950's. I'm not thrilled with the fabric I used, but forgot to get new fabric and had to use some that I already had lying around the house. That should have been my 'omen' to put it off another day. But I'm not a procrastinator, so Easter Sunday it was to be. I cut the batting and layered it on the board. It wasn't nearly thick enough and there wasn't a store in town open to purchase more. So I went digging in the storage bins and found an old comforter. Ah ha! I thought I could just cut down the comforter to size, put it on top of the batting and add my fabric. Good idea ~ wrong comforter. It turned out that this comforter was filled with itsy bitsy teeny weeny feathers. So when I cut it, feathers went flying...literally all over my house! Bobby thought this was hysterical and I was just about to have a nervous break-down. So........added the comforter, got the board covered, tufted it with the buttons, covered the back and the headboard is done. In cleaning up the feathers we filled 2 trash bags! Forgot all about the ones in the trash (we're still battling finding them all over the house) until the garbage men came this morning. Bobby was upstairs getting dressed, and I was downstairs at my desk when the trash men came. I don't know why, but we both looked out the window as they were picking up our trash. Well when they dumped the 1st can into the truck, feathers were flying everywhere! It looked like it was snowing in our front yard and the men were frantically waving their arms trying to stop the flying feathers. They were laughing and we were bent over in hysterics watching them. Probably isn't as funny reading about it...much funnier in person, but had to share.
It does, however, remind me of a similar incident with my children when they were young. (we have 5) I was in the hospital for surgery and we had been operating an in-home business that required us to ship a lot of things in packing peanuts. So we had about 2 dozen enormous (like 7' tall) bags of packing peanuts stored in our garage. Our daughter Kristen decided to pop all the bags and go "swimming" in the sea of peanuts. Popping the bags filled our garage about 4 1/2' deep. When she found that she couldn't actually swim in the peanuts, she decided to play hide and seek with our 2 lb yorkie. So she threw the dog in the peanuts and proceeded to find her. This was fun for awhile, but then all of a sudden she couldn't find the dog. Knowing she would be in big trouble for losing the dog, she ran to get the other kids. T.J. had the brilliant idea of opening the garage door thinking the dog would run out and they could get her. Well....we had incredibly strong winds that day and the second the garage door was opened ALL of the peanuts went flying out the door! The good news: the dog was found. The bad news: it literally looked like it had snowed for a 2 block radius of our house. The neighbors were so displeased that they called the city and the children were out picking up peanuts for weeks! Now I thought this was funny because I was lying in the hospital and didn't have to help with the clean-up. In fact I laughed so hard I popped one of my staples. But Bobby didn't laugh so much and neither did the kids.
Bobby is off running errands this morning and I need to get busy, so I'll add more later.
10:30pm The feather fiasco continued all day. Suffice it to say that I had to modify the headboard as my drill wouldn't go through the fabric and batting and that feathers once again infested my house. To make matters worse, as Bobby was trying to help vacuum them up, the vacuum clogged and it switched from "sucking" mode to "blowing mode". Imagine thousands of feathers being blown into the living room and then imagine my mood after that. Not great.
Took a 4 hour nap, woke up, went back to work and all is now well with the world.
I'm doing parties the next 3 nights in a row, so my days will be filled with computer/phone work and trying to pull the finishing touches together for the expo. Will be a busy 3 days, but that's what I thrive on :)
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Day 6
Oh my stars! This blogging thing is hard to keep up with. Started the day beautifully! Got to babysit my newest grand-son while my daughter went to a Dr's appt to get her staples removed. We cuddled and then he pooped all over me. But it was all worth it :)
Spent the majority of the day answering mail, phone calls and finishing some painting and crafting to get display pieces ready for a trade show we are doing at the Mid America Center on the 14th. I'm trying to create a pseudo 1950's bedroom for our booth. Hope it turns out well.
Have I mentioned lately how much I love my business with Brown Bag Party? Well I do. And I need to get back to work some more tonight so I can hit the sack early and get a LOT accomplished tomorrow. I get to do a party Friday night, Saturday night, and am doing a "launch party" for a new recruit on Sunday. So I'd better put it in high gear and get going. Oh...forgot to mention that I got my airline tickets for Brown Bag Party's annual convention yesterday! Woo Hoo! Can't wait!!!!!!! So far there are 5 from my team going this year and hopefully more :)
TTFN
Spent the majority of the day answering mail, phone calls and finishing some painting and crafting to get display pieces ready for a trade show we are doing at the Mid America Center on the 14th. I'm trying to create a pseudo 1950's bedroom for our booth. Hope it turns out well.
Have I mentioned lately how much I love my business with Brown Bag Party? Well I do. And I need to get back to work some more tonight so I can hit the sack early and get a LOT accomplished tomorrow. I get to do a party Friday night, Saturday night, and am doing a "launch party" for a new recruit on Sunday. So I'd better put it in high gear and get going. Oh...forgot to mention that I got my airline tickets for Brown Bag Party's annual convention yesterday! Woo Hoo! Can't wait!!!!!!! So far there are 5 from my team going this year and hopefully more :)
TTFN
Monday, April 5, 2010
Day 4
Wow! This day was so jam packed I don't even know where to begin. Way too much to blog, so here's the Readers Digest condensed version. Answered mail, helped 2 ladies sign up to be Brown Bag Party consultants, helped another great gal on my team sign up another gal, worked on tufting the headboard for the expo next week (still not done), painted the dressing table (will be painting the trim tomorrow), visited with Greg (great friend who popped by tonight and took home a bag of "goodies") :) went to UPS to pick up a package that got sent to the wrong address, talked to my daughter who has now decided NOT to name the baby "Chase" and we are now back to calling him just "the baby" LOL. So much more packed in there...but I'm too tired to remember any more. I'm eating dinner at 11pm and then off to bed. I have a new "potential" cleaning lady coming over tomorrow to see if she wants to clean my house and if she sees it right now I'm quite sure she'll turn and run. We'll have to see if she is a big enough visionary to see past the vanity laying on the living room floor and the headboard, tools, buttons, etc. also in the living room.
That's all for today peeps. Just too tired to make much sense right now.
That's all for today peeps. Just too tired to make much sense right now.
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Day 3 Easter Sunday
Mark 16:1-20
"When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus' body. Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb and they asked each other, 'Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?'
But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large,had been rolled away. As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.
'Don't be alarmed,' he said. 'You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him. But go, tell his disciples and Peter, 'He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.'
When Jesus rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had driven seven demons. She went and told those who had been with him and who were mourning and weeping. When they heard that Jesus was alive and that she had seen him, they did not believe it.
Afterward Jesus appeared in a different form to two of them while they were walking in the country. These returned and reported it to the rest; but they did not believe them either.
Later Jesus appeared to the Eleven as they were eating; he rebuked them for their lack of faith and their stubborn refusal to believe those who had seen him after he had risen.
He said to them, 'Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.'
After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and he sat at the right hand of God. Then the disciples went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked with them and confirmed his word by the signs that accompanied it.
Amen
"When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus' body. Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb and they asked each other, 'Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?'
But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large,had been rolled away. As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.
'Don't be alarmed,' he said. 'You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him. But go, tell his disciples and Peter, 'He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.'
When Jesus rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had driven seven demons. She went and told those who had been with him and who were mourning and weeping. When they heard that Jesus was alive and that she had seen him, they did not believe it.
Afterward Jesus appeared in a different form to two of them while they were walking in the country. These returned and reported it to the rest; but they did not believe them either.
Later Jesus appeared to the Eleven as they were eating; he rebuked them for their lack of faith and their stubborn refusal to believe those who had seen him after he had risen.
He said to them, 'Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.'
After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and he sat at the right hand of God. Then the disciples went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked with them and confirmed his word by the signs that accompanied it.
Amen
Saturday, April 3, 2010
Day 2
Well so much for clearing my calendar to be with my daughter and new grandson. It's 4pm and I haven't even been able to squeeze in a shower yet! Jeez. I'm not complaining mind you...I love my life and my job and "paying the price" so that in just a few short years I can retire with a residual income that would blow most people's minds. But every once in awhile I do long for a day that is not total chaos LOL. Kristen and the baby are due to be released from the hospital tomorrow, and since she had a c-section and won't be able to lift anything for several weeks and is home all day with a 2 year old (who needs to be lifted often) things are going to be trying for her. I want to help her all I can, but don't know exactly what I can do to help. I'm sure things will work out. They always do.
Also need (and want) to find time to get out in the yard and do "spring clean-up". There are lots of leaves that fell late and need to be raked, of course there are the usual spring weeds that need to be pulled and sprayed, twigs to be sawed and broken so the trash man will haul them away...etc. Also need to trim the bushes and don't own hedge trimmers (and don't especially want to buy any) so I'm not sure how I'm going to get that done. But again...it will all work out.
The house is filthy (in my opinion) and I have yet another new cleaning lady coming over next week to see if she "wants" to clean my house. My reputation for being a clean freak precedes me, and I have a house-cleaning budget, so I guess she wants to make sure she can afford to do all I want for what I pay. LOL
Bobby ran all of our errands for the day ~ except the necessary trip to the grocery store, which he can do later. Product has been un-packed and labeled. Back-orders have been mailed. Laundry is done. I do have a new consultant signing up today, so I've been kind of waiting for her to call before I hop in the shower and head to the hospital to see Kristen and Chase (that's the new baby). Then it's home to upholster and tuft a headboard and paint a dressing table for the Ladie's Night Out expo some ladies and I are doing in a about a week and a half at the Mid America Center. Oh..and to iron the linens for the bed for the expo. Can't forget the ironing. It's my least favorite chore, yet I still iron everything just like my mother and her mother before her. Yes, I even iron our sheets. Can't stand to sleep on a bed with un-ironed sheets.
So I'm off for now and I'll keep you all posted on the home-front again tomorrow.
Also need (and want) to find time to get out in the yard and do "spring clean-up". There are lots of leaves that fell late and need to be raked, of course there are the usual spring weeds that need to be pulled and sprayed, twigs to be sawed and broken so the trash man will haul them away...etc. Also need to trim the bushes and don't own hedge trimmers (and don't especially want to buy any) so I'm not sure how I'm going to get that done. But again...it will all work out.
The house is filthy (in my opinion) and I have yet another new cleaning lady coming over next week to see if she "wants" to clean my house. My reputation for being a clean freak precedes me, and I have a house-cleaning budget, so I guess she wants to make sure she can afford to do all I want for what I pay. LOL
Bobby ran all of our errands for the day ~ except the necessary trip to the grocery store, which he can do later. Product has been un-packed and labeled. Back-orders have been mailed. Laundry is done. I do have a new consultant signing up today, so I've been kind of waiting for her to call before I hop in the shower and head to the hospital to see Kristen and Chase (that's the new baby). Then it's home to upholster and tuft a headboard and paint a dressing table for the Ladie's Night Out expo some ladies and I are doing in a about a week and a half at the Mid America Center. Oh..and to iron the linens for the bed for the expo. Can't forget the ironing. It's my least favorite chore, yet I still iron everything just like my mother and her mother before her. Yes, I even iron our sheets. Can't stand to sleep on a bed with un-ironed sheets.
So I'm off for now and I'll keep you all posted on the home-front again tomorrow.
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