Now What?

Okay… today a new day and a day with both kids in school. Well, Libby only has half days but it was long enough for me to design my cabinets for the entire house. And, meet with my exterior designer. That’s not her official title. Really, she just sells siding but I made her my exterior designer because I had to have some serious help picking what the house was going to look like. She has definitely gone above and beyond for us. Now that I think of it we have been blessed by some awesome sub contractors that have helped us quite a bit. I guess it obvious we don’t know what we are doing and people have been very kind to us. Everyone except the evil concrete people that we are in litigation with. Anyway, the house is going to be gray (really its called spice. It’s a warm gray) siding with white trim and black shudders to match the roof. And we are going to accent with shake and stone. I’m so excited to have that behind me. We have had samples of siding and shake all over our kitchen.

Yesterday, I had to go pick up some medicine and even the pharmacist was way more helpful than expected. It was some EXPENSIVE cream for Luke’s planters wart. It came with a rebate that will cover almost a third of it. While I was waiting for the prescription the pharmacist found me and wanted to double check that I understood what the price was going to be and we talked about the information I needed for the rebate. I was in there for a while and talked with several people about the medicine. Only to come home and read that this medicine is generally used for external genital warts. GREAT! This is a place I frequent often. Now What.?

Taking a moment and wishing I had more

I laid back down in bed this morning after sending Luke off to school. Tim had left and I could hear Libby playing in the family room. It was just after 8am and I wanted to get up just as much as I wanted to stay under the covers. I started feeling guilty because I knew Libby wanted a companion and her only choice of one was lying in my bed. The temptation of good coffee and a trivial pursuit pop-tart with a side of no guilt was all the motivation I needed. I was up. Now to take care of the dogs, swap out the laundry, clean up the dishes that our company left (long after I went to bed last night). Finally, I sat down with my pop-tart and coffee looked to my left and remembered the little girl that wanted a friend. So, I was off to dress barbies and give them new do’s for their movie premier “Nanny Mc Potter”.

Now, my coffee is cold and my shower is over due. It only took a couple of phone calls and the thought that I will be hard pressed to get done all that I have to do for my blood pressure to rise. I’m not complaining. I love that I get to play barbies, its the other stuff I wish I didn’t have to do. There is a song out there. I don’t know who sings it but I keep hearing it. It’s about wanting to leave the world behind and just be in a moment with someone. I wish I could do that with my family. Especially, my husband. I wish I could just let the world and all its deadlines and stresses go. And, just enjoy the moment or maybe moments.

A day late and a dollar short....

Actually, three years late and a whole lot of money short. A couple months ago I purchase my first high end pair of socks. I figured since I was a working woman (never mind that it’s just 15 hours a week) I would splurge. Well, I LOVE my socks. I LOVE them so much that I am stressed out about loosing one. Our method of laundry leaves us caring for widowed socks far too often.

In my furry I came up with this great idea to sew snaps into socks so that you can snap them together before you throw them into their pending doom (I mean, laundry). So I started my own little market analysis. Asking friends if they would buy such a product, choosing my market, and even… yes, having a dinner meeting to discuss the possibilities (o.k… it was discussed with Tim on our date, but dinner meeting sounds so much better). So, Tim convinced me the way to go was to patent the idea and then just sell the patent. He is brilliant. So much that someone else has already done that exact same thing, three years ago. Not only did they steal my idea but Tim’s too. Dag gum it! And, I was so excited to make my first million before Tim!